Hoorah, England are through to the rugby world cup final.....i've been fiddling on the computer whilst Steve has given me a colourful running commentery. Is it sacrilidge to admit i wasn't actually (or interested in) watching the game? Don't really care. So today we went to Westonbirt Arboretum for Simon Baker's birthday treat (i think the treat bit for him was having Megan and Joe to play with). We had such a lovely autumnal walk in pleasently mild weather and I was amazed that a bunch of trees could be so beautiful.

I've also realised the dangers of facebook for the first time. I installed "Funwall" after being invited by several people and consequently got all my friend's recent funwall postings on my home page. Now this seemed to be very amusing until i saw some utterly repulsive photos that people have posted on my friends walls that truely sickened me. I have no idea who the people are who think these images are funny (they are friends of friends), but i resorted to uninstalling funwall and deleting certain "friends" who seem to encourage this. It's unerving though to have no control over what your eyes see.

Hoorah! After much faffing around and some technical jiggery-pokery i have finally got access to my blog again! It's been a while....i expect my few readers would have given up on me long ago.

So i'm sitting in my lounge with the back door open so the crisp autumn air can gently waft in. Joseph is fast asleep and Megan is in school and i am again (for a brief time each day) a lady of leisure. Not sure what to do with my time though, i seem to gravitate towards Facebook and playing online Cattan, and now i can blog more too.

I'm really enjoying Megan and Joe at the moment. Megs seems so grown up now she's in school and her imagination has rocketted (not sure if this is a positive response to new experiences or an opportunity to retreat into a world of her own creation). Yesturday we walked to school and she was shouting her latest fantasy: she's Jack, the superhero, to the rescue of all the children stuck on the roof who are being attacked by the giant.

Joseph is now walking (at some speed) and trying out talking. He says "mumumumumumum" quite alot when he wants to get my attention, and i fancy he said "ta" today when i gave him some banana. He's also developed a cute little wave: mainly bending his hand as if he's playing an invisable castanet. Both of them play really well together and make eachother laugh.

Steve and i have started the marriage course and so far so good. I've found it's not so much the material that we're being taught (it's mainly common sense) that i've enjoyed, it's more the time spent with him when we are only allowed to talk about our marriage - not the children, or guitars, or bikes, or money, or church......it's refreshing. The food has been yummy too.