Today Dave went off again to Steve our friends house to sort out his garden. He is putting his house on the market and need it smartened up to sell. As he had loads of damsons on his trees we packed up lunch and went over as well to go damson picking. Well, the damsons weren't quite ready so while the kids played and Dave worked strimming I sat and drank coffee and chatted to Steve.

Eilidh spent most of the time following his son Joel (13) around and he showed infinite patience all day!! He showed her the delights of MSN messaging and chatted to all his friends with Eilidh joining in!!! Steve found an old train set of the boys which Ben set up outside and played all afternoon chugging trains backwards and forwards. He was in absolute heaven!!

Steve has an amazing house with a HUGE garden with woods, orchards etc which would be fantastic for kids to explore. At the moment it is all overgrown and needs lots of work but it will be amazing when its all done....oh to be a millionaire!!

As today is our anniversary, FIFTEEN YEARS (very scary!!) Dave surprised me by arranging some friends at church to babysit and we actually went out on our own for a meal.....unheard of!! We went to an Indian restaurant in Bowness which was lovely, but I ordered my favourite and couldn't eat it all as it was way too hot!!! I'm sure someone spilt the chilli powder in it!!! Very yummy though and managed to persuade them to give me a doggy bag.