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Book Thrifting

The past few months I have regained my lost passion for reading again. I was always an avid reader as a teenager and young adult, but then found that life kinda got in the way a bit, you know the thing, by the time the kids get fed, bathed, and finally to bed, you just want to slob on the settee and catch up with the soaps. Then there are the teenage years when the adolescent things start to take over. But since they are adults now I decided to make time for reading again and I am really enjoying it, I used to be one of those readers that had several books on the go at the same time, but what with the aging brain thing, I thought it best to stick to one book at a time, finish it then on to another!. I have been enjoying rummaging through op shop books to see what I can find of interest to me, although, I have to say, in my opinion, some of the op shop books are WAY overpriced for second hand reading, but I have managed to pick up a few along the way. I also recently bought a Kindle, wh...
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Last Week's Photo Catchup

My Birthday

  Sunday 16th August was my 58th birthday. I got some lovely gifts. Cerys painted a beautiful picture of Hamish on a magnet. Scott and I watched The Purge on Saturday evening. I made slow cooked lamb shanks for my birthday tea. We watched Run on Sunday evening. Darren's 35th birthday was on 10th August, he went out for a meal and drinks with friends. That's 3 birthdays down, 2 to go.

Last Week's Photo Catchup

Last Week's Photo Catch Up

Fire/TV Unit

Scott has always wanted a fire but we have had no place to put it, and our original TV unit we bought when we first moved here almost 18 years ago, has been part of our fixtures and fittings ever since, plus, I was hard pushed to change it because I still liked it. But Scott saw this fire in Bunnings and just had to take me in to see it!!, well, needless to say, I fell in love with it but, where would we put it?!. I put it to him that if he could make me a new unit to fit around the fire then we should go for it, well, he didn't need any persuading!! 😆. I got to work thinking of a design I wanted and he drew it up and set to work creating it.  Scott also added some colour changing down lights to enhance the ambience of the fire. Before 8th July 2026, we bought a fire from Bunnings for the living room. So Scott had to construct the new unit that I had visions of for it to fit into. He did a couple of rough sketches with the dimensions. Jodie made the design come to life on her comp...