Walking to nusery

 We've been experimenting with getting Flo to walk to the nursery (and back) this past week and it's been going well (apart from today).  We're trying to get her used to walking more as once we get the dog she'll have to.  When we go to the local pubs for a spot of lunch I invariably have to carry her most of the way.

Birthday picnic

 Similar to a friend's birthday last month a few of us met up for a pre birthday picnic.  This time it was a little cold and windy but we all had fun.  

Here's Flo in her new rainbow dress

Multi tasking, balancing a wine glass and Arthur on my knees

Family shot!

Getting that festival feeling

April took me out for a lovely meal on Saturday, we were due to be eating out in the vineyards but the weather was a little bit risky so they moved us all into one of the barns.  

A month or so we went to the chef's garden for something similar but that was a private one table affair.  This was pretty much the same but on a larger scale within the grounds of the vineyard 5 or six houses down.  

Lovely desert

Mmm... Lamb chops

Delicious starter

One of the local Tonbridge chefs (Ben Sultan) helping out with the grill

The barn

A bottle and a half of the delicious English sparking wine finished of with some mint tea

We might not have gone to a festival this year but I was pleased to experience some of the festival flavour. 

 

It's become a bit of a tradition

 We've been going back to our favourite Chinese restaurant every Thursday after picking up Flo from the nursery for the past three weeks now.   As soon as she was born we've been trying to get her used to eating out and I think we're almost there.  She's not always on her best behaviour but is generally good.  

The perfect side of going to the Honeymoon early on Thursday night is that there is very few people in there anyway so even if she did kick off we wouldn't be annoying anyone too much.

She also gets to try new food which she's generally open to.  She might not always like it but she will usually have a go.  I think she mostly just enjoys the free ice cream that Izzy (owner) always gives her.  Last time we got some free fortune cookies too.

Cyberpunk turned up today

 My copy of Cyberpunk turned up today.  Pretty cool.

As with the SLA industries book that I got earlier in the month I will most likely never play again but I like to have it as it brings back some happy memories.

Here's a few others.  It would have been nice to have kept all of my old Rifts sourcebooks, I think I may have had 20+ (90% bought from Mr Ripoff, 10% from the shop in Leicester) at one point but I ended up selling them whilst at uni to one of Ian's friends down in Bristol. His e-mail address had the word Phoenix in it somewhere if my memory is correct and I think I got around £200 for the the lot.  Quite a bit back in 1998. 

Another Sunday

 Another country walk and another Sunday roast.

Here's Flo and our friend's daughter Chase.  She's a couple of years older than Flo and it really helped with getting her to do most of the walking.  I probably only had to carry her half the way when two weeks ago it was 95%.

They also found a rope swing, which we didn't know was there.

New arrival imminent

 We went back home to see my parents on Saturday.  With the A14 finally finished the way down must have been the quickest time ever.

We popped round my Mum's first for a cup of tea, here's my Dad reading Flo a book.

The most important thing that we did on Saturday was meeting the new addition to our family for the first time.  Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to introduce you to little Arwen (Winny).  Isn't she lovely?  Aren't I pleased???

Flo's excited too

We met her parents and they're both proper working dogs.  We also met her 7  brothers and sisters.  Lovely things.  4 weeks to go now.  We can't wait.

Practice makes...

 ... a mess

We took Flo ou for another Chinese meal after nursery last night.  Here she is trying to use chop sticks for the first time.  It wasn't the most successful attempt.

Google knows me too well

 

I was looking up the contact details of our local doctors as i've been experiencing tingling feelings in the tips of my fingers.  Look at google's description of where it is.  "A 3 minute walk from the Man of Kent"  Are all of my location descriptions based on proximity to a pub???

P.S. The doctor thinks i'm trapping a nerve in my wrist / elbow whilst sitting at a desk all day (and now night).  I've ordered one of those gel wrist supports and am borrowing April's office chair.

In answer to my earlier question, yes they are...

Photoshoot

 Josie's going to be getting a lot less attention in the weeks to come as the new puppy settles in so here are some shots of her this morning.

Out of our top window

View from below

Closer view

Cat's are so funny from below