Yep, the glass shelves are up! As my Mom said, our bathroom is the nicest room in the house. I have to say I LOVE it – makes one want to sit on the toilet for hours just staring at the shelves. I know I’ve said it before, and will probably say it again – but we really need to have more visitors round, because it’s the impetus we need to get things done. Had friends over Saturday night, the shelves were put up an hour before they arrived. If you look really closely on the left hand side there are 3 little bottles, tiny story behind them too.
(figured I’d make life easier for you – and save the eyesight)
I think we single handedly keep the bottle banks going with all the wine, beer and cider bottles we dump there every week – the last time Wouter went to off load some he came back with two of the little bottles shown in the picture. Seems a hospital had dumped them, well I took one look and decided I had to have them. They really are the cutest little bottles and so versatile. So the next time Wouter went to dump our bottles he came back with about forty of them. Some might think we’re odd, but you have to admit with a little ribbon around the neck and some glass pebbles inside – they don’t look half bad, and we’re doing our bit by recycling them! They’re also great as candle holders and were put to good use during earth hour, I reckon one should turn the lights off more often and light candles – not only is it saving energy but it is really flattering too.
The other highlight from the weekend was Jessica’s involvement in Kontiki 2009, she’s been involved before but this was the first time she was old enough to be a part of the crew and stay on the water for 24 hours. The other side started her involvement in the whole Brownie/Guide thing and I haven’t really been to many of the things they’ve done, but I’m really glad I went to watch them bring the rafts in. It was tremendous fun and the work they do to make their rafts is quite amazing. Jessica’s team had a hard time bringing their raft in because of the wind – it was howling, but with a lot of team work and able assistance from her father, they managed to come along side without too much hassle.
I took this picture from the top of Boyes Drive – the wind didn’t make it very easy.
Their’s is the little brown one in the middle, number 17.
It was quite remarkable to watch them dismantle it as well – a lot of squealing when they had to jump into the water to help lift it onto shore – but after the initial leap they acted like pros.
And now for something completely different – it would appear that Bagheera needs a bit of kitty discipline – this is what she said to me when I told her to get off my counter.
(as an aside if you clicked on the link…. spray bottles only work if the cat doesn’t like water)