This blog post is coming a little later then I originally intended, but due to the fact we have a crappy old computer I've done my best!
Saturday Drew and I we're able to get our sitter for most of day and go enjoy ourselves. Our original plan was to head down to London for the day have afternoon tea at The Ritz then head over to Hyde Park and see The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, but we have not been able to recover financially from a recent "vacation" home, and been on a peanut butter and jelly budget! So we changed our minds and went a little cheaper but a still had a great day!
We started off the afternoon with a visit to my favorite local tea room Peacocks! I have been a few times myself and once with Drew. It's a nice little place with great service, food, and if your lucky(which we weren't) you can sit on the patio on nice summer day.
It always amazes me that even after over 6 years of dating and nearly 5 years of being married we can still go out on a date feel like we're getting to know eachother!
Drew taking in the nic nacs lining the walls
Part of what I enjoyed for the day. To the left, Pimms and lemonade, Top right my tea choice a black cherry tea from China, very tasty!! Bottom right, my all time favorite scones with clotted cream and jam. I can't ever do a good enough job describing what clotted cream is or what it tastes like but if you come visit me I'm sure to take you here and let you have a go!!!
And heres me, very pleased with my Full Monty Afternoon tea!!
The plan for the rest of the day was to head to Thetford Forest and take part in the GO APE high ropes course, but we had alot of time after tea so we decided to pop in next door at Water Side Antiques next door. I've never been a huge antique person but I do enjoy going in and having a look around. We found some very cool things and my favorite is when they actually tell you what time frame the item is from! I found a large "treasure chest" as Drew called it circa 1810, I fell in love, but it also cost £995, which is roughly $1,500 dollars, and no matter how cute I can make myself I just couldn't talk him into it :(
So after the browse we went on to our next adventure, with a few bumps along the way but we got there so all is well. Any one who knows me will know that I am a HUGE chicken!! I don't like roller coaster, water slides, heights, you won't ever find me skydiving bungee jumping, or as my husband always says "anything fun" I don't know where this fear is from but I can only remember being like this so I just cope and go! Go Ape is something Drew has wanted to do for awhile and since the tearoom was more my thing then his I accepted the challange! With 5 different zip lines, 2 "Tarzan" swings, one which you drop about 8 ft from the platform to go to the net, nearly 40 ft up a tree at the highest point, I was certain I'd piss my self scared!
We ended up with one very fun couple and one young kid who almost got his ass knocked out! Why you ask? Dude had done the course for the first time that Monday, but was quick to not only tell the others of us in the group how to do it but tell the instructor that he was a pro by now and didn't need to be told how to re-do this course. YET he couldn't do the complicated crossings after running his mouth about this being about strength and agility! One of the crossings he had failed miserably at, and when he reached the other side was sure to turn around and let us all know he would like to see us do better!! OK DONE!!! I made it across the crossing faster then him and without my ass falling off the crossing, BAM!!! Granted it was hard, and I would have never thought anything about how horrible he did, until he opened his mouth, so I was sure to remind him that I a women completed the crossing with no trouble!!
In the end it took us nearly 3 hours to complete and it was an amazing time! To look back and see the huge grin on Drews face as he jumped straight up into the air for the 8ft drop into the Tarzan net made it all worth it. He loves being adventurous and shall I say a little dangerous at times, but that is why I love him, he makes me do things I probably never would!!
We don't often ask for our sitter to come watch the boy because dates simply date up way to quick!!! I already am glad for this time alone together and know that in a few weeks it will mean even more!
Until next time...
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