Gumboot weather

I went outside to do some digging in the veg patch yesterday morning, and came in half an hour later with muddy socks (from leaky shoes). Solution was a pair of gummies..... I don't think I have had a pair of gumboots since I was in my teens. I found these at the local big W, source of many bits and pieces that have come in handy lately, as well as a few packets of bulbs hiding at the bottom of my fridge (oops, hubby hasn't seen those yet!). Luckily there were two pairs left in this design (the least offensive of the lot - and one I quite like), and both were in my size (highly unusual)...... needless to say they went straight to the checkout with me and were outside in the mud within the hour.

They have since been tested out again this morning while I was outside hosing the outside windows down so that I could get rid of some of the grot that has built up in the last several months. I was doing really well up until I got to our bedroom window, then for some reason water starts cascading into the bedroom...... NOOOOOOOOOOO!!

So I had to clean that up, luckily the water landed mainly on the sill with minimal splashing on the carpet..... and yes all windows were closed before I started, and yes I have done this before with no water leakage, I'm a bit worried that the seals have gone and that when there is a high wind and lots of rain (in the middle of the night of course) we will get up to a puddle where the carpet used to be.

Anyway that's enough doom and gloom...... moving on..... where have I been in the last month?

Well, nowhere really, although it seems like just when you get life and housework and children organised a spanner gets thrown in the works, and it takes forever to get back to how you would like things to be. Easter holidays for hubby and children meant lots more stuff going on around here and minimal access to the computer. Then there were chest colds for children which meant another week of two children at home and miserable and fighting, and the onset of the rain and cold weather has meant that getting my washing dry is a constant shuffle from the washing machine to the line to the dryer for a quick warm up before it's folded and put away.

Oh and I have started knitting again daily, something new for me (although it's not like I don't have enough things half done) and some projects that need to be finished before the children get too big for them..... oh and something for mum that I have been working on for an embarrassing amount of time that I am trying to get done for mother's day next month (lace pattern wasn't working and it was driving me nuts, it'll only be a couple of years late, whoops!).

Looks like the washing outside is ready to get in, and the pile of sheets that is sitting on the armchair in front of the couch waiting to be folded is starting to annoy me.