Last Monday, I was out at Club while Chrissy stayed home with the kids. On Tuesday I noticed Ruth was very tired, sop I asked her what time Mommy let her stay up til, now that it was School holidays. Ruth looked at me, and said
"Late o'clock, Daddy"
Monday, 5 April 2010
Sunday, 31 January 2010
The weekend
Yesterday we:
-Slept in
-Went shopping & bought new shoes for the kids
-Took the kids to two birthday parties
-Too the rubble from the wall we knocked down to the tip.
-Did some more shopping
-Ran the dishwasher twice
-Ran 2 loads of laundry
-tidied the dining room
So far today we have:
-Been to church
-loaded & run the dishwasher
-washed 2 loads of laundry
-dried 3 loads of laundry
-Dug a bed of potatoes
-Sheeted two beds in the garden
-Hung a load of laundry on the line.
-cooked pasta & quesadillas for lunch
-folded LOTS of laundry
-taken down the Christmas tree (yes, I know we're late)
-cleared most of the lounger floor
-cleaned the filters for the vacuum cleaner
-Slept in
-Went shopping & bought new shoes for the kids
-Took the kids to two birthday parties
-Too the rubble from the wall we knocked down to the tip.
-Did some more shopping
-Ran the dishwasher twice
-Ran 2 loads of laundry
-tidied the dining room
So far today we have:
-Been to church
-loaded & run the dishwasher
-washed 2 loads of laundry
-dried 3 loads of laundry
-Dug a bed of potatoes
-Sheeted two beds in the garden
-Hung a load of laundry on the line.
-cooked pasta & quesadillas for lunch
-folded LOTS of laundry
-taken down the Christmas tree (yes, I know we're late)
-cleared most of the lounger floor
-cleaned the filters for the vacuum cleaner
Monday, 25 January 2010
A few winter photos
First, here's how the alotment & house looked on December 20th.
Next, here's Ruth with the Snowman we made
And now, an early eveing photograph
Next, Boxing Day, on the footbridge behind the Wasdale Head Inn
Next, here's David just before he threw a snowball at me...
And last of all, Ruth and David telling me about the snow.
dfdgf
Next, here's Ruth with the Snowman we made
And now, an early eveing photograph
Next, Boxing Day, on the footbridge behind the Wasdale Head Inn
Next, here's David just before he threw a snowball at me...
And last of all, Ruth and David telling me about the snow.
dfdgf
Sunday, 24 January 2010
New Year's Resolutions...
C: Nope!
G: No chance!
C: Still in crisis management, so only able to plan for this month.
G: This Week!
G: OK, I exaggerate....
C: Have finally managed to convince Geoff to restart DIY on the house.
G: We've even agreed on what the next project is going to be. We're going to take a wall out.
C: Two.
G: I think it's just one with a corner in it.
C: We're knocking out the awkward wall by the dining room window, which will leave us with a larger dining room, direct access from kitchen to dining room and a longer wall in the kitchen to put appliances against.
G: We will be closing up the existing door between the lounge and the kitchen. Not bricking it up - just bolting it closed, so we still get some light through the windows in it. We have to move the fridge-freezer out of the alcove when we open it up to the dining room, but we just plan to move it to in front of the kitchen/lounge door.
C: We'll have to box in a load of ugly pipework.
G: And the boiler and fuse box, since they are also tucked away in the alcove. Another benefit will be more usable floorspace in the lounge, since we will no longer have to keep the walkway to the kitchen free of toys & children.
C: We're getting some help from a new friend through church, with payment through "meals of plenty."
G: And computer repairs....
C: He's done a lot of JOAT-style building work.
G: We plan to start by taking the old wall out and cleaning up on Thursday, then we'll be able to properly measure up for the timber to box the pipes in.
C: We'll have to take down the shelf unit that the kids kept a lot of their toys on, but that's mostly cleared out already. We're now making the kids keep most of their toys in their rooms.
G: Hopefully this will be a good start to a productive new year, and a realistic program of work. We're trying not to get too ambitious and plan too far ahead of ourselves.
G: No chance!
C: Still in crisis management, so only able to plan for this month.
G: This Week!
G: OK, I exaggerate....
C: Have finally managed to convince Geoff to restart DIY on the house.
G: We've even agreed on what the next project is going to be. We're going to take a wall out.
C: Two.
G: I think it's just one with a corner in it.
C: We're knocking out the awkward wall by the dining room window, which will leave us with a larger dining room, direct access from kitchen to dining room and a longer wall in the kitchen to put appliances against.
G: We will be closing up the existing door between the lounge and the kitchen. Not bricking it up - just bolting it closed, so we still get some light through the windows in it. We have to move the fridge-freezer out of the alcove when we open it up to the dining room, but we just plan to move it to in front of the kitchen/lounge door.
C: We'll have to box in a load of ugly pipework.
G: And the boiler and fuse box, since they are also tucked away in the alcove. Another benefit will be more usable floorspace in the lounge, since we will no longer have to keep the walkway to the kitchen free of toys & children.
C: We're getting some help from a new friend through church, with payment through "meals of plenty."
G: And computer repairs....
C: He's done a lot of JOAT-style building work.
G: We plan to start by taking the old wall out and cleaning up on Thursday, then we'll be able to properly measure up for the timber to box the pipes in.
C: We'll have to take down the shelf unit that the kids kept a lot of their toys on, but that's mostly cleared out already. We're now making the kids keep most of their toys in their rooms.
G: Hopefully this will be a good start to a productive new year, and a realistic program of work. We're trying not to get too ambitious and plan too far ahead of ourselves.
Saturday, 26 December 2009
Happy Christmas Everyone!
We spent Christmas in Seascale with Geoff's family, and had a good time. More pictures may follow later, but for now, here is Ruth in her new dress from Godmother Amy.
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Progress report - Everyday Life
So far today, in no particular order, we have:
- Got up late (no surprises there!)
- Gone to church
- Gone shopping
- Washed 4 loads of laundry
- Dried 3 loads of laundry (one is still drying)
- Put away 5 loads of laundry (two from earlier)
- Run 3 loads through the dishwasher
- Gone for an adventure walk in the dark with the kids (so David can try out his new flashlight)
- Cooked 2 proper meals and improvised a snack breakfast
- Admired the ripe red peppers & chillis in the garden (Geoff is amazed they ripened in November, even if they are under glass.)
- Harvested a pumpkin.
- Shredded 1 bin full of old paperwork
- Thrown out two bin-bags of other rubbish.
- Taken Chrissy's old PC off her desk and made a laptop docking space for her.
- Emptied one "mystery box" from the study
- Repaired two books
- Laminated "Spy Kit" from Ruth's favourite library book (with library approval.)
- Chatted/Webcammed with Matt in the US.
- Continued to clear&sort Chrissy's Desk
- Watched an episode of Planet Earth with the children
- Played on Facebook/browsed the internet.
- Forgotten a couple of other things we wanted to mention
- Posted first Blog update in two months!
- Got up late (no surprises there!)
- Gone to church
- Gone shopping
- Washed 4 loads of laundry
- Dried 3 loads of laundry (one is still drying)
- Put away 5 loads of laundry (two from earlier)
- Run 3 loads through the dishwasher
- Gone for an adventure walk in the dark with the kids (so David can try out his new flashlight)
- Cooked 2 proper meals and improvised a snack breakfast
- Admired the ripe red peppers & chillis in the garden (Geoff is amazed they ripened in November, even if they are under glass.)
- Harvested a pumpkin.
- Shredded 1 bin full of old paperwork
- Thrown out two bin-bags of other rubbish.
- Taken Chrissy's old PC off her desk and made a laptop docking space for her.
- Emptied one "mystery box" from the study
- Repaired two books
- Laminated "Spy Kit" from Ruth's favourite library book (with library approval.)
- Chatted/Webcammed with Matt in the US.
- Continued to clear&sort Chrissy's Desk
- Watched an episode of Planet Earth with the children
- Played on Facebook/browsed the internet.
- Forgotten a couple of other things we wanted to mention
- Posted first Blog update in two months!