Eastern Europe Trip

My latest excuse for not updating the blog is even more lame than usual.

We've been away. And I forgot to take my laptop so I could update the blog as we went. Or more accurately, I didn't have room for it in the bag. But never mind, I've finally got round to it, so here goes...

For our 1st wedding anniversary we decided to go to Paris for 9-day break, heading out of Manchester on Friday afternoon and returning a week later, late on Sunday evening. It was just what we needed, and we took it fairly easy, walking a lot, relaxing a lot, and enjoying the sights. I've created a gallery of all the pictures, which you can see here.

Following the Paris adventure, we've been busy trying to get the house into a fit state to put onto the market. Although with the current housing situation, and the delay in sorting out Tracy's compensation, we're not too optimistic about being able to sell and buy a smallholding in the near future. We're getting there at last, though, and have now completed repairing the walls in Carlie's room that were damaged when the roofer repaired the roof during last year's storms. Seems it takes us ages to get round to doing anything, but when we do, we sort it fairly quickly! All that's left now is for me to sort out the wall in the back yard, for which we need a few dry days, and then for a general clear up and we can make a decision about what to do...

In addition to all this domesticity, Tracy has been battling the infection in her arm again with yet more anti-biotics, and we've an appointment to see the plastics specialists next Tuesday, so we're keeping our fingers crossed that all will be good and they can get her in for her skin graft quickly. Be good to finally have the last little bit of unhealed skin sorted before her birthday...

Oh, and we've also ordered Tracy a new car! Full details will follow on 21st August, the day we're due to collect it. We have to wait until after Katie's 21st birthday, as she's still using Tracy's Matiz, which we promised she could continue to use until then when she should be able to buy and insure her own car. Exciting times ahead...