It's over .......

Well, my week off work is over. It's Sunday night and I'm back at work tomorrow. I don't feel like I've achieved what I wanted to, but I've been kept busy all week. 

After walking on Wednesday, I went to my friends on Thursday. It's that time of year for her plant nursery when it all gets busy with bedding plants, so it's time for me to start lending a hand. I could only help out one day last week though. Friday I was at the hairdressers, getting a nice colour done on my hair. Then Friday afternoon I agreed to take my mum to look for a mobile phone. She's had one before, quite a few years ago, but didn't really use it. This time she said she wanted one that would do Internet aswell, so she can search for things herself rather than relying on other people. I think it's ace that she wants to go online - she's over 70 (sorry Mum if you're now able to read this) and has never used a computer, so to want to be able to go online from her phone I think is fantastic. DH came with us as he knows more about the types of phones and the techno stuff, and we managed to find a suitable phone at a reasonable price. 

After helping mum set up the phone I told her to see if she could send me a text later on. We were going away for the night on Friday - DD's boyfriend was staying at ours this weekend so we'd decided to have one night away. The text from my mum arrived not long after we'd got to the pub we were staying in - complete with smiley face, so we can text each other now 😊 I think it's brill! 

We'd planned to go walking on Saturday, as we were in the Lake District (near Penrith), but the weather was so awful - overcast, drizzly and very windy - that we didn't stay, and ended up heading back towards home, to where the sunshine was - Darwen! 

It turned out to be a good walk - one we've done before, but it was lovely. 

Oscar ended up quite muddy though as he insists on walking through the muddy puddles! 

And today I've managed to do a bit of crafting. I think I've managed to find a solution to my project that I'm working on, but it will be a few days before I can post anything about it. But I've also managed to get a few more cat cards finished. 

So it's not been a totally wasted week. Just not quite what I'd planned. But isn't that what usually happens when you have plans?!