Back to blogging

It has been so long since I last blogged that I forgot I had one!  I have sat here and read some of my old blog posts and apart from my inability to express myself eloquently it has been great to reacquaint myself with events, thoughts and feelings I had shared.  I don't keep a diary or journal so this is my only attempt of writing anything down.
It would be impossible to write down everything that has happened over the last year so here is a summary in ten points.
1.  Moved back to Wales from Spain.

2.  All 13 of us moved in with husband John's heroic parents!  For 6 months!  (I think they are still in therapy.)

3.  People renting our house moved out.  We moved back in.  Phew.  Hurray!

4.  John and I drive all the way back to Spain to get our stuff.  Amazing adventure, sleeping in truck stops and visiting some much loved and greatly missed friends.

5.  John finished PhD and I finish my book.  I know!

6.  Our 18 yr old son moves out to live with John's brother in Birmingham to get a job and prepare for his lds mission.  I cried and cried.

7.  Friends from Spain move in with us, two families.  One returned to Spain and the other moved next door and look like they are here to stay.

8.  Kids all settled back into British education although living in Spain put them back a year.  They did gain a language though so I have to look at the positive.

9.  John and I had some amazing adventures in Hereford, Spain, Belgium, France, Dylan Thomas's boat house, Manchester, Lampeter and a Kate Rusby concert in Aberystwyth.

10.  Spent an amazing Christmas in Belgium with our friends The Box Family.  What a perfect way to end our year.