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This time last year…

December 3, 2020 By Ellen

  This time last year my house looked like this. Today I find myself doing yoga on my warm concrete floor and, from a downward dog, considering the fluff under the new sofa. Did I marvel at the progress and ponder the nature of patience? Nope, I wondered whether or not a robot vacuum cleaner […]

Filed Under: boys, other things I have learned Tagged With: Cumbria, decorating, home, house, in my life, move, on my mind

First world problems

November 30, 2020 By Ellen

It’s one of those nights – full moon dazzling brighter than daylit drizzle. Shine on the roof makes the new house look even more like the setting of a Scandi thriller, while also keeping the roofing in great condition with the dublin roofing | roof repair | roofing contractors | roofing company in dublin. You […]

Filed Under: boys, family Tagged With: moon, move, Quooker, Ring, tap

A year without signposts

November 15, 2020 By Ellen

In this year of strange, one of the most strange things has been the lack of ceremony. Normally we’re cartwheeled from New Year to Christmas via back to schools, end of terms, birthdays, annual thises and celebratory thats plus a host of other unavoidable calendar signposts. Without proper Halloween or the planning, packing, sunburn peeling […]

Filed Under: boys, family Tagged With: 2020, Bonfire Night, celebration, children, Christmas, covid, fireworks, Something happened in my life, things I've learned

Distractions on the way to the end of the tunnel

November 14, 2020 By Ellen

It’s weird. The past 12 months have seen so many frightening and monumental things – firsts, lasts, and who’d have thoughts – yet, now, less than a week from what I hope to be a finishing line and I’m scared. Our new house is nearly finished and (everything crossed) there are no more obstacles, delays […]

Filed Under: boys Tagged With: changes, coronavirus, Cumbria, fear, Great Escape, in my life, My Life, Penrith, Something happened in my life

Diving into the past…

November 12, 2020 By Ellen

Oddly, when I don’t blog about things, it’s as if they didn’t really happen. It’s the old tree falling in the forest thing. If there’s no one to listen, what’s the point? Boy Three and I are stuck at home. He’s isolating because a classroom assistant has tested positive. (Won’t it be marvelous one day […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: covid, Frenchfield, My Life, Penrith, photo

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