• Waking up in a daze when Jesse wandered into our room at 5.20am.
• Sending him back to bed.
• Dozing off.
• Waking up again around 7am.
• Creeping downstairs to avoid waking our guests. Mr L.A.’s best friend and his partner had arrived from Leamington on Friday night.
• Sipping tea on the sofa.
• Laying the table for breakfast. I always like to make an effort when we have company, so I dug out the linen napkins and used a proper jug for the milk.
• Warming pain au chocolat in the oven. {Waitrose part-baked are the best.}
• Throwing together a lazy fruit salad of melon, blueberries and pomegranate while Mr L.A. looked after the tea and coffee.
• Sitting down to eat.
• Helping the others plan their day as I wasn’t feeling well enough to venture out.
• Coaxing the children into their clothes.
• Supervising Izzy as she cleaned her newly pierced ears.
• Marvelling at how grown-up she’s looking these days.
• Saying goodbye to everyone at the door.
• Napping on the sofa.
• Watching Gossip Girl on Netflix.
• Re-heating leftovers for lunch. I’m currently obsessed with the 30 minute Sweet Potato Chilli from A Modern Way to Cook*.
• Running myself a bath.
• Inhaling the scent of my favourite Pomegranate Noir Bath Oil.
• Lighting my large Neom Tranquility candle.
• Applying Rosy Cheeks Fresh Face Mask before sinking into the tub.
• Feeling incredibly relaxed.
• Drying off and slipping into clean PJs.
• Watching more Gossip Girl on Netflix.
• Welcoming the others home.
• Catching up on all their adventures.
• Taking a very exciting phone call from a certain female food writer.
• Doing my best to remain calm as she quizzed me about this.
• Immediately phoning my mum to fill her in.
• Saying goodnight to the children.
• Sipping rhubarb gin and tonic.
• Making a start on dinner for the grown-ups.
• Listening to Fleetwood Mac while a big pot of Kale, Tomato and Lemon Zest Spaghetti bubbled away on the stove.
• Dressing a chopped salad of little gem lettuce, cucumber, tomato and radishes with olive oil and lemon juice.
• Lighting candles and laying the table.
• Eating too much.
• Clearing everything away and setting up a game of Fury of Dracula*. It was a little slow and complicated as we were learning while we played, but I found it surprisingly fun.
• Laughing a lot.
• Collapsing into bed.
• Sleeping in.
• Serving a light breakfast to save room for Sunday lunch.
• Sipping tea and chatting while the children watched The Lego Movie.
• Peeling potatoes for roasting.
• Chopping carrots.
• Cooking sausages.
• Sauteing kale.
• Smothering Yorkshire puddings in copious amount of gravy.
• Feeling full, but wishing I’d made dessert anyway.
• Seeing our guests off at the door.
• Relaxing on the sofa while Mr L.A. tidied the kitchen.
• Burning my new Basil and Neroli candle from Jo Malone. Such a fantastic scent.
• Watching Swallows and Amazons. Isabel and Jesse were mesmerised and I thought it was wonderfully nostalgic. Mr L.A. fell asleep. 
• Making dippy eggs and soldiers for the children’s tea.
• Running Jesse a bath.
• Persuading him to tidy his room.
• Putting fresh sheets on his bed.
• Giving goodnight kisses.
• Tapping away at my laptop while Izzy watches Pretty Little Liars.
• Trying not to panic about heading to London for work tomorrow evening. I really must pack my suitcase…

Love Audrey xxx

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