I always try to answer all my e-mail in a timely manner but sometimes I just can't make it. To all of you who are wondering if I'm fine, if the house is fine and if the BooBoo is fine ... yes, yes and yes.

You can keep track of the house over here if you didn't already knew. I know it's not a pretty sight, that's why I made a new Flickr account because I can't barely look at it in real time let alone that Flickr constantly reminds me how I have to do the washing up. It will be going fast as from next week because all the dirty jobs are done. I'm happy that as from today the house is free of men with red dusty faces.

There's finally proof that I actually live in this house and as Charlotte cleverly spotted, even more over here.

It's sometimes quite hard living like we do, especially now that my mum is here to stay with us for a couple of weeks. For example a couple of nights ago when we ran out of hot water again. My mother was the first to have a bath and she was lucky she still did get hot water. So by the time she was bathed, snuggled up and warm in bed I was standing in the bathroom washing my really dusty husband with a hot water kettle in a tub trug. Now that can be really romantic but not in my house and not when my mother shouted from the other room "can you be quiet because I can't sleep like this!!" Those are moments when I understand people who convict murders.

In general it's just really hard having a grown up mother. It feels like while she's getting older she behaves more like a child - a very demanding child. I sometimes wish I could say "shush" or "shut up" or "ok now you have to stop troubling me and do something for yourself for a bit" or just simply " if you do not behave this minute, no Kit Kat for you".

The Boo is doing fantastic. She's running, rolling in the grass, sitting in trees, getting dirty and fighting the neighborhood's stray cats. And all that just in the one hour that she's awake.

The kitchen is all newly wired up, has a new roof and this weekend the Bo will start making new ceilings. When they are done the plaster people can come in and after that I will kick in with painting and decorating. So some new stuff to show hopefully in a couple of weeks.

Oh and before I forget I haven't been posting much but I'm working on a rather difficult project for you to enjoy; "Yvestown Lifestyle" coming soon.