Monday, today is our last day and it is Danielle and Katie's birthdays, I am doing a big Roast Dinner for the family at Katie's so another hectic day. Went to Kirkcaldy with Katie to buy her birthday present and also to get the food for dinner. Katie needed to get bloods taken at Lunchtime so shopping done we went off to face the blood testing nurse, Katie is very squeamish but finally they were done. Then its off to pick up Douglas as he needs the car and I can get back to katie's to start dinner. We need to pick Becky and Richard up just after 3, then Douglas needs the car again for a while before dinner. All sorted had a lovely Roast Dinner with Katie and the girls and one of Danielle's friends, Richard April and Becky and Danny and Lesa and Douglas was on time also. Long time since I had cooked for Eleven but there was not one bit of waste so it must have been good. Called it a night about 8 as had to pack ready for our trip to Devon.
Tuesday, another early start with Richard taking us to the airport for another early flight this time to Bristol. Arrived at Bristol mid morning, picked up a hire car and set off for my Dads. Stopped for a big breakfast on the way and arrived at Dads just after lunchtime, this will not be such a hectic visit so a bit more time to relax. Dad was pleased to see us and he also had a long list of things he needed done, what was that I said about relaxing, not too worry just today I will not do very much!!
Wednesday, Dads garden badly needs tidied up so that is the job for today, front and back was just full of leaves, 3 hours and 45 bags of leaves later the job was done, I felt like crying as my back was so sore but I knew it would get worse as the day went on. Dad is really pleased with the way the garden looks now, thank goodness for that. Popped out to get some shopping, then relax before tea needs cooking.
Thursday, The guttering all needs cleaning out today, so Douglas had to get the big ladders out of the garage so that he could reach the roof. Another 3 hours work but good results achieved. I managed to get the washing and ironing done and some other bits and pieces so a good day, nice to be able to sit and relax in the evening. Nurses were out to see to dads legs today and it is so good to be able to see that they are at last healing up, great results.
Friday, need to go in to Exeter today to sort some stuff out also need to get the house gutted completely for dad and get his shopping done. Decided to do half the house today and finish the rest tomorrow as we don't need to leave for the airport until late afternoon. Douglas has a couple of other jobs to do for dad so all in all we have achieved a lot in a few days.
Saturday, well it is off home for us later today so getting the rest of the jobs done, put some Christmas decorations up for dad just to cheer the place up, delivered his Christmas cards to the neighbours and made sure he has everything he needs. This has been a good visit, great to see dad with some independence back, looking a lot healthier and doing a lot more for himself, hopefully it will stay this way. Off to the airport and then it is homeward bound. We have been lucky with the weather, although it has been cold the rain has managed to stay off, will be glad to get home though, it is a lot warmer.
Sunday, woke up in our own bed what a nice start to the day. Investigated the house inside and out to see what the builders had been up to. No snagging had been done in the house and of course no alarm fitted and no door refitted. One consolation the internal doors and the wardrobe doors had been fitted. Again nothing goes right for us as the wardrobe doors do not match the internal doors and are not what we wanted, OMG a phone call to the Company will need to be done in the morning as they will need to be taken back. How typical is this, nothing goes right for us with this house at the moment. The Roof Terrace has been started but is certainly not finished, how many days did the builders actually work while we were away. Nothing else has been done. The Icing on the cake today is that our new Granddaughter Madison was born today, she waited until we arrived home and decided to make her appearance, now I just need to go back and see her!!! Congratulations to Danny and Lesa.
Well this has been another good week between Scotland and Devon. Very disappointed to return home and find that not very much was done and also that our doors are wrong as well. We also now need to sort out the front door and the alarm system, well here is to next week.
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