Week One in our new home and I have morphed from Stoic Camper – bravely ignoring the shower and kitchen sink as I muddled through a few days trying to keep house in an alien environment – to Florence Nightingale…
moving
How to make friends when you’re new in town
I have to start all over again next week. We’re moving from North Cornwall to a village near Falmouth. I have one friend there and one potential friend. But I’m leaving most of my mates behind and, as we’re all…
Letting go
Sometimes you just have to cross your fingers and hope it works out. Hard that. For a control freak like myself. I like to know how things are going to pan out. And, if possible, have them pan out my…
The great unhoming of home
We’re all feeling uprooted at the moment. We’re living in a kind of limbo. Someday – hopefully soonish – we’ll be uprooting our family from our home in North Cornwall to a new house near Falmouth. The actual move still…
Eight truths about selling your house
We’ve just sold our house. It took eight days. I’m still in shock. We’ve just found a house to buy. That was even more nerve wracking. Our buyer is in a hurry to get the process started so we’ve had just…