I got together with some old school friends last night to celebrate Christmas, we always have a theme and last night it was the 1920s - we had a good laugh and a good drink! We had a go at the Charleston but just couldn't stop laughing and gave up.
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Amazing how long it takes to put up a Christmas tree! I kid myself every year that I am going to get it done in an hour or so......but it always end up taking me the whole afternoon! Still have about 6 presents to buy which I plan to do on Sunday - then Monday I have a family lunch and cooking mince pies and sausage rolls in the afternoon/evening ( Read more... )

My niece Abigail (daughter of my sister Debbie) has had a baby boy! His name is Rufus Gaetano and he is absolutely beautiful! He weighed it a 6lb 13oz with a mop of black hair.

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Last night we had a charity event at the hotel in aid of SAFE - everyone was required to dress as a Rock God, it was great fun! I went as Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac. I have put some pics below of myself with my husband, my daughters-in-law (one came as Courtney Love and the other as Joan Jet) my middle son who came as a rock star but couldn't ( Read more... )

I hope you are all having a wonderful family celebration!!!! xx
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Before you ask........no I do no intend to stop celebrating my 60th birthday any time soon! So far I have been to London to see Crosby, Stills and Nash, been to London with my sisters to see Jersey Boys and partake of a wonderful meal and hotel stay and last night I celebrated with all of the most important people in my life (with the exception of ( Read more... )

As if one Wedding just a few days after Christmas 2012 wasn't enough number one son re-married his ex-wife Kelly on 3rd. August this year. In spite of Kelly and I not always seeing eye to eye in the past I have to say that things have got a lot better - I still have moment when I could cheerfully slap her but mostly we are getting on very well. The ( Read more... )

It's all very well me posting about things that are happening in the here and now but I have been such a useless friend and poster for so long that I think I will post a few catch-up posts as I go along ( Read more... )

We had a lovely time! Set off on the train from Cardiff at 8.30am arrived in London and went straight to dump our bags at the hotel. Then we went to Oxford street for shopping and to Carnaby Street for the atmosphere. we got hungry and went to an O'Neils for a late lunch and a few JD and cokes - then back to the hotel to rest up and get ready for ( Read more... )

One of my sisters rang this morning to tell me that for my 60th birthday they (she and other 2 sisters) are taking me to London on Friday morning, we are travelling first class by train and checking into an hotel in Central London then going shopping for the afternoon, back to the hotel to get ready for a meal out at a restaurant called Quaglinos, ( Read more... )