Monday, September 22, 2008

Weddings and Vegetables

I had a lovely time at my cousin, Philip's, wedding at the weekend. I didn't quite last the pace this time though and had to head home about 11pm - I think the last few weeks are finally catching up with me! I did however manage a fair amount of dancing before I left, although sadly (luckily for everyone else) the macarena was not one of them. Audrey left a comment suggesting I may have been drunk last week...I am embarrassed to admit that I was driving that night, so not one drop of alcohol had passed my lips. I think my friends would be the first to agree that I do not require alcohol to dance. Not sure if this is something to be proud of though ;-)

The Church (this is also where I got married)


Philip and Lesley-Anne - cutting the cake


Eliott, Philip, Lewis and Lesley-Anne


Andrew and me



We stayed at mum and dads and since Corey is up visiting just now, we stayed all Sunday. Nothing to do with getting a free dinner. We took Seb up to the country park near my mums and he had a great time running around and meeting other dogs. There is a deer park and he was rather perplexed by the noises the stags were making. Luckily he didn't start barking at them, like he does with the highland cows at our park. I don't know if realises quite how big a highland cow really is.

I am trying to take it easy this week in preparation for my friends wedding, which I am really looking forward to! Myself and my other friends are also staying on the Friday night just to make a wee weekend of it. Any excuse eh?!

Other news in is that I had some home grown carrots from our veggie bed the other day. They were absolutely tiny but very very tasty :-) We still have some more to pull but I am going to see if they grow any bigger first. We also have a couple of tiny peppers and one chilli pepper haha. It's a start though. The chinese cabbages were doing really well until the slugs ate half of them! I have now put some gravel around them to see if that helps...apparently putting beer down is a good trap but I am a bit worried Seb might drink it! Actually I got a row in B+Q when I was buying the gravel. The gardening part seemed to be cordoned off with tape...but then I saw a couple walking about inside, so I thought oh well, what the heck and climbed over the tape. I then skulked about for a while trying to find the gravel - I had just located it when a man, who was watering plants, shouted over "You are not meant to be in here!" "Oh! really?" I replied in a surprised manner (despite the fact I clearly must have climbed over the barrier tape). I asked if I could just take some gravel first, and he said to hurry up. So I lifted the first bag - it was burst open and gravel came pouring out all over me. So I smiled nicely at the man as I tried to stuff this one back on the shelf and select a new one (I suppose he would have to come and clear it up). He just shook his head and carried on watering plants. At least it wasn't a wasted trip though ;-)

I have my MRI scan tomorrow although I won't get any results until I see the ENT next month. Good news on the medical front is that all my bloods tests from last week were totally normal, so that pain was obviously nothing worrying. Always good to make sure though!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey
Glad you enjoyed the wedding - the photos are all lovely and Philip and Lesley-Anne look so happy! What a gorgeous photo of you and Andrew - and how shiny is your hair?!?!
Can just imagine you climbing barrier in B&Q ha ha ha!! :) Can't wait for this weekend - will be great for everyone to catch up!
Love me xxx
ps i can vouch for Jacqueline not needing alcohol to dance - i recall us aged 15 or so marching around the dance floor doing the tango at a party while everyone else was dancing to a slow song ha ha ha! Obviously it was Jacqueline's idea! :)

Anonymous said...

Hi Jacqueline
Great photos glad you enjoyed the wedding. You will be all weddinged out by the weekend. Good weather forecast for here at the weekend so you should have a lovely day. Hope you manage to get a rest this week ready to dance the night away again!!! Hope the MRI scan goes well.
lol Anne John and Ross
xxxxxxxxxxx

Alice Vogt said...

You look positively radiant!!!!

Kelly said...

I think slugs have veggie eating parties. Dad was bemoaning how all his cabbages were coming along nicely and overnight the slugs had had them all. I remember my old dog used to be a horror for eating tomatoes from the tomato plants. At least he was a lot cuter than slugs ;-)

Seb sounds as though he is having a great time at the mo. He's obviously recovered from the indignity and trauma of being microchipped!

K xx