Half Term

OK so Half term is now all but finished, it’s Friday evening and we have the weekend to get through and then the kids are back to school.

As you will know we have has electricians in over half term and we escaped to a seaside sanctuary, we went to Southwold (in Suffolk) and stayed in a bungalow (here are some pictures etc) the property was well decorated and ideal for our needs although the garden wasn’t ideal as it was all tiered paving with loads of pots.

Anyhow, after we moved the Buddha and the breakables out of the way it was fine.

The whole week was really relaxed, the kids were pretty well behaved and we found an ideal spot to park and have access to the beach, Tuesday & Wednesday morning were not great weather but we had really nice days other than that, even those days were not exactly wash outs.

Holidaying that little bit closer to home did mean that we were able to have friends come and join us for the day, Joys parents came across on the Bank Holiday Monday and Meryl & Family joined us yesterday, which was fab.

Whilst we were away the electricians were working away, the original plan was for them to do the job in 2 phases, phase 1 over half term and phase 2 in August, when we would move into Joys parents to allow them to get on with it, as it turns out they managed to get the whole job done in 1 week, all except for half a days work having everything tested and certificated.

So we came back to a little disruption but nowhere near as bad as I had expected and they have done a fantastic job, the reason we had to have them in was because the wiring itself was the old fashioned rubber coated cabling and the rubber was perishing, meaning the whole, thing was pretty dangerous but we have taken the opportunity to have a few bits done to make it more suitable for us whilst we are at it, the whole thing has not been cheap but the end result, a safer house and a lot of improvements as well, is worth it.

Anyhow, hopefully we are in for good, and restful, weekend, I have promised to take Nat shopping for a new lampshade for her bedroom tomorrow.

I was going to upload photos with this blog post but they are on the camera which is in the car and I cant be bothered to go and get it so you will have to wait until I get around to uploading them.