Oh, Ollie that's awful for you and dh. I'm sure it will be fine, but those stressful situations are so difficult when there is nothing you can actually do. So typical to have happened just after you ordered your Aigle. Hopefully by the time it's delivered, dh will have had good news.
NY poor dd, and you. When ds1 was younger he had severe asthma, and the winters were a nightmare. Whenever he picked up a cold he would end up in hospital, needing nebulisers and lots of steroids. Luckily he has largly grown out of the asthma, but I do not look back fondly on those nights spent on matresses beside his hospital bed. I hope the doctors can find a solution for your dd.
My lovely aunt died yesterday. It was so unexpected. She had been very ill over the winter, was in a coma for 3 months after a dreadful illness and had to learn how to walk again, spent 5 months in hospital in all. She was at home and enjoying life again, and out of the blue got an infection and died. I haven't taken it in I don't think, so I am distracting myself by deciding what to wear. In Ireland funerals happen much more quickly than in the UK, so there will be a service tomorrow evening and on Saturday. I will wear navy I think, and let dd wear a pretty dress as my aunt loved to see her in pretty dresses twirling around.
I hope I haven't depressed you now. I had better go and bake for the wake. I'm going to do a few quiches and Ollies shortbread. Just bought 4 pounds of butter!
For some reason I woke up in the night and thought about snow boots, these are the ones I got, my mum has a similar pair here. They both have this grippy thing on the bottom for when you are out in the ice, and then you can flip it over for non-icy conditions. V clever I think.