At Christmas, the Besties gifted us an at home “escape room”. It promised to be perfect entertainment for get togethers and dinner parties. It took us 7 months to organise a date, but mid July, eight of us gathered in the garden to enjoy a bbq and a catch up. As the sun disappeared…
One way or another we’ve not had the best start to the New Year, but we’re keeping our chins up and have lots of things to look forward to help us through. The weather hasn’t been the best and the hubby has been nursing a cough, cold and sore throat. Whilst we’ve been snuggled on…
Life can be full of little dramas and in a house our size they can be a common occurrence. Normally we are quite resourceful and can easily overcome most issues. But the week before Christmas we needed to call in outside help! Several years ago, concerned that the needs of our large family with all…
Our medium sized garden has a big job to do, satisfying the needs of a large multi generational family. In the first seven years we lived here we made a few tweaks but after spending so much time together during lockdown, we decided on a major redesign. We now have a large family entertaining…
The hubby and I have been thinking about redecorating our lounge for months, but couldn’t decide quite how far to go. Should we just change the carpet and give the walls a lick of paint, or should we change our old but very comfy furniture? Unable to make a decision we kept putting it…
What a lovely long weekend the nation has had celebrating our wonderful Queens 70 years of loyal service. Whether you’re a Royalist or a Republican, you cannot help to have been swept along in the joy of the occasion. From the pomp and ceremony of the Trooping of the Colour at Horseguards Parade, the celebration…
Well 2022 for us at least, has thankfully got off to a better start than 2021. We are free to roam where we please, and more importantly, everyone is back at work, college or school so there’s no home schooling 👏👏👏. I have made a good start to my New Year aims:- I have…
We moved into our house in the summer of 2013, a mere two months before the arrival of the twins. In between helping to feed & change two babies and still being at work, the following two years were spent, redesigning the building to accommodate a family of 9, and make it work for everyone’s…
………….. for restrictions on life under a pandemic? I think it possibly did. As we set out on our retirement adventure, we were looking forward to a more relaxing, less stressful lifestyle, spending more time together rather than being like ships that pass in the night. We were determined not to have a fixed routine….
This week, for me, has mainly been a stay at home sort of week. With the majority of jobs in the house completed during the initial lockdown, and the weather being pretty miserable and keeping us indoors, I am struggling to find enough variety of things to keep myself occupied 😢. I have been climbing…