This time last year...

...I was getting very excited and nervous as I was moving house again! I was finally going to be with Martin. :) Sometimes it's hard to believe it's been a year, other times it feels like we've been here for a lot longer. (In a good-and-comfortable-and-knowing-each-other-well way!) We love it here and the village itself is just what we were looking for; a quiet and friendly place and we feel safe here. We get on fine with our next door neiboughrs and of course they have a lovely puppy we can see and play with most days as we share the same garden.

Sadly our landlords have refused us permission to get a dog of our own, which might mean we'll have to look elsewhere at some point. We are here for the next 6 months at least though. :) I really hope that one day we'll be lucky enough to buy our own little house so we don't have to worry about permissions to live the life we want. I think it's my biggest dream.

It's been a wonderful year here and with summer here (on the occasional day) I hope we can fill our days with lots more good stuff and happy expiriences.

Since being here we've had lots of love:

 

I've cooked things I've never cooked before, for Christmas no less:

I even wore a dress! Really can't remember the last time I wore one previous to that day. Had the best Christmas I can remember. :)

We've been on many walks:

We've eaten out a lot:

And had many picnics:

Had lots of Muffin time:

And I've made many many items:

We have of course recently been on holiday. I've also built a website. I have designed a range of cards and prints. I've had my designs made into necklaces. I've made many needle felted items available as custom orders. I've made a few exclusive things for Karen Appleyard, of which I hope to do more of in the future!

And I've had a great time. I feel so lucky. Sometimes I think it's a miracle we've made it to this point, other times I know that when it's a stuggle, I know we're learning about ourselves, each other and finding out about what we want from the future. It gives me a reason to keep going on all the days when I feel low and feel like giving up on everything. I am prone to low moods, I think it's part of my CFS. Some days I can't really fight it as I don't have the energy, I just have to let it take over. But it always passes and I know it's because I have lots of good things in my future to look forward to. :)

Thanks for reading!

PS.

Because of all of the above food, plus huge amounts of cake, custard, chocolate and pancakes (which are always eaten too fast to take photos of) we are now on a diet.

I do miss the custard a lot sometimes, but we hope to solve the situation one day by having a puppy and naming it Custard. Then we shall always have Custard when we need it. That type of Custard should bring us a lot more joy and be a lot healthier for us! Plus, we will have someone else to talk to, and cuddle with and play with and walk with, making life even better! Might even be greedy and get 2 and also have a Pancake. ;) That sounds like a great life!