2 weeks off !

last day, then off for 2 weeks.

popped into town yesterday with ClareBear and decided to nip into The Pier - why not.
They only had THE curtains and THE rug that I've been trying to find for ages ! Whoo hoooo

Bought 4 curtain panels (2 pairs of curtains) in gorgeous rich, deep purple satin(esqe) material for the bedrooms, and a 'Sparkle' rug in purple. I also bought a Chocolate Sparkle rug for the lounge. £70 the lot - Bargain !! Rude not to at those prices ! One Happy bunny ! and my sofa's get delivered early next week - yeah, we can sit down !
It's all looking good folks, all looking good !
see ya soon x

nearly there

2 more days in work, then 2 weeks off ! whoohooo

official moving day is Friday july 4th. But we plan to finish the painting and move as much as poss between now and then, and then get the 'man and his van' to help move the big stuff on Friday.
Then another week off to settle in - cant wait !!

just so many people to tell ! You dont realise how many people need to know you've moved - grrrrr !!!

Looking forward to seeing Gayle & Scotty boy on Saturday.

heavy weekend

took jack to his 'hotel' then drove to Wales for Kev's sister's 50th - big family meal.
Met Anna & Si shopping (no surprise there !), then met Gav & Laura. Then called to Emma & Paul's to see Lexie. She is gorgeous and a real cutie, all smiles and giggles. Nannie H spent a lot of the time in the hallway on all fours growling like a tiger and chasing Lexie's toes ! Well, why not eh !!

Then over to Anna's, grabbed a quick sarnie, all got ready and off out by 6.30.
Met up at the Baltic in Ponthenri, and a good night was had by all. Lots of good food, good company and beer was had by all. There was a singer later singing 60/70s covers, and pretty soon we were all singing, dancing, and in Simon's case, hijacking the microphone !! Poor Steve Rider(Si decided thats who the singer looked like !!) - he didn't know what hit him !! But it was a good night all round, and we finally fell (literally) into bed at 3.30.

Woke up at 7.30 (bah) and couldnt go back to sleep - something to do with the man hammering inside my head ! The others got up 2 hours later, had some brekkie and made our way to Mum's and caught up with Mum and Dawnie for an hour or so. then home, got Jack, and vegged on settee for the rest of the evening ! Totally shattered, but we enjoyed !

another step closer !

Carpet was delivered Wednesday - whoo hoo, looks good. Love the lounge/stairs colour, suits the wall colour perfectly. And the bathroom colour gives the room a lift.
I finished painting the bathroom then undercoated the main bedroom.
Also managed to clean the kitchen tiles and units.

Was a bit mad at myself, cos i got a new mobile, but lost half my numbers in moving them across from the old one! grrrrrr

Like the phone tho !

Knackered !

Thursday 12th June: i took the day off and started to give the hallway its first coat of basepaint, tidied up the kitchen and 'touched up' the lounge ceiling.
Took Jack into the office with me, while i picked up some boxes and Clare's power-washer. Jack got quite a lot of fuss !! Bavk to the house and more painting.

Friday 13th June (!!) : Kev off today too. More painting ! Gave the stairs and landing 2 coats of paint. Kev spent most of the day balancing off the extended ladder ! Glad he did, cos no way I would.

Saturday 14th June : Richard tiled the kitchen walls for us - they look lovely and I'm really pleased with the kitchen now. Kev and I painted - for a change !
Also took Jack for a lovely walk round the estate. Some really lovely walking places, and a lovely quiet area. Really chuffed we bought this house !

Sunday 15th June : Queued for ages to get petrol ! Over to the house. Finished painting the hall/stairs/landing, all glossed too. Glossed the lounge skirting, cleaned and painted the radiators. Dumped the old carpet, sink,kitchen worktops and various other rubbish. Made room in the lounge so the new carpet can be laid on Wed. Painted most of the bathroom - but the rest is for Wednesday.

Totally knackered, but a very productive few days, and we are on track for what we wanted to get done at this time.

BTW - Happy Dad's day Dad !!


Kev spoke to Gav, who got "Player of the year" for the Trimsaran 2nds team - well done Gav !!

What a lovely weekend

the weather this weekend was fab, beautiful sunshine all weekend.

We spent all of the weekend inside the new house, painting !! What a waste, but had to be done.
Jack had a lovely time in the garden though, making the most of the sun.

This week we have had the new cooker and sink plumbed in (and christened the cooker with bacon sarnies on Saturday !). The new fridge/freezer arrived, which is lovely cos now we can keep the milk and stuff chilled.
We also had to put 3 coats of "Earthstone" paint on the lounge walls ! The walls are sooooo dry and have obviously not been painted for 10 years, so the paint just sinks in. 3 coats makes it look nice, and covers up some of the imperfections too !

I have Thurs/Fri off this week, so the plan is to gloss the woodwork in the lounge and kitchen, and start the painting in the hall/stairs.
Kev is off Fri too, so we will rip out the old carpet and finish painting the stairs and bathroom.
And the kitchen wall tiles are due to be finished too !

new kitchen floor

Richard the tiler guy laid the new tiled floor in the kitchen today, I love it and think it looks gorgeous.

i have also finished painting the kitchen, pretty pleased with the result. Its called Latte !

Jack likes his new house

Took Jack to the new house on Saturday - and he loved it ! Sarah (next door) thinks he is gorgeous, and says he is welcome to pop under the fence into their garden any time he likes. So he did a few times !
He met Montague (the sheepdog) on the other side of us - but only nose to nose through the fence . Which is a good thing for Monty cos Jack would have had his nose off. There are a few dogs in nearby gardens, so Jack was busy sniffing and listening. He was in the garden all day, from 9.30 to 5pm, bless him. Really enjoyed himself. The weather was gorgeous and he loves sitting outside.

Then on Sunday morning I walked him and went upstairs to get dressed. As soon as he saw me dressed he started jumping up and crying - he wanted to come with me again, bless him.
But Sunday it rained, so he ended up sitting inside the kitchen back door, gazing out at the soggy garden !! Not so much fun.

I basically painted the kitchen - 2 coats - at the weekend. And caulked around the window and doors, so they look nice now.

Next job - plumber calling round later to fit sink and cooker.
Then tiler man to lay kitchen floor.
Then paint lounge, hall, stairs, landing.