A few weeks ago Don decided it was time I learned to drive our car, a manual. While I wasn't very thrilled with the idea, I knew it had to be done if I wanted to be able to go out and do things on my own, i.e. go shopping without dragging everyone with me! :) So we began our lessons. The first time I learned to back up in the driveway and drive in and out of the garage. Then we drove on a short stretch of road near our house, in town. That was soon followed by a longer stretch right outside of town. Before I knew it he was having me drive every other day. To Asda, to church, halfway to Inverness,... I've caught on to the driving part pretty quick, it's the driving on THESE ROADS that makes me nervous. In the States the streets are much wider and most have a shoulder before the ditch. Many of these roads are very narrow and there's no shoulder before the ditch. Thus we found ourselves with a flat tire on the way home from church on Wednesday. Don had me drive home and I took the longer route so I wouldn't have to drive the curvy road home. A double decker passed on a turn and I moved over too far. When I began to speed up there was a loud thump thump! I'm glad we were so close to home. I stopped and Don slowly drove the rest of the way home. We were able to get it fixed the next day. And today I found myself driving to the grocery store all by myself!!! I certainly didn't think it'd wind up being so easy.
The days have been nice. A little overcast for the most part, but not bad temperature wise. The kids have been enjoying playing outside some.
Audrey turned 3 months old this past Saturday. She's getting her first tooth. I was so surprised when I discovered this. My other two didn't get their teeth until they were 6 or 7 months old. I finally got her bed fixed up, so at night she sleeps in her cot(crib) and during the day she sleeps in a small travel bassinet. She's almost grown out of the bassinet. Her room doubles as Don's office for now since she only sleeps in there. So during the day she sleeps in the bassinet that is usually in my room.
I have very few boxes left to unpack. Only 2 or 3. It took me a while to get to my craft supplies because I didn't have enough storage. Now we just need to put all the boxes and totes in the garage and do a little decorating and our house will be done. I'm looking forward to it!!
