I have been rather busy of late with overtime at work eating into my days such that I have been neglecting my blogs of late. Add to that Christmas preparations and birthdays and I am struggling to keep things upto date (the hill of ironing will soon need reclassifying as a mountain) but luckily that should be an end to the overtime for the time being. The local shopkeeper just informed me that I looked tired this evening which is worrying, especially as I'm off to work in ten minutes for a night shift.
   Anyway yesterday was Louise's birthday and we went round to theirs on the Saturday for a buffet along with Anna trying to take things easy. Joshua has always enjoyed being around Bethany and this time she reciprocated and had a whale of a time running around a house that she is quite unfamiliar with playing with Joshua. There were also a couple of touching moments when she tried to include Nathan in the games, passing him (his own) toys and giving him his drink. He appeared tired early on put picked up as the afternoon progressed whilst Bethany went the other way and tired herself out playing.
   I have had every intention of making a few notes here and there but not found the time and in the case of my News Blog http://richmarshallnews.blogspot.com/ I was going to comment on a story I heard on the radio going into work but on trying to research it could find no mention of it. Whether I misheard some details or because one of the principle names was, I believe, Emma Hamilton thus rendering any searches full of results for Nelson's mistress I'm not sure - suffice to say I wasted more time I don't have.