Oops

I appear to have forgotten to update for the last week! I have no real excuse, apart from being stuck into my crochet in the evenings, so spending less time online.
Steve had his eye op on Tuesday and had to stay overnight as he had a wheezy reaction to the anaesthetic. He unfortunately has to keep his face down (chin to chest) all the time for at least a week which means that he has a sore neck and can pretty much only play on his DS!
We've had playdates with Nyree et al. Mildred the Kitten is the dark tortoiseshell seen here.

Cake club was at Tabi's new house which is lovely
On Saturday Tilda had a fairy and pirates party at the leisure centre - she wore her Tinkerbell dress and stood out amongst all the pink!

Also - progress on my shawl this week,

Todat Grampsy came over for lunch and I've made some bread. Not much else doing!

Quite hard work, actually.

Pulling the wagon, that is! After going to the council offices to vote, I took the Girls to Nyree's house, along the Nutbrook trail, by the side of the canal to Dockholm Lock and accross. It was actually quite hard work, pulling it along the cyclepath, which is kind of compacted loose chippings on the top of the floodbank. This is where the air-tyres of the metal models would come into their own, I suppose. Besides getting a bit wet though when the Heavens opened, it wasn't too bad. My arms and calves will probably be killing me tomorrow! On the way home, we came along the streets and it didn't feel as far, despite being a longer distance, as there was that much less friction to contend with!
I had a couple of holds of the Kittens at Nyree's. Mildred is beautiful and is just starting to walk. All three are wonderful and so sweet!

Tilda fell asleep on the way home and refused to be moved when she got back, so woke up with dead legs. Will have to work on what to do about that if she does it again!

Kittens!

Steve woke up(!) yesterday with an incredible amount of pain in his eye. It seems that some of the gas bubble had got into the anterior part of his eye where it shouldn't be. Where the pressure is normally 10-20mmHg, his was 70! No wonder it hurt! They relieved the pressure by sticking a syringe in it. Yuck. No driving for 8 weeks now, so the Big Camp is a no-no and calls the wedding into question - Steve and Tilda will have to cadge a lift with Steve's dad and Winnie and I will stay at home.
Yesterday we went to see Nyree and the kids and we had a really nice, relaxing day - I came home in the sunshine all warm and happy!
We met our new kitten and her mummy, Thistle. I think the kitten will be called Mildred!