Only freedom will do

choccielover

Don't forget to spend some time with J too

Sounds like a busy day.

We had a lovely morning then spent the afternoon sorting out the front "garden" (driveway and borders!!!) before it really looked like rain. Block paving seems like such a great idea until you have to de-moss or de-weed between the cracks!

It looks lots better, shame the back will take more than a couple of hours.

nattypants

Heeeelllloooooooo - will take me a wee while to catch up good n' proper however hope you, Baby NP and Mrs. E are doing grand X

smallholdingsister

Don't leave blind cords dangling round my e Goddaughter.

AlexLK

Sounds like you're doing well with the house.

A_Frayed_Knot

edinburgher wrote: »

Question re. window blinds. If you have a pull down blind that's a bit too long for fitting in a window frame is an issue? Surely you just don't pull it down all the way? Ike@ do one that would fit DD's room for £25, a fraction of what we spent in the last place!

That's right, just pull them down to window sill length. I bought the very same for my 3 bedrooms and they are great.
To jazz them up a bit, nipped to B&M and bought sticky backed mirror sayings eg "Live your dreams" but I'm sure you can get sticky kiddies bunting ones which are cute, just to make a border at the bottom of them and when the bottom of the blinds get little finger prints all over them just cut off the bottom and make use of the extra length you had unrolled at the top - if that makes sense.

smallholdingsister wrote: »

Don't leave blind cords dangling round my e Goddaughter.

No cords in Ike@'s blinds, they have a small clip in the middle that you pull down, and they even sell a pole if the blind is too high.

smallholdingsister

That's cool. DS needs a new one.

earthgirl

That's so much DIY ed, you must be starting to run out of jobs??

edinburgher

Um.... moderately flooded the living room removing a radiator

Fixed now and I know how to do it properly next time, but avoiding plumbing. Still trying to find a joiner, Mrs E and I are not getting the time that we need as a couple and it's getting us both down.

misszog

Hi thought I'd delurk and say have just finished reading your diary. What an amazing and busy year you have had. I feel exhausted reading it. Good luck with the diy

PositiveBalance

edinburgher wrote: »

Then do all of my normal housework and try to relax

edinburgher wrote: »

Mrs E and I are not getting the time that we need as a couple and it's getting us both down.

Hmm..I'm sensing a recurring theme from a few pages back.

Ed, so long as the place is in a reasonable enough state that J won't kill herself as she makes her way along take your daily To Do list and half it. Yes, half it. Then do that half and tell yourself that you WILL NOT feel guilty about all the other stuff that needs doing as 1) nobody can do it all in a day; 2) nobody will remember it anyway in years to come but they definitely will all remember the time you spent with them.

Why do we do it to ourselves? We all feel as though we all have to be busy ALL the time else we are not being productive. Truth is, with a break we are actually more productive and have a better overall life as we feel happier with our lots in life. (And I'm as guilty as you! More than full time work + studying + trying to renovate a house = pooped PB. Even I'm starting to realised I can keep chewing, but I'm not going to be able to swallow it all in one.)

Book a date with Mrs E. As soon as you have finished reading this. Enjoy it when you go.

No point having a beautiful house you have to sell cos you and your equally beautiful wife have split up, is there?!