Good to be back!

Had a lovely week off and got lots of jobs done. Also had root canal work done on my poor tooth!The girls are still in Tenerife, and Mr M was working so I did things like laying reading in bed for longer than normal, meeting mates for supper and had a wonderful day in London on Wednesday. Difficult for Mr M who kept saying 'alright for some' as I sat in the sunshine! Travelling on the train up to town made me laugh though as I always seem to get the person who takes up the most room on the seats. I had a man who spread his legs as wide as he possibly could and I was pinned to the edge of the seat! Anyway does anybody's bottom really fit on those new seats (please lie and tell me no!).
At the weekend we decided to investigate some of the countryside near us and found a beautiful pub in Houghton and sat and enjoyed the sunshine. An evening with Johnnie Walker at the Salisbury Arts Centre on Saturday night, which was fab, and a lovely walk along Calshot Spit ended my weeks leave.
Hope you are all OK and enjoying the Indian summer.
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The weekend's here!

and I am now on leave for a week. Debbie Thrower back in the hot seat - make sure you make her very welcome again! I have got lots of jobs to do whilst I am off so am looking forward to getting a few things done around the house and generally relaxing. Might even do a bit more baking as I did some rather lovely fairy cakes last week which fed me, the neighbours and the ducks very nicely thankyou! Mr M is working so I will be trying to do something edible for him in the evenings too. Either that or like the advert that first came out for Bird's Eye buying something and saying 'of course I made it myself!'.
Here's to a week of Indian Summer sunshine!
See you Monday week - take care
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Hi there!

Back in the hot seat having satved off a nasty sinus infection and a tooth abcess - still think I have to have some dental work done - yuk! Good to be back and was pleased today to do something on the benefits shake-up. How do you get back into work if the job you are going for will pay you less than you get being on benefits? A hard decision for some people and in these times of recession with more people unemployed even harder to decide whether or not to take that lower paid job. I was heartened by John's call to the show which said that volunteering meant that he now has a new career as a teacher, as he went into a college to help out, they spotted his potential, he went for training and now he does something he loves. Sometimes we have to think laterally to get on in the job market. Mr M has been lovely with me whilst I have been ill and I fell in love with him even more when he was changing my bed linen and I couldn't find the matching pillowcases, such a silly thing but it made me cry and I went into the loo. When I came back all the bed was done, with pillowcases (matching) and the bed turned down ready for me to step into gorgeous clean linen sheets. Isn't it silly how the smallest of things can make your heart leap for someone all over again!
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I'm back!

Back from holiday and thanks so much to Debbie for keeping the seat nice and warm! Had a fabulous week off, India came to stay and has started a new thing of 'My Mummy said...' the next sentence normally involved something like - I must always have chocolate before tea, or I must go to the park before we go to the shops! It was great fun and she particularly enjoyed feeding the Hooligans who have been joined by a new set of ducklings we have named the Rat Pack. It was very amusing to see Mr M chasing the Hooligans down the garden 'as they are like teenagers now' so that the babies could enjoy what was left of the food. India must have fed them about 2kg of grain so I won't be surprised if they can't fly for a bit!
We enjoyed the car show at Broadlands on Monday which also had a load of superbikes which I stood and gawped at! I celebrated Min's birthday with her and some friends at Brighton Marina which was great, and on Thursday I went on silent retreat. I went to a new place for me, Park Place in Wickham which was just perfect. If ever you feel the need to just shut the world out for a day of prayer or contemplation then do it - it's like recharging your batteries! Wonderful. We then had a weekend down in Lulworth Cove, and the weather was beautiful meaning the top was off the car and by the time we had walking the coastal path in the wind we both looked very wind burnt!
All in all a lovely time.
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