So close now!

Gosh I’m managing to fit in another blog. Actually my theory is that I have been better at this lately because I am not walking in the morning. My hip has been a real problem, it is the joint itself and, because it is interfering with my fitness efforts, I took myself off to the physio. It is much better and I can start walking again but I have not been feeling too good this week after a GA on Wednesday, dizzy, wobbly and just ‘not right’. Yesterday I wanted to pressure wash all the cobwebs off the outside of the window frames, and of course got carried away and did almost the whole house. I really suffered afterwards and was fit for nothing. Planning to take things easy today.

Only 5 sleeps!! We went to Mom and Daddy yesterday to borrow some suitcases. I have also bought 2 new ones as ours were looking very sad. We picked up the tickets on Wednesday on the way into hospital. It was quite weird as, as Eric went into the travel agents to get tickets to take us off to warmer climes (I know it’s raining in the UK and set to do so all week), I went into PostiePlus to buy thermal vests for the girls. It suddenly got very cold this week and we woke up to frosts on 3 consecutive mornings. It then got warmer but very windy.

The girls went out to clean the cottage yesterday (well sort of) and found the bathroom flooded. The toilet cistern had been leaking. Not sure if it will be an insurance job yet. Actually we are notching up claims. We have only ever made an insurance claim once when I smashed a box of Royal Doulton china in the UK. However recently, Harriette dropped a Le Creuset pot in the butler sink taking a chunk out of it and Alice smashed the screen on the older laptop.

Have just been sorting photo’s and have this one of Alice



She represented her school in a Model UN competition. They competed with college kids, ie 2 years older than them. They only got in because their teacher is involved in the competition organisation. Amazingly they won against 13 other teams. What made it better was that they were voted winners by the other teams. They were so shocked when the results were announced. Alice was told she was a budding Helen Clark!!