Sunday 3rd March 2019

Today is Scarlet and Jack’s 10th birthday. I will never understand why their mother has cut us off from them, I am sure Torin would hate the situation when they often came to stay with us and we had so much fun. But there is nothing we can do, their mother controls them until they are older. We continue, sending presents, cards, post cards and we keep records of everything we do so when they are old enough they will know how much we tried and were denied.

Ollie, Oscar and Josie of course were staying with us and so we all took Ellie out for a very wet and muddy walk and then had to wait for the Co-op to open as it is now a tradition, no matter what the weather, Grandad always buys them Unicones (ice creams). Yes, 10 o’clock in the morning!!

I cooked a roast while Grandad entertained them. He was going to take them to the allotment but it was too wet. One of the things I bought Josie for her birthday was a knitting kit and evidently Lou can’t knit so she had her first knitting lesson and did really well.  I have given her some of my wool to practice with.

Lou and Rhys were both working last night and then went out for Sunday lunch as Lou had a voucher given to her for her birthday. It was quite a “posh” place but sadly the food was little to write home about. That’s a shame, they rarely go out on their own without the kids.

So, they came earlier than expected to collect the kids and we sent all the unfinished desserts home with them….too fattening for us!

Of course it got me thinking that it is not only us that miss the twins but Ollie, Oscar and Josie are missing out seeing their cousins.

Thought for the Day – “Grandchildren restore our zest for life and our faith in humanity.”

Saturday 2nd March 2019

We took Ellie for a walk and then went to the carpet place to get another sample, the one we tried was too dark. He has also given us a good quote.

Ollie, Oscar and Josie arrived in time for lunch. They had all been skating in the morning and then staying with us overnight.

We ate lunch and then went to the cemetery and Mal planted the rose bush I bought to put next to Torin’s headstone. From there we went into the field opposite so that Ellie could have a run and the kids could play football. Oscar kicked it way up into a tree, so they spent at least the next half hour trying to get it down. They did manage it in the end!

We took them out for a carvery for dinner.

Back home and we watched ‘How to train your dragon 3.’

Thought for the Day – “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”  ~ Dr. Seuss

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Friday 1st March 2019

I went shopping in the morning and managed to buy the rest of River’s present and all the food shopping.

In the afternoon we went back around the corner to the carpet place, as we now know they are only open on Friday and Saturday and the miserable man we saw before only borrows the warehouse space. The owner in fact is really nice and came round after he closed to measure up! That’s much better service.

Thanet Council has pulled it’s servicing money for Ramsgate Harbour, so looks as though it won’t be used after Brexit! What a farce all that is. The government now have to pay £33million to Eurotunnel over all this fiasco,WHY is Grayling still there? Where is the money coming from? The NHS could do with that money. Sometimes I despair of the corruption that goes on in this country and I thought TRNC was bad!

Thought for the Day – “Small efforts sustained over time can produce significant results.” ~ Devin G Durrant

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