I have a post-office-Christmas-party-hangover, all my own fault, and am therefore feeling very sorry for myself. I am grateful I thought ahead and booked the day off. I have almost finished my Christmas shopping; presents for numerous friends and family, cards for over 50! How did people spend the month of December before Christmas became…
Author: jenny
Our new house – no more flats, ever!
Yay, this should officially be our new house in a few weeks. no more flats!
Busy
Haven’t posted in a while, too busy living life to blog. The flat is on the market (yippee!) and I’m trying to have a relationship with my boyfriend, rather than the tv 🙂 Anyway, whilst listening to Radio 4 this morning I heard about this cool idea to get everyone to blog their day and…
Waterlow Park
Waterlow Park, originally uploaded by Jennifer Young. Spent the afternoon in our local park trying out a macro lens.
Carrot cake
carrot cake, originally uploaded by Jennifer Young. I spent the weekend doing a mixture of things: painting my ‘rescued’ furniture, locating ancestors on the 1841 Census and making this delicious carrot cake. It was my first attempt and was delicious!
I’m torn
My love of family history has recently been replaced by a love of all things vintage. You name it, I’ve been buying it. I have Cath Kidston-ed our flat with tablecloths, tea towels, napkins, baskets and the like. I spent last weekend trawling antique shops on the Isle of Wight and found a beautiful 1950s…
Days off…
are bliss 🙂 I took today off to do boring stuff, such as write an essay (‘analyse the impact of lesbian history on women’s history’ before you ask). Stuff that requires thought and concentration. However that can wait until tomorrow. Instead I did fun stuff – met the better half for lunch, went to see…
Branches
I have spent the last week researching my aunt’s family tree – soon to be added as a remote branch of my very own extending family. My aunt thought there was a PostMaster General or some other Victorian worthy in the family. I have to disappoint her and tell her that particular branch came from…
Nigella Lawson I ain't.
Blocked the sink 🙁