Is the Grass Greener?

Tuesday 21 February 2023 Over the past week, it has become light enough in the mornings when I get up to not need lights on by the windows. I am even more appreciative of the fact we now have blinds up in the bedroom, but the velvety IKEA curtain has revealed itself to be even […]

Monday 20 February 2023 By looking at the last post I wrote, two days ago, I am reminded that I was supposed to be working through a long To Do list over the weekend. Hahahahaha, I forgot about that. But I overachieved yesterday on general house-sorting. On Saturday, we spent the day out and about,

Saturday 18 February 2023 I had a long To Do list to work through yesterday, and I’ve given myself until Monday to complete it. A lot of items on the list were things I’d have needed to do wherever I lived, but I was aware that a fair few were specific to our everyday life

Friday 17 February 2023 We fixed our own boiler (with WhatsApp assistance from ‘our’ electrician) and I’m currently not cold, though still wrapped up in scarf and blanket. It’s 07:00 and I’ve been up for a while because there’s a storm outside and I decided I’d rather be dressed and up and about than lying

Thursday 16 February 2023 In short, I am cold. The house is probably getting colder the longer it is without heating. Today, we will contact the electrician and hope he can sort us out. I am well and truly over heating issues, understandably. The temperature in the kitchen has been down to seven degrees and

Wednesday 15 February 2023 It’s 07:20 and I have just taken a photo from where I’m sitting, looking out the window. It’s grey and drizzly-looking and indoors is ridiculously cold. I have tea by my side; there are only a few minutes when tea is at the right temperature to drink, a far smaller window