Working on the vegetable garden

Peas, mangetout, carrots, parsnips, potatoes, onions, spinach, brussel sprouts, tomatoes, strawberries, runner beans, french and courgettes all planted.  Lets hope we are lucky and they grow!!  These are

We have chickens - first step to becoming a smallholding

Say hello to Basil, Doughnut, Noodles and Old (named by Emily)

Its been a hellish few weeks

I would love to be posting that it has been great moving into our new dream home but in truth my surgery I had on my teeth the day before our move did not heal and has caused me to be in so much pain.  I have been on a constant cycle of many pain killers which still haven't taken away all the pain.  I have cried and whimpered because the pain has been so bad I've just not known how to deal with it.  I am usually good with coping with pain but this, this is something else.  I've been told that I have dry socket and it can take up to a month to heal.  I was told to be patient - how can you be patient when you are in so much pain.  I couldn't unpack the boxes, I couldn't bare being around my kids, I was totally at the mercy of the pain.  I slept (if you call it that - dozed) upright for three weeks.  Finally I decided to stop eating because it was just too much.  At first I tried putting soup through a sieve to remove any bits!  But in the end I just lost interest in food especially when I was cooking meals for everyone else but couldn't eat them myself.  Even in the most picturesque locations cannot distract you from the pain.  A week later I was celebrating being off pain killers for 24 hours!  i had an appointment with my surgeon who confirmed it had now started to heal nicely.  I started to be able to sleep.  What a change!  I lacked energy even to walk the dog but I was nearly pain free.  I am now eating again and starting to feel a lot more positive however I have an appointment in a few weeks to have another 4 teeth removed!!  I'm making the most of my recovered self before the next surgery!!