As a rule we don't go out on fridays - I suppose we're rebelling against so many nights out during our student life! Anyway, Vicky called me during the daytime and asked me if we'd like to meet them for drinks and despite my friday reticence we were both up for it. Pete and Vicky are friends from Birmingham University. (http://www.bham.ac.uk/) They are loads of fun but they live on the other side of Birmingham and both have jobs that involve them travelling around the coutry quite a bit so we don't see as much of each other as we should. Anyway we met at The Old Joint Stock, next to the cathedral and had a real good chat. Then came the discussion at last orders of where to head on to... Broad St was a big no no, too cheesy and rough and expensive, hm. Then Alex suggested Snobs. Good old SNOBS! (http://www.snobsnightclub.co.uk/) At university there were weeks where I spent more time at Snobs than I did at the library - don't read this part mother! But we hadn't been there for years! Oh what fun! Me and Vicky danced, we all had a great night. I even got chatted up, four times! It was so funny, they were all so young, bless em!
Me and Al had a dance to the Cure, and even for a few seconds in the sixties room, it was great to get out. Even though I missed yoga at least I can say I got some exercise!
Saturday I launched into a mad cleaning frenzy - I left no corner unpolished I tell you! At the same time Al and Nathan helped our mates Ben and Cat into their new home. Then me and Laura and baby Emma went off in the car on another wedding recky. We went to the Bird In Hand, near Pershore http://www.fusionbrasserie.com. It's definately a big contender. I was able to meet with the Italian chef and owner, not just some wedding organiser (organ grinder, not monkey). It was really good, he had some lovely ideas, and I felt like we were pretty much in tune. Me and Al will definately go back together. Then me and Laura came back to the house to have dinner with Nathan and Al, who'd cooked a delicious chilly, yum! They left at about 8.30pm to get Em to bed, and me and Alex did the same; I'd say we were asleep by 10 o'clock!!! Lurvely bed...
Today is sunday, got church, then off to see a hotel that is near Coughton Court.
Pads is loving the weekend, after a few weeks of long weekends and being able to go out as she liked the last week has been a bit of a shock!
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Just thought it's be nice to share this lovely picture from my parents wedding anniversary - I was too busy running around to take pictures but Tiet caught it. Gracies tiet!
Queria ensenarte este foto de yo y mama de la fiesta de sorpresa - es tan bonito, no? La verdad es que no tuve el timpo para sacar muchas fotos entonces, estaba bastante ocupada, pero este lo tomo mi tiet - gracies tiet!
muakis x
Saturday, September 09, 2006
Our week off
After the big wedding we needed some time to relax. Work was really busy for a few weeks, Alex had had loads of overtime to do, then we'd had a very busy social life for a few weeks and we were both knackered!
Our week off has been domestic and lovely. Downstairs is a chocolate victoria sponge cake which I have cooked and I'm looking forward to scoffing!
Earlier today we went to Alex's nan to pick up her old radio which she was threatning to chuck out. We thought it was a black pye radio but apparently it's a Beethoven.
Anyway, we have also finally finished working on our extension floor, it is now varnished and lovely! And the desk which had been in the garage for the last 6 months awaiting its fate; well I finally got around to fishing sanding and varnishing it, yey!
Our week off has been domestic and lovely. Downstairs is a chocolate victoria sponge cake which I have cooked and I'm looking forward to scoffing!
Earlier today we went to Alex's nan to pick up her old radio which she was threatning to chuck out. We thought it was a black pye radio but apparently it's a Beethoven.
Anyway, we have also finally finished working on our extension floor, it is now varnished and lovely! And the desk which had been in the garage for the last 6 months awaiting its fate; well I finally got around to fishing sanding and varnishing it, yey!
Wedding photos
I have a confession to make. I was ill so I forgot to take a lot of things to the wedding, but the worst was my camera. The bride and groom's camera is broken and the bridesmaid's broke on the morning of the wedding. I will get photos but they'll take a while to come across and I'll add them to the blog asap.
Until then here are some photos of the hen night and of the morning after the wedding - Laura and Nathan are blearily-eyed opening their presents with some help from Emma!
Tengo que confesar... Estaba resfriada durante la boda y olvide de llevar un monton de cosas - entre ellas el peor fue mi camera. Que mala soy! Encima de eso la camera de la pareja feliz y damas de honor tambien se habian roto, asi que estoy buscando fotos entre nuestros amigos.
Hasta cuando las puedo anadir al blog aqui estan las fotos de la despedida de soltera y de la manana despues de la boda, cuando Nathan y Laura abrieron sus regalos. Emma les ayudaron, claro!
Me, Laura and best friend and bridesmaid Emma...
Then Vanessa (sister) Jill Nunnerley mum
Until then here are some photos of the hen night and of the morning after the wedding - Laura and Nathan are blearily-eyed opening their presents with some help from Emma!
Tengo que confesar... Estaba resfriada durante la boda y olvide de llevar un monton de cosas - entre ellas el peor fue mi camera. Que mala soy! Encima de eso la camera de la pareja feliz y damas de honor tambien se habian roto, asi que estoy buscando fotos entre nuestros amigos.
Hasta cuando las puedo anadir al blog aqui estan las fotos de la despedida de soltera y de la manana despues de la boda, cuando Nathan y Laura abrieron sus regalos. Emma les ayudaron, claro!
Me, Laura and best friend and bridesmaid Emma...
Then Vanessa (sister) Jill Nunnerley mum
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Nathan and Laura's wedding
It's was two years we'd been thinking about this and both me and Alex were dead excited. Alex was best man, and as soon as Ben sat down after his speech at Daniel and Rachel's wedding Alex said " it's me next"!!! The hotel's wedding coordinator said it was one of the best he'd heard and we were all impressed. Anyway, I'm getting ahead of myself. I'll post the pictures at a later stage (don't grumble, uploading pictures takes ages!).
The hen do took place on the saturday. We met at Poppy Red in the Arcadian for some drinks then we went over to the nearby comedy club, the Glee Club. After some irritating shenanigans they managed to seat us all together and it was good fun. We saw 3 comedians, each was worse than the last but the first one and the compere were dead funny! I can only assume their strategy was to assume we'd all be too drunk to realise the third comedian wasn't funny but I obviously had not drunk enough!
We had a dance afterwards then went back to Poppy Red. I like Laura, but I like her all the more for banning any horns, wings, halos, fancy dress or other ridiculous items! She is a girl after my own heart! Lisa, Danielle, Hannah; take note!
Anyway the boys had squeezed in two stag do's so it was only fair to extend the girls do too. We all met up at Laura's parents house (dad Richard had been sent away to his mothers!) for a buffet and a massage. My massage lady Libby Miskin is great and had offered to do mini treatments for everyone at the hen do for a fiver. Most people there were completely new to massages, but it was a real hit. Nathan's mum Bernadette had said she'd marry her and have her babies if it had gone on for much longer! It was a great chance for a chinwag, and Emma got to see all her nearest and dearest and as usual was a complete star! I think she thought it was her birthday again!
Then last week Alex got a cold and of course I was next. On the Friday morning, the day before the wedding I woke up feeling rotten. I struggled through the day and coughed my way through the night. We drove to Bewdley, just outside of kidderminster http://www.bewdley.org.uk/ and it is gorgeous. A river runs through this quaint, very hilly, georgian village and we stayed at the Ramada Jarvis just outside the centre. At 7.00am Laura and Emma who I was sharing the room with woke up to get their hair done and I knew I needed drugs to get me through the day. Usually I don't take pills or medicine and rely on rest and that's fine but that day was the exception. I dosed myself up to the eyeballs, carried out 'operation SOS' on my nose to hide the red patches where I'd blown my nose about 5000 times in the previous 24 hours, and concentrated on having a good time. I also squeezed in an hour and a half's kip when no one was noticing after lunch which was great.
So Laura and her bridesmaids Emma and Vanessa went to the hairdressers on site to get their hair and make up done. Then we all gathered back in the room to get that dress on Laura. It was big and white, the traditional wedding frock, but I still got all emotional on seeing her all done up - she was beautiful!
The plan was that baby Emma would be walked up the aisle by the bridesmaids followed by Laura and her dad. We all congregated and waited for the bridal party, with Nathan and Alex down the front - Nathan looking like he'd just swallowed something bulky. Then the bridesmaids walked down the aisle but no baby Emma. Then Laura and her dad walked down the aisle and I did a bit of a double take. In her arms and clinging to her neck, sat the very gorgeous Emma, who was holding her bouquet! Once they got down the front Emma contributed to the ceremony by hitting her mum over the head with the beautiful arrangement of flowers she had in her hand! It was so funny, and so perfect! Because they are not just 2 anymore and the ceremony was as much involving Emma as possible!
Afterwards came the lunch followed by the SPEECH. Try and imaging Alex speeking it in his brummy voice.
The hen do took place on the saturday. We met at Poppy Red in the Arcadian for some drinks then we went over to the nearby comedy club, the Glee Club. After some irritating shenanigans they managed to seat us all together and it was good fun. We saw 3 comedians, each was worse than the last but the first one and the compere were dead funny! I can only assume their strategy was to assume we'd all be too drunk to realise the third comedian wasn't funny but I obviously had not drunk enough!
We had a dance afterwards then went back to Poppy Red. I like Laura, but I like her all the more for banning any horns, wings, halos, fancy dress or other ridiculous items! She is a girl after my own heart! Lisa, Danielle, Hannah; take note!
Anyway the boys had squeezed in two stag do's so it was only fair to extend the girls do too. We all met up at Laura's parents house (dad Richard had been sent away to his mothers!) for a buffet and a massage. My massage lady Libby Miskin is great and had offered to do mini treatments for everyone at the hen do for a fiver. Most people there were completely new to massages, but it was a real hit. Nathan's mum Bernadette had said she'd marry her and have her babies if it had gone on for much longer! It was a great chance for a chinwag, and Emma got to see all her nearest and dearest and as usual was a complete star! I think she thought it was her birthday again!
Then last week Alex got a cold and of course I was next. On the Friday morning, the day before the wedding I woke up feeling rotten. I struggled through the day and coughed my way through the night. We drove to Bewdley, just outside of kidderminster http://www.bewdley.org.uk/ and it is gorgeous. A river runs through this quaint, very hilly, georgian village and we stayed at the Ramada Jarvis just outside the centre. At 7.00am Laura and Emma who I was sharing the room with woke up to get their hair done and I knew I needed drugs to get me through the day. Usually I don't take pills or medicine and rely on rest and that's fine but that day was the exception. I dosed myself up to the eyeballs, carried out 'operation SOS' on my nose to hide the red patches where I'd blown my nose about 5000 times in the previous 24 hours, and concentrated on having a good time. I also squeezed in an hour and a half's kip when no one was noticing after lunch which was great.
So Laura and her bridesmaids Emma and Vanessa went to the hairdressers on site to get their hair and make up done. Then we all gathered back in the room to get that dress on Laura. It was big and white, the traditional wedding frock, but I still got all emotional on seeing her all done up - she was beautiful!
The plan was that baby Emma would be walked up the aisle by the bridesmaids followed by Laura and her dad. We all congregated and waited for the bridal party, with Nathan and Alex down the front - Nathan looking like he'd just swallowed something bulky. Then the bridesmaids walked down the aisle but no baby Emma. Then Laura and her dad walked down the aisle and I did a bit of a double take. In her arms and clinging to her neck, sat the very gorgeous Emma, who was holding her bouquet! Once they got down the front Emma contributed to the ceremony by hitting her mum over the head with the beautiful arrangement of flowers she had in her hand! It was so funny, and so perfect! Because they are not just 2 anymore and the ceremony was as much involving Emma as possible!
Afterwards came the lunch followed by the SPEECH. Try and imaging Alex speeking it in his brummy voice.
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