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Don’t you hate it when you think you have the right word and wondering why everyone looks at you strange? I was at a clients house yesterday doing a shoot when she walked past and said ” ooo I like the Rhinosaurus”. At first we were silent till we realised she had no idea she had said the wrong word, then laughed till we cried (you had to be there!)
But in the end, she became attached to our little friend and he now has a home instead of going back to the shop.
So if anyone says ‘ have you seen a Rhinosaurus?’, well now you can say you have.

I am always talking about using qualified, registered tradesmen on your jobs and not attempting the electricals and plumbing yourself, and here is a major reason why.

I am on a job at the moment and while going over details with the ‘sparkys’ they where taking out the downlights to move position, and they found this!

This is why fire & safety regulations are instilled in our country.  Remember all the fires you hear about from ceiling downlights, well this is why houses go up in flames.  These downlights were installed only three years ago (as the owners let us know) and no cowl cover was put over them.  As you can see in the picture the ‘blow-in’ insulation has been settling near the downlight and is a little fried.  It is a miracle this ceiling hasn’t gone up in flames and I feel the owners are pretty lucky they were doing the renovations as we have diverted a serious house fire.

Please protect your family and make sure any downlights have the fire & safety regulator covers on them.

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I can honestly say Turquoise is my ‘Happy Colour’ so today I am sharing you happy colour and happy rooms for the start of the week.

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What’s your happy colour?

One hour is just a very minimal time to stop and take time out from all our technology and concentrate just on the basics.  Brilliant when you have a dinner party or haven’t spent time with your family and opens the time for conversation, yes great idea if you plan for it!

I had the whole weekend to myself which was bliss after an insane week of work and travel, hubby away doing Tough Mudder, son away with his mates and I had set myself up with a movie, dinner on my lap and……’screech’, Earth Hour!  Just me and dog and she wasnt up for conversation, so what to do?

I had all the candles going (I had to change the flameless candles as they were on a timer for later in the evening) and decided a perfect time for a DIY facial, paint my nails and toes and lie there and take it all in.  After TWO hours of chill’n by myself I put the computer back on, put on the movie and kept all the lights off.   If I was in my twenties this possibly could have been the saddest night of my life but peace on a Saturday these days is not too bad!

How was your Earth Hour?

PS  If you love Flameless candles, I have the most exciting news in April so stay tuned!!!