We met :)

And so I met Val today....after years of emailing and chatting and planning to meet...we finally met! We met at the restaurant at the Esso garage which is just around the corner from my home really yet I had never been. I walked into the restaurant and was met by a lady with a big welcoming smile so Val was easy to spot!

It was so comfortable...it didn't feel like meeting a stranger at all! She had her gorgeous baby boy with her - who was fast asleep in his car seat having just had his injections.......The menu is vast for a roadside cafe...everything from steak to chinese to pizza to all day breakfasts....

I had cinnamon toast and coffee - VERY good coffee by the way! Sam had pancakes and Abigail had toast and bacon...I was still on breakfast really but Val had been out for the morning and was on lunch time lol so she had pizza and it looked really good!

Anyway we chatted about this and that....about people we knew and about acreage life......it was fun and I hope we do it again soon!

I think I may take Sam to that restaurant on Tuesdays when Abby is in preschool....and I think I may also go there now and then to write in peace!

My Dad just called to say that when my Mum got to the hospital this morning there was no bed for her so she had to wait 4 hours.....they called Dad this afternoon to say she finally went down to the Operating Room late afternoon and is now back on the ward.....Dad visited and said she seemed fine but drowsy from the anaesthetic still........he will call with an update tomorrow.

The children finish school early today so will be home soon.....although I am not sure who is coming home...whether Susie and Chris are going to their friends for a few hours or whether just Chris is......

Susie came home yesterday to say that her friends are starting a band and would like her to play the drums.....she asked if she could earn some extra money for a drum kit......I said I am NOT having a drum kit in this house lol.....but she said her friends parents have agreed she can leave it there for practice (are they insane???)

She's 9 and she wants to be in a band.....I know I know as a good parent I should be encouraging her but why the drums??????? I moved to this acreage for some peace and quiet!

I still have the most awful heartburn and indigestion imaginable...just awful .....off to take more Eno's and curl up and read until the kids get home....Lloyd is finishing work early hopefully.....we have plans for tonight :) I am looking forward to it :)

I hope you are all having a great Valentines Day! I am sat beside a card addressed to me from Lloyd but I think I will wait to open it when he opens his....he said my gift is in the house somewhere up high but I have no idea where.......we will open them together later.