Getting there.

At last my Bedroom is nearly clear, been on go slow for a few days. Just 1 corner to clear, then can get the wardrobes & other new furniture set up. I also have all new bedding & curtains. Just been washing my feather king size duvet in the bath, its hard work, just leaving it to drain at the mo. I am really looking forward to having my own clear space, new smelly candles, ionizer to. The garage is nearly full now, the house has a lot less stuff in it & feel better. its a long way of being tidy, but at least we are getting there.

Keys to the lock up & house viewing.

I got the keys in the post today, they came mid morning. Before youngest had finished school at 3ish we had been & taken 5 car loads of stuff, Its not 1/2 full yet, we are going to get this house sorted.
I also viewed another house this eve. It looked nice, area looked ok & location, but the kitchen was to small, as was the garden. We are going to continue sorting here 1st, then maybe move later, see how things go. I am still on lists, but unless the right places comes along we are not going to move.

Garage/ Lock up.

I have managed to find a Lock up/garage in a neighbouring Village. I am so looking forward to getting the keys, even more so being able to have the space to put stuff while I declutter. I have paid the bond today. so should get the keys maybe tomorrow, or the day after. This way I will be able to clear a room, sort it, get things out of the house, then get it back in, but in the right place. I so want a nice tidy house. i am lucky that I have a large vehicle to take things back & to. Its more long term storage, but I will always have a lo0t of stuff, so will be able to make use of it for all sorts, e.g the camping stuff. at the moment we have to lug it upstairs.

Front hedge cut & shopping online.

Yesterday Dan cut the front hedge, looks much better. Bren did the rubbish from under it, loads had blown under it, Must of been a couple of black bin bags full as it had been all under the trailer when that was there. The trailer is at the side of the house now.
I decided to order the shopping online. I normally shop instore at ASDA, but used a site called MySupermarket. You click & shop at your usual store ( I used asda), it shows all the offers etc, but aldo checks the basket prices in other stores, Tesco, ocado & another ( think its sainsburys), so if you see your trolley is cheaper at another store you can just click & it swaps to that store instead. If there is a better deal ( e.g 3 for £5, or another brand on offer ), it offers you that as well. At the end it logs into your chosen store. You can book the delivery time in advance. As my shopping was over £99 ( Way over) & I have a asda CC I get free delivery as well. It came last night, seems really good, hopefully will do it more often.
I managed to get to a new craft class yesterday, I was late due to 1 thing/another, but made myself go. I enjoyed it, so good to get out & craft again. I really must craft more.
Managed to clear some in the hallway so can now walk clearly, Dan did some at the bottom of the stairs. We also took the bags to the tip ( about 6 black bags full). Ok not a car full, but better of out of the way. All the hedge cuttings went in the recycling green wheelie bin.

More garden.

Each time we thing the garden will do, then there is always more. 2 more runs to the tip yesterday. Ds2 decided we need to remove some tree's big hedge bits from the side of the house. , also level the area off, this is in front of the shed, we need to buy some fence panels to make it a secure area, the tree's bushes were open & in the way. WE have got some membrane to put don, then will put gravel on the top, it will be behind the side gate area, we are going to put the old trailer tent there, we are going to turn it into a trailer & use it. There was a lot of digging, ropes & me in the car pulling, we finally released the last one ( the biggest) from the ground at about 11pm, so today will be another tip run once it cut into sections. Hopefully the front hedge will get trimmed to. Middle Ds wo0rked really really hard, I am proud of him, even got some local kids filling in a edge to the central lawned area in our area, It had been warn away with the bin wagon going over the kerb, so hopefully that will grass over in time, Looks better & got rid of our soil. Was there some roots in the tree, even part dug out it moved the car sideways when trying to pull it out. Problem is our tow point is at one side, the wrong side for this job, & the hedge was across from the drive ( which is sloped, with steps on the side), so we didn't have much room, as well as the low front bodykit. The rope was a bit short, otherwise we cold of pulled it from the rd more ( did with the 1st couple, but the further back they were the more hard work it was.
Youngest DS made a big start in sorting his bedroom out. Incentive for him is a new xbox360 & flat screen tv from his dad, ( his last one packed up.
I did several loads of washing. 1 load was a load for charity, it had been washed, folded & bagged, but was put outside briefly ( Youngest DS had brought it down & put it down to show me)& it got rained on overnight.
So far this week we have done about 5 trips to the tip, with more yet to do. Once the outside it done we can do more inside, although I am still working on the inside.
We have the new post for the side gate ( its a large double heavy wooden one) & the concrete, so next to buy will be the panels & posts, then the gravel.

Petty rules

Well my youngest DS is now banned from school, why, because he has mislaid his school shoes. Oh & Now his absences are unauthorized as Its my fault, if we find them, or I buy him new ones he is welcome back. What bit of personal problems don't they understand. They are the ones that are making him miss his education. Its nearly the end of the school year. I know his shoes are not in a bad state, they are no even that old, so why should I have to go out & buy new ones. If they were old, or tatty, I wouldn't not mind buying new, but its the principle. Ye4s its been going on for a few weeks, but I am looking for them. I got rid of another couple of black bin bags full off clutter from the front room yesterday, I tried, & today will continue, but I am ju8st sick of it to be honest, why the hell can't he go in trainers, I/ we keep looking, then when he finds them to put them on for school. We did 2 tip runs yesterday as well. Ok, a lot was the garden bits ( Old benches & bits that had been burnt), but t6here was some from the house.

Update, we ended up buying him some new shoes late on weds. Then he went to his sisters & found his school shoes on Thursday, somehow he had left them there. He likes his new ones, & had worn then for a day at school, so was a expense, but just one of those things.