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Hello Dear Reader. Yes, it’s me and I’m back
from ‘down under’!
What a truly fantastic time I had in Australia and what an amazing country it
is! You can only imagine how pleased am I to be back to gale force winds
and rain?
I have to admit that the flying was really hard going, especially upon my
return when I asked to be seated near the exit doors and was told there was no
room. However, having left Singapore, the hostess leaned over me and
informed the chap in the row in front that there was plenty of space next to the
exit doors and would he like to move. I jumped up and immediately asked if
I could change places, whereupon I was told that I was listed as a nervous
passenger and that I was not the kind of person they could rely on in case
of an emergency to open the doors! Well that made me feel really secure.
The mere mention of an emergency sent me off on one and I had to take another
pill with more wine!!
I can’t remember much after that, only being greeted by Smiler, my rather
unusually happy husband, who for some crazy reason seemed rather pleased to see
me! Maybe it was the fact that he’d been left with our two rather
demanding children and five dogs, that made him seem so relieved at my
return!
Well everything is back to normal and the usual craziness has set in with the
run up to Christmas.
I’m really pleased to say that people (and businesses) are still partying and
having their ‘staff dos’!
I often remember attending staff parties in the past, and as much as everyone
swears blind they’re not going to drink to excess and not going to make fools of
themselves, there’s always one that just doesn’t know when to stop
partying! Don’t you just love it though when they either end up asleep
under a pile of coats with half an eyebrow missing or something similar, (thanks
to their ‘friends’ having a laugh!) Or they’ve cornered some poor
unsuspecting person and telling them either how to do their job right, or how
much they love them!!
I always remember one Christmas, many years ago I might add, being in the
middle of a long drawn out conversation, when a friend gently took me outside
the restaurant and informed me that I had been talking to the wall and the
restaurant was empty! Well at least the wall didn’t answer me back!
Smiler and I attended a fabulous party the other weekend. A chum was
celebrating their 50th Birthday Party and decided to have an afternoon Treasure
Hunt round Guildford and the surrounding area. The party was then to go
into full swing with a champagne filled ‘Indian’ themed dinner.
Unfortunately we couldn’t go on the Treasure Hunt, which as it turned out was
just as well
as there were gale force winds, dreadful rain and it was freezing. Just
to make it even more of a challenge, apparently the church holding a vital clue
was closed and then a tree fell across the road and blocked it!
The evening party was due to start at 7.30 however, by 6.00pm all these
bedraggled people turned up freezing cold and desperate for a drink and I don’t
mean coffee. What a hoot! Not being funny though, I presumed there
would be a fantastic pressie for the winners, but there was NOTHING!!
Excuse me, but to endure the English weather and all that for NOTHING you must
be joking!
Needless to say, I’ve never seen so much champagne disappear so quickly since
my wedding reception!
Well I guess we’ll all be doing our Christmas shopping soon and I can only
wish you the best of luck! I’ve just seen ‘The Queens’ (middle child) wish
list. This is comprising of a new lap top, i pod, new mobile, oh yes, and
some sweets. Well she’ll get the sweets, no chance of the rest of it
though!
I do wish you all a really jolly Christmas and hope you have a great holiday
and no doubt a little drink or two!
Cheers!
– Jenny
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