Category Archives: Family life

Work work work (and an empty nest)

Life as a distance suburbanlawmum to three absent adult/student children Continue reading

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New bathroom and garden fence, family life and Cottage Cards

The saga of our home renovations (courtesy of the government permitted 25% tax free pension draw down) continues.

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Doing our bit for the environment

QT1 has been into saving the planet since primary school so now she is seriously re-training us.

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Family life (once more)

Once again we are back to a family of four,  QT1 and QT2 being back from University for the summer holidays.

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New En-Suite and other household matters

So our old en-suite with the shower which has leaked for over 15 years and left us with severely damaged hall ceiling has been stripped out completely.

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I’m back!!

Hello everyone Here I am, only 6 months late, to resume my posts.  A lot of water under the bridge since then!

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Garden clearance part 2

So on Monday Older daughter and QT1 carried on with the task of breaking up the shed

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Shed Demolition and garden clearance

Our old garden shed, which was over 20 years old, had rotted beyond recognition.  The days of the door shutting (and being padlocked) were many years ago and the whole of the far side had, more or less, rotted away. 

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Update (yes I am still here)

After a long gap I finally have time to write again about the fortunes of my lovely family.

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Quiet life?

So there is just myself, other half and elder daughter at home and it is eerily quiet. 

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