Satisfying weekend

Thursday:
- I returned home from Sweden to 2 transformed gardens. A's dad has worked hard during the week (thankfully he seems to enjoy it!) and has: tidied the front garden, painted the gate, cut the grass in both gardens, cleared the triffid taking over the summer house, and dismantled the remains of the gazebo.

Friday:

- I took the day off after my travels, but caught up a bit on emails during the morning to make Monday easier.

- My in-laws came back to finish getting burning the rotten wood from the back garden. He also put a make-shift fence up to keep next door's dogs in their own garden.
- I went for a walk with a friend and her baby. I'm pleased that he's getting to be a bit less demanding so that she's got some more flexibility in her routines.

Saturday:

- haircut, then we popped into town for a short while. I had a very enjoyable time looking for yarn to make myself a wrap to wear to 2 family weddings this year. I've not bought anything yet, but I'm feeling a wee bit inspired.

- we had a lovely time at a party to celebrate our friends' 50th birthdays. A barbecue in the dark in March - very tasty - followed by a fab banoffee pie

Sunday:
- A beautiful sunny day so we drove to church and back with the top down; it was a bit chilly on the way there but glorious on the way home. What a treat!
- We finished burning the rubbish from the back garden - I smell of bonfire now...

- We watched our first F1 race of the year. I'm not sorry we weren't up early to watch the 50 min rain delay, and maybe the extended highlights will work out well; I didn't feel I'd missed much anyway.

- A helped me wash the car. It was absolutely filthy after a winter's driving and it's still not totally clean, but what an improvement.
- I enjoyed being outdoors and getting stuff done.

My knitting's coming on a bit too:
- I cast on for a pair of slippers for Andrew
- The moebius cowl is close to being finished; only about 3 rows left now (never mind that they're each 400 stitches...) It's been getting quite unwieldy to work with so I'm glad it's almost done.