if anyone is wondering why I haven't posted in a while...

It's because I've been writing on my new blog jopansatteptsatselfsufficency. Please feel free to go and visit.  😄

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planning an eco-village in Ilkeston.

Esme.

It's a miracle that I've never mistaken her for a pillow and sat on her. 

Teething Trouble...

Trouble has been helping us pull up the lino, ready for our eventual total kitchen upgrade. An upgrade that will NOT happen, until Trouble has stopped being so "helpful". 

We have very little lino left now. She's such a hard worker. :/ 

I gave the whole kitchen a complete clean yesterday. I will bet that it doesn't stay clean for more than a few days though. It never does. I have just noticed that, that bottle of sauce looks empty in the picture.  

I need to give the kettle and toaster a good scrub and I need to get a new spoon holder. Its amazing what you see when you look at a photo of something you see every day. 

We need to paint the kitchen walls again. I really can't wait to get rid of the ugly brown worktops. Why on earth would you choose brown? I need to buy a real fruit bowl. That bathroom container has been my fruit bowl for three years now. 

I even cleaned all of the eggs yesterday while I was in the mood. 

Trouble being completely unresponsive.

Post-walk.

As soon as I got home and threw some scratch for the chickens the heavens opened and it started to rain.  I'm glad that it waited for me to get home.

Round up.

I bought Trouble a new bed yesterday. I hid it underneath her original blankets but by this morning she had started chewing on it. 

I bought a light shade for our spare bedroom. (It's modelled by my lovely assistant)  It was half price and I was fed up of having a naked light bulb in the room. 

This is Mrs Wiggle having a bit of exercise. I can't believe how big she is now. The viv front is about 3 and a half feet wide.