A year ago. A whole year ago we got the keys to our house, and being excited was an understatement. We I thought we would have pretty much the whole place sorted in a few months and it would be easy. Breezy. And then we got in and it turns out that stripping walls, then painting and repeating was actually quite hard. Sanding floors and staining takes longer than you thought. And still having up old horrible curtains because you can’t decide on a new fabric or if you want curtains or blinds actually happens. It turns our pretty gardens do not grow all by themselves and that if something breaks you need to fix it. But with all that we have a home.  A home that still has a long way to go but it’s a place that I love.

So here’s raising a glass of red to our first happy year, and to many, many more.

**  I have to say a HUGE thank you to our free labourers parents, who without doubt sort us out – all of the time**