Waiting for the invasion!

It's been 8 weeks since Judy's fall and she's improving all the time.  She's getting some physiotherapy and has finally shed the metal corset.  That was a relief, it was far too hot and sweaty.  She can now climb the ladders again (with care!) so the spare bed which she was sleeping in downstairs is now up in the spare room ready for visitors.  Also got the office finished.  Hooray, things are tidier and can now find paperwork which has been residing under the bed for a couple of months.  The computer has also gone back upstairs to the office. 

The second week in August was Montreal fete with a big mediaeval fair on the Tuesday evening.  Chris had volunteered to help and ended up helping to cook confit de canard - they served 360 as well as the same number of chicken legs, 325 kilos of chips, over 1000 meals in total.  Thursday night was a short walk and then Friday to Sunday was constant partying, although we were helping.  Judy sold meal tickets, Chris helped set up the bar, and so it went on.  But we did take Sunday night off to watch the end of the Olympics.

Talking of which, what a god-send for Judy.  As she couldn't work she had to do something useful so watched all she could and shouted for Team GB!  I'm sure they only did so well cos of my support!  I'm so glad we have our satellite trained on Astra 2 so we can get Brit tele.

It's been flat out on the house trying to get the first spare bedroom ready for our walking group visit next week.  A friend came to help Chris put up the plasterboard which took all of one day, but then he could plaster the joints (getting better at that), paint, lay the floor etc on his own.  Then another couple helped get the floorboards upstairs. 

So today we finished assembling IKEA furniture and it's habitable if not perfectly finished. 

Spent another jolly day with the quilles (skittles) teams at the French Championship.  Unfortunately no-one did as well as expected, but the food and drink flowed as usual, the sun shone and it was a jolly day out.

We did manage to take some time off last week when we could see the end of the bedroom in sight.  Slobbed in the sunshine at some of the local swimming lakes for the best part of three days - it has been hot!  In fact, it's been too hot for our lettuces which died despite watering.

Yesterday we went out for lunch at a nearby village - it was billed as an Asterix theme, magic potion to start and did we eat a lot of roast boar!  We drank far too much to drive home so walked the 7km back.  Judy managed fine and it did sober us slightly.  Didn't need food in the evening!

So now we wait for the English invasion - 14 walkers/party goers descending on Montreal Monday for a week.  Not all staying with us I hasten to add.