Great Run

Keith and Dale wanted to do a coastal walk so they took Olivia around Mullion Cove. I wanted to go for a run so they went on without me. I was feeling super lazy today but made myself go for a run anyway. I went down to the path that runs by Loe Pool. I forgot how much I enjoy this path, it's through the woods, a small field, by the lake and is mostly shaded so you're not roasting in the sun. The beginning was rough but then I came around. It was my best run yet out of the last two weeks. I came home feeling refreshed and proud of myself.

The boys and Olivia returned around 3:30pm. They dropped Keith off and headed home. I didn't feel the greatest the rest of the day and evening.

Church Cove

A day at the beach. We've had the most amazing weather since we returned from Scotland. Figures! It's been sunny and warm for weeks with rare signs of a light rain. It's quite the opposite of what the summer has been. We packed up Dale's car and headed to Church Cove which is only a ten minute drive from here. We spent a few hours relaxing on the beach playing in the sand with Olivia.

Around 4pm we headed back here and Olivia was ready for a nap. Her and I stayed here while Keith and Dale went to Porthleven for a beer on a patio. They arrived back around 6pm with lots of food so we whipped up a bunch of munchies for supper. Ferg was having a gathering at his place this evening to watch one of the Rugby games so we eventually made it there around 9pm. The game was over by then but everyone was still hanging around drinking beer. We stayed until 11pm then came back home as everyone was starting to leave.

Dale & Olivia Visiting

Spent the day running errands going to Pool to the big Tesco and Homebase, dropping off the recyclables, cleaning up a bit, etc. Dale & Olivia are coming for the weekend as Lauren and Jack are in Estonia at a conference for the week. We also decided to have everyone over for a BBQ tonight as it's been awhile since we've all been together and it's a good chance for Dale to meet Keith's buddies.

Dale & Olivia arrived around 5pm and we had a bit of time to spend with them before everyone arrived at 7:30pm. There were about 14 of us as not everyone could make it. Keith did his usual magic on the BBQ while the rest of us relaxed enjoying drinks. I watched my first little bit of Rugby. I had never watched it before but these guys are big rugby fans so we had it turned on since it's now the World Cup playoffs (or whatever term they use for rugby). It turned out to be a great night.

These pictures are of Bungy and Speedy & Rachel.

Movie Night

Rachel & Speedy hosted movie night tonight. Dave came to our place for an hour or so while we had a drink and gabbed. Then we picked up the Indian take out we ordered and headed over to Rach & Speedy's place. We watched the movie Shooter staring Mark Wahlberg. It took us awhile to get into the movie but once we did it was alright.

Two More Runs

Headed out for a run again as soon as I got home from work on Monday and Wednesday. I'm learning this is a good way to do it as most days I still have some energy left from the day and I get my run done before supper. If I wait until after supper, I'm too full and lazy.

5 Months

I can't believe we've been here 5 months today. The time continues to fly on by. We are still really enjoying it here and are not ready to be back home in Canada yet. I think when our time is up here it'll be hard to go back. We'll be happy to be close to friends and family again, but we'll definitely miss the English life and the slow pace of Cornwall.

Sofa Purchase

I can't believe it's September!

Keith needed some extra sleep today as expected! I got up and was a wonderful wife (that term just doesn't seem suiting for me - haha) and cooked him a greasy breakfast. In the afternoon we went to Falmouth to Trago as we decided to buy the couch we looked at a few weeks ago. We can no longer sit on our futon as it is extremely uncomfortable. It was clearly made for sleeping (very comfy to sleep) on and not sitting on. The couch we decided on is a 4 seater beige monster. It's not overly attractive but it's super comfortable. The type of couch you sit on, sink into, and never want to get out of. We also bought the matching foot stool. It takes 4-6 weeks for delivery so hopefully sometime in October we'll be sitting more comfortably. Once it arrives the futon will go upstairs and the two military issued chairs will go back. The couch will take up a lot more space than the futon, it's probably way too big for the space we have, but we're not too concerned.

Neither of us had a lot of ambition today so we decided to skip cooking supper and went out for Indian. While we were out we grabbed a movie (The Good Shepherd) and that finished off our evening.