Strawberries

Nothing quite like home grown strawberries. After losing a few to the slugs (we think) we laid some straw and now we are starting to enjoy the fruits of our labour.

We think the blackbirds were having a go as well, in spite of the net, so Elaine made good use of some unwanted CDs (better not be my Muse ones!).

Fun Fathers' Day

What a great Fathers' Day. Not only did I get a chocolate gorilla and a groovy iPhone cover from Joe and Luke, but I also won a Fathers' Day competition in the Melton Times that Elaine entered me into, for a pampering day at Ragdale Hall! Elaine has been trying to get me to go with her for years and I have always said it wasn't worth it for me, as I would fret too much about how much it cost - no such trouble now!

We had Ken and Dorothy over for lunch (fabulous pork from our local farm shop) and then Luke and I were in the Burton Lazars cricket team for the annual fun match with Great Dalby - and we won! It was a lot of fun - not too serious and very social. There was a bar and a barbecue too.

This is me getting one of my four runs (you'll have to take my word for it that that's me):



Here's Luke in his finery (he also got 4):

New (Old) Furniture

We went mad at an antique shop in Oakham over the weekend and bought a lovely old French wardrobe and chest of drawers for the spare room, a coffer for the first floor landing, a nest of oak tables for the living room and a dining room table. What do you think? The table hasn't arrived yet as it needed a bit of attention first. We should be getting it tomorrow. Just need to get some chairs now!

Tenby 2010

Tenby 2010

Got back yesterday from a wonderful few days in Tenby courtesy of Mum and Dad. Mike, Freddie and Katie came along as well. The weather was fabulous so we spent a lot of time on the beach and in boats. We also spent a lot of time eating wonderful meals!

It was Mike's birthday on Friday and the whole holiday was a celebration of Mum's 70th, which is tomorrow (but we celebrated early).

Another sunny day

The Sun is still shining! Another afternoon of playing with water. This time I joined in!

Joe's 12th Birthday Sleepover

Yesterday three of Joe's friends came to stay for a birthday sleepover. It was so warm that most of the afternoon was spent playing with water and we finished off with bangers and burgers on the BBQ. Elaine made this wicked chocolate cake - yummy!

We built a shed!

I started building our new shed 11.15am on Saturday, Luke joined me when he got back from judo, and Elaine joined us after a shopping trip to Leicester with Joe. We packed up finally at around 8pm! 5 hours for two people to put it together it said! I don't think they had taken into account that everything needed treating with wood preserver before it could be put together.

This afternoon I finished it off! Unfortunately they left out the roof felt, so we have to hope it doesn't rain too much until that arrives.

Well, that was the weekend!