Been busy....

Hi,

So it is now April! Wow how fast time goes....  I thought rather than try and catch up with stuff - I'd just jump in with where I am now

I have been working on the annex - so many things needed doing! I have now finished the bathroom fully - having had to take the bath apart and fix and leak (overflow - was overflowing right through the light fixings in the gym below)...

The living room and dining room are done - I have a list of things to get finished - today I'm painting the downstairs hallway, now that I've removed the firebell, trunking and cabling and other random stuff that was attached to the walls.  Only smaller finishing off jobs are left now...it feels never ending however...

The place is now up on airbnb and our first guest is coming on 22nd April for 4 days - and we have somebody booked in for 2 nights at the end of May.  Very nervous about this - because I want everything to be perfect! Jobs I have left - are things like - make sure all kitchen utensils are there - and relevant, sort out bedding, buy a new mattress etc.  The budget money has run out (£400 left) so, we are having to cut back on all spending so that we can build some money up from our monthly income.  The income from the annex is going to be low to start with - they offer ppl 20% off on the first 3 bookings.  We NEED excellent reviews from these bookings!!! eeekkkkkk......

I am wondering just how much work the annex will end up being if it ends up fairly busy....I don't want to get anything wrong!

In other news, my friend Yvonne has had a gastric bypass operation - so it is going to be fun and exciting seeing her transformation!

I need a filling, and had to find a new dentist that does sedation...having the sedation during the time our very first guest is going to be here!! BAD timing.....

The kids surprised me for mothers day and turned up - which was awesome! we got good weather and spent the day playing Smite in the garden - as well as two party nights - was knackered once they had gone home! lol.

anyway - cats are making it difficult for me to type now as they want to walk on keyboard....and I have the awful sound of a bird slowly struggling for life in my chimney breast...its awful - we cant get to it and had to listen to it all night last night - thought it would be dead now but the poor thing still struggling.....

sorry should not end on a bad note....errr......I'm off to paint......