Good afternoon, PainPals!

Another week has flown by and here we are passing the Summer Equinox and arriving half way through the year.  The exams have finished in our house, with the lovely girl completing her GCSEs  last week and now we just sit and await the results.  The boys should both receive their results any day – one for his first year politics, the other for his full Masters in Engineering – is it awful to say that I am so glad it isn’t me!!  It really is bad enough being the parent-in-waiting.

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Hubby had a great week away with year 6 in Paris, with fantastic weather and an action packed timetable, including all the highest rides in Parc Asterix – apparently it has the highest and fastest rides in Europe!  My own week felt pretty action packed too as friends and family rallied round knowing hubby was missing my birthday – I have been wined and dined and spoilt rotten.  Incidentally it must mean something that National Martini Day fell on my birthday!! I have also watched more football than in the rest of my life – probably due to the politics student being home – and have become strangely entranced by the world Cup.  I still have no idea of the various rules for off side, free kicks, fouls etc, but reckon I’m doing well to just know the terms.  Yesterday I watched the whole England game surrounded by mainly young men at the games field of my old school – the actual event being a cricket match and BBQ. When the football draw was announced and we saw that an England match was on the day of our annual cricket match for Past versus Present, we knew that we had to screen the match.  Not the easiest thing to position a screen outside in bright sunshine where four cricket teams and guests would all be able to see it.  I have had dreams over the past week that the TV wouldn’t work and I feared it was premonition when I arrived to be told we didn’t have an aerial or a device to stream it – aghhhhh!!!

But all’s well that ends well as they say – with a small TV aerial, several gazebos and me directing the fit & healthy in erecting said gazebos, we achieved a picture that was watchable and created some shade as an added bonus.  So yours truly, as Chair of the “Past” pupils’ committee, parked her wheelchair up in prime position alongside the headmaster who declared that if we couldn’t pull rank to watch the football then when could we?!  I don’t need to tell you what the atmosphere was like as England scored 6 goals – something I don’t remember happening before!

So my posts today have been chosen in a little haste – sofa day Saturday and then cricket Sunday – but I am sure that I still have ten top posts for you to enjoy!  If you are a parent with kids about to start the long summer holidays, do not miss the Chocolate slime post!! Turn off the phone, grab a cuppa and have a read…..

https://foodimentary.com/2018/06/19/cheer-june-19th-is-national-martini-day/

http://www.spectrummum.com/2018/06/a-glimpse-into-our-autism-cure.html?m=1

https://www.abookloversadventures.com/best-summer-beach-reads-2018/

https://mummyhereandthere.co.uk/2018/06/21/sleep-tight/

https://cfswarrior.weebly.com/blog/for-my-lovely-boyfriend

https://schoolrunshop.com/edible-chocolate-slime-recipe/

https://bloggingastrid.com/2018/06/21/book-review-doctors-notes-by-rosemary-leonard/

https://www.sizzlingtowardssixty.com.au/over-50-thriving-guest-series-what-keeps-you-on-track-to-thrive/

http://www.momshomerun.com/2018/06/good-can-sometimes-come-from-bad.html

https://extradrymartini.com/2018/06/22/june/

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Have a great week,

Claire x