We're in!

Back from a lovely holiday, and we were able to unpack our suitcases into the new house, rather than the caravan, which was a big milestone.  It took a few more days to get the kitchen ready for use (Hannah did sterling work wiping out all the dusty drawers and cupboards), and for a while the dining table was still in the Garden Room meaning that we had to carry our meals back down the garden - often in the rain - which didn't feel much like progress.  But, we have now had a week of (sort of!) 'proper' dinners, eaten in the extension at our dining room table. And, much to her delight, Emma has been able to do proper baking - yummy biscuits made so far.

I was adamant that my first food shop after our holiday was going to be unpacked in the new kitchen, not the caravan! This meant, for a few days, collecting ingredients from the house and transferring them back to the caravan for the final few days of cooking there, but at least I no longer have to unload my shopping with a wheelbarrow down the garden!  (I will also have to readjust the scale of my shopping now that I am no longer limited by space.) 

This first food shop was made all the more urgent when we returned from holiday to discover that the awning fridge/freezer had lost its power and all the contents were off.  I was so disappointed that my efforts at being organised (freezing milk, ready for our return, together with several days worth of meals) had all been thwarted, wasting a huge amount of tasty food - including much ice cream!

 

First home-cooked roast dinner in over a year - such a treat! 

 The TV is quite hard to watch from such a ridiculously long distance!  Also, we have found the acoustics hard to get used to in the new extension as everything now seems so boomy. (But great for music, as my first rehearsal with friends recently proved - just like playing in a chapel.)

 The cats have got a new meal place too - and a new cat flap in the utility room door which they are still getting used to.

Adrian is pleased with the LED strip lights hidden along the tops of the walls which create a lovely warm glow.  (The girls are glad that the family computer has finally made its way from the garden room to the house so that they no longer need to traipse down the garden.)