Life is soooo busy!

After Telford came the Moose southern area President's evening. This is what all our dance lessons had been for. Steve Spellor was the singer and he was/is amazing. We started the dancing with our hungarian waltz. Barry had to install the area officers into their positions, he's been warned so many times to not be flippant etc... that he was very nervous and made a couple of mistakes, I can honestly say I've never seen him so nervous and felt sorry for him. He jokes to cover and overcome his nerves and by trying to be something he isn't it didn't work!! He takes his position very seriously and 99% of people he's seen have told him to carry on as he was, that is who he is and as long as he's doing no harm and bein disrespectful he should be ok!
We had area picnic at Durlston country park in June and it was quite well attended, although windy the weather was dry and very warm and I got very sunburnt as I hadn't realised how it would be and hadn't put sun lotion on!
barry's been very busy visiting the local lodges and we've had a great welcome wherever we've been. By October he will have just about visited every lodge in our area at least once!!
In June we went to the Midlands, I had booked a room in the Travelodge for 2 nights back in January as it was only £9 a night, we went round the town, visited Barry's brother and my sister, and a friend, I took a trip down memory lane and walked to the estate i used to live, which was more emotional than I expected it to be! I had hoped to meet an old school friend, but Barry is struggling with me wanting some independence, so I didn't go in the end, but am working on it!!
Went to a cream tea on Sunday, the weather was beautiful (I was prepared and covered this time so didn't get burnt) The food was plentiful and the company as always was great (it was a moose event) They raised just over £200 in a couple of hours for the ladies circle, so well done them!! If I can work out how to upload a pic I will do later, I can't remember
coming up we have the silver anniversary of our very dear friends, kev and katrina, so going to be very busy again.

I forgot to say that while up in Telford we stayed in a lovely guest house, it's called Willow Guest House and is in Wellington. Our room was very comfortable the owners were the most friendly ones we had ever met. Breakfast was amazing, you had a choice of cereal, fruit juices, toast, jam or marmalade, coffee and teas (including herbal tea) and a fried breakfast with a choice of fried, scrambled or poached eggs. The sausages and bacon were all locally bought and the portions were great. We stayed with 2 other couples and were made to feel very welcome, we all said we'd have no hesitation in going back there if we are up that way again.
We stayed 2 nights there and on the second night we all went over to the pub opposite for a carvery. At 8 pm Dave, the onwer of the guest house joined us for a drink and chat, we sat chatting until 11 am. So, if you want a guest house in that area, look up willow guest house, Wellington, http://www.telfordguesthouse.co.uk

We had a great weekend, we left here on Friday about 7 am, we stopped twice along the way as we weren't supposed to be in the guest house until after mid-day, we got there about 20 to 12 in the end and he said we could go in. The room was lovely, Dave and AnneMarie were very friendly adn we quickly felt like we'd known them for years. We walked into Wellington which seemed very quiet, but we did buy a few bits. At 3 pm we were back at the guest house trying to call John to pick us up, but his phone was engaged. Luckily we'd got wifi and our laptops, so I managed, eventually, to find a way of contacting him through genes reunited (as I'd not got his email address) and said we'd been trying to call but the line was engaged, I tried again and got through, he'd just got my email as he was wondering why we'd not contacted him and remembered that I'd sent him my mobile number! They had accidentally left one of the phones off the hook, he'd answered one and called Marcia to pick the other up but left the one he'd answered off the hook!! He picked us up at 4 pm in the end, it was about half an hour to his place, he has this beautiful bungalow in this really pretty village, you can see these mountains that are in North Wales, he has this huge garden with some fields too, there were sheep in one field and he called them over to us, they were Dutch I think and black, so pretty! We felt like we had known them for years (John and Marcia, not the sheep) We chatted away and then at 6.30 we had dinner, roast lamb, not the ones from the field but from someone in the village!! We then had a choice of meringue with strawberries or rhubarb crumble, well I had to laugh, lamb is my favourite meat but we don't have it as it's so expensive and on Thursday Barry had said about this rhubarb in Somerfield and I said, oh I haven't had rhubarb crumble for years!! She's sprinkled chopped nuts on it and it was lovely!! We were with them until 9 pm when John then drove us to the Park inn to show us where it was and back to our guest house. Sue and Pat had arrived before we had gone out and Karl and Sandra arrived about 6.30 pm apparently.
Saturday morning we went into Telford for a look around, Barry had to go to his meeting at 2.30 so Katrina and I went back into town and round the park, I must upload the pics to truprint as the park was lovely. They're on facebook if you still get onto that! We didn't go to Birmingham in the end as it would have cost £8.50 each for the train and apparently there wasn't much more there than we could see or do in Telford!
Saturday evening we went back to the guest house and at 6 pm I think it was, we went to the pub opposite with Kev and Katrina. Sue, Pat, Karl and Sandra joined us about 6.40, we got a big table as Pat's son was coming with his girlfriend. We had a carvery and if you ordered before 7 pm it was 2 for £9.95!! It was ok but not great but we had a laugh being so many of us there! We sat in the lounge after and at 8 pm Dave from the guest house came along and joined us, he bought us a drink too and we sat chatting till about 11 pm!!
The breakfasts in the hotel were brilliant, you had a choice of cereals, fruit juices, then a fried breakfast, 2 sausages, thick sliced bacon, egg (scrambled, fried or poached) beans, tomatoes, toast, it was all freshly cooked too and very nice! We said goodbye to Dave (Annemarie had gone to her mum's as James (their 3 year old) wasn't very well) I hugged him and he said that we were welcome back anytime, we had really enjoyed being there, he was on our level with his sense of humour, a really lovely guy and he is the same age as me!! His birthday is in November so I'm a few months older.
Sunday morning we had convention, boring!! It started at 10 am and we had a break about 11.30 for 15 minutes, then it restarted until 12.25, all that distance just for that!! I had a go on the hamper raffle for a quid but didn't bother with all the others, there are too many of them!!
We had lunch in the car and Barry and I both dropped off, we were so tired! We went back in at 2 pm as the 2nd session started at 2.30, We've taken part in the 50/50 club, we pay £12 a year (only £8 for what's left of the year) and you get entered into this draw each month. We were with the men for the 2nd half, I sat in the row behind Barry and he and the other area presidents were called up and installed, I found this a bit too formal, this one guy marching about, I'd have felt really stupid! They did the raffle, I won the hamper!! There are loads of things in it, chocolates as well as ham, tins of stuff and jars of stuff! Convention finished at 3.30 and after saying bye we set off. We got to Stoke Talke Travelodge about 4 pm and checked in, the room was ok but the place was full of teenagers, they'd all booked in to go to Alton Towers on Monday!! We were told about a carvery just down the road, so went for that, it was really nice, much better than the one on Saturday night, the annoying thing is that in the week and Saturday it's only £3.50! It was £6.95 each on Sunday!! I had a bath Sunday night but it wasn't very warm, I was tired and aching and wanted to relax. Next morning Barry tried the shower and couldn't get hot water, I did my hair in the sink. We set off at 8.30 and arrived at Eastham railway station, Merseyside about 9.40. It was just down the road from the travelodge but the carpark was free so we parked up and got 2 return tickets, it was only £5.40 for the 2 of us!! It would have cost us more than that in parking if we'd gone into Liverpool itself! It took half an hour to get there, we walked round a bit then went to McDonald's and had burger fries and coke, we'd complained last year in Yarmouth and got a free meal each, so used the ticket!! We walked down to pier head and got our free ticket for the mersey ferry. We could use it all day if we wanted, it was very interesting as they give a commentary about the city, we went to Seacombe and got off to go to the space museum, this was ok but more for kids really, but again it was free (from the competition I'd won last November) We went back to Liverpool and heard how the Liver birds were supposed to be eagles but ended up the wrong type of bird!! That the female is facing the Mersey looking for the sailors safe return, and the male is looking to the town for the pubs, if they ever go then Liverpool is supposed to be no more! Unfortunately because it was bank holiday the boat was packed on the way back, screaming kids, couldn't hear much!! I was so annoyed! Oh they do play a little bit of "Ferry cross the mersey" bit corny ha ha!!
We went into the world museum that is free but didn't see all of it, an excuse to go back really!! Plus it was bank holiday so meant that there were kids everywhere making it harder to see things! We had some chips before going back to the train and travelodge.
Tuesday I was up early, had a shower and at 7.45 Bill called me to arrange a time, I wasn't sure if he would come or not to be honest as I'd not heard from him all weekend. We walked into Eastham village and asked about eating and were told about this pub called the Eastham Ferry and it overlooks the mersey. We called Bill and told him and he said he'd meet us at the travelodge anyway and we can go to the pub after. He eventually arrived at 11.30 and I hugged him, he gave Barry 24 bottles of Guinness and me 2 bottles of wine in a presentation box for a special occasion, so I told him it was my birthday and he said Is it? So I kissed him to thank him for the wine. we went to the pub but it was closed until mid-day so we walked to the jetty that overlooks the mersey, the weather was gorgeous and it was lovely standing there looking towards Liverpool, bill kept saying how lovely it was and he wanted to stay there all day. I said, so do I! We went into the pub and Bill got me a double Tia Maria and coke and he and Barry had a lager shandy, then he got me another double tia Maria and coke, then he ordered lunch, I went for scampi and chips, Barry had 10 oz gammon and Bill had rib eye steak, it was lovely as the last visit was a bit rushed but this was more relaxed and we had more time to chat with him. He'd had his hair cut and was telling me he hated it. We went back outside and stood talking for a little while, it was 2.30 pm when we eventually said we really need to go now, I don't know when we'll see him again, we left there and went to auntie Pauline's, we had a lovely few hours with her and she did us dinner, we had a homemade steak and mushroom pie which was delicious, she also gave me this lemon flavoured drink they got from Italy, it reminded me of lemon sherbert bonbons! We left auntie Pauline's at 7.20 and got home at 11.20 pm, we had a lovely time away and I can honestly say it was one of the best birthdays I've had in a long time! I did thank Barry for letting me meet with Bill, he said that if he'd said no I'd have made his life hell anyway!! But Barry had been ok with him, no awkward moments, he said the daft thing is I really like him!
I have felt really tired since coming back home I suppose the heat has done that too, it's been absolutely gorgeous but today it's a bit dull, very close though.
Well that's it, a really good weekend and now we are looking for places to stay next year because national convention is at the Thistle hotel Brands Hatch of all places!! Why they keep picking the bank holiday weekend I don't know and such stupid areas that cost a fortune!!
We have area president's evening next Saturday and I'm really looking forward to it, we have been practicing our jive and can even do that now, so we will be able to dance a fair bit instead of keep sitting out!
I will go now, we have Zeus coming at 6.30 tonight so are trying to Zeus proof the house, poor Shintu will be really stressed by Monday morning when Kelly comes back!!

Well we have had a busy few months. On Tuesday 4th March 2008 our friend knocked our door at 5.30 am, he and his wife were taking us to Gatwick airport. Barry's email pal had sent us air tickets and booked us into a hotel near him in Clearwater, Florida!! We arrived at Gatwick at 8.30 am and immediately checked in, then we went off for breakfast. At about 10.50 am I think it was, we went through to security. For some reason I made the alarm go off, this woman ran this thing over me and checked me but nothing, don't know what did it! We flew by US Airways, we took off a little late. We were sitting by the window, just the 2 of us, it was very noisy and there wasn't much leg room to be honest. We had dinner about 1.30 which was chicken and something, not too bad, but we did keep comparing it to the flight with Virgin 7 years ago, that was amazing, but there's no saying it's still the same! We had a very bumpy landing in Charlotte about 5.30 and had to wait to get off the plane as they couldn't get the platform to us.   We had to go through immigration and security which took ages, then we had to run to the other gate to get our connecting flight to Tampa, Florida! We made it and arrived in Tampa at 8 pm their time. Met Jim's sister, Mona, and she took us to our hotel, a lovely room. During our holiday we ate out at lots of places, we had breakfast at Biffeaters, ate at Pizza Hut, Ponderosa, Good fortune Buffet, Cracker Barrel, Bennigans, Country Kitchen, I've probably forgotten some but it was so cheap to eat out!! We saw the beautiful beaches of Florida, visited Mona's family in Bushnell Florida, Barry was very brave and drove Jim's car, we were about 7 miles from Jim's condo so he'd drive there each morning but didn't fancy driving back in the dark, so we'd leave about 7 pm at the latest. Mona came down a few times to drive us to different places. Her house in Bushnell is gorgeous, we stayed overnight there and had a lovely time being part of her family. Everyone we met made us so welcome, the 2 weeks went by far too quickly and all too soon it was time to say goodbye. Mona came down to take us to the airport. We had been told to check in about 90 minutes early, well we couldn't find our info on teh computer, so got someone to talk to, he said that the flight had been changed and that Jim should have had an email about it!! It was due to fly out at 5.15 pm but had gone about 3 pm!!! I was now in panic mode, much as I absolutely loved Florida, I was now wanting to see my dog and the kids of course lol!! Anyway, this guy got us onto a flight to Charlotte and then onto Gatwick. We didn't have long before we had to go through security, so said goodbye to Jim and Mona, which was very emotional. This time we went through the security thing that blows air onto you, I had never seen this before so had no idea what was going to happen, I almost jumped out of my skin!! Barry stopped it working somehow! We made our flight though and had about half hour to spare before getting our connecting flight. We didn't sleep on the way back, it was just too noisy, I wasn't impressed with the food again and the breakfast was awful. the flight attendant we had wasn't very happy either, the guys on the way over were amazing, but this one was very sour faced and almost like a robot when asking "Tea, Coffee, juice, water?" to everyone at 5 in the morning! We landed at Gatwick at 8 am and waited ages for our luggage, then went through customs and had to wait for our friends to pick us up. I loved the palm trees in Florida and must have gone on a lot about them as Mona and Lisa gave us some lovely gifts of glasses, windchimes, necklace etc with palm trees on!! We would love to go back but it's going to be a lot of saving up, so have told the kids that for our anniversary and christmas we want money to put towards it. We'd definitely stay in the same hotel as it was plenty big enough, the shower was amazing and there was a little 2 ring hob, a coffee maker and a toaster. We are both extremely greatful to Jim for getting the tickets and paying for our accommodation, there is no way we could have done this trip without him and we can't wait to go back and see them all again sometime!!

Well so much has happened since I last came on here!! Our son and his fiancee moved out on 1st February, after almost 2 years living with us they finally got this lovely 2 bed flat just round the corner, well about a 10 minute walk away! They've got it looking really nice and seem to be coping great, not that I didn't expect them to!! So now it's just the 2 of us!! Talk about strange, I miss my kids being around me, we don't see Kelly as much as I'd like to but we do still see a fair bit of Steven. The most change is that we don't have to wait before getting in the bathroom, we used to let them in first as they had to get ready to get out. We eat alone now, which is very strange, we've always eaten as a family and sat talking together, so it's weird just being us 2! We can eat our evening meals earlier now instead of having to wait for Steven to come home from work and we can eat what we want, as Steven is such a fussy eater, doesn't like lasagne, rice, pasta, mashed potatoes etc... we don't have to think of soemthing different that he can eat!! The poor dog is wondering what is going on, Kelly 2 years ago, now Steven, he still gets excited when he sees them! Last Saturday Steven and Hannah had a flat warming party and Kelly and Alex stayed here the night, Alex had to work on Sunday but Kelly stayed here and Steven and Hannah came round for dinner, so that was really nice, like old times!! At the moment it doesn't really feel like we're alone I suppose because so much is going on!! We're off to Florida on Tuesday 4th March. Barry's email pal sent us tickets last July to go and see him!! Barry's terrified of flying and was really hoping not to have to do it again after 2001, but here we are packing our cases ready to go. He's very excited about seeing Jim again and meeting Jim's sister. It will be nice to hopefully have a bit of sunshine and be warm,though I have been enjoying the gorgeous frosty but sunny days we've had here!! Still trying to get out walking each day, alone and briskly, but so far something crops up, I've managed it a few times and now I've got my mp3 player to listen to it makes it much better, apart from when my mobile keeps ringing!! No I won't leave it at home, just in case!! Well I'll try and write in this again a bit sooner than this time!!! keep well x

In September, while out at a meeting and dinner, I was eating a lovely pork chop when I felt a bone, hubby said, can't be a bone, they are boneless chops. I said, trust me I have one! I took it out and said, oh, it's a pebble, then felt something in my mouth, it was the front of my tooth, it had just fallen off!! I felt quite sick for the rest of the evening, one of my fears is losing my teeth. A few years earlier the same thing had happened to another tooth, also on the right hand side of my mouth!! Anyway, we'd not been to a dentist for 2 years because ours wrote to us last year saying, sorry, we're not seeing NHS patients anymore!! In the summer we got a letter asking us to come back to them!! I called them and enquired, oh, they say, you haven't been to us for almost 2 years? No, I reply, because you told me you didn't want me anymore so I couldn't come. Yes, but as you haven't been for 2 years you can't get an emergency appointment!! So, I got one for October some time!! I went along and showed her (she is actually a lovely dentist) and then had to make an appointment to go back on 11th December at 9.15 am!! I went along on Tuesday, didn't get in to see her until 9.30. She had a prod around, asked if there was any pain and I said no. She started to clean around the tooth but it started to hurt, so she injected the gum and then carried on with it. The whole process took about half an hour but I was left with a numb lip until just before 1 pm!! Anyway, last night I noticed it felt very uncomfortable in my mouth, very lumpy (oh and it's white, not silver like the other one I had) Now it feels sharp in one corner, so I have a feeling it's coming off :-( Which means I'm either going to have to go back before Xmas or suffer till after!! I do have another appointment in February, she wanted to keep an eye on some other teeth, and they did say if they get a cancellation in the meantime they will call me in sooner. She also told me that it may come off over xmas and if it gets bad to call them!! So have I just had a temporary filling or what? The last one was fine, no trouble at all! I don't like going to the dentis and now have to go even sooner than I wanted to.....oh well, merry Christmas!!! x

3 weeks tomorrow and it will be Christmas! Last year's was very quiet, none of our kids were with us and it wasn't the same! We've just put the decorations up, normally it's about the 26th November but I didn't feel in the mood again this year for some reason! So we finally put the tree up on Thursday and the rest of the decorations on Saturday, there's still the hallway to do! We've got a busy few weeks coming up, starting with this week. It's the annual Christmas cracker in town, we have a charity stall there. Normally it's free but this year they've charged £15 a stall!! We queried this because when we did our own fun day we were told by the council we could not charge charities for coming along, now the rules seem to have changed!I wonder if we brought our fun day back we'd be able to charge other charities? The guy running the cracker says it's administration costs! Well we had those too but still couldn't charge charities! We're setting up and doing until 6.30 then Barry's off to a meeting (with a christmas dinner) Thursday we have another Christmas dinner, then next week we have our own lodge's dinner!! A neighbour asked us to bring back our Xmas party, so after much discussin and trying to sort out a date, we picked 22nd December (no other Saturday was any good) The invites have gone out and we'll see how it goes now! It's not a big one like it used to be, just our usual group of friends that we have dinners with and the kids and a few of the neighbours. Have no idea what we are doing for New year, we can't leave our dog alone because of the fireworks, the couple we usually see the new year in with are going away, so it'll be just the 2 of us by the looks of it! I don't mind staying in as it's a bit worrying going out any time of year with stabbings etc... going on and there always seems to be more fights on New Year's eve!! But I do miss the whole atmosphere of being out and get quite sad as the clock strikes midnight! Oh well....Happy Christmas everyone! x

We had a very quick but hectic break away last week!! I was so excited (as always) that I woke up at 3 am, I stayed in bed until 3.30 then went down to do a drink and get the flask ready, packed the sandwiches so that all we needed to do was get ourselves ready! this was done quickly and by 4.50 am we were on the road! We stopped twice along the way and arrived in Liverpool about 10.45, we were meeting an old friend of mine, he turned up half an hour later and we had lunch together, then we went into the city. Unfortunately we were so tired we only spent 2 hours there, so we have decided to go again sometime but stop nearer to Liverpool. We called into my aunt's on the way to the travelodge and spent an hour with her, I don't see her very often so it was lovely to see her even if only for a short while! We arrived at the travelodge for about 8 pm I think. We'd got a room for £15 a night so it was a real bargain. ON thursday we went up to Blackpool, wrong thing to do! We were just so disappointed with it. The lights didn't look like they'd be much, so after walking around the town and meeting our friends at 2.15 pm, we decided to have dinner and just leave. We left about 5 pm so didn't even see the lights on!! It seems to be mostly photos of Dr Who characters with a light behind them! We got back to the travelodge and I had a bath, oh, I fell over in Blackpool and grazed my knee and hurt my right ankle, it was bruised and painful, which is why I wanted the bath! Next day we got up and travelled to Belper, this was an ancestry thing, Barry's ancestors are from Belper and we were on a mission to find the house they lived in back in the 1840's!!! We found it and took a photo, we also found a nailor's cottage, well his ancestors were nailors, so there's a good chance they worked in something similar if not actually that one!! It was quite an experience thinking that this is where his ancestors had walked all those years ago! We went to Matlock Bath and then Matlock itself before heading back to Belper to the Spotted cow for a carvery!! We met Barry's cousin who he had never seen before, we got in touch with all this ancestry, her mum and his dad were brother and sister and she found me on Rootschat! It was lovely meeting her and her husband. We left at 10 pm and went back to the travelodge. Saturday we were up and out by 8.30 as we needed to get back home so we could rest before going out for ladies night! We had been invited as guests so were on the top table and I had some beautiful flowers. We had a wonderful meal and then danced away and we got to do the waltz a couple of times too! We've not had another lesson since that first one, we're hoping we'll get one this month! Of course it's been Bonfire night too and they're still going off! On Saturday because our son was going out we had to ask mum to come over and doggy sit, he's terrified of the loud bangs, so we don't leave him alone when they are likely to go off which could be anything from 1 to 2 weeks!! Last night we went to a display on the beach, it was ok, but nothing special, but it's the atmosphere I like, feeling cold and the whole thing of bonfire night we've not been able to do it for years as we've always let the kids go out but as they went out at the weekend it was our turn!! We've got a funeral to go to tomorrow a few of us are going in our car, about 5 altogether! Well I'm off for a chat now, till next time x

Well for some reason, lay in bed last night I decided to work out how many weeks it was until Christmas, it was 10 weeks to the day!! Do I care, am I worried? No not at all, because as always for the last few years, I'm well organised!! I start shopping very early in the year and even wrap things up, I have several friends and family that live a distance from us, so it's always done this way so that if we see them we can hand out the gifts!! We saw Barry's daughter in Augst and gave her their presents, saves on postage and with the strikes lately saves on worry!! In the past things have gone missing too, so I'd much rather give them even if it's very early in the year!! Anyway, we only have each other to buy for and Barry's email pal in Florida, but we are taking his with us when we go next March (we have a little something to post off so he has something to open on Christmas day) Our decorations usually go up about the end of November, I just love the house looking festive and never get bored of it, they come down about 6th January but Barry often has got fed up of it by then and wants it down. I ALWAYS feel very sad at that time of year! Kelly turned 21 last month and we went to the Gurkha again to celebrate with friends and family. Apart from a handful of people (all family too) everyone said it was well worth the money and really enjoyed it! Kelly looked stunning in her tiara that Alex had bought her for her birthday, as well as the beautiful yellow sapphire and diamond ring. She had a westie that she's called Zeus
Here are 2 photos, one showing her the day she picked up Zeus, he's absolutely gorgeous and is doing very well, he's had all his jabs and loves going for walkies now! The 2nd photo shows Kelly with her fiance Alex, and my parents. It's a lovely family photo and as my parents have split up this was a rare opportunity to get such a great photo!
We're off to Moose area convention this weekend, then a week later we're going to Derbyshire to check out family history.
We've been having dance lessons at Weymouth Moose lodge, the ladies are teaching us, we've only had one so far, it was the waltz, we all really enjoyed it and they were so relaxed about it, it's all very good fun. Kelly and Alex couldn't make it as he works late, but Steven and Hannah did and they managed to learn it too!! Next one should have been tonight but there was a double booking so it may be next week. We're going to teach them the Hungarian Waltz that we learn at the ceilidh dance each year!
Well I'll go now, will report back with how our trip went later......Happy Halloween!!!

On Saturday 22nd September 2007, we were very priveliged to be invited to the first anniversary of the Gurkha at Sandford. we arrived at 10.30 and filmed a little of the inside as we discovered that sadly Jennie would not be there as she couldn't get a flight back home in time. 9 of us had been invited but only 7 were able to go as Steven and Hannah were both working, poor things. We got a table and sat chatting for a while, then about mid-day we filed outside and were treated to the most amazing dragon dance, so colourful! Cars were going by and slowing down to see what was going on and we felt so proud to actually be standing there watching it all!!
It was quite a busy lunch time as several people had been invited, but there was more than enough food to go round! The staff treat you very well and this day was no exception, though I have to say Jennie was missed by several people that day. We were all given little gifts as a memento of their anniversary, fans, chopsticks, purses, cocktail stick holders. If you've not been yet, please do go soon, tell them "Sweet and sour" sent you lol!!
We are off there again this coming Saturday as Kelly is 21 today, there are about 37 of us going along and we just know we are going to have a fantastic time, hopefully Jennie will be back then too. We are all really looking forward to this weekend!! Congratulations to the Gurkha, To AB, Jennie and all the staff who make our visits so worth the travelling to get to them!!!