Another day without the children. We packed Izzy off to Forest School with a friend and Carl and Jesse headed into town for their own adventure. I spent most of the day replying to emails and working on a feature for Love My Dress. I skipped breakfast and ate leftovers for lunch before I hit a wall around 2pm.

As I couldn’t concentrate long enough to write another sentence, I decided to potter. I love to potter. First I tidied the kitchen, emptied the rubbish and carried laundry upstairs. Then I set about unpacking a delivery of RIBBA frames from Ikea and began plotting the gallery wall for Izzy’s room. I hung some art in the hallway too and daydreamed a lot about all the things I still want to do with this house.

Soon Jesse and his Dad were back and I fell into our evening routine. Izzy returned from her day out covered in mud. I threw together some ingredients to make a made-up-on-the-spot sort of stew and sipped wine while it bubbled away on the stove. The children played with their Lego while I did an online food shop and Carl did some pottering of his own in the garage. After dinner I plunged the children into the bath and watched them pull on their PJs. I read Jesse Peepo before kissing him goodnight and came downstairs to blog. We’ve a movie to watch and cocktails to make when I’m done.

Love Audrey xxx