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Date: 30 November 2005 22:57:27
WEDDING- J & Es wedding was brilliant. JT did such a fantastic job of being best man. His speech was 23 mins long but as he added loads of pictures for each thing he spoke about, it meant it was interesting and kept people attention.
WEEK OFF- The night of the wedding we had folks off the ship staying over which was really nice and then at lunch time a couple of my friends from back home arrived with their new baby. He is soooooo gorgeous and its making me very broody. Round about the same time my nephew arrived and we all had a nice lunch and afternoon together. After my friends left we then went to the video shop and rented out a couple of films. On the monday we had to run a few errands but after that we were off to play badminton and go swimming. YES i went swimming. I was so proud of myself. My nephew told me i had to go swimming with him and JT and also told me that i wouldnt look silly in my costume so i had no excuse not to. He is 12 in a couple of weeks and getting a bit naughty but when he says sweet things like that it makes me love him all the more. We then went to Meadowhall and got a bit of shopping which included a DVD that me and Nathan watched one of the times he used to stay at my house. We used to watch films and play on the playstation for hours. Anyway back to the present. That evening we played a board game and i cooked tea. Tuesday we went to Bradford for the film and photography museum and then watched a film and the IMAX. The plan was we were going to go for a curry but we decided to get a takeway instead. Wednesday was the day Nathan was going back home. My dad was picking him up so we decided to meet up with my dad at a half way point in Leek and had a really nice day with my dad.
Me and JT had decided to book the whole week off work and so for the rest of the week we finally got the study sorted. We managed to put up all the bookcases, painted the walls and ceiling and even put up the new wooden blinds. It looks really good and its another room to tick off the list.
DIFFERENT KIND OF WEEK OFF- I have been really poorly with a cold. It really knocked me for six. It happened a couple of weeks ago. i woke up on the tuesday and started to feel a bit snotty. I went to work though but by lunch time i had to admit defeat and come home. I genuinly thought i would be back at work by thursday. I was still off on the friday. JT was helping with a conference at church all weekend so my dad decided to come up for the day on the saturday. It was the third time id seen him in a week. The previous sunday night my moms computer had completely died on her. For most people it would have been ok to have it broke for a few days but my mom does some brilliant stuff on hers and so it was essential that she was able to get it sorted asap. We decided to meet up with my dad half way to collect it. We went the non fancy route this time so motorway'd it to Derby. It only took an hour. Anyway that was the sunday. My dad then popped up on the wednesday evening to pick it back up after JT had done his best to save what he could. We would usually have small group but it was at another house and i didnt go as i was poorly. Anyway back to present again (i do waffle dont i? lol)
My dad arrived on saturday and although i was still a bit poorly i felt well enough to get some fresh air. We got the tram into the city and had a chinese buffet lunch and then popped to meadowhall. We were only out a couple of hours and then we went back to mine for a coffee and to watch X factor before my dad headed back home. It was fab to see my dad that often. I do miss both my folks and its still wierd sometimes not having them so close. On the sunday JT was on his last day of the conference. Im glad i had the energy to tidy the house on the friday as we had a couple of lads from the conference team staying at ours. He was due home about 3ish so i was looking forward to spending a bit of time with my lovely husband.
Our washer had broke earlier in the week so we decided to pop out before the shops shut to get a new one. We were too late to collect it, but were able to pay for it and then collect it on the monday.
Sunday night i was all prepared for work on the monday. I wasnt 100% but i had benefited from getting a bit of fresh air over weekend and doing a bit of stuff.
Monday morning i woke up and grrrrrrrrrrrr i couldnt speak. I had practically lost my voice and also my cold was back. Not as bad as before but still back and as my job involves me talking to customers on the phone all day not having a voice meant i couldnt be at work. I finally got back to work on the wednesday.
Blimey that was a long post. There are other things to share but i need sleep.
Nitey nite
holly xxx