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beanielou

Happy holidays :j

Goldiegirl

Hi, I've just been browsing your diary- just wanted to say what a fab holiday you have planned. It sounds very exciting.

ljaneyr

Hi SF

Happy Easter holidays! I have felt so dozy today as I always do at the end of term. Looking forward to recharging the batteries!

Your holiday plans are making me feel *slightly* less guilty about ours. We're in the process of booking 2 weeks in Greece including visiting various sites on the mainland and a week on one of the islands. Our estimated cost has almost doubled, what with flights, internal flights, hire cars, airport parking, insurance, hire car insurance, fees for this that and everything else... :eek: I keep thinking we should have just saved the money and booked a cheap package holiday at a fraction of the price! OH keeps having to remind me that we only live once, and it will probably count as our honeymoon as we won't be able to afford one once we start the work on the house.

Just remember most people would still be paying for a holiday like that for years afterwards and you deserve it for all your hard work and saving!

Have a lovely and relaxing holiday

Janey

slowlyfading

Phew!

Sorry for the absence - since the start of the Easter holidays I've been decorating our kitchen and it's finally finished :j I seriously underestimated how long it would take me to paint some walls and cupboards we also chose chalk paint for the cupboards which then required two coats of wax on top so lots of waiting in between coats too!

However, now that it's done, it looks lots better and I'm quite proud of my first decorating project it's much lighter and airy in there so I'm happy it cost us about £140 in total for all the paint/wax/brushes so a lot less than a new kitchen too, so that's a definite bonus

In other news, I'm not doing well with NSDs this month I need to get my focus back! As it's the holidays, I seem to be spending something everyday, even if it's just a small something. It's much easier not to spend when you're at work...

Is it wrong to want a nap this afternoon? Decorating is stressful!

ljaneyr - your trip to Greece sounds lovely. I've been to Greece three times and it's such a beautiful place to visit.

Goldiegirl - I am very excited about it

beanie - happy holidays indeed :j :j

ljaneyr

Hi slowlyfading :hello:

It sounds like you've been busy!

It feels so lovely to finish a room and to have it looking all nice and fresh! Before we moved in I painted pretty much the whole house white. It took a whole month and was sooo boring painting endless walls and ceilings the same non-colour, but it was cheap and it certainly freshened up the shiny orange, mustard yellow and bright pink walls :eek:

We went to Crete about 9 years ago and had a fab time. It is such a beautiful and friendly country and I love the food! Really looking forward to it now!

There's nothing wrong with a nap now and then, you won't have much chance for one next week!

WishIwasstill25

Afternoon naps are the law in a school holiday....

slowlyfading

WishIwasstill25 wrote: »

Afternoon naps are the law in a school holiday....

I like your thinking...!

Happy Easter everyone :EasterBun

DedicatedDFW

Happy Easter SF and well done on the kitchen :T

slowlyfading

Thanks DFW

In other news, I'm so not ready for it to be the start of term again tomorrow

Lois_E

slowlyfading wrote: »

Thanks DFW

In other news, I'm so not ready for it to be the start of term again tomorrow

Nor me. At least it's only inset for me, and although DS and DD have got school tomorrow, DS doesn't need his PE kit until Wednesday.