Right!
Love the new name; in the truffle vein I am going to bake a cake for DP. Although a half-decent cook, I always stay away from sweets as DP has a sweet tooth and would be the size of a small state if I didn't enforce healthy eating (I'm not a total 'zilla, he did actually ask me to make him healthier!). But got a good recipe so will give it a try this week.
Journey to Devon was crazy: nighttime, major detours through winding roads in the dark that we'd never done before, wibble.
Weekend in itself was good; however, my Aunt has started with Slimming World, and won their 'Biggest Loser' award 
, so not only did we have to hear all about it, we had to eat the food too. Given that my uncle is a truly wonderful cook, this had the potential to be awful, but he'd modified some of the recipes, and she just didn't join in on some bits!
Was lovely to see my Gran, but it always churns me up a bit when I go as I wonder if it'll be the last time I see her 
.
But soooo good to take the wee man over; however, he wasn't at his total best. Sounds like you had similar MissRee, as he's been far grumpier than usual, but I think a lot of it is down to teeth, so having the jabs on top as it were was not great.
Tell me- how can something so small produce so much drool?! I mean, really, how? It was just falling out in long strings, non-stop; apart from when it just soaked his clothes and the Bjorn...poor little sod.
We managed to stick to a simulacrum of the routine, which helped, but it took an hour and a half of screaming to settle him on Saturday which is unheard of.
Do hope your DS isn't too bad hawthers, and sorry you've got a household of sniffles and snot figgy.
So glad you're back tyel, but sounds like you're still having a bit of a time of it! Can't believe the wound opened after that length of time... I've just got a bog-standard glass of (Fairtrade) Chilean Sauvignon Blanc, but I raise it to you- cheers!
I have all the Bramley Hedge books MsB, they're such a lovely part of my childhood.