62 and one day

I love my children - although well and truly all adults they are still my children :-)
We had a lovely meal out last night at The Goodsyard in Broadstone, Poole.
http://www.thegoodsyard.com/
It's one of those trendy 30/40 somethings haunt and you pay extra for the status symbol kudos, but the food was lovely! It was my suggestion that they forego buying me presents, and club together to pay for the meal instead. A very enjoyable evening with a constant entertainment form my grandsons :) I cannot believe how much food Jack packed away. He is a slim Jim and always on the go so he burns it off easily. He had a big duck filled spring roll with chilli sauce, followed by a huge dish of salmon and prawn linguini, followed by chocolate fudge cake. I had scallops to start with, followed by the salmon and prawn linguine too. I declined a pud as I was full, but Jack couldn't quite finish his fudge cake so I had the last 2 mouthfuls :). They made James a cheeseburger and chips specially as they usually only do them lunch times. He declined a pudding too. Even little Alex tucked in. He had some garlic bread as a starter, followed by a huge ham and cheese omelette with side salad. Then some chocolate ice cream! I think the boys ate more than anyone :) Craig had a fish pie which was huge and red hot. It looked lovely. Jenny and Di had spatchcock chicken and had a whole chicken between them!
Feeling hungry yet? LOL
The boys had made me some lovely birthday cards :) beautiful writing and drawing!
We have finally agreed a date for a family portrait session! I asked for it for my 60th birthday, but it has taken us this long to agree a date when we'll all be around! So it's the last Saturday in Feb now :)

I am in pain today - for once NOT my knees. Yes they ache as usual but only background pain. The real pain has two sources. One is a nasty mouth ulcer right down low where the gum meets the side wall of my mouth. I was worried it might be turning to an abcess as it is really tender and swollen on my jaw line, but it seems a little better this morning. The other source of pain is my left hand. I turned over in the night to find the dog wedged up against me and, in an effort to not hurt her, I pushed my hand down on the mattress to add leverage. I got this sharp pain in the base of my thumb/palm of my hand which is still there today. It's not swollen but is still painful and I can't grip anything with my thumb. It's probably just a strain or possible a slight sprain and should be ok in a day or two. I can't put my hand down palm flat without pain shooting up my thumb. It's weird. I'm sure nothing's broken. Just strained a tendon or something. Good job I'm right handed. It doesn't stop me typing either as I can move my fingers fine.

It's the great big garden birdwatch this weekend. Do it if you can spare an hour.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/?gclid=CJCesdue36YCFc0e4Qodp1KS1g
I'll be doing mine after lunch. I've printed off my tally sheet. :)

I've got Saturday kitchen on the TV - love that programme. It's nowhere near lunch time but it's making me feel hungry :( Guess another coffee might help stomach think it's had something.
Have a good day whatever you're up to, and enjoy your weekend. x x