Dear Cathy

Thank you for your advice regarding the home. I will try to relax a bit - now I understand how your house always gets in such a mess.

You sound very busy this holiday but the Lattes are not to be outdone:

JULY
21st - Delightful 'street party' in neighbouring garden - I took a trifle.
22nd - Barbecue and swimming at a friend's - I drank a whole bottle of Pimms.
23rd - Idyllic picnic on a nearby hillside in warm sunshine.
24th - Dentist.
25th - To Cardiff by train to see first event of the Olympic Games - womens' football.
26th - Haircuts and a visit to Grandma's.
27th - Friends to us for a barbecue and Olympic opening ceremony.
28th - Raspberry picking at a nearby fruit farm then baking - Raspberry and Almond Cake.
29th - Visit to Park Hall Farm to watch pig racing - our pig came last.

I am interested in your new food processor because Mr Latte is thinking of a Kenwood chef as my eleventh wedding anniversary present (steel apparently). I do like the look of those posh Kitchen Aid ones (like the one Margo has) but I am reliably informed that the whisks on those do NOT reach the bottom of the bowl!

Hurrah for our third follower! Actually, Cathy is our first real follower as we know the other two don't we? I therefore calculate that at this rate we will both be dead before we attract 100 followers. Never mind - onward and upward ladies!

With love, Lucy. x

PS How are you fixed for putting up one adult and two children should we venture up north while Mr Latte demolishes the rest of the house?

PPS Would you believe it? I've just returned home from a hard days work to find that Mr Latte has taken a boot-load of things to the charity shop without checking with me first. Now I'm going to have to have the day off work tomorrow to go to the shop when it opens at 10am to find out what he's given them and/or buy it all back - if any of it is still there. I'm SO angry!!!!!