Thoughts, recent changes and things to come.

The past week has been largely unmotivating. I have an assignment to work on for class and I just have no motivation to do so. Instead of course, procrastination has set in. It has also been the mid term break which should mean a week off to be motivated to do my assignment and ... No, of course not.

Instead procrastination has motivated me to do things like spend an entire day cleaning the apartment. (A task which should take no longer than an hour!) But on a good note it means that when the next inspection happens it won't take so long for us to do a spot clean.

Yesterday and today, I spent hours clearing and cleaning our bedroom.
It's been haphazard and feeling like everything wasn't quite in the right spot yet.
Yesterday I got annoyed that my dresser drawers were damaged and after a frugal attempt to fix them involving a staple-gun and a lot of crying... I was persuaded to buy a clothing rack and sweater holder from a local store and have a similar set up to my boyfriend's clothing storage. Although mine has one rail; His rack however has two.

Today I further opened up the space by moving the boyfriend's storage boxes into the wardrobe and moving mine (which contain our bed linens) next to the bed. Hopefully this arrangement will help him (and help me) keep the bedding away and stop us both from creating the "pile of stuff" that was happening before.

Hopefully I can find some "before" images:

I have just taken the "after" images:
-- Same view, just clothes instead of dressing table. :)

The dressing table was moved to where the dresser drawers and pile of plastic storage boxes were.
Excuse my gym bag under there!

The smaller pile of storage boxes next to the bed also double as a kind of bedside table. 

I have my phone charger and glasses on there for easier access. 

Over all the space feels more open and less suffocating. 

I'm just hoping that the bf thinks so when he arrives home later tonight. 

April Fools

First of all it's the 1st of April here today. I have only come across one cool thing I wanted to share in regards to April Fools and it is thus:
 https://www.google.co.nz/intl/en/landing/nose/

It really works!
Try it out.
:)

It's perfect for when you want to buy perfume online or want to know exactly what something smells like. Because you know, google nose everything!


Also, an update on the container garden on the balcony...
It has grown! We now have 11 containers up from the original 4.
I planted some of the tomatoes into 6 larger pots.
And I got some succulents for a "fun" garden project. Because apparently growing vegetables (and aloe vera) is so sensible! They are growing in a plastic fish-bowl. I punched some holes in the bottom of it for drainage (using a nail and a hammer) and then used a piece of material across the holes to stop dirt escaping.
(No picture of the succulents, sorry!)

Here's some updated pictures of the vegetables and aloe vera:

Green onions! -Grown from the root offcuts of some we bought at the supermarket, they grow surprisingly fast in just a little water in a container. I then left them 48 hours on the bench in some water before planting them straight into potting mix. 

Radish leaves...

Carrot leaves,... apparently you can chop it up and use it like a herb in cooking? Haven't tried yet. 

Aloe plant.