the light is starting to fade, and the cold setting in.
01: friday nights (rest)
02: saturday mornings (rest, rest, rest)
03: warm baths
04: children's questions
05: new socks
06: bulbs (could there be any better sign that we're nearly in spring?)
07: hanging washing on the line
08: getting a good haircut
09: having a good book to read
10: buying lovely presents (for myself!)
i feel all smug now too - i had permission not to post today, what with the fact that it's february 29th today. but now i have. so there. have a good weekend (and don't forget your ma on sunday) x
wow, 1 month down already.
time is quite literally flying by. 1 more week until half term. then 5 more and it's easter. then we'll be in the summer term. flippin hell.
right now i am thankful for:
01. short half terms
02. lighter nights
03. longer days
04. warm places
05. brighter light
06. long shadows
07. meeting good people
08. finding lost things
09. friday nights
10. hot coffee
ps. happy birthday grandma! 74 today xx

l - me, r - grandma (ma's ma)
it was so ace.
we woke up. on. our. own. in. our. little. house.
i love this house. it's so much a growing and changing little space that doesn't fail to make me feel comfortable.
it must be a sign of my great maturity (ha) that the first thing we did was tidy and clean. christmas morning, before breakfast, we cleaned. now you might read that as very conscientious of us, or you could read that as we were too lazy busy to do any of it before then. i'll let you decide.
i spent the day in my pjs (i did wash, i just got dressed back into my pjs). i love pj-days.
rich and i were host to my lovely friend kathryn. plans overran (something to do with the fact we were using a neighbour's oven - picture me in spotty pjs, rich in my apron, trotting back and forth between houses. good job no one was around), we ate late, we had such a good day. rich didn't complain once when we began a third episode of america's next top model. he's amazing.
not traveling to parent's houses straight away made such a difference to our peace and rest. we did (of course) visit both homes, saw families, siblings and friends. but it has been being here, at home, that has made this holiday for me this year.
i've loved
- having my own little tree
- snuggling under the quilt
- getting up when i wanted to
- making christmas dinner (an activity we repeated at new years when we hosted again)
- watching films, and having the time to enjoy them
- being able to rest
- spending time together
and yes, school's on the horizon again. this will be a busy little half term. but i'm rested and ready for it. i've just got to get out of the habit of staying up to all hours and get myself to bed at a sensible time!
good night x
it's the way it goes, tiddley pom... i just keep getting older.. who knew?
i don't feel any different, i'm just starting to want and like different things. if this is what getting older is like i think me and ageing are going to be friends.
it seems each year is getting a little shorter. not enough so as you'd notice, but enough to make the time slip by a little faster (a bit like in the twits when mrs twit makes mr twit think he's shrinking).
i had a cracking time. the best birthday in years. rich and i stayed at here the night before (i love this place - there's something of poirot about the art deco styling). we had dinner out and stayed up late. our room had a cracking view of the tree (they keep the lights on all night. again, who knew?).

nb. not this view - this was taken from my car. but it is this tree... it's so pretty.
i opened this gorgeous trio (of abigail's):

*i have shamelessly robbed these photos from abigail's etsy shop (thankyou and sorry abigail xx) (kelly also has the one in the right .. my we have good taste)
what a lucky girl eh? can't stop wearing them!
and then dinner out. ooo i am a bit flash and jet-set. (didn't mention the mid-afternoon sleep i happened to take did i?)