When the Going Gets Hot

Today has to be the hottest day of the year in the South West so far. We put the toddler to bed for her afternoon nap and had to rush up and open her window and take her trousers off, as the baby monitor registered 25C in her room! Daughter works on Sundays so we look after her from 9 - 6. OH took her to the park this morning with the dog and then both sons, DIL and the grandchildren arrived for the afternoon. Sons, OH, the dog and the kids went to the local park for an hour leaving me and DIL to chat which was nice. My sons loved the zip line there - still kids really! After they all left I put on a roast lamb dinner ready for when daughter finishes work. Started to feel ill after I put the oven on - I often feel floating if the weather gets too hot. OH finished off the dinner and made the gravy, dished out etc. Daughter went off to her boyfriend's home for the night with the toddler so it's a nice, peaceful night here tonight. Oh, the Aldi nappies are working for the toddler, and there's been no more leaks at night since using them, which is great as it cuts down on the washing. They are a lot cheaper than Dampers too, which is another bonus.


We had the toddler all day yesterday too, as daughter wanted to finish her dissertation. She only has one short paragraph left to complete now, so she made very good progress here on her own. Yesterday we took the toddler and the dog to Clevedon for the day, which is a small seaside town. There was a lovely park by the sea front with a little train going around, donkey rides for the kids and fish and chip shops, cafes and bars. Toddler spent the most time picking daisies - simple things make her very happy! OH took her on the little train while I looked after the dog. Towards the end of the afternoon we saw my eldest son, DIL and the grandchildren who had been on the beach playing with the pebbles and mud. They were pleased we had baby wipes with us to clean up the 7 yr old. All of a sudden thunder started rumbling overhead and then it poured down with rain so we all ran for the cars. We stopped at OH's works on the way back to change the toddler as we were driving past anyway and they have nice, clean facilities there lol.

All aboard the Clevedon Express 

Spent 3 hours proof reading the dissertation when I got home last night from Clevedon. I proof read all of her university work and so far it has been all good. I'm not perfect at English grammar but I can usually spot simple things wrong -  like the possessive 's' in the wrong place or missing, commas that are needed etc. Actually daughter's punctuation has improved dramatically over the last few years at uni so there is very little to correct normally. But it was still 44 pages to go through so took a long time. She is writing something about children working together on a computer in the class room, and how they get on with it without/with input from the teacher. It's interesting to read but full of technical terminology so a bit above my level of understanding lol.

All the best x