Abi & Izzy - the next 5 years

Elsie Louise OK, so if I ever thought that there weren't enough hours in the day then I was just kidding myself. I am the embodiment of the book I used to read to the kids 'A Squash and a Squeeze'! I am the lady who thought her house was too small until she squashed various animals into it and then realised she had only been kidding herself. The lady in question managed to then ditch the animals one by one and suddenly her house seemed enormous. No such luck for me I imagine. Before we get onto just why it's so busy lets pause for drumrolls and celebrations - Kerrie and Ryan have had their baby daughter!!!! Elsie was born just 6 hours after her due date exactly the way that Kerrie planned and all went amazingly smoothly - they were home that afternoon. They have both taken to parenthood like professionals, dealing with everything in their stride it seems. Even Grace who they were very worried about has accepted Elsie immediately and spends a lot of time guarding her (as...

It's Sunday evening again, and yet another weekend has passed in the blink of an eye. I have failed to get out on my bike, run or do a yoga class, but I have made at least of one of my children very, very happy. I guess that's an achievement in itself.  The week passed very very slowly for Abi as she counted down the days to Saturday when she, Amanda and I were off to the other side of the country to pick up apparently the only available horse in the world. We started well, everyone up in time and raring to go, only for Amanda to ring and say that the gearbox on her van was bust - eek! Luckily it seems that everyone in the horse world is very kind, and one of the girls at Milligan's offered up her box instead. So poor Amanda had to hot foot it to Wivey to collect said box, and we met back at her house, only an hour and a half later than planned, to start or road trip.  The Sat Nav said it was a 2 hour and 58 min journey. Of course the Sat Nav thought we would be doing the s...