ThE OpRaTiNg RoOm..

If there is one thing I have come to learn from being part of a big family it is that there is always someone there!!

I was randomly thinking yesterday of the day when I don't wake up in the White House every morning… Don't get me wrong I love living in the White House, I just don't think Moekie will love it if I live there until I am 30. Then I started thinking of the things I am going to miss when I am not there….

The average weekend day starts with Puppet coming down the stairs with a bang, or more like a "clack-clack", having the fashion sense of any normal 6 year old she loves those cheap plastic high-heel shoes that "Brats" market to little kids so well, and do they make a noise… Luckily for me my bedroom is right next to the stairs so no sleeping in for me… But I am going to miss that "clack-clack" when it doesn't wake me up at 7 on a Sunday morning… Most guests who have been lucky enough to spend a night at our bed and breakfast will also share with certainty that this is not the kind place where you will be lucky enough to sleep till 9am, it just doesn't happen, someone is bound to make a noise early in the morning and if its not a big one consider yourself lucky!

Whenever you walk into the White house there is always someone there, always someone ready to make tea, well maybe not ready, we might fight about who is going to make the tea or you might end up making it yourself (regardless - if you a resident or guest) but there is always tea at the end.. The best spot in the White house is definitely the kitchen – or as I like to call it the operating room, almost everything happens in and from the kitchen, apart from the obvious this is Moekie's favorite location for assigning tasks, but it is also where all the catching up, smiles tears and gossip happens… Bear in mind all this discussion takes place with the kids having lunch or someone cooking or baking or making a phone call in the background.. It is most importantly also the place where hugs are given and best of all where a good cup of tea makes everything better. It is amazing always coming home to someone willing to make tea, listen and share their own story.

The best time spent in the kitchen is probably when one of the non-resident family members comes to visit. These turn into late night gossip sessions that easily last until 3am… Anyone that has visited will tell you that our White House is like a buzzing farm house in the middle of the city, maybe we talk more than we bake but the hospitality is one and the same… The operating room will be the most missed part, who is going to make tea and listen in a house that lacks our legend kitchen..