......to Sunday 30 Sep

Sunday

Well as you can see I managed to attach some photos but I cheated by going onto the computer.  Couldn't  figure out how to do it on the iPad .  I'm sure there has to be a way of doing it but its beyond me at the moment.

I guess summer is now over.  Woke up this morning to rain pounding against the window.  I am thinking it is nature's way of telling me that the leaking roof is still waiting to be fixed as there was a drip drip dripping into our bedroom.  Nice!  It's been raining all day, every time I go down to the shed for a beer I get soaked?

Here's a completely random question for you.  Do seagulls drink sea water?  Don't know where that came from but I wonder what the answer is!

Monday.

The start of another week in the Imprints business empire.  Usually Reuben works on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday but his college days have changed and so Mum is working on Monday and Tuesday instead of Thursday and Friday.

Tuesday.

Mum is out with the laydees this evening, I think they are going to Prezzos because they have got  money saving vouchers.  Hannah is at Matt's place which means that it's channel Dave all night on the TV and something spicy for tea!  Actually ended up having one of my pasta and tomato veggie combos but with a touch of chilli to give it a little kick.

Thursday.

Nothing of note happened on Wednesday so here we are on Thursday.  T'was blooming cold this morning so I put the heating on for the first time this autumn, just got home from work and the house is like a sauna!  Heating off again!  I suspect you are trying to find ways to cool off rather than heat up.  Mum is working all week to cover Louisa who has taken her boyfriend , Baz, to Alton Towers for his birthday treat.  Another case of Baz on the Raz!

Friday.

Hannah really, really, really, really wanted take away for tea, so everyone had McDonald's except for me, I had Chinese, special chow mien.  Haven't had that for a while, was lovely.  After tea, whilst Matt was playing with his new Fifa x box game, Hannah cut my hair.  I've only been waiting since before you left for Peru.  But she's done a good job, its nearly as short as Matt's but without the stripe and should last me another 6 months.  Heating back on!

Yep, its true, my beard is longer than my hair!

Saturday.

A really good day in the shop, quite busy but with a lot of people collecting and paying.  It's so nice when the customer pays!  In the evening we went to Wendy and Andrew's for a BBQ.  Was really nice and we all sat outside until it got just too cold and then went in to eat and drink some more.  Becky and Jordan and Kat and Sam were there too.  Last night it was a clear sky with a full moon, it was just like walking home in daylight.

Has Andrew managed to get in touch with you about camera models that might be suitable?  Next time I see him I'll ask him again and put the results in next week's blog.

I'm trying to get some sneaky pics of Mum to put on here but you know what she's like when a camera comes out!  The mission is proving to be pretty impossible but I'll keep trying.

Happy Birthday for Tuesday, twenty how many, Ha ha, hope you have a great day, we'll try to ring or txt or something.

Until next time, loads of love from us all here in autumnal Taunton, XxX

First Attempt

So, there I was doing my usual Sunday morning chore of sorting out the week's paperwork when I became aware that the MOT on the car had run out in August.   They used to send out reminders, obviously no longer.  Haha, the trip to Gatwick and back we were driving illegally - oops! £300 later and we were legal again with a new set of rear brakes to boot.  Absolutely amazing, you press the brake pedal and the car now stops.  Modern technology eh?

Last Saturday had a bit of a bonfire in the incinerator, burning the garden trimmings.  Thought it was about time to chop back our version of the rain forest.  Spent the evening with a few beers, feeding the flames.  Cleared quite a bit of the stuff that had accumulated over the past monts.  Left the fire to dye out.  The following Monday, after work, cleared up some more stuff and placed it in the incinerator ready for the next burn up and went inside to watch a bit of telly before tea.  Just got settled when Mum called me into the kitchen to look at the garden which was smothered in smoke - you couldn't see the shed.  Surprisingly there must have been enough heat left in the ashes, after two days, to set the thing off again.  Bet the neighbours were fuming! (Pun intended)

Hannah's birthday on Tuesday.  Mum and Han went to Steet for a touch of retail therapy, then in the evening we all, Matt included, went down to the Winch for a meal and a couple of drinks.  Very pleasant it was too.  Mum had gammon (how strange),  I had lamb (how strange), Matt had a burger and Han had fish and chips  which she couldn't finish without help (how strange).  I did take a couple of iPad photos of Hannah opening presents and Matt pulling faces but I haven't figured out yet how to put them into the blog.  I suspect it is dead easy and I am just being a oaf.

On  Wednesday Mum took a bit of a tumble on her way back from aerobics.  Twisted her ankle after tripping into a pot hole in Church Road,  and fell flat on her face.  Of course it had to be her bad ankle that got twisted (ouch) badly bruised and grazed her knee on the other leg.  See, physical   exercise is dangerous!  She is however, all OK, and the swelling is going down and No, we didn't let her have a day off work!!

We have persuaded the girls in the shop to work one Saturday a month so that myself and Nev can have a couple of days off.  So this Saturday Mum, Han and myself popped over to see Grandad.  He looks fine physically but is getting very frail.  His memory, well as you know he hasn't got one to cover the short-term.  He seemed genuinely surprised when we told him he had retired from the army years ago.  Poor old feller, I don't think any of us realise what it must be like to live in such a confusing fog.  Its a shame the nursing home is so far away, but it was a nice day with sunshine all the way and so made for a pleasant day out.  Far better than being sat in-front of the box.

This next bit I guess I should have put at the beginning but hey, what the hell!!  The reason for starting this blog was an attempt to keep Becca up to speed with things at home whilst she is away spending 10 months in the Peruvian jungle.  So for any other visitors who have plodded through the above I would like to say welcome and sorry if you were expecting something other than what is basically a diary of a normal(?) family at home.

I think I have discovered how to insert photos so rather than mess up this edition I'm going to play on my own.  See yah next time, Lots of love from Somerset.