Talk about everything coming at once, after two and a half years we have finally sold our house. I can't believe it. Procrastination will most certainly not be staying in my house as I'm so eager to get to where I want to be I've already started planning declutters, car boot sales, storing stuff and packing. Hang on a minute...we need to find somewhere first. It's very exciting but it's early days as well so I mustn't get my hopes too high yet. It's a shame in a way cos this house has had everything done to it and I mean everything...roof, loft, floors, new bathroom, new kitchen, damp proof course, new double glazing...the list goes on, I think the new tenants have grabbed a bargain here but I'm just so happy...I'll be closer to my dad and libby's school, etc; wahoo out with old and in with the new.
Right so better get on first job= systematically sort and empty loft...either bin, car boot or store in dad's loft, lets see if I can get this done by the end of the weekend!! hang on, I can get this done and WILL get this done, there that's better.
Tuesday 13 April 2010
Thursday 8 April 2010
Time flies when you're having fun
I can't believe we are at the end of the first week of the kids holidays and I haven't been pulling my hair out yet. Maybe because this holiday I decided to get organised and plan every day as a lot of holidays in the past me and my daughter have just lazed around the house thus annoying each other eventually. We've had a fab time and we have so much more to do next week. One of the things I'm always putting off is seeing MY FRIENDS and this last week I've seen all my bestest friends at least once. Just my bestest and oldest friend left to come round on saturday and I'll have seen everyone. I feel good for seeing them all too cos I have some fab friends, I promise not to leave/procrastinate seeing my friends so long in the future as I don't have my mam around I really need my friends. xxx
Saturday 3 April 2010
Project Easter - Libby's Garden
Right one job that was deeply hidden in the list of procrastinatable (I think I made that word up but I like it) jobs is the garden. When the good weather comes the trampoline goes up which turns the lawn under it to mush. The rest of the lawn is destroyed by the dogs digging,wee and poop which means the bairn can't play on it. I thought we should dig it all up and then cover it with decorative stone which would
1/ save so much time in tidying, mowing, etc (= more time for the kids and scrapbooking!!)
2/would be so much cleaner, the dog can't trail in the mud from her digging, and the poop will be clearly visible therefore will be easier to see and get rid of instead of poop that gets lost in the grass (excuse all the dog poop in this story but it is necessary so u get the full mucky picture).
3/The bairn will actually be able to play on the garden as we normally have to keep her off the dog's grass.
The bottom of the garden is going to be her very own fenced in secret garden where the dog can't get in, and she can decorate it with all the windmills and animals, etc she loves. We get them from home bargains and the pound shop so they didn't cost much either.
Of course this all had to be done as cheaply as possible as I am a budget queen and has so far cost about 70pounds, handy having a husband who works for a builders merchant, discount and expert advice has been on hand luckily.
So following are some before photos to put me to shame and then what we have done so far...it's saturday morning and it WILL be finished by the end of the day
Here's the culprit
So to save money we did all the legwork ourselves, here it is in progress
more photos to be posted later in the day, the stones are down and it's looking fab, I love the feeling you get when a long awaited job is nearly done.
1/ save so much time in tidying, mowing, etc (= more time for the kids and scrapbooking!!)
2/would be so much cleaner, the dog can't trail in the mud from her digging, and the poop will be clearly visible therefore will be easier to see and get rid of instead of poop that gets lost in the grass (excuse all the dog poop in this story but it is necessary so u get the full mucky picture).
3/The bairn will actually be able to play on the garden as we normally have to keep her off the dog's grass.
The bottom of the garden is going to be her very own fenced in secret garden where the dog can't get in, and she can decorate it with all the windmills and animals, etc she loves. We get them from home bargains and the pound shop so they didn't cost much either.
Of course this all had to be done as cheaply as possible as I am a budget queen and has so far cost about 70pounds, handy having a husband who works for a builders merchant, discount and expert advice has been on hand luckily.
So following are some before photos to put me to shame and then what we have done so far...it's saturday morning and it WILL be finished by the end of the day
Here's the culprit
So to save money we did all the legwork ourselves, here it is in progress
more photos to be posted later in the day, the stones are down and it's looking fab, I love the feeling you get when a long awaited job is nearly done.
