themillpond

Just call me Charlie Dimmock!

Yes, this weekend we did some more gardening! You thought it was finished. I know! But no! We bought a load of dirt so that we could raise up the level of the lawn slightly. Whether the grass will make its way through all the dirt, we will have to wait and see!
I also went to a design show up in london which was good. But why is it that every time I go up to town on the trains I get a banging headache! Weird! Must have been the coke I drank!
Only 5 and a half weeks to go to our holiday! Whoopee!!!

Yippee!

We have booked our flights to New Zealand!!! Whoopeee!! Can't wait! Very excited!! We are also stopping in Sydney for a few days! I think I'm going to burst!!!

Keep forgetting to blog!

I know I havent posted much recently but here goes... We've been to my cousins wedding up in Northumberland which was a very long drive and where I got fairly merry, ok I was drunk! And we went to Karen & Dave's wedding in Stoke D'Abernon - here we saw some old friends and Karen looked stunning in her dress! We finished off our garden with a BBQ in the rain! Lisa and Maggie came over to visit from Japan which was lovely. And it was my little sisters 25th birthday! Phew! I should really blog more often!

The garden is nearly there!

Ok, Ground Force can do it in a weekend with an army of helpers when its raining but we like to take our time! It was very hot again this weekend but the garden is nearly done (apart from the shed end). Duncan has laid nearly all the bricks and we got our first load of slate down. Its looking good! Very professional job!

Too Hot!

It was very hot today. We have one of those travel alarm clocks that also tells you the temperature, so I put it outside for five minutes. It said it was 40 degrees!!! But it was cheap so its probably not very accurate! I was so glad we have air con today, but there wasnt a lot to do indoors apart from read the papers and watch cricket! I finally ventured out to do a bit of the garden about 7pm when it was much more bareable. I think we'll have to move up north soon! I cant take this heat! (Lisa - you'd probably say this temp was cool compared to where you are in Japan!)

Hottest weekend of the year!

The bricks & slate for our garden were delivered this week. (Well, left in the middle of the drive with no phonecall!) So we have started laying the bricks, well, Tony & Duncan did, while I cleared debris and made lunch as well as making design decisions!! And it was hot!
Then sunday we went to Duncan's Dad's for a BBQ. Mmmm! I love BBQ's! I think we shall have a BBQ to celebrate finishing the first phase. (Shed and tiling still to come!) Good excuse!

Play time!

I got to play with 2 babies this weekend! And Duncan even played with one of them! Vicki & Steve came round with Joe who is 9 months now. He hardly ever sleeps apparently and he doesnt stop moving! Which was tiring enough for an evening! I dont know how they manage it! Our house is also not baby proof as DVDs started to go everywhere! The other baby belonged to a friend of Duncans from work who we met at a BBQ on sunday. Lucy was nearly a year old and also v. cute and into everything. I salute all parents! 

Mia's naming ceremony

After getting my car fixed on saturday (yay!) we went up to Harrogate for Mias naming ceremony which was lovely. We even got Pimms & lemonade beforehand, and sandwiches and yummy cakes afterwards!! Mia was an angel and didnt make a noise. She looked very pretty in her lace dress which had been made from her grandmothers wedding dress! On the journey home only took 4hrs which is pretty good for a sunday night!

We're back!

Had a lovely time in the lakes. It only rained one day which was handy, so we did about 7miles walking a day, up & down steep hills! But it was worth it. The views are fantastic and I got fit! Although maybe all the sticky toffee puddings may have negated all my good work! We saw lots of sheep and I got my boat ride on Ullswater. And the best sticky toffee pudding we could find was at the Brackenrigg Inn in Watermillock. We'll do a link to photos soon.

Hols!

On saturday we are off for a week, up in the Lake District which I cant wait for! We are staying in a lovely converted stone barn (self catering cottage) near Ullswater. And at least 3 people we know are also going up that weekend so give us a wave if you see us!