Thinking

Sometimes I wonder how good a friend I am.

About 15 months ago a good friend of mine e-mailed me one morning saying that things didn't feel right with her dh. So I told her to talk to him and get it off her chest. Believing it was just her 30 week pregnancy hormones, I took my kids to school. I returned home and couldn't believe the return e-mail from her. Her dh had met someone else. I felt such a failure to her. If I hadn't told her to tackle him then she at 30 weeks pregnant wouldn't be looking at life as a single parent. Thankfully they managed to salvage their marriage but I still feel a lot of guilt towards her as a friend as I was the one who led her in to that situation.

I always get that feeling of dread when friends ask me for relationship advice. Before David, I never really had a serious relationship. We've muddled through our relationship having ups and downs. But we've always come out as a team. I don't really discuss things outwith our relationship with anyone else either, so sometimes I think am I treading the right path here.

Things are never easy in relationships but I think the essence is to talk and get things off your chest but also listen to what the other person has to say and take it all on board that you are a partnership.

My Wee Lad

My wee lad has given us some corkers this week, here's my diary

Tuesday - Murray took the tram he got from Beamish to school today. He told the teacher.... "I don't know the name of the place but the shop was called gift shop!" Ooops he's not as into detail as his sister who would have given a detailed description.

Wednesday - I know that Murray went to gym today. How do I know? He put his trousers on back to front and and poloshirt wasn't buttoned back up He got stroppy with me when he realised his pockets were at his bum and not at his front but I had already noticed lol. The other mums told me off for laughing at him.

Thursday - Murray started French club today. I asked him if he enjoyed it and he nodded and said "I can speak french you know!"

Beamish

We decided to go to Durham to Beamish to see the Open Air Museum. We arrived after the Sat Nav sent us some odd back way. But just as we arrived it started to rain but the rain didn't last long. We headed the 1913 town and went to the tea rooms for lunch.


While Having lunch Eilidh and Murray's twins turned up. They eneded up being very tasty.

We had a wander round the town seeing the horses and the bank and all the old fashioned shops. We also popped into the sweetie shop where they meeasured out our rubarb and custard, kola cubes and ABC's in quarters. Been a long time since we could do that.

The kids outside the Post Office come Newsagents.

After a look round the Dentist's house, the Piano Teachers house and another house, we went to the funfair where on the coconut shy, Daddy won a football!!!

Murray tried to go on the train but erm it broke down. So he got his token back and used it on the coconut shy.

Mummy and Eilidh went on the swing boats. You got FOREVER on it. Thought it was never going to end but Eilidh loved it.

Then we walked round to the Colliery village. On the way the kids found a funny steam contraption and climbed in.

We popped into the old school in the Colliery Village. The kids got to play with Old Fashioned toys in the playground.

Then they went indoors for a lesson with slates and the belt. Murray was in the main classroom.

But Eilidh was segregated. Probably for talking too much.

Then back outside to play in the playground with daddy again.

After that we caught the tram to Pockerly Manor and the bus was chasing us along the road.

Then on the way back we got the open top tram back and we sat upstairs as it was nice and sunny again.

We passed the fairground again. Shows what a long walk we went on from there to the colliery village.

Mummy and Murray on the tram going through the town.

Eilidh and daddy on the tram in the town too.



Afterwards we made our way to the hotel in Washington and had dinner at the Carvery. But we were all tired so headed back to the room and had a lazy evening.