Mid-week update and another book review

Where does the time go? February already and holiday packing to do.

Having now finished work until next Wednesday, I can concentrate on the fact that I'm going on holiday with DD. Just the two of us, which will be lovely. I hope. We haven't been away on our own for quite a while so it will be interesting to see how it goes for 5 days. DH, sadly, is staying behind to look after the animals for me. For which I am extremely grateful.

I've finished yet another book, The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, a brilliantly written book which I've had my eye on for a while and am very glad I've read, so I've put a short review on my books page. I'm not quite sure what to read next, but will be taking one or two books on holiday with me as there's a good chance that we won't be doing too much while we're away.

I hope the rest of the fence panels survive the night as it's getting quite windy here tonight,  and after losing 4 fence panels a few weeks back I don't think we have any means of filling the gaps in temporarily until the whole fence is replaced in a few weeks. Fingers crossed that everything survives for a bit longer!

There may not be any updates for a few days, but I'll see what I can do. Hopefully I'll have lots of photos to put on when we get back (I always take loads of photos while I'm away so hopefully there'll be plenty of choice).

So, time to get in to Holiday Mode ......

A Weekend Walk and another Book Review

Where did the weekend go again? And how did we manage to cram so much in to two days?

Yesterday started off with what was supposed to be a quick trip to town to get some Euro's for my upcoming holiday with DD, and then some food shopping on the way home. What actually happened was just a bit different. DH drove us to town and we decided to go and get some breakfast first. Rather than go in your usual coffee shops we opted to go in Brucciano's cafe, a delightful traditional cafe, serving fantastic food without charging over the top prices. It's a real step back in time when you go in, and I can remember going in this cafe quite a number of years ago with both my mother and grandmother, and it doesn't look like it's changed much inside over the last 30 years or so. So, two sausage barm cakes and two coffee's later we went shopping for my Euro's. As we didn't really want anything else, and as the weather was quite nice at that point, I suggested that we wander down to the park for a bit of a stroll while the sun was out, especially as the weather forecast for the weekend wasn't very good. 

It was lovely just wandering in the park, spotting signs of spring (but very cold due to the wind), and we ended up in the cafe there for another drink before heading back to the car.

The rest of the day can only be described as a bit of a wash-out, as right on time as forecast, the rain came at lunch-time. That was it really for the rest of the day, so time for housework and more book reading (I've added another book review to the Books page).

And today? Well, today has been really good. I put both the chicken and some lamb in the oven and set it to be ready for tea, made some chilli hot chocolate and packed the sandwiches and snacks, and then off we went out walking with both dogs. We headed up to Winter Hill and had a fabulous walk in the sunshine (more details of this has been added to my walks page). One of the best bits of going for a walk is getting home to smell of the chicken (and lamb this week) cooking in the oven. De-li-cious.

Unfortunately this week, because the ground had been so muddy, both dogs needed bathing when we got back, and neither of them are too thrilled about having baths, so that was fun. But we now have two much cleaner dogs, have eaten some delicious food for tea, and now it's nearly time for bed before it all starts again on Monday morning..........