Good grief another week has almost flown by!

Well this week we have had the roofing adventures, old one was ripped off and we almost have a brand spanking new 'energy efficient' cool roof, missing a few of the ridge tiles as they ran out of them and had to order extras, unfortunately they won't arrive in time to be installed this week so they will have to finish up on Monday.  Otherwise I'm pleased with the look of the new roof, although there is no noticeable color difference imo from our old one to our new one, but there is the obvious lack of wear and tear on the new roof.  Have we noticed a huge difference, honestly hard to tell although we did manage to go the whole of today without having to run the ac, but then the temperatures never really soared as high as they did earlier in the week, officially we didn't break 90 although my car said differently.

I had a bad day Monday, and I'm just going to put it down to Monday blues.  Tuesday, Wednesday were sorta a wipe out due to the soaring temperatures although we did manage to get out for a bit on Tuesday.  Thursday was a knock out day with 2 trips out a short nap and a lovely afternoon with plenty of tea and good company, it's also nice to get the girls out of the house although our Isabel tried to give Claire a heart attack by launching herself off the stairs at her.  Food wise oh I made my wonderful watermelon gazpacho soup, I love this recipe and I was still eating it Friday for lunch...seeing as it fed 4 of us Tuesday and Wednesday, lunch for me Thursday it's a very economical meal, if you like that kind of thing.  I can certainly see myself doing it again once my tomatoes actually ripen.

You know it's taken me years and years to regain what I felt I gave up when I left the UK in terms of the close friends and family, it really has, it has been one of the fundamental things I feel I've been missing in my life.  All of a sudden I have discovered the most amazing group of women and that I'm no longer afraid to show my feelings, I feel like I can be me, I can show vulnerability and I can be strong.  It's been a long slow road and to have friends like I have now is so special to all the special wonderful people in my life I love you all dearly and thank you for sharing your lives with us as well, we are honored.