So Martin and I are having a lazy morning, no noise, no rush, no need to hurry to get up.  We have a leisurely breakfast planned and then a walk and lunch in a pub somewhere and a long chat about our future plans. Then there is the phone call! The one from the kids [Continue]

So today looks like being a good day. The girls need to head out to there expedition. I have to drop them off at the car park and then take Jonathan to his friends to sleep over and Martin and I will get all of Friday afternoon, evening and Saturday until about 4pm alone together. I have managed [Continue]

So Thursday I am up relatively early as as we have not yet reached the end of the month I decided to make bread rather than buy any. This was a bit of a risk as I adapted Paul Hollywood’s cob loaf recipe to have about 1/3 whole wheat flour and some seeds in one loaf.  Until I [Continue]

So given that it is so wet we have managed not to go and support the library workers strike, the spring walk has been cancelled and so has the star gazing evening. So that leaves me with  big kids to get to Newport for swimming, cinema and shopping, and a tired and tummy achey Jonathan [Continue]

I usually only blog the days were something of at least vague interest happens – but I am trying to blog all week so here goes with a nothing at all really day.  It’s OK for us to have some days like this they balance out the very active days. Start of the day persuade everyone to get up [Continue]

I usually find if I spend too many days not at home I get very stressed and things get a bit out of control at home.  However last week didn’t feel like that despite the fact that we were out everyday and the one day we were at home we had friends over.  I attribute that to [Continue]

We stayed out too late playing cards on Saturday night, I said we would leave at 9.30 but was having far too much fun so we stayed until after 11!  We played a huge game of demons in which the Gibson family took all the bottom places.  We have a plan however and will play [Continue]

So we are onto Saturday in my weekly diary. It was misty and raining first thing on Saturday morning so we opted not to do the bird walk.  Girls did paper round and then dripped around.  I was up and started tidying up and listening to R4/7. We the did cleaning hour.  We have for the last [Continue]

After dinner Rebekah went off to Catalyst with Martin acting as Taxi on the way there. Dishes done and Martin returned it’s about 8 pm Ruth is alternating between Facebook and websites about infectious diseases, Jonathan is busy writing something about a Dungeons and Dragons and discussing how spaces between sentences are necessary so [Continue]

So last weekday in my diary of the week. Well it started early – I woke Ruth up at 1.35 thinking it was 7.05 and she had missed her paper round! I heard her get up at the right time for her round and got up.  Finally this week I managed to get up early. [Continue]