Guy Fawkes trying to light the Gunpowder under Parliament.

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  Today in the UK is Bonfire Night where we let off lots and lots of fireworks to “Remember, Remember the 5th of November, Gunpowder, Treason & Plot”! Of course now it is just a good excuse to let off the fireworks and eat hot dogs and chips!!!  Which is what our dinner is this evening, after the swimming club AGM!!!!!  No fun for DH and I then!!!

Sorry I was missing in action last week but it became quite frantic with the business and I was busy driving around the countryside making collections and doing deliveries!!  It was a very long week and quite tiring and I also think I caught a chill from our friend’s Retirement Party when we were outside, as by the end of the week I had no energy whatsoever.

As it is DH and I’s 30th Wedding Anniversary this year (next Monday in fact!!!!) we thought we may be able to go away for a two-week holiday but that has not happened because of work etc so we have decided to do what we did at our 20th and go out and do something every Friday and Saturday night in November, so a month-long celebration. We had real fun last time doing this.  So last Saturday we went to Callow Hall in Ashbourne, Derbyshire for dinner, just the two of us (the entrance above).  It was a great evening and the food was lovely.

The Hotel.

This was dinner, crab cakes to start and then homemade fish and chips!!! Doesn’t sound exciting but it was delicious and we were both too full to have dessert!!!!  We got home around 9.30pm having had a great time.  We were supposed to go to the cinema on the Friday night but I was not feeling up to it.

We have a busy week again and Wednesday it is late night shopping in Nottingham so I am going over to get a few bits and meet DH for dinner there.  Friday it is the younger swimmers their Championships in the evening and Saturday evening the older swimmers are at the League event about an hour away so DH and I are going.  

Sunday is Remembrance Sunday and DH and Youngest are involved in events during the day and they are each hosting an event in the evening as it is 100 years since the end of WWI.  I will be going to Church in the morning but then spending the rest of the day in my sewing room, as well as getting dinner for the workers. 

I hope you all have a wonderful week, you lovely lot.

Hugs, Susie xx

Bonfire Night 2005 in our garden. 

Happy November everyone and I cannot believe that it is the eleventh month of the year already!  However when I look back at everything that has happened so far this year, it has been really, really busy so no wonder the weeks just fly by.

We had lots of Trick-a-Treaters last night, it being Half Term here in Derbyshire, so no school the next day.  We almost ran out of sweets and that was eight bags gone!!!  I do hope they all clean their teeth well!!!!!

I am busy making lists again as I have lots to do and you know how it is, I don’t want to forget anything and feel that I will, unless I do my lists!!!!  Is it a sign of old age or as DH says more likely that I have too much on!!!!

Today I am going to start wrapping all the Advent Calendars and then I have our Christmas Cake to make and the Christmas puddings to do so they have time to mature before the Big Day!  I always make them during Half Term when the Boys were at school as I had more time and they always helped.

This is also our Anniversary Month and DH and I have lots of things planned and hopefully we will get lots of pictures.  The main event being our weekend in London during the middle of the month, can’t wait.

Have a great day, you lovely lot.

Hugs, Susie xx