Our weekend, that is! ;-)
Had a delightful, and all too quick weekend. The big extension started in earnest at the weekend - we got the footings poured (yay!) - which is more of a relief for me than you can imagine, since this is the only part of the entire project that I have project managed as such... did you know exactly how many different types of concrete you can get - and how badly it can all go wrong if you mess that up? No... neither did I ;-)
The rest of the weekend though felt like a complete holiday in 1950s England... Saturday evening Mark and I drove up to Lowestoft, and had a delicious BBQ in Tracy's gorgeous back garden. She has done a really beautiful job of it, and created a real Victorian cottage garden look. I did mess it up a little by buying Henry a "Slam Dunk" basketball set for his 6th birthday this week - but it kept them healthily amused for the entire evening! It didn't occur to me that she will be able to get revenge on me this year onwards by buying me all manner of plastic atrocities for my home and garden in the name of little Piglet... heh. We stayed the night at Tracy's, and on Sunday we went to a garden centre in the morning (quelle surprise), and in the afternoon we had an absolutely fabulous time visiting Somerleyton Hall, on the outskirts of Lowestoft. I forgot how beautiful this place was (we used to visit as children), and how much fun the maze was in the gardens. Henry was in his element - although Oscar had a sort of terrible-twos 'meltdown/tantrum/screaming fit' in the maze, which may just have put me off parenthood a little... gulp! In the evening we had delicious fish and chips, again at Tracy's place, and chatted the evening away before retiring to bed (early!).
Bank Holiday Monday, Tracy had to work (in her goldmine of a shop), so Mark and I made our way over to yet another Garden Centre (Woottens?) in Wenhaston, before joining my parents and the boys in The Pit Stop in Southwold. This is an ace little cafe on the golf course in Southwold, which caters for children in so much as it has an enclosed garden chock-a-block with garish plastic toys and tricycles etc... (the boys love it), and for adults in that it serves delicious cakes, breakfasts and coffees. After downing coffee and cake, we took a wander into Southwold, and had yet more drinks etc... on the pier, before meeting Tracy for a delicious picnic (supplied by her shop!). After lunch, we meandered around the fair on the green (picking up yet MORE plants for the garden), and Mark and I headed off, having enjoyed our weekend immensely.
Sunday evening, Mark had Noel over, and I went to pay Robert and Emma a long overdue visit... and of course, as usual was spoilt with Robert's delicious cooking. This time roast chicken with the most delicious ratatouille I have tasted in a long time, accompanied by some 'sea breeze' asparagus I bought at the fairground in Southwold... bliss. Umm... I forgot to mention that we followed this up by slightly less classy fare - strawberry trifle from Tesco, sprinkled with Gü chocolate brownies, and organic double cream. Pregnancy does have *some* upsides ;-)
Lots of love
Hayls
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