Someone has a New Home - Out for Dinner - One Way Ticket

Today (Thursday) started quietly and I had a late start, sleeping in til 9.30 am. After a nice relaxing morning sat with the dog watching TV AM and Jeremy, playing an online game - a free one lol - and putting on the last of the washing the phone rang. It was Mel (sister) wanting to come over for coffee. 10 minutes later she had arrived and there she stayed until 4 pm! It's never a quick visit with Mel lol. She rang our other sister Amy and found out that our niece was taking the flat after all. I'm so pleased she did as she is a lovely mum and the kids really need somewhere to call home even if it is only temporary - which in our area can mean up to 3 years.

It may be empty but it's home

OH came home 5 minutes after Mel left, so 4.05 pm, which is very early for him. We sat chatting and then went out for a meal at the Greek restaurant which was not cheap but very nice. Feel really thirsty now though, as at home I cook without salt mainly because of the toddler, and eating out or from take-aways I do find that they use a lot of salt, especially in foreign dishes. Daughter did a video call while we were there but it was a very bad connection so didn't chat for long. She is having a great time swimming in the sea with her friend and the toddler. Has a lovely 4* hotel, so all fine there.

At the moment I am trying not to look at the news as I find it very upsetting to read and watch the terrible things that are happening around Europe. I expect a lot of other people are doing the same as they are as fed up as I am hearing of yet another terrorist based atrocity going on. How can anyone justify murdering a Catholic Priest who was 84 years old! Or deliberately driving at little babies and toddlers in pushchairs? If they really see themselves as soldiers of their cause why are they not targeting the military bases? I'll tell you why. Because they are cowards and know they would loose so they pick on the weak, the old and the very young, those who cannot fight back. What I cannot understand is why countries prevent people from going to join them, and then take them back, when they are brought back or they return. If anyone wants to leave to join terrorists let them go and never have them back in this, or any other country, again. We do not need ex-terrorists (or terrorist sympathisers) here and neither does any other country in Europe. Make sure if they leave it is a one way ticket only. This is my own personal view on the situation - readers may not agree with me but that is all OK.

Bye for now All the best x