New plan...time to see some movement!

jwil

HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »

Sorry about the tax credits but it's lovely about having room for the big Christmas tree.

Thank you Yes it's lovely having it up.

savingholmes wrote: »

You sound in a much better place. Well done on the decluttering and making room for a big tree.

Thank you Yes I am at the moment, I'm taking advantage of it

WannabeFree

You're doing amazing. Glad the birthday went well and hope there's no more bugs lingering!

Can I ask painted floor... have you painted concrete floors? If so do you mind me asking how? Sorry if that sounds stupid x

jwil

WannabeFree wrote: »

You're doing amazing. Glad the birthday went well and hope there's no more bugs lingering!

Can I ask painted floor... have you painted concrete floors? If so do you mind me asking how? Sorry if that sounds stupid x

Thank you

Yes, I have painted a concrete floor. It's worked amazingly well. Made it look much better and much easier to clean as well.

I used garage floor paint - people on here recommended it to me. It takes forever to dry (16 hrs) but it is amazing. I'm so pleased with it. It's not a stupid question, I wouldn't have known unless others told me about it. I just used a normal paint brush, but you could use a roller.

I think it was this one I used - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Johnstones-307938-Garage-Floor-Paint/dp/B00Q4V0TAU?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_12 in black. I think it was around £28 for 5l which will easily do 2 coats of my kitchen. One coat would have been ok if I hadn't walked all over it too early and left footprints all over it :cool: :rotfl:

HairyHandofDartmoor

That sounds a lot cheaper than new flooring Jwil . We had a concrete floor in our kitchen for a few years and it was horrible. I'm sure the paint must look nicer and make it easier to keep clean .

Are you all ready for Christmas? When do you finish work?

jwil

HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »

That sounds a lot cheaper than new flooring Jwil . We had a concrete floor in our kitchen for a few years and it was horrible. I'm sure the paint must look nicer and make it easier to keep clean .

Are you all ready for Christmas? When do you finish work?

Yes, much cheaper. We need to do the whole kitchen eventually so I didn't want to spend a lot. It is noticeably easier just to move the appliances like the fridge etc. You wouldn't think it!

I'm pretty much ready for Christmas thank you Just done the food shop so only the turkey to collect now. :T I finished work yesterday for 2 weeks :j:j:j:j

HairyHandofDartmoor

I'm glad you've got the food in, it always feels good to get that out of the way. Hurrah for being on holiday now .

doingitanyway

Great idea with the kitchen floor. I bet it looks fab

jwil

HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »

I'm glad you've got the food in, it always feels good to get that out of the way. Hurrah for being on holiday now .

Yes, it does

doingitanyway wrote: »

Great idea with the kitchen floor. I bet it looks fab

Thank you It needs another coat due to me walking on it too soon, but even with that it is so much better!

jwil

The kids have been swimming this morning, and whilst we were out we posted an ebay sale and popped to the supermarket to grab a couple of bits we'd forgotten.

That was a good idea, they had a load of stuff reduced to crazy cheap prices :T 15 eggs for 10p, sausages, cold meat, fresh meat, yogurts. We picked up a load of stuff for the freezer and 3 boxes of the eggs. Really pleased I also stocked up on lots of the cheap veg too, so we had a big pile of stuff but only spent £17 :T :T :T Good job we'd been using stuff up from the freezer so we've got room for it all.

HairyHandofDartmoor

jwil wrote: »

The kids have been swimming this morning, and whilst we were out we posted an ebay sale and popped to the supermarket to grab a couple of bits we'd forgotten.

That was a good idea, they had a load of stuff reduced to crazy cheap prices :T 15 eggs for 10p, sausages, cold meat, fresh meat, yogurts. We picked up a load of stuff for the freezer and 3 boxes of the eggs. Really pleased I also stocked up on lots of the cheap veg too, so we had a big pile of stuff but only spent £17 :T :T :T Good job we'd been using stuff up from the freezer so we've got room for it all.

Which supermarket was it Jwil? We bought sprouts, carrots and parsnips for 19p a bag at Mr T yesterday which we were pleased with.