The beginning...

I've written this page twice now. Twice it has been eaten. I do hope this is third time lucky, my fingers hurt.

So I find myself writing this blog amidst enforced quarantine. Ruby has scarlet fever. Will has a rash. I have a sore throat and Ade has nothing wrong with him. But we've all been told to go home and stay home until we're defiantely not contagious. It's been less than 12 hours and we're climbing the walls already.

I spent the afternoon in the garden, weeding, tidying and sweeping. The garden has never looked so good. The children spent the afternoon annoying Ade who was trying to spend the afternoon working. It'll be a long week, I can tell.

I could be packing for our holiday next week. Packing is boring though, so I find myself here, re-writing this blog (in the hopes that the internet won't eat it again) and boring you all instead.

The holiday is a week long excursion to Cornwall. We're Euro-camping but with out the Euro bit. It sounds like bliss to me though -out in the great outdoors but with a microwave and power points. And I can zip the kids in to their bedrooms when they get too much. Our good friends are going too. They'll be in the tent next door. Probably also zipping their kids in to their bedrooms too. It'll be fun. Except the weather forecast is promising a night of rain at the start of the week. Actually 43mm of rain in one night. What is that all about? I'm going to make sure I sleep up hill of Ade-just in case.

When we get back from our little holiday we'll be in full 'chicken prep' mode. 4 beautiful ex-battery hens are coming to live with us at the start of July sometime. Dad has nearly finished the walk in run and we're all very excited about the new members of the family. Well, the veg isn't quite as excited as we are, but I've promised I'll do all I can to protect it from the girls.

That is all there is to report at the moment. The garden is in full swing so I will take some photos when it stops raining to post up. My green house looks full to bursting, just the way I like it. Though I still have an itch to set more seeds, just a shame I have no where to put them. Though I could dig just a little bit more grass up for them I suppose. I'm sure Ade and the kids won't mind.....