A small leaving gift from my workmates.



Finished work on Thursday with the news just in that I completed my NVQ and got a pay-rise. Maybe I'll be able to pick it up again in the autumn - time will tell.

Friday I took the boys to Legoland in Windsor. They have annual passes which their dad bought for them and I managed to get a cheap ticket, so we were away. Had a good, if exhausting, time and they even persuaded me onto the rollercoasters. I hate rollercoasters with a passion - but these were suitable for Tris' age and up so that was just about do-able. Still got nervous in the queue though!

Saturday we stayed home. The boys spent all afternoon playing Star Wars in the street!

Today we were hoping to meet up with a close pal of mine who's visiting from California, but her daughter was taken ill over night so I got a call at 6.30 this morning cancelling that. It's been a dull, grey day here so the boys played Zelda on the Nintendo (not sure if that has antique status yet, or not. :p) and watched a movie this afternoon. We also framed up some of the work that they brought home from school at the end of term. It seems a shame for it all to sit in a cupboard. I'm going to hang these in the back room tomorrow.

By James:


By Tristan:


Other than that, not much. Got an unexpected house guest late last night when my friend K turned up on the doorstep. Somehow we ended up supping gin and tonics while surfing through eBay laughing our heads off at the skankiest things we could find. Top of the the bill were a pair of pink flip-flops modelled by someone with a raging fungal foot infection. Absolutely minging!

Tomorrow the boys have are going to a summer club in the morning and I'm off to try and get my ears sorted out: I haven't been able to hear properly out of my left one since I got back from Canada. Very irritating.

And that's me. Scintillating stuff, I know!