Sunday 7th March 2010

What a perfectly happy blissful day today has turned out to be, a wonderful, peaceful way to spend my birthday and in fact the whole weekend has been lovely - I have felt very spoilt and blessed.

On Saturday morning we took a drive out to Lancing (about 40mins away just beyond Brighton on the coast) to test drive a 3 year old Vauxhall Zafira that we are hoping to buy. In England the government gives anyone with a disability a fully paid for and maintained car every 3 years - these cars are known as motability vehicles and they are literally fully services and looked after at the government's expense, which of course makes them sought after once they are sold off at the end of the 3 years. To cut a long story short, we have our eye on a March 2007 Zafira with 15 000 miles (24 000kms) on the clock and with a little bit of luck tomorrow it will be ours.After our exciting morning (I really fell in LOVE with the car) it was off to lunch in Crawley before heading home to prepare for the Viljoen's for dinner, as always it was a lovely evening and a wonderful way to celebrate my birthday.

This morning Megs had to leave early for a compulsory farm commitment so it was up with the sparrows for present opening (a wonderful digital photo frame from my dh) and then a Wii tournament between Phil and I. I had loads of phone calls and texts which made me feel incredibly special and as the weather was glorious we decided to hit the park for a couple of hours and enjoy the blue skies which we have missed for so long. Such a relaxed way to spend the day and then my gorgeous husband cleaned the WHOLE house for me when we got home (while I honed my wii skills lol) so that I wouldn't have anything to do during the week - a real blessing let me tell you.

Nick Nick enjoying the neighbours friendly cat earlier today

In the park enjoying the sunshine

Off to lunch with Catherine tomorrow and then I will put this years birthday behind me - a HUGE improvement on last years experience on the side of the M25 ;0)