Half Term In Pictures

First things first Happy Easter to you all x 

So half term has come around again rather quickly. It feels like a week since they went back after the last holiday.....

This half term, I decided that me and Lee would go out together. It's been ages since we had time together without baby J in tow. We packed baby J off to her nans house and me and Lee were set for a few fun days out.

Day out 1 saw us visiting the London Eye, Dungeons and the aquarium. The weather wasn't great but we had fun all the same :) 

Day 2 saw us visit Chessington World Of Adventures. We are Merlin Pass holders which means we get into the Tussaud group attractions as many times as we like in a year. It makes visiting the attractions a cheap and fun day out. Lee even won Baby J a donut :) 

We also waited patiently one evening to watch the ISS fly by. We stood on the balcony waiting and finally clear as anything it went over. Very exciting moment. Being in London it's rare to see it as clear as we did. I had one happy boy afterwards.

2 days out and lots of DVD days, crafting and time spent together has been excellent. It's been well overdue. Lee seemed to have enjoyed it too, shame that Hubby couldn't join us but a brilliant 2 weeks. 

Mummy also had some me time. Not only was a poorly which actually drove me to my sick bed, but also meant time away from the kiddies (didn't want them to catch it) not fully recovered but I got the chance to meet up with a good friend we went for shopping and cocktails in Camden :) just what the doctor ordered. We must have walked what felt like a million miles in a few hours, the stables market is enormous I forget how many times we got lost or walked the same way! Confusing times that you have the same things being sold on ever other stall yet varied prices? The goths and punks have been replaced with tourists and more tourists, which is such a shame. Busy was an understatement! Rammed everywhere we went! But a brilliant day all in all! 

Cocktail 1 - came in a pitcher :)

Lunch was..... Sausage and Mash :) yummy.

Cocktail 2 :))

Cocktail 3 - C.S Cowboys, this lightweight mummy who has not had a drink in over 18 months :) was a lil giggly

Last week I also managed to paint my toenails, wash and blowdry my hair! Believe me this is big thing as Baby J is very time consuming :)

Easter is finally here, Lee once again got way too many Easter eggs. This makes for a lazy day at home, heating on and lots of family time. DVDs and playtime with baby J and Lee :) 

What have you all been up to? Been anywhere nice and fun?

Country Roads Take Me Home........

Many of you may be aware that this time nest year our dreams are coming true. We are moving from the big smoke into the country. We have our plot of land its just a case of planning permission and actually building.

Now when we get there first of all we were going to look for a property to rent, until we had ourselves sorted, with work, schools and were settled in properly. Now looking at the renting market, its not bad price wise. A 4 bedroom semi detached in the next village would cost in the region of £375-£400 per month, however when we move we wont have income straight away and we think it would be hard to meet those costs as well as living on absolutely nothing, but a small amount of savings. This wont obviously last forever so don't want to use it for unnecessary outgoings.

We have been thinking about different types of living, We looked at pop up houses, converting a bus, temporary timber framed homes, the list was endless. That's until we looked at static caravans. Yes, yes I know what your thinking, how very 'traveller' like. How can anyone live in a tin box. (I am going somewhere with this honest) I have been searching online all day. I have found some excellent examples, which I believe most people would absolutely love. There was obviously some that were awful, which had the brown curtains and equipped with pull out beds in the living room....... Don't panic this wasn't the look we were going for either.

Now please let me show you some pictures of inside I found.

Now I know many of you wont believe me that these are all static caravans, but you have my word. I was shocked too. I would be happy with all of these interiors. Now price ranges. Cost wise one of these amazing looking static caravan will set you back between £16,995 for a two bed and £25,000 for a 3 bed top end of the market one. Most places where you buy these will deliver and site them for you. The bedrooms were not massive, but were lovely and homely all the same. It would indeed help us de-clutter and get rid of anything that isn't needed! Some of the kitchens in these bad boys are to die for. Again not massive, but enough room to do what is needed.

Onto the outside, now amazingly once a brick base is laid and adding some decking you can own something that looks like:

As you can see they look like real homes. Obviously you would need to lay a foundation and pin it to the floor, however when you buy from actual companies they will include delivery, set up and plumbing in too.

Have I sold the idea to you? I will never be able to afford to buy a decent home in London, the housing stock for housing associations and councils is practically all gone now and the only choice I have is to move, as far away from London as possible. Obviously the static caravan isn't a permanent solution, but if we can save, whilst earning once jobs have been found then we could build a bigger home. One that I love, maybe even afford a swimming pool :) ok maybe not. Now unless I win the lottery before I move I think this will be what our temporary home will be.

I would love your thoughts, or even to hear if you have done something similar.

All images from Google/Ebay/AutoTrader