Bon-Bon and Biscuit are four today! Compared to their previous Birthday, both are now equally affectionate to us – Bon-Bon had always been a little ‘stand-offish’, but she’s now much more chilled. Biscuit has even strayed onto my lap VERY occasionally! No chance with Bon-Bon though!!! Since discovering Patsy the cat-groomer over in Rushden, their …
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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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Angela’s 60th
Although it was a few weeks ago, some of ‘the old team’ met up in London today to celebrate Angela’s Birthday. We all planned to meet at the Thistle Hotel, Lancaster Gate for a few drinks before heading off for Halepi’s, the Greek restaurant opposite. We used to frequent this restaurant quite often when we …
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Birthday Meal with Jo and Janet
It’s Jo’s birthday today! We went to The Old Bakehouse in Rothwell for our table at 7.15pm. I think this is the third or fourth time we’ve been there. Service was excellent (as normal) – and so was the food! We got through two bottles of red wine plus a bottle of sparkling water …
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Rosi’s for Dinner
We were invited round to Rosi’s tonight for a meal. An early start – 4pm, mainly to make best use of the sunshine! Most of the gang were there, although Karen was away sailing; Tom and Julie and Georgina; Debbie and Stefan. And, as it turned out, it looked like everyone had heard about Rosi’s …
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Happy Birthday to me!
Here we are at 52 years young. Just like last year, I’m celebrating my Birthday at home, as I’ve scheduled not to work today. We’re out this evening to Han, our favourite Chinese restaurant in Market Harborough. An excellent meal and superb service – and they were very busy too! I received a GREAT range …
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Family Meal
Mae, Denis, Roger, Jane and Oliver came round for afternoon tea. Bev couldn’t make it because she was at a Wedding. The reason for the celebration was that it was Mae’s Birthday yesterday The weather looked a little grey, and we had planned to all go the Wicksteed Park. However, Roger rang to say that …
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Easter Holiday – Day 3
Ann’s birthday today! ..when we woke up around 7am, it was snowing. I co-ordinated the family and we all clubbed together to her the top-of-the-range Tom-Tom portable sat-nav. Separately, I bought her a leather case and a docking station, so it can be charged outsde the car. Nicki C bought her a beautiful necklace. So …
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Birthday Blog – The Cats Three Years Old
Biscuit and Bon-Bon celebrated their third Birthday today. Whereas this time last year, we were saying that Biscuit is the more sociable-one, Bon-Bon is turning into a real ‘cutie’ and is becoming almost the same.. They still hate being bathed and now when we take them to the local beauty parlour for their six-weekly ‘service’, …
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Trish’s 50th
Off to the Cricket Club tonight as we’ve been invited to Trish’s 50th Birthday celebration! 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 forms), together with a fondness for the art of …
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Birthday Meal
We went to Rosi’s, David and Rhiannon’s tonight for my Birthday meal. Karen, Paul, Julie and Tom were also invited and we all travelled there together by cab. As always, Rosi’s food was excellent! Moussaka followed by white chocolate and raspberry cheesecake – I was forced to bring some back with me… 🙂 It was …
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Happy Birthday to me..
Wow! Where has this year gone? I blinked and I must have missed it!!! One moment I was celebrating my 50th in Sicily – the next, I’m at home celebrating my 51st! A busy day work-wise, developing materials for one of my clients in Sweden. Ann ran late so we had a belated card and …
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Stafan’s Birthday Meal
We met at Debbie and Stefan’s together with Karen (Paul was away, golfing), Rosi and David and Bobby and Stella (S and D’s neighbours-but-one). Fiona arrived to baby-sit. Weather was horrible! We needed an umbrella to get from S and D’s to the taxi – 2 yards away!!! Ahhh, the British Summer. 🙂 A few …
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The Cable Guy/Karen’s Birthday Meal
Reconnected the external aerial to the HiFi today (because the aerial guy had connected the down-cable to the socket near the TV rather than the original circuit behind the glass cabinet). It meant running a length of co-ax along the outside back wall to save lifting the carpet up to conceal it. It took longer …
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Holiday Blog Day 2 – Bordeaux (Birthday Girl!)
We ate an Indian last night. ‘Punjab’ – it was packed!! Not a patch on ‘Mazzas’ though, and it was strange to experience a French man looking and sounding Indian! Ann’s Birthday today! Lots of nice cards. I bought her three DVDs ‘Casino Royale’, ‘Elizabeth I’ and ‘The Queen’. I also bought her a subscription …
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Birthday Blog – The Cats, Two years old
Biscuit and Bon-Bon celebrated their second Birthday today. Although, unlike us humans at the equivalent age (24), they aren’t living in their own place, ‘going steady’, thinking of getting married nor pressurising their parents for money! They are, however, still using Mum and Dad as a taxi service!! Biscuit tends to be the more sociable …
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Surprise belated 50th Birthday pressy!
Ralph and Karen surprised me with a belated 50th Birthday pressy. They weren’t able to make the original party due to other commitments. They bought me a pair of Bluetooth wireless headphones for my iPOD – Brilliant!!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well …
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Cat Bath/Out with the Neighbours
Biscuit and Bon-BonWe took Biscuit and Bon-Bon for their routine ‘bath-dry-groom’ and ‘maim-the-handlers’ today. Apparently, Bon-Bon is the aggressive one whilst Biscuit takes in all in her stride! Meal with Karen, Paul, Julie and TomWe went out for a meal for our great neighbours to celebrate Julie and Paul’s birthday (both next week). We popped …
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50th Birthday Celebrations
Well, today is a day of mega-activity! We have my ‘afternoon tea’ down at the Corn Exchange, 2.30 until 5.30. There’s around 35 people coming to that. Then it’s back to the house for our themed ‘TV from the 1950s’ Party – About 35 people for that too! Looks like a load of people are …
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Day 4 – Planned: Naxos (Sicily) Actual: Messina
My 50th Birthday – thanks for all the pressy and cards! We docked at around 8am. We thought it was going to be Naxos in Sicily, home of Mount Etna, but the Captain decided that it wasn’t safe to anchor and announced that we’re going to Messina instead! Weather looks good – it’s going to …
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Day 2 – Hvar (Croatia)
Had a lie-in until 7ish this morning! We heard from Guest Relations that our luggage WASN’T found and put on the next plane to Milan. Bugger! This means we set sail without any luggage at all. The Ship’s ‘Plan B’ is to continue to search for the luggage at Milan and then have it sent …
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Preparations for 50th Birthday Party
We put the finishing touches to the invitations for my 5oth. We’re going to have an ‘afternoon tea’ for those have to travel a long way and a Themed Party (TV characters from the 50s) in the evening with the neighbours Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post …
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A Significant Birthday Blog
Off to Paul and Sue’s this afternoon to celebrate a slightly premature 50th birthday for Sue. What an excellent event…a band…a close-up magician…and lashings of food and drink ..Perfect! 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 …
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Short Break – Day Three
Cor, what a scorcher! Very, very hot today. We started off by visiting Norfolk Lavender and then went onto Holkham. Finally onto Welles and a postcard-perfect seaside town. Bright blue sky, a sea breeze and lots of ‘sea-sidey’ type shops – Fifty eight different types of bucket and spade sets plus an even greater selection …
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Short Break – Day Two
As planned, we took a drive to Holt today, where we bought some bits for the kitchen, some cool cat cards and some shorts, socks and tops for me. We also treated Mum to some toiletries and a toilet bag for her forthcoming Birthday. Popped into Lee and Bertie’s for a cracking lunch of home-made …
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Karen’s 50th
We all got together at Lui’s in Montagu Street to celebrate Karen’s 50th birthday. Food was out of this world – Probably the BEST steak I’ve ever tasted! Rosi, David, Julie, Tom, Debbie and Stefan, Paul and Karen were there. We all went back to Karen and Paul’s afterwards for a few drinks. Good to …
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Vienna – Travel and Day 1
A good flight over, although it felt quite long! We arrived around 3pm. The SAS hotel is great. Very modern (Widescreen TV and DVD player in the room) and very nice furniture and fittings. We took a quick walk around the immediate area to get our bearings. Had a great meal in a local restaurant …
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Birthday Blog
Off to Newcastle today by train to celebrate Ann’s Birthday. An early train – 7.06am from Peterborough!!! …and then round to Rosi and David’s tonight for a meal with Paul and Karen. Rosi did a superb Indian meal – all prepared from scratch. We had such a good time!! Didn’t get home until 2am!!!! Steve …
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Birthday Blog – The Cats; 1 year old today
The cats celebrated their first birthday today. In human years, we’ve read that makes them 16 years old – adolescent teenagers! In the months we’ve owned them, we have seen their behaviour change quite considerably. Whether this is due to them being spayed or a part of their natural growing up process, we don’t know …
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Jo’s Birthday…
A surprise invite to Jo’s birthday meal at our favourite Indian restaurant – ‘Mazza’ Great food, great company, and unusually, a fairly quiet restaurant – which made it somehow even better! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love …
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