Party and Weekend Away

Wednesday was party day and wow what a party to celebrate my great nephew's first birthday. There were so many people there and so many kids. All the children played nicely together which was great. Very overcrowded for a house party though - if I knew that many people I think I would have hired a hall to save on the clearing up lol. It was held at my nephew's inlaws home which has 2 nice sized living rooms and a garden so everyone just about fitted in. The birthday boy was happy and cheerful which made the day really.

Our caravan home

We went to dog training afterwards for the last session of this term. We have already missed 2 sessions as we were away at the caravan, and are now giving the training a rest until September as we want to go away for weekends if the weather is nice. This weekend we are off again to North Devon until Monday. It will be just me and OH this time as son and daughter are both working over the weekend. I like the site we are on but it is a long way from home (over 120 miles) and communications there are really bad. Driving around North Devon your phone signal is very intermittent on/off/on/off all the time and on the site there is no phone signal at all on my O2 network. The site has phone boxes and Internet (which is on/off as well.) I would prefer somewhere where you at least have a reliable signal either phone or Internet. I feel very isolated there and when daughter was ill it was not great being cut off from ringing OH to update him, or to ring the hospital to find out how she was. I''m hoping to move the caravan nearer home at the end of the season.

Today, Thursday has been busy for me packing, washing, dyeing my hair. and catching up on the housework ready to leave in the morning. The dog did try and help - she ran upstairs to the bathroom and returned with a sponge from the shower in her mouth lolol!! Daughter is a bit down today as the toddler's nail is coming off, and she doesn't think it will grow back again, where the rabbit bit her finger. It is almost healed now but still having to keep dressings on it. She has gone to her boyfriend's home for the night with the toddler. She is going to see the GP next week to see what they think, and see if anything can be done to help. Hopefully it will all grow back OK. We had curry from our local takeaway as an easy dinner, but to be honest I prefer our usual restaurant and takeaway as the one nearest our home is prices and all their dishes are too hot for me. It is the second time we have tried it but it hasn't improved at all, so will not be going there again. It is fine if you like very hot curry but this is not for me. Hoping to keep writing this blog while I am away but no guarantees due to the signal or rather the lack of it lol.

Bye for now All the best x