greent's mfw journey

Moneyfordreams wrote: »

hope you have a lovely holiday

Thank you, mfd! x

julicorn wrote: »

Have lots of fun in Center parcs greent!

(We're going to the Woburn Center Parcs with Mr Julicorn's family next month, and I'm crazy excited. I think last time I went to one must have been 15 years ago, and it was always so much fun when I was little!)

Thanks, julicorn - it was great! :)x

So... Woburn CP.... I really liked it - you can tell it's new - although I understand Longleat has been re-vamped, especially the swimming complex. The pool at W is much smaller, but - then again - you don't really do actual swimming when at CP - most people only go in it for the waves I liked the rapids (although by Friday they were no longer that fun - they hurt too much by then!) and we often went down them as a full family of 6 The lazy river was fun for the first dozen or so times...!!!8230; Kids loved the big slides.

We went swimming every day, usually for around 4-5 hours and sometimes evening swimming too. Other than that we did bowling and the 2 eldest boys did crossbow shooting - and both were really good (DS1's scores were 27/30 and 28/30 and DS2 19/30 and 27/30 (he needed more time to work it out)) They really enjoyed it. We had one lazy morning in the lodge and that was it - most of the time we were out. Pretty forest, with visitors on our patio area every morning of partridge and squirrels and various small birds. OH and the eldest 2 boys saw pheasants too. We didn't eat out (previous experience is that food is ok, but not worth the money for 6 and finding 1 place that everyone likes something is always a challenge... and service tends to be slow) - but we did make 'nice' food to eat in on an evening. We also saw Charl1e Br00ker and his wife K0nn1e Huq there on the Friday We left just after 3 on Friday afternoon and were home (after some diversions and traffic) by 6pm - first load of washing was in the machine and on by 6.15

We really enjoyed ourselves - mentally relaxing, if physically exhausting at bits! Was made even better somehow by it being a late booking - not much build up time to it.

Yesterday was washing, ironing and food shopping (and putting stuff away ) Today was a late start and then we have been wallpapering a friend's lounge - will finish it next weekend (Late start and aching muscles aren't conducive to a long day of wallpapering!) - there is a natural stopping point in the room, so that's fine. I know our friends really wanted it done, but they asked us to do it today, we didn't offer and the timing after being away (they knew this) wasn't the best. They can still put half of the room fully back together this week

This week is results day.....!!!! Enough said about that for now!

Other plans for this week - finish getting the house back straight (ish - it is the holidays!), list a couple of bits on t'bay and fb00k, book a haircut for me, book having my eyebrows done, take DS1 & DS3 to barbers, book appointment to go school shoe shopping (ouch! £) and that'll do for definite plans at the mo. DD is off to Cardiff on Weds for an unknown period of time to stay in her new flat with the boyf. They can measure some spaces for a couple of items they need to see what'll fit.

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend. Am slowly catching up on diaries x

A day of bits n pieces here, I guess. Made the rocky road-esque, 2 loaves and a big pot of ratatouille (gifted loads of hg toms and courgettes by my mum) Added a small chicken breast to part of the rata and then OH and I had that for dinner tonight with rice/ fresh bread (he won't eat it unless it has meat in!) Rest of rata in fridge ready to figure out whether I want to eat some tomorrow of freeze it (OH staying away tomorrow night)

2 loads of washing dried on line :T - and then it started bucketing it so will dry last load on heated airer (is usually in DD@s accom, but is living here over summer hols ) IT ahs stopped raining now, but I'm not hanging it out now Will do some ironing once I have smallest 1 in bed.

Smallest 2 did some tidying/ sorting in their bedrooms today with help of bigger ones - about a waste paper bin of rubbish/ recycling removed from each room as a result. Small steps!

Am debating about 'investing' in a soap tray for our shower. We're coming to the end of our (my) shower gel/ bubble bath stash but do have lots of bar soaps (even after giving literally dozens to foodbank/ shoebox appeal and using them to make laundry gloop all the time) I'm thinking that spending £2 on a cheap one should pay for itself in soap usage as opposed to buying more shower gel (I have some 'nice' stuff on my Xmas list). I do already have soap dishes - but they are the sort to stand on a sink back - I saw Mata1an have the ones with suction things to attach to walls for £2, so I could stick that in the shower (I have absolutely no desire to drill holes in the tiles, so only want a temporary type one) I'd really like the space back from all the soap too! - most of what I have left has expired use by dates on, so can't be given out by foodbank/ shoebox appeal etc but is clearly still usable!

Oooh - have booked the appointment for school shoe shopping..... argh! May have promised the smallest 2 a McDs afterwards..... I'm not above bribery!

Right - time to get smallest to bed, methinks!
xx