Great weekend ( Read more... )

I wanna go to Helsinki!

I do actually really want to go. Well, actually to Espoo, but it isn't far from Helsinki.

First I have to apply for a passport - my last one was in my maiden name and I got it just to go to Canada and get engaged in 2000. It became fairly redundant after the first October when I got married.

Ironically I will now have to apply ( Read more... )

Only two weeks to go (until the end of the summer term!) and I am so looking forward to not having to trudge to work in the heat :D

I am planning to

• potter in the garden, watering and harvesting herbs
• read my Trudi Canavan library book (before they revoke my card for repeat extensions)
• complete at least one knitting project (plus I have some yummy ( Read more... )

Hubby and I have been away in north Somerset, at a secluded farmhouse near Wiveliscombe called Hurstone House. We stayed with my Dad's side of the family as it was the Ruby Anniversary of my Auntie and Uncle. We ate loads of lovely food and walked all over the woods and fields - it was really beautiful and very relaxing ( Read more... )

Got home from work 2 day at about 5pm - boy1 and boy2 playing Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds on our LAN and sounding v. happy and not arguing for a change. Boy2 seems much happier since he moved to his new school - seems to be a good move and he has made lots of friends (relief!!). Boy1 seems more mature now - less likely to pick fights than he ( Read more... )