So Saturday 18^th August saw the first home game of the new football season for West Ham. Bob and myself went off all full of optimism and hope for the new season. After all, new manager with a good track record, and lots of new players, over £100m spent, there had to be cause for optimism. In the stadium itself, I did start to wonder about the ‘team’ I was supporting… there were 8 new players! And it showed. As with the opening day 4-0 stuffing by Liverpool, West Ham were largely disjointed, and despite taking a 1-0 lead ended up losing 1-2.

The following week was a flurry of activity for Tricia in preparing for Guy’s 90^th birthday party. Guy had been chopping and changing his mind on a number of things… gradually driving Tricia nuts. It was a Greek themed evening, and went well. But it was hard work…..

Saturday was a slow start to the day, with work going on washing up, putting items away from the night before.  In the evening we went for a curry night at Pete and Sara’s. No Gray’s as they were away on hols. It was nice to have the extra day for the weekend, Monday being the Bank Holiday.

Tricia had a light week the following week. She went off to Buckingham Palace with Janet on the Tuesday the 28^th. Thursday she was at the County Show with Sally and Janet, and then on Friday went away for the ‘girly’ weekend with Sara, Sally and Cathy.