Continuing the Tour

In this episode we will wander into the basement.

For those that are following the closet/pantry idea, that wall there is the closet wall. If you make the closet bigger, you cut out the ability to take

Where Is Gunther?

This post is similar to the books, "Where is Waldo?" in that you can try to find Gunther in the pictures. That's just a little side gig to entertain you. The real purpose for this post is to give you a somewhat virtual tour of our new house! Please excuse the mess(es)!! And I am very open to any ideas you have for painting, decorating, etc. We still have some things to unpack and organize, as you will soon see!

The Galley Kitchen

Don't you like my dish drainer? I was originally thinking I wanted to get a collapsible dish drainer so I could put it away between uses. I realized

Decorating Cupcakes

It has been quite a long while since I posted on here. Work and school have been taking up the majority of my life, thus there has not been much time for posting, much less for going and doing stuff worthy of taking pictures! This week though was finals week for the summer semester, and also my friend Brittany is hosting a bridal shower. She asked me to make her some "fancy cupcakes" for the shower, and I obliged. I had the initial idea to do chocolate, vanilla, and chocolate mint cupcakes, and Brittany requested a berry cupcake. I called both Miriam and Sally to get ideas on a berry cupcake, and also to try and learn how to make a cupcake beautiful. They were both extremely helpful, and Sal texted and emailed me lots of information that she found during her shopping trips and internet browsing. After borrowing, buying, and finding substitutes for the right tools and ingredients, I believe that I was pretty successful.

These are the Blueberries and Cream cupcakes, recipe courtesy of Sally.

The Spirit of Tasmania

Our destination from Strahan was to get to Upper Natone where we had booked a place for the night called "Natone Lodge." We were planning to get there in time to unload, eat dinner, and then go straight to Devonport to watch the ship come in that travels between Melbourne, Victoria (mainland Austrailia) and Tasmania. This ship, the Spirit of Tasmania, is one of the main passages for folks and vehicles traveling back and forth across the Bass Strait.

 Natone Lodge was not at all what we expected. This was one of our least expensive stays during the entire trip and it was the most luxurious

That Day In Tas When Jul Spied Upon A Miner

On our way out of Strahan (which you can read about here), we stopped to dip our toes in the ocean.

I don't know if this would be considered the part of the Great Australian Bight,