It’s been a quiet week on here, but not at home. I bought a sewing machine! It’s a brand new singer. Those of you who have been following my list of 26 things to do before I am 27 will know that means I have achieved half of one of my things. I’m supposed to…
I love our flat. It is big and light and we’ve been able to furnish it with some amazing furniture due to the incredibly generosity of our friends and family when we got married. I know that if we lived in any other big capital city (London, Paris, Tokyo, DC…) we would probably be living…
The last weekend of October we drove back to the UK (missing the first ferry – only 50% my fault. Yes the traffic might have been better if I had not been 45 minutes late meeting Rasmus but they moved the damn bus stop! Stupid European Council meeting causing problems again…) After spending Saturday at…
A while ago I mentioned my parents were starting their long-dreamed of garden re-design. Well in two months it’s come on quite a logn way and I’ve been demanding daily photos of the changes! Rasmus and I go back in two weeks time for a visit so I get to see it in person then,…
This weekend I got to have one of those beautiful moments that you maybe only get a few times in your life (unless you are a midwife…) – snuggling with a two day old baby. I have Afghani friends who had just moved to Antwerp. Rasmus and I had been invited to dinner by some…
One of the lovliest things about being married is having an instant whole new big family to be part of. You hear so many scare stories about crazy mother-in-laws but I have been amazingly lucky with my new in-laws. They are such a great family! (They are nice enough that my parents chose to spend…