How comfy does this bed look… I know brick walls aren’t many people’s cup of tea, but it certainly is mine. I think if I had the opportunity, I could make an old ugly brick wall look pretty. Like this one. Minus the bed, the beautiful lamps and the chandelier, I’m sure the wall would look completely horrible. But little touches can transform everything. The magic of creativity and a little bit of love.
Have I told you how much I’ve been loving my Saturdays? Out of all the days in the week, Saturday is MY day. Marc has been a little busy bee and has been working pretty much every Saturday since Christmas. So I’m left by myself to catch up on everything that I haven’t had the chance to do during the week. It usually starts out with a bit of a sleep in… how much I love my sleep deserves a whole post on its own. That’s how much. My sleep ins don’t last long, damn the body clock, so I usually wake up around 8.30… kind of wander around the house in a daze… check out what’s on morning TV or what I’ve got recorded on my IQ… usually watch about half hour of whatever I’ve recorded, or if I don’t have anything, I just kind of sit on my couch with a cup of coffee and revel in the quietness and peacefulness of my house, usually staring out the window. I love quiet Saturday mornings.
Then it’s on to business. If the house is exceptionally untidy or dirty, I do a huge clean which could take me at least two hours. That includes dusting, vacuuming, mopping, general tidying of books, paperwork, clothes, whatever… then I do the shower and the toilet (hopefully Marc would’ve already been one step ahead of me and done this by the weekend – he’s good like that!) and most likely two loads of laundry. We always, always leave our laundry to the last minute like when we’re pretty much down to our last pair of underwear!
After the cleaning of the house, I head out to do the grocery shopping… whatever we need for the weekend or even the week. After grocery shopping, I come home and just laze around the house for a little until which time it’s probably lunch time and I either catch up with a girlfriend(s) or if none are available, then it’s by my lonesome self… which really I don’t mind at all. I treasure my own personal time with myself. Honestly. Some people hate being alone and always feel the constant need to surround themselves with people… and that not a bad thing at all, but I can tell you I’m not one of those people. I like a bit of solitude now and again.
So today, it’s one of those joyous Saturdays where I’ve got every ‘household chore’ done before midday and now it’s time to lunch with a girlfriend at Poyntons. A beautiful nursery with a cafe attached right by the river! It’s lovely on a sunny day like today.
Enjoy the Anzac long weekend and let’s all remember our soldiers – of yesterday and today.
