I need a rest after this weekend.. I did enough work to last the rest of the year I think. It all started Friday evening when I painted the woodwork in the nursery. First thing Saturday morning I started on the walls, then the ceiling and finally a second coat on the woodwork. While I was splodging away upstairs, Vicky was in the process of cooking (with toddler assistance) a special Valentine’s day meal of Moroccan Chicken & Couscous with Lebanese herby flat breads (all home made I might add), followed by a dessert of chocolate cake and vanilla cream. As nice as the meal was, my highlight was the look on Poppy’s face after she’d shaken her beaker (containing very fizzy traditional lemonade) and taken a sip. Bubbles were pouring out of her mouth and both nostrils. After dinner I replaced the broken frost thermostat on the central heating and reassembled all the nursery furniture (yes, Helena, now you have some space to sleep in the guest room) and hung the curtains. Job done and a customary text to my mom to check in the completion time. Next job was to submit some Open Uni coursework (called a CMA… like a multiple choice quiz submitted online) due end of February and then start on the coursework for another course due in the middle of March. I forgot what the time was on that one and carried on quite late…
Sunday. Up we got (eventually, after a couple of hours of CBeebies) and walked to Margam Park. This took quite a while because Poppy likes to stop every 5 seconds to look at stones so for the main part of the walk we had to stick her in the push chair. But once in the park off she ran talking to all the animals in the pens along the way. She met some donkeys, Shetland ponies, cows, goats and Granny Pig and Grancher Pig. Finally we made it to our intended destination: “Margam Castle”. No, not the actual castle, but a play area named after the building casting a shadow over it. Sadly we forgot the camera, but you can imagine a large adventure play area built out of large logs with slides, high walkways, a rope swing and tunnels and bridges galore. Vicky sat down and dozed while me and Poppy legged it around for a bit. No tears at all until it was home time…. Once home we had leftovers from yesterday for lunch and I carried on with my coursework… and I even finished it. My reward: PlayStation time. I completed Resistance 2 on the PS3 last night. So proud.
Oh no.. I forgot to clean the fish out!
