A very satisfactory weekend

It has been a good weekend, with the highlight being Ally and Cat's return home from their two month holiday in South America. It was absolutely brilliant to see them and hear about some of their adventures- although we haven't seen any photos yet as these are still being edited. So we spent quite a lot of the weekend just chilling out with Ally and Cat and it was great. 

Other weekend activities included the purchase of James' new car on Saturday, which involved a very lengthy and boring final visit to the car showroom. Honestly I was so bored that I could have wept as James and the salesman went through their negotiations in fine detail. When they were bargaining over the last couple of hundred pounds I told the salesman that if he threw in some roof bars I would make James sign the contract then and there - and he did! James was very pleased with his deal. When we got home I climbed into the hammock for a well deserved rest and James brought me a cool drink, it was very pleasant to be home.

Today we went for a walk to Rouken Glen park which was looking very autumnal with lots of leaves on the ground already. I have so many lovely memories of my children's childhoods that took place at Rouken Glen, and a favourite was always what the boys called "scooshing through the leaves" in the autumn.