Trying to sort through my stuff !!

Since I updated my study I really just want to spend time in here! I love this little bubble of mine.  If you have kids under the age of 100 you will know though that alone time for a toddler mommy is pretty much a no go. Unless he is asleep, and then its mommy and daddy time.

Kai however has had this cough I spoke about yesterday so I gave him so meds to try to dry it all up, and he is out like a light at 8! Yep at 8 pm.  That is an hour earlier than normal.  Hubby had to go do a pharmacy run tonight as I dropped the bottle of cough meds earlier. (Clumsy me).

So now I have the next 20 minutes to myself.  Bliss.  I started on this.

Since the paint job and organising of my bubble, I have been itching to get into my craft boxes on top of the shelf.

One holds all my scrap book papers, which I sorted this weekend.  Some of it went into the newly sprayed shelf. (Oh and the labels are on too ... ) and the other larger pages stayed in the box, together with some sheets of ABC's.

The other large box holds this:

All my craft embellishments, I have been collecting for years, so there is a lot.

Ok so the above was written on Monday night, BEFORE we rushed off to the ER to get them to help our little human who could barely breath from the hectic croup attack he had.

Needless to say there has been no further progress on any of the stuff pictured here.

I will show updates soon.

One of the next things I need to figure out is how to tackle this mess:

This box holds all our manuals of all items purchased around the house. Sadly this system is not working well. All the papers flop and fall and mix in together.  Working on it.  Will update soon.

I also really want to figure out how to pretty this little section of the kitchen up (The little open shelf thingy space there where there are now cookie tins:) And yes, that cupboards do have chicken coup wire instead of glass.  It is how it looked when we bought the house, and I kinda like it. Its fun, quirky and works with the "farm" style kitchen.

I am thinking of painting the back section red? Maybe, it will go well with the red accents in the kitchen and above the fire place..... too much?  ADVISE PLEASE! 

Also starting on some Christmas things, (we don't do the season changes like most of blog world mommies do here in RSA, we also don't do much for Halloween, in fact it has never been celebrated here.  Lately though, I would say the last 2 years, I have seen some Halloween goodies in the shops, and have heard of a couple of Halloween parties going on, but no trick or treating here .... not yet. 

So being jealous of all the crafty goodness I see around the blog world of late, I decided to get a head start on my Christmas goodies.  Christmas is going to be BIG this year.  The last two years have been a little more relaxed.  2 years ago Kai was a tiny 5 month old, and I was swamped and tired, and freaking out about leaving my little baby in a couple of days time to go to work .... last year, FIL passed away a bit before Christmas and we were busy packing up our house.... so this year.  We are going big! Also Kai will totally love it. He has too.  Germans are BIG on Christmas, and I am reading up and making sure I get all the traditions down and understood. I think its important. 

Anyway, we found a bag of pine cones when we moved into this house, stashed around a little corner of the yard.  They probably used it as fire starters, but I grabbed a couple of them that looked good, and did this:

The purple ones I just did cause I had the purple spray paint, but I am thinking I want to do red and silver, and gold .... Maybe?

I found this hurricane candle holder and thought hey, perfect size for this huge pine cone ..... :) center piece for my come dine with me table? Yes ... ? I added some "rafia" (scraps of straw like paper) to the bottom to add colour, and then some "Merry Christmas" washi tape to the outside on the bottom, to make it more festive. Like it? I do.  I think it will work well on the table, specially since it it not to high and wont be obtrusive. 

Guys I have a ton and I mean a ton of work to do. 

Kai is still coughing a lot, and I think I might need to take him to his paediatrician tomorrow, if he is not better tonight.  That will mean more time away from work, and less time to actually work through the pile of stuff.  So for now, I need to run and tackle the piles! 

Last notes:

Congrats to my cousin Chris and his wife Berdene on the birth of their baby girl Anke.  Look forward to meeting her. 

Congrats to Maryke and Nathan on the birth of they brand new baby boy Xander.  26 hours of labour and then eventually a C-section, ouch.  But I believe you did great mate. Lots of love all the way to Aus. 

xoxox