I woke up Saturday morning feeling quite well which was a shock but at least a nice one for a change!!
My friend came over from Oxford for the day - we did our nurse training together so have known each other 26 years!!!! She bought over a photo album of us over that time period. It probably should come with a health warning - there are some seriously dodgy perms and jumpers contained within the album!!!
I can't remember always wearing such brightly patterned jumpers but unfortunately, there is photographic evidence to prove it. I also had a very scary array of flowery trousers!!! Definately a fashion victim - probably still am but it would be worse if I was still thin so being overweight probably does have its advantages!!!
Not only are there pictures of dodgy perms, flowery trousers and garish jumpers but it also looks as if I went shopping in Portugal with no bottom half of my clothing on. You can see my T-shirt which is not that long and my handbag and I am probably wearing my bikini bottoms but that is hard to spot. I think I was lucky not to be arrested!!
It is amazing to think how much travelling in Europe I did in the 1980s and early 1990s and I'm so glad I went to Turkey and Santorini during that time as the more I see of these places now, the more commercial it all is.
I know it is not a very impressive list as I've never been to the US, Asia or Australia but here is where I have travelled to:

Italy - Rome, Venice, Naples, Pisa, Pompeii
Greece - Crete, Rhodes, Santorini, Kos, Lemnos, Athens
Malta
France - Paris, Ardeche, Dordorgne, Limoges, Mont Blanc
Luxembourg
Germany
Morocco - Tangiers
Yugoslavia - Porec - think this is now Croatia
Turkey - Bodrum, Kusadasi
Southern Ireland
Wales
Scotland
Belgium - Bruges and Brussels
Holland - Amsterdam
Portugal
Majorca
Spain -
Tenerife
Czech Republic - Prague
Austria - Vienna
Switzerland - Geneva, Berne, Lucerne

I will need to confer with friends which parts of Spain, Portugal and Majorca I've been to but know a lot of them are now highly commercialised and not how I would remember them.

To totally change track - I keep worrying how the twins are coping in camping in this cold weather. It is only 3-5 degrees centigrade in the day and zero at night. I really hope they are warm enough especially at night. AJ is happy as he has his Dad all to himself today as I am entertaining my friend. They have been having a Legofest!!!

Sunday - feel even better and now the chest pain has gone in the day but it was bad at 4am this morning and ended up resorting to oromorph to get back to sleep.
Hubby collected twins at noon. They were so tired and looked ill really. They had enjoyed it and seemed on the whole to be warm enough. They even tried new foods and Woody proudly told me, he ate peas and broccolli yesterday and even tried christmas pudding - he will always try these foods at Scout camp but never at home!! Laura had different sort of cooked breakfast this morning - baked beans, fried eggs, chicken and stuffing and bread!!! Woody had baked beans and sausages.
I have also been able to eat a proper meal that needed chewing and I cooked it all by myself (apart from the mashed potato - but that has a secret formula from my hubby's side). Paprika chicken - haven't made that for a long time.
Another achievement has been, I've not needed any sleep yesterday or this afternoon so feeling very chuffed at present. How long I will feel like this for tomorrow, I don't know. I need to do some food shopping but am going to Waitrose as it tends to be quieter and I might as well use my partner discount there!! Then we've got both AJ's school panto thing in the afternoon and the twins one in the evening. Probably won't be so perky at the end of that.
Decided that as I am coping, hubby will do normal hours next week as we need the money. This time off he has taken to look after the children and me has been counted as sickleave and we are unsure if he has been paid at full or half rate. It also means no overtime money that he usually gets when he is working out on the deliveries. Luckily, he is off monday so hopefully I can cope with 2 mornings before school and then it is holiday time anyway.