Getting ready to leave

I'm packing up to leave Pretoria for 7 months. So far all I've packed is books; gardening books, design books, architecture books and a cookery book. No room left for clothes!

I'm sad to be leaving Pretoria. I love the city, the climate, our house and our lifestyle but I'm excited/nervous about spending 7 months living in our caravan and working on the house. I'll be alone most of the time, no husband, no family, few friends as yet [although I hope to remedy that]. The vast majority of our belongings will stay in our home in SA. So all I can take has to be fitted into one suitcase and one carry on.

Still, it's not as if I'll be stuck in a field in the middle of nowhere. Oh, I forgot, yes I will.

I've never blogged before but I guess we all have to start somewhere.  The purpose of this blog is threefold, firstly to keep a record of the renovation of the house, secondly to let family and friends know where I am and what I'm doing so you can send encouraging comments and finally to aid the preservation of my sanity.  A sort of 'Grumpy Old Women' meets 'A Year in Provence'.

This year is going to be great - or it's going to be terrible.  I just don't know