speedy posting

i should really be trying to sleep but here's a quick update
a good couple of days:

o and g going from strength to strength and we have been discussing their future to good effect (i think) - we visited with frankie and lucia yesterday afternoon which was lovely

today very busy:

text from stella just as i was driving to work to say she and rich had arrived back in watford (they had gone up to yorkshire to move house) so called in very briefly at jackie's and saw them and pies (who had been staying with j during the move)

o and g had lots of visitors today: frankie and lucia and then alex came to collect them both after work, stella rich and the pies, and then cat david and freddie popped round this evening. it has been good having them to stay and they have really enjoyed being here. i was going to say that they had enjoyed the rest but actually g painted my back fence today! despite that he looks 10 years younger than he did when he arrived!

this post is very quickly typed and probably doesnt make a lot of sense - and i shall probably re-write it some day soon . . . but in the meanwhile i will just say (for those of you who are 'in-the-know'):

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

good day for o and g

o and g have had a reet good day:

i came home during my lunch break to wait for dr glover to visit. she gave o the once over, gave some jolly good advice and prescribed some new meds. o now seems very much better, heaps and heaps more cheerful and is certainly moving more easily

g spent the morning quietly but then had the urge to do 'summat' - despite my plea for him to do no more than one hour's work, after lunch, he: unblocked my drain, superglued my drainpipe, cut the hedge, weeded the path and 'scrubbed up'. he assures me it took 'only just over an hour'! i have to admit, however, that he seems very happy and looks a darned sight more cheerful and well than he did when he arrived here yesterday!!

pleasant and relaxing evening and so to bed!

an eventful week-end

it has been so busy i have hardly looked at the puta all week-end and now it really time for bed - so just a quick up-date:

friday:

managed to get out fairly early to complete the abandonned shopping trip of thurs night/frid morning. stella rich and the pies arrived around 12.30 and we had lunch, sat around a bit and then stella and kezia went to aalia's for the henna hand painting and rich jago and clara went to jackie's. not much else happened

saturday: jago's third birthday

the pies always get to choose their birthday breakfast so we had what our family call 'hot cree bees' which was great fun and very nice and tasty.

in the afternoon, jago had his party here in the garden with his 2 sisters and all his cousins (james, imy, freddie and lucia). various other of the family came as well and stella organised songs and games in the 'circle', a treasure hunt, pass the parcel and a miffy story.

when the guests had left stella, rich and pies changed into their smart togs and drove up to london to aalia's wedding. so i had a quiet evening tidying up mainly

today:

stella and company called in on o and g unexpectedly on their way down on friday. to cut a (very) long story short it was felt by all of us that it would be best if they came to stay with me for a week. i drove up to get them this afternoon and now they are safely installed - and have already had visitors: eric and janey called for a cup of tea before driving back up to ashby and frankie, alex and lucia came by after mass for another cup of tea. hopefully o and g will finish the week rested and refreshed!!

and finally:

this has been a busy week-end - but my exciting event has not happened yet!!

"to be continued in our next"

a day for laughing . . . or not!!

laughing at work:

everyone seemed very humourous at work today - so fortunately the time passed quite quickly

laughing at frankie's:

frankie phoned in the evening and asked me to go round and write out the invitations for lucia's baptism - saying my writing is 'neater'!! - it isn't but i had a pleasant couple of hours - lucia was just laughing and laughing and laughing!! - she is a happy little soul

not laughing at tesco's:

decided to do the shopping at half past eleven as it is very quiet then - but hadn't been there long and i managed to convince myself that i had left a saucepan on the hob with 2 eggs in it - and hadn't turned the gas off - dashed home with hardly any shopping done - only to find that i had turned the gas off after all - oh dear!! - another supermarket dash tomorrow to purchase all the stuff i didn't get - grr!!

conferring, convalescent, conservatories and conversation

conferring:

7.10 a.m.: stella called and we talked for almost an hour (!!) - mainly organising for events in the next 20 or so days - who is doing what when etc

convalescent:

9.00 a.m.: frankie and lucia arrived and we drove up to visit o and g - poor o is having such a hard time with her hip - she cracked it almost 5 weeks ago now and is very cross indeed that it hasn't healed yet (!!) - she cheered up when she saw lucia and we had a lovely time with them. took g to the hospital for his appointment and then we drove home

conservatories:

6.00 p.m.: alex took me to see a conservatory that he and justin had built - am hoping they will build something similar for me fairly soon - would like it in place before the wedding

converstation:

8.00 p.m.: book club at alison's - this month it was 'house of orphans' by helen dunmore - still have about 20% to go on this one - little time lately - pleasant evening though sadly only jan, tassa, anne and i managed to get there

hectic!!

the next few weeks will be:
exciting!
manic!!
busy!!!
and
decidedly lacking in peace and quiet
and i can hardly wait!!
and having (hopefully!) whetted your appetite . . . i shall leave you guessing
. . . but i'll keep you posted!!

i say! look at this!!

well i pinched this off patti's lovely blog (hope that's ok, patti?) and it's very easy to do
if you would like to try it . . . you go to www.metaatem.net/words . . . and even I could do it!!