30 Days of me - Day 18

Day 18 - Plans/dreams/goals you have

Plans :
- Cork in May to see Kim - can't WAIT!!
- Canada in July - TWO weddings, a road trip with my Mr J and EIGHT glorious weeks of (hopefully awesome) Canadian Summer!!

Dreams :
- To have a house with an island kitchen and walk in pantry!! : D
- To be able to visit my friends whenever I want... no matter where they are in the world.. can someone invent a way to teleport already??!!

Goals :
- Egypt!
- Iceland for the midnight sun..
- Trans Siberian..
- Learn how to sew
- Make more jewelery

Dream Kitchen

So last week, Sarah over at Moske Monkey Kitchen posted this and I almost died when I saw the pictures...

I would LOVE a kitchen like that... and that PANTRY!! oh.. em.. geee!!!

I have wanted an island kitchen since I've had thoughts about designing my own house.. (about age 10, when we had a house built.. I was super excited when friends of mine became architects and engineers - my own personal ARMY of people to help my dreams to fruition!! self absorbed? just a little bit.. maybe! ;] )

An island kitchen where the GAS COOKER (I pretty much refuse to have anything else, when the mister and I were looking for flats, that was the first thing I checked.. seriously.. pedantic much?? ) is in the middle...

I love how cosy this kitchen looks.. so inviting.. 

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If I only had a kitchen this size.. (just imagine how big the rest of the house would be!) I would be a happy lady!!

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Imagine a walk in pantry, behind sliding doors!! AMAZING!!

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So there you have it my dears.. a fairly good idea of my dream kitchen... When you dream of your dream house.. what room do you dream about?? I wonder if that tells you something about each person.. I dream about kitchens and living rooms which open out onto a patio/deck/veranda... Surely other people dream about bedrooms and offices and libraries and studies... (I would love a library with shelves to the ceiling filled with books - like you see in movies) but mostly I dream of kitchens and living areas.. 

What does your dream room look like??

Amazing First House Guest!!!

I forgot to mention that Friday also brought the arrival of our first ever house guest!! ALLLL the way from NZ!! Well.... via London.... and I am so glad he came to visit before moving away again... but more about our adventures later....

NZ Treats!! & Tootsie Roll!! 

He bought TREATS!!! NZ Treats!!! & Tootsie Roll... ehehe... aside from treats... he also helped the mister with dishes over the weekend.... aaaand he went and got ingredients for Saturday breakfast while the mister and I were still in bed.... aaaaand he left some beers in the fridge!! Our future house guests have big shoes to fill!!!

Mr C... If you are reading this... Thanks for being an amazing first house guest!! We do hope we haven't scared you away with too much walking and not enough drinking... I really hope you had fun with us, and in Edinburgh, we really loved having you & hopefully we see you in a few weeks time!! (You can be our house guest again then if you want... ;) )

Saturday...

[edit: 28 Feb 2012] I just found this post which I never published... regarding brunch with our very first house guest! It was a vague attempt at creating a collage post.... : D  So I thought almost a year after the fact.. I would publish it.. postdated of course!