It's funny how life can be ticking along quite happily and then life trips you up quite spectacularly! Hence my blog absence for awhile and it may be a little sporadic in the coming weeks so please be patient with me. It's nothing to do with my health I hasten to add (phew). Anyway, I apologise for the lengthy delay in updating you with my comings and goings and I still realise I haven't done my before and after weight loss post which I will.
But today I want to share with you some family news that's been happening over the last few weeks. Firstly, Alice left her secondary school in June, which sounds funny seeing she was still in primary school when I started this blog 5 and a half years ago (she will be going to a new school in September to do her A levels). In July she attended her Prom - such great anticipation! She had been talking about her dress for months, changing her mind on a weekly basis. She looked so grown up. She has suddenly matured in the last few weeks and is blossoming before our eyes. Can it just slow down a bit please?
Then we had Tom's graduation...can you honestly believe 3 years has gone by?? Anth, me and Granny went to the ceremony and our hearts nearly burst with pride. It hasn't been an easy ride for him but he stuck at
it and has achieved his goal. He has a part-time job here at home whilst he decides what he wants to do career-wise. (Blimey, my linen dress needs a good iron!)
And whilst Tom was graduating, Lucy was sitting her driving test for the first time. Oh boy, the stress!!! 'Crikey dick' as my NZ father-in-law would say. But...she passed!! Yes folks, there were no otters on the roads that day so she passed! Woo hoo! And she HATED every blooming minute of learning to drive - though when she reads this she'll say, "No, I didn't!" But between you and me she moaned constantly. Every. Time. But we are also so very pleased and proud of her too.
Just wish we could afford to insure her now...
Anth and I are looking forward to a child-free weekend (yeesss!!) which means some high jinks are in order. Bring it on....
