Snow day!

Well today Amy is off school with a snow day so we've been messing around outside with half the neighbourhood. So here's a few pics, took by my phone which I'm super impressed with.

Grace

Amy

Grace, snow-cat, Amy.

I've got to get some steps for home, I did the tops of the wardrobes today and struggled to reach the beacks from my chair so will have to get some to make things safer around here.

Cleaned all the oven and the glass windows this morning, considering I've only been here 5 months its quite shocking.

Was meant to go up to the doctors today for aprescription and into town for a few bits but in this snow I'm not going to. Its a 20mile round trip I can do without today.
Time to get back to my list of jobs.
take care,
xxx

I'm so spoiled

I invite a guest for dinner this evening, I planned on toad-in-the-hole, roast potatoes and veg with a steamed chocolate pudding with cream for dessert, and when he arrived he did all the cooking, I'm amazed and feel so spoiled, a man who loves to cook and teaches me, some of you might know that I try my best but I'm not the greatest at cooking (lack of concentration I think) so we ate and shared the washing up and tidying. Seeing as the cleaning is my job it felt lovely to have someone help because they wanted to not because they were asked. So yes, I feel that I am spoilt.
Another great thing today, my obsession for all books "homekeepy" increased as I received "anthea turners guide to becoming the perfect housewife" I loved the show (still do as I have the series dvds) and wanted the original manual, well apart from turning into a dirty lazy slob and appearing on the show I knew only one place where I might get one, hello ebay, its a copy of an actual one from the show sadly not much care was taken over the pictures being copied but the rest is there, tee-hee I'm happy I have at least got some kind of copy. I hope she does another series but I dont think she will.

Righty-ho I'm off to do some wii-ing lol I got the "wii My personal Coach" and have a 15min workout scheduled and a 15min game play on Wii fit, man are those Nintendo Wii's cool.

Take Care
xxxx

Feb 09

Here I am, better late than never in 2009, Happy New Year.
I think I'm organised again now, I have my routines all set and my chores marked and noted.
Trickiest thing I've faced is the fianaces and the laundry, well slightly both combined, the weather here and the position of my garden makes line drying the laundry almost impossible, if I have my heating on I feel worried about using the oil and after running out last month I'm slightly scared to use it, so my upstairs hall way often resembles a utility room with dryers and coat-hangers in the doorways, but I'm getting there.
I've sold some unwanted pieces on ebay to raise money for other things, my eldest, at 7, is being very mature to it all, she is such an angel.
My youngest has started pre-school for one morning a week, so tuesday mornings seem so very quiet, which allowed me to juggle a few things and have that day as my "door frame days" meaning the day that I do the high jobs that require to stand on something.
Think I'm going to have to get a window cleaner though for my upstairs outside windows, I just cant get to them properly and I'd rather not fall out of the window on the pursuit of cleanliness.

Its great to be back online if only for the little while I get, I wish I could afford to get a proper broadband back but thats just another bill to pay and I'm not stable enough right now, no-one wants to employ me as a flexible one evening a week person.

Take Care everyone, thanks for stopping by, promise to get some piccies of my new house up soon
xxx

Sunday, a day of trash.

Ok, not trash but unwanted things that I dont want to take with me and I dont want to leave. So I have my dear brother my rock * to help with the loft today, I am a bit worried I'm not finding it as emotional as I thought, I guess the power of adrenaline and anticipation is taking over.
Its 2 days until I move!
I miss my girls like crazy though but i'm focused on making the next part of the life great for them x

bye bye babies

A sad day today, my beautiful girls are going on holiday and I wont see them until next saturday. It seems such a long time to be without them I have to see the positive in the situation being that they are on holiday with their father and I shall be able to get the moving and the home ready for their return. I shall miss them so much.
I hope to get the house ready for them and get some running in if my hip allows. I'll be allowed whatever tv and music on I like too, thats an alien concept as all I seem to get at the moment is Hannah Montana and High School Musical.
I am feeling so ready for this move, its beginning to drain me cleaning this house when its not going to be me here, and I truly dislike that feeling, I love a clean home and I know that there is very little emotional attatchment to this one.
5 days left


My friend Claire from HHWC posted this brilliant blog Cake Wrecks, go take a look, if you dont raise a smile please go to a dr and make sure you are still alive.
Have a lovely day all.

A week and a day

Its getting so close now.
I borrowed some money from my parents so I could get a few bits for the girls bedroom, I got some new bedding and a wardrobe and drawers for them each. I also have a new crockery and cutlery set, nothing fancy but its new and mine so thats great. I havent got a bed yet but my Mum won a single bed with two mattresses on ebay so at least I have a mattress to sleep on, I have no bedroom funishings either.
I havent a sofa or any living room funiture, but thats not a bit problem, what counts is that I will do my very best to make it into the home my girls deserve.

Its all go, go, go!

Life is crazy right now.
I am moving on the 26th august, the week my two girls are away for the week with their dad. Which works out quite well as I can get as much done as I can without having to worry about them getting hurt or lost during the move.
Finacially I am still in trouble. The CTC have issued me a bill of £360 which needs paying by the 18th of August, I'm trying to allow them for me to pay half (seeing as it was a bill from when x-dh and I were together) but I'm struggling.
Maybe I was too hasty to think of moving out so quickly but I needed to have a secure place for my girls before the next school term began (2nd sept)
Its painful to think of how easy I have made it for him, but I am strong enough to direct my thoughts and feelings into my present then worry about the past.
the support I'm getting is varied, some people just dont know what to say, others are so supportive it makes me want to cry and then there are those that critise me and try to get to me, well I'm sorry that my manorisms and strength are not to their liking but I am doing my best.
Its difficult to keep the house how I like it when I know its not mine. I'm not taking much from the house at all so its hard to want to keep everywhere so nice and clean. Thats not to imply that I want to live in a sty for the next two weeks until I move just that knowing he'll be back here with his new girlfriend why should I keep the sofas perfect and worry about dust on the door frames? yet its against my personality and beliefs to leave it for the sake of being a pain, for as long as this is my childrens place of living I shall be doing my duties.