Monday, 2 July 2012

Milestones ....

The past weekend marked a couple of significant events, both reminders of how old I am!  I am of the generation where daughters and sons of close friends and family are getting married.  This was the first wedding of many I am sure, when our close friend Carol's daughter, Kate, married her school sweetheart Liam.  I was holed up with the lurgi, and so John and Meg went along to represent the family.  "Take some good pictures for me John, capture the atmosphere" were my last words mingled with coughs and splutters as he walked out the door.  This is what I got ....


If you look really closely with a magnifying glass, you can just about make out the bride there on the right.  This gives strength to the old adage "if you want something done, then do it yourself"!

The second milestone was our very own baby's 21st birthday on Saturday.  Her wonderful parents, long suffering, generous, forgiving and ever loving (well, if I don't say it nobody will) splashed out on this little baby for her ....


If that wasn't generous enough, we then took her for lunch at the Laguna Kitchen and Bar at the Park Plaza Hotel in Cardiff....



Great food, great atmosphere and one of our favourite regular haunts complete with a couple of delicious apple Martinis and Mojitos.  I know, I hear you "she's spoiled rotten".  Well, as a good friend of mine pointed out "she's not spoilt, she's well loved"!

Then off to the downtown party hotel we booked for herself and her friends for the night (there was no way we were going to entertain them at, probably, 5am) and a change of look ready for the meat markets, better known as Cardiff nightclubs.


How quickly they grow! I just wish I had felt better, it's some more cough medicine and bed for me as I have to be fighting fit for next week's GRADUATION!!!

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  1. Happy Birthday :) to your lovely daughter, she is adorable and very sexy. She takes after her mom :).

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    1. "takes after her mum" I wish :-)
      How are you lovely Petronella?
      Di
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  2. What an absolutely divine birthday present!!
    And isn't she lovely?!
    So sorry you were ill. Feel better... summer colds are the worst!

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    1. Hi Pamela,
      Why is it colds seem so much worse in the summer? Yuck!
      I remember you were having a little love affair with a tiny car not so long ago, a Fiat 500 if I remember!
      Thanks for visiting dear one!
      Di
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  3. While I type here, I too am hacking and hewing my dear! I must be battling my allergies!

    OK, you are splendid. Look at you with your fabulous DAUGHTER! Where oh where my dear, does time fly? She is so gorgeous without makeup, but with the works, she is top model quality!!!! LOVE THE LITTLE CAR, your outing and that you had a wonderful time. I wish you speedy recovery! We are having a very intense heat wave today but we are still plugging away using a STEAMER to peel off old wallpaper and paint from my studio. It is hard work!

    LOVE! Anita

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    1. Hi Anita,
      It was a good weekend, I just wish I had felt a little more "on form".
      She does scrub up fairly well. She deserved the car and it's a joint birthday/graduation prize. We only had the one, we may as well cherish her. She's a great kid, always brought nothing but joy! Thanks for your well wishes, I'm at the coughing so hard and peeing a little bit stage and looking incredibly attractive at this point. My poor long suffering husband :-)
      Have a great week dear friend.
      Di
      xxxxx

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  4. Hello Di!

    I have been wondering where you were, so sorry to hear you are sick. I hope that you are resting and taking care of yourself.

    Meg looks beautiful, a happy birthday to her. Love the car and the lunch! I hope her party was a lot of fun!

    Be well and take care, xx Elizabeth

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    1. Hi Elizabeth,
      Yes, I know, I have been a little AWOL lately. Meg moved out of her house last week and we were ferrying her belongings to storage before she moves into her new apt on 12 July. She's back with us in the interim. It's been a bit crazy and then on Thursday I started feeling bleuh!!! I have been in bed ever since except the couple of hours we were out on Saturday. I have taken so many cold remedies, I'm close to overdose, nothing works, I don't know why we waste our money! Whisky, that might do it :-)

      I have been thinking of you a lot lately and so relieved at your good news. I will email you one of these days, when I turn my computer on, I tend to be on my pad more often and it's a pain to write a long email on it.
      Take care sweet girl!
      Di
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  5. Joining dear friends in wishing you a speedy recovery, my sweet!!
    Drink lots and sleep! Sending tons of hugs.

    Congratulations to your stunningly beautiful and talented girl on her 21st!!
    Time does fly....and "well-loved"...that's wonderful, and how I see it as well. Blessings to you all...
    xoxoxo,
    - Irina

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    1. Irina,
      Everyone is so lovely about Meg. I am of course biased, I think she's gorgeous but for everyone else to say it is wonderful. She doesn't believe it, never has, so it's good affirmation to hear it from others. She had a wonderful birthday and then we have her graduation on the 12th so it's been a significant couple of weeks in her life.

      Have a wonderful week dear friend.
      Much love
      Di
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  6. Hello Di

    You are most generous and I think you daughter deserves all she got. She is a beautiful young woman and how exciting to be this age and have such a set of wheels.

    I hope you are feeling better and that you will be fully recovered before very long.

    Thank you for sharing this milestone.

    I did laugh at the wedding pictures. Hee hee


    Helen xx

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    1. Hi Helen,
      Thank you so much for your lovely words. She loves her baby carr and have called it "Whizz"! How scary is that?
      Di
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  7. Congratulations with your beautiful daughter......she looks like her mom....so cute....xxx..

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    1. Hello darling Ria,
      You are tooooo generous!
      Much Love
      Di
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  8. Ah, honey! Meg looks radiant! And those photos the husband took of the happy couple are hi-larious. Do it yourself, indeed.

    Feel better, dear Di. (For congestion, I recommend tea tree and eucalyptus oils in the humidifier. Just a few drops.)

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    1. Hi Suze,
      "Radiant" How lovely! I think I have just started to turn the corner with my lurgi, it's been over a week and the worst summer cold ever! Thanks hunny, you're a darling!
      Di
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  9. What a bummer that you were under the weather. Hope you are feeling better. That is too funny about the photos your husband captured at the wedding...at least he provided some good laughs for us readers,,,haha...Happy Birthday to your daughter. She is gorgeous!!!

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    1. Hi-D
      I had so much to do that week and felt so awful. A week of my life I would rather forget. Thanks for your kind words!
      Di
      xoxoxo

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  10. Hi Di,
    Nothing worse than feeling yucky in the summer. Do use that humidifier and the oils...And Happy Birthday to your lovely daughter, Meg! She is a true beauty, like her mom, and I think of how much wonder and blessing lies ahead of her!!! I wish her safety and much happiness in that adorable little tennis shoe...I mean CAR!! [I want one, too!!!]
    xx
    dawne

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    1. Hello Dawne,
      It was a horrible one! The last thing we need on a boat is a humidifier. We actually have a dehumidifier on every day for about 4 hours. You are a sweetheart. You made me laugh "tennis shoe". It actually does look like one!
      Love
      Di
      xoxoxo

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  11. Hope you're feeling better. Your daughter is spectacular! Beautiful when she was ready to go out on the town and beautiful with her glasses on top of her head. I'm sure she's as beautiful inside.

    I'm nearly round to my third 21st birthday (5 more years). Can I have a car too?

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    1. Hey Mitch,
      "Spectacular"! I won't show her that, her head will swell! My next big one will be my 3rd 21st as well, what a coincidink!
      Di
      xoxoxo

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  12. Your 21 year old is so lovely. Guess what? My son turns 21 in three weeks too. Yes, they do grow fast. But here's something that might make you feel better - I have a 30 year old, Yikes! Tell your daughter that she looks beautiful in these pictures. I wear alot of eye make-up too, and her eyes are so exotic looking. Happy Birthday to her.
    ~Sheri at Red Rose Alley

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    1. RRA,
      You have a 21 year old too - maybe we should introduce them! She loves the eye make-up and is now enrolling on a beauty course to gain some qualifications. She is turning into a permanent student!
      Di
      xoxoxo

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  13. At least hubby remembered to take some photos, so give him a pat on the head.

    Your daughter looks lovely, I hope she had a great time. BTW, good idea about not attending the party. Last time I tried it, m'son had to get me a taxi home as I fell asleep at the bar.

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    1. TSA,
      His photos were almost worse than no photos, but, love him, he tried!

      If I had any booze over that weekend I would have needed more than a taxi home. Mixing booze with Benylin and Paracetamol doesn't go down too well!

      I am only just on the mend now - bloody summer colds :-(
      Di
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  14. Hello! How are you? Did Meg survive her party? Are you feeling better?

    Thank you for the 4 th of July greetings!

    Have a great day! Xxoo Elizabeth

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    1. Hi Elizabeth,
      She did survive her party, surprisingly got back to her hotel at 2:30 a.m. We have a rule that she always messages us when she gets in. She had a great time!
      Di
      xoxoxo

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  15. Oh Dianne I hope you are better very soon! So many exciting events happening!

    You daughter is a beauty like her Mother and I adore her birthday Car!

    xoxo
    Karena
    Art by Karena

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    1. Karena,
      I am just starting to recover after an awful week - thanks for your well wishes!

      Thanks for your well wishes and lovely words!
      Thank you lovely :-)
      Di
      xoxoxox

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  16. So sorry to hear you're lurgi! I had totally forgotten that word.

    Meg is one good-looking gal, and I totally know what you mean by the Cardiff meat/meet market. Not that I ever took part!

    xo

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    1. LUGI - says it all doesn't it!

      I have never experience the wonderful meat markets, but I do get to hear tooooo much about it from Meg!

      How is the clean up going?
      Di
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  17. WHAT a lucky (and very pretty) girl--and what a memorable birthday you have given her :)
    I hope you are feeling better !!

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    1. Still coughing and spluttering, but on the mend. Thanks so much for your kindness!
      Di
      xoxoxo

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  18. Coming by to see how you're feeling, my beautiful friend....
    Sending lots of healing wishes, love, and sunshine,
    xoxo,
    - Irina

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    1. I'm on the mend Irina - thanks honey!
      Much Love
      Di
      xoxoxox

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    2. Wonderful! Big hugs, dear friend!

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  19. I hope you are on the upswing, Summer sniffles are the worst !
    The bride (from what I could make out ) looked divine.
    Your daughter is a lucky young lady, a brand new car....
    And not only THAT, she is absolutely gorgeous :)
    Get well ~
    ~Jo

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  20. How are you feeling my dear?

    Are you on the mend? Sending you a hug and wishes for getting well soon.

    I was thinking of you this morning and your past life, I would love to hear more.

    Take care! So Elizabeth

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  21. Hope you are miles better now and that the chick has had her fill of celebrations.
    Isn't it funny, 21 and they're off!

    Mind you, so were we.

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  22. You have a wonderful family, good going to give a car...lucky daughter. The grow so fast.

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