“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”

WannabeFree

Afternoon

Last night was more of a painting success. Got the majority of the stairs done and downstairs requires no more painting at all! All the wallpapers are here for the kitchen, living room and hallway. They are the focus of this weeks decorating! Then we can get the living room Xmas tree up for next weekend :cool:

Speaking of Xmas trees, we have put the hall way tree up After much fighting to get it in and unboxed etc. It's bigger than me and weighs about 10 times as much as me geez! But it's up and decorated Need to pick some window stickers up. Decorations and lights checked for living room tree and thankfully all working and good.

System

Laughing at text from school, they panic at first few flakes. We have been lucky here in the North. The decorating is coming on leaps and bounds , hope the paper goes up this week so it's finished.

Is your heating working again, with it being so cold.

Have a good Sunday .

HairyHandofDartmoor

Your house is going to look lovely Wannabe, especially when you get your living room tree up .

WannabeFree

No Cumbria, hoping boiler will be repaired and working this week! Tuesday hopefully!

It's still snowing! Not laying thick though. The main roads seem fine.

In-laws have been and will be back in 2 weeks :eek: Oh well smalls enjoyed it :rotfl:

WannabeFree

We are running behind time again Smalls just eating their roasts.

I think I might just have to accept that things will be off 'time' for the next couple of weeks with visitors and all Christmas things going on.

I actually love our 'new' home and the smalls keeping commenting how nice it feels. Although DS wants cushions on the sofa and a fleece blanket :rotfl:

Not a NSD.
£20 electric
£20 gas
£24 into school bags for tomorrow for the Nativity tickets although Mum should give me back hers.
£3 cocktail sausages for youngest school party

Expensive day then.

We didn't go ice skating this weekend. Will have do it next weekend now.

Sun_Addict

Pleased that you love your "new" home It does feel nice when it's all painted up.

I still reckon you live in a mansion, what with the 17 doors and the huge tree in the hall :rotfl:

abba1772

i agree with the wee one. cushions and a fleecy blanket sound cosy xx

Drawingaline

Wow you make my weekend seem way more relaxing now!

Go you with the DIY and painting.

GeorgianaCavendish

Sounds like a great weekend Wannabe
Your diary and a couple of others have really opened my eyes to how expensive all the school related stuff is! And so much seems to be asked for at the last-minute, as though every parent is able to conjure up £20 by the next morning. I hope at least this money goes towards something good at the school.

My friend was asked this week to contribute £25 per child for Xmas gifts for teachers/TAs. She's got 3 kids at the same school so £75 altogether! Her kids are in classes of 30 and each class has 1 teacher and either 1 or 2 TAs. It seems so ridiculously over the top to be splitting £750 per class between 2 or 3 staff members, I'm all for giving small gifts to show appreciation but this seems crazy to me :eek: :eek:

WannabeFree

I'm glad I don't live in a mansion .. imagine the painting :eek: :rotfl:
We just have lots of little rooms .. that make [STRIKE]hiding smalls mess[/STRIKE] being organised easier

Happy with how far I've got with the decorating. Wallpaper plans in place and Step-dad is coming doing it for me I don't want to make a mess!

Just a few bits on the stairs and the doors to finish and I'm definitely stopping until after Xmas.

I agree Abba, think I might add them in as an Xmas present to myself and buy the smalls a fleece blanket. Maybe!

Real Xmas tree is being delivered tomorrow evening hopefully! but I need to get a topper. Youngest requests a fairy, nothing else works for her. So I need to hunt one down.

Really need to some grocery shopping but I just don't have the get up and go to leave the house other than school run.

Hope everyone's staying safe and warm in this weather x