Of course as soon as I walked into the house my battery died on my camera. So I took some photos with my phone before the IKEA truck arrived and the suitcases were brought it in and everything turned to chaos. But it’s a tedious process getting the pictures from my phone onto this blog so it will have to wait until tomorrow.
I love our house. I’ll be honest, it’s kind of in the ghetto. It’s on a nice street in a nice neighborhood but we don’t exactly live in Notting Hill. Lewisham isn’t a trendy part of London at all, but we opted for a short commute time into the city for both Richard getting to work at Canary Wharf, and for me to get into Central London.
But the house itself has loads of charm. I’ll write more about it tomorrow.
We went out for lunch, and figured we could have cereal for dinner. (We happened to have cereal and milk.) But we didn’t have spoons so at 6:15pm I tried to go buy spoons and everything was closed. People had warned me about this but I didn’t believe it until I saw it for myself. I returned home empty-handed, but the kids were hungry so Richard went back out and found an Indian grocery store where he bought plastic spoons and something that resembled Ramen noodles. Then we had cereal for dessert.
Tonight Richard went to make some microwave popcorn only to discover we have no microwave. But we DO have a steam oven. With an old piece of bread in it.
[Anyone know how to use a steam oven?]
We couldn’t assemble any furniture because we have no tools, but fortunately we all have mattresses to sleep on.
It feels so good to have a home again.
Wow, it’s beautiful there! Can’t wait to hear about your experience!
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I’m excited to hear all about it! Don’t hold back anything! Pictures would be good too. I’m glad you’re back home too. Your hubby looked exhausted yesterday! Cameron was pretty excited to have you coming home too!
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‘t wait to hear all about it and see pictures!! Welcome back!
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Hmmmm…I guess I got a little too excited while typing my last comment, but I think you get the idea.
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Glad you are home. I’m excited to hear about your experience and see pictures.
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Welcome home! I can’t wait to hear about your trip and see pictures.
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Yeah! I’m so glad you are home, I missed your blog 🙂 I cant wait to see more pictures and lots of good stories!!!
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Hey, I can’t wait to hear and see everything that you did! What a neat experience! I bet all your boys are glad to see ya!
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Welcome home Jo! I bet it felt good to have your boys so excited to see you:) They sure love their Mom!
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Welcome Home Jo! I am soooo excited to read all about your adventures!
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welcome home, cant wait to hear all about it! Your awesome! I miss you, we need to meet at that park again before I move!
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Glad you are back! I am excited to hear about it all.
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How fun!! One day in my life I will leave the country!!! What a great adventure!
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So glad you have a mattress to sleep on. Everything else will fall into place. I used to love having bread and milk for dinner with my dad. Can’t wait to see pictures and more about your house. Have a good night sleep. 😴
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