A Great Evening Out

Hello everyone,

I`m back, and slightly the worse for wear today.  We had a smashing time last night and though I didn`t ha very much to drink I`m completely exhausted by too much dancing and a very late night, or should I say early morning...lol!

It turned out to be a great evening with lot`s of chat and laughter.  There were six of us travelling to the hotel together.  Jim organised an eight-seater vehicle to take us and collect us at the end of the evening and very comfortable it was too, a brand new Mercedes people carrier, not what we expected at a.  When we arrived at the hotel we were met with trays of champagne which we very gratefully took.  We had a table right next to the stage and the food, a good thing as usually we are seated so far away we`ve had to wait forever to eat, but last night we had the best table with the first choice of food.  The food was wonderful and we were spoilt for choice, but I settled for sauteed (?) potatoes in a sauce, vegetables and salmon and prawns in a seafood sauce, it was delicious.  There was a choice of steak with mushrooms or chicken in asparagus sauce and of course the salmon.  When it came to dessert, it was  unbelievable, there were so many different kinds of cheesecakes and gateau that I didn`t know where to start but I ended up with a white chocolate chip cheesecake with a dark chocolate base, it was delicious.  There was even a chocolate fountain with a pile of marshmallows on sticks, just waiting to be dipped in the liquid chocolate....guess who had to have a few of those...?!!!  We were certainly well taken care of food wise.

Jim`s mate Mark and his wife Mandy.

The cabaret consisted of a memory man...a bit boring I`m afraid!.....and the late night dancing.  The memory man was good but not right for an evening audience.  The poor man tried his best but there were two tables of people who had far too much to drink and were behaving appallingly towards him, shouting at him and telling him he was rubbish etc. Actually they were far ruder than that but I don`t neesd to go into detail.  Needless to say, they were all thrown out of the hotel leaving everyone else to enjoy the rest of the evening.  I`m pleased to say that none of them worked for the same company as Jim, just a subsidary of the group.

Me and my friend Bernice

Once the raffle was over (we didn`t win anything!) the dancing commenced and we were on our feet until 1am, which is why my feet ache today and I`m so very tired now.  I used to be able to dance all night, have a couple of hours sleep and wake up bright as a button.  Not anymore though, those days have long gone, I`m just grateful that my aged knees still work in the mornings...lol!

On friday night Roman settled but only after a fretful evening.  His teeth are making him really grumpy and he just wasn`t in the mood to play or be cuddled.  At bedtime he was exhausted but didn`t seem to want to go to sleep.  Eventually though I managed to soothe him and put him into his cot and he must have fallen asleep fairly quickly, poor little chap.  Kerry rang this morning and said that he`s been grouchy all weekend and just won`t settle...a sign of things to come, methinks.  Later this morning I did the ironing, though I`d rather have gone back to bed!  I soldiered on however, and finished the lot eventually.

Jim and Mark

This afternoon, I dragged Jim out for a walk with Jake.  I decided as it was a nice sunny afternoon, despite the very cold wind, and a long walk to blow away last night`s cobwebs seemed a good idea.  It was very  enjoyable, despite Jim trying to take shortcuts and complaining that he was tired out...lol!  I ignored him and we were out for an hour and feeling much better for the fresh air.  I hope you like the photos we took, I`ve just posted a few of them with our close friends, though Jim will copy the rest of them onto disc. I`d better go now and read some journals.  I hardly read any at all yesterday as I didn`t have the time though I`ll try to make up for it today.  Enjoy the rest of your Sunday, Bye for now.