We have been rather busy for the past few weeks. Now I've started to feel a bit more relaxed: it's my last day at work for almost two weeks ( Read more... )

I am now in Italy where I arrived on Saturday night (2 hr and 15 min late - not bad when the flight is only 1 hr 30 min! LOL ( Read more... )

Our little summer party went very well.


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We just got back from a small and very enjoyable Christmas party at Debz & Graham's - another two neighbours.

The last week or so has been very busy.

It all started on Thursday last week when I met bobalonefor a drink in town (sorry, no photos).

Then on the Friday David and Richard (bazanges) arrived


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Yesterday we threw a little afternoon tea party for neighbours and friends.

We managed to squeeze 33 people in our little home (we couldn't use the garden as it poured with rain - although it stopped at some point allowing the very few smokers to go outside for a 'fag')

The lovely David and Ricardo (bazanges ) joined us for the week-end

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As enjoyable as the evening at the theatre was, we couldn't really let Lynne get away without a party - after all, you turn 40 only once ( Read more... )

Saturday was a very lazy day for me. With the excuse of having to keep my leg up, I spent hours first reading the paper and then on the net ( Read more... )

It is my lack of social skills that doesn't allow me to enjoy some parties
I am quiet, soft spoken and hopeless at small talk. And I cannot fake interest to save my life.
It's not that I'm that shy: I am simply very happy to be ignored and left to eat my food in silence, if I don't have anything to say.

We just got back from Wendy's party in Finchley ( Read more... )

On Friday evening I met up with Adrian, Lynne and Kim and after an early dinner at First Out, we had a cocktail at Balans before going to Malcolm's 50th party at Barcode Soho.

It was fun! There was a huge chocolate birthday cake enough to feed a country the side of Luxembourg and there were many faces that I had seen around or on-line.
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