Lovely days

I have had some lovely lazy days.  In fact I feel so laid back I am almost vertical!

Yesterday Matthew and I went off to the car boot which is held at the end of our village.  Yesterday it was massive.  I was on a short time limit as Chris was coming to visit at 11.30 a.m.   I got some wonderful bargains for Matthew, mainly clothes and we found a Friends Annual for Rosie.  I got myself a lovely teapot, which has lots of teddy bears on and the words "the day the teddy bears had their picnic" around the lid and base.  When I can get photos working I'll post a picture of it.  Its funny, we have an old cd in the car with children's tunes on it and one of them is the Teddy Bear's Picnic.  Rosie and I always sing along to it and its a joke between us that when I don't know the words of a song, I'll always just sing the word "picnic" and make her scream with laughter.  As I don't know the words of most songs, I sing the word "picnic" quite a lot.  Oooh, mad or what.  Anyway, we are thrilled with our teapot.

I also picked up a tiny cd/radio player and have been boogying around in the kitchen to it. 

My sister, Chris, arrived on time and stayed for about an hour and then her daughter, Carolyne and family came.  We had a great afternoon.  All the boys and Rosie and Martin's girlfriend, Julia, went fishing up the river and Carolyne, Emma and I sat and chatted.  Emma is still confused as to who the father of the baby could be.  Quite honestly neither boy can offer her much.  One boy was a very casual affair just before Christmas and the other boy who she started to see in early January has a girlfriend of long standing, and is seeing Emma behind her back .... She is due on 7th October and is about 13 weeks pregnant.  She says she had a period at the beginning of January.  I am not an expert at working this out but think it must be the boy in December who got her pregnant and maybe she had a false period afterwards.  Anyway, she is feeling very sorry for herself but excited about the baby.  She has never worked and the future looks bleak.  I can only hope that this all works out for her and the baby.  I will support her all I can though, she has made a lot of mistakes in her life and I thought she had had 2 other pregnancies.  In fact it has been 3 and this is the fourth.  She had 2 miscarriages and feels she must goahead with this pregnancy.  This is a really tangled web.

Martin left last night with Julia, so they could spend today with her mother.  He was reluctant to go and I know he misses us very much when he is not here.  Julia was again unwell over the weekend, nuff said!  The kids would love to see Martin alone but I don't think it will happen unless we go to visit him.  Hmmm, maybe I will do that if I can work out a couple of days off.

Not a great night's sleep last night!  We didn't go to bed until about 1.30 a.m. and every time I settled down Billy began barking.  I just can't lie there with maybe something happening downstairs or outside, so down I came and at 3 a.m. I was watching telly!  Paul of course just lets me take over guard duties and sleeps on like a babe!  We have had our car stolen twice from outside and also Rosie's bike. Billy really barked when the bike went and I ignored him, so I just have to go and check, just in case.  One night he started barking and I threw open the window and sure enough there was a man near our car.  I shouted out "what are you doing?" and he replied "I'm the milkman! ... oooh the embarrassment.  Paul was shaking with laughter!  Anyway, finally at 4 a.m. I went upstairs and this time my dear little dog finally settled and managed to get a good few hours of kip in!

I am taking Audrey out this afternoon to the local garden centre.  She came over yesterday and asked what time we'd be going.  I told her 2pm as I have some jobs to do here.  She said "ooh, its cheaper there in the morning" .... I think she wanted to go in the morning, don't you?  Poor Audrey is getting more senile and weak.  She has lost so much weight and is telling me the same story over and over as if I hae never heard it before.  She has been up and down to the hospital and as far as I know it is nothing too serious but she is on steroids and it has made the skin on her arms and legs very fragile.  She is lonely and fed up and hangs on her gate waiting for someone to chat to.  Although she is frail, she has been up and down the lane deadheading all the daffodils which are planted in the bank.  She walks up and down to the village every day (which is a good mile in my reckoning).  She visits here about 3 times a day if I am at home.  She always brings something with her for us, brussel sprouts, old china, uneaten cakes with a chunk out, a lot of it is all out of date and then last week she tried to give me her old jacket.  We have also had a pair of her husband's old swimming trunks ... don't laugh!  She has no kids and if anyone would have made a great mother, it is her.  She is now 78 and told me she tried infertility clinics years ago with no luck.  Ahh. 

Anyway, just got to go and do some jobs. 

Hope everyone is having a lovely, restful time.

Hugs

Terry x