Abi & Izzy - the next 5 years

3 out of 4 in a photo - about all you can hope for these days! Back to work after another busy weekend, one where 3/4 of the household have the lurgy as well so I'm not heading back into the office feeling that refreshed. On Friday I was in Screwfix so it was a journey down to Yeovil which took longer than it should have done - the A303 is never an easy road. My cold managed to go from being OK to sounding almost like a version of the Corona Virus - much to the horror of the CEO who started reaching for his hand sanitiser as tears streamed from my eyes over our intro meeting - so much for a good first impression! Luckily I had at lest met him before so he knows that isn't my normal approach. After 2 nights of nights of not sleeping due to a sore throat, I then had a sleepless night due to coaching so at 4am I crawled into Abi's bed (she was in the shed of course - it's half term) to try and at least give Glenn a break if not myself. On Saturday morning, knowing we h...

It's a good job we have a bridge! It is winter so we shouldn't be so shocked when big storms come in but the weather over the past 2 weekends has been biblical due to Storm Ciara and Dennis (who thinks of these names?!?). The whole country has ground to a halt under the wind and rain and S Wales has been particularly hard hit with flooding and the Rivers Wye and Severn reaching their highest ever recorded point. Its on weekends like these that I'm sure Mum and Dad are happy they no longer live in the mill! The weather has overshadowed everything we've done over the past 2 weekends, but there are some definite upsides in that we've got some house jobs done. After a busy last week of the half term (how can it be half term already?), Izzy took it upon herself on Friday evening to up end everything in her cupboards and wardrobe onto the floor to have a sort out. Normally I'd be delighted at such an activity but at 9:45pm it was hardly what I wanted to see. Whe...

The only hope of a photo with them all in it  - get them with ice cream! In a bid to try not to let this week slip by like the last one did! I'm trying to get this post written on a Monday morning on the train. Normally its a Sunday evening job, but yesterday was taken up by a day out for Laurie's birthday and by the time we got home and I got all the normal chores sorted it was bedtime. We had a great day out so it was all worth it. Laurie had chosen Go-Karting and while of course the kids were all up for it, Amanda and I were a bit more hesitant - we break more easily! Amanda managed to persuade me that we should also have a go so it was the 6 of us that kitted up in suits with reluctant Velcro and single use balaclavas that looked like hospital pants. We sat through the briefing ("risk of injury or death...if you fail to observe the rules you will be taken in for 're-education'...") and then got inot our carts. Izzy was in a cadet kart and the res...