UP TOWN GIRLS

Well the girlies had their annual meet up in London on Saturday and had a fun time. The sun shone for us so we headed for Covent Garden which is always good when the sun is out. First stop lunch and then a much needed glass of wine....but oh no it wasn't to be...disaster struck we had sat at probably the only cafe in Covent Garden that didn't have an alcohol licence which probably explains how we got an outside table so easily...The waiter talked us into a non alcoholic Rose wine which was a bad mistake tasted of nothing...oh well the food was good.

After lunch we had a pleasant stroll around all the little boutiques in the area and a few purchases were made....this of course made us very thirsty so we had of course to get a well deserved drink after this exhausting shopping, so we headed in for a little light refreshment and emerged 2 hours later, needless to say the second stop served wine!!! Well there was no going back for us then so after another small shopping interlude we headed for a cocktail bar before going to Da Mario Italian Restaurant for a very nice evening.

You are probably now wondering where are the pictures of us all on this superbly exciting day, well Ruth took her camera but completely forgot to take any pics, its obviously an age thing as she is 48 in a few weeks....still at least she remembered her camera which was more than the rest of us did!! Old age its certainly coming fast!!!!! Well I have at least managed to post a pic of Covent Garden to let you all know where we were and you will just have to imagine 5 stunning women in the shot!!

It has to be said that I could not finish this story without talking about the lovely end to our day...We ended up in the so called 'Quiet Carriage' not the best place for a group of girls at anytime, but after a few glasses of wine. Anyway we were actually fairly quiet but Ruth noticed there was a voice message on her phone from Ness who we had left earlier, well no sooner had she put her phone to her ear when there he was 'Mr Jobsworth' yes you know the type "You can't use that in this carriage" he said well we thought it was hilarious as Ruth was not saying a word only listening to a message..he persisted with his point until we pointed out that he in fact was the one making the noise...Needless to say he made a swift retreat at this point never to be seen again.

Well that was our day, we wished a few more of you could have been there with us Ali, Kathy, Nikki but we did think of you all, maybe next time!

CONGRATULATIONS TAYLOR!!!!

Just wanted to let you all know that Taylor was elected School Councillor for his class (Year 5) on Friday. I must admit it was a nervous wait by me in the playground before he came out of school, as I knew he would be very upset had he not achieved it this year. Taylor had worked so hard canvassing for votes etc so you can imagine how pleased I was when he finally came out beaming from ear to ear and announcing that he had won. I was so proud of him as he had tried a few times before and had never given up, so to finally be elected and achieve his goal was a nice feeling for us all but especially for him. The 2 boys he had been up against in the final round had both been on the School Council before so I felt that it was only right that Taylor won (but I guess I am biased). Anyway Congratulations Taylor, Mummy, Daddy and Jamie are very proud of you.

TAYLOR FOR CLASS 5 SCHOOL COUNCIL REP

Taylor is up for the School Council again this year, he has got so close a few times before and I really hope he wins on Wednesday as he worked hard on his speach and canvassing for votes. Anyway just wanted to say Good Luck Taylor hope you win and finally get to be on the School Council.

A TRIP TO CLIVEDEN - A BEAUTIFUL BRITISH ANCESTERAL HOME

Our new house - well we can all dream!!!

In an English Country Garden.

Cliveden

Great house but even better ice cream!!!

A small section of the house!

"Daddy can our new house have a garden like this?"

Check out the back drop!!

One of the magnificient fountains.

On a little island in the 'Water Garden'

This tree is just the perfect size for me.

We are members of the National Trust and yesterday we visted Cliveden. The house itself was built in 1670 for the 2nd Duke of Buckingham. In 1893 the house was purchased by William Waldorf Astor who displayed many items of beautiful furniture and paintings there. The house is now currently a hotel (a very posh one at that) and you can only actually visit 3 of the rooms there, however the grounds and the surrounding woodland are beautiful. On days like this it makes you proud of your British heritage and you wonder at how such beautiful places were created with such lack of building machinery. Hope you enjoy the pics.

HOW PROUD AM I!!! A NEW ERA BEGINS.

I am so proud of my little boy Jamie, he started St. Joseph's Nursery on Monday and thre wasn't a tear or tantrum in sight, well apart from me that was who could not help shed a little tear at leaving him. When I collected him 2 and a half hours later I got told that when they had song time Jamie stood up and done his Wall-E dance and song for all the other kids - how's that for confidence on your first day. Well done Jamie, you are a little star!!

AND BERNARD SCORES FOR ENGLAND....

Taylor took some superb shots of Jamie playing football the other day so I wanted to share them with you all - a future England player maybe....well we can all dream. Hope you all like the music as it certainly bought back a few memories of that oh so nearly England World Cup campaign, but then again they are all oh so nearly......!!!!

BACK TO SCHOOL!!!

Well Taylor went back to school today after his Summer break and it doesn't feel like we have had a Summer at all. The weather here in the UK has been yet again bad this Summer, rain, rain and more rain. For all those reading this from warmer climates you don't know how lucky you are!!! I have managed to use the BBQ twice in about 3 months...and it was much the same last year. Come to think of it since we purchased the new gas BBQ the Summer's have been bad so it may be all my fault. Oh well I guess we have next Summer to look forward to!!!!!

On a totally different subject Jamie made me really laugh the other day we were busy putting a toy together and he started to show me how it should be done and then promptly said "Now have you got that Mummy is it perfectly clear" I couldn't stop laughing...that little boy's language skills are amazing....