Sea of Boxes!

Well, all this talk but it has finally begun happening.  We’re in the joyous throws of moving house!  (Quick snapshot from my Mac Book – Why doesn’t i-photo have a ‘flip image’ option?) I am literally using every hour of my waking day in which to pack while Jamie stays on top of our family business.  My hands are sore, and so is my throat from disturbing so much dust (yes I do have dust in my house you know – don’t be shocked!).  The boxes are mounting up and we will be heading South to Derbyshire over the forthcoming Bank Holiday weekend. 

I never knew we had so much stuff.  I’m generally fairly minimal and Zen-like when it comes to how I like my rooms (kids rooms are obviously the exception!) but I am shocked at how much stuff we have hoarded in the loft and the shed (not to mention the stuff we have been keeping stored at my Dad’s house.)  I’ve thinned it out a bit but it is so hard to get rid of my creative history and staggeringly there is lots of it!  Jamie reckons I need a house all for myself!

Have checked in with the Steiner school and they are expecting us on the first day back after the holiday break, so all is good there.  Will have to reconnect with people there over the break in the coming weeks to ease ourselves in to the community again.  Not that I feel like I have to ‘ease myself in’ really.  I always feel welcome there and so do the kids.  I don’t think it will take long for us to settle in at all.

Will keep y’all posted.  Now where did I put the bubble-wrap?

Pancake Tuesday!

Mmmmmm.  Yuummmmm!  Syrup dripping, chocolate spreading, pan hissing, lip smacking Pancake Day!!  What more can I say?  We gorged ourselves silly on the most fantastic tasting pancakes ever, skillfully  blended and tossed by my very own Naked Chef – Jamie Simpson!  Well, maybe not Naked.  At least not here!  Hh-Hhm!

Potato Love - Cupid Curry 2!!

It’s the school half term holiday here and we have been away with the kids for a couple of days visiting our friends Nige & Lou.  Carrying on with the theme of Cupid Curry, Louise made the most beautiful curry (yes, it really was lovely!) and in it was some real lurve – this amazing potato she picked up on Valentine’s day!!  Ah, sweet!!  I wanted her to have the photo of it for her new blog, but she wouldn’t ‘cos she’s not ready yet, so we pay homage to her here by linking to it.  Check out www.luluandblu.com over the next few weeks for further developments of Louise’s interesting journeys with her fantastic sock-puppet friend Blu.It’s so nice that the Love theme continues in my life, even though Valentine’s day is now just a memory.  I stayed home today and had a nice lie-in after all the travelling yesterday.  Even though my honey was gone to work he had thought of me and left me this sweet reminder of him, hung over the kitchen chair!!  It made me laugh, so I thought I’d share it!

Baggy Jamie

So, as mentioned.  It is the school holidays, and I have the kids with me, so not much happening on the work-front this week!  Just at home today, doing nothing very exciting: paying bills, ironing, corresponence, etc.  Oh I hate those mundane bits – wish I had a PA!!!  Hah haa!!!!   And a house-keeper!  One day!!