Time to Get Organised!

January was the month of sleep in my house, as you may recall. And what a life-changing month that was. Unbelievable. And I'm hearing of the successes for other sleep-deprived Mummies & Daddies across the land. Thank you Jo Frost. You are amazing!

So to February. And I have decided February is the month of organisation.

We have a new boiler being installed next week. And as our old system is just that, it will cause all manner of disruption as we will no longer have need for the old tank and all the storage required to house it. Not to mention the change of pipes etc. (and of course no heating or water for 2 days - but that's ok as I'll be out of the way for that bit!)

Some of this disruption will be in the infamous kitchen. Which I can cope with. It's work in progress in there, as you know.

But the thing that bothers me is this: my office. I had to move it into the dining room once ready. But now it is returning to the spare bedroom again.

Now I'm fortunate in that I only need a laptop, printer etc and I'm there. But look at the state of the ROOM!

And that's before the floorboards come up for the plumbers.

And before we shrink this room in order to make our bathroom bigger.

Good thing I go OUT to see my clients! (and going out is high on my agenda as you know)

So when this work is done, I shall attempt to make this a more organised office space. And February is my month to do so.

There. Challenge set. Watch this space.

It can't get much worse than this!

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