Chickens in a box

Another week on my own. Eddie was in Vegas last week, home for three days and this week it's Denver. Not that I mind really, it's the same hamster wheel, just a bit lonelier. At least I get to catch up on rubbish TV I otherwise wouldn't get to watch! In a bit of a fug what with one thing and another. There's a lot going on and I don't feel entirely in control to be honest. Christmas hasn't even registered for starters, and while it may only be November, by the time we've come back from Oz we'll be in the thick of present-buying, wreath-making, turkey-ordering and God knows what else. Then there's work and a new job I'm taking on which is bigger and therefore more stressful. It's a great opportunity, but still a worry about how we'll manage. Eddie not coming back from Australia with me doesn't help (he's staying in Singapore to visit a customer) because that first week back is jam packed with meetings - none of which I'll b...

It's a slow start to a Monday morning after a busy weekend. David came down so that we could attend the Green's annual gathering of Newbury's Great & Good. This year's theme - GinFest. And it was indeed. Great fun all round, but with my advancing age, recovery takes days... On Sunday we went to East End for Remembrance Day - 100 years since the guns felt silent. A wonderful, crisp sunny day surrounded by friends and family made it, as always, a very special occasion. As we walked past our old house and up Jaggers Track we felt very nostalgic for our former home, and once again the loss of our Bella came back to us as of course she should have been there, trotting ahead as she always did. A lot to look forward to with Christmas just around the corner, but more immediately our trip to Australia in just a couple of weeks to celebrate Alexander and Vanessa's wedding. It's come around so quickly. I'm going to find it very difficult being so far away from ...