Almost There......

after months of mess....

The last few weeks have been exhausting. Both mentally and physically. I think the toll of having constant people working in my home for months on end is finally getting to me. Don't get me wrong they are respectful and pleasant , but there is no space and endless mess and noise. We had a couple of very late nights recitifying a problem that the tiler created to rescue our lovely floor tiles. Thankfully it all turned out ok, but it is not an experience I want to repeat. 

I keep thinking we must be coming to the end and then I write a list of all the jobs yet to be done and I can see it lasting another 6 weeks yet! The finish on the job is not quite what we want it to be yet.

BUT......

the kitchen is in

and it is everything I hoped it would be and more.

However, we are now resolving a few issues and getting doors put in, skirting fixed, sills painted etc. So it still looks a little like a building site. 

Pearl is in and working and we have had our first Aga breakfast this weekend. A real treat after 7 months of cooking on one ring!

We have also got our TV signal back as we have been without that since the scaffolding went up 4 months ago. I've not really missed it and the kids have watched the odd DVD if they have wanted some down time. We lost our internet for a while too ( hence the lack of posts) - this stressed me out more than no tv!

Despite feeling exhausted and like we have a mountain to climb to finish this job off properly I remind myself daily how lucky we are really and how lovely this is going to be. There are so many in this world who live with nothing so I try not to complain too often.

There will be kitchen pictures very soon - I am just waiting on the finishing jobs to be completed!

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A Long Week!

I know in the scale of things this may not seem significant, but I just would like to make a small point that I may have had a tiny bit of a rubbish week last week.

No, there hasn't been any great disaster or mishap and the fact that the sun is now shining has made things all  better, but honestly.......

I. Found. Last. Week. Hard.

Just to briefly get it out of my system before moving on....... a combination of a heavy cold, followed by a sickness bug, followed by no heating, followed by a broken laptop, followed by no husband being around, followed by insensitive people doing what insensitive people do, followed by working a bit too much and then a bit more .......led to a bit of overload .

And did I mention , no heating?

 I have been cold.

 Cold = grumpy.

And to those mums who work full time and have young kids and juggle it all. I take my hat off to you.

You are officially INCREDIBLE.

So today I have a day off. I have been looking forward to it ALL last week.

The kids are at school, the husband is away and apart from the builders I have a day to myself.

I intend on enjoying the relative tranquility without demands, apart from endless rounds of builders tea.

 I may even indulge in a little gardening.

What do you do to relieve stress and relax on a day you get all to yourself?