The House & Beyond

Hello Everyone!

After months of technical nightmares, our new modem has arrived.

I still have some travel pics to share with you, 

but here's a tiny snippet of what's been happening at the House & Beyond

 As some of you already know

I am an Ambassador for Olay Total Effects.

I had another shoot in Sydney last November.

The photo shoots are always a lot of fun

it's great catching up with the other 6 ambassadors

and Olay is a great product to endorse.

 This one was video footage for the nine msn website

and I was NERVOUS!!!

A 40 minute one take, unrehearsed video (Yikes!!)

It will be on the website soon. 

I'm not sure if I want to see it?!

After the shoot we ate at China Doll, which was divine.

Good Charlotte were there & so was Hamish!

The House saw a few more parties and has passed the party test.

Apart from a few scratches on the dance floor/living room floor

it has held up very well!

This was a Melbourne Cup party we had.

I went to Coffs Harbour for a weekend away with my old school

girlfriends. We stayed right on the beach & rained all weekend.

When all else fails, just drink Cocktails!

I haven't laughed so much for a long time!

I do still love the beach on a cloudy, rainy day.

Without the rain, there would be no rainbow

These light shades were in a cute little cafe 

at the Jetty in Coffs. I like!!

We spend a few weeks in Sydney & on the central coast over Christmas

and fell in love with Sydney again.

 We house sit a friend's house every year near Manly.

There are some very, very cool little hangouts in Manly now.

I think I could live there.

This is at The Manly Pantry. We also loved Hemmingways.

Santa gave my daughter this Blue Nail Polish.

I think he meant to give it to me, so we are 'sharing' it.

My daughter's favourite chef is Adriano Zumbo

has a Patisserie in Manly, 

so when B. saw this she asked when we were moving!

Mum & Dad live at Point Frederick north of Sydney.

It's always so good spending time there with the family.

We go sailing in Dad's boat, surf, eat lots of scrumptious food,

& drink lots of wine & coffee.

 There were 7 beautiful handmade stockings under the tree this year

Mum & Dad's house is filled with gorgeous things & amazing food

I hope the sun is shining where you are. 

I'm not sure what happened to summer this year, last year & the year before?? 

The weather in Brisbane has been crap one day and shit the next!

The year is flying, isn't it!

I can't believe it's almost easter.

It's been very busy for us on the building & interior design & decorating front.

More on that soon.

Thanks so much to new friends who are following my blog.

I'll do my best to get back up to speed!!

J

xx