The grandkids have worn me out!

What a pleasant day out, or at least it finished pleasant as the early morning animal rounds were done in the drizzle & rain!

Having completed those, I had to rush off to the vets to get this chap sorted!

He had to have staples removed a wound to his leg & what a well behaved chap he was!

Then it was mucking out duties, chicken coops, lamb shelters & goat runs! The new lambs run was extended & fresh grass made available, as well as a new gate so they can get into their new field once they are fully weaned!

A trip into town to get the llamas some grub, lunch for ourselves and then a few hours planting potatoes, sowing runner beans, French beans, peas & Brussel sprouts!

Al in all a busy day!

What do you get up to on your weekends?

The grandkids have arrived!

Oh yes they have!

Gran has been away three days covering for mum while she was away on a course, leaving me home alone to look after the farm, and she has come home bringing the grandkids with her!

We have a few plans for the boys, most of it involves being outside & getting dirty, from planting seeds (runner beans, French beans and peas to name a few) to cutting grass, to cleaning chicken coops out, and playing in the tree house!

When they come down and see us, they rarely watch TV or play on computers, reminiscent of my days as a boy! All we really need is some dry weather, no fun getting cold & wet!

That's me, I'm talking about!

Half term, grandkids & work!

The grandkids went home Saturday!

They stayed a best part of a week, and with gran looking after one & me - gramps - looking after the other most days it was tough to get a full days work done. However, we managed to get most things done and Monday has come around and the ToDo list is as long as you like!

Luckily, most of my customers must have had a similar experience as it was reasonably quiet but we still managed to have a near record week of orders coming in - hence the ToDo list being long!

Working from home does allow you flexibility and whilst it is always difficult to take a proper holiday it is relatively easy to take a few hours off some days!

How do you cope?

Kids go back to school next week!

My kids have grown up and have long fled the family nest, but we have grandkids and grandkid number one is staying with us this week.

It has meant a couple of things - firstly, I have to get my work done in less hours, as I am expected to spend time with him to keep him occupied! It has got me out of the office with a chance to relax and just think about things, a time where occasionally you get that flash of inspiration. It didn't happen this time, but I was able to put a few things into order!

We got to spend the afternoon at Westward Ho! beach on Wednesday and very dapper does the grandkid look with his body board - I looked on from the beach as he had fun jumping in and out of the waves - he wants to go again this week before he heads home!

Working for yourself has trials and tribulations, but having the ability to nip out for a couple of hours to the beach, or to the local swimming pool as we did yesterday is one of the tribulations.

Back to the coalface today, a few things to get done, a networking lunch to go to, back to the office, a few more things to get done, and then it's the weekend. The grandkid goes back home Monday next week, life will return to normal & the kids go back to school.

Phew!

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