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Meeting Little Jasper
Popped round to Nursey & Sophia's new house in Chiswick on Sunday for a 1pm lunch. Certainly experienced the 'joys' of new parenthood as H and Nurse were locked away in older sister Elizabeth's bedroom constructing her 'big girl bed' for several hours while I padded the streets with Sophia and Jasper, and an impatient…
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Dancing Dinner at Dora
Well it was supposed to be an early start, earlyish finish as Mr H is pretty tired now he has almost finished his 39 radiotherapy sessions (last one today!), but as ever it didn't quite turn out like that. We managed the early start – and then it went on from there! …
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Schoolfriend Fiona
So my very oldest friend is Claire White, who I met when we were 4 years old, and its amazing that we are still in touch all these decades later. A few years ago though, I decided to cyber stalk another old chum, who was then called – and always will be to me –…
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Fireworks Night
Well there's been quite a lot of hoohah this year as Merton Useless Council in their very limited wisdom decided to hold the Bonfire & Fireworks Night – without the Bonfire. Supposedly for 'pollution' reasons – but pretty hard to fathom that one when the park is filled by a crappy funfair and ton of…
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Meeting Great-Niece Violet
On the day we got married, I became – rather terrifyingly – a great-aunt. To Hawksey's brother's son's daughter, Isabella. So of course, I've been in denial about that for the last 8 years as surely great-aunts are at least 80, deaf, somewhat immobile and smell of cabbage? And I'm only 1 or 2 of…
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Cotswolds Birthday Weekend
I guess the best thing about a Wednesday birthday is that you have to milk both surrounding weekends to the full… So we booked a couple of nights in a treehouse at The Fish in the Cotswolds, using, rather delightedly, the Mr & Mrs Smith vouchers I got for last year's birthday. A fitting and…
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A Rather Large Thursday Night
Who would have thought that a nice post-birthday supper for 6 at Daddy Bao's in Tooting would end up as a bit of a large one?? Not me, until my very bad friends – Nicky & Jules, Soph & Jane and Vicki – lead me totally astray.. …
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Turning 51…
BLOODY HELL!!!! Those are words I never thought I'd be saying, not just because of the illness but more because ITS BLOODY OLD!!!!! How on earth can I be 51? 50 was a breeze and full of delights, and while this birthday has had some delights so far, with a few more to come, it's…
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Birthday Night Out
Despite a very wet and blustery typical October evening, somehow the AV5 made it up to Bermondsey for some drinks and dinner, as an early birthday soiree for me. Started…
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Hannibal’s Wine Tasting, for the Guide Dogs
Really nice evening last Wed, helping out Pam & Jude with their Autumn wine tasting, with part of proceeds in aid of the Guide Dogs. They often have Simon and Hilary coming along, both of whom are completely blind, and who still manage to get to whichever venue the wine tasting is in, enjoy themselves…