At the moment this blog seems to be simply a scrapbook, a journal in which to collect moments. We're between.
Between terms (it's half term next week and Joe's home with me). I'm hoping for dry weather.
Between homes: we move into the new place in three weeks. We have a half-fitted kitchen, an as-yet-to-be fitted bathroom and lots of painting to do. Still.
I'm between projects. The Huge Order is fulfilled but there are commissions to do for Christmas and I need to completely redo my website (I'm thinking Squarespace). Unfortunately any (rare) Joe-free time is spent at the new house, so work is having to wait until we're moved.
There's no denying that thoughts are turning to Christmas. We're enjoying autumn first though - Halloween next weekend and Bonfire Night soon. But is it too early to be eating marzipan and cashew nuts? Because if it is... Oops.
I like Halloween (or, perhaps more appropriately, All Hallows Eve). Not so much the orange plastic everywhere and teenagers pestering at the front door, but the notion of the veil between worlds being lifted. Candlelight and hot chocolate and ghost stories.
Despite writing about the Worry Cure, sleep still evades me. There's a lot going on at the moment and I'm not sure what week of the month it is, let alone day of the week. I lie awake in the small hours thinking about the new house, the fast-disappearing budget, the compromises to be made.
It will, of course, all work out. And things will slow down.
Blustery walks and pie-baking and good books are helping keep life sweet right now. Friends, too, and family. And the prospect of being homeowners again: we can put up shelves and pictures! We don't need to be petrified of marking carpets! And we'll save a lot of money each month too...
Have a wonderful week.
People have different ways of getting to sleep but I find that choosing my ten favourite things of the day really helps. If it has been a bad day I have to concentrate to get to ten and if it has been a good day I have to concentrate to choose the best ten. Either way, falling asleep thinking of happy times is more likely to lead to happy dreams.
ReplyDeleteKeep collecting these special moments Sarah! You'll be glad you did. It is a really lovely record of the everyday in this busy time. Bee xxx
ReplyDeleteIt's never too early to eat marzipan! And hoping the sun shines for your half term break with Joe.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're nearly into your new home, it will be a wonderful moment. I love your idea of Hallowe'en, that's more my sort of thing too. Cashews are a year round thing in this house. Nuts are healthy! And that covers marzipan too. I'm sorry you're still struggling to sleep. I've probably said this before, but exercise is the thing that helps me most. I didn't have much at all at the end of last week and I slept really badly. Anyway, I hope it improves for you soon. CJ xx
ReplyDeleteI'm not a fan of Halloween, much to my children's annoyance. I hate the commercialisation. But I do like the next festive season very much. Sorry you're not getting good sleeps at the moment. It's hard when you have stuff whizzing round your head. I try to do the yoga relaxation - focusing on relaxing each part of the body - and that usually helps. Take care and I hope you have a good half term x
ReplyDeleteI love this time of year and used to get really excited about Bonfire night (I remember so well taking our 13 month old son to his first fireworks in our village which and the next day making a huge painting together of everything we had seen) but nowadays it seems that Guy Fawkes has been swallowed up by the trick or treaters and I just loathe all the plastic tat and rubbish sweets and pumpkins destined for landfill being pumped out by retailers. I'm sure everything will settle down for you once you move in to your new home. The deadlines will vanish and you will see you have all the time in the world to furnish and decorate. A house, like a garden, is never really finished. Look after yourself Sarah.
ReplyDeleteI like Alice's way of getting to sleep very much, it sounds perfect. I hope half term is lovely, that the weather is kind to you, and that the bathroom gets fitted soon. xxx
ReplyDeleteMy child free time is when I'm at work, so sometimes I feel the need to have my own time too- I'm not complaining (too much) though :) Hope your new home is coming along - all of a sudden things will get done and you'll be in there. It's amazing how long you can cope on less sleep...it'll come back - I expect when you're settled in your new home. I really enjoyed your worry cure post too. Take care of yourself and have a great week xx
ReplyDeleteIt's no wonder you can't sleep properly when you have so much on your mind. So try not to let worrying about not being able to sleep add to the problem. Eventually it will all calm down again.
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ReplyDeleteI don't sleep well; it's partly a peri-menopausal thing. I find exercise helps, but acknowledge the different demands on your time. I've only started exercising properly since Olly started school. I'm sure that moving into your new home will help ease the sleep worries. I like you current scrap book style.
Leanne xx
Obviously a lot on your mind... But it all sounds like positive things. I'm not a good sleeper either. I call it busy head syndrome!
ReplyDeleteAre cashews and marzipan really just for Christmas? If so I have about twenty years of oops's behind me.
ReplyDeleteAnother poor sleeper here, mostly pain keeping me awake in my case (which is kinda unavoidable when one has duff joints) and a brain that only shuts down for the night if I stop exercising it early enough in the evening (which I could totally do something about and yet never do). I hope things calm down for you soon and you can get more sleep.
Oh, I feel your pain! The waiting, the budget-worry, the between-ness of it all - this was us at the start of the year, feeling adrift and not really at home anywhere. The budget worry and compromise doesn't go away (sorry - or at least it hasn't for us!) but honestly, once you're actually in your own house a veil will be lifted and it will all just kind of click. I hope you manage to get some better sleep soon. xx
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