6th December 2015

I only took one picture today. I think Miss S is a bit proud of the Norman shield she made. Mr S had actually made one last week out of wood and handles and metal and other things, but the daft man hadn't checked her homework and happily helped her make a Roman shield. He's even used wood primer on it, ready for us to paint it today. So naturally I helped Miss S research colours and designs this morning, which is when we had found it was totally the wrong shape. Good job I have cardboard in the art cupboard so a few hours later she had rustled up this one. She's a good girl.

I'm really struggling today. The state of the house has got to the point that I walk into a room and I walk back out again. I managed to get the downstairs toilet looking sparkling so now I have somewhere to hide from the clutter. The rest of the rooms need to be emptied in a skip and starting again. If the empty room is filled with washing and I promised myself nothing would go in it. I swear when this place was a bungalow, it was never this dirty. Add extra rooms and you get added space to add clutter and junk and rubbish and crap. Aaargh. Bugger.