Home Sweet Home print from J M Barclay’s etsy page Today it’s been nine days since we moved to Luxembourg. Some of you have asked me how we have been settling in. Well in the past nine days I have… unpacked about 3/4 of our boxes made lists of furniture to buy and DIY tasks to complete…
It’s late Tuesday evening as I write this and it’s just kinda been one of those days. Luxembourg felt like it was located directly in the middle of a big grey cloud all day, and my mood was right there with it. The day didn’t go as I’d planned it in the morning, full of…
It was one day late, but our home has an advent wreath! I put this one together yesterday afternoon with four newly-purchased candles from the supermarket and lots of little things we had in the house already. There’s some tree bark and branches, two glass Christmas trees, gold acorn tree decorations, some wooden deer cut-outs…
Yesterday was the first Sunday of advent. The tradition of advent calenders is well known, although they usually begin on the 1st December. My sweet mother-in-law has the last few years sent us an “adventpakke” with gifts to open on each Sunday in advent. It arrived on Thursday, our first parcel to arrive since we…
Funny how a place can become so meaningful because of the many memories enclosed in its walls. Here is where I got to know my future husband and fell in love with him. Here is where we chatted over the washing up long after the rest of our friends had gone home. Here is where…
I am allergic to money. You may not know this about me, but if you give me any significant amount of money (like, over €57.60) I may start to hyperventilate. It’s not that I don’t like having money or appreciate the many good things it can buy me, but the quickest way to see me…