The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration

Beginning on Thursday. 2nd June and ending on Sunday, 5th June, this was a celebration of HM Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne. Thursday, the 2nd Spent the morning catching up with ‘bits and bobs’ as we only got back from our Scottish holiday yesterday afternoon. Top Trooping First of the formal stuff – …
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Super Sociable Saturday and Sunday!

It was one of those fantastic weekends where we spent 99% of the time eating, drinking and enjoying the company of good friends! It’s a tough life!!! 😀 Saturday The morning was spent preparing stuff and having a final tidy-up in readiness for our guests. Just after midday, Ralph and Karen joined us, and after …
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Party, Party..!

  So, here we are, the day of the party has finally arrived. It’s a Mexican theme this time and we’ve laid on quite a spread – and invited most of our neighbours. We’re praying for good weather, but the signs aren’t good – rain, rain and more rain punctuated by short bursts of sun! …
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Mexican Rave!

We’ve just finished shopping at Sainsbury’s Kettering, for the ingredients for Saturday’s Mexican party at ours. Phew! that’s emptied a few of their shelves!!!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s!  My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its …
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The Cat’s away…

Ann’s away on business for a few days. Riotous parties, excessive drinking, late nights then..? Well, maybe not –  I’ll leave that until the Party on Saturday!!!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s!  My lifelong love of technology and communication …
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Paul’s ’50th Birthday’ get-together

The party weekend continues! We popped round to Paul and Karen’s just after 3pm where Karen had prepared lashings of great food including some very tasty meatballs – my favourite – and a rather potent sherry and brandy trifle – probably the best trifle I’ve tasted in years! I guess there must have been around …
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Roy and Susan’s for the weekend

We drove over to Roy and Susan’s Saturday afternoon. It was Roy’s birthday yesterday and we’d been invited to theirs to help him celebrate! We stopped of in Huntingdon on the way through and picked up a new cat-carrier. We were a little too early for Roy and Susan’s so we remained in the car-park …
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High Chaparral Party/Latest tech Kit/Young Deer

HIGH CHAPARRAL PARTYToday’s the day of our party! Pity our costumes didn’t turn up in the post though. Tom to the rescue with a spare hat for me!!! Everyone else dressed for the part. Paul was a very convincing Mexican and Tom on his inflatable horse made a welcome return!!! See a larger of the …
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Our Anniversary – 23 years

It’s our Anniversary today. 23 years this year!!! Wed decided to eat in as we have a lot of preparation to do for tomorrow’s party… Pressies this year: AnnTony Benn TapesHeart-shaped hot water bottleShrek III DVDPinky-red gemstone paperweight MeBulgari toiletries set …and as always some very romantic Anniversary Cards too… Steve PalmerI got into blogging …
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