Having a great week so far with the children down in Devon. 

We saw my grandad for lunch on Friday and at 94 he is pretty perky, hope I have his jest for life in 50 years time, even trying to chat up the waitress!!  Since then we have been cycling, swimming, fishing(unsuccessfully),Saturday cinema only £1 per child, what a bargain, and banger racing - that was a laugh which even my 10 yr old daughter enjoyed. 

Tomorrow is a shopping day as daughter has no winter clothes (ex has new wardrobe but children still in shorts and t shirts). Good to see she has her priorities right.   Then it's off

I cannot believe it is a month since I last wrote this, how time flies whn you are enjoying yourself.

I think I have reached the stage where I don't need to write it all down now, life is very slowly moving on but not much has changed.

We are still in the same house, although we totally avoid each other.  I seem to be doing most of the family things and I am really enjoying the time with the children.  My daughter  sat the 11+ and we have been to see all the secondary schools.  They all seem pretty good so I am quite relaxed on that now, we are very lucky in this area to have decent secondary

Had the most bizarre evening yesterday.  We had first directions appointment on wednesday and it took until yesterday for her to react.  Apparently I was thrown out of court as the judge didn't agree to the request for a s7 welfare report.

It all kicked off after the children had been put to bed by me, as usual, and so I go downstairs to get some supper.  She arrives in kitchen having had 1/2 bottle wine and lights up in the kitchen as I am preparing food.  She normally smokes outside and this feel like deliberate provocation.  I then take food through to living room away from her to watch tv