It’s been a crazy couple of weeks and I seem to have been constantly planning, organising, packing and unpacking.
I also crossed a line by starting to work on Sundays. I’m now working seven days a week. Hopefully it won’t last forever. I’m just grateful to have work and know I need to make the most of it while I’ve got it, because it might dry up!
Here’s our week fortnight in pictures…
Day 158 – Sunday 7th June – we went to see the Back to the Future Delorean at the Cheltenham Science Festival. My eldest, who is a real film buff, was more than happy to pay £5 to sit in it and have his photo taken in it.
Day 159 – Monday 8th June – OK, I’m cheating a bit here. We bathed the guinea pigs on Saturday, but I didn’t get the photos off my camera until today. We learned from my daughter’s favourite programme, Pet School, that they should be bathed three or four times a year. It was quite good fun!
Day 160 – Tuesday 9th June – it’s Daddy’s birthday this week, so my daughter and I got on with wrapping his presents.
Day 161 – Wednesday 10th June – I got home from dropping my daughter at dance to find my son up this tree. I have no idea how he got up there as there are no low branches!
Day 162 – Thursday 11th June – Pumba was out – I got everything ready for my husband’s birthday tomorrow.
Day 163 – Friday 12th June – happy birthday to my husband! 42 today! At the last minute he decided we should have a flying visit to Cornwall, so we stayed in this Travelodge!
Day 164 – Saturday 13th June – we spent the day in Padstow, my very favourite place, although the weather was pretty poor.
Day 165 – Sunday 14th June – a flying visit to look at this lighthouse near Padstow and we set off for home.
Day 166 – Monday 15th June – another day, another boy goes away and leaves me! Same suitcase, different son – this time my younger son going off to Wales until Friday on his year 6 residential.
Day 167 – Tuesday 16th June – I walked into my younger son’s room and it was strange to see it empty (and tidy!).
Day 168 – Wednesday 17th June – I returned to Gloucester, where I used to work, for a rare work meeting. I’d forgotten how weird it is there, but the cathedral is beautiful.
Day 169 – Thursday 18th June – I packed for Britmums Live! (And did about 300 other things as I was busy and stressing!)
Day 170 – Friday 19th July – ready for the off! All packed up for Britmums Live and worrying how my family will cope without me!
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June 20, 2015
I love Gloucester Cathedral, I took my Nikon camera with me as I don’t have a picture of all of it in one shot, but I failed (again). did your post card arrive? Hope you enjoyed Britmums and it was worth the ironing.
June 20, 2015
The cathedral always makes for a fantastic photo! The postcard never came! He had some excuse or other! Britmums was brilliant, thanks.
June 20, 2015
lol re the post card, glad you enjoyed Britmums
June 20, 2015
Love the lighthouse picture. Hope your husband had a good birthday, lovely that you got away for a little break – sometimes we all need one of those! Pretty impressive tree climbing too!
June 20, 2015
Thank you! The break was good, even with the poor weather! I really like the lighthouse pic too 🙂
June 20, 2015
The Delorean is getting around….It was up here in Newcastle when we were at Comic Con a few months ago….Love it!
Your son did a real good job of climbing the tree…lol
Ahh! Pumba! I hope your hubby had a great birthday and your son enjoyed his residential!
I hope you had a fab time at Britmums x
June 25, 2015
Thanks very much! It was a really good couple of weeks. My son loved his residential and I loved Britmums (although I think I’m still tired from it days later!). x
June 20, 2015
The flying visit idea is fantastic. Always lovely to have a surprise break somewhere and it looks like it was really good!
June 25, 2015
The flying visit was a great idea, even though it’s a long way to travel. It made a really lovely change.
June 20, 2015
i think i might have paid £5 to sit inside the De Lorean too to be honest. what a cool thing to do, and see and touch!!!
i hope your husband had a great birthday – a trip to Cornwall was a good idea. I love Padstow, in fact I was there this time last year for the weekend!
i hope you had a great time at Britmums xx
June 25, 2015
My son was so excited about sitting inside the DeLorean! Britmums was brilliant, thanks, as was Padstow – even though it’s a long journey and the weather was a bit rubbish!
June 21, 2015
A busy time for you. We were saying the other day that none of us had ever been to Gloucester which is a bit daft given it isn’t that far away. The cathedral looks lovely. Hope you enjoyed Britmums.
June 25, 2015
Very busy! I will be glad when life slows down a bit. Gloucester isn’t a particularly nice place, tbh, but the cathedral is stunning and the docks are lovely.
June 21, 2015
Lovely to have had an unexpected break away, and I do love the lighthouse shot. The photo of Gloucester cathedral is gorgeous x
June 25, 2015
Thanks very much! We don’t tend to do unexpected breaks away, but it was a very good idea! The weather was so cold and drizzly when I took the lighthouse photo! Gloucester cathedral always looks beautiful 🙂 x
June 21, 2015
Aww how cute is the guinea pig?! Hope you enjoyed Britmums.
June 25, 2015
Thanks! He is gorgeous 🙂 Britmums was brilliant, thanks – my third time and I enjoyed it more than ever.
June 21, 2015
Hope you had fun at Britmums. Love the back to the future car, I would love to see that. Guinea pig is so cute and happy birthday to your husband. x
June 25, 2015
Thanks very much! My son was so happy to see the Back to the Future car. I had a brilliant time at Britmums and my guinea pig is definitely very cute 🙂 x
June 22, 2015
I love Padstow too but never knew they had a Travelodge! How’s the Caitlin Moran book? I saw it the other day. Gloucester looks lovely, never been but not that far for a trip 🙂
June 22, 2015
I am sure the family survived the ordeal, sometime I think it is good for them. Happy belated birthday to hubby, good grief that is a large pile of pressies.
Nice sometimes to just be spontaneous.Your on does not look too pleased sat at the lighthouse, maybe a bit early in the morning for him.
I use to spend half my childhood in trees, there is always a way up.
June 24, 2015
I had no idea that bathing guinea pigs was an actual thing – as you know we used to do ours anyway! Well done you for gadding off to Padstow last minute, that’s brilliant! x
June 25, 2015
Yes, they actually advise bathing guinea pigs, so you were doing the right thing! It’s very unlike us to go somewhere without planning it properly, but it was a really good idea to go to Padstow 🙂 x