After getting utterly fed up with the hours the kids, Davies in particular are keeping in getting up later and later I have started getting me and the kids up by 9am. I know this is still pretty late by most standards but it is only just daylight by 8am and given it’s been more like 10 or even 11 before Davies gets out of bed this feels like wrenching him from his pit!
It seems to be working and we have been eating dinner earlier and getting the kids to bed earlier, which in turn means we head to bed earlier too. When it is dark not long after 4pm it messes with your head being up for more dark hours than daylight ones!
Yesterday was no challenge to get anyone up as snow had fallen and the kids were very keen to get outside and play in it. They headed down to the village to check out snowfall in different places and we picked them up when we went down to meet the ferry. We collected a new gas bottle and our post along with some food from the freezer and then headed home for lunch. The kids went out to build a snowman, Ady went to cut some grass for the pigs. I made the pickling vinegar for two massive jars of pickled onions that had been soaking in brine overnight.
Today I was out all morning at a meeting and then spent most of the afternoon marking and scoring CVs for the Community Bunkhouse project manager post. On my way home I rounded up the turkeys who had gone roaming again. Not really sure where the day has gone today, another one where I failed to do much of anything with the kids. Must remedy that tomorrow.