The daily merry-go-round...

I can’t think what we have been up to this week but it seems like we have not stopped. Let’s see…

…we had Sue’s sister and bother-in-law, Deb and Fog, over for dinner on the weekend.

…I received a ladybird house as a belated birthday present from Sue’s brother and girlfriend, Chris and Lynne. A ladybird house is like a birdhouse but for ladybirds – of course, what else would it be? It is useful to encourage these little wee beasties at the allotment as they eat the other bugs that can damage the crops.

…had lunch with our neighbours and their son (our godson), Deb, Dave and Tom. Dave wanted to come over and watch his beloved rugby team the Wasps on satellite. They stuffed Munster and are now in the final. He was well chuffed.

…spent more time on the allotment weeding, preparing the ground, sowing seeds etc. Having the greenhouse this year has helped us with starting the seeds off. There are now many green shoots heading for the light. The wet and warm weather has helped things grow out in the ground too. So we have potatoes, onions, garlic… …and other herbs (sorry did you nod off? Never mind I am sure I will mention the garden again some other time).

…the decorator come around to give us an estimate. We are having some work done on the insurance after a pipe leaked, so we thought we might see how much it would cost to do the rest of the house. We are looking at doing something similar with the carpets.

…still trying my hand at short stories. I write a short piece each month for my study group’s bulletin board competition. No success yet – but the trying is a useful exercise. It is giving me confidence to try something a bit more adventurous (I’ll let you know what later).

… another entertaining StarWars role-play session. The guys are really jelling together. Kevin showed us a new game he bought where you play superheroes – we are going to give it a go after StarWars. James also is keen to have us play Badlands that he picked up cheap.

…my folks have just had there latest olive harvest and they are busy with that and with the new shop outlet. It is all looking very professional – I could become an heir to an olive-oil multinational. They have sent over some more photo’s and are looking at providing more info that our friend Chris and I can get put up on there web site. Have a look and let us know what you think could be added, you’ll find it at:

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