Nice not to have to get up early to walk the dog before 8 am. Suki came back exhausted and slightly stressed. Seemed to settle better after short walk. Spent the day catching up with stuff having put life on hold to learn St John! Mega ironing session - watched Comic Relief night on iPlayer. Did a bit of mending and email housekeeping too. Second attempt at making bread - made bread pudding! Perfectly edible, especially with honey spread on it - but sweet and stodgy rather than bread. Relaxing evening watching TV and early night was a lovely change after hectic week.
Christmas Newsletter 2018
(click here for short, 2-page version pdf!) Doesn’t time fly! It seems no time at all since I was composing last year’s letter. What a gorgeous summer we had - the heatwave seemed to go on for ever and I spent many a happy hour sitting in the garden - as did Suki! As expected, Mary (Mike’s mum) passed away on 13th December last year - nearly 5 weeks after she first took to her bed and stopped eating. Everyone at Tracey House was so good with her, caring for her and keeping her comfortable. They also took care of everything at the end which was very helpful. We were fortunate to be able to have the funeral before Christmas so it wasn’t hanging over until the new year. Mary had written down her wishes for hymns and readings and even a potted history for the eulogy! It was very easy to organise, even from a distance. She was well known at the church and there was a good attendance - I was particularly glad that her 90-year old friend, who had been her bridesmaid, was ab
