Summertime, and the living's easy...

Unbelievable, how time flies. I thought it was barely a week since my last blog entry, and instead it's much closer to 2 weeks! Well, we have been busy...

The last week and a bit have been occupied with varnishing bathroom floors, getting rid of the stubborn dust which seems to be in limitless supply in this house (is it breeding somewhere? It seems to only explanation), small attempts at gardening, and generally settling in.

There isn't much furniture in the house yet. We have our camp beds and I have a small desk in the makeshift bedroom, which doubles up as my office. D's office is finished. We have a TV and a few mismatched chairs on the dusty (!) concrete floor in the unpainted room which will one day be our lounge. D has managed to free two shash windows, which means that at least we have some fresh air. We have a little bathroom and a makeshift kitchen in the unfinished old cottage next door, we have a washing machine (we brought it this Saturday from our old home - it really shouldn't be as exciting as it is!), and we have 9 fruit trees laden with apples, pears, plums, and cherries. I have bought a tomato plant and MIL has given me two pots with French beans, which desperately need to be planted. I have a sweet-smelling jasmin which I want to plant in the corner of the garden closest to the kitchen window. There are some knitting supplies and now there is the internet and a phoneline - a connection to the outside world.

Life is good. Simple and stripped down to the essentials. It's an adventure. So far I love it.