Chantal found some more photos from Claire, Si and the girls visit during last Mothering Sunday weekend, a couple of weeks ago. See our recent photos.

We had quite a relaxed Easter weekend. On Good Friday we had an impromptu dog walk/pub lunch with Chris and Richard, who invited us back for coffee and to continue the chatting. Saturday was retail therapy – we took Andree to Woodlands nursery, about 5 miles away – not to buy plants (the cold weather is still preventing any enthusiasm for gardening) but for the other retail outlets on the site. We all found bargains – in my case a couple of nice “tops” -sort of jumper things that are better than your average sweatshirt. After the lack of snow in Derbyshire on Thursday we found some 4 foot drifts alongside the road just a few miles from home!

After church on Easter Sunday my Dad and Andree joined us for a sunday roast, staying all afternoon chatting, which was nice, after which Chantal and I settled down to watch Argos. Sorry, I mean Argo. I had serious reservations about this, what with all the gung ho fighting and torture. Turned out I was thinking about an entirely different film, and I thoroughly enjoyed this one.

Monday was technologically frustrating. Having orered a “TV stick” for my PC from Amazon, which didn’t quite do what it said on the tin, I went to Curry’s at Fosse Park to buy another. There was a long queue to the car park and I almost turned around. Chantal was a few cars in front, having collected Andree for clothes shopping in M&S – under no circumstances do I join Chantal and Andree for clothes shopping in M&S. I purchased a TV stick, returned home to fit it, broke the aerial connection, went to B&Q for a new one, fitted it (well, Chantal did – she insisted…) installed the TV stick, which worked briefly before falling apart. Today I have had a refund from Currys.

It wasn’t the most relaxing day to end an otherwise lovely weekend.

Posted: Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
Category: News and Views from the Oakstump
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