Golden oldies

Songs have a funny way of bringing back the past. No matter what I may be doing, if a golden oldie comes on the radio I can become 17 or 18 again! Well my friend Charlene had a post on her blog about old hymns that we use to sing in church. It sure brought back memories.

I then remembered a song that we sang in our wee group. (Did we have a name for our group?) Does anyone remember singing it or hearing us sing it? I remember singing it at a GB thing. It was all the GB´s in our district and we stood at the front and sang it....(how did we have the nerve!!) Well have a listen to it and see if anyone remembers it!!

chocolate galore!!

Today I finally got to use my gift card for a chocolate massage. If you remember, Kristian bought me one for our wedding anniversary way back in September. I never really got time to use it. But a few weeks ago I realised that the gift card expired on 28th Febraury so I rang and got an appointment.

Well what can I say!! It was just heavenly!! I can really recommend it to all you ladies out there!! It started with hot stones that she rubbed all over my back and legs...that was sooo amazing. Then came the best part - the chocolate! The smell was delicious. I asked if it was just chocolate or was there other things mixed in with it. I think she knew what I was getting at cause she said, "Sorry you cant eat it - there are other things in it to help rinse the skin etc." Poor me I had to just make do with the smell.

Well the chocolate was rubbed unto my legs. Wonderful!! I got a leg massage and my legs afterwards felt sooo relaxed. Then it was the back....Aaaahhhhhhh - My back felt wonderful. I was then wrapped in plastic and towels while she worked on my face. (yeah I know it needs a good bit of working on!!) There was deep cleansing, moisturising, and a total face and head massage....now that was soooo good.

Then she had to rinse of the chocolate. It had harden like a cast - I felt a bit like a huge easter egg about to be broke open!! haha It was so weird....my skin was tight and so,so smooth. I felt like a new woman after lying there for 1½hours.

Girls if you get a chance , try this...it was sooo good! Kristian if you are reading this go buy me another gift card - SOON!! haha


(Notice the rose between the thorns!! haha)

I came home at 6.30pm and 40 minutes later we had a guest on the doorstep. Neil comes from the best place on earth - Northern Ireland! He is working with CEF and is spending some time visiting the Scandinavian countries. (We didnt know Neil before this evening but he had got in contact through CEF.) It has been so nice to speck Norn Iron all night long. The evening just flew by and we really enjoyed having him here. (Neil - If you are ever in Denmark again you are very welcome to just drop by!)

A day with a difference....

When I came home today from work there was a surprise waiting on me. A big box from home! Inside there were all sorts of nice goodies. It sure brought a big smile to my face!! (Thanks Lisa!)

I decided that instead of tidying up and doing a whole lot of things that I had planned, that I would plant myself on the sofa, put my feet up and eat 2 packs of cheese and onion crips and 2 rocky biscuits along with a glass of you know what!! I turned on the TV and watched Dr Phil and Friends. It has been soooo long since I have done that. (I usually come home and check blogs and emails and then get stuck into things that need done.) Must say I really did enjoy the lazy afternoon.

Then this evening I was going out with my crazy friend Anne. (as she is affectionately known!)
It has been sooo long since we have been out together. We decided to go to the local chinese. Their food tastes sooo good (and it doesnt cost so much.)

We had a brilliant evening together. Lots of chatter and off course lots of laughter.

My secret is out....

I have a saying and its this - "Be sure your sins will find you out." I say it all the time to Kristian, the kids and even my colleagues have got to know this saying well. I suppose I really should listen to my own preaching, cause my sins have been found out today.

You see my secret is out! Now I have to come clean - I have a problem........its coke! Now before any of you go into shock, its NOT the drug, but the soft fizzy drink that when you drink it, explodes into a wild dance at the back of the throat, before it disappears into the stomach! Oh how I love that wonderful feeling!

Well in our house we only buy coke (and its the zero kind) at the weekend. (We do TRY, and note I say TRY! - we dont always suceed, to eat and be healthy during the week!) Friday night is our sweetie night and we have coke on a Friday and Saturday. But sometimes during the week I just crave a cold glass of coke....

Well last week I bought myself a wee bottle of coke and hid it amoung the vegetables in the fridge. (I knew no-one would find it in there!! and no-one did!) When I was in the mood for that wild dance in my throat, I went and took a couple of mouthfuls. (Aaahhhhh!!) That coke bottle lasted me 3 days!!

So today on the way home from work I had the urge again. So since my scheme worked so well last week I thought I would do it again this week....(well this is were I should say "Be sure your sins will find you out!!" ) I wont say anything more, I will just hand over to Kristian....

So there you have it. My secret is out. I have come clean......now my only problem is finding a new hiding place for the next bottle that I buy!! Any suggestions????

I was at it again....

Last Sunday afternoon I took a baking fit and baked all afternoon, and I actually enjoyed it for once. Well this Sunday afternoon found me baking again!! This time however it wasnt because I was in a baking mood! It was more because my wee daughter had promised her teacher in school that she would bring "fastelavn boller" to school Monday morning for her whole class.

When I asked her why on earth she did that, her reply was..."Well mum you baked so much last Sunday I thought you actually liked doing it now!" (Now how stupid can she be to think that I actually like baking!!!) So because my daughter volunteered me, I spent the afternoon baking, when I much rather would have been painting. Ah well, the things you do for your kids!

So over here it is "Fastelavn" - its a bit like Halloween. The kids get all dressed up, go around the doors, sing a song and you give them sweets or money. Tomorrow at school they will have a huge wooden barrel hung up with sweets inside. Each kid takes it in turn to hit the barrel with a wooden bat and the one who finally gets it to break and all the sweets to fall out is crowned King or Queen. The kids will all be dressed up at school tomorrow too.

So this afternoon Leah and her 2 friends got dressed up and headed out into the neighbourhood to knock on doors and sing. They made about £1.50 each and got lots of sweets. When they were finished they came home to "fastelavn boller" that I had just finished baking. (something you eat over here at this time...it is a bready sort of dough filled with cream - rather yummie!) They tasted really good! (even if I say so myself!) Now they are looking forward to eating more of them tomorrow at school.

Its been a good afternoon, even though I spent alot of it in the kitchen baking. The kids had fun and after I got everything finished in the kitchen I was able to put my feet up and relax as well.

( I actually was watching some old videos of Sara and Andrew when they were 2 and 4 years old - soooo cute! I had totally forgotten about some of the videos I saw this afternoon. They were ones we never got played over to a big tape, so I needed the video camera to see them! Hilarious! To all you people with small kids out there, take lots of video of them, in every situation. You really do forget what they were like - it does you good to look back and remember!)

Lazy days!

Friday evening was spent in front of the TV. X-factor is back!! So the whole family gathered around to see it. Our neice Christine came to visit, and then two of Saras friends, Jack and Kasper came by. So the house was pretty full! We did soooo enjoy watching X-factor, its getting pretty exciting!

(Sara and her cousin Christine - taken Summer 2008)

Today we were up early. I needed, once again, to do some food shopping. Then Kristian and I headed out to the next town to have a look around. He needed some oil (or something like that) for the go-kart and I went along for the ride.


The plan was that as soon as we came home we would get stuck into cleaning the house. (Get ready for the start of a new week!) Well that didnt happen! Kristian and I were both in a lazy mood ...so we fooled around all afternoon and did everything else but clean. Finally at 4pm we decided to get going....but it was VERY SLOWLY!! We were more into watching music DVDs.


Kristian decided to clear up our DVDs. He put on one of his music DVDs by Earth, Wind and Fire so we could listen (and look at now and then) while clearing up. However we spent most of the time dancing around the living room, instead of cleaning up! haha (Was not a pretty sight - but it sure was fun!) So now at 11pm we still have a messy bathroom, hallway and office!! But we did get all the DVDs sorted, the books and magazines sorted and Leahs wardrobe which, believe me, was a mess!!! So all in all we did get something done,even though it took us 7 hours to do it! haha

(If we had put our minds and bodies to it we probably could have had the whole house cleaned in an hour or two!)


So as you can read, I have nothing very exciting to report. The snow is falling outside and I am so thankful to be inside in the heat. It has been a lazy, fun day (especially since Kristian and I were both in a crazy, annoying, in a fun way, mood!) We got to do things just at our leisure. But I think we all need those sort of days after a busy week.


Want to check out the contestants for our X-factor? Below is a song that the finalist have made. It is made for charity. The money from the song goes to help people in Afghanistan. (At least I think its Afghanistan. Must check it out!) But I think the song is really well produced. I love this version of it - (so we have already bought our copy of it for 80p!! )

Give away your salt

Years ago my dad worked with a man called George. He was a christian like dad, so they had many good times of fellowship together. Well I was talking to dad yesterday and he was telling me that Georges wife had died. He had just come home from the funeral.

Now I remember George and his wife Melba well. When I was a kid we would go and visit them and we always had a great evening with them. Melba was something special, a really lovely lady. A woman after Gods own heart.

Well dad went on to tell me about the funeral - how beautiful it was. He told me about the tribute that was given to Melba, the stories that were told about her. It really touched me. She was a lady who put love into action. She helped people in need, even strangers.

For example dad told me about a day that she was in a charity shop. This man came in and tried on a jacket. He liked it and went up to pay for it. Unfortunately he was £3 short, so he had to go hang the jacket back where he found it. Melba being the woman she was noticed this and went up to the counter and asked the lady why he had left the jacket back again. The lady explained. Melba then gave the woman the extra £3 and told her to call the man back and let him have the jacket. (This was just one of many acts of kindness)

It just made me think about a song that I love by Ray Boltz. He sings about a dream he had of heaven and how the little things done here on earth, the things that seemed so unimportant, that went un-noticed, were great things in Gods kingdom. Have a listen to it.... (I think the words are just great)






Thats what life is all about. Letting God use us in our every day lives, to touch the people we come into contact with.

Sitting on the train today I was reading my wee daily reading book and I read this:

Matthew 5, 13 " You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste....it is not good for anything any longer."

For much of our lives, many of us try to find happiness the wrong way. We attempt to find it in getting, but it is found in giving. Love must give, it is the nature of love to do so. (John 3,16)

We show love to others by meeting their needs - practical needs as well as spiritual needs. Generousity is love in action. Love is seen through edification and encouragement, patience, kindness, courtesy, humility, unselfishness, good temper, gentleness and sincerity. We should actively pursue ways to show love, especially in the little things.

In Matthew 5, 13 Jesus tellsus we are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its flavour it is not good for anything.

I say that all of life is tasteless without love. Even acts of generosity done out of obligation but devoid of sincere love leaves us empty. Love is the salt, the energy of life, the reason to get up every morning.

Every day can be exciting if we see ourselves as Gods secret agents, waiting in the shadows to sprinkle some salt on all the tasteless lives we encounter.

I thought that last part was so beautiful!! To be Gods secret agent going around sprinkling salt into the tasteless lives we encounter. WOW - thats what I want to do! I believe thats what Melba did in her life and now she is reaping her reward in heaven. Wonder how many people she is going to meet that are there because she in some small way gave what she had to God for Him to use.

Let it snow....

Well the snow finally came to Denmark! When I woke this morning the road and footpaths were covered in snow, so I was glad I was up 10 minutes earlier than usual so I had some extra time to bike to the train.

It actually wasnt hard starting back to work. It was great to see everyone again and this morning while I was biking I really appreciated having a job to get up to. Plus biking in the freezing cold, in the snow makes you really appreciate your home and bed!! So already at 6.20am I was looking forward to climbing into bed this evening!!(But I really did say a prayer of thanks that we have a lovely warm home to return to at the end of a hard day at work.)

When I came home today Leah and her friend Annika were here. They were lying on the sofa, one at each end with a blanket over them. Really cosy, they had been out playing in the snow after school and just needed some time to warm up again. After an hour or so they decided it was time to venture out again.....and so started the process of getting ALL the clothes on themselves.



Above Leah is all ready to venture out into the snow.


The view from our living room window.

The girls had a great time playing out in the snow. They had a snow ball fight!



Kristian arrived home just in time to see the snow ball fight.

Today after work Kristian went to Copenhagen with Andrews computer. He got a new part for it on Saturday, but he could not get it to work! He spent all Saturday afternoon trying to get the computer to start, but to no avail. So he took it into the shop to see if they could help. Well, what do you think happened? As soon as the man plugged it in, the computer started. (He didnt do anything to it - just plugged it in.) They tried it twice, and it worked both times. Kristian then came home all happy and plugged the computer in and you guessed it..... it wont start again!! haha - Typical!!



Meanwhile I have had a very productive afternoon. I went shopping for some bread and milk on the way home from work. We never seem to have enough of either!! I seem to buy bread and milk every day (maybe we should consider buying a cow?!) ....then I did a quick tidy up, put another wash on, folded clothes....whew, it felt good! I then got a few cards written and sent to some people that I have been thinking about. I have been wanting to contact them but never seemed to get around to it. Well today I did, so I feel good tonight! Dinner is over, my list of things to do are done and I can now relax. Now why cant every day be like this?!!!!!

Today we were at church. My friend Anne was also there, it was soooo great to see her again. Its been a while since we both were in church at the same time. She had been sick, then I had been sick and then I was in Ireland. But today we were both at church. Afterwards we enjoyed having a chat over a cup of tea/coffee. (There is always tea/coffee and biscuits after our church service.)

We then saw Thomas (our old colleague) and we attacked the poor man to get a picture of him!! haha

Well church was just great and it was lovely to see everyone again.

When we came home I got this urge to bake. I really thought I was sick! - cause I NEVER get an urge to bake. (I blame it on my friend Rhona...since being at her house on Thursday and having scones, I have been craving scones.) So today I just had to bake some scones.

And to my big surprise, they turned out. Then the girls wanted a chocolate cake. So I baked a chocolate cake! (OK, I cheated here, it was one of those box ones were you just add water and melted butter and mix together, but it turned out too!!)

And then after all that I was still in a baking mood, so I made some Lemon squares. These also turned out, so I really dont know what has happened to me today!! Long may it last! haha

I even made a delicious dinner tonight, so my family are very happy and content with me today! haha.

We have just finished eating scones, cake and lemon squares, so I am feeling rather full. Leah is about to go off to bed and in an hour or so I will also head in. Tomorrow is the start of a new week and its back to work after being off for 2 weeks!! It sure is going to be hard to get up at 5.45am again.

Its been a really great relaxing Sunday and a really great weekend!

Ooops almost forgot I have the pack lunches to get ready too - YUK!

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day everyone!! Hope you have enjoyed your day as much as I have enjoyed mine.

After 18 years of marriage I can safely say that I know my husband pretty well!!So I know that if I want to have a romantic Valentines day, well then I have to organise it!! So that is exactly what I did. (and I must say I really enjoyed organising it all!)

The day started with breakfast in bed. I was up early and made Kristian coffee, cornflakes and toast....I had bought some chocolates and a special kind of gift/card for him.


I woke a very surprised Kristian. (He is going to kill me for putting this picture on the web! He warned me as soon as I took the picture that it wasnt to go on the web.....ooops... haha) But I think he really enjoyed his breakfast in bed.

While he relaxed, I went and got Leah from her sleep over and did a quick bit of food shopping to stock up for next week.

When I came home I found a very happy Krisitan. He was thrilled with his gift/card. Let me explain....His card, when you opened it, had 8 pages in it. Each page could be pulled out and used like a gift card....there was an idea on each card for a date.

Here are the 8 different dates, maybe someone out in cyberspace can use these too 1) A cosy night at home (you pick the film and I make the treats), 2) A romantic dinner (I cook the dinner and you choose the dessert)3) A trip to the movies (We hold hands and eat popcorn) 4) A neck and back massage (total relaxation), 5) A day were you do exactly what you want (but only together with me) 6) A fun night on the town (you pick the time and place and I pay) 7) Breakfast in bed (with everything you wish for) 8) Make up a date yourself....

So the idea is that once a month we use one of these. Kristian is going to mix them up, hold them face down and then I get to pick one...and we do whatever it says we should. Sounds like fun to me!!

Late morning we headed into Copenhagen just to pick up a part for Andrews computer. I went along for ride. Gave us plently of time to chat on the drive in and out.

I had cleaned the house yesterday, so when we came back I suddenly had a whole afternoon free to do whatever I wanted. So I got out the paints. I got inspired by a picture that Kristians sister Signe had taken and so I played around with colours.

Then it was time to get ready for our date. I had told Kristian that he needed to be ready for 5.15pm. I had booked a table up in a lovely wee cafe/restaurant in our town and then planned to take Kristian to the movies afterwards.

(I made some food for the kids and they were settling in to watch some films while we were gone.)

We had a wonderful meal at the cafe and it was really cosy.

Afterwards we had ½ hour to put in before the movie started, so we decided to walk through our wee town and take some pictures. We had such a laugh! We were like a couple of big kids!!!

So have a look at our wee town. Below is a shop that has been very important to us through the years...the toy shop!! (been a while since I´ve been in there!)

Then we have the Danish bank.....you will notice the logo is the same as the Northern bank and the Northern bank is decorated just like the Danish bank! I went into the Northern bank when I was home to tell them that if they came to the bank in my town in Denmark that they wouldnt know the difference. (I think they thought I was a bit crazy!! haha)

Us two fooling around! (You know we talked tonight about not wanting to be this boring old married couple that were in a rut - we wanted to have fun - so we did!! We might have acted differently if there had been people around town, as it was, we were the only two nutters out!! probably because it was sooooo cold. Everyone else was inside their wee houses with their candles lit!)

Can you spot me in the picture below??? (Look carefully!)

After fooling around till we were frozen, we headed over to the movies.

The film was soooo good. It was a new Danish film called Escaped. It was about a Danish journalist who gets kidnapped in Afghanistan. The terrorists want the west out of their country. The Danish government doesnt really respond to their wishes at first, so they decide to give them 10 days and for each day that goes by without them responding, they will cut off one of the journalist fingers. (gross I know!)

Well they get a young boy of about 17 to cut off her first finger. He doesnt really want to do it, but is forced. Anyway, he has to keep an eye on her and he decides to help her escape, but tells her she must never say it was him. They make it look like she attacked him and got away. She goes back to Denmark and keeps her promise to him. She tells no-one that he helped her escape.

Then the young mans uncle wants him to do more crimes and he decides to run away. His opportunity comes and he decides to go to Denmark.(off course lots of exciting things happen inbetween all this!) He finds the journalist and she tries to help him but this causes problems as he is seen as a terrorist. Wow, it was a really good film, just showed that things are not black and white.

Wow feels like I have written a book - sorry about the long post. But it really has been a great day. Good night all!!

Time for tea...

Well I must have been really exhausted cause I slept from about 10.30pm (last night)to 12.15pm (lunch time) today. I could hardly believe the time when I woke!! I had slept like a rock.

So it was a quick shower, a bike ride up to town to get a few things that we needed and then home in time to go visit my friend Rhona.

Another friend, Laila, was going too, so I was able to hitch a ride with her over to Rhonas. We had been invited for a tea party! Rhona is one of my friends who is such a great baker - she ALWAYS makes the most delicious cakes ....so I was looking forward to seeing her again, but also looking forward to whatever wonderful thing she would serve!! haha Believe you me, I was not disappointed!!!

We had scones with jam (they were just perfect!) then a gorgeous ice cream cake. It was to die for!! (honestly!) We had a great afternoon catching up. But there was another reason we were there. She had got another wee dog, a puppy called Abbey. Rhona already has one dog, about 10 years old - Kizzy. Laila and I have both looked after Kizzy on different occassions when Rhona and her family have been on holiday, so now we had to meet the newest member of the family. She was so tiny and cute!!!

Off course I went and forgot my camera, so I decided not to drive home again with Laila but get Kristian, when he was finished with work, to pick up my camera and come get me, so I could get pictures for my blog (see how dedicated I am to this thing!!haha) You can see the results below:

Kizzy and Abbey are soooo happy to see Kristian. Kristian has a very special place in Kizzys heart. She just loves him (for some reason or other!! Hard to understand that!! haha)

Rhona with the newest member of her family - Abbey.

I also had to get a photo with Abbey! Isnt she just a cutie!!

We´re home....

We´re home safe and sound! Its been another long day, but yet again everything went like clock work. We were up at 5am and away at 6am on the bus to Dublin. The traffic was great, so we arrived pretty much on time. We were straving by the time we got to Dublin airport so after check in we ate some scones.

The plane left on time and before too long we were back in Denmark. Really rather amazing when you think about it!!

Off the plane and we had ½ hour to put in before we caught a bus to Vejle, the next big town We then had 2½ hours to put in there before getting the train to Copenhagen.

I have never been to Vejle, so I enjoyed walking around. It had some lovely old buildings and some interesting statues!!

Finally it was time to catch our train to Copenhagen and before we knew it we were reunited with Kristian and Andrew again. It was soooooo great to see them again. We have missed them!

and off course it was also great to see our wee cat Shadow!! Now we are so exhausted! Its 10pm here and we are all about to head into bed. Its been a really enjoyable week. We have achieved so much! Shopping, clearing out, tidying up, visiting (although there were still alot of people I would loved to have seen, but I just couldnt fit it all in.) Anyway I will soon be on checking for cheap flights again, so anybody I didnt get to see this time, I will next time. Good night all - hope you sleep as well as I know I will. My eyes are already closing.....its been a great holiday!

Good old fish &chips....

Another lunch date was planned for today. This time we were meeting my aunt Kathleen, (my dads sister.) She would come to Belfast and meet us. We decided to go get fish and chips! After all I couldnt go home without having tried some traditional fish and chips. (Plus the fact that Kristian loves fish and chips, and me being the loving wife - I wanted to rub it in, that I had eaten some delicious fish!!haha)





The fish was really lovely. I can recommend Smyths fish and chip shop on the Cregagh Road.

Sara got a bacon burger.

And Leah got a chicken burger. It was huge!!

After we ate, we headed back into Belfast city centre were Sara and Leah spent their last few pennies.

I had a wonderful experience this afternoon. On the way home I called into the piano shop. I would love a new piano - (one can dream!) I have my eye on the Clavinova CVP403 but I have only read about it, never seen it in action. Well today that all changed. I got a demonstration of it. For half an hour the man demonstrated what it could do and I tell you, I was nearly crying. It was beautiful. I am in love!!! The sound is fantastic...but then again so is the price!! haha

Now we have started the packing. Sara has loads of things and Leah isnt far behind. I hope we get it all fitted in. I am about to start another round of clearing up and cleaning. Then its off to bed. The morning comes early. We catch the bus at 6am!!! and finally arrive home in Copenhagen at 8.30pm. I am soooo looking forward to seeing Kristian and Andrew again. (and Shadow as well!) We really do miss them.

(Below is a wee message especially for you Krisitan! haha)

By the way people, in case you havent realised, Valentines day is on Saturday, so get planning those dates for your other half!!

Strange to think that the next time you hear from me I will be in a whole other country, but its going to be nice to be home again in Denmark. We have had a fantastic trip. Its gone too fast. Sorry to those of you we didnt get to see this time. Hopefully next time we will get to see you.

I had a plan....

So we had another busy day planned for today.

The plan was that we would get up and go shopping before meeting my brother for lunch. I had decided that today I would get a camera just like Saras. (My old camera had given up the ghost and Sara had been so good in letting me use hers!)

So, as I was saying, the plan was to head to town, we would get the camera and then meet up with Jim for lunch. But our plans dont always work out!! We slept too long - not that I am complaining, I LOVE to sleep long! It just meant we couldnt get shopping before meeting Jim for lunch.

We met Jim, (just 10 minutes later than planned) and headed to this wee restaurant that he recommended. Unfortunately it was closed.

None of our plans seemed to be working out! haha

So after a quick walk around the place we found a lovely wee cafe and had hot lentil and carrot soup, followed by some lovely sandwiches. We spent a couple of hours chatting and catching up, before we said goodbye and Sara, Leah and I headed into Belfast to shop. (Unfortunately I have no pictures - I had no camera and Sara forgot hers at home!)

Leah had been wanting to get her hair cut for a few weeks now. When we left Jim we walked passed a hairdressers called Hair Traffic. That name rang a bell.

Does anybody else remember them? I can remember going to them along with Rhonda, and I think Charlene too, to get our hair washed and blow dried for the GB display. Rhonda got hers french braided...if I remember correctly, with a white ribbon through it! (and off course I ended up washing mine and drying it all over again when I got home - I was never satisfied!)

Well we looked at the price list. To get a hair cut by one of the girls in the hairdressing school cost £15 - so cheap compared to Denmark. So she decided she would take the chance. The great thing was that they could take us there and then.

It was rather funny me explaining the hair cut to the girl as I kept mixing danish words into it. Off course I didnt realise this until she looked and me oddly and asked "But what is an etage?" Oops silly me!! Anyway by some miracle Leah got the hair cut she wanted! I think its lovely!

And guess what I got? Yes my camera!! I just love it.

A night to remember....

I was up bright and early today!! Got an unexpected phone call from my friend Rhoda in Scotland. It was great to catch up with her, epsecially since she couldnt make the dinner tonight.

I got a bit more cleaning and clearing up down around the house and then Dad, Sara, Leah and me headed into Belfast, yet again!! This time we were going to meet my sister-in-law Gillian and my neice and nephew, Lauren and Lewis.

We had a great afternoon wandering around the town! Yes off course we went to Primark, but didnt stay long. There were just too many people today!!

We headed home from town late in the afternoon. I just had enough time to change and freshen up before meeting up with all my "old" friends again. We were going to Speranazs for the evening and I was so looking forward to seeing them again.

Julie - me - Lisa

Lorraine - Rhonda - Ruth

Charlene and Julie (again)

Now what is that Lorraine ordered?!!!

Are you happy or disgusted at your dinner Ruth?

Did you make the right decision to get the Lasagne Charlene?

Well what can I say Julie??!!!!!

Lisa and her duck!! (Now I feel a song coming on!!)

What is wrong with your bake Sadie???!!!

We had a brilliant night at Speranazs. The craic was good and the food was good. I really enjoyed myself yet again (but how can you not enjoy yourself with this bunch of people!) Thanks for a brilliant evening girls.

We had fun going down memory lane, well what little off it that we could re-call. It is rather scary the things that I have forgotten and the names of people that are just gone. We had fun laughing at the different stories we had to tell. (and hearing about all of Rhondas "friends" that none of us others remember?!!!) Our laughing muscles certainly got excerise this evening. The time just flew by, and before we knew it, it was over:-( It REALLY WAS GREAT to see you all again. )