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Lockdown #3. How on earth did we end up here? Just when I thought my diary might be coming to an end, within days 2021 turns out to be far less different to 2020 than most people hoped. The first full week of the new year was certainly far more eventful than expected – schoolsContinue reading “DAYS 293-299 – 4-10 January 2021”

Happy New Year! Well, we made it dear reader. We have succeeded in getting out of the other side of 2020 and are just about in tact. It was a year like no other, and not one we will forget in a hurry (no matter how much we might want to try!) I’m determined toContinue reading “DAYS 286-292 – 28 December 2020-3 January 2021”

Happy Christmas everyone! I hope you all managed to have an amazing day, Santa brought you something good and you made some new memories, even if there were limits to what you could do. Here in the Low household we had a merry little Christmas as instructed with just Grandpa joining in the festivities. ItContinue reading “DAYS 279-285 – 21-27 December 2020”

Well, I’m not really sure how to sum up the last 7 days. With the excitement building up all week and preparations well underway for a 5 day Christmas trip north of the border, everything came crashing down last night. Cue an emergency sourcing of a turkey and an awful lot of parcel deliveries asContinue reading “DAYS 272-278 – 14-20 December 2020”

Only 12 days until Christmas and with the recent combination of Covid-19 and Brexit I’ve decided that watching any form of news is downright bad for my health. Instead I’ve returned to binge watching Netflix in my down time (which seems to be getting less and less). I think it’s what is commonly called escapismContinue reading “DAYS 265-271 – 7-13 December 2020”

Well, it’s apparently been a week since I last wrote a diary entry, although I have no idea where the last 7 days have gone. E managed to pick up Star of the Week at school (proud Dad, shoehorning that in early) and other than that, it has been a bit of a blur. TheContinue reading “DAYS 258-264 – 30 November – 6 December 2020”

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas… Whether it’s the very early Christmas decorations going up everywhere, or the debates up and down the country about who to form a Christmas bubble with (if anyone at all!) As I revealed last week, we are already well into our preparations as a family, including trottingContinue reading “DAYS 251-257 – 23-29 November 2020”

I’m starting this week with a bit of Greek mythology. Anyone who knows about the story of Sisyphus will understand when I say this week has very much been about rolling a stone up a hill in a seemingly never ending cycle. And of course despite all the hard work, I feel as if IContinue reading “DAYS 244-250 – 16-22 November 2020”

A wet and windy autumnal weekend to finish yet another week in lockdown 2.0. I’m not sure how I’m going to feel meeting up with people when this is all finally over, as I’m learning to enjoy only the company of my nearest and dearest a tad too much! Regular readers will be relieved toContinue reading “DAYS 237-243 – 9-15 November 2020”

I write this week’s diary entry with a melted heart as we have just watched the Fenwick’s Christmas window reveal (virtually) as a family and the kids spent the whole time transfixed and waving at the Santas. They really are at such a cute age and I don’t care what restrictions are in place –Continue reading “DAYS 230-236 – 2-8 November 2020”