I feel like my feet have not touched the floor for the last week. My mother came up to visit, as well as working, it feels like I've not been home for so long that I'm just enjoying being able to catch up on the computer for a few moments of unadulterated bloggy bliss. Nothing much has been happening per se, but with my mother up to stay I've had a lovely week of doing very little except what we both wanted to do, although our days were always cram-packed with activity. It proved to be a very busy rest-cure, but just what the doctor ordered!

On our travels around charity shops (an obsession teetering on the ridiculous), my mother and I came across what has to be the most beautiful dining table. It's a 1920's art-deco style solid oak Beautility drop-leaf table, which has definitely been through the wars, but with sanding to remove the standard-issue toffee-coloured polish, it'll be beautiful. Utility furniture was created during WWII, with furniture manufacturers being forced to produce regulation-design products which were built to withstand the rigours of daily life, use a set amount of materials, and often push the boundaries of design. I fell in love with the curved art-deco legs. It now sits in our 1920's/30's dining room, with new curtains (hurrah for throwing out cheap Ikea venetian blinds!) and a new lamp.

Today is nothing but washing, ironing and 'puttering' - as I work on Sundays, the husband gets everything nice and tidy for me to come home to, with dinner always gorgeous (he is a great cook) and something relaxing for me to do afterwards, it makes the hard work all worth it! I am considering getting my husband to give lessons to other husbands, a potential goldmine there, I'm sure hehe! Oh also rock buns, I feel like I could do with some baking today, it's the only time these days I get some quiet meditation - with the added bonus of gorgeous rock-bunny goodness too!