🌸🌸🌸The Garden🌸🌸🌸

 This is how it all looked awhile back:

Now!

Guess which one I would rather have? Thank you Ross for all your hard work!
The garden beds will have Roses and Lavender in them and we are going to put down lawn. I am also thinking of putting in a MagnoliaTree right in the middle of the lawn!
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🌹🌹🌹I have Found A New Love🌹🌹🌹

I have found a new love!! *Decoupage* and I have decided to Decoupage our Toilet Room in Pink Roses!!! I am looking forward to seeing how it comes! I need just over 80 Roses and I have cut out about 10 so only 70 to go!
Love and Blessing everyone!
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💟💟💟Making The Vintage Look💟💟💟

Making my light fitting look a tad vintage!

💓💓💓Update On The Bedroom💓💓💓

The Bedroom Ruffles are up and finished; I decided to trim them with the Burgundy quilting fabric that matched the Burgundy in the Roses on the fabric! 🌹🌹🌹I must say I am very happy with how they have come - I am one happy Homemaker! God amazes me at how much He helps me make a H❤me out of our little house!
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💞💞💞The Making Of A Sign💞💞💞

I am making a sign for above our Bed it is coming along well. It is the first time I have used modeling paste - which is quite fun to work with you can get a nice 3D look!!!
It has been loads of fun!!!
I love been a Homemaker!
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💝Getting It Done💝

I have finished two of the three bed ruffles! I just have one more to do and then I start on the above-the-bed ruffles!!! YAY!!! I'm getting it done! Finally - who would have thought?!
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*~*I love turning a house into a H💛me! *~*

This is how they came from IKEA! I love, love, love IKEA!!


 
This how I have decorated them they are not quite finished - but getting there!
What do you think?

*~*So Far So Good*~*

I have finished the parquet floor in our bedroom now I just need to sand it back and re-seal it and the floor is finished. I am so happy I was able to make new parquet pieces (some of the old stuff was rotten)to fill in some of the gaps it may not be perfect but it doesn't need to be - it is a H💗me not a display house!!!

Love to all. 💗💗💗💗

*~*Back To Babysteps Today After...*~*

Well after been sick with bad migraines and having Mr. W in hospital as well as Joshua not been well! Life at "Pink Rose Cottage" is well once again! So that  means it is back to Babysteps and today it is number 9! so here goes!

Morning Routine

• Get up and get dressed to lace-up shoes; fixing your hair and face
• Look at your posted reminders in the kitchen and bathroom
• Read your FlyLady emails
• Recognize the negative voices and change them.
• Put out your Hot Spots for two minutes

Before-Bed Routine

• Keep your sink shining
• Lay out your clothes for tomorrow
• Put out your Hot Spot. It will make you happy in the morning!  
• Today we are going to learn how to declutter our homes a few minutes at a time with some fun tools that you might have been wondering about from the reminders you have been reading in our e-mails. Making it fun will get the job done! Read the  Decluttering FLYing Lesson!
  Today, add a five-minute room rescue to your Morning Routine. After you have done a Five-Minute Room Rescue, send an email to:
   FlyLady@flylady.net with MY ROOM IS RESCUED in the subject line.   
  
  
  I will also get back to working on my Control Journal. Flying did help when I was sick we didn't have to buy take-out because my meals had already been prepared! 
  Thank you FlyLady, I do truly love you!
  Jilly oxoxoxo
   
   

*~*Making Our Little House Our Home*~*

*~*Day 8 Of BabySteps*~*

Day 8 
I get to start putting my Control Journal together; I am looking forward to this step!
So I am still;

• Shinning my sink
• Dressing to shoes
• Reading my FlyLady E-mails
• Changing the bad voices in my head
• Putting out Hot Spots - I dealt with a big fire today!
•  Laying out my clothes the night before

Now I get to make routines out of them!
oxoxo

*~*My Chook Food is Growing*~*

This is what happens when your Chook food gets a bit damp; it starts to grow again! 
oxoxo

*~*Day 7 Of Baby Steps*~*

 

Day 7 of BabySteps is:

• Get dressed to shoes

• Keep my sink shinning

• Read my FlyLady emails

• Look at my poster notes (these really help)

• Recognize the wrong thoughts 
• Before Bed Routine 

*~*Day 6 Of Babysteps*~*

Here is Day 6:

• Get dressed to shoes

• Keep my sink shinning

• Read my FlyLady emails

• Look at my poster notes (these really help)

• Recognize the wrong thoughts that snow ball with people (like me) who suffer with anxiety!

oxoxoxo

*~*Day 5 Of Baby Steps*~*

Well it is day 5 of Babysteps and all is going well. 😊Dinner is finished on time and I have gotten a lot done - I still have a lot to do. 🏡However I am so happy with what I have done so far. Life is good - I am  living the dream people - I 'm living the dream.
OXOXOXO

*~*Too Funny*~*

Note to self - next time I put the dishwasher on, remove tea towel before starting the dishwasher!
It least the tea towel is clean too...
oxoxoxo

*~*This Never Gets Old*~*

Waking up to this never gets old! I love waking up to a clean and sparkling sink; I love Flying!!!
oxoxo

*~*Baby Steps 4*~*

Baby - Steps 4. 
So far we are: Getting Dressed to lace-up shoes Keeping our sink shining  today I need to read FlyLady message's on her website. 

Today has been so interesting reading FlyLady's website, I have learned so much, my home is looking better and feeling better this really works. I am so grateful to FlyLady! 
I also bought a new zip up folder and some things to go in side so I can build my new Control Journal. 
I can't wait to get it started - picture will follow!
This is so much fun- I am loving it!
I have also found a wonderful FlyLady forum called - SHEForums and I am loving been apart of it!! Life is good - living the dream! SHE stands for **Sidetracked Home Executive** - it is so me!

Jilly oxoxo

*~*Day 3 Of Flying Again*~*

Day 3

Today I spent time looking at the FlyLady sites; it is amazing the things she has there to help people like me get their homes to a beautiful and calm state and get rid of the CHAOS!!
I am loving this journey!

*~*Flying Day 2*~*

Today is put on your lace up shoes day - so I have started my day off by putting them on! 👍
Today I also printed some pages that will help me make this new way of life work!
So here goes on getting this Flying done and making it a great success! 👍
Love and hugs Jilly! ❤️💛💚💙💜

*~*Flying Again*~*

After battling to keep up with my home and all the things that life has been throwing at me, I have decided to go back to the beginning with Flying through my day, so here goes:
Day 1 - shinning my sink is all done and looking good; it was so special to wake up, walk into our kitchen and see a shiny sink in front of me. It was wonderful not to see a sink full of crap!
I am looking forward to starting my days off with a clean and shining sink! Do you use FlyLadies ideas and methods? If so I would love to know how they work for you.
Love Jilly ❤️💛💚💙💜

*~*Our New Garden*~*

*~*Scrubbing The Floor Jilly Style*~*

I scrubbed the kitchen floor Jilly style  with bicarb soda and vinegar,  and I must say the floor has come up a treat!
Now to sand back the old sealer and prepare the floor for a new coat of sealer!! I am looking forward to the end result!
Fun, Fun, Fun!!! ❤️💛💚💙💜 (My wife's idea of fun is not mine! But that's a good thing because she likes it so I don't have to do it!! Antony)
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*~*The First Fire For This Winter*~*

It's my favorite time of the year - "Winter"! I love being able to light the fire and enjoy its cosy comforts, especially the first fire of the year - like last night's! Somehow this time of the year bring me so much joy; the leaves have turned golden, the nights are getting longer with more time to snuggle, it is time for homemade soup and stews... and the list could go on - I just love it! 
I also love baking in the winter - our home smells like love. I think there is something special about the smell of homemade goodies like bread, biscuits (cookies), soup, apple crumble and apple pies! 
Life is just more wonderful in Winter... now I just need it to snow ☃️- however I don't think that will happen here... Perth is just too darn hot!
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*~*Another One Getting Done*~*

Well, today I am working on the next three chairs that I am doing for our kitchen; life has been so busy and I haven't gotten back to them till now!
Joshua fractured a bone in his foot (5th metatarsal) at Barbagallo raceway watching the V8's, and then developed a dreadful rash, so needless to say my life has been very busy. That coupled with the sad fact that my precious Mama was admitted to hospital the same day with fluid in her lungs, Mr A and I have not stopped. However, as busy as it has been here at "Pink Rose Cottage", it has also been good! Life has a habit of going on and keeping us busy. I am currently reading "The Simple Home" by Rhonda Hetzel. It is a wonderful book and I am really enjoying it!

Mama is out of hospital and doing well even though she is very tired. We have had wonderful news: my Sister is coming over in a week to spend sometime with us all, so that is wonderful, and I am looking forward to seeing her and spending time catching up!
Well, I am off to put a loaf of bread on and finish one of the chairs. Dinner is cooked; I just need to dish it and then it will be ready to be enjoyed by my family! 
As I am typing this out I can hear the mulcher going; Mr. A is mulching up some garden rubbish and turning it into garden treasure. We are hoping to put in a veggie garden in a couple of weeks so we can be a little more self-sufficient!
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*~*I am Losing It*~*

I got to add another pebble to my weight loss jar today - it is such a wonderful feeling!
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*~*What Is On My Needles*~*

I just wanted to share my latest project with you all; my knitting! It is coming along well, as you can see  I am knitting a pair of socks for my precious Hubby and I am really enjoying the experience it's been fun! Mr. W is partly colour blind so colour means a lot to him, therefore, I had to make sure he could see the colors in the wool I was knitting! I think I nailed it - yes?
oxoxoxo

 

*~*I Love God's Precious Word*~*

*~*New Kitchen Tiles*~*

We bought new tiles for the kitchen today and decided to go with some colour as everything else in there is either white or pine! What do you think? 
I am so happy with them, Antony is partly colour blind so it is so important to have splashes of colour that he can see and I am thanking God we found these and all up they only cost us $30.00!!
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