Delaney Paige

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Surviving the heatwave! It was surprisingly bearable in "the cave", which is what we took to calling the bedroom, after spending every waking minute in there for 5 days. Thank goodness for takeaway food and a portable air conditioner!

Going to my favourite cafe for breakfast with Shane on Saturday morning.

Having a really good day at work on Thursday. 

Finding an amazing house for rent and realising I'm getting better at keeping my expectations in check. I hope it will be ours in the future, but I'm not pinning all of my future happiness on it.

Reading White Fang and looking forward to understanding this reference.

Picking up my wedding band from the jewellers! 

Enjoy the week ahead, my friends! xo

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A mini bedroom makeover. We changed the orientation of the bed, hung up some art work, bought a salt crystal lamp, and hooked up the air conditioner. It's amazing what a difference those small changes can make!

Picking up a few DoTerra essential oils from the health store. I went with a stress relief blend and a citrus blend and I'm loving both of them.

Wedding planning! We ordered my wedding band last weekend. It's starting to feel so real!

Some amazing dinners, including pan-fried salmon on Monday and Mexican rice with bbq chicken on Thursday. 

This pattern. It's more of a tutorial than a pattern, but I've been wanting to know how to do this for months, so it was worth the money for me. It's a bit frustrating to have to guess at the number of skeins required though.

Binge (re)watching Full House. If I haven't mentioned this before, I am SO excited for the new show, coming to Netflix later this month. 

Finishing two quilts - once they've been gifted, I'll be sharing them here. Spoiler alert: I free motion quilted them, and I love how they turned out!

Hanging out with my sweet puppy in front of the air conditioner, trying to keep cool in what they expect to be the longest heatwave since 1933. 

Stay cool this week! xo

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Getting a mid-week day off to celebrate Australia Day. We decided to forgo the fireworks and opted for a family beach trip and a pub lunch with friends before coming home to listen to the top 20 of the Hottest 100.

Pavlova. Spending 28.5 years on earth before being introduced to this dessert feels like a travesty!

Text messaging. I think modern technology has a lot of drawbacks, but text messaging is not one of them. It's definitely one of my favourite things. 

Finally opening a high interest savings account and transferring our savings into it. It'll be like free money!

This post. And this one too, for that matter.

Getting in touch with photographers and caterers for the wedding, which is rapidly approaching!

So many good books! I finished Pride and Prejudice for the first time, as well as a few Roald Dahl books. Review coming soon!

Forgoing a grocery shop (and therefore saving a good chunk of change) because we had enough meat in the freezer to feed us for the week.

The weather forecast for the weekend. If you'd told me three years ago that I'd look forward to a rainy sub-30C weekend in mid-summer, I never would have believed you. 

Have a good one! xo

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Playing around with the ColorStory app. I purchased the full set of filters and effects, and I'm blown away at the power of this app, appreciating that I've still only scratched the surface of what it can do. Best $14.99 spent so far in 2016!

Getting the bandages off the wicked burn I got on my wrist last week (even if I did nearly faint in the process). I had to take a few days off of my yoga practice while it healed, so I'm glad to be getting back to that as well.

Taking the time to understand and use the Good Reads app - I've set a reading target for the year, and I'm loving scanning in each book and keeping my progress up to date. If you've got an active account, let me know and we can become Good Reads friends!

Looking forward to March when Rach returns to Perth for two weeks to graduate (and officially become a "Dr"). 

Successfully cutting down my caffeine intake from 6-7 cups of tea / coffee a day down to 1-2. I've switched to caffeine-free tea at work (Vanilla Rooibos is amazing!), and I'm limiting myself to one cup of tea each morning and one each evening. I'm still missing my frequent cuppa, but I'm no longer craving it, so we're making progress.

Season 3 of Scandal. The show has gone from "yeah, I can see this happening in real life" to "this is the most outlandish storyline", but I'm loving the drama regardless. 

Finally starting to get in the wedding planning mood and realising how much there is to do over the next few months. Is it bad that I've spent more time planning the honeymoon than the wedding?!

I'm looking forward to a fun-filled weekend, followed by one day of work and then a mid-week public holiday to celebrate Australia Day. After that, the rest of the week should fly by!

Have a good one! xo

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Being almost finished "Making a Murderer". I'm not actually a huge fan. I find the episodes drag a bit, and I just get SO ANGRY every episode! 

Working on my Project Life album for the first time in ages. I'm trying to finish off my 2015 album and I'm seriously considering whether I'll continue with my album in 2016.

Getting another post published on the Huffington Post!

Going for Sushi and Mexican food last weekend. My favourite part of meal planning might be leaving gaps for finding new restaurants.

Picking up two bouquets of flowers from the farmer's market last Saturday morning. Even though they didn't make it through the week, they brightened the house for days.

Going for a walk with Shane and Gracie this morning before the weather got too hot.

Catching up with a childhood friend (via email, of course - he's on the other side of the planet).

Being contacted about a really exciting writing opportunity. Hopefully I'll be able to share more soon!

Have a lovely weekend, friends! xo