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Thank you for your honesty.. You have done so much! Maybe next year you can put up shade cloth in the garden for the plants. A lot of farmers do that here in Spain. Until the trees are bigger and you can use their shade? Strange how life goes isn't it, I'm happy that your cancer was caught before it was a serious problem. Sometimes to do lists seems to never end :,( but you've made a lot of progress. Abt filming for me I don't need to see for example the whole tiling experience a before and after is good enough, I believe you when you say you did it ;) and you're not a tutorial channel. I just love to see your progress :D a garden is a lot of work including the harvest, animals are a lot of work and refurbishing a house is a lot of work and a baby, well how many big projects can a human do in general and now with a baby you'll have even less time to do all of that. May be you can make more shorter like 10min? before and after videos, or just 1 topic? To still get the YT revenue? Maybe take us shopping show the neighbouring villages? Can you buy a washer/dryer? I had a 2 in 1 it was not very expensive, saves you a trip and is cheaper than the shop. Drawers I have a kitchen with no drawers a horror, can you look on Walapop for a second hand cupboard with drawers? Or from a thrift store? I know towns with a lot of north European expats tend to have great thrift shops with nice prices. It's good to see a Harrriet in a slower pace. You were always working so hard. The floors and the pantry look great. I know little by little, every to do tasks gets done and your house will look unrecognisable in a couple of months from now. All Santi proof and all will be beautiful on the inside and the outside. You already did most of it, now it's the finishing touches which sometimes are the worst fidgety things but very worth the time and effort. I understand filming is a time consuming thing and the editing also. I personally love like improvised take me along videos. I think that's the whole point of YT. It's not a professional platform like TVshows. I love to watch creators who love what they're doing. Not the percfectionist almost burned out "we have to make a video" content which I understand, but i think it's from putting the bar too high. I loved your last video, and hope you make more progress with less filming. Before and afters, road trips, come shop with us, a day in my life, garden & animals updates, and pottery! I'd love to see that. Wish you all the best much love.

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I think there’s something about trying for a baby that can particularly awaken this feeling in one - maybe it’s coming up against something that you can feel like you have so little control over, in a life where normally you can find a solution. We have a similarly from scratch, slightly different life to many people we know and I go in waves of similar emotions about how hard it is compared to others, but then another wave will come around to remind me that it also affords so much freedom and joy to live by our values. Hoping this is the start of an easier wave for you all.

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