Back to Winter

We had a couple of lovely days when the sun was out and it was really beginning to feel like Spring but today it is cold again!! They are predicting snow for tomorrow - I'd rather have the sunshine. The girls broke up for their "Easter" holidays yesterday and I'm looking forward to not having to get up at 6am for the next two weeks. Norma is still here next week but the second week we're on our own again. Claire's boyfriend, Chris, arrived today from Blackpool and will be spending a week with us before Claire goes up to Blackpool with him to spend a week there. I take my hat off to them, long distance relationships are not easy and they've been going out for just over two years. It's Claire's 18th birthday on Wednesday so she's doubly excited - Chris is here and her birthday! No huge plans - an extended family birthday tea and cakes in the afternoon and she wants a smaller family dinner before going out with friends in the evening (she will be able to get into the pubs and clubs). Seems to be the done thing over here when you turn 18, just to prove you can do it and, if they ask for ID, you're legal ;) I'm off to put on some socks to warm my feet and get dinner started. Have a good weekend. xx PS. Our new router has been ordered and should be here by Wednesday, so I'll soon be able to put photos on again :)

Second Day

Two days in a row, who would have believed it!! I'm amazed that people still look! It's felt very strange here today because Norma is staying with my brother and his family. I've got used to her being here and going out and about with her and the house has seemed a bit empty today. That said, I didn't spend much time at home today. We seem to have been running out of the essentials - ie. bread, fruit, food in general, so I made a trip to Sainsburys straight after dropping Emily at school. From Sainsburys I went into town looking for birthday presents (now I'll find out if Claire reads this - hehe!!) and then up to the Farmer's market. Stopped in at Cafe Nero's for a couple of Chi Soya Lattes before heading round to my friend Alison's to catch up on what's been going on in her life. Felt like I hadn't seen her in ages and it was good to chat. I've been busy trying to download the tutorials I'd missed while the computer was down and am finally about caught up. Now I've just got to print them off so that I've got a permanent record. Not really much to tell today, just an average day! Have done my mini pages and am up to date there as well. Off to make dinner. Hope to blog again soon. xx

It's April already!

Apologies for not having posted anything for ages. Our broadband connection has been down and we are still having problems with it at the moment. Hoping it will all be sorted out by the weekend. Life has been pleasantly busy since my sister arrived from South Africa on 21 March. My brother was also over for the Easter long weekend and it was good to catch up with him and find out what he's been up to. Norma is still here until 12 April and we're making the most of the time we have with her here. Hoping that it may soon be that she'll be living in the UK too and it won't just be snatched holidays. This year we decided to make a mini scrapbook of her stay so that by the time she goes home again she'll have a completed mini album of her holiday. It's only 4" x 4" and each day we print off one of the photos we've taken during the day and stick it in on one page and on the opposite page we write a brief summary of what we've done. It's been such fun to do and I like the idea that it'll be complete the day she leaves. I'll post this now before the computer shuts down on me. No pictures until I'm back on my own computer again. xx

Me again!

Tonight Hugh decided to change his look. This is a photo of him before

I had the task of using the clippers to cut his hair short tonight. I don't remember the last time his hair has been this short - he likes it and I'm sure I'll get used to it ;)

What do you think?

xx