Summer

When is summer going to arrive? It is so wet - and I want to get outside to start painting the outside of the house. Dad has been in and replaced the rotten lintel over the kitchen window. He did a stirling job removing the rotten wooden one and replacing it with a new cement one. It looks horrible at the moment but once it has ha a lick of paint it will look fab. I was originally going to remove the kitchen window and replace it with french doors into the garden, but the increased costs in the electrics have put paid to that! I am trying to keep a tight hold on the budget but it is not easy.

We have had a good look at the kitchen we found boxed up under the stairs and I think it looks pretty good. The work surface is shot and will be binned, but we took a look at some on offer at Wickes and 2 new surfaces will set us back about £150 which I dont think is bad at all. I am going for stainless steel appliances so that is the next thing to look for.