Two for Joy

Twice today I've seen a pair of magpies together. I'm hoping this is a good sign! I've asked Liam to get two lotto lucky dips, lol.

Well not much happened at all today, nothing that could be classed as 'joy' anyway. We got to school late as usual, morning was ok, Rowan got bitten again this afternoon (school dealt with it very well, head teacher phoned to tell me they considered it unacceptable and would be sending the boy home if it happens again etc), Rowan is dealing with it fine though.
Took ages to get home, Scarlett wet herself again and we were all a bit soggy from the rain. Liam's parcels have arrived - a big food processor and an even bigger food mixer.

I'm still waiting for the luck! lol

I've been having a re-think about where we live. I can not and never have been able to fault this house at all. It's spacious, secure and the heating works. We are all happy living in it and the only thing that's got me down has been the area. But I'm thinking about that.
i think I need to get over it. Well, that's putting it simply. I've been obsessing over moving, thinking constantly about getting an exchange etc, but then realised - there' snot many places out there that would have enough space for our dining table. Hang on, that means out kitchen is pretty big - no, it's huge!
We have three generous bedrooms, the smallest room on the smallest wall still is big enough to fit a bed along it with space at the end!

Our house is lovely, but then I realised - our HOUSE. It's still not a home. We've never decorated, and only have proper flooring downstairs! So I need to work on that. I'll carry on FLYing (flylady) and I need to start thinking about decorating. I also need to get over the hang up of where we live. Everyone else manages fine - so can we.

So that's the plan. I need to decorate and get flooring. I'm going to mural the kid's room, I'm trying to convince them to go with Peter Pan. I was thinking I could just paint the floorboards to match! I want soft, shaggy carpet for our room and i want things nice.

anyone got the money to pay for it?

Liam seems to be feeling better today. He was cheerier this morning and actually checked me when I started to get loud and stressy! This evening he brought me gorgeous flowers and the kids a magazine each, as he was aware that he had been stressy and angry. I tried to steer him towards the word 'upset' as the children respond better to this I think - less scary.
It's lovely though. Not just for the flowers, but to have my Liam back - even though he has gone off upstairs to study!
Which is what I should be doing now actually....