Settling down nicely ...

Its so funny the things you miss or rather don't notice when you live somewhere and then you leave that place ... and pop back for a visit...

I couldn't believe it on Friday night when I looked at my watch and it was already 8pm and we hadn't had supper and it was still light !!! Back in SA the sun goes down between 5.00 - 5.30pm and you don't even notice it but when you have an extra 5 hours of daylight there's so much more you can do... Paul & Kelsey went to gym and I popped into Tesco's while they were there ...

Now I know that sounds sad but even the supermarkets here are so different ... and as I love food shopping anyway ... the chance to spend a couple of hours in a supermarket is a pleasure for me ... Even if I don't buy anything (like that could ever happen !!! LOL) My first port of call was the book section ... BOGOF ... hell yes I just managed to find 8 books that I liked the sound of PMSL ... I by-passed the clothing section really not interested there !!!! Then it was onto food ... so many choices so many things I miss ... then Paul & Kelsey joined me and before you know it the food basket's got way more in it than expected !!! Kelsey was on a mega high ... you'd swear he'd never eaten before !!! LOL, mind you Paul was just as bad ... while he's here on his own he sticks to a strict diet (gym etc... ) so when we're here he just knows the diet is gonna go out the window ... now the fridge is full of all the wrong foods (naughty!! naughty !! it's not my fault I like food is it ???) And all of this was in our small Tesco ... imagine what I would be like in a bigger store ... or even ASDA or Sainsbury !!! ... I'll save that fun for next week (LOL)

We finally managed to get our Fish & Chips for supper ... OOOOh lovely cod ... even if it's from a bad fish shop (according to the locals) it was divine and with mushy peas too ...

On Saturday Paul took mum over to Bella's so the wrinklies could spend the day together and then off we three went to 'Chesvegus' (a.k.a. Chesterfield) ... now did I ever think in my life I would get excited about Saturday shopping in Chesterfield ??? No ... But there you have it, the place was all a buzz and with the market on ... it was so nice ... we don't have shopping in the high streets in SA, not like here in the UK ... over there its all 'Malls' even if there's a dozen of them strung together in the same street ... but you definitely don't have a Market Place like here ...

Kelsey was agog at the some of the sights (the fashion sense and some of the hairstyles !!!) he had us in fits with his comments !!! He finally got his food wish ... McD's for lunch ... yup you guessed it we do have McDonalds but they are not popular in SA ... Wimpy is our local fast food burger type joint ... so lunch at McDonald was his treat.

Then Paul got a call out for a job... so I thought whoopee I've got the rest of the afternoon to myself ... it lasted an hour ... then the two of them were back and causing chaos ...

You don't realise when you live with your child all the time, just how quickly that child can cause chaos !!! Kelsey's nice and clean bedroom (when we got here) now looks worse than if an atomic bomb had gone off in it ... Paul can't handle that ... But I have been training him to walk past the room and just close the door (PMSL)

So last nights dinner was another one of our favourites ... Buffet ... I'd bought a selection of cheeses, pate's, cold meats and breads ... we had some chicken wings and ribs and 'pigged' out ... (yes ok so this holiday is gonna be a lot about food I guess !!!) Maybe I should start a food calendar LOL ...

And today ??? It's gonna be a lazy movie indoorsy kinda day ... we had rain first thing this am but I'm pleased to say it has gone now ... in fact the sun came out for 5 minutes : which reminds me yet again of what Uncle Colin told us 10 years ago when we moved to the UK ... "If you don't like the English weather ... wait 5 minutes" how true ...