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Slightly belated, but I do love a list ( from meal plans, to jobs I need to do in varying order of urgency, my house is covered in them!), and I have finally gotten around to committing this one to “virtual” paper thanks to being tagged in a “plans for 2019” post by the lovely Natalie over at Plutonium Sox<\/a>…<\/p>\n

So, in no particular order, my current life and travel plans for 2019 currently look a little like this…<\/p>\n

To make our annual mountain pilgrimage, starting in February with a drive down through France, Holland and beyond down through Germany until we get to Garmisch, with time for a quick visit to our other “home” in between…<\/p>\n

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Wait for me.<\/a>..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To attempt a little long haul travel now that the Toddler is a little more bearable on a plane\/small spaces and can be “blackmailed” to keep still more easily.\u00a0 I would love to tell you a little more about these particular plans, but I can’t just yet…\u00a0 I also need to plan the rest of our Easter\/Summer travel plans which are a little all over the place right now.<\/p>\n

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Punting in Cambridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We are not just planning on foreign travel, we still need to introduce the kids to even more of their own country.\u00a0 We are slowly working our way through a very long list having seen plenty of Cambridgeshire (of course), Norfolk<\/a>, Suffolk<\/a>, The Peak District<\/a>, and most recently the Lake District<\/a> since we got back…<\/p>\n

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Continue with my Deutsch Sprechen –\u00a0 it would be such a shame to forget it all now, especially as it comes in so handy when I need to have a “private” conversation with my offspring from time to time. Speaking of them, they take their mock GCSE’s in German this Friday (the older two, not the toddler obviously!). I am probably more nervous than they are!<\/p>\n

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The only blue room wall now allowed in the house!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finally rid our house of the various hues of blue so beloved by the previous owners.\u00a0 The big build starts on the 25 Feb for around 8 weeks or so when downstairs will be remodelled.\u00a0 We have had a little work done already this year, including a freshly restyled downstairs loo that is now sporting absolutely no blue at all (hoorah!),much more contemporary floor tiles, and rather beautiful (and completely impractical) mother of pearl mosaics around the sink.<\/p>\n

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I was so popular when this had to go up!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the 11 year old will have part of a chimney breast removed from his room, his redecoration will have to wait for a while, but the 13 year old has a newly decorated room (she actually does have a blue wall, I relented given this is the first bedroom she has ever been able to choose colours for, and it’s not a pale blue sickly shade anyway!), and the whole place feels more like ours every day!\u00a0 \u00a0I still can’t decide what colour to repaint the blinking blue shed however.\u00a0 Answers on a postcard please…<\/p>\n

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Winter Crocuses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I really want to learn a shed load (!) more about gardening this year now that I finally have my own. I cannot wait to grow our own veg, and flowers and not kill quite so many things…\u00a0 So far, I have garlic growing and some potato seed things doing something funny in the utility room.\u00a0 Watch this space.<\/p>\n

To enjoy spending as much time with friends and family as possible, just in case we up sticks again – you never know.<\/p>\n

This is also the year that I learn a lot more about SEO, and hope to do some social media management for other people eventually.\u00a0 \u00a0This should all be helped along by my brand spanking new Digital Mums Course (that I started yesterday!)… I am also considering starting a “Week in Pictures” on a Sunday on the Blog instead of a Sunday Photo.\u00a0 As we are currently back in the UK, I find myself getting a little lazy when it comes to picture taking, and I want to kick start that again…<\/p>\n

So there you have it, those are the plans for 2019 for now, and I have a stack of new lists to add to all of those others…\u00a0 \u00a0I am tagging a few more people on the off chance that they would like to commit their 2019 plans to digital paper too….\u00a0 \u00a0No obligation obviously people: – Trish at Mums Gone To<\/a>;\u00a0 Mari at Mari’s World<\/a> and Linds at Eat Explore Etc<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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