Quick recap of today

What an eventful day! It started with Jon leaving for work as normal, around 5.50am; I got up at 6 and had my shower and then at 6.30 I heard Jon arriving home again. Turns out there had been an accident and they'd closed the M25 off. As Jon needs to go on the M25 to get to work he had to turn round and come home again. Fortunately he is able to work from home as he has a work computer he can use and connect to his data. I left him to it while I went to pick up Mum.

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Next stop was Sainsburys for our shopping and coffee at Starbucks. The coffee was just what I needed this morning and was delicious! We had our weekly catch up before heading home again. Shopping unpacked and it was time to make lunch. I had bought some fresh bread and had that with left over curried mince. Yum!

After lunch there was a large basket of ironing waiting to be done. I switched on the TV in the kitchen (which is now working thanks to aerial man coming to sort it out last week) and watched 30 Minute Makeover. I always find watching something helps the ironing to disappear quicker ;o).

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Emily got home shortly after that and before we knew it, it was time for her to go to the dentist. The orthodontist wanted her last baby tooth taken out and she was so brave. I was a total ninny but she just had gel to numb the area and then the dentist pulled the tooth out. I couldn't look, held her hand and looked the opposite way (or rather faced the opposite way with my eyes closed!).

Emily's "my poor mouth" pose ;o)

And in this one you can see where the tooth came out (sorry to anyone who may be a bit squeamish!)

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We had some rather unexpected news today but nothing that we can't handle and I'm sure everything will be fine in the end. More about this at a later stage.

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My eyes are starting to droop and I'm ready to head off and read my book (Take a chance on me by Jill Mansell - which Claire gave me for Mother's Day) before heading off to bed.

Have a good evening

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First layout in ages

I've been reading the blogs and seeing all the layouts that are being made (though not always commenting - sorry!) and have been wanting to do some scrapbooking myself. I've wanted to do a layout about Wallace for a while but couldn't decide where to start. Today I was downloading some of the templates from the Design Your Life class on BPS and it got me thinking. I chose one I thought might work, used it digitally to see what I thought and then got my papers out to scrapbook. Yippee! It didn't take long to come together and now I feel I'm ready to do a few more layouts. The journalling on this reads: "We got you just before Emily's 4th birthday. She had wanted a dog for some time and we decided she was old enough to enjoy you. You became her little confidant; any time she was feeling sad or needed to talk to someone, it was you that she went to see. Unfortunately as the years went on you had a few problems. On 25 January 2010 things came to a head and the vet told us it was time to let you go. We didn't want you to be in pain any longer but it was one of the hardest decisions to make. You were such a big part of the family and we miss you."

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I'm glad this layout's been made, Wallace was such a big part of us and we still miss him. We wouldn't have forgotten him but it's nice to have it down on paper. Now to decide what layouts to do next :o).

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The last couple of days have been quiet. I've been making a start on spring cleaning. While Jon was off work there were a few things that broke down or needed repairing but we put off doing anything about them until he was back in work. We are now getting things sorted slowly but surely and it feels good. This weekend Jon has been very busy with jobs around the house, including installing a new shower in our en-suite bathroom (the old one was one of the things that broke!), a new light in the entrance way (again, the old one broke), disconnecting the old (broken) dishwasher ready for the new one to arrive next week. Progress! Thank you Jon for getting through everything on your "to do" list for this weekend :o).

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Whatever you may be doing, I hope your weekend is a good one.

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Sport Relief

Emily and I have been watching Sport Relief on BBC1 tonight. To the British people who read my blog, if you can afford to donate, it's such a worthwhile cause. xx

Dog walk

Today, when I took Cloud out for her walk, we went a different route. I turned up this path to see where it led to.

We eventually came out just down from the main road. Where we live there is a hill which ever way you go and the one near our house is a killer. This route we took today seemed much easier to me and is one I will certainly use again ;o)

When we get to the top of the hill and turn left, Emily's school is just across the road. It takes her about 5 minutes to walk to school and home again.

The Forest Way path goes down to Forest Row on an old railway track.

Heading up the hill in to town we see the Church clock tower

and pass Sackville College.

The start of the High Street. The Rose and Crown pub, which is the Tudor style building you can see in this photo, is where Dad had his 80th birthday lunch last September.

Cloud and I take the road to the left of the cook shop in Middle Row,

it's certainly a lot easier going down this hill than walking up it :o).

We took a round about route today which led us past our old house. We lived in this house for nearly 5 years before moving to the next one. Seven years after that we moved to the house we currently live in. I think seven years in one house is the record in our marriage, I wonder how long we'll live in this one ;o)

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Finally, a thank you to Mel for talking about Turkish Delight hot chocolate on her blog. I was in Waitrose today and saw some, bought it and tried it tonight for the first time. It is yummy! (if you like Turkish Delight that is ;o) ) and best of all, I can still have it on Weight Watchers! Thanks Mel!

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