Today we had unofficial birthdays for Tracy and Molly. We started the day with present opening in bed and then outside to play with Molly's new swingball. As we have some friends and relations popping round today Molly and I went up to TESCO to pick up party food. The weather was great so we set up the table and chairs outside and decorated with balloons and streamers. The food was accompanied with a chocolate cake from choccywoccydoodah, which was polished off v...

Today is really the first day we've been seriously thinking about what to take with us, but there has been a pile slowly building in the spare room for a few weeks with items for Bill and Edna that are unavailable in Canada. The biggest shock is looking at the large amount of drugs we have to take with us. 30 days worth of hay fever and dizzy tablets are almost filing a wash bag (and that's only for me). We've now got an outlined plan of our days away and have ...