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What a Rush the Flight was!

Well that was a trauma. We were so long getting through security we nearly missed the flights. Serves us right travelling on the morning Saddam Hussein was executed! The aeroplane waited for us and a couple of others but left some poor people behind. That could have been us except I had had words with the supervisor about our weight allowance and he recognised me as we came through security and rushed us to the plane! The flight was a long one. We all did really well though. I think the next time we make the journey we’ll fly late at night. We’ve done both options now and I slept a lot less this time. That made it seem much longer and a lot more boring. If only I could afford business class. Oh well……

A Visit with Gerry and Ann

We went to see Gerry and Ann before we left and went for a lovely lunch at a western themed restaurant. It was lovely to see them. The next time will probably be in Canada!

Christmas Day

A lovely Christmas with Ian’s family. There were 16 people for Christmas Dinner and I think they coped very well. I wouldn’t like to try and cook for so many. We spent a lot of time trying to get our weight down… not us of course with all the lovely goodies to eat… but our luggage was well over. In the end we has to ship some of it separately. I also went to get £13,000 of traveller’s cheques. The post office on had denominations of £50 and £100’s. I felt like I was signing my name for hours!

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A Quick stop off....

On the way to London we decided to stop off and visit Stonehenge as we had never been there before.

A lovely time had by all

A lovely few days with all the family. We all enjoyed the time we spent there and the boys were very good about not having much in the way of presents to open. They have plenty of $$$$$ to spend on the other side though! It was very hard to say goodbye and I cried nearly all the way to London, good job Ian was driving!... now I just can't wait for them all to visit and see what a lovely new life we all have.

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A few more pictures! We all love them.....

Bye Pops... see you on the other side!

Pepper on her way to Golden Arrow. The place was lovely. It was really clean and there as a huge fenced off run for the dogs to exercise in. She was crying a lot when we left her, which made me feel a little bad for her. She’ll thank us in the end though!

More stuff to go... how much did we have?

All the furniture that couldn’t fit into the container waiting to be collected by the council. Waste really but hopefully they will find it a new home. Poor Ian had to get up very early to move it onto the street for 7am. They came and got it at 11am. He was impressed!

Bye bye Matt....

Matthews friends made him a lovely good luck card.

Lovely walk

We went for a lovely walk today. There are some lovely places to walk around here, trouble is they are so crowded. We had to make a mad escape from 2 very large Alsatians!

Temporary House

We are now in our temporary house. As you can see by the photos it’s a lot more comfortable to be in than in the old house. We have sofa and chairs and tables…. Still on the blow up bed though! Poppsy has found a nice little corner of her own out of the way. I must say I am very glad she has had the lampshade removed, she was a menace when she just ran into everything. Including us and boy did it hurt! Tom doesn’t seem too happy either or is that the way he always looks?!!

A Lovely Break in Bristol to See Cats

Mum, Louise and I went to Bristol last weekend to see Cats. We had a lovely time and I slept in the most comfy bed EVER! (Please bear in mind I have been on an airbed for weeks!) It was great fun and I had a lovely time. Not sure about the first part of Cats but the second half was great. Mum had a scare when one of the cat’s came into the audience and hissed right in her face! I found it very funny….. not sure mum did though!

We had dinner and breakfast in the hotel and the food was lovely. We left quite early on the Sunday morning so I could go back to my sisters and fix her broadband problems. After much messing I did so she is now up and running and will be able to keep in touch on Skype. She bought a computer book and is going to do a little swatting.

Poor Little Poppsy!

Well Poppsy went for her little op today. I don't know poor girl’s still all in a dither with the house being empty! I took her to the vet (guilty to say they were called budget vets!) on my way to work this morning and had to pick her up at 3pm. She was very unsteady on her feet. I had to go and pick Tom up when we got home so I asked Matthew to sit with her until I got back. I had a phone call a little later and Matt wanted me to come straight home as he was off to the pictures with his friend. He didn’t want to leave her alone! When I got back he had somehow taken her upstairs to his bedroom and I had terrible trouble getting her back down! She got stuck halfway down the stairs and she wouldn’t go up or down. I really didn’t want to pick her up but in the end had to.

Toms Birthday - What's with the hat Tom?

Well, Tom turned 10 today. He had a party for his friends at Scallywags and he was lucky that anyone turned up. He forgot to give out the invites! After some frantic ringing around he had enough turn up to have a lovely time.

Later we had a few of the friends round for tea so he could have his Dad there. Ian had been at work during the day and Tom wasn’t very happy that Dad wasn’t around for his “last” birthday! I did tell him that he would have birthdays in New Zealand but I don’t think he was convinced! Everyone had a good time in the empty house.