Conscious I have not mentioned this at all really. The main reason is that it is all still very much work in progress with lots to research and learn before getting any further with it. So where are we? We know we have to build this year. Living the static for another winter is simply …
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So, I, er….
well I’m sorry Joyce. I have been writing a blog post but it’s one of those pesky end of the year ones so I’ve been spending lots of time reading old blog posts and searching out photos. I know, it’s not good enough. Sorry. Where was I? Erm Thursday I think. So Friday… the weather …
And so that was Christmas
And a rather special one for us four really. Our first ever just the four of us – we’ve always either gone to my parents (stressy) or played host to my parents (not as stressy but still far from cosy and relaxing). My parents are rubbish at Christmas, always have been, it brings out the …
Christmas Eve
and not a chance of children asleep for hours yet…everything is wrapped and ready to bring out as soon as they fall asleep, Christmas cake is iced, cinnamon roll mix is made, Christmas Eve pyjamas have been opened and donned. Having mislaid the Night Before Christmas book I’ve read the rewrite I did last night …
Doomed pancake tantrums
A lie in this morning followed by a rather doomed attempt on my behalf to make pancakes for brunch. Frankly using the word brunch is almost always likely to end in tears, strops and slammed cupboard doors. It means you have missed breakfast due to sleeping or tardiness and are too hungry to wait for …
Started well….
this looking after myself with my cold business didn’t it… This morning Ady went off to meet the boat (we were expecting diesel and needed to send off some venison) and then hook up with Sandy to do some wood collecting. I went off to do some more fencing. The pigs tail things are called …
Would have had an early night again
But I just wanted to be sure the world wasn’t going to end so I thought I’d see the day out… The cold is ebbing and flowing really, I feel just fine now but I’m sitting on the sofa with a dog at my feet, the log burner chucking out heat, candles lit and a …
Snot is me
Yesterday was another productive day – packing up venison in the morning, wood collecting in the afternoon and a quick call in to Fliss & Sandy’s to meet Sandy’s parents who were over for a couple of days and Sandy particularly wanted to introduce us to. In the evening I started to feel my throat …
Productive
A day of great efficiency. After sending off most stuff yesterday in the post (secret santa for an email group I’m on, all the Christmas cards we’re sending (not many, if you get one then consider yourself very special indeed!), a crocheted hat for Robin) the remainder went today (some Christmas decorations I’d sold to …
Holly and that
Winkling got finished. I gave myself a shake after my tough day and was fine for the last couple of days. We’re sending off nearly 43 stone tomorrow. Not sure what the price will be but we’ll definitely clear over £1000 for our winkling altogether which will pay for our off island jaunt next month. …
Wall from nowhere
I really struggled with the cold today while winkling. It was raining when we arrived and it was horrid, cold, sleety rain that dripped down my hood and onto my nose and surface water was sitting on the sand which meant every time I knelt down I got very wet knees. I put udder cream …
Winkles on high
A lovely week so far. I really enjoy the winkle picking, especially when it is dry like this week has been so far. Bitterly cold of course but cold always seems to equal beautiful here – hoar frost making everything all crystally and sparkly, clear skies meaning loads of stars, sunny skies and gorgeous watercolurs …
Rubbish Blogger
More time lost unblogged… erm, weekend has been nice. Lots of outside time collecting wood (we found a place just above the croft with loads of dead trees which have plenty of branches we can pull down and are nice and dry and seasoned, and we get to carry wood downhill which is always better …
Working week
Hmm, I’ve not been here this week. I’m glad everyone had a good best Christmas camp ever but am feeling ever so slightly not very nice about it so on the basis its better to say nothing than say something not nice I’ll leave that there 🙁 I’ve lost track of where the days went …
Christmas is coming, Margo and Jerry are looking worried…
Yesterday I was up, showered, stuff gathered and down at the shop buying mulled wine ingredients by 10am. I got into the kitchen, got the kettle on and the wine mulling and then set about getting We hhall set up before Fliss joined me. It all looked fab and by midday we had Christmas songs …
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Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
It’s been a busy week this week and we’ve not managed all that we set out to do either. Wednesday was another early start in the larder processing a beast. We made some burgers and it went pretty well – we were done way quicker than expected. Home for lunch and then I went down …
Mincing deer
which could mean so many things but as a facebook friend correctly guessed was infact referring to putting venison through a grinder and into vacuum packed bags. Odd to have a comment from an ex boyfriend on that post commenting on how much I’ve changed. Even more so as I was only thinking about him …
Catching up
Saturday We seemed to spent a lot of time backing and fowarding to the village. We met the boat and called in to the workshop to drop off a battery and collect stuff from the freezer, then again to collect some more stuff. The woodburner is leaking a little which was originally rain but we …
And then it all got so much better
Yesterday the ferry was like the Goddard delivery express from Mallaig with our waterproofs and the log burner on it 🙂 Oh how happy we were! We collected Sandy & Fliss’ stuff from the boat and dropped it round to them to share the good news. Sandy, who is possibly more excited about progress on …
Bored of parcels now
Either it will all get here and we’ll be warm from the log burner and dry from the oilskins or it’ll be spring. Ups, downs and all over the places today really. I made both children cry earlier by shouting at them for squabbling. There is a toll now of being in such a small …