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Tag Archives: relocation

Summer’s over, but that’s OK

10 Tuesday Sep 2013

Posted by Molly in Family, Home, Motherhood, Work

≈ 20 Comments

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family, life, new life, relocation, summer, work

September

When we moved to this little corner of Devon at the beginning of the school holidays it all felt very exciting. The sun was shining hot heat over the pretty hills and the sandals and strappy tops on the high street made it feel like a holiday.

Two weeks passed and the holiday vibe was replaced with something else.

My (teacher) husband was off work and my three year old’s pre-school was closed for the holidays. We had days out and trips away, but I still had to work, albeit from home. Life was still exciting, but I craved a bit of stability and routine. I think that craving was partly due to the fact we are only temporarily renting our house, so it felt even more like a holiday home.  Continue reading »

Discovering a hidden garden near Dartmouth

26 Friday Jul 2013

Posted by Molly in Family, Travel

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calm, Dartmouth, Devon, Fast Rabbit Gardens, relocation

Fast Rabbit Garden lake

 

Do you ever feel like you need to turn down the noise?

Yesterday was one of those days. As my To Do list reverberated around my head, pestering me with taunts of jobs and tasks that I barely had time to complete, I managed to forget about it all for a while as I visited a pretty special place.

Nestled down a narrow country lane near Dartmouth, The Fast Rabbit Farm Gardens lie waiting to be discovered.
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Exploration

25 Thursday Jul 2013

Posted by Molly in Family, Home

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Devon, Home, relocation

Devon

 

A few days ago I had a wobble.

I worried that we’d uprooted our three year old from everything she knew and that she wasn’t happy. I over-thought everything and, rather than just cracking on with the business in hand of settling in, I panicked.

Tantrums are exhausting, but tantrums every ten minutes are MIND BLOWINGLY exhausting. I was tired, unsettled, still living amongst boxes and not entirely sure we’d done the right thing by moving 200 miles from Berkshire to South Devon.  Continue reading »

Adjustment

22 Monday Jul 2013

Posted by Molly in Behaviour, Family

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adjustment, moving house, relocation

Looking at a cattle marketLife can be tough when you’re three.

Things don’t always make sense. You sort of understand, but there are murky bits that don’t fit together. You think you know everything and you want to do it all by yourself, but you can’t. Not yet.

Frog is going through what I believe parenting experts call a “challenging phase”. Relocating to an entirely new area (even if it is one she loves), coupled with her already strong sense of independence and “switched on” attitude, is proving a little tricky.  Continue reading »

The first week

21 Sunday Jul 2013

Posted by Molly in Family, Home

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moving, relocation, South Devon

Preston Sands

It’s not been the easiest of weeks. Down to Devon, back to Berkshire, back to one side of Devon (parents), then over to the other. But we are here. We made it.

South Devon. Our new home.  Continue reading »

How not to move house

15 Monday Jul 2013

Posted by Molly in Family, Home

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family, homes, moving, relocation

KeysWe moved house this weekend. But, because of my spectacular attempts at organisation, we are now back in our old house 200 miles up the road, cleaning. I say “we”, I mean “me”. And I say “cleaning”, I mean “blogging”.

It turns out moving house is quite a different experience when you throw kids and work into the mix. In my overly optimistic mind I thought it might be as easy as chucking a few clothes into a suitcase and bunging them into a van. I wish.

After going through the hell that is moving with a family, I thought I’d bring you some tips for what not to do, if you ever find yourself in a similar situation. Continue reading »

A guide to useful procrastination

10 Wednesday Jul 2013

Posted by Molly in Home

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moving house, packing, procrastination, relocation

You know when you have a job to do and you can’t just get on and…. DO IT? That.

The past two days seem to have gripped me in a fever of procrastination. As I attempt to do anything but pack yet more boxes, I’ve become a master in the art of Delaying Tactics.

As a fully fledged expert, I can now share my top tips with you, as I strive to get at least some benefits from my less than useful state of mind.

Tip Number 1: Paint some chairs… Continue reading »

The last weekend

07 Sunday Jul 2013

Posted by Molly in Family, Home

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memories, moving house, relocation

This has been our last weekend in this cottage, in our village in Berkshire, where we’ve lived for the past three and a half years. The place where we made new friends, brought a baby home and started a married life.

Our last weekend has been spent eating ice cream in the boiling heat, berating the lack of a paddling pool (and using an oven cleaning tray instead), packing, packing and more packing, stacking, catching glimpses of the historic Andy Murray Wimbledon victory as we lugged boxes past the living room, shouting the score to whoever was at the top of the ladder, attempting to stop an inquisitive three year old from unpacking everything…

And then giving up the lot and heading to the pub for tea. Continue reading »

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