Woke this morning to a Jungle Book tune on Radio 2....instant warm glow as memories of my childhood come flooding back!  Waking up this moring literally on the wrong side of the bed realising that I had slept the entire night uninterrupted has also given me a warm glow!  For nearly an entire year Digby has woken me up at 5am every morning and last night Henri and I decided to swap sides (well, I decided by plonking myself in his place and refusing to move; claimed squatters rights and stayed there all night!)  A whole night's sleep and I do feel rested - I have no idea why I have a horrid headache this morning however - maybe too much sleep!  Poor Henri though was duly bwoken at 5am by the the pooch wanting to play ball ..... we (I) decided we'd make it permanent this swap!  Luckily for me I have a husband who will do anything for me, clearly he's not that silly and I have made many promises in return!

Date night tonight is tempered as we have a lovely BIG day on Saturday!  So we will be doing 'something' together tonight just nothing ultra romantic.  Henri will be dying my hair - I am struggling to find anything romantic about that at all actually!  The perks though of having a hairdresser barber for a husband......(never a hairdresser despite that fact he trained as one - apparently makes all the difference amoungst the male community!)  Could be doing nails too tonight .... mine not Henri's!

So today it's raining - that fine wet rain - sumnmer still not arrived.  IF the weather dries up some then I will be tackling the seedlings!  Rememeber the little Marigolds - well, I am proud owner of mini adult plants ready to be popped into the garden.  So I need to start this mamouth transfer and the tomato and carrot seeds are ready to be moved into their place!  This requires a trip to the garden centre for compost.  Coupled with this task today I need to do the Waitrose shop, order the Tesco shop and try and take the lawn mower to be fixed!  Plenty to keep me busy today!.....

Today I/we have:
A good day.  Loads of work done in the office - largely because my cute French wk experience girl was whisked off to one of the Directors to work for him for the day - he speaks French, so that meant he ended up explaining everything I already did in 2 weeks but this time she understood! - but it also meant I wasn't interupted. Christ that sounds terrible.  It's the truth though just maybe I should have sugar coated it! 

• Sorted most Henri's paperwork for the accountant (what a bloody huge job - my husband as much as I adore him is sooooo crazily unorganised in this department - finding some of the paperwork is like searching for a pin in a haystack!)
• Today marked the return of the packed lunch too - delicious and neatly packaged!
• The mid-week clean complete (alright not quite didn't get the paperwork done! Busted! I did do a gut load for Henri at work though.....so semi justified)
• Cooked yummy pasta sauce from scratch
• Burried Boobie.  RIP Boobie.  (one our fish just to explain one of my our breasts hasn't fallen off!)
• Here's the big one: I finally changed our names by deed poll to Lupi-Lawrence - it'll be official just as soon as the documents drop on our doorstep!  Then I can long last change all our official accounts etc.  Just in time.  First wedding anniversary only 2 days away! 

And working on the Goddess in me; I have:

• Ran 3.2km

Really should have taken off horrid nail varnish but ran out of time.... chipped nails - quite possible the most un-goddesslike state to date!
And indulged:

• Ate a Mars bar (whoopsie - how that slipped in my mouth I'll never know!! Ahem!!)

What have you done today?

Challenge: Stay happy & positive and combat the mid-week clean!

Well yesterday was a really BAD day!  A friend of mine told me that negativity breeds more negativity so...today I start anew with renewed vigour and determination......so far so good!

It is Wednesday which, means the mid-week clean.  Sadly for me after days off I have an awful lot to do....house is a tip, in dire need of a good clean and paperwork piled high.  It will be conquered as soon as I am done with my working day!  Today I might even whistle whilst I work!  I hope to work at great speed and also get a few jobs done in the garden....I might be aiming to high but today is a good day for that .......

Normal blogging resumes!

I am sure you are all terribly pleased to hear that normal blogging will now resume! 

After 4 days off or so (which I will come onto) I am resuming the challenge.  Today's challenge is to plant in the tomatoes (yes bought, purlease my seedlings are still in their first stages and am not sure are going to come to much but...), plant out the rose tree that will adorn the front entrance as well as the lavender plants into the long container, clear up the debris by the door, starting planting in the bush borders too!  I am sure I will be helping to finish the gravelling of our new Italian Garden (will also come onto this).  I also need to cook dinner and deal with 4 days worth of post (when I said time off I meant it!)

So, first to re-count a great weekend!  Saturday was delicious!  Long Digby run before dropping him off at Molly's for a doggy sleep-over left me the rest of the morning to beautify for a glorious wedding!  Long soak in a bath, nails and rays on the patio, finished my book and I even had the time to spend putting on a 'good' face!  Lunch was cooked for when Henri came home before us dashing to the church.  With our first wedding anniversary this weekend this one was bound to bring up cherished memories of our own wedding as not only was this one romantic but not dissimilar to our own.  2pm at the church and when the bride came in I predictably blubbed.  We kissed and cuddled throughout the ceremony!  We really are a soppy couple and we don't care!  Arriving at The Wardrobe in the Cathedral Close we were greeted with the most beautiful British sight .... huge trees, flowering borders and an enormous lawn dotted with white clothed tables decorated with wild flowers and 'pretty' weeds - looking like they had been picked directly from a meadow!  Champagne or real lemonade on arrival too....tough choice, it was baking but decided champagne was too good to turn down (don't think I have ever turned down a glass of champagne in my life!)  Before we knew it we could take a seat anywhere and tuck into the best looking cream tea I've seen in a long while.  Simply delicious!  Very informal speeches; funny and touching (yes, I cried again)!! We idled the day away chatting to everyone - only 60 guests, perfect - walking in the grounds and watched and coo'd over the first dance, ate a superb buffet, and made plans with the groom and his family to have dinner at Casa Bianca soon.  Home by midnight and deliriously happy - even to have just spent a Saturday together!

Sunday we managed a mini lie in thanks to Digby being away, lazily getting up to eat breakie in the garden and hot footed it to Molly's to pick up the pooch before heading to the garden centre to buy it's entire contents - well alot of plants - I love exaggerating! Over to Fordingbridge to see Nanci's flat and say happy birthday to Henri's father before a full on 7 hours of gardening labour in sweltering heat!  Our vision of the Italian garden we'd dreamed of for 2 years was born! (Dramatic stuff eh?!) 

Rotivating (is there such a word?) was a killer - well I say that it looked like a killer - Henri spent 4 hours doing this bit! To clarify I wasn't just sat watching him I was weeding another part of the garden..... we lay black sheeting down - that was the easy bit! We had fun deciding on where to place all of our beautiful little plants! Half finished now with half gravel - the rest to be done tonight! 

End of slightly off kilter blogging and for tomorrow I will resume normal day challenges and moaning then!  Bet you can't wait!xxx