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 Well we travelled to daughter's for her birthday which went very well. She had a barbecue despite the rain as son's  friend loaned a nice large gazebo. Think there were about 35 there altogether including the 3 babies and various children. Mark stayed the night on an air bed. Went for a carvery Sunday lunch and visited my sisters and brother-in-law. Also called in to see our other son and the grandchildren which was nice. Stayed at daughter's home for 4 nights as she's off to Disney for  a week so we were the airport taxi lolol.  Apparently, its £50 for a uber, so we didn't mind dropping her and granddaughter there as its on our way home. Also managed to fit in a nice curry at our old favourite restaurant before we came back. Sadly they were very quiet (probably due to the cost of living atm) as the food was fantastic as usual. I think people are economising midweek and not going out as much.

We arrived back on Wednesday late afternoon and our son, Mark, followed us down as he can't work atm due to a back injury. So as OH and son went for a pint I had a nice relaxing bath after unpacking. Slept really well back in my own bed.

Thursday i drove to visit my friend who is settling in her new home. She has a nice 2 bed flat with a large garden. She's decorating atm and told me she's found a local person to help her. Apparently a proper decorator  wants £180 a day which I think is a lot of money to do painting. Perhaps I'm a bit behind the times with tradesman's prices as OH has always done ours, or I have on easy walls.  Was nice to get out on my own and have a good old chat.

I've sold 6 things on ebay this week which is a lot for me. So it was on with the packing parcels and printing labels today. I did schedule time away on ebay, which private sellers can do now. Previously it was just for businesses. Mark helped with the packing for the china and game while I did the children's clothes. It's slowly going now but I still have 160 items listed and daughter's car boot is packed with bags of more clothes that  granddaughter has outgrown. So that's going to be arriving soon when she visits.  My office is suffering from overcrowding lol.

Bye for now  All the best x 

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