It's a new year and I've had the last three weeks off. But on Monday it's back to work and I'm at that point where I've really gotten into holiday mode. You know, sleep in 'til nine (or later), read in bed with a nice cup of coffee for an hour or so - mooch about for the afternoon and finally kick into gear late afternoon or evening - ready to do it all again tomorrow.
It's going to be a rude shock come 7 am Monday when I can't kill the alarm.
But it wasn't all an exercise in wasting time. Oh no. I'm very proud of the fact that I filled a 4 metre skip with with garden crap. The garden had become completely overgrown - and I filled it with tree boughs and a few things too large to go in my rubbish bin.
Just after Christmas I wrote a quick list of things I'd 'like' to get done during my time off . No pressure mind - but I find if it's written down, it will at least get looked at.
Anyway, I'm pleased to report that I almost cleared the list - right from the easy bits like getting a hair cut, buying new towels and replacing Chris' boots for school, down to the harder things like putting my stamp collection into order and finally getting back into writing. (Yay for the last one).
But then, on Christmas Day I discovered that my DVD player had karked it - so that led me to the Boxing Day sales. Eek!!! I mean I had always intended to EVENTUALLY replace my TV/ DVD player/ amp with a digital model - I just hadn't counted on doing it in this half of the year.
It was kinda the same thing with the mega spiffy vacuum cleaner Andrea showed me at the vacuum store. Sure a new machine was on the household's Wish List - but WAY down. But then, the sale price was SO good (almost half price), I really couldn't pass it up.
'Course now I have to bloody vacuum...
But this particular wish list has some other 'big ticket' items on it... and I've decided to tackle some of them now too. Next week I'm getting the guttering covered with a leaf guard, since they are too tall for a standard ladder and the trees are now too tall AND I've started pricing new carpets. I've drawn the line at the painting and bathroom renos - for now.
I think I probably do need to get back to work on Monday. I could go broke being on holidays.
