Well what a week! The big news is that we did get our mortgage valuation approved last week, so we're (theoretically) good to buy our new house. Hurrahs all round. On a slightly less exciting note, we're now involved in protracted wranglings with a six-person chain about a moving date. Five of the six have … Continue reading Five on Friday
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Five on Friday
To the Thames, on Wednesday, for the sproglet’s fourth birthday. His favourite thing ever in London is the “big wheel” (aka the London Eye) – he is seriously excited whenever we spot it from the window of a train, or see it in a photo. So, as a birthday treat, we took him on a … Continue reading Five on Friday
Five on Friday
The photos above are from last weekend’s trip to Herefordshire. My friend’s family own a house there that is the very stuff of watery-eyed English nostalgia. A huge mansion, surrounded by formal gardens, giving way to fields of cows, sheep and hay bales as far as the eye can see. In the distance, a church … Continue reading Five on Friday
Five on Friday
Hello! Phew! Goodness, it's been a busy few weeks. I'll try and sum it all up in five salient points... It's been a fortnight of hospitals. Last week, the sproglet had his tonsils and adenoids removed, which meant a day at St Thomas's and then a whole week of quarantine at home. He was pretty … Continue reading Five on Friday
Five on Friday
1. We’re a household of germs and lurgies this morning. I’ve lost my voice (and feel as if I’ve lost all muscles from my entire body, the amount of work it seems to walk up the stairs), the sproglet has a level of grouchiness that is usually associated with some form of illness, and the … Continue reading Five on Friday
Five on Friday
One of my all-time favourite blogs to read is CJ's Above the River. She's a brilliant writer, witty and wry, and her glimpses of family conversations never fail to amuse me. I particularly enjoy the weekly Friday posts, joining in with Amy's series Five on Friday, and thought I would join in myself with a … Continue reading Five on Friday
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