Finally back!

We were offline for over a week and all because of a slightly loose cable. The tech guy came in, looked at the system, turned a little knob about half a turn and everything was up and running again. I felt so silly.

Anyway, it's great to be back online though it was nice in a way to be a bit disconnected. I think my bum is slightly less pancake shaped after a week of not sitting here sorting things out and instead having to actually go out and do things like buy groceries. Something to remember.

Since we went offline winter has well and truly arrived. We even woke up Sunday morning to snow! It was falling pretty hard but didn't stick around for long. Long enough to make a few snowballs though. Long enough for Jason and Toby to throw said snowballs at me and Rosie who were standing at the bedroom window. Only one of them made it inside the house.

At the moment we're getting ready for Thanksgiving which we'll be celebrating on Sunday here. It's not a holiday in England but we're having friends over for the traditional feast. I've been collecting the ingredients over the last few months like cornbread mix and Libby's pumpkin. Elizabeth is making the green bean casserole. We're obviously going totally Southern! I'm getting craft stuff together so the children can make hand turkeys and Native American head dresses (still called Indians here). We'll have fourteen all together - 7 adults and 7 children. Can't wait!