A Mini Update

Well it's been a hectic week but....
We're in! A huge huge thank you to everyone who helped on Saturday. You are all Angels and we wouldn't have been able to sit down to eat in as much comfort as we did if it wasn't for you.
There are lots and lots of good things about our house. It feels like home already and I love that James and share a vision for it and the home it will be become.
I love going upstairs to bed, and waking up and going downstairs for Breakfast.
I love sitting down at the dining table, saying grace and eating my supper with my husband and chatting about our days and our plans.
I love having people drop in, and having a gorgeous tea set to serve them tea in and brownies to give them. Please feel free to drop by if you're passing. We really really mean this!!
I love that this is the place where our marriage will continue to grow through its early years.
There are some not so good things too:
Upstairs is a mess, but we tripped to Ikea last night and purchased a bedside unit to match the one we have and a chest of drawers. This will alleviate some mess and I can start finding homes for things. Bedroom then study need sorting.
The kitchen is more annoying than we thought it would. We discovered it has no drawers when we went to put stuff away on Saturday. The work surface area is tiny and the washing machine is in such a place that you can't put powder in the drawer. The cupboard where the fridge fits also has the electric meter and the fuse box in, so it can't go in there.
We had a designer round to quote for a new kitchen last night and there is not much work surface space to be created. However we could create more storage and drawers. The quote was not extortionate. We're going to wait for a while and also get a quote to move the meter and fuses. We may also need to put in a shelf somewhere to locate the toaster and the microwave. Whilst the kitchen is annoying the exciting thing is that it's ours to plan, and change and experiment with.

In other news: I lost 2lb at Weightwatchers this week but check out my sister's blog for her amazing week one weight loss!

H x

Praise Be!

WE completed before 10 am and are now officially owners of our first home x

Topsy Turvey

Well all things being equal we are moving on Saturday. We are due to complete tomorrow and we pray that all the money from the various places is at the right place at the right time and we will have our sticky little mitts on the keys to our first home by close of business.
This week has been exhausting. Physically and emotionally.
I am so very glad that I preceded it with a weekend at the Beehive, with good food, friends, chats, books, sleep and meandering. A weekend of real rest.
So since Sunday night we've been packing, and sorting, and binning, and shredding and recycling. The house is a tip. We've free cycled some furniture already so there's a gap where the rug and the coffee table used to be. We've found a home for our old dining table and the sofas in our new house that we don't want.
We've packed up most of the kitchen, including my much loved Emma Bridgewater Tea Set - must have some girlies round for afternoon tea soon!
We've nearly done the sitting room and the spare room.
We've made a dent in the bedroom.
But there is still loads to do.
In amongst all this I have had to have a Scout meeting with people from district, join the new gym, supervise Beavers, give first aid to a Beaver who ran into a wall blindfolded. (This was not part of the evening but risk assessing for Beavers is a very creative process), cook food to stick to my points.
Tonight I am going to my old Weight watchers class - I was at Beavers last night, I am seeing a chiropodist and then I am going to attack my bedroom. I am going to sort out and pack my wardrobes, clear out my make-up (my sister would cringe if she saw how old most of it is!), chuck paperwork and then I am going to collapse into bed.
By Saturday night that bed will be in my new home and I will collapse into it will my husband as we start the next new and exciting bit of our journey.
H x