New house!

The time had finally come, after many months and waiting. We got offered a house and we took it in a heartbeat.

What's it been like the last couple of months of being here?

To start with we were very busy, a lot of the first week was spent getting up early, leaving the previous flat to get on a busy bus in the freezing cold to then finally get to the house which we were preparing for decorating. The council were round almost everyday fixing things up like the back door, fitting windows and a few other minor tasks here and there. While me and the other half were stripping wallpaper and cleaning the place up. Seemed like an endless task.

Second week came along and we mostly did more preperations and a bit of decorating. We finally started to crack on with the painting of downstairs towards the end of the week which was a bit of relief. A lot had to be done and with money being tight, we managed to get a lot of help from the Mother who provided us with some paints and tools to get us going and also helped us a fair bit by doing some cleaning and painting herself.

As the weeks went on progress was being made painting was done, carpets were in and basically most of the downstairs was complete with furnishings and kitchen appliances, most of which were brought for us by my other half's Mother who has been very helpful too.

Once all the decorating and stuff like that was done we could finally move in and get my stuff moved down. The sleeping arrangements were just a air bed that didn't last long until it got a puncture but not for long thankfully as we finally got a bed.

From then it's been pretty steady, we still need to get the gardens sorted as soon as we get some garden tools. Which I wish we had now because the weather has been great the past week or so, perfect for gardening. But with bills and other expenses it has to get put on hold for now.