Very Miscellanious.

 So three months seem to have passed me by... I feel like I have been very busy but would hate to attempt to justify three whole months.. ! The kids go back to School tomorrow and next Monday respectively.... kind of looking forward to the structure and routine now... Tashan's School have a whopping 11 week holiday.... no comment.  

Well, my boy managed to break his arm back in July so that was the end of his pool/lake/water/cycling/............. and so on... which was a bit of a bugger to put it mildly. That whole ordeal was a bit of an event ... not going to go into it now but if you need a hospital urgently and you are close to Penacova.... they don't have one... (long story) but the childrens hospital in Coimbra is amazing so just go straight there ! We have a new kitten called Millie, who is very, very noisy ALL of the time, but pretty cute and four new egg laying chickens. Buster the pig is growing nicely, we are hoping Freckles the goat might have a bun in the oven and Archie the donkey is still looking like he needs a good dinner if I am honest.
 

The adega has finally been renovated and is now out lovely cool front room, it is wonderful to be reacquainted with television and just dance on the Wii ! and we so needed extra the space.. especially with the brats home every day.

 Much shovelling of mud, rubble and new gravel has occurred and we now have a piece of outside space which vaguely resembles order. It is seriously hard work this renovation malarkey.... The balcony has recently had an overhaul and I am in the process of staining/treating the wood.
Generally the house still looks hideous outside   though and is in desperate need of TLC.

We had some lovely visitors in August who almost killed me with black vodka. Revolting stuff. (You know who you are) !! For the first time in my life I managed to break a heel - I have always feared the shame of that happening.... : S Thankfully I was too gone to give a monkeys at that point and redesigned myself as a rhino..... won't go into that...

So this last shot is the joy of skype... Sienna and her Cousin Lia from London, having a catch up natter with Cousin Laila in Sydney. How wonderful is that... ?

36 degrees here today.. not bad for mid September - although the weather has been a little unpredictable this summer at times... should be able to fit in a few more barbeques.. Xau. x