I can't believe this weather. Last year we had a wonderful indian summer and I remember not having the heating on until at least the end of october! My evenings are spent beside the fire with a hot water bottle at the moment. I am secretly glad that we didn't move into the mobile home when we said. I am surprised that it hasn't been knocked over in the gale force winds!
Luckily I managed to salvage some windfall cooking apples from the orchard and make apple and elderberry jelly... yummy! I will have to get more jars to make some chutney next. Conor eats the wonderful blackberries before I can pick them so I may have to wait until he is at school and take the opportunity to collect a bucket load for more jam.
The boys have settled back into school very well. Conor is now at playschool 3 mornings a week so it gives me a bit of time to some essentials (at the moment finishing painting the windows). Liam is in his new classroom which is fantastic. Clonpriest NS really needed the 2 new classrooms and the extra space. The kids love it! I am waiting for the local paper to come out tomorrow becuase Liam's photo in the new room should be in it. He's really excited.
Daithi and Cian managed to finish the back roof before the weather turned very windy and rainy. We are still missing the ridge tiles which does mean that there has been a few very minor leaks when the rain has been monsoon like. Daithi assures me that once the ridges are on then things will be fine. Who am I to disagree with the man who built the roof!
This last weekend was spent putting up the steel studs downstairs in preparation for plastering. It is actually proving quite difficult to decide where to put sockets and light switches in each room before the wiring is done. Decisions, decisions! Anyway it shouldn't be long before we have moved into the downstairs of the house. Yippee can't wait! 
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