Happy Birthday D

Today is Daughter D's 17th birthday.  I can't believe how quickly the years speed by - it seems like only yesterday I was in Salisbury Hospital on a sweltering hot day, giving birth to our second Daughter. Now she is a young woman on the journey into adulthood. She is loving and kind and has a great personality - always the life and soul of the party, always making us laugh but she will be the first to admit she is our trickiest Daughter, but our lives would be very dull without her in it!. We had Birthday cake after school and opened presents and cards and later we will be walking down to our village Hotel for a meal.

Monday was wet all day so I just got on with loads of washing and ironing and other mundane household stuff. Tuesday I worked which I really enjoyed again but I was absolutely shattered when I got in.  We had four little ones who we took to the park morning and afternoon and you forget just how alert you have to be with that age group and even more so when they're not your children! 

Today has been busy as, as well as it being D's birthday, I finally had my appointment to have my hair cut and coloured.  It was a blissful couple of hours being pampered and it was nice to catch up. Now I must go and get ready to go out.

We have just got back from our meal which was truly lovely.  There was a good choice on the menu, there was a good crowd of people in there and the food delicious. It was just so so nice to be out again.