Settling In

posted: Thursday, 2nd January 2014

After all my debate about colour I finally decided to paint the walls in my workrooms white. The light up there isn't too bright and when we put the white cabinets in we realised just how much they helped the light bounce around and so carried that through with the walls

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Happy New Year-Welcome to 2014!

posted: Wednesday, 1st January 2014

Phew- 2013 was busy!

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Colours And Cooking

posted: Monday, 30th December 2013

The house is slowly coming together, though it will be a long process, and I'm even excitedly thinking about colours for some walls

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Friends And Feelings

posted: Sunday, 29th December 2013

I love this house, it just doesn't feel like it's ours. It feels too good to be true. It's as though we're in a hotel or self-catering and soon someone is going to come and make us check out and go back to reality and our tiny old house.

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Back Home

posted: Friday, 27th December 2013

Sadly our trip to France ended today and after a lunch of left-overs we headed back laden down with jars of homemade jam and lots of good wishes.

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Boxing Day 2013

posted: Thursday, 26th December 2013

Today passed in a blur of sleeping, eating, playing games and relaxing so I'll have to show you some more photos from yesterday.

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Christmas Day 2013

posted: Wednesday, 25th December 2013

I'm pleased to say we're all here together this Christmas, with partner's families etc it's only every few years we manage it, and this year we even have the added addition for the first time of my sister's dog- Peanut

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Christmas Eve 2013

posted: Tuesday, 24th December 2013

We've all got jobs to do to help out and my main one is setting the table for meals. I was itching for some craft and so couldn't resist folding these Christmas Tree napkins.

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Christmas Escape

posted: Monday, 23rd December 2013

We're still knee-deep in boxes and planning so have escaped to France for a family holiday. Fortunately the big storm didn't affect our journey too much and we're soon relaxing.

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Making My Mark

posted: Wednesday, 18th December 2013

Almost all of the house is still in boxes as we work on sorting out essentials such as utilities and why we have so many wires which lead nowhere and do nothing.

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