2009 August | Family Affairs and other matters

WEDDING PARTY

28. August 2009

We are shortly going to be setting off to join my family in the build up to my brother’s wedding tomorrow. I spoke to him earlier. He sounds calm and strong. Which is the way it should be. We’ve got a big family dinner tonight involving my parents, brothers, children, Builder Bloke, uncle and aunt from Australia, old old family friends from Canada – it will be really lovely.

I can’t wait for the wedding. I’m trying to ignore the fact that I’m having a major clothing trauma because it’s not about me and my mother keeps pointing out that nobody cares. After a friend mentioned that she couldn’t possibly wear silk because it crumples very easily and I will sweat in it, I am now panicking as have a vision of doing the reading in the church with enormous wet patches under my arms. Another friend suggested attaching squeedgee mops to each armpit ha ha ha, but I was seriously wondering if I could get away with teeny weeny sanitary pads (without wings obviously) stuck under each arm (but think will be wrong way round to help). Think I am going to have to wear a t-shirt under dress to absorb sweat which may have the opposite effect because I will be twice as hot.

Oh no. what to do.

THEN clearly my sweat drenched dress will have to be changed for evening, before I “get on down” (as I like to say to my children in an embarrassing mother sort of way) and create even more sweat. Another friend has lent me a beautiful maxi-dress, but I don’t know how many people will be changing in the evening – and I don’t want to look like I’m trying to pretend I’m the bride, so now I’ll have to bring loads of stuff “just in case” and in my teeny weeny clutch bag I will somehow have to squeeze several dress changes, absorbent pads, camera, tissues (for eyes not armpits), make-up (waterproof) and other such girly detritus.

Will take LOADS of photos. Have a lovely weekend and as Janelle would say, lots of big squeedgee, love everybody because I’m drunk at a wedding sort of hugs and kisses all round xx

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27. August 2009

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My 9 year old and his friend made these gorgeous cup cakes in anticipation of a celebratory breakfast for his brother. He even put sparklers in them but I missed the moment:- Teenage son was WAY too scared to get the results this morning. He made me do it and then my daughter told him [...]