Five Months

 April marks five months since we moved to this house!

I still don't like it much. It's still far too cold, even with the weather warming up outside, the house is still cold and dark. 

Also. we've been finding a lot of probelms. The kitchen sink constantly stinks, smells like damp laundry. I've cleaned out the sink and poured liters of bleach down the drain but the smell comes back. I have no idea why this is happening. The cupboards underneath smell strange as well, I've cleaned them and put baking soda inside but there is still a strange smell. I need more storage in the kitchen, a built in pantry would be wonderful but the space is so badly designed that there's no space. I've thought about buying a tall stand alone cupboard but the room is already dark and putting something like that would make it feel cramped and darker. I dream of having the kitchen riped out and a new one installed but that would take money that we don't have!

Another problem is the bathroom, it's too big, with a massive window and an external door. It's always cold, even running the water for ages before getting into the shower doesn't warm up the area. I have a small heater in the changing area, which helps, a bit, but the electric bill is sky high!

In my bedroom and David's the floor feels spongy. I wonder if the foundation is okay, we need a profesional to come and look at it but again costs money! 

The only time I've felt happy in the past five months are on the days I get to go out! I don't feel like I'm going home, just to "that house!".  It's sad that I don't feel like I have a home, just a place to survive in!

The garden is nice and could be made a lot nicer but as I said in my last post the weather has not been cooperating! I hope we can get some done this month. I'm not sure how accurate the monthly forecast is but it looks like it will get a bit warmer over the next couple of weeks. I have to get some done! I'm determined to grow some vegetables.

A few of the trees still in bloom.