Seafaring Kitty

Both our cats seem to like water, well they have both managed to fall into the spa at some stage… Here is Jammy on a boat ride…

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And Jelly climbing the shower screen…

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Andy

2 Comments:

  • Aww I want a cat now. :(

    Hey guys I need your postal address for engagement party invites asap please!

    Comment by Aaron — February 11, 2010 @ 7:19 am

  • Aaron I’ve lost my phone so I don’t have your number any more maybe just email us?

    Comment by smily — February 21, 2010 @ 12:41 pm

To Do List

So many things to do… good things we have another 24 years before its paid for…

Outside

Driveway

  • 2 slabs done 10 slabs to go…
  • drainage
  • paving pattern

Front Yard

  • foot path
  • front steps
  • retaining wall
  • tree removal
  • pop-up sprinklers
  • lawn
  • plant fruit trees

Backyard

  • weed killing
  • stump removing
  • tree pruning
  • rubbish removal
  • replace old fence

Extension

  • council approval
  • posts
  • back channel
  • frame
  • joists
  • flooring
  • stairs
  • walls
  • insulation
  • doors
  • windows
  • electrical
  • plumbing
  • kitchen

House

  • repoint ridges
  • paint roof
  • render walls
  • paint windows
  • install second rainwater tank
  • plumb in water tanks
  • roller shutters

Shed

  • Reclad outside
  • Replace roof
  • replace internal walls
  • replace ceiling
  • insulate
  • make shelving
  • replace doors
  • secure windows

Inside

Main bathroom

  • finish wiring for TV
  • TV cabinet
  • door
  • villaboard
  • cornice
  • paint ceiling
  • medicine cabinet
  • mirrors
  • glass shelves
  • seal shower screen
  • wire in towel heater
  • tiling
  • grouting
  • under spa compartment

Main bedroom

  • paint walls and ceiling
  • sand floor and clear
  • architraves
  • blinds
  • walk in wardrobe

Laundry

  • move tumble drier
  • create inbuilt shelves
  • make sliding doors
  • paint walls and ceiling
  • tile floor
  • install exhaust fan

Hallway

  • paint walls
  • sand and clear floor
  • replace front door

Bedroom 2

  • paint walls and ceiling
  • sand and clear floor
  • install network points

Bedroom 3

  • paint walls and ceiling
  • sand and clear floor
  • install network points

Second bathroom (Completely renovate)

  • move shower plumbing
  • install new shower
  • move toilet plumbing
  • install new toilet
  • move vanity plumbing
  • install new vanity
  • install tastic
  • remove floor and wall tiles
  • install new floor and wall tiles
  • install mirrors
  • paint ceiling
  • replace door and door furniture

3 Comments:

  • Oh is that all…so we’ll be finished next weekend right?

    Comment by smily — January 31, 2010 @ 10:42 am

  • Of course! And have a cuppa afterwards! =D

    Comment by Cynthia — January 31, 2010 @ 10:44 am

  • Hi, at least you are planning things well, the way you 2 work you will whizz through you list a lot faster than others.
    Wayne put the computer and my plasma TV in my bedroom so once I tidy the sleepout ajoining my room I will be very self sufficient.
    We had a great amount of tomatoes and eggplants from our garden, plus onions, squash, basil, dill, potatoes, beans and spinach. Soon I will dig up the horseradish to make that up.
    It wont be long and we need to get the garden ready for our winter crops. But we have fun, swapping our vegies with other, we get pickled crab, fish, pickled onions, pumpkin and Jo is getting some natural home made cleansing cream. So its worth swopping.
    Must go all is well, Thomas is just beautiful. Mia is so close to walking. Bye Mum

    Comment by dana — January 31, 2010 @ 12:06 pm

Driveway!

Sorry I haven’t blogged in ages guys. I was waiting until I fixed my puter, but it looks like its going to be a more expensive fix that anticipated, so I’m installing things i need on this puter…

We have started on the driveway! Amila has helped us lay two slabs so far, just 10 more to go….

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And yesterday I installed a tread and riser for the foot path to the front door. Naturally I had to make a simple thing complicated by cutting a spot to fit a uni-pit…

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Andy

1 Comments:

  • Yay for getting videos up and working :)

    Comment by smily — January 31, 2010 @ 10:07 am

Welcome to the world Thomas James

"Babies are such a nice way to start people.  ~Don Herrol"

Congrats to Michael, Kate and Isabella on the latest addition to their family, Thomas James, hope you’re all doing well and looking fwd to seeing pics :)

2 Comments:

  • Hi, saw your little nephew today, he is so cute, ill get Jo to send some photos to you via email
    love Mum

    Comment by dana — January 14, 2010 @ 7:43 pm

  • We saw the pics, what a cuteypie! Please send our regards it looks like we won’t be able to make our way over there for a while.

    Comment by smily — January 21, 2010 @ 9:44 pm

Photo frenzy

IMG_7928Andy got some good work done today, pretty soon we’ll be able to use the rainwater tank which is already full:

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IMG_7923Then Andy discovered a new piece of furniture to sit on:

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In the meantime I got a fun action shot of Jam:

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IMG_7723Got to love action shots, ten points for anyone who can spot Jelly in the same picture.

IMG_7722…and we never did share those photos we took when that building in Silverwater caught on fire ages ago did we? It was a plastics building so lots of black smoke and this is what we could see from our house.

~smily

3 Comments:

  • Your kitty cats are so cute! Chewy’s not bad either!

    Comment by Andrea Opie — November 13, 2009 @ 2:04 pm

  • *laughs* Aww, did Andy nudge Chewy out of the “comfy chair” or vice versa? =) Great job on the water tank! Will it be linked to watering systems? Jam & Jelly are so adorable. ><

    Comment by Cynthia — January 15, 2010 @ 11:04 am

  • Hi Cynthia!

    Haha yeah chewy’s used to it. Yup the tank will be linked to the watering system according to Andy, almost everything will I think.

    Comment by smily — January 21, 2010 @ 9:41 pm

Tanks a lot

We installed one of our tanks last weekend! but I don’t have a pic of it actually installed… But here’s one of us getting the base right…

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2 Comments:

  • Hey Sumali I need your mobile again cause I got a new phone.

    Would you and Andy like to come over for dinner sometime at Blacktown? I’ll try and invite Rhea as well.

    Comment by Aaron — November 2, 2009 @ 9:23 am

  • Hey Aaron I totally emailed you our number ages ago when you left that other message, I’ll try again now. Sending it to your mlv one.

    Comment by smily — November 7, 2009 @ 10:57 am

Aunty Malisha pops around for a visit

Mal came around to say hi to Jelly and Jam a fortnight ago, they’ve grown a bit since then:

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We took a couple of photos…

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They seem to really enjoy rolling around in fresh kitty litter, playing in the shower and pouncing on each other:

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1 Comments:

  • Hi, they are so cute, you might see lot of Malisha. The kittens are fun arent they. Whats happening Christmas time, Dad said you are coming to Adelaide. It will be great to see you both again.

    Comment by dana — October 31, 2009 @ 7:46 am

Hot Water

IMG_7821 IMG_7822 IMG_7823We got our hot water working! so far chewy is the only to have used it…

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4 Comments:

  • awwwwwwww look at chewy! what a cutie poo.

    the cats look so cute as well! can’t wait to see them!

    Comment by Mal — October 12, 2009 @ 9:20 am

  • So chewy smells nice and you wont. only joking

    Comment by Dana — October 12, 2009 @ 10:31 am

  • Love the Kittens and their names! Glad chewy is still getting spoilt (as if he ever wasnt)

    Comment by Jo Jo — October 17, 2009 @ 10:55 pm

  • Poor Chewy!!

    Comment by Andi — October 25, 2009 @ 9:54 am

Jelly and Jam

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Meet Jelly and Jam :)

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4 Comments:

  • Hey awesome lolcats!

    You guys have to come over to our new unit at Blacktown sometime for dinner!

    Also what’s your mobile number? I lost it when I upgraded to the iphone.

    Comment by Aaron — October 12, 2009 @ 7:09 am

  • Hi, cute kittens, love their names, hope you have lots of fun with them. How does chewy get on with them

    Comment by Dana — October 12, 2009 @ 10:30 am

  • Chewy doesn’t seem to notice them at all it’s weird, he must be used to having cats around. The girls on the other hand don’t seem to like him at all but that’s understandable…

    Comment by smily — October 13, 2009 @ 10:56 am

  • Cute kitties

    Comment by Andrea — October 25, 2009 @ 9:46 am

Weekend Work

It was too windy to work on the gutters this weekend, so we diverted our energy else where…

IMG_7798 We picked up the swinging chair from Andrew and Mala’s place and installed in our tree!

 

 

IMG_7799 Plus we got the cold water hooked up to the vanity!

 

 

IMG_7800 We also bought a heap of stuff for our new kittens which are nearly ready to leave the litter!

5 Comments:

  • how exciting!!!!!!!! have you guys figured out names. name them monkey and pickle :P hahah!

    Comment by mal — September 28, 2009 @ 11:13 am

  • We are leaning towards Sugar and Spice…

    Comment by Andy — September 30, 2009 @ 6:28 am

  • oh man, that sink is fancy schmancy! nice to see the place coming along. surprised that you are getting kitties too! very cool.

    as a cat owner myself, i can recommend that you guys use Breeders Choice for litter. apparently it’s flushable, which helps with getting rid of #2s. you can buy a 35litre bag of it for $20 at Aussie Pet Supplies [183 Parramatta Rd, Haberfield] which is pretty good value considering they sell the same brand at Coles/Woolies for $20 but only a 20litre bag.

    i sound like a crazy cat lady now so i’m going to stop talking.

    Comment by rhea — October 7, 2009 @ 10:22 pm

  • We’ve changed what we’re going to name them cos Sugar and Spice just wasn’t working and didn’t really roll of the tongue. We ended up making them Jelly and Jam, we’re absolutely loving them, look fwd to a lot of posts on them!

    Rhea I plan on becoming that crazy old cat lady one day, nothing wrong with crazy…I need to get some cat practice in.
    Haberfields a bit far away, is it close to you? Maybe we should work out some kind of kitty litter deal between the two of us. Speaking of bargains we were going to buy a $60 scratching post at the pet store but luckily we decided to wait and shop around. Aldi had/has them on special for $20 so that was an awesome saving. Oh and that pink hand toy thing really sucks, they don’t react to it at all.

    Comment by smily — October 11, 2009 @ 5:28 pm

  • Nice vanity….

    Comment by Andi — October 25, 2009 @ 9:50 am