on 21-06-2009 06:52 AM
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on 06-07-2025 03:38 PM
I will probably have the floating floor done first, but I need to decide… which rooms / areas will be floating oak and which will be geometrically tiled?
I think repainting should be done early on. Decide - keep to current blush hue or repaint to the classic soft Georgian blue? Should any room be wallpapered in eau-de-nil Regency stripes? Don’t let it become too busy (note to self).
But once that’s in place, first room is going to be the kitchen, unless something happens in the meantime to necessitate another room.
Because of the plumbing stuff in kitchen in addition to electrical and cabinetry, probably a good idea to get the bathroom areas done at the same time.
But … yes, looking at two years down the track before taking this on. Plenty of time to measure, think, draw (badly), google, source, check colour charts, think about gas in Victoria and curse Jacinta Allan, consider costs, rob bank, etc.
In living room… Samsung The Frame television on wall with gilded frame around it; choose Gainsborough or Titian or Rembrandt piece as the art, and it will fit right in.
on 06-07-2025 04:18 PM
OK - seems we are going Georgian Country - not Georgian City.
Georgian City was deep colours - brocades - etc etc etc.
And don't ever go Regency - ugly stuff - well except for eau de nil. LOL
And for the bank.....................
on 06-07-2025 04:19 PM
I'm not happy with Jacinta either.
I have gas heating, hot water and cooking - don't like electricity for any of them, especially cooking - you can't beat gas cooking IMO.
Just had a new 'stove' (I've been ridiculed by grandies for calling it that, but whatever)
so that should see me out I reckon.
But Countess, if you get your skates on, the Gov't has done a back flip on existing homes and gas appliances (not water though)
on 07-07-2025 02:35 PM
….and the jury found her guilty 🍄
on 07-07-2025 03:41 PM
I think ' justice ' has been done.
We'll await the sentence.
on 07-07-2025 04:03 PM
The judge’s instructions were careful and thorough. The jury’s deliberations were clearly deeply considered.
I think that the verdict is correct. (Not much much room for an appeal, or so it seems to me.
What a labyrinthine experience.
I hope that Ian and Simon won’t let this destroy their futures, and dear God, the two kids! – awful for them. Even if they suspected that their mother might have done it, they’re probably going to resist this finding and be struggling with anger and confusion and even self-blame by association… They’re going to need patience and love and professional help.
As for Erin Patterson… well, she’s (in)famous now… Her life was never going to go back to what it had been.
on 07-07-2025 04:23 PM
I think there could only have been the guilty verdict.
But then I didn't have the onerous job of sifting through and interpreting all the evidence.
It's an easy job just to read the 'blow by blow' news reports.
Those poor kids - 'tweenagers' - old enough to understand what has been going on.
Being a teenager is hard enough for anybody. Their lives have been gutted forever.
No sympathy for Erin from me.
on 07-07-2025 04:49 PM
I cannot help but wonder - why is he the estranged husband - not the ex husband.
As for motive - I think she had more than one.
It wasn't money - she inherited from her grandmother more than 7 figures.
What is life here - 25 years - good grief - I think she should get 10 for each murder - 5 for attempted - 35 years.
And being a ' Pastor' I hope with help he will look after the children.
on 07-07-2025 05:11 PM
I reckon she’ll appeal 👿
on 07-07-2025 05:47 PM
It wasn't money - she inherited from her grandmother more than 7 figures.
First I've heard that.
I read she complained to her 'friends' on FB that the in-laws were no help with the grandkids and that she had argued with the ex because he'd been assessed for child support at only $35 per month.
That's outrageous and is the minimum payment.
He also changed his tax return status so she couldn't claim Tax Benefits B for the kids.
Also outrageous IMO.
I read that she had another house in either Mount Waverley or Glen Waverley.
Perhaps this was the 7 figures - grannies house - which would make her asset rich but
cash poor?