Family Affairs and other matters

18TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

I was very flattered yesterday to be invited to my first 18th birthday party for ummm at least 25 years. Builder Bloke and I were on Mohito duties.

Talk about feeling old though – being surrounded the most gorgeous bunch of girls in very short skirts and very high shoes is enough to make any 40 something woman want to climb under the nearest duvet and never come out again.

Just look at this selection of legs attached to very high strappy shoes. I’ve never been able to wear shoes this high:-

FIVE CHILEAN MINERS SHOWING SIGNS OF DEPRESSION

ONLY FIVE??? Out of 33? That’s pretty impressive. I’d definitely be showing signs of full blown depression by now. I cannot imagine what it is like for them to be stuck in the middle of the earth. WHY have they been told how long it’s going to take them to free them? Surely not a [...]

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WHITLEY RIDGE HOTEL REVIEW – 70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

We all had a lovely time together for my father’s 70th birthday celebrations although sadly he wasn’t able to join us for both evenings as it was all a bit too much for him after his recent operation. Must have been a nightmare for him to have to sit through a meal listening to us [...]

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70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

We are all off (minus teenage son) to celebrate my father’s 70th birthday. I am SO looking forward to it – my brother’s will be there with their families and whilst my father is not brilliant, it’s a huge relief to know that the last operation has helped and he is getting a little stronger [...]

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JOSIE LEAVES THE ULTIMATE BIG BROTHER

This is HUGE news in our house. Daughter completely traumatised……JOSIE has escaped! I didn’t watch Big Brother this time. Enough already. BUT we started watching the Celebrity version and I immediately liked Josie who won the last Big Brother. Very down to earth and frankly I think she’s done exactly the right thing by walking [...]

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SHOPPING WITH TEENAGE DAUGHTER

RIGHT. That’s it. I am NEVER going shopping with my teenage daughter again. Of course I am hugely proud and smug that she has now become the rainbow and I the faded old cloud, BUT honestly, if you want to be invisible, go out with her. EVERYBODY looks at her. Even the dogs and cats. [...]

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LABYRINTHITIS 2

I have made a huge mistake by going on our family summer holiday WAY too early. Now kids all BOOOOOOORED with nothing to do and I can’t be arsed to rush around in manner of alpha parent taking them to museums and art galleries. OBVIOUSLY, I would normally behave like that but I still have [...]

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