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A ‘relaxing weekend’ Our Towers style
‘Let’s have a relaxing weekend’ we said. ‘We’ll have no small people here, no university, no half marathons….let’s just relax.’ That’s what we said, proving that what we say has no bearing on what we do. What we did was: … Continue reading
Posted in Beachbumpkinsville, DIY, gardening, Pog Life
Tagged DIY, family, gardening, Himself, idiot, kitchen, new house, ouch, our stamp, Our Towers, pond, power washer, random fish, relaxing, shed, shed building
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Demolition at Our Towers
Yesterday, we decided it would be nice to have a relaxing Sunday, so we got out out a hammer and a crow bar and I can confirm with authority that you can get from one very rotten shed: To a … Continue reading
Posted in Beachbumpkinsville, DIY, exercise, gardening
Tagged demolition, DIY, fire, fire starter, Himself, new house, Our Towers, relaxing Sunday, rotten shed, shed
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Pond overhauls and rabbits of doom
For those of you interested in the things we’re doing to Our Towers, Saturday morning it was about the pond. And Rabbits. Rabbits of Doom…. But first the pond. We went from this: To this: Via this: (Which was very … Continue reading
Posted in Beachbumpkinsville, gardening
Tagged garden ornaments, gardening, new house, Our Towers, pond, rabbits of doom
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The excitement of neighbours
Our Towers has been our home for almost a week. We’re strangely settled (even if it does feel like we are staying in an Air BnB that we’ll have to leave soon). We’re mostly unpacked (other than the rather large … Continue reading
Posted in Beachville, cats, Pog Life
Tagged chatty neighbour, grown up, happy, moving house, neighbours, new house, Norman cat, Our Towers
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Christmas excitement
In a complete departure from every run up to Christmas I’ve had in a long time, this one has been about alot of snowmen and snow ladies: A rather young looking Father Christmas: The making of a hat for Barnaby … Continue reading
Posted in Beachville, Pog Life, Realtionships
Tagged Christmas, Christmas Eve, family, Himself, home, new house, Our Towers
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Exercise-ness
In Bumpkinsville I had my lovely yoga class, my very happy fitball class, and a fantastic group that I ran with each week. In Beachville, things have been a bit more tricky. I joined a yoga class, but the focus … Continue reading
Posted in Beachville, Bumpkinsville, exercise, fitness, Good for you, Pog Life, running, yoga
Tagged Beachville, bumpkinsville, friends, lonely, new house, running, smiles, trainers, yoga
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Week 1 in Beachville
It’s been a week. The good news is that Norman, Himself and I seem to be managing pretty well with our change in living arrangements. There isn’t really any bad news, now that Norman has stopped crying. Despite the drugs … Continue reading
Posted in Beachville, cats, exercise, fitness, Pog Life, Pog Pictures, running
Tagged beach, Beachville, Himself, new house, Norman, procession, running, seafront
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The chaos of me
I’m a creature of habit. I don’t like change one little bit. I don’t even like it when my yoga teacher suggests trying out a new place for my mat in our class. I do fit ball on a Monday, … Continue reading
Posted in Bumpkinsville, cats, exercise, fitness, Pog Life, Realtionships, running, yoga
Tagged beach, bumpkinsville, creature of habit, exciting, friends, Himself, moving house, new house, Norman, Norman cat, renting, sea side
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