a little version of benjamin button

another milestone missed in my families' life. My very responsible brother has brought a second son into this world on Friday. Unfortunately, L2 and I were given the wrong phone number for our new place and I didn't find out that I had a new nephew until Sunday.

But he's here - Kenyon Anthony Gage and looking as wrinkled if not more so than Benjamin Button. Kenyon is Irish for blond boy - and given his brother is as pale as they come - I think we'll have another fair haired child in the Gage family. I'm feeling like a very proud auntie!

a little english travelling

Due to some health issues and some general laziness on L2 and my part - we've really not travelled very much the last two months. It's actually starting to get at us as one of the main reasons we are living in this country is to travel (not have a pretty apartment (as much as I want it!).

Thankfully - it looks good that we have almost officially booked our Easter trip (which I will discuss once the flight and accomodation has been confirmed) and a trip at the end of the month to....

Cornwall and Devon!

L2's parents are visiting us at the end of the month so we've booked a car and taking to the southern England roads. Mandatory - hiking, coastal cities and a lot of devon ice cream.

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a little bit extra

As part of the move, L2 and I decided to splurge and get a Living Etc magazine subscription.

When I first moved over here I had some withdrawal from Domino – but I've found that this very modern living magazine has more than made up for it. It's London-centric which means every little back alley place in a max 40 minute journey away. It's also becoming more and more popular with blogger posts. I'm guessing it will officialyl take over as the reigning magazine of interest now with Domino gone. (sob!)

If we didn't already have a band of hooks - I would love to do this with our entrance wall. Plus the black door is amazing. Image via

ok now rest

Well at least most of the moving is finished. The main stuff is in the house, everything has a reasonable place (even if the lady left way more in our storage space than we liked) and we have everything sorted into armoires, bookshelves, etc.

We're still lacking internet which I find very strange (as we are paying for it!) but on the plus side we bought these Orla Kiely linens over the weekend for our new bed. The grey scribble turned out to be too dark (and green?!) for me and these linens make me feel like a princess every night.

We also have yet to put up our pictures though and find a perfect portrait of Queen Elizabeth for above the couch. But the little things will be done over the next few months, I'm not going to be too perturbed that we don't have our pirate poster or our chalkboard up (as long as it's not in the way!)