I have just spotted Jen reading 'back copies' of my blog.......I must not be writing enough these days.
Memo to self...get the blog going again sometime soon

Anyway I hope you enjoyed the back copies Jen.

Margaret Pilkington

We(my daughter, Miss Bossy drawers and me) saw the lad off to school this morning and then gleefully, we skipped off to Preston on the bus. Miss Bossy drawers has had a yen for going on a bus....never having been on one before.

She was taunting her brother last night with the strains of 'We're going on a bus and YOU aren't'....and kept on repeating this refrain....much to her brothers annoyance.
He was dischuffed to think that we could contemplate going on a day out, and leaving him behind.
This morning though, he was more interested in going to school......and went in the rain....fleet of foot.

We waited for the 9.50 bus...having missed the earlier one. I thought it would be full, but it wasn't.
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Margaret Pilkington

Today the new school term started......it has been anticipated for many weeks at my daughters house.
The uniform had been bought, name labels attached to everything....and everything kept in a neat little(or not so little) pile....waiting for this day.

Her little lad, formerly known as 'Tiddler'
was due to start at 'big' school.
He couldn't wait. This event has loomed large on his horizon for what seems like an age.

He has been wanting to go to school for the last two years....and the last few weeks at pre-school, he felt, were very trying.
This was because he saw himself as a 'big boy'.......and no longer wanted to be associated with the 'babies'.
He wanted to be doing different things...

Margaret Pilkington

I know......I know, I am one of them......I just thought I would give the blog a rest and let someone else do the blogging......every time I looked there would be a whole row of my ginger faced cat....grinning out at me.
I felt as if I had 'taken over'.....I hope that doesn't sound like a big headed statement...it wasn't meant to be......so i had this thought 'I'll move over and give someone else a chance in the blogging world'
So come on where are you all?
I know it is holiday time...but you can't all have left the country!

What's happening in my world?

I am off with Ma again on Saturday.....Eastbourne for five days.
I don't know if I am looking forward to it or not....... a bank holiday...

Margaret Pilkington

Haven't put Ma off.
We had only just been back 24 hours...or perhaps even less and she was ringing me up to ask if I could do a Saturday until Wednesday break on the 23rd of August.

I asked her what happened to her dis-chuffment with the long trip back from Torquay.......'Oh, I'm over that now' she replied....'Anyway with Robinsons, the journey never seems as long'

So we'll be off to The Majestic at Eastbourne.

Back to this holiday.
We slept really well......Ma certainly did....though I was tired it took me quite a while to drop off to sleep......I think maybe I was too warm......I crept out of bed and opened the window just a touch......and the breeze wafted over my head....after...

Margaret Pilkington