...in December.



I started working on painting a traffic controller box that will be installed in my city. I've still got a bit left to do, but I'll do a proper post about it when it's done. I've so enjoyed doing it.


I saw this cool paste-up in Launceston.


I spied these overalls at an opshop in my size and debated buying them.


We had some nice family naps.



Some sweet friends visited us from Melbourne and we showed them some of Launceston's attractions, including the very beautiful Lilydale Falls.


I spotted this cute house while walking home.


We had a little lunch with C's parents a few days before Christmas and wore the obligatory paper hats.



We went for several drives in the countryside. Tasmania is so beautiful.



I dressed this little boy in some dorky outfits (the one above was a gift from Kate).


Somebody learnt to sit up this month! And joined me on a bit of gift shopping.


I made Theo lots and lots of baby food (we do a bit of baby-led solids and spoonfed).


I tried to take time to pat and appreciate my lovely kitties.


We attended a sweet 1st birthday party for little Clover.



This little boy kept us happy and entertained. Crawling is scarily close.

Reading | Rookie Yearbook 2, An Illustrated Life & Kidwrangling.
Watching | The White Queen (not quite sold on it yet), Homeland (anyone else feel like the finale was anticlimactic?) & Fresh Meat.
Listening | Ed Sheeran.
Visiting | Mona, Hobart, Lilydale Falls, Richmond & Low Head.
Consuming | Low FODMAP foods (and I feel so, so much better).
Making | Painting my traffic controller box.
Looking forward to | Settling into our new house, decorating and sitting in the garden, picking flowers to put in vases, going for bike rides, going to my Summer school unit, my mum visiting soon.

I hope 2013 wraps itself up nicely for you.

Our Christmases are always pretty understated. If we lived nearby to family we'd love to get together and exchange gifts and eat delicious food, but being 1000km away means that we usually have a very quiet day. As you've probably gathered, we're also not religious, so it also feels kind of hypocritical to make a big event of it. This year we went for a lovely scenic drive to Low Head and back through Gravelly Beach (the name really describes the place) and Swan Point (I did see swans). A really beautiful part of Tasmania. We had a picnic near the water in Low Head and would have stayed longer if it hadn't been for my raging migraine (from being kept awake the night before by a cheeky boy who wouldn't go back to sleep and wanted to play). I hope that however you spent your December 25th, it was enjoyable.







Out the car window on the drive home.

We've known we'd have to move out of our current rental for a couple of months as the owners were selling it and we started looking at new rentals. After being turned down for a couple of lovely places we applied for, and feeling a bit disheartened, C's parents were kind enough to offer for us to live in their old house (they just bought a new one and aren't ready to sell the old one yet). It was the first house we lived in when we moved to Tasmania (as C's parents were away on holiday for a few months) and it's always been a place I loved and felt at home in. I am a bit in love with this little cottage and can't wait to move in completely and for it to start feeling like home. I'd like to do a proper house tour when we're all moved in, but for the moment, here are some little bits.




Some of my favourite things about it are: the clawfoot bath (I'm going to treat myself to a big bubblebath when we've moved in), the lovely English country garden (I'm going to have to grow some green thumbs to keep up with all of those plants!), skylights, the polished boards, the original fireplaces and the location - it's not far from the city and my uni and it's totally flat, so bike riding is a go! We're looking for a little bike trailer for Theo to sit in and I can't wait to take him for rides.


There's a little studio out the back which used to be a boat shed. I'm going to set up a desk out there for making things - I just hope I don't get too distracted by the garden outside - perhaps it can be inspiration?



The view from the kitchen window. There's a glass business building behind the back fence which blocks out a bit of sun in Winter, but I'm going to lap up the sunshine in the backyard this season while I can.


The neighbours gave us some zucchinis and said that they'll give us some squash and pickles when they're ready. I said I'd swap them some apples and lemons.


The clawfoot is calling my name.


I counted over 30 apples on the apple tree! They're nowhere near ready yet though, but I've had some from this tree over the last few years and they're the best apples I've ever tasted!



This little guy was tuckered out from all the moving.

Posts over the next few weeks might be a bit few and far between as we slowly move to the new house. Thankfully, we can move out over a couple of weeks, which will work much better with having Theo around all the time while we're trying to pack and move furniture. I'm really trying to declutter and donate a lot of items because the new house is quite a bit smaller than where we are now. I think it might be time for a paper destash - how did I accumulate several huge boxes of miscellaneous paper?! I am so looking forward to living in this house and I love that even though we likely won't be in this house for a long time, it will probably be the first house that Theo has memories of.

Today Mary and I are swapping posts on each other's blogs - we both like lists a lot - I am sharing some post-it note lists on Mary's blog too - you can see my lists here.

Hey, lovelies! I'm Mary from Uncustomary Art, and I'm really excited to be sharing some lists with you today. Bianca and I have a lot in common, but lists are one of the great things we both enjoy. I hope you're having a wonderful day!