• Luxuriating in bed. Mr L.A. let me sleep in until well after 9am. Such a treat!
• Heading downstairs for a cup of tea.
• Cuddling the kids.
• Hunkering down beneath a blanket on the sofa.
• Eating scrambled eggs on toast.
• Stealing a couple of hours to write.
• Listening to the rain fall outside.
• Sorting laundry.
• Sitting down to lunch.
• Cracking on with a spot of DIY in the master bedroom.
• Jumping in the shower.
• Working my way through a seemingly endless list of chores.
• Baking Chocolate Shortbread with the children.
• Cooking and eating Mixed Bean Goulash.
• Reading Jesse a bedtime story and tucking him in for the night.
• Watching The Great British Bake Off Masterclass on iPlayer with Izzy. I do so love Mary Berry.
• Sending her up to bed.
• Sipping red wine.
• Soldiering on with Wayward Pines even thought it feels a lot like a poor man’s Twin Peaks.
• Collapsing into bed.
• Waking up as Jesse clambered in beside me.
• Wishing he would sleep a little longer.
• Giving up and heading downstairs.
• Letting Mr L.A. sleep in.
• Catching up on blog reading while Jesse watched cartoons.
• Drinking countless cups of tea.
• Speed cleaning the bathroom and putting another load of washing on.
• Eating fried egg sandwiches for breakfast.
• Grabbing a quick shower.
• Pulling on jeans and a Breton top.
• Coaxing the children into their clothes.
• Strolling to the park in the sunshine.
• Relishing the colours of the trees and the bright blue, cloudless sky above.
• Taking a different route to the playground.
• Watching the children take turns on the slide.
• Stopping to take a million photos of them frolicking in fallen leaves.
• Slowly making our way home.
• Making fish finger sandwiches for lunch.
• Packing Izzy off to her drama class.
• Sanding what felt like miles and miles of skirting board in our bedroom.
• Chatting to my mother-in-law on the phone.
• Watching Jesse play with his Lego.
• Slowly preparing the Leek Pasta Bake from Simply Nigella. It was absolutely delicious.
• Snuggling with Jesse on the sofa.
• Tidying up and laying the table.
• Waiting for the others to arrive.
• Eating too much.
• Putting Jesse to bed.
• Feeling incredibly sleepy.
• Longing for a mug of hot chocolate and an early night.

Love Audrey xxx

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