Cuddling Grandad & other Fascinating Stories

 

Hello Everyone,

What an `up and down` day I`ve had.  This morning started badly with something I can`t reveal here in this journal as it wouldn`t be fair to a certain husband of mine, albeit to say that I am considering forgiving him and will leave it at that!  Then I thought I would check my email early but found that AOL had suspended our account due to a violation...WHAT?!!!  After two phone calls ( I made the first but a very rude man told me that as I wasn`t the account holder he could only discuss the matter with Jim) we eventually found out that an obscene IM had been sent from my other screenname which was why the account was frozen.  I don`t even use it very often and I wouldn`t dream of doing such a thing and thankfully AOL were fine about it.  They changed our password so we could get back online and then I changed the password to the other screenname and all seems to be fine now.  What I have noticed over the last couple of days is that the other screenname has been appearing in my Buddy List which I thought was a bit odd.  Now I`ve changed the password it`s no longer there, it just get`s curiouser and curiouser!

Now I have some really good news, at least I think it is..........................

Yesterday, for the first time I drove on the motorway! 

 

 I was really scared but drove 20 miles to the junction near to where my friend B lives and then back down the other side home again.  I am so proud of myself for conquering one of my biggest fears and realising that it wasn`t SO bad after all.  Of course there are terrible drivers and I quickly saw some pretty dangerous manouvres but I kept my cool and concentration.  Jim gave me clear instructions which helped enormously, I don`t think I`d have done so well on my own to start with.  And this afternoon I went on the motorway again, this time going into London when we went to visit Jim`s mum.  He did warn me that it would be much busier on this stretch of road but I did ok and the traffic didn`t faze me at all.  With a bit more practise I`ll be doing it with my eyes shut...er, perhaps not...lol!

When we got to the nursing home we found all the residents, Jim`s mum included all dressed in their best clothes.  It turned out that one of them, a lovely Spanish lady called Puri, is 100yrs old today and they were holding a special party for her. The Mayor and other local digniteries were invited along with journalists from the local paper.  Puri doesn`t look her age at all, to me she looks about 80 and she was really looking forward to her party, dressed in a smart suit and her best jewellery, she really was the Belle of the Ball.  We were invited to the party but we decided to go when it started and leave the residents to enjoy the special occasion.  I`d like to wish Puri on her very special day a very....

Kerry came round with Roman later this afternoon.  She`s much happier today and sends thanks to you all for the Birthday wishes.  She brought us some of the chocolate birthday cake that Slava bought her.  It`s a Cadbury`s Flake cake and absolutely delicious, though very rich.  We will enjoy a slice with our 9pm cuppa later.  I hope you like the photos of Roman that I took today, he`s had a bit of a sniffle and he`s teething too which doesnt help but he was in a happy mood, especially when he saw the chocolate cake!  He can now walk four steps at a time but he isn`t in any hurry to go further so we`ll just have to wait until he`s ready.  Like any other toddler he`ll do it when he`s good and ready.

Anyway, I must dash now as I have countless journals to read.  I was really touched by the 9/11 tributes of yesterday and I took my time reading them all. I just hope I manage to finish reading todays journals as I hate to miss any out.  Have a lovely evening wherever you are.  Take care and Bye Bye for now. :o)