For those who were on the old thread and may (or may not) remember my boiler problems.... well, they're about to be sorted. New boiler and parts delivered yesterday and plumbers will be here today & tomorrow to install. They need to rip up flooring and reroute pipes. They need to get to all nine (yes, NINE!) radiators. MrScout, is, as you know, a hoarder. He has been sorting through, pitching stuff, boxing up other bits. It's no where near perfect but it's a major start. And I think he sees how happy it makes me. Fingers crossed it can/will continue. I've told him what boxes/storage I want, which new bookcases to store books/DVDs/SB's toys, how I want to arrange the closet (how does a house only have one closet?!?!) and the dresser. He's given the "okay" to get rid of baby things that we don't need/want/use that are only taking up space and collecting clutter.
MrScout's staying home today & tomorrow to deal with the plumbers and so I can keep SmallBoy out of the way (otherwise he'll want to be in the boiler closet and in the tub to watch the men pull up the floor and pipes in the bathroom). I'm taking advantage of the car and going to the tip and to donate stuff (though I've been taking stuff by foot into town with SB and no stroller so hauling it all myself).
I'm frustrated but elated at the same time. WAHOO!
We're away this coming weekend for my FiL's birthday. We're away next weekend for my birthday (EEK! and WAHOO! in equal measure). The following weekend, August Bank Holiday weekend, we're off for our annual holiday to the south coast. I hope to kick ass between now and then.
Someone asked on the other thread how's SmallBoy. SmallBoy is wonderful. He's so big now (3.9). He toilet trained in under a week, all himself with very few accidents (mostly poo ones, so easy to clean up). He's also 99.99% dry at night (he had a little accident last night but I think something's going through him because he had a very unlike-him daytime accident, too) so is in "big boy daytime pants" at night, too. We've been enjoying the weather and have spent days just at the park/playground having picnics, playing Pooh Sticks and playing on the playground. He grew potatoes, marigolds, cat grass, lavender and sunflowers this summer and thoroughly loved it, going outside to check his plants and water them every day.
I went through a bout of serious homesickness at the start of the summer. It's still there but faded a bit (the clearing has helped, to be honest). I can't wait to go home again in November. I had a biopsy back in the late spring and the results were really good but because of the awesome results means I'm on the bottom of the list to start my treatment again and won't be starting until the first quarter of 2015. Oh well, at least I know when it will start and can plan accordingly. We're still planning on HE SmallBoy so knowing when I'm due to start I can plan that accordingly as well. He's so grown up when he goes along to the hospital with me (for all my medical stuff).
Right, best crack on plumbers due in less than two hours and still have stuff I want to do before I take SB out for the day. I've promised him the far-away park that we need the car for the one with a playground, paths and ducks & swans & geese to feed. He's very excited about it.