Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Thanks to everyone who commented on my last post; I was so touched by the kind things you said. I don't really know where all that came from...I'd written a very ordinary sort of post and suddenly all that angst came pouring out! I have said before I don't always know how much of my feelings I should reveal in my blog but sometimes maybe these things are better "out than in"...


The Keswick Launch stopping at Ashness

The girls and I just got back from our first ever solo trip: we went up to Keswick for one night as Phil is busy being a professional photographer! Yesterday we wandered around the shops in Keswick, walked to Friar's Crag and visited our friends D & J who run an animal rescue charity and from whom we have adopted all our cats. We finished our day with chips from the Kingfisher Chippy in Keswick, and spent the night in the Penrith Travelodge. I bought the girls a small silver pendant each to commemorate our first " all-girls" holiday together!

Kate...

We started the day with breakfast at the Little Chef next door to the Travelodge; Sian was in heaven with her Olympic Breakfast roll! After that we parked by the lake in Keswick, took the Launch to High Brandlehowe and walked back to Keswick along the shore. The weather was perfect and we had such a good time; missing Phil however - it was strange being in his favourite place without him!
Sian...

After buying sandwiches for a very late lunch, we revisited the shops - Friar's Chocolate Shop was a "must" and then we bought "kebabs" of strawberries and marshmallows dipped in chocolate from the Chocolate Fountain shop :) It was hard to leave but it had been a wonderful short break.

I am missing Phil loads. He struggles to get a signal on his mobile where he is, so it's very rare we can have a conversation. I can't wait to see him again on Friday. I did have a really memorable time with my two beautiful daughters and I am so grateful to them for their company!

6 comments:

picperfic said...

he'll be back soon enough and you'll be able to do his washing again! Your girls look very happy. Maisie was a pain the @rse today when we were shopping in Cambridge, until I realised she was hungry! After lunch we had a lovely time!

photowannabe said...

Special times with family are great memory builders. You have beautiful daughters.

RUTH said...

I'm glad you had such a good day with the girls. They are really growing up aren't they. It won't be long until Friday :o) Keep smiling
HUGS
Rx

Mafia Wife said...

A great mom and daughters get away! Nothing like making those kind of memories :)

You know, I always say that my blog is for me first. I use it as I see fit and figure if people don't like it, they don't have to read (you know some don't care for all my dog training talk, cuz they think I'm crazy :). You write what you want and people can read what they choose. It's your space and you invite people to share it with you, but none of us reading should ever be the reason you do or don't put something up here. The good and the bad things you might choose to write about can all be theraputic to put them out there in the end. So you do what feels right with this blog. If it's a sad post, cuz you're feeling down, so be it. This blog is all about you first and the rest of us are just voyers looking in from time to time :)

artisbliss said...

Your girls are so grown up and beautiful! I'm glad you had a nice time together.

Akelamalu said...

What a great time you had - all girls together!

Tomorrow will soon be here and so will Phil! x