Abi & Izzy - the next 5 years

This week has flown by and we are mid-way through the most glorious bank holiday weekend with wall to wall sunshine. I would love to say I have spent it mostly with my family but they all seem to be busy, so I've had the luxury of pottering around the garden doing bits and pieces in almost complete peace. Abi is obviously at Angie's, Izzy is at Mia's and Glenn was at the rugby all day yesterday - home alone, just me and the dogs. I can absolutely see why people have dogs as their children begin to get older. Once upon a time it was because it meant rain or shine, we got out into the fresh air and got some exercise. These days it's great to have dogs because it means there is always someone at home, even if it's the patter of little paws rather than feet. Of course with Freya I also have someone to permanently angst over given all her peculiarities. She's currently at my feet snoring loudly having spent the day trailing me round the garden as I weeded the p

Izzy making the most of a trip to Dun Elm - I've clearly created a home furnishing monster! Ah, what a treat it is to have some slow time to catch up and not have to rush around quite so much as usual. Obviously when I planned these 2 weeks off I was assuming that i would be spending much of the time with the kids and Glenn, but it seems they have other ideas! While Glenn has been about of course the kids have their own plans. Abi has obviously been at Angie's - where else would she be after all - and Izzy seems to flit in and out, sometimes here, sometimes not. As a result of this I have quickly adjusted and had a lovely week, pottering around with lots of long dog walks, tea and cake with local friends, extra yoga classes and enough other stuff to fill my time very nicely. If I had to say now what I had done and when I wouldn't have a clue, but looking back the week passed very pleasantly and I'm feeling pretty relaxed. On Friday it was my turn to do the run t

Izzy & Ben from last weekend's Battle Proms - they made it into the paper! Finally I've made it to the end of the week and I now have 2 weeks off - yippee! The last week managed to be both rammed with work while also dragging along, knowing that I was going to be out of the office in short order. I am finding it a bit difficult given it's the summer holidays so all routine has disappeared, and even my yoga classes are not as regularly scheduled as normal so I'm having to accept whatever is available rather than my normal classes which I've become so addicted to. Add to this the ever present question of what will happen with my job (should I or shouldn't I or more importantly, will they or won't they), and I'm basically all over the place. Regardless of how I'm feeling, it's quite clear what makes the girls happy. Abi is absolutely loving her time working at Angie's, with the only downside the transition of coming home and having to