Sunday 30th August

Paul & Sean went to Twenty20 match at Old Trafford, England v Australia, I have scrubbed the house from top to bottom !! Took me 4 hours !!!

Saturday 29th August

Went to Yeoman for tea, food was delicious, really impressed, watched a film called District 9 when we got home, it was excellent.

Friday 28th August

Still feeling rotten, cheered myself up by planning trips for when we are in Salou, Barcelona is a definate, we were there in June 2006 and had a great time, living statues on Las Ramblas are amazing.

Thursday 27th August

2nd leg of Europa Cup qualifier, Everton won 4-0 at Goodison and then drew 1 each at Sigma's ground.

Wednesday 26th August

Had a sore throat for a few days but really not feeling good today, Lemsip helps a bit.

Tuesday 25th August

After a bit of confusion (both Yeoman and Yacht begin with Y !!! ) we met Barb & Chelle at the Yacht for tea, nice food then back to Barb's for a game of Monopoly, lovely evening.

Monday 24th August

Sean & I spent the evening playing Sports Party on the Wii, Horseshoe and Lawn darts were fun, Croquet really hard and Sean was fab at the Golf, all in all a good laugh.

Sunday 23rd August

Our Dan & Sarah's little girl Lauren was 1 today, here she is looking gorgeous.

Saturday 22nd August

Sun out for a change, chilled out in the garden with a Martina Cole that I last read 10 years ago (when she was still good !!!)

Friday 21st August

Got a nice surprise when I got home from work in the form of a pressie from Fi, really lovely.

Thursday 20th August

Went to Liverpool to so called Korean restaurant, Yums, all you can eat for £6.95 !!! It was all good food though, went up to Phil for a drink and got this one with Paddy's Wigwam in the background, oh yes and the Mighty Blues won 3-0 in the first round of the Europa Cup.

Wednesday 19th August

Had a quiet night watching new series of American Dad.

Tuesday 18th August

Sean and I went to Chester Zoo, had a fab day, loads of walking !!! This giraffe was 1 week old today, the Zoo was amazing, especially liked the Butterfly Journey although the giraffes were fantastic.

Monday 17th August

Essence of Spice for tea, seems that Sean's Korea plans are going to have to be changed, he is still going but looks like there will be slight delay.

Sunday 16th August

Lunch at The Elms with the Taylors', Owens', Mr Parry and Mrs Dunne, food was delicious, very 70's but in a good way, lovely to see Charlie, great food even better company.

Saturday 15th August

Connie Club with Zena and her gang, had a great laugh, disco, live Irish band and a raffle, can't beat it !!!

On a more reflective note today was 5 years since Terry passed on and 1 year for our Lil.

Friday 14th August

After a stressful day for Sean, email put his mind at rest, chilled out with a couple of glasses of red, this deal from Aldi is amazing and the wine is delightful.

Thursday 13th August

Went to Next for a bit of shopping followed by a coffee at Starbucks, price of the coffee could have bought me another top!!!

Wednesday 12th August

Went out with the girls to La Tasca, food was delicious as usual if not quite Quevedo !!

Tuesday 11th August

Sean back from what sounded like a fantastic long weekend in Madrid, all the photos are brill and they all celebrated Ken's birthday with style.

Monday 10th August

Happy 30th Birthday Ken!!!!! xxxx

Sunday 9th August

Dropped Mia off then went to booty, met Leanne & Dave and the little fella, he is gorgeous and getting so big already, stopped off at Chester city, went for a lovely walk down the Dee, did a bit of shopping then lunch at Hotel Romanos/Dinos, meal was delightful, I think Paul really was enjoying his main course..... !!

Saturday 8th August

Had Mia while Zena & John went to family wedding, took her to Ashton Park in West Kirby to feed the ducks, down the beach, The Dee Hotel for tea and back to ours, she was as good as gold.

(Dee Hotel is now a Wetherspoons !!! )

Friday 7th August

Paul took Ken & Sean to airport, stopped at office on the way and Zena took this one, possibly will be another year before we can all have a photo taken together........gotta sort that out

Thursday 6th August

Ken back from Manchester, boys getting ready for Madrid tomorrow, Chelle brought lovely card round for Ken, we all enjoyed a Bon Voyage glass of red !!!

Wednesday 5th August

Pam is making me a special card for Ken's birthday with some help/hinderence from me, started at 6.30pm did not finish til 3.00am, worth all the time as it turned out brill, she is so creative !

Tuesday 4th August

Ken came over for a meeting, went to Barb's and had a drink with her and Chelle, Sean is the master of the fan, Ken had to get some practise in !!

Monday 3rd August

Quiet night, went to Oaks for a bit of shopping with Sean, watched Bedknobs & Broomsticks, marvellous film !!!

Sunday 2nd August

Went to booty and got some boules, lunch at Wethers then home to watch MIB II.

Saturday 1st August

Saturday's FT had an article about Jan, written by Lucy's friend Pauline.

Friday 31st July

Sir Bobby Robson RIP

Thursday 30th July

Watched Rick Stein doing a tour of Thailand reminded me of a couple of cookery courses we had done in Chiang Mai.