Hello me darlins'! Hope everyone ok.
[Second attempt at writing a post on here and not have it eaten!]
[Leaves Ned a platter of hob nobs in naughty corner in an attempt to lure him back in.]
Summer was really great (very hot at times with record breaking temperatures) full of long- and short-stay visitors (despite my resolutions to the contrary) travel and building works , many horsey activities, and very sadly the death of a much loved member of the extended family and potentially serious illness of bil (but still having tests). Overall it was good though.
Just adjusting to a life back in town sans 🐎. Is it wrong to say I miss him almost more than DH when we are parted? 
. Me and he of the long face (horse not DH ) have bonded even more this summer and my heart is firmly glued to his 💕 even though he can be a bit of a naughty boy and is testing my physical and mental strength and patience daily.
Happily, it is very quiet and peaceful in town today as it's car-free Sunday. The silence is deafening! 
. Have been back for a bit but very busy. Sat and passed lang exam for French nationality last week (phew), caught up with friends the next (yay) and spent most of Fri at DD school, helping with org of Mass to celebrate start of new academic year in morning and doing Parents Assoc stuff (for which I have volunteered this year) the rest of the afternoon.
Busy in other areas of life, so much so, that I will be using the rest of today making lists and charts and filling in calenders etc to help me plan it all. Renovation wreck2 going on a pace (for which we need to make multitude of scary expensive decisions, eek), nationality dossier to complete and submit (the paperwork required is mad) continuing to seriously declutter wreck1 and decorate/renovate (where affordable) , loads of gardening happening wreck2 (having cleared old borders of nettles and brambles, have ton of bulbs and naturalistic woodland border to plant), new (small) business venture to plan for two years hence, Christmas presents to make (going eco this year and using up fabric stash to make presents) , new diet & exercise regime to follow, dhorse and dogs to continue to train, lang studies to continue, and new history of art course to start (possibly) and parents assoc work to do. So lots of it enjoyable but quite a bit to pack in.
All of the above means I have less time to Mumsnet but still up for running Oct thread , but after that ... who knows ... .
Immediately though need to investigate and unpack and sort all the bags and boxes still sitting in the hall and start huge amounts of washing (still washing last of bedding and towels used by summer visitors).
Really sorry to hear that things are tough going for a number of fledglings currently.
Chic so sorry that you are still feeling ill. Hope diagnosis is not as bad as you fear 
. And hope Strictly took your mind off things for a bit last night! (I watched it despite thinking I wouldn't be interested this year with Pasha and Darcy gone, and thought it was actually quite good after all!)
Laputa sorry things still rubbish generally and hope meds help eventually. Also, sorry to hear your DD suffering with female issues which must be really tough for her. It's so crap and unfair really. Can really sympathise as DD still suffering with bad pain despite various different meds. Wondering if teens can get endometriosis?
Bower sorry that everything continues to be so awful at work. Hope the time off helps a little bit . Love the sound of all the gardening.
Lisette that sounds really tough going re: family issues and again, really unfair . Your granny sounds like she was a wonderful person.
Zoo oh no about your neighbour's dgd. Hope she is ok. Hope your foot healing well. And sorry to hear about dd2 school stress.
Wow Expletive your DD sounds like a brilliant cook!
Hope today proves more productive Toostressy
And hope new born (and you) and all rest of siblings are thriving I've!
Big waves to Foxes , Tidy, Honu and anyone else I have missed!
Had better go. Dd complaining loudly about clutter in hall and how she felt embarrassed by it when her friends called around for her yesterday. I agreed with her that it was bad and apologized profusely but when I asked for help carrying it all upstairs (at least three trips up four flight) and asked if she could possibly carry her suitcases up to her room, she immediately started complaining loudly about something else ... . [
Wishing you all a lovely Sunday!