Hogmany and Parties
Posted: Wednesday, 04 January 2006 |
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I鈥檝e left my camera at my brothers so no photos of the New Year! I鈥檝e asked a certain basket weaver to post her photos so here鈥檚 hoping she has the good sense to delete all the bad ones of me. Hogmanay was great. We had dinner at friends then the ceilidh at Corrie hall. It was quieter than usual because we didn鈥檛 have a band but that left more room for dancing and Stuart was a fantastic Master of Ceremonies. The best surprise was that some of the band that usually comes had turned up so they played on from midnight for free! The fireworks were excellent and everyone had a lovely time.
The 1st was first footing, which started with breakfast a 3pm at my house then off we went on the rounds. Everyone had prepared a different drink from hot toddies (heavy on the whiskey no water) to liqueur punch. It鈥檚 amazing it didn鈥檛 get any messier than it did. I was having a long conversation with Peter and apparently every time the music stopped I came out with a really odd, bizarre or embarrassing line. I was hoping everyone would鈥檝e had too much to drink to remember but apparently not鈥
Julie is moving to a lovely new house in Whiting Bay with central heating and an indoor bathroom! So she had her leaving party on the second. We went to great efforts to get the oil drums and BBQ鈥檚 up to her house which is a bit small, to serve as outdoor heating as we didn鈥檛 think everyone would fit in the house. This involved having to get the neighbours out to move their car so Wendy could turn the van as she could only get it half way up the track before it started sliding back and Stuart got his car stuck for a wee bit. It was like car ceilidh dancing. We had phoned ahead for muscle to help carry the stuff up to the house which had arrived in the shape of Eric in a T-shirt in January, he was a wee bit cold by the time we got the van open and everything up to the house at which point it started to rain. This didn鈥檛 perturb the hardened smokers who appreciated our efforts. They seemed surprised that the rest of us had no intention of sitting outside in the freezing cold. A bunch went off to the pub to find 鈥淢ore interesting people鈥 and actually came back with some!
By the third I was a wee bit tiered. Diana invited us over to the dark side (Kilmory) so we went for dinner in Kildonan then up to Dianas鈥 for games. It鈥檚 not easy to play thinking games when your brain is fried but it was funny.
Back to work today and all houseguests should be gone by the time I get home. Looking forward to quiet and solitude unless there鈥檚 another party I鈥檝e forgotten about鈥.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Posted on Sunny at 14:19
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Sunny
Congratulations on your award in the honours list, im just wondering if we should wear hats for the occassion and if so I hear the boutique on the main street in Campbeltown is having a sale next week, too good an operchancity to miss me thinks. Glad you had such a super new year.
GrannyE. DBE.RM from Auchenshuggle...nursin the dreaded lurgy
'Finding interesting people' is definitely on the person specification for the vacant matchmaking job on Lewis. Hope Calumannabel is paying attention.
Annie B from Lone Sheiling 17
I've an O Level in 'Finding Interesting People' I got it the same year I did the correspondence course in Semaphore. Annie B should we be talking on someone else's site although I suppose it means I'm keeping my electric bill down if I'm using Sunny's site and her power supply, That is how the electric works isn't it?
calumannabel surfing the web from Donnie's Cybercafe Swainbost
Ah now, it wasn't me who found the interesting people, it was John. I will ask him if he is interested but he's away abroad most of the time and I think he would rather spend any time he's back with his girlfriend. I would make a terrible matchmaker. The few times I've meddled in my friends love lives it's ended even more disasterously than my own forrays into romance, in horrific pain for the friend involoved, it's amazing they're still speaking to me!
Sunny from Arran
Granny E. The gongs are just the excuse I'm needing to go west over the water for a big shopping trip! Whenever I've been in Campbeltown I've only gone to the supermarket and the chip van, I find those fancy shops with their woven clothing a wee bit intimidating and do you know the clothes in them have never been worn by anyone else! However this is a special occasion so I might just treat myself to a brand new outfit with matching hat. I've always wanted a smart new BP green boiler suit with spanner pockets and matching hard hat! Will you show me how to deal with the gentlewomen who scare you in the posh big town shops?
Sunny from Arran
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