Fourth Friday in August

 Another month that wouldn't end, although I'm cautious to wish away the last of the summer. 

We have another visitor this weekend so I need to get up and going and tidy up my house a bit which has been rather neglected. It's been the summer of visitors, and though I like to be hospitable I think I would be more discouraging next year as it feels we've barely had a weekend free this summer - in fact I'm not sure we have at all if we include birthday parties. I'll get a record on in a bit and get going. 

Big news here is that we have been offered a half plot of an allotment! We have been on the list for 3 years and this is slightly sooner than anticipated. They aren't our most local allotments but maybe our most convenient as they are about 3 miles away along the seafront - a fairly short cycle, or a very short drive. We have asked to stay on the list for a full plot also. 

Using my computer less has been noticably nicer already. I've just had it switched off and left upstairs and that ensures I'm only using it when I'm actually using it, not just picking it up mindlessly. 

Yesterday me and the girls spent a lot of the day making extra buildings for their sylvanian families from cardboard. For their birthdays a friend gave them some die cuts from the mouse mansion in Amsterdam, and we've had so much fun making the rooms ready for them, and scouting around the house for things to repurpose. 

Off I go.