ailbhe | Rough summary

Linnea is nine, Emer is seven, Astrid is three, and the house is bigger.

We had the two ground floor recep rooms knocked through and folding doors put in where the wall was. We also had a little WC put in on the first floor and an attic conversion so now we have a second floor.

There's a new back door and a total of three toilets in the house and lots and lots more light. We've had new floor and plaster and paint, the chimneybreasts on the ground floor were opened up to make space for shelving, and everything in the attic was put into storage units for four months. We have now emptied two of four storage units and not brought any books back yet. Freegle is our Friend.

I'm particularly pleased with the colours of the "new house". I'll take photos if we ever get tidy or clean.

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Other than that, the Theatre Train classes are still going well and Linnea loves performing in public, the girls love Brownies and swimming, Emer is learning to read things she was afraid to try before, and Astrid has discovered addition. I'm drowning in squalor and housework but at least almost all the builder's dirt is gone now.

We got through the last four months thanks to Netflix, basically.