Vegetating?

I have been quite bad at this blog lark recently, but life hasn't been at its most exciting what with being out of work for a while. Here's a quick update on events over the last two months:

* I was 40 - all I have to say is that post-event is better than pre-event
* My mum was 60 - and still looks 20 years younger
* We got an allotment (not me and my mum; me and the other half), the produce of which you see above
* Our mortgage rate went up a hundred times and we got increasingly poorer. Soon we will have to live only on current allotment produce: beans, potatoes and beetroot. Our house will not be fragrant.
* We had visits from both sets of parents (or 2/3 sets - there are step parents on both my mum's and dad's sides), a couple of friends, brother-in-law and girlfriend, and an unexpected stay of other half's boss during the floods in Worcestershire
* I wallpapered, stripped/filled/painted and generally DIY'd my way round the house, not all of it successful and much of it unfinished ...
* I was interviewed for, and offered a job, which starts next week
* We went to one wedding, one birthday party, the Big Chill, the dentist (combined 4 times), two car servicings and a summer garden party
* Other half passed MRCP Part II

Meanwhile, the weeds grow and we hoe and watch the foxes prowling round the lottie. The mind is at peace.