Friday, 20 August 2010

Embarkation, Baltimore
Date: 15/08/2010

We all slept in 'til 11:00, which was the time Patrice had wanted to be at the cruise terminal
for, and didn't get out of the house until 12ish.

Getting on board was fine - a brief delay over the UK passports, but no problems.

After getting on board, we went up to deck 9, the lido, for a late lunch. The kids had pizza, Chrissy hit the deli counter, and I had chinese. The chilli-beef was very good.By the time we had gotten down to our cabins, gone through and done some unpacking, it was time for dinner. For some odd reason, we were on two different tables. Peter, Patrice, Chrissy & Ruth were in a booth, and David & I were on a two-person table across the walk-way. Patrice intends to get us onto a 6-seat table for tomorrow.
After dinner, we signed the children up for Camp Carnival, and took them to the welcome disco. Ruth was too shy to dance, but David did some very acrobatic dancing using the rails at the side of the dance-floor.
After that, I collected some sushi from the little stand just forward of the casino, and then we put the children to bed.

We played a few hands of bridge in P&P's cabin, then called it a (late) night.

And they're off! (29th July 2010)

Today, Chrissy and the children set off to America for their summer break. We got up at 3 a.m. to set off for the airport, and had a nice clear drive. We even got there early enough to have breakfast together before I set off back to work.

I'll be heading out to join them in a couple of weeks.

Thursday, 3 June 2010

Bank Holiday Monday

On Monday we went down to Muncaster Castle to see the birds, and walk the Bluebell wood.
We were just too late to catch the woods at their best, but had a lovely time anyway.

Ruth even got to meet Tythe, the Barn Owl up close!

Sunday, 23 May 2010

Sunday!

So far we have:

  • Gone to Church
  • Baked two batches of Banana bread (1 loaf, lots of muffins)
  • Run 2 loads of washing and gotten one out on the line, one in the dryer.
  • Made lunch (Sausage rolls, sandwiches, bangers & mash)
  • Loaded the dishwasher
  • Cleared the dining table & vaccuumed the lunge & dining room.
  • Made a shopping list.

Saturday May 22nd

Today was Garden Day. After a later start than we had wanted, we got out ot the allotment for the first time in weeks, and got some good work done. Many thanks to Ben for coming over and helping with the heavy digging!

We dug out, edged, and re-planted the Jerusalem Artichoke bed, and planted two beds of potatoes, and fun playing, and had picnic lunch and tea.

Lovely weather and a good day.

Sunday, 2 May 2010

Drip....drip.....drip.....

Well, after over three hours crawling around in the void between upstaits and downstairs, we now have a working drain on the bath again. And as soon as Chrissy gets back with the extra fittings, I'll plumb the sink drain in as well.

And the best news so far? Not a drip in sight!