That photo is for everyone who has ever sent me an email asking me how I ‘get it all done’. The truth is there are things I simply never get around to dealing with and they all end up in the spare room or attic. But no more!
The plan is that Mr Kat and I will have a proper home office in the attic room and Monty will move into the spare room to be joined by Betsy when she is ready to leave our room.
Of course before any of that can happen there are a lot of things to find new homes for. Quite a bit of it will need to be accommodated in the house (don’t ask me where) but the majority is going to leave the house one way or another. The attic formed part of our storage and as you can see I can barely get in there to photograph it at the moment.
I have spent this weekend sifting through the mass and listing items for sale on eBay. This week my mother is visiting to help us get through the clear out as quickly as possible. The aim is to create the office first and clear the spare room for decorating.
I am sad to see the baby things go if I am honest. We have pretty much every piece of equipment and clothing which has ever crossed our threshold and saying goodbye to it will give us our house back. Doesn’t make sorting the tiny babygrows to be passed on any easier though.
I know that with every goodbye there is a new chapter. It feels right to be opening that chapter now. To focus on our home and finally get around to many of those jobs which have been waiting five years for attention.
:: I am so excited about decorating these two spaces and breathing new life into our home.
:: I am excited about moving my workspace from the sofa to a desk.
:: I am excited about moving into the next stage of our life.
:: And I am excited about sharing all of this here, with you.
Yesterday we headed to the beach to run around and make the most of the last day of the holidays. Things have changed quite dramatically around here in the last month and some time sitting listening to the waves and watching clouds was much needed.
As you may recall, Mr Kat’s employer stopped paying him last summer and that didn’t change much. I would love to share with you the details of what happened, nothing better than a gossip over the back fence, but it is not for me to tell. Suffice to say Mr Kat has leapt and set up his own company with one of his colleagues.
It is quite liberating to be free of that situation but more than a little nerve wracking being out on our own. In truth: I’m trying not to think about it.
I am working away at bringing in more digital work for me. While housewives of yore may have taken in ironing or gone out to char I have been running social media accounts, writing blogs and creating websites for small businesses. I’m not selling cakes from the back door but advertising space and little by little I’m making my income count.
By no means is the year ahead certain and I have no doubt it will be hard work and scary at times but I am excited by what lies ahead.
I’m so enjoying being tucked up together, pottering around the home and getting very little done.
We had a Midwinter feast on Sunday with a rather splendid goose centre stage. I whipped up an experimental sauce of rhubarb and cranberry to accompany it and it was so amazing I will be writing it up for you. Goose is an absolute delight to have around for leftovers and it makes an almighty good Rogan Josh.
I am soaking up these precious days of nothingness and food in the same way I soak up the last of the warm sun. I think I’ll need them to sustain me in the next few months.
Pictures from Winchester Christmas Market with my 50mm lens.
I love this time in between years. We have been reconnecting, feasting and taking every day ever so slowly. I hope you are all finding space to breathe too.
Thank you all so much, for visiting, commenting, chatting and taking time out of your lives to share ours. Wishing you all peace and cosiness in the days between years. Now, time for Downton I think…
Kat xoxo.
