Quick sunshine

Nat here.

Am loving this..

Unfortunately I can't find the source sorry, but I love!

Happy week everyone!

Sunshine birthday/valentine's and every day!

Nat here.  Well the big 3-0 was a couple of weeks ago.  I was spoilt rotten!  Look at my office....there are flowers from husband, Gem and Shaanie, Shaanie and Caroline (yes - same Shaanie!), P at work and Mum, H & G, isn't that amazing?  I didn't think the girls at work knew it was my bday but they proved me wrong when I came to work to find streamers/ballooons/birthday signs covering the office.  Let's face it, everyone loves a bit of fanfare!

I was also spoilt with some beautiful gifts, on top of the flowers!! Gem and Shaanie bought me the most beautiful dish, it looks stunning against all my pieces on display now!  Will take a photo!  I was also given some beautiful pieces of jewellery, scarf, earrings, tea-cups - enough said!

Tetsuya's was my special bday dinner with husband, everyone says it's spectacular and they do not tell one word of a lie...here is the signature dish....it was delicious, as were the other 10 courses..

T, B and Master S visited the weekend after my bday which was great.  Here is Master S, isn't he a cutie, in the first shot he is trying sardines at breakfast..and loving them!

We took him to luna park, or should I say he took us?

We tried Ms G's with the A family, you must try it if you ever come to Sydney.  Best food EVA!  And cocktails...served in plastic cups with sealed tops and straws...seriously the prawn toast is aca-awesome..

Husband couldn't leave with trying dessert when everything was so yummy, yes there is ice-cream and a banana fritter and mars-bar slice and bacon...all together...

I did some spring cleaning outside of working all weekend:( Look at this for a before and after...thanks Ikea!  Don't worry this was under our stairs, nothing usuually looks like this before shot that you can see!

The next big calendar event was Valentine's Day, which is celebrated with gutso in Sydney let me tell you!  It was the husband and my fifth anniversay.  He made (yes made) me a card, a girl at his work helped with the calligraphy but look at those little glitter hearts, that is all skill I tell you!  We celebrated with Thai and deep-fried ice-cream, what is not to love?!

I think that's a sunshine wrap! Happy week!

A home of sunshine

Nat here.  I have so many lovely things to share with you from Margaret River!  It was a great trip, but finished so soon:(

After a week off work I was keen to get "back on track" with all things homely so we started the day with a walk down past the bridge..

And had breakfast at our favourite Kirribilli haunt, Cool Mac...although they didn't have the usual Sunday Toast like the pic below for husband, or the banana and rasperry banana bread which was his first choice.

On the way back I decided the front of the house needed a clean so gave it a good hose (no water restrictions here, I hope?).  Can you see the beautiful frangipani tree at the back there?  A and J bought us that as a thank you for their recent stay.  Isn't it beautiful! They also bought us that gorgeous little rosemary plant, it has made our house, a home!

I spent the next few hours at the hairdresser, a Kirribilli local, my first trip, I was nervous but I shouldn't have been!  Brilliant cut, great colour, nails done at the same time and all for a steal!  I can't advertise the name here as we all know what will happen...I'll never be able to get in again!

When I got back the husband was out so I decided to quickly whip up the banana bread he was so keen for this morning.  Banana with raspberry and macadamia.  He loved it!  I used this recipe but threw in a handful of raspberries and macadamias at the end.  Whoever said that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach knew what they were talking about.

It works in reverse also..look what was hiding in the fruit I discovered later...that's right, the husband surprised me with the first Creme Egg's of the season!  Some people don't like that shops take advantage of Easter so early.  I am not one of those people.

After my quick bake I cleaned the house from top to bottom, the big, big clean, you know the one - kitchen, both showers, change of linens, and last but not least, all of THIS ironing...it took me hours, but it really is soothing like FF says....

Husband did all the floors, thank God for the cordless Dyson when you have three steep levels of stairs!  I finished up the spring clean with some roses, there is nothing better than fresh flowers to signify the end of a spring clean and they do not come cheaper than at the deli at Kirribilli!

I finished up with one last bake-off, macaroni beef, which is like lasagne, only better, and healthier...for lunches tomorrow and freezing for when we don't feel like making dinner...

Is there anything better than starting a week up-to-date on the home front?!  One last homely pic, look who was spoilt rotten by the W's...top row, second in from the right, love it!

 Happy New Week Sunshiner's!