It's my Mum's birthday today - she passed away a few months ago and everyone has been really kind today knowing it's our first without Mum.  All in all it's been a quite good day - it's just felt like Mum's been watching from above on the 'you've been framed show' with us as the participants

I wore a pair of Mum's earrings to my son's school for parents day and after I got dressed  - I spilt coffee down my T-shirt!

Then when my Father asked if he could use my hoover - I forgot that my husband told me he was going to take it to bits and check it for me as yesterday I had used it  - and it made a really loud noise - anyway , I told my Father he could use it but I thought it was on it's last legs - literally seconds after he turned it on this loud high pitched whining noise and a pop sounded followed by a lot of blue/grey smoke from the hoover which filled the kitchen..... I turned on the cooker hood to MAX whilst my Father ran to the fire alarm just in case it went off.

We decided whilst the rain had stopped and the sun was out that now was the time to go to the cemetery...off we went carrying a heavy large tub of mixed bulbs and border flowers of Mum's favourites.  After arriving we all get out of the car and make our way to Mum's grave, we put the tub on the grave and lit a candle and before we could even say a prayer - the Heavens opened....maybe deciding the flowers looked droopy.   My second outfit of the day soaked with mud and rain and as we ran back to the car I really felt that Mum was up there laughing at us in Heaven.