Well Mr Underhills was extremely good, and we were blown away by the thought and detail that went into making our evening truly memorable. We had an individual menu with eight courses. Each mouthful was amazing and it so nice that it was just a stroll from our house. It is on the riverside of the Teme and because of the amount of snow we have had the river was rushing past the window where we sat. Candles flickered outside along the terrace wall and it was a lovely birthday celebration.
The change, is all down to my youngest Max. He started boarding school last September and we both cried on the phone during the following weeks. With the hope that he would settle into the routine we persevered - but come January he still is unhappy although he has made friends and enjoyed the sailing. After family discussions, I went on the search for an alternative and found a school not to far away that provides daily transport to Ludlow. So after another uniform buying trip and a night of sewing name tags on ( yet again, it only seems five minutes since all the boarding stuff had to be named) I opened a bottle of wine and put on a 'desperate housewives' dvd ( birthday present collection from Simone) I had never seen it before - it made the hours more bearerable.
Achilles is missing Sparticas and is following Alistair everywhere, lying across his computer and sending emails, and likes to sleep with Alistair . Poor Sparty, we miss him.
Dylan meanwhile is just as smelly and scruffy as ever, 12 now and looking like he will go on forever. He is totally deaf, seems to have lost his sense of smell and I'm not sure whether he can see too well either. I suppose it's where we are all heading as we get older. God I hope I don't get smelly. I don't mind being excentric though, in fact I'm aiming for it.
In Spain the Almond blossom is covering the valley and Alistair has taken some pictures for me. I wish i was there to take some myself.
My no meat, no sugar, salt or processed foods diet that started at the beginning of the year has been no problem to continue and as yet my Pork pie urges have been kept under control.
Bring on Spring