Friday 9th January 2009

As I sit typing this my fingers are aching as they slowly defrost after being outside for the last couple of hours....the temp is -4 degrees and the skies are bright blue (whoever said England is grey obviously lived in a very different area to us as I can honestly say I have had more blue days then grey ones in the last 7 months...cold, oh yes, but grey....not for me). I have been out walking most of the day and the children are currently outside sliding around on the black ice....fun when you do it intentionally but can be very scary when you slip without warning as has happened to me a couple of times.

Spent the morning at Wakehurst Place near Ardingly (pronounced Are-ding-lie), this National Trust park is around 300 acres of combined garden and woodland and although there weren't any flowers around today I am sure it must be stunning in the summer.

Si out tonight for his monthly poker game with Rob and the boys, he really enjoys this outing and they only play until about midnight so not too bad the next morning. I intend watching Notting Hill and The Holiday which we have rented off "LoveFilms" (wonderful concept....you choose your movies online and they post to you, you post back when finished and they send you the next lot......lovely as postage only takes 24 hours and their is no redistribution of wealth lol) and catching up with my ironing....sigh.