Stranded in Liverpool.

April 4th new layout on blog .

 It will take me a while to get used to it but in the end it will probably be OK.

I am supposed to be in Castlenel,Castalla today. Due  to the French air traffic controllers strike we have been delayed for two days.

I don't like this limbo time we had to come back after leaving the house for six week, saying goodbye to the neighbours. We did not even have a pint of milk in the house.

We had to sit on the plane for two and a half hours before we were told it was not going and the flight had been cancelled.

It was very hard on the people who had travelled a long way to come to the airport and the people with children and specially hard on the people who were only going away for five days to be told there were no flights till Thursday and Friday.

We came home dropped our cases and went out for a meal.
Now I just want to go , we caught up some with sleep although I am still very tired,and I finished all the blue that I had left on Andrew's rug, unfortunately I ran out of a very small amount of blue. Will order it in time for me coming back.Hope to get the centre done as soon as I come home.

I have already said bye to dad at the five trees, but think I will have another walk there today.

I feel sad about Maureen and hope so much she comes through her operation today. I feel optimistic and am aware that  it is the start of a long haul for her,for all of the.

This getting older is no place for sissies ( as Bette Davis said,)  I am still adjusting to the changes in my eyesight and now I may have to have tooth implants,which cost an arm and a leg.

I think it takes courage to age gracefully and not be going on and on ,as some older people do ,about their conditions,but no wonder, it tends to dominate your thoughts.

Dad did talk a lot about his ups and downs, but considering what he was living with he was amazing, and still had an interest in other things and people. He mostly gave you a lift with his humour and  his cheery smile.

I miss you dad, I feel quite emotional at the thought of seeing your Matt Collins window in Castlenel.

I think of you everyday ,many times a day.

Andrew had a wee pang when he was in France pa, he missed sending you a post card, you were a hugely important part of his life dad,your first grandchild, I remember talking to you just last year ,about his birth ,and you said your remembered it very well the day you became a grandfather.
I remember how proud you and mum were of Andrew ( Andy Pandy as you used to call him, drove me crackers :-)  now I would love to hear you calling him Andy Pandy )

I showed Philip a photo of you at the Queen Mother hospital the day he , Philip was born.

He looked at it for a very long time ,I was touched.
You looked so young and had quite log hair and sideburns

My to boys really loved you dad they were fans :-) and they both talk about your with affection and have great memories which make they laugh when they share them even now.

They miss you too of course.

Tomorrow is April 5th. You died on October 5th. Six months dad.! I wonder if you are out there somewhere?

You would laugh at me saying that,  yet I like to think of you with your dad , my beloved grand-da ,who you missed so much right up till your end,.I will miss you right up till my end
.And I miss Grand-da too, but now I feel all happy and smiley when I think of him and Grannie,the pain has gone, the memories bring comfort now.

I hope to god I have your strength  to cope with loss and old age as you did Pa.

Ok blog I hope I can keep going with you in Spain,I will have to use John's netbook.

Looking forward to getting an Ipad and I may get a kindle too,I suppose that would be extravagant.

I have never been extravagant with myself, for others, yes ,if I could be.

I would like to have an ipad,iphone,kindle and a bike with a basket on the front.

They will be my gift from dad to me.

 I am getting a room done for John in Castlenel,and I got a window for La Comparsa.

Ok blog hope to see you again in Castlenel.