2012

We are now well into 2013 so I thought it might be a good time to get this blog up and running again especially as last year I only blogged once.  It was a pretty important blog though, as it was all about Apple.

So how was 2012?  All round it was pretty good.

I thought living in the Cotswolds, fairly centre to the Giffords tour would mean we would be there more, but it really didn't turn out that way.  Partly because the weather was totally shocking this year, which resulted in a fairly tough season for everyone and because Willow's social life seemed to explode and I spent most of my time being a Mum taxi.  Also because we were fairly close to most of the grounds Tweedy would manage to get home nearly every week.  ‘The Saturday Book’ was a great show and Tweedy really loved it, especially as it gave him a chance to work with Cal McCrystal whom directed it.

Willow wasn't in the show this year so we were able to do other things.  In August I took Willow to her first festival which she absolutely loved.  I chose Shambala for her first festival as it is billed as a family friendly festival.  I'm really pleased I chose this one and think any other festival will have a lot to live up to for her.

We have settled in to our new home really well and love where we live.  Cirencester is a great town and I am happy to call it my home.  Most things are within walking distance from the house, well half an hour or so, so we thought we would be able to manage with just the one car, but with all the running around I had to do with Willow it became clear fairly early on that we would need another little run around for me.  I am really pleased with our second car; ‘Rub’ that happens to be my seventh mini.  I haven't had one for quite a few years and you forget how much fun they really are.  The plan is to do him up a bit, but then there are lots of plans so it might not get done for a while.

Our mini is the one on the right, as the other car is only mini by name!

Willow has really settled in school and year six will be the first time since she has started school that she will attend just one school and not be home-schooled by me at some point.  She absolutely loves it, I on the other hand miss having her home more and I also miss teaching her myself.  I never really realised how much I loved the whole home-school thing and I'm glad that I got a chance to learn with her.  It’s hard to believe that in six months she will be in Secondary school, so I think we settled down just in time.  She will be going to a school in Cheltenham, so we may move just one more time so we are closer to her school, though she can catch a bus if we don’t.

One of the reasons Willow is only attending one school this year is Tweedy did Panto in Cheltenham so we were all at home this year for Christmas, which has been wonderful.  It was a bit tougher on Tweedy as he had to drive back and forth every day but I think the benefits outweighed the negatives and he loved working at The Everyman Theatre. 

If 2013 turns out as good as 2012 I will be very happy.

2012 photo dump.