its good to be home

I had a fab time away in France with Liz and the Kids and a very busy week in Bath helping mum following Kits (step grans) death but I've come home for a rest.

We cleared Kits house and she was defiantly a hoarder!. she kept the insides of cereal boxes and bread bags from the year dot! she had all my Granny's saucepans and baking trays as well as her own and some that had never been used. we found at least 3 of everything, enough soap to keep you clean forever but we found some really interesting things, - Mum had a great week reminiscing over her childhood and things she thought were lost forever. I'm sorry i have no pictures because i left my camera at a Friends.

we found..

My grandads dog tag from the war, and all his tools and kits he made and used to keep - he loved dates and loved date boxes even more - he used to make the boxes into Little kits. - so a sewing kit in a date box, a date box with pencils in box, a nail box, and alsorts.

My grandad was a ships captain and we found a really old boat first aid box. It had the instructions printed on linen so that they didn't get ruined by the water and they had instruction for how to do anything from cleaning a small cut to saving a foot.

We found china and pottery that were my granny's and pictures of grandad and granny and Kit and her family as children.

We found grandads binoculars and granny's fountain pen and books on making ropes and knots that were my grandads from the war.

Although its been a sad time its been interesting to find all these things and learn a bit more about my grandparents, kit and our family history.

We are now home for a few days and i have to say i have missed my bed, and just being able to relax at home.

We were both back to work today and both have come home thinking that maybe its time for a change - so we pray that God will guide our future to where he wants us both to work.

I have phoned the adoptions social workers today and our medicals are still not back and will definitely not be getting a place on the course in September, - i'm frustrated and definatly don't understand god's timing but will keep trying to trust that he knows best.

We are home now to till thursday and then back to bath for Kits funeral nad the weekend.

I definatly feel the need for a holiday but will have to wiat a few months for that!