Photo a day challenge: Day 12

I thought I would give the photo a day challenge a go. Chantelle over at fatmumslim is running the challenge. The June photo a day for today is take a photo of what you were doing at either 11am today or 11pm tonight.

My entry for today. I was loading the clothes dryer at 11am.

A trip to Maldon

After dropping the kids off at school, my travelling buddy (my hubby) and I plus our two furry children headed up to Maldon. We had a nice walk up and down the main street, looking at the shops then decided to head into Castlemaine for some lunch. The four of us enjoyed our trip and it was lovely to have a day with my hubby. Can't wait for the next adventure!

Relaxing long weekend

It was the long weekend here in Australia. The Queens Birthday long weekend. Just stayed at home. Had breakfast sitting by the fire, had a sausage sizzle for lunch and made some homemade orange cordial. It was nice not to go anywhere, we got some things done around the house and spent some time with the kids. 

Our lovely stair carpet

I was over on Retro Mummys blog having a read of her latest post. She has replaced her lovely green carpet in the family home sneak peek at the new carpet and she wanted to know "Can you beat me with older carpet at your house or beat my green carpet???" Well this is our family homes original carpet from the early 70's. This lovely coloured carpet was throughout the house in the lounge, hallway, bedrooms and stairs. We have still left it on the stairs as we haven't decided on what to put on the stairs as yet. It was a nice carpet but made the house seem small so we put a light beige carpet in which made the house look bigger and opened it up really well.

This photo probably isnt that great to show the colour but the stairs area isnt that bright. The colour of the carpet is a red/burgundy colour.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are one of our families favourite choc chip cookies. My husband and I went to Costco last week and I became very happy when we saw this box in the freezer aisle. Yes, they are already pre-formed and ready to bake. It is a frozen cookie dough but they are a really nice and soft choc chip cookie. Sometimes Costco doesn't stock it. Their stock does change and sometimes there are new items. I very rarely buy a frozen pre-formed ready to bake dough but these chocolate chip cookies are too good to pass by.

Bella and Minnie

We visited my mum and dad on the weekend. These two lovely dogs are their babies. The kids enjoy visiting nan and pop and of course Bella and Minnie!

Some fun with crafting

I decided to have some fun and join in with a mood board challenge over at jotmagazine. I really enjoyed making this and finding things to use in my crafting supplies.