Thanks for awarding me :)

I feel very undeserving of an award given that I have been a terribly absent blogger of late !!! But of course I accept it wholeheartedly :) I was finally catching up on comments and posts from my fellow bloggers and saw that the lovely Moerks had nominated me....how fabulous and kind !!! such a nice surprise (sorry I'm soooo late in noticing).

By the looks of things I need to list 10 things that make me happy, so here goes....

1. My Daughter and all her new little expressions and tricks (currently she has learnt to use my lipgloss to paint her toenails and I have no idea how given I never ever paint my toenails) :)

2. My husband, he is my wonderful :)

3. All the rest of my family, never a dull moment (seriously if I had a permanent video camera and no concern for privacy we could have made millions on reality tv!! pure entertainment)

4. My friends - so loyal and so lovely.

5. The surgeons, anaethetists and nurses at Waikato hospital for keeping my Dad around for the last 20 years (and many more to come), such angels!

6. Mint icecream.

7. The big bang theory (TV programme that I strangely happen to adore).

8. A clean kitchen.

9. Going out for Sunday breakfast.

10. And the rarest of the rare................................... a sleep in :)

Thanks again to the Moerks! I would definitely pass this award onto you if you had not already given it to me :) I'm not sure there are many blogs I follow that are left to pass this on to as I am so terribly late in getting organised !!! here are some of my fave bloggers and if you have already received the award just ignore it but please know I appreciate you all....

Rachael at A Room For Everyone

Kerri at Driftwood Interiors

Kerry at A Tranquil Townhouse

Karyn at Hope Island Home and Living

Mrs C at Building the Dream in Ireland

I have also noticed I have a few new followers, so I would love the opportunity to visit the blogs of my new followers and I'll be sure to pass this award on further very shortly :)

I have to ask that you bear with my sporadic posts for a few more weeks as I have a tonne on my plate. I'm looking forward to a bit of calm in a few weeks so I can blog till my heart is content, and catch up with everyone. I have such a backlog of ideas at the moment, just no time !!

:)

Chic Shack

I feel like I have been living in the twilight zone the last couple of weeks. A mix of being super sick myself and having my poor Dad in and out of hospital (thankfully now recovering nicely from some pretty major surgery). I just glanced outside to see my 500 thread count Egyptian cotton sheets out on the line where they have been hanging for over a week now....opps!! Needless to say I haven't had the time to so much as glance at my lonely computer :(

As a quick catch up post I thought I'd share the above images from a lovely London furniture store 'Chic Shack' that my dearest friend Amie showed me the website for. They may have been blogged about before but I have not personally come across them in blog land and I think its just gorgeous (I especially love the kids rooms and nurseries). Check out their website for some lovely inspiration http://www.chicshack.net/

Olivia :)

hopefully no more sicknesses for a while we have had more than our fair share!!