So the results....

of the Great St Swithins Day Experiment...

(remember it was mixed weather here in South-West Wales)

So, we had 7 days of mixed weather, 10 days of rain & 23 days of dry weather.  Now, I'll be the first to admit that those dry days may not necessarily have been full of blazing sunshine, but they were dry & it was warm & there were several days where it was absolutely glorious...

So ya boo sucks to all you out there who've been trying to claim that we haven't had a summer!!!  Go away & find something else to complain about!!!

Well that was a shock...

When the landlord came round on Friday to tell us to leave by 1st October, I asked for it to be put in writing, fully expecting that it would never happen...

Well, today, I got a letter from them putting it in writing.... well knock me down with a feather!!!!

So what now?  I'll be phoning up tomorrow asking for an appointment to see a housing officer next week & hopefully we should now get priority status, but of course it still all depends on a suitable house coming up....

And typically, we've finally got to the top of the waiting list for an NHS dentist (only a year & 2 months after we moved here!!)

Weather been glorious today - lovely late summer day.  Will look at the results & post them tomorrow...

"Don't worry, it'll be alright"

That was the comment from the lovely lady who sorted out my change of circumstance form today....  I "know" it will, but it's still hard to face homelessness when you look into the eyes of your kids who trust you to look after them.....

So now we've got to hope that a) the form gets processed quickly & b) something lovely comes up because I really would like a house in a nice area (although if it came down to it, of course I'd take a house in a rubbish area - my kids need somewhere to live...)

So lots of vibes needed please people...

Right, weather (I think tomorrow's the last day - must check)  chucking it down this morning but ended up glorious by this afternoon (& now of course the sun's blazing through the baby's bedroom window, so he's not going to sleep.... hmmph)

Boxes, boxes everywhere....

The extension seems to be full of fruit boxes (one of the 'perks' of Hubby working for a supermarket?) 2 of which are now filled with books.  (and having discovered that we had £31 of credit on Green Metropolis we've just ordered 2 more books - doh!  We're meant to be taking the opportunity to declutter, not to add more stuff that will have to be moved with us!!!)

We've been up in the loft & started sorting through up there (1 bag filled for charity & a winter coat found for Toby - result!) and now I have a heap more stuff to list on Netmums/Ebay/Freecycle... (oh & I've just sold the buggypod so am very chuffed with that - 1 less unwanted thing to move & money in my purse!!)

Weather-wise?  It's been quite nice today - some sunny spells & no rain (hurrah)

Rain, rain go away

It's been raining for the past 3 days, although it appears to be brightening up now...  typically of course, it was bright sunshine first thing this morning, so I jumped out of bed to put the washing out...  It's still out there cos it didn't start to rain gradually - oh no, the heavens opened & a veritable deluge came down so I figured I'd just let the clothes  have an extra rinse....

We've had some good news & bad news yesterday.  For the good news, Hubby has a new job....  Yay...  Unfortunately, that's been outweighed by the fact that the landlord came round to evict us.... poo...  I know the house is horrid & needs serious improvement, but it would have been nice to have had somewhere to move to before we have to leave....... grrrr. 

So now the extension is full of boxes.  Oh well...... onwards & upwards.....

Fantastic Day

We've had visitors from "home" today.  (I say "home" because I mean Nottingham, which is obviously hubby's home town (almost) but with me being a North-East lass, it's clearly not mine, despite living there for 11 years)

Anyway, some friends came down on holiday, so we took them out to Clerkenhill Adventure Farm today.  Our boys loved it, their boys loved it, us 'grown-ups' got to catch up (been years since we last saw them) & chill, we even had sunshine!! All in all, a good time was had by all...  Hoping they come down again more often - missed them!

Then I had a really good pole dance class this evening - I managed to get the reverse-grab down.  I've been struggling with that one for weeks - just couldn't quite get the hang of it, then it suddenly all clicked tonight & now I love it!!  Also started learning a new trick - the 'toothbrush'  and Jamie (instructor) has taken my inverts up a level - I'm now working towards getting the 'scorpion' and another one whose name escapes me right this moment (but it's really pretty!!)
(oh also working on some stuff I just can't get the hang of at all, but we'll not think about those just now!)

I really, really love days like today! :-)

(Oh & as I already mentioned, we've had glorious sunshine today!!)

Spider Spider in the bath....

2 huge spiders have taken up residence amongst the bath toys that are currently littering the bottom of the bath...  And I mean mahoosive - leg span easily the width of my hand...  I wouldn't care, but I hate spiders.

So no bath for my children tonight, hohum.  (yes, yes I could have stuck them under the (separate) shower but I couldn't be doing with the argument & screaming from Toby....)  so they'll have to have one in the morning before we go out (once Sir Galahad has removed said spiders from the bath!)

I'm struggling to find my birth certificate atm & I need it for a job interview.  I have decluttered the desk in the extension (am now sat surrounded by pc games that I need to check to see if they actually work/are worth keeping, having gone through the recordable cd's/dvd's earlier)  I'm not looking forward to going through the box files & decluttering them, but a) I need to find this flaming birth certificate & b) it needs doing anyway...
Mind you, I did procrastinate a tad earlier (bit like I'm doing now!) & inspired by my friend Caz, I've decluttered baby stuff to give away....

Weather miserable today - grey, gloomy & on/off drizzle...  hoping it's better tomorrow as we're meeting up with some friends from Notts who are down on holiday.