Hicky's Family Life & Crisies

Yes we've had the white stuff on Monday 2nd then it started to turn to water, but then soon turned to ice..... But we thought yesterday the 4th. We thought that was the last of it!! but no! Got up this morning at 5.15am and there was "NO" snow... then the alarm goes off at 7.15am... looks out the window and the ground was covered.... we had snow fall for a good 4 hours... But once again its turning to ice again!

But at least my partner did go outside this afternoon and make a snowman with our little one... she loves the snow and was having a right good snow ball fight with her mum! Not the best Snowman... partner can build a better one but she used the excuse that she had no gloves on!! Ok I will admit she didnt have gloves on...... but I think it was because our little one was winning with the snowball fight!

Well the Kitchen is finished now...... "Everything" We final finished painting the walls on Monday, and partner couldn't wait to get her new "Shiny" out! I brought her a new kettle, toaster! She loves working in the kitchen now! Even we have started having our meals in there at the breakfast bar! "Well there is a reason for eating all our meals in the kitchen it's not because of the new decor....!! LOL It's because we have got a "Brand New Sofa" and with having a 4 year old food normally goes everywhere! lol Well not only that we enjoy our meals at a table!

Well the kitchen is nearly finished..... Just got the painting of the walls to do... tomorrow we think! And to add the rest of the transfer tiles to the rest of the white tiles thats left! I have added some pictures, of the tiles before we put the transfer tiles onto the boring white ones! Also to put the tv bracket on the wall and 2 more shelfs and thats the kitchen all done and dusted!!

Then we will start on the living room in due course! lol

Well for the pass 7 days now we have been tackling our Kitchen getting it all nicely decorated.... But its not been as easy as we thought it would be. We ahve had all the cupboard doors off to sand, and gone round all the wood work with a sander..... god we had enough dust to last us a life time!! LOL Well all the glossing of the wood works all been done. But we came across a problem with the cupboards doors we was going to paint them, but it was not going on right so we went and got ourself some Fablon and done all the units with that. But the big problem was the Ceiling, the people that lived here, must love painting, as the ceiling was a light blue, so its taking some painting.... its had 3 coats of white... but will need some more. Once all the paint is dry its straigh to hanging the paper.... partner loves papering. So hopefully by this time next week we will have a nice new looking kitchen... and set straight, as we had to put all our pots and that in a box and put them in our living room so that they done get broke and dusty.

I will pop pictures of the finished kicthen once its set straight.. Wish we took picture of the kitchen before we started on it and so that we had the before picture's and the after ones..... Never mind, we will be pleased to see the finishing touch of it!

Well thats it for any other 52 weeks LOL I hope you all had a great Christmas and a New Year. We had a great time. But I will admit that we took the Decorations down on the 30th.... partner was getting sick of seeing them and wanted to get her Living room back to normal.... plus they collect far to much dust.

We have got a busy few months ahead of us as we want to get all the house re-decorated, well not all the house but the Kitchen, Living Room, Hall stairs and landing, Our daughters room and last of all just paint our bedroom, as it was painted last year. We keep saying to our friends that we having a decorating party we will supply food and booze LOL well the booze once the paper is on straigh! LOL And we want to get out in the garden once the weather warms up as we gonna have buckets of weeds off it! And want to plant more flowers and that. Before we know it, it will be start of Holiday season for us, to go out in the caravan and enjoy our Holidays again.

Well Christmas is coming thick and fast only one more week to go.... then the sales start! I took this snap of the Ice Rink while we was in town the other day, our little girl wants to go on it, but both myself and partner wont go on it, as we would spend more time on our bums them on our feet.... and knowing our luck, our little one would show us up!! LOL "But she did come out with "Well Grandad can take me on it" So we said yes thats a good idea, but he will need a sledge.... "I just hope that we didn't put idea's into her head!" As her Grandad and Uncle will be coming to spend Christmas with us.

Well anyway I will leave it here for now and hope to blog soon.

I wish all readers a "Merry Christmas & A very Happy New Year All the best for 2009" And We will catch you in the New Year!!

Well over the last week we have been really busy with Christmas Shopping.......... Problem is we don't know what to get everyone... but we can asure you that it is not "socks" as everyone gets socks at christmas..... which can be really boring year in, year out, so we wouldnt dream of getting socks! But on the plus side we have now finished our Christmas shopping this morning, just need the fresh fruit, veg and meat which we will get on the 24th December.

And as for the 2 down 1 to go............. we only have the one pup left now so fingers cross and he might find a new home ready for christmas, if not then the little fella will have christmas with us, and will get a doggy gift, like our 2 big dogs will.

Well since I last blogged, we have been very busy. All the living room is now re-plastered, thats was finished on Friday night at 5pm. We didnt really see much dust.... as we lived upstairs in our bedroom from 7.30am til 5pm. The days was boring really, and living in the bedroom is not our idea of happy living. But to break everything up we did go to a friends house on Friday night and had a great Halloween party.... yep we adults all dressed up!! It was good to just get out for a couple of hours from the dust and our same old 4 walls. But now this morning comes..... 7.30am on the dot, work men are here to start taking plaster off our Hall, Stairs and Landing. We are now back in living room with just tv and sofa for now till after work men have finished.... hoping wednesday will be the day they finish, so that we can go back to setting straight and start getting our house set straight, as all rooms upside down, as we got stuff in our daughters bedroom and our bedroom from our living room. And we are fighting the dust!! LOL There is enough dust to last a life time here! We are hoping to get everything sorted before this Saturday... 8th as our little girl will be 4, and we are going to be having a little party for her, with a few fireworks and that. It will be her first big party with her friends and that, as every year up to now, we have only had her grandparents and that!

Will post again soon!

Yes it is a big OMG!!!! As all our living room walls have got to be re-plastered! We decided to take old paper off and re-decorate our living room ready for Christmas, but we had to have the council out as all the plaster was falling off the wall, even when you just touched it, it was dropping into your hands. So yesterday the council man gave one look at a piece under the window and said "the whole room will need re-doing" My poor partner's face colour just drained!! But also I reported the Hall and Landing and this needs all re-plasting, so its going to be very dusty, once they start! They are going to give us 48 hours to clear out the living room and landing, then it will be "DUST EVERYWHERE" and so we are going to be very busy! So if we don't blog for a while, we are still alive, just up to the eye balls in dust!!

Wish us luck with having our 3 year old about too!

Will blog soon! TTFN

Well we've not blogged for a few weeks, only because we have been so busy, first off our Daughter goes back to Nursery. Then 2 weeks ago our Little Cavalier King Charles drops her Pup's (She had 3). To see the puppies visit www.charliesangelsdogslife.blogspot.com
Then we are re-dectorating our Living room, but really we wished that we never started as all the plaster is falling off the wall, and its a right mess, so we are waiting for the council to come and have a look! But been waiting a week, so we are getting sick of not being able to do anything! But if no-one has been by this Friday then I will be back on the phone!

I will post again soon!