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.

Electricians & Seaside Holidays

Yesterday we had the Electricians move in for the week for phase 1 of our house re-wiring job, so we have moved out, we are in Southwold for a week.

We were around a bit during the day yesterday and it was good to see how well they were getting on with the wiring and electrics, attached are some photos of the work they have managed to get done in just 1 day, the lights are their first objective.

As you will be aware if you know us, we have some particular issues with our children, or more specifically Steven and pretty much everything we do has to be designed around his needs/demands, for example we don’t have anything within his reach that we don't want him to ruin!

The complication when it comes to lighting is that normal pendant lights and wall lights are a magnet for him, he loves trying to swing on them or knock them, our ceilings are a little on the low side and now he has grown a bit he can reach eh pendant lights without too much effort, with the aid of a short stick, in the dining area he just climbs onto a table and swings from the light! So we have had to go for recessed lights in most of the house, this has entailed a lot of holes being drilled into the ceiling for a number of lights.

The place we are staying in is very nice, we are really pleased with it, its nicely decorated, yet without loads of ornaments that needed moving on arrival and there is plenty of space, the garden isn’t exactly Steven friendly but that’s the only negative we have found so far.

Today we went down to the beach, I spent most of the morning playing with Nat and Joy was walking up and down the beach with Steven, we were on a really nice but relatively quiet beach, near the river estuary, and had a great time, it was warm and the sun was shining so it was quite pleasant.

After our beach session we went onto a place on the banks of the river, it’s a working harbour with loads of fishermen’s shacks, several places selling fish directly from their shacks and then this chippy, really nice food.

Then we headed off to the seafront, parked near the pier and got coffee on the pier, the wind had picked up by this time but there are some really cool wind shelters on the pier which are so effective.

I wont go into the whole of the day in detail but we have had a really good day, Steven has been a little pinchy so we are wondering whether there is a seizure on its way but other than that its been a good time.

Lunch time