Happy Anniversary

To Mum and Dad on their 39th wedding anniversary. All my love.

Meg went off with 5 girls for her Halloween sleep-over, reminding me to buy treats in case anyone came round guise-ing. Finn didn't go to football as he said all his friends were going out guise-ing. We were going to go down to town for a drink and a milkshake for a Friday night celebration, but lit the fire and snuggled in to watch Monster House instead. Finn could barely concentrate with the knowledge that there was a bowl full of chocolate on the table. At the last commercial break he shot off down the street to see if there were any kids out and about. He came back and declared Halloween to be officially over and dived into the chocolate bowl. Keith, my gardening neighbour was out making sure everything was neat for the garden visit tomorrow. He saw Finn running up and down the street and shouted encouraging words to 'run faster'. He'd seen his picture in the local paper in the hurdles race (3rd position) and must have thought he was out training.