and so it ends...

a month of blogging and photo taking and many other things...
if there's one thing having something to photograph everyday has done, it's been to make this month go super quickly!!!

today's a a month of prompt is multicoloured.



so i thought i'd share this little snippet of my big granny square.
it's a mostly neutral coloured blankie, with a couple of rows of this multicoloured wool
it spices it up a little bit ha ha!

in terms of my goals for the month, i think i did ok...
there was definitely lots of meal planning, but not much bread making... i did put together a sourdough starter, but i'm not sure with how it's coming along.
plus, i'm not sure that i can handle the responsibility of another thing to feed ha ha!

the granny stripe has come along in leaps and bounds



but i barely did a skerrick of home work!
my oven got a great clean, and i made it to a couple of pilates classes (though not as many as i wanted to...)
my lunches got a little creative, but only towards the end of the month...
i got one of the beanies finished, and definitely got my blog on but no new pj pants for me!
maybe next month huh?

i also got knitting on some dishcloths last night



i always forget how differently cotton knits up compared to wools, the change is good though!

do you think this month has gone super quickly too? how did you go with your monthly goals if you made them?

meal planning monday.

i'm very lucky to have today off from work, and i'm going to use it to my full advantage...
once my meal plan is sorted, i'll pop over to the shops and get everything that i need, and then come back and get some prep done too!
as well as dinner's this week, i'm going to try and get some foods prepped for breakfasts and lunches too!!
spicy chicken noodle for lunch and little breakfast muffins to grab on the go!
oh, and i should do something with the sad looking bananas in the fruit bowl too! banana bread? i think so!



tonight, bb has put in a request for lamb. seeing as i'll be home all day, and the oven will be on for most of it, a roast will be perfect. maybe even a roasted rack... it's been ages!

tomorrow night, i'm NOT at home all day unfortunately... hopefully my local butcher will have some nice looking steaks, which i'll pair with some wilted cabbage with onion and bacon and maybe some steamed green beans. yum!

wednesday night, i'll pop on some teriyaki chicken. again, it's been an age and it really is super delicious!

thursday night, i think i'll grab a mini kangaroo roast out of the freezer, two roast dinners in a week, why not? it'll be the perfect thing to throw together, and then leave to cook for 45 minutes while i get other stuff sorted!

friday night, i'm going to pop some ribs in the slow cooker, like i did last fortnight. they were SO yummy! the perfect meal to start the weekend after a long night at work.

plans are minimal for saturday and sunday at this stage... but i do have a lovely lady popping in for dinner on saturday night. i think i'll spend the day being a homebody and put together a pot of delicious slow cooked bolognaise. and maybe i'll even whip up some fresh bread... we'll see how i'm feeling ha ha!

sunday, i've already made some plans in my head, to get myself organised for NEXT week foodwise. i'll make sure there's something delicious for us to grab and go for breakfast, and whip something up for lunches as well.
oh and i'll probably organise dinners for the week too... well that's the idea anyway. i guess only time will tell ha ha!

today's a month of prompt is tan



i thought i'd share the shoes i bought myself a few weeks ago. i went into the shop, with the intention of only buying myself new shoes for work, and walked out with these too... when they're this adorable, and more than half price, how's a girl to resist?

how do you go buying shoes? what are you eating this week? how do you go with organisation?

sunday snippets.

a couple of snippets from my sunday... mostly catching up on my a month of prompts for the last couple of days.
i'm not such a strong finisher for these types of 'every day' challenges ha ha!



day 26 - lilac.
i put a little colour on my toes this morning in preparation for a party this afternoon.
i ended up wearing stockings and shoes so it was a little for nought... oh well.



day 27 - mint green.
i love the old taps we have in our bathroom.



day 28 - pink.
a PINK and orange card i put together for the birthday girl today.



we had high tea at the ngv in celebration.
it was pretty fantastic actually...



when i got home, this guy took a shining to my pearls.
what a legend jerk.

i spent the evening trying to put together my meal plan for the week
i'm going to try really hard to eat healthily this week. i've eaten wayyy too many foods that are no good for anyone over the last couple of weeks and i can feel them taking their toll on my body!

what are your plans for the week ahead? how was your day today?

my creative space.

today's a month of prompt is kelly green.
this is all sorts of appropriate for what's going on in my creative space today because i'm working on this...



in fact, i've been working on it a lot the last couple of weeks

melbourne's weather has finally turned autumnal so i've found myself most nights in the last fortnight, hunkered down in my armchair with the heater on and my granny ripple strewn across my lap.



it's growing a little bit each night, and it's slowly getting longer and longer, creeping towards my toes a little more every evening!

are you playing along with kootoyoo and her my creative space game? what are you creating today?

makin' over.

last thursday, i posted a picture (as part of the a month of challenge) of a little ikea stool i had ideas about fancying up over the weekend



well after a very lazy day on saturday, i pulled on my motivated boots on sunday!

i pulled the tops off the stools and gave the bases a couple of coats of white paint
while they were drying, i raided my vintage fabric stash for some suitably sized pieces and then, after a quick press, glued them onto the tops!

fast forward a couple of drying hours and...

TA-DA!!







two completely made over stools!

i absolutely love how they turned out! but i am a little worried the fabric will get destroyed... i painted them up with a thick layer of PVA on top but i think they might need a gloss varnish or something.

oh, and today's a month of prompt is gold



a close up of my new glasses. I LOVE them!!

any suggestions on protecting fabric topped stools? have you performed any furniture make-overs recently?

playing catch up.

i've been a little slack the last couple of days with posting my a month of pictures here... well not only here, anywhere really...
i had a little catch up session while i was preparing dinner tonight, so you might just sense a little theme...



day 20 - ochre



day 21 - orange



day 22 - brown



day 23 - silver

tomorrow's colour is gold, and i've got absolutely no idea what i'll do yet... hopefully inspiration hits at some point ;)

are you playing along with the a month of challenges? how are you going with staying motivated?

meal planning monday.

oops! kind of falling off the 'blog everyday in april thing' hey? oh well, weekends are for relaxing, spending time with family and getting stuff done around the house, which is exactly what i did this weekend!



enough talk about what's already happened... more talk about what will be happening this week! more specifically, what'll be happening in the kitchen.

tonight, i'll pop a nice bit of pork in the oven. monday night roast, it could become a thing...

for tomorrow night, there's some marinated chicken in the fridge. it'll be perfect with some fresh and crunchy salad and maybe even some brown rice.

wednesday night, we're off to a birthday party! i would imagine we'll probably get something on the way to line our tummies, it mayyyyyy be a big night...

thursday night, i think i might get out my griddle pan and cook up some steaks! it's been ages!

bb has volunteered to take care of dinner on friday night as he's planning to take friday off from work. an extra long weekend for him the lucky thing! i'm working late on friday, nothing new there, so it makes sense for him to organise food! hopefully it's something delicious and not just takeaway...

the weekend just gone, all of our plans to catch up with folks fell through, so i'm hoping we can catch up with some people for dinner on saturday! weekends are also for catching up with people ;)

on sunday afternoon, i'm heading into the city for a friend's birthday celebration. there'll be afternoon tea served so i'd put money on the fact that i'm not going to feel like eating much for dinner. maybe i'll have bread and cheese... a cheese platter for dinner never goes astray ha ha!

now i'd best drag my butt out of bed and make myself some breakfast... oh and i'd best feed my sourdough starter too!

what are you plans for dinner this week?