A weekend away with my sister Jen was spent getting deliriously excited (and can I admit teary eyed?!) over the royal wedding, joining in a local street party, and then heading for the Peak District for three days to indulge all our best Jane Austen fantasies by going to not one, not two, but three old stately homes!…
Apparently this Easter weekend was the hottest in England since 1984. My mum says she remembers having just given birth to me and the weather being insanely warm for April. I somehow think this might have something to do with the fact I have wanted to live in a permanently warm climate ever since! We…
Remember that Rasmus and I got married 18 months ago? Photo by the wonderful Fancy who should certainly have been paid for the amount of work she did for our wedding… Well if you’re not already so over reading about it, then my wedding graduate post is up today over at A Practical Wedding. I…
It was my man’s birthday yesterday and since there’s not a lot we enjoy doing together more than eating good food and drinking good wine, I booked us a table at a restaurant called The Mess in Etterbeek. We have this mini book called a Restopass, which entitles us to 30% of the food bill…
Tomorrow is my last day of work and I am just praying that this beautiful weather lasts into next week so I can actually enjoy it from outside rather than from in this ground floor, shady office! Telling friends that I have resigned have been some of the most childishly joyful experiences these last few…
It’s been a really good year in so many ways. I have bought a sewing machine, successfully grown a chilli after killing so many other plants, brought an awesome modern leather armchair for our apartment, had enchiladas for lunch at the American diner in Brussels with Rasmus, sorted our wedding photos out and designed an…
