a moving from the English countryside to the beaches of Australia up-date x

evening lovely bloggy gals...


it is soooo nice to sit  with you...glass of wine in hand...mince pies & pistachios beside me...

in the wonderful *once-was-victorian-old-now-new* apartment we have moved into...

a little moment to ourselves...after a massive day of helping removal men start to move us back to the 


beaches of Oz...it feels good...it feels exhausting...

it feels like the end of something wonderful & the beginning of something deliciously familiar...

so the apartment is on our village Green, overlooking the Irish Sea...


it is the P.E.R.F.E.C.T place to finish up our 4 years in the English Countryside...

it's simple, beautiful & very different to the *gathered, loved, collected boho* of our house...

i need different at the moment...i need simple & laid out & organised...

the apartment is a big old house divided into 12 huge, individual apartments...

we are a family of 5 living in 1/12th of a house...i cant quite get my head around how one would live

in it's entirity....but people did...

anyway....aside from space & simplicity...according to Miss.A we needed a tree...


i do love me some doilies...{see here, here & here }

& i do love me an instant *god-what-have-we-not-packed* Christmas tree...

we had not packed a packet of doilies & a set of Christmas lights...

the *trunk* was to be binned...one can't take random Scottish drift wood back into Ox apparently... :-(

but i grabbed it outa the bin on my upteenth trip to the apartment from the house today...

ceeeeute huh!!??

so with the *tree* up...i set upon my usual *go-to* packing snack- mince pies...


if you've ever had a virtual Christmas coffee with me {see here & here}...

you'd know that mince pies are my *between-every-meal* sustenance...

i have lived on them for at least the last week or two...

i'm ok with that...the local mince pie makers are ok with that...

i'd send you home with a batch if you popped past the apartment...

i pulled out a fresh batch last night to do a bit of Santa letter writing with Miss.A...


she's 6 & very concerned that Father Christmas may not know of all our moving...

i assured her that 12,000 miles, 5 days before Christmas by a family of 5, does not go un-noticed by

Mr.Claus....she's not quite so sure...

so we cracked open a mince pie & sent him a little reminder of our movements... :-)

super gorgeous sweet...all done with very intense concentration & a lot of photo moments...

the kiddos have been amazing...


the changes are by the hour now...we have moved out of our family home...

but they are ready...they are soo wonderful...

we've had moments...but they all seem on track today...they are all soo excited today...

& let me tell you sweet friends- if you ever move your kiddos across the world, you will know that

you take it one day at a time...

we did that to get here- & we are doing it going home...

Santa has a very special...this is where we are at...letter heading his way...


we have a seriously cool...made out of what we didn't pack doily Christmas tree...

we are having dinners & drinks with all our beloved local friends...

& half our big old country house is packed in moving crates...

life is good...i feel settled tonight...i needed this moment....

& i need a few more this week...

it's lovely to have a moment to *check* in with you all...


to centre myself...have a little *me* time with you here...

i am loving all your messages, emails, comments, tweets...all of it keeps me happy...

all of it gives me a moment *away* from what i have to do each day to get us home...

i love you for that...if i haven't replied- i'm hoping to...but i need to prioritise & have a serious time

frame...

i know you'll be here for me...the boat won't wait...the crates need sorting!

see you over the weekend...love to you all....

xoxox