The Sun will shine in my Garden Again.

smallholdingsister

Gosh you are having a rotten time.
Lots of love xxx

elly68

Thanks smallholding i'm posting today as got phone call to say aunt died during the night gonna be a rough weekend . Hope everyone is well sunshine is gone might huddle down under the duvet and hide my head just think who next ...hope to !!!! its not me wine at the ready see u next week x

Qtipps4

You are doing so well. As my Scottish dad always said. Keep yer chin up lass. Take care xx

elly68

Cheers qtipps I've taken your advice and ,I've packed the car for booty tomorrow determined dd raises own spending money for school trip .
As you say chin up brush yourself down and get decluttering lol .

elly68

Well bootsale done and decluttering wins 102-5 ...ok yes I brought home 5 items 4 wooden cd boxes that I am gonna upcycle for garden boxes and a mirror that is vintage in style and says 'the fairest of them all' made me smile so I bought it £130 made 50/50 split with daughter and boy child given £10.00 even though he didnt raise a head of a pillow lol.
Dd seemed to enjoy herself and for a child who talks little we had a few laughs ,an old man picked up a pair of scotland shorts and I said got to support the team and he said that wasnt the kind of support he was thinking about and promptly bought them from my blushing child lol .Two old women were goggling the randy orton poster what can i say great morning spent and the clutter in my bedroom has been pushed back a few feet .
Happy Sunday folks

elly68

Well going to dailypost for a while and give my self 5 things to do today .
1 remove 4 black bags of rags ...these are ready to go just never been removed
2 shine my sink flyladying has taken a back seat
3 reclaim my dining table
4 water my plants ..not been good at this and i want to see my flowers from the seeds i planted
5 remove the hanging baskets that i have just hung up as every household member has head butted them ..apart from the do she is too short lol
Happy Monday peeps

elly68

So daily challenge failure lol however as part of my minimalism I'm trying to reduce it time .madness though because i haven't so just a poor excuse really that i haven't written here . Have unexpected 3 days to clear house so fly lady cost saving it will be as the weather is awful .
So todays challene is 15 mins in each room no more .oh did i mention i meant 15 mins of black bagging so 5 rooms 5 bags i will declutter .
Then five rooms 5 bootsale bags i really think this is doable really need to focus will be back at 2 to update prgress

elly68

Well funeral done it was a sad one and the preist picked god awful songs and a god awful organist not good in the atmosphere that was as i said was awful well awfully sad . Ds went to his nannas for the first time in a long time he used to regularly go to my mums when bored and think he might try this but its generally a disaster so hoping he comes home happy inlaws dont converse much with the kids apart from to tell them off ,the focus more on the other grandkids but i don't grumble my own mum did that to my sisters kids think ev1 has their favourites .
Right enough of my life down to business the understairs cupboard is now officially the boot sale cupboard its filled to the rafters ,the estate is folded down and filled with ragbags for the charity bins .The seeds in my pots are flourishing so glad I didn't cave and buy plants for instant colour .The meadow well its just grass at present as the lawnmower broke however I am away to fix that by going to bq so That's the job for today . Happy Sunday folks and the sun really is shining in my garden today x

elly68

Well just here to declare i have completed my list of 5 whoohoo next list
1 declutter the rest of living room and hall
2. Clear the stairs
3. Cut the grass
4. Finish a book
5. Do no shopping this week aka clear the cupboards lol

elly68

Well i have done well downstairs house is tidy.I have stopped using tumble dryer as better weather .I have cut the grass and painted my little shed ...however I cut through my wire on my hedge trimmer oops oh will fix it thankfully ....and im not dead .
I have been out this morning and got my woodchip and compost .This is for my last section of garden ,I am so pleased I planned it in Sauares well rectangles really becuse it has meant that each area has been doable and budgeted for.
I need to find some large cheap boxes / planters for more potatoes to go in I know I can do them in the compost bags but the girl in me wants that section to look pretty .
I have a large mound of nettles at the bottom of the garden which were threatening to take over but i put plastic over the last night so they will die.I dont mind some nettles but this was getting ridiculous ...I have bluebells im hoping they will spread naturally and in the nettle area I might plant a couple of fruit trees or bamboos not sure yet .
Well happy sunday folks away to get some sun.
Five things list
1 first overpayment from loan money whoohoo
2 spread woodchip
3 top up compos
4 find cheap/ free pots
5 source 6 free pallets