Oh Crikey - I spoke far too soon - DIL's mum is back in hospital - 'hopefully' that sounds odd but anyway 'hopefully' another TIA as opposed to a major stroke - she went in by ambulance this time as literally no one could get to her quickly, the paramedics made the decision to take her to a different hospital and said "if this was my parent, this is where I would want her to be" she now has her brother with her and DIL is on her way...she has had another CT scan and is now waiting for a repeat MRI.
Louby - sounds like you have it covered - I did have a little 'swoon' when I read 'new diary'
Young froglet - youngest son and DIL have a lovely firepit which they use a fair bit in the autumn