A wee post

We are sitting in our cottage with our coffee watching the rain pouring down. The weather here has been pretty good for the most part, a mix of sun snd rain but quite s bit of sun.
Monday was an exciting day. It was great to meet Frances and Liam, we got on well, congratulating each other on our wonderful children. They love Anne and we love Del.

We don't have a phone here which makes trying to arrange a meeting awkward. But we spent a couple of hours at the outlet mall at Banbridge where the Hartins live and the girl in the office let us use the phone to make our connection. Outlet malls in Northern Ireland! I was picturing the Shelaillie Wareouse or Leprechauns R Us, but no, it was a regular outlet. As we were shopping with the Master, I got some new things, as did she. Our challenge will be getting stuff home without paying for extra baggage.

Then we got home to a message from Anne saying she and Del are engaged. So exciting. They have been away so don't know any details but are looking forward to getting the scoop in Guelph.

Geoff has been doing a great job as driver. He zips in and out of traffic and whips u-turns when the navigator misses an intersection as if he had always lived here.

Yesterday we went to Bangor to a museum with a most interesting man who told us so much sbout the abbey and the monks there. Then we went to the Ulster Folk Museum which was really great. It was like Fort Edmonton, a town where you could go into the buildings to actually see how people lived. There were even fires going in some of them. We saw a basket weaver and someone weaving linen. Didn't have enough time to see everything. I would love to go back.

We are going to Belfast today to the new Titantic exhibition and maybe explore a bit of Belfast, depending on weather. I don't think Geoff is too eager to drive in the city so we will see if we can walk or figure out the bus.

I'm going to be a mother-in-law!