{All going well}

No interesting updates for you all, everything home-ed wise is just trundling along nicely.

We are having a bit of a nightmare with the car at the moment, meaning we are struggling hugely financially, and the dog had a bit of an accident last week meaning she had to have stitches and wear a lampshade collar for a while. She still has the stitches, which are due to be removed next Tuesday. It has meant that we haven't ventured out anywhere as we didn't want to leave her, but without a car that hasn't been too much of a hastle anyway.

Joseph has progressed well at his cub-scouts, earning another two badges. On Saturday he is off abseiling in the morning, then doing archery and air-rifle shooting in the afternoon. There are only 5 more sessions left for him, and he doesn't want to move up to the Scout group after Chelsea's tales, so we will have to have a search around for something else to him to do.

We have all been enjoying the beautiful weather we have been having here in Devon recently, lots of reading in the garden, planting and weeding, trampoline jumping, and mini-olympic staging. It's been difficult trying to keep Kira from running around like a mad thing (she is a springer spaniel after all!) so I have been spending more time inside the house than I would have liked, but she is worth it :o) Hopefully her paw will heal soon and we can go back to enjoying our long walks and picnics in the countryside again.

Tomorrow we are meant to be going to a child's birthday party, but it will cost us a fortune to get there on public transport. Oh the joys of living in Devon! We are still planning a move to the Cheshire area, but it has been put on hold as the money we would have used to help with the cost has been needed for the car - £800 *gulp* We were hoping to go for a camping visit up there to suss out areas at the end of this month, but that's a definite no no now which is a shame.