Beautiful Bellingen

Deb spent the weekend with her best mate Allan and his homeboy Ant in Al's home town of Bellingen, a beautiful hippy town on the central coast of NSW.


After a wet and perilous journey they arrived safe and and sound in Bello.


They hung out with Marg and Pete, Al's mum and step-dad.


Enjoyed a few bevvies at the local.



And took in the sights of a very wet but still very beautiful Bellingen.


Deb's friend Mary and her Irish Lover Colm brought their adorable bubba Ruari up from Port Macquarie for the weekend. Ruari is so squeezable.


Deb and Al evidently spent time posing and looking cool.



I stayed at home with the fur-babies and swatted up on the CSG industry...yay for me!! The fur-babies aren't enjoying all this rain cause Mama K doesn't walk them when it's pouring. Here's a photo of them in drier times.

Margherita Cabarita

We had a lovely weekend in Cabarita.
 

The beach was perfect.



The girls loved the water. Doesn't Lucy look like an alien when she's wet?



Oh and we made progress with number 6 on our list. Deb's Dad came to Cabarita with us along with Deb's uncle Steve. We took the boys out to dinner and they had a great time fishing, meeting the locals and shooting the breeze.





I finished Game of Thrones (yes Dom and Pad, I loved it). Now ready for the next installment!

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Sometimes we have a few wines, throw on some glowsticks & wigs (optional) and have a disco dance in the lounge room.

Our favourite tunes?

• Beyonce – Crazy in Love (the live version is funkalicious)
• Michael Franti and Spearhead – Say Hey (I Love You)
• Pet Shop Boys – I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind of Thing
• Oh Mercy – Evil Woman

Our dancing? Enthusiastic!

Molly and Lucy enjoy a good disco too. You can't tell from the picture but I'm sure they were having a great time.


Disco dancing can be tiring though.


Sometimes we end up chilling out under the coffee table.
 

We're off to Cabarita this weekend! Yay!

2012 To Do List!

Nothing motivates me more than a big list, except maybe a big cupcake. This year instead of resolutions, I created a looong list of the things us Tootsie Rolls want to do this year. It's pretty humble as lists but it works for us.

1. Get my license
2. Go to the movies more often
3. Make a budget
4. Learn how to speed read 
5. Learn to cook 10 simple recipes
6. Take my father-in-law out to dinner about once a month Progress
7. Read: Walden by Henry David Thoreau, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason, Quitter by Jon Acuff, The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz,     The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide: How to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify Your Life by Francine Jay
8. Get my cholesterol down to under 5
9. Get rid of everything in the house we don’t use
10. Buy a corporate wardrobe
11. Bake cupcakes
12. Find a new shade of lippy
13. Spend a weekend in Bangalow
14. Take Bev and Terry out to dinner
15. Finish painting all the trim in our house
16. Visit the Gallery of Moder Art
17. Find a rug I really love for the living room 
18. Frame and hang pictures in the living room
19. Get our retro chair reupholstered
20. Sort out the guest room at Hotel on Hows
21. Lose 10 kg
22. Spend a day at the waterfront at Manly
23. Have a meal at  Caravanserai at West End, Butter Bistro at Kangaroo Point, Grappino at Paddington, Montrachet at Paddington, Rapide at Camp Hill and Stokehouse at South Bank (among others)
24. Visit the Paddington Antique Centre
25. Go to the Valley Markets
26. Spend a weekend away with Deb
27. Put the finishing touches in the bedroom (mirror, artwork etc)
28. Spend a day in South Brisbane shopping and eating
29. Find a way to fit all our stuff in our tiny garage
30. Try macaroons 

Hello, world

We started this blog to make sure we stay on track with the big list of things we want to do this year and to give our families and friends another site to check out when they get bored at work! Feel free to leave or comment or drop us a line.