New Roomie... Fast Approaching

Can't wait for my new roomie... She's due to arrive a week from Thursday... That's only NINE days away! Of course there's still her room to organise. :)

I've turned my Sunday's into the 'Do Days'... I don't have the smallies and so I make sure I do something that makes a noticable impact whenever I enter the space. This coming Sunday will be 'Sort the Roomie Room' day. Last Sunday I SCOURED both bathrooms. They were 'clean', but I hadn't done a real deep cleaning since moving in... So there I was on my hands and knees scrubbing floors, removing excessive grout and paint splatter and just generally making them sparkle. Very pleased. The Sunday before that I went at the back garden. The hill isn't done, but with the help of one of my girlfriends I moved all the rubbish (from the installation of floors and appliances that was done in order for us to move in) and put it all into a 'Skippo Bag' (portable dump to be removed when I ring them to collect it) and mowed the lawn that resides on the flat portion of the back... YEARS of tall wild grass, having never been clipped but instead simply fallen... It was like combing the worst tangles and then mowing... then combing, then mowing... then combing, then mowing. Needless to say I was tired and sore, but also felt very accomplished... Lots of that feeling lately. :) So now I have a lovely area for the kids to play... We had a picnic last Saturday and they are enjoying being able to just 'be' outside. It's great... what a change from the danger zone that was there for so long.

Other than that, we're all just truckin' along. Work is demanding, but every day gets a little less 'heavy' to deal with... I suppose that comes with me learning how to manage my boss instead of just reacting to him... Funny how that works. The people I work with are all genuinely fabulous... It's just him... he's just a bit of a head wreck... but like I said... I'm getting my head 'round it.

Kids are good, good, good. So funny. I'm am drivin batty regularly, but so amused in the process. The small man was walking around the other day (I'm encouraging him to hit inanimate objects vs. warm blooded bodies)... He had his boxing gloves on, two small play saucepans sticking out of his pants because the handles were 'in my jocks' and he was kicking the soccer ball. He informed me the pans helped him kick the ball better... crazy cool. Little Miss Miss is just that. She had a meltdown yesterday because she didn't have any shoes at her Nan's that matched her outfit and she wouldn't go outside to play because she didn't match... She's FIVE. Scary... We're doing some damage control on that end, and have suggested that there be a reduction in 'pre-teen' t.v. program viewing. Total Drama Queen... I have NO IDEA where she got THAT! :) I have hope that she'll grow out of it.

The weather here is BLAH! Waiting for some steady sun, but I think holding my breath would be a BAD idea. Hope it's at least nicer than last year... pretty bleak stuff.

This is me signing off for now.
-d

The Fiber's Workin!

Hey! Check me out... ANOTHER post! ;)

Well I got the wardrobes put together... all on my lonesome. I felt so accomplished; they're fine sized wardrobes (three door, four drawer) and they are so damn cute... One pink and one blue. Since then, I've done a few more bits around the house. (I've decided to make myself a T-shirt: DIY Deni - ya know... just in case people are wondering who it is they're dealing with. ha!) I had the drill out again last night and sturdied up the counter top over the dryer, I pulled out all the old tiles and grout mix from WAY under the stairs and let 'himself' have them for a job he's doing and tonight I'm loading up the old three piece suite into a friends van so he can haul it off to the dump tomorrow. I also completely tidied up the kitchen and got rid of all the clutter tops and turned them back into counter tops! Can you say PRODUCTIVE boys and girls?!? It comes in waves... (oh yeah, and the new three piece suite is just lovely... it was another gimme, but in FAB condition and it suits the room better)

My roommate's room is a little closer to being done, but still have some work to do on that. CAN'T WAIT till she gets here! Only 22 days to go! (but whose counting)

Last weekend was a Bank Holiday weekend, so I went out with my girlfriends... TWO NIGHTS! (one was a nice dinner combining the celebration of Mama and a friends 40th) I tell ya, I just didn't know what to do with myself... I thoroughly enjoyed going out and meeting loads of gang and getting to being social with the masses... it was good. I know I don't have the smallies ALL THE TIME, but working full-time in such a freakishly unpleasant job really takes its toll... It was so nice to have some adult time that wasn't just doing up the house or being at work...

Okay... that was it, just a little bit of somethin' about somethin'.

(I do realise that pix are needed... I'll make an effort)