Three

do you find things happen in 3's?

1/ My big laptop is sick.
2/ I had another ceiling flood in the kitchen.
3/ My landlord is selling the castle, I might have to move.

Some 3's are really good 3's:
1/ This is my 3rd blog post in a row.
2/ I will see my boyfriend in 3 nights time.
3/ It is 3 weeks until the Princess's 9th birthday.

What 3's  have you had happen recently?

Rachael xo

p.s. today is the one year anniversary of the terrible earthquake that tore apart Christchurch, one of our main cities, took lives, injured people and destroyed homes. Prayers and blessings to the people of Christchurch including my precious godparents. xo

IN-Som-NIA and Stuff

Insomnia, seriously you would think I would be immune to it with the amount of strong pain relief I take, but no, insomnia haunts me from time to time... but oh what brilliant ideas come to me in the middle of the night,

like last night for instance,  I planned the Princess's upcoming 9th birthday in minute detail and what I am going to do for my boyfriends 40th birthday in April, all I need to do now is DO IT!

And stuff, these shelves in my kitchen please me at the moment, no idea why really as nothing has changed on them!

Despite the lack of sleep I had a really productive day, getting the last of my Xmas presents ready for mailing, no I'm not super organised and early for this coming Xmas, I super unorganised and late, they are for this Xmas just gone! Haha

On taking the late-ish Xmas presents to the Post Office I spied this divine shop window display which as inspired me to do some painting and crafting! So much to do, so little, so little something!

Posting two days in a row, unheard of!

Until...then...

Rachael xo

Lost!

I made him a Valentines Day card,

 and attached a red key to my apartment,

and mailed it to his home, waaaay before V Day,

and it did it get there on time,

noooooooooo...

it didn't get there at all,

it got lost,

somewhere in the post :-(

He is in Sydney which is in Australia (in case you didn't know) this week for work,

so I'm going to try it all over again,

as a welcome home gift,

fingers X'd this one makes it!

Rachael xo

'Love' February

The 'love' month is here already, in this house we nod to it with a handmade 'love' banner strung across the mantle piece,

and 'love' hearts on the kitchen wall.

I hope you are 'loving' February!

Take Care
Rachaelxo

A Weekend in Paradise

Early in December my man and I went away for a luxury weekend and stayed at Cocozen Lodge and Spa in the far North of our beautiful country. We stayed in a chalet, surrounded by pine trees and wild rambling gardens,

I absolutely loved the details that made the chalet so special and was atypical of New Zealand nature such as the use of flax and paua shell, as were the towels on the bed wrapped in fresh flax,

the rustic wardrobe,

and beautiful soap in a paua shell dish.

During the day we went on sightseeing trips around the beautiful Northland beaches,

eating fish and chips for lunch,

 before returning to our chalet for drinks on the deck,

 eating the most delicious Middle Eastern food for dinner at a KeriKeri cafe,

before returning to the chalet to spend hours in the outdoor jacuzzi nestled under pine trees and huge native ferns!

Had to borrow this image from Cocozen Website!

It was such a great weekend, luxurious surroundings and loads of fun!


Take Care
Rachaelxo