A right Royal Wedding Weekend

It's May Day and we are in the middle of the long weekend, made even longer by our extra public holiday for the Royal Wedding on Friday. I thought it was a great and historical occasion, and I was surprised and pleased at how many people went there or watched it on television even in this seemingly cynical age. It makes me think that politicians of whichever party cannot really tell people what they should think or want. My favourite moments include the dress (perfect!), the bride's Dad walking her up the aisle (reminded me of my own Dad and wedding day!), the fairytale coach and white horses waiting outside Westminster Cathedral when the bride and groom came out (every young girl's dream I think!). The whole day was lovely, we invited Grandma to come to watch it with us and she brought a yummy praline cake. However the main event of the weekend for Jack was not the Royal Wedding but that his new cat flap has been installed! Since the end of January he has suffered the indignity of having to ask us every time he wants out, and then wait to get in, sometimes meowing in his gruff little voice outside the front door. This of course because his cat flap disappeared along with our old back door and the back of the house has been sealed up since then. But now the extension is far enough advanced that it has all its doors and John installed a new cat flap on Thursday. It didn't take our clever boy Jack long to get used to it, and he seems very happy to get his old independence back. On Saturday James and I went for a six mile walk near Auchengillan Scout Camp to check out the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze route that my groups will be walking in June. The weather was again beautiful and we had a pleasant time. Jamie arrived home late afternoon - it was brilliant to see him. Later he came over to Lenzie with us because he wanted to find out more about Ewan's operation - Ewan very kindly explained it to him. Jamie hopes one day to be doing these operations if his dream of being an orthopaedic surgeon comes true. Then we tried out Heather and Ewan's new Indian Restaurant, Rasoi - their local takeaway has moved premises and expanded to have a sit in restaurant too. It was very impressive - decorated very smartly and although it was very busy the service was excellent. The most important thing of course was the food and that was delicious, I had a creamy monkfish and coconut curry which was gorgeous. And only five minutes walk from Heather and Ewan's house! I wish Cambuslang had somewhere as great as this. We wished Ewan all the best for Thursday. Today the weather is yet again lovely, we have been in the garden all day with the boys and how wonderful for the five of us to be together. Jamie and Davie were helping James in the garden and Ally was studying - Maths and Biology today. I didn't realise that he has another Maths prelim on Tuesday - seems very close to the SQA exams! I am about to have a bit of a read before tea. I have finished Fingersmith and also the last of the Shetland Quartet by Anne Cleeve, which were both very good, and I have now started "Any Human Heart" by William Boyd, which I am enjoying so far.