I’m making a very brief appearance on the blog as I’m in the middle of some self-induced household chaos and despite my best efforts, I’ve gotten a little stressed.

First, it was little niggles like the fixtures not matching each other despite being purchased from the same range, necessitating countless calls and emails to customer service and having to explain and send photos of the same thing again and again before anything gets actioned while the contingent renovation milestones got dangerously close.

Then, we found out about our rotten floor joists (which are now fixed, phew). Yesterday the electricians showed up and knocked the air out of us with another piece of not good news. It turns out that our electrics are toast and the house needs a complete rewire. I could not believe this was real. Not only does a job like this carry a very hefty price tag, but it means so much destruction…including the rooms we’ve only just finished and were so happy tick off our long ‘to renovate’ list. We were both gutted to say the least. I got a second opinion this morning just to be sure and the second electrician largely agreed with the diagnosis of the first, there is no escaping this. So I’ve felt a lot of pressure and guilt over not anticipating this, not getting the electrical survey done before buying etc. – self-blame is something I am really good at and so I’ve felt a lot of anxiety as a result.

Recipe-wise I bring you some cookies and that’s all I was able to test while fielding questions from our bathroom fitter, fretting about the state of electrics and chasing the exchange of our shower trim. They are easy to make and use one of my favourite summer berries: raspberries. Raspberries are in peak season and they are delicious right now and I love how they burrow into the cookies creating tangy pockets that contrast so nicely with sweet pools of melted white chocolate. I hope you’ll enjoy them too. x