Good evening Bloggets. Gosh, what a couple of days? It was
my birthday and I hate birthdays. For so many reasons. But this year was to be
different as I would lock my doors and refuse to go out… My Son, had different
ideas. After he tried to get me out, and it was obvious it wasn’t going to
work, he came from work, told me to stay in my sitting room. He took the keys
to the side gate and I heard loads of car doors… Oh, no, I begged my Husband to
tell me the truth. “Tell me, are there people coming?”” I wasn’t dressed nicely
just jeans and a top and I had no makeup on! I hate surprises. I’m a bore, OK? I
like small groups. Very small. And I have to tell my brain what is about to
happen or it all goes wrong. Haha.
Well the car doors kept closing, opening, pulling in were
cars and vans. Footsteps were heard and who were they?
Turned out they were people coming home from work, as it was
that time. Haha. After my Son took about half an hour, he came in to see Hub and
myself and told Hub to follow him but told me to stay still. Oh, no, surely Hub
knows how I feel and would save me from this horrid shock that was about to
happen to me?
I could smell food from my kitchen and I think it was the
smell of my favourite food… Mexican.
Boy Wonder then came in for me and guided me by the hand…
Was this so I can’t run off? As of course I know my way around my house…
As I entered the conservatory, suddenly I was given a bottle
to hold of prosecco with a sparkler on top. Blasting through the speakers was
the song Happy birthday. Party horns were blown at the same time I walked
through something above my head. At first, I couldn’t work out what they were
apart from knowing they were balloons. Turned out, they were the shape of my
age! 34, of course…
Stop. It…
There were two horns blowing, then BW’s two hands on my shoulders
became one as he reached for a horn and the noise was like blooming swans on a
lake.
Stressed.
My guests were of course Boy Wonder, Hub and Shamrock. End
of… Thank goodness. Even though I wanted the day to pass in a flash, my Son and
his girlfriend were determined it would go down in history.
During the meal I learned of Shams day. BW was at work all
day so it was Shamrock who ran around buying everything. Shamrock spent two
hours cooking. And I was right, Mexican food. Whilst eating the lovely food, I learned
just how much work had gone into the preparation for my party meal.
After work, BW, bought the two, bottles of prosecco,
birthday cake and lovely card. The cake
was in the shape of a dog. So, cute.
We ate loads of food that was delicious, Sham did a great
job. She was so sweet about it too. Then came the gifts from them. Oh, my
goodness. I received the cutest two dogs from the Make A bear factory. One is
Waggatail and the other is The Little Fella. They are adorable. Quite big too.
Then loads of beautiful bath products, a stunning candle made into flowers in a
pot and loads of bags of old fashioned sweets/candy…
Shamrock really did a great job with the food and she bought
the gifts and really thought about them. Even one of the bath bombs had an
elephant on top. You know how crazy I am over elephants?
Talking of elephants, Hub bought me beautiful bronze
elephants, a family just like ours… A Mummy, Daddy and baby elephant. All together
as one ornament. I also got a beautiful vase and 24 stunning long roses.
My friends Trix, Like and Hanz, sent me an afternoon tea
hamper and they gave me a salt and pepper set, as I collect them. One is an ice
bucket the other a bottle of champagne. My friend D, bought me a beautiful
birthday card and some perfume. So, kind.
Today, my friends
Vivi and Von came drove such a long way to be here. We all walked to our local restaurant
for lunch and their gifts were so wonderful. Vouchers for my favourite clothes
shop which I’m excited to go on line to see what I can buy, and another cake.
Oh, wow, this cake… The detail is incredible. It has my name on it and on the
top are two dogs identical to our two. LF and Waggs.
The dogs even have their collars on with two bells on LF’s
collar and one on Waggatails. Just like in real life. there is even white
around Wagg’s whiskers and LF’s fur is textured, just like in real life, as he
is a retriever with the same floppy ears that are on his head in reality.
Smile.
I kept the two dogs in my china cabinet and the cake has a
serious mark in it where the cake slice has made an impression.
Wrapped around the cake is a long dog’s leash/leader. Even detailed
down to the handle of the leader.
The dogs even have little pink tongues. How blooming cute
and thoughtful. I mean, the cake is a fruit cake and would have cost a fortune.
It’s huge and so tasty. Our friend Von was so thoughtful going to so much
effort. Also driving over two hours to get here. And, she treated us all to
lunch. My friend Vivi of course brought buckets of dog biscuits for Waggs and
LF.
Boy Wonder was so pleased to see them. He really likes Von
and loves Vivi as she is the closest person he has to a Grandmother. He has
known her since he was four.
It has been two beautiful days but I feel sad now it’s over.
Back to normality. I wish I lived closer to Vivi and Von. I miss them so much
and time with my Son is precious as we hardly spend time together. Ten minutes
on average per day but last night was hours. Five in total. It was so lovely.
I’m blessed to have such people in my life and the messages
on face book and emails have been so touching. People actually taking time out
to bother writing kind words. My brother phoned me and I received a lovely card
from my brother in law. As well as a big bunch of flowers from my friend Geordie’s
Mum. My parents are not here and I miss them so much, but when the chips are
down, I have beautiful people in my life. Kind messages from Australia to
America and all over the UK to South Africa and India. Canada and Germany.
Thank you all so much. With love. X
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