What I did today! The next chapter!

Best wishes Nellie and Kitty x x

Jadey
Nellie
Yesterday (saturday) had a day with DD in Sydney - retail therapy and a long lunch which was lovely especially for her to have a child free day! Woke up this morning to the tail end of a cyclone hitting the Northern beaches and the sad news that a young swimmer was washed off the rocks into the sea and lost yesterday afternoon. So that's why I could hear helicopters overhead well into the night.

Nellie Hope you are feeling more comfortable as the days go by.

Had a wonderful day out today with my daughter at a knitting and sewing fair. Relaxing and restorative. And with retail therapy plus lunch, what's not to like.

Nellie, get well soon, Kitty good progress and Mamie hope the cabin fever has passed.

Cabin fever passed to the extent that we can now leave the property! Still cold, wet and horrible. We have only got to re-model the raised beds, finish re-building the potting shed, re-construct a boundary wall, plant seeds, get spuds in, cut grass and get the cottage in the garden ready for our next house swap.....
Instead we are stuck inside, but at least OH is over his gout attack....

Doing ok! as long as I don't do much DD and co came and cooked for me and "Bliss" washed my hair for me this a.m, so I could keep stitches dry.

Seeing lovely DGS's new trick was good entertainment. He is now rolling over and over across the floor on our carpet! 10 days ago he was just about turning over front to back. He can only go in one direction at present so he has to be turned around in the room so he can roll back. He has managed to bang his head rolling into the leg of a chair though time has come to baby proof the house!

Ah, Mamie - The French country idyll

I've spent all morning measuring and cutting a mount for a collage I've just finished - and 'whoops' - the blade slipped - ruined it! Round two this afternoon.

Nellie Glad you're doing ok!

nellie it good to hear your ok, doesnt it make such a difference if you can wash your hair.

Today I had a lovely 40 minute walk in the park, its was lovely.

Decided to bite the bullet and machine quilt something I wanted to finish before Easter .i had decided on a sashiko pattern of fish scales with intersecting lines. Must have mismeasured something as very few of my intersections intersect. I feel your pain Butty. Now unpicking furiously.

Oh gally it is not all sunshine and nice weather over there I know. Dangerous coast. Hence the obsession with lifeguarding.
I had a nice day in London yesterday - went with DH to see the London Transport poster exhibition in the LT museum. (it is expensive to get in but the tickets last a year - great place for small kids as they have fantastic buses etc)
Then i spent the afternoon with my lovely grown up niece (so lucky to have two of these to compensate for lack of daughters) . She helped me buy a glittery garment to wear to weddings in July from Zara. (sorry can't find a photo on their website) It is nice to have shopping company isnt it.
Then we tried to buy her a bra. Debenhams staff seem incapable of selling anything despite the fact quite a few of them and a massive stock of bras.
Then we had tea and treacle tart in Liberty's tea room (big treat) and did some drooling over the scarves and fabrics.
Then came back and watched the rugby
today - some progress on study clearing....

Sounds like a lovely time, Jess

I went to pick up DS1 from our local, refurbished for the Olympics, station. It is so well refurbished that the disabled parking spots are invisible despite the local university being a recognised centre for Disabled Sport. Tried to park in the drop-off zone but found it was full. Tried to park illegally and then use DS's blue badges but, as I was reversing into the last space, a blond woman, in a big, expensive 4 wheel drive thing, drove in and ignored my gesticulations and hooting whilst her passenger went and bought tickets. Unfortunately DS did not appear, in his wheelchair, before she went. Possibly unreasonably, but still very .

Sunday lunch with my eldest son and his family, cooked by him. Newest grandson spent an hour or so on my lap, giving me lots of beaming smiles, dressed as......a leprechaun! Lovely day!

Made a loaf and a cake!
Had supper
Going to bed!
Night all!

jess I need to go to the LT poster exhibition...I went a month too soon by mistake so have a ticket! Was it good?

Was supposed to have 3 friends over for lunch today but the Chelsea match got rescheduled from yesterday to today. As DH and 2 of the friends are season ticket holders the meal was off! The third friend and I met up for lunch and a mosey round a garden centre instead. Not tempted to buy as it was tipping it down!

yes very good nanaej but deserves a bigger space. That Pick guy that ran the london transport company commissioned great art.

Went to see GC this afternoon, eldest was at cinema with her mum and they just made it home before the snow started. We left early because there was a great risk of getting stuck, DH and I got a few miles down the road and there was no snow and the temperature rose 3 degrees. Just heard from DS and he says the snow just stopping now, one of the problems of living on the top of a hill.

I had quite a peaceful day and just watched Butterflys, which was a 1970's comedy with Wendy Craig, I dont know why but I love it

Did tribunal in Wales today! Very tiring!

I bumped into my first ex-husband today, and we had the first civilised, albeit short, conversation, that we've had for 21 years!

I'm still in shock

I was a rather naughty Nanna today.

DD texted me to say she had spent most of the morning rescuing my DGs from rolling over and over onto hot radiators or underneath the Sofas and getting stuck.

I helpfully suggested that at least if was wedged under the sofa he would be safe and she would know where he was.

I think the need to baby proof their home has come upon them more quickly than they imagined.

Woke up and began making breakfast for DH and I--phone rang, toast got burnt while I was on the phone, forgot all about it, and knocked over a whole cup of tea,--phone call was from my son he was pulled over by the Police due to a problem with his tyres, that DH has been telling him about for weeks---Police would not allow him to drive the car so had to eat breakfast on the way to help my son with organising RAC and tow truck etc, tow truck company charged £109 to tow the car away and all this before 10am!!! But I went out for a nice meal this evening so that put the world to rights

They just don't listen to advice! I hope you keep saying we told you so!