I have a hectic month ahead of me, so I shall be taking a summer break from blogging. We are spending some time in 
London over the next few days and have booked into a boutique hotel in Covent Garden for a few nights. I am so looking forward to the buzz of city life and a brief cultural swap from my quiet Cambridgeshire village.
I asked bloggers for recommendations about which London show teenage boys and parents would both enjoy, and Spamalot came out as our favourite choice, which I have booked tickets for. I hear it’s a gas.
I shall have a day of indulgence too at The Sanctuary Spa, including an all over detoxing mud treatment which should leave my skin glowing. I am looking forward to touring some art galleries, while James is keen to visit the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum.
When we return it will be David’s 18th birthday and he 
has chosen to go to Ascot for the day with his family and best friends. The racing will be followed with live music by ABC, Bananarama, Belinda Carlisle, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Paul Young, Toyah and T’Pau. I know it will be a great day. And yes, how the years have flown by. What has happened to my little baby!
We will also be holding a family party which will give me the opportunity to try out my new dream kitchen, just finished today. And the dust is still everywhere. I particularly like the white wall tiles, some of which have tiny black and grey glass mosaic squares as a centrepiece and look stunning. I have suddenly developed strong culinary urges and want to be the next Domestic Goddess.
We also have to finalise David’s university arrangements when his exam results come through in the middle of the month, as well as visit friends and family, and I have to keep on top of work commitments too.
I also want to relax!!! I hope to do some more lovely country walks, one of my greatest pleasures – and it costs nothing.
Before all that, there’s one heck of a lot of cleaning to do in my kitchen, putting back stuff in the new cupboards – and my husband will hopefully give the walls a coat of paint tonight before we leave early tomorrow morning. We are travelling by train and have already been warned about having to transfer to coaches for part of the journey, meaning it will take twice as long to reach London. Why doesn’t that surprise me?
I hope you all have a relaxing summer. And do remember to leave the laptop behind if you go away, and keep your mobiles switched off too!!
Chill!!!
Have a lovely summer.
Reluctant Blogger, thanks, and you too.
I do not mean to be a spoilsport, but I have just told the boys that football is banned from my new flatscreen TV in the kitchen, and they are not too pleased! There is only so much football a mum can take! 🙂
Have a lovely relaxing time!
Spamalot is great!
Sounds hectic but fun! 🙂
Casdok, I agree, it is too hectic, and I shall need a holiday to recover from it!
Enjoy your break, Ellee. I look forward to your return.
May I join others in wishing you a wonderful time in London. See you when you return all relaxed and glowing. 😀
Hav a wonderful vacation Ellee. I’m sure you will be glad of the break. But your vacation sounds busy too.
Enjoy your summer Ellee 🙂
Elle, that’s a busy schedule
Hope you enjoy the itinerary
You are welcome to pop by and see me anytime… I live on the seafront you know.
Hi Ellee
Having spending some of my time in London, I would suggest Avenue Q. it worths seeing especially for teenagers. Great fun. Hope it is not too late. Have good time.
Have fun, Ellee!
Have a great time, Ellee. I’m sure a break will do wonders for you all.
I look forward to your return.
Having not visited this website for some time, I returned today, only to discover that you are away for the duration. Grrh!!
Have fun. We’re off to Kauai at the beginning of September and the laptop will definitely remain at home.
Sorry to have come so late to this post, Ellee. Have a fantastic time!
Hi Ellee,
I too wish you a happy holiday break with your family.
Di.
A city break like this was a great change because I want my sons to feel confident and enjoy their capital city. They certainly loved Covent Garden and the street theatre, and all the shops too! They spent more time shopping than I did. We managed to get to the hotel gym too.
We were rudely woken up by a blogger at 2.30am one morning as she was concerned about a comment posted on another blogger’s post and she wanted me to tell her. As if I was going to call anyone at that unearthly time of the day. I was so cross it took me an hour to get back to sleep.
We saw two shows, we bought tickets for Billy Elliott again, but I’m afraid the star of the show did not live up to the previous young actor we had seen in this role. He seemed to be miscast and looked only 8 years old, far too young and unpolished for such a starring role.
I met up with a girlfriend for some culture and we visited the RA’s Summer Exhibition. I don’t see how Tracey Emin can be pandered to in such a way, how can a zebra fornicating with a woman be called art? We then saw the much gentler exhibition of Vilhelm Hammershoi.
I really enjoyed the Sanctuary Spa and the mud treatment I had there. My skin was glowing for days afterwards. I also had a hair analysis which showed by hair needs rehydrating, I should use one of those little spritzer sprays on it in the hot weather.
I’m enjoying my new kitchen immensely and can’t stop cooking. The boys love coming home to lovely smells from the oven and have been rapturous in their praise of my culinary skills. They much prefer this kind of mum to one they see glued to the computer on her blog.
I’m looking forward to visiting North Norfolk at the weekend to see some friends who are camping on a clifftop near Sheringham, a glorious location. This is one of my favourite places in the world.
David gets his exam results tomorrow, so I must help get him organised for his next major step in life which I must say he is really looking forward to.
He enjoyed his birthday trip to Ascot with friends, even though it was cold and wet and none of us came away any richer.
I am working today with my plant scientists and am then helping with a CEO appraisal at Headway. I want to get to the gym later today too.
And I have to write my book as well by the end of the year.
Somehow, it will all get done….
sounds like you had a great time 🙂
You need to write books 😉