Nearly a week since my last weblog, I am either slacking or just don’t have much to say right now.

The weather has been beautiful over the Easter weekend. Much of Good Friday and some of Saturday was spent in the garden. The lawn has been raked, mowed and fed. Trish has been getting potatoes and onions planted, whilst sorting out some of the flower beds.

Yesterday Tricia’s parents came across for lunch, which we had in the conservatory with the doors open. Not quite still or warm enough to eat outside, but not far from it. Ellie enjoyed her Easter egg hunt. I enjoyed a glass of champagne with breakfast, a pre lunch sherry, one glass of wine with lunch, and one beer in the evening. I didn’t go over the top. In fact, to be honest missing out on alcohol really wasn’t that much of a challenge, it was just the occasional time with friends when I would have liked to have had a drink.

A great weekend for sport. The Masters was a bit slow at times, but the final round was quite good. A Brit, Justin Rose, was in with a shout up until the 17th of the final round when he played a bad hole. Tiger Woods wasn’t at his best, but the guy who won, Zach Johnson, played the best on the final day, so good luck to him. Britain won the Davis Cup match easily. England lost at cricket to Australia, no surprise, but it wasn’t a hiding.

But the surprise result of the weekend, Arsenal 0 West Ham 1. My team won again. Quite fortunate as they had to defend for long periods and nicked a win, but that’s 3 on the trot now. A little bit of hope that they may avoid relegation, but the odds are still against it. They have a must win game against Sheffield Utd next weekend, and then home against Chelsea a week Wednesday, and I have a ticket to go .

A quiet Easter Monday at home. I feel rested. Trish is in the garden, Ellie is outside playing, Robbie says he is doing homework (but probably on MSN), Nikki is at work….and me, well I have an OU essay I really should be writing….