Warm and Dry

Arthur was pretty much up all night!! Obviously I was with him. I did feel sorry for him as he had a mild temperature despite taking Calpol but this morning I am all exhausted! And Arthur was all up and lively by 7.30 am.

I am sooooo tired!!

At least Owen is up now and is taking care of Arthur. It seems wrong to go nap at 11am yet I feel shattered!

I guess I should learn that travelling will no longer ever go smoothly for me again!!

Arthur & I missed our train by a couple of minutes. Fine. Waited an hour. Went to board the next train but they refused us because a scan of our family rail card was not sufficient. It did not matter that royal mail have it in their hands and no I am not entitled to a replacement card and no they cannot verify it. I had to buy another family rail card or a new ticket. They made me miss the train. To add insult to injury I was NEVER requested to see the new damn card!! So now I own 2 cards for the same service. Not happy.

Glad my mum was with me until Euston as it made it alot easier than it would have otherwise been.

But at least we caught the boat, and bar a lounge that felt like the Sahhara and the food we bought on board, it went well. And we are finally home!!

Oh Bliss!! We are travelling back to IOM tomorrow. And I am already exhausted, never mind the bus, train & boat!! And I heard there are bus strikes tomorrow. No wonder travelling becomes exhausting.

Mind you I suppose there is also the funnier side of things. I mean last time we were travelling with some friends but they were staying a few days longer. We swapped tickets as ours were good for a few days and theirs expired on the day we were leaving. Except apparently theirs did not cover travel to the airport like ours! Needless to say we were fined. Try explaining that in French!!

Anyway, Owen was trying to win a competition for a holiday to Vegas. Well holiday… he wanted to attend a conference but we would have extended it to a holiday. Truthfully, I had already begun to plan it out.

I thought about using Trusted Tours & Attractions as they do Las Vegas Tours! They even have online travel guides. Anyway, if you signed up by the end of August for their newsletter you can win a $150 Magellan’s Gift Certificate.

Sadly it looks like we won’t be going. Shame. On the other hand it does mean we still have to plan our holiday. I have been hoping to head back to Ruka, but Owen is after something different. The only question is where will we be heading…. Spain, Italy, Malta, Top of the Rock, Bottom of the Ocean, Somewhere Icy, Somewhere Sunny, Somewhere New, Somewhere Old, Somewhere Close, Somewhere Far??

I shall be dreaming about that holiday!!!

We were in London with Arthur when I took this photo of a squirrel. Although I am not enamoured by squirrels, I think this turned out to be quite a nice photograph.

I came across a comment game on someone’s blog post. I could not resist. I had to comment!

Owen went for a walk to Cregneash. It seems like a wonderful walk. Shame that I am so far away and I could not join him. He took some photos which really make me feel like I missed out. Don’t you think the view is absolutely beautiful!

If you head to Owen‘s website, you will see more fantastic Cregneash Scenery Photos.

I came across a blog post based on a post from Miss604 about Breastfeeding problems & controversy at H&M in Canada. It struck me how sad our society is. We have decided to think that breastfeeding is too crude… yet in my opinion, breastfeeding is the most beautiful natural experience there is. So I thought I would share my experiences with the world. This is a short video I took many moons ago because I did not want to even slightly diminish the beauty of breastfeeding. Enjoy.

We travelled again today, and as usual not without mishaps. We travelled by Steam Packet and Virgin train.

The boat arrived slightly late, we then got caught up in traffic and as a result missed the train. The next train was cancelled and so it took us at least 2 hours more to arrive home.

On the plus side, on the train we were in a first class cabin marked as Standard, and we got to eat Chinese in Liverpool. And Arthur enjoy it!

I have found myself once again caught in a web! Not literally of course. I played spider solitaire a few days ago when I was feeling under the weather and did not feel like doing anything, and as a result caught another bug!! I have become entraped in Spider Solitaire’s web. I cannot seem to help myself but play, play and er play!

I know it is bad because I know I should be doing stuff like answering my email, hanging the clothes, updating my blog posts, going to the park with the little one etc etc. But instead the lure gets stronger and stronger, and I find myself playing again Spider Solitaire. This really means that I am wasting lots of very precious time. Now if I could find a way to make money off it… (I would probably lose the lot but who is to say!)

Ok, perhaps I need a better idea. Perhaps I should play some casino games, and then I really stand a chance of winning some money. I can then justify playing games because I will be earning money at the same time. Now would that not simply be a great idea. Money for playing games!! Hmmm!