23 August 2014

Amazingly grateful last week went smoothly and so glad for time this weekend.  Summary:

House - didn't know Monday if mortgage would be approved, if builders were going to bail out on us or if the surveyor would even come this week.  Now, papers are back through, the kitchen wall is down, the chipboard floor in the attic is down and the builders are planning to build our new window dormers next week.

My little girl, F, - didn't know Monday if she'd settle at new nursery, if I'd get her heart medicine back from the pharmacy on time (again!), if I'd be able to find childcare on Friday morning so I could get into work, if she'd be okay sleeping in her new toddler bed this week...does the list of worries ever end?  Result - fantastic week all round.  Medicine came into the pharmacy in a record two days, nursery folks are lovely, she had an extra morning with G and S, and she's actually been sleeping sounder this week in her own bed than she had been the last few weeks, despite all the house craziness.

App - Simon and Pete have been working tirelessly on the new app.  Learning *tons* and working so hard.  Extra meeting before the app testing morning this morning, which went well.  (Thanks to K, R, A for lending us their kids!)

House again - trying to figure out decor, bathroom suites, color schemes ahead of the builders who will be wanting things to progress in the next couple of weeks!  F had an amazing nap yesterday (about 3.5 hours - what??) and I was able to go online and do a lot of searching around for ideas.  Getting right stuck on pinterest - wow, what a useful tool!  Especially when it comes to trying to describe to Simon what I think will look good.  Amazing.

I will wrap up with a few pictures.  One of them has been edited by google awesome!

In the botanics last Saturday again.

My honeys

Auto-awesome is alright with me!  I may zoom this in and frame it one day.

The walled garden at Floors Castle.

I think this butterfly is called a Peacock because of the 'eyes' on its wings.

It was a lovely day at Floors castle - walled garden in full swing.

We went to Floors castle the weekend before school went back (is it really 2 weeks ago already??).  It's in a small town south of here called Kelso.  The weather was beautiful and the walled garden breath-taking. 

Floors Castle, near Kelso

The front of the castle

The view over the surrounding countryside.