Five things removal companies don’t tell you
This is a paid collaborative post. When you buy a new house and make your final plans to move in, using a removal company seems…
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Re-painting
Exactly one year ago today, on Tuesday 7th January, we got the keys to our new house. It was our dream house – spacious and…
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2014 – the year that was
2014 was a big year for our family, with a lot of changes. There were plenty of smaller highs along the way too. So this…
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Does life begin at 40?
Today I turn 41. I have waved goodbye to being 40 and am now properly ‘in my 40s’. I loved being 40, I felt it…
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Journey to a new house
It’s been a tough few weeks, but slowly, but surely, we’ve managed to transform a 1980s home to old people, cobwebs and dust, into a…
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The Gallery: Morning 2014
The morning is a bit of an issue for me. Because I wake up EARLY. I’ve always been an early-riser and have never had a…
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Moving is stressful
If I had a quid for everyone who told me ‘moving is stressful’ I could afford a fair few pots of paint. Apparently it’s the…
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All about the bathroom
Ever since we started the moving process, all my husband could think about was knocking the ground floor through and getting a new kitchen. I’ll…
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Grumpy old woman
The other day I took an excursion into alien territory (Waitrose) and I realised I’m becoming a properly grumpy old woman. So many things got…
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Broken
After four days of painting and two days of moving, the new house finally broke me on day 7. We’d done well – we’d painted…
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Move it yourself
If I had a pound for every time someone said to me ‘Oh, so you’re just going to carry your stuff down the road?’ when…
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The Gallery: New
Well, it’s the new year and there can be no more apt prompt for me on The Gallery this week than ‘new’. Regular readers will…
