Birthday Celebrations. Trying To Escape To The Country and blog break!

Thank you to all,who sent me birthday wishes, cards and flowers. I did get an ECard but I could not open it...dammm PC! so whoever it was from Thank You so much, please let me know by email who you are!

A Birthday Treat

Many many months ago a dear friend booked a mini cruise on the Ventura (second largest cruise liner in the world) to Bruges. A weekend treat for my birthday she said. Well it was so much more than a treat. I loved every moment. Now I have the bug!

Once on board, we met up with our friends Loraine and David. Dumping the bags in our cabins,we set off to explore. As you can see, I did not have the camera on the correct setting, silly me for not checking, far too excited for that - almost all the photos were blurred !

Shame they were blurred, I did want to show you more of this new super cruise liner- she is big and beautiful.

This is moi and Mr N. just about to enter one of the many bars on board.One of the many pools, four in total. Nobody is here yet as people are still embarking - we were one of the first on board as you can see!!! and even though the sky was grey, it was warm. This pool soon filled with happy children.
Marco Pierre White and Frankie Detorri have a retro style fast food bar by this pool. Shame they were not working a shift on this particular afternoon. Perhaps they were still unpacking!

Our cabin, with en-suite and balcony....what more can a girl want.
Mr N. checking out the view as we set sail from Southampton.
The Gala night...we all dressed up in our best frocks and DJ's and drank copious amount of Champagne. Sorry the picture of me in my dress was too blurred but the sunset shot was OK!
Anyway I must cut this story short.........it was something I have always wanted to try. It was better than I imagined. Bruges is a very beautiful place and I cannot recommend this mini break highly enough to anyone who is thinking of taking a cruise. This little sampler of life at sea was enchanting. We dined on our first night in Marco Pierre Whites - The White Room - I really did wish he would appear, he scares me, but I would have loved to have met him for real.

And why am I cutting this story short.....because I have too much going on....my head is in a whirl. I guess I should not mention this and tempt fate, but hey !

The cottage is Under Offer......and whilst all this was going on, packing for holiday, speaking to Estate Agents.....Escape To The Country called me and wanted to film the cottage, oh no, I cannot cope with all this at once. Filming went ahead...as planned.

The little cottage I want to buy have not accepted my offer...negotiations continue.....

I have been whizzing from the south coast to London, to the Cotswold's and back to London, like a loon and in between...taking my little boys out. This is Freddie, only two years old...he is a big boy and a big softee too.

And this is Rocco who is one year old, looks like an angel...but he is not !
Mr N. and Freddie. Our fun day out was in Rye East Sussex. I did not get to do any shopping on this trip as the buggy could not fit in any of the shops, much to Mr N's delight. He hates shopping for more clutter.

Jude is doing well, now 5 months old and looking so much like his Mummy now.

I have to take a break for now. Only for two weeks. Deep breath. I am off to Greece with friends who have built a villa in Stoupa. The Estate Agents can get on without me.