My fab shoes and hair! He he, I'm such a girl!
Monday, 29 October 2007
Well, that's show week over for another year. I really enjoyed being back on the stage again and the show received lots of positive feedback from audience members, including my mum who had never seen a Glasgow Light Opera Club show before so she was very impressed. There weren't any major hiccups although one night the set nearly ended up in the pit because it wasn't secured properly and the stage is raked so it starting slipping down towards the audience! I was probably most nervous on the Thursday night because I had 11 folks from my work in to see me. I kept having nightmares that I would drop the lead role when I had to pick her up in her chair to do the wedding dance! Thankfully, everything went smoothly and I'm really looking forward to next year's performance of Oklahoma! I realised this week that my parents are bonkers because my mum sent me a photo text of my dad on the roof of our house wearing a hat and a fake beard holding my violin! Obviously they now need to entertain themselves somehow - I thought his fiddler on the roof impression was hilarious!
Other than the show there isn't much else news this week. I had taken half days every morning to have a lie in so I used that opportunity to go out more than I would normally! On Thursday night I went to the Baby Grande for drinks with mum and Donna then I went out dancing with the folks from GLOC at O'Neills and then a pub called The Box. I realised as soon as I went in that the pub used to be The Blob Shop, which brought me back to my student days partying on Sauchiehall Street. On Friday night after the show we held a gala reception in the theatre to celebrate our centenary. As I am on the committee I had to mingle and chat to folks like the Lord Provost (who was there with a bodyguard because he had his chains on!). On Saturday my friends Iona and Pete came down from Aberdeen and I caught up with Ross's folks who went to the matinee show. Iona, Pete and Ross then met me after the evening show to head to the aftershow party in the west end (I'm still waiting for someone to send me flowers to the stage door but I'm guessing I'll have to wait forever!). The aftershow party was good fun. It was mostly a ceilidh with a lovely buffet and very cheap bar (a pint was £1.20!) But it was a horrible stormy night so we struggled to get a taxi and didn't get home until after 3am, technically only 2am though because the clocks went back.
Other than the show there isn't much else news this week. I had taken half days every morning to have a lie in so I used that opportunity to go out more than I would normally! On Thursday night I went to the Baby Grande for drinks with mum and Donna then I went out dancing with the folks from GLOC at O'Neills and then a pub called The Box. I realised as soon as I went in that the pub used to be The Blob Shop, which brought me back to my student days partying on Sauchiehall Street. On Friday night after the show we held a gala reception in the theatre to celebrate our centenary. As I am on the committee I had to mingle and chat to folks like the Lord Provost (who was there with a bodyguard because he had his chains on!). On Saturday my friends Iona and Pete came down from Aberdeen and I caught up with Ross's folks who went to the matinee show. Iona, Pete and Ross then met me after the evening show to head to the aftershow party in the west end (I'm still waiting for someone to send me flowers to the stage door but I'm guessing I'll have to wait forever!). The aftershow party was good fun. It was mostly a ceilidh with a lovely buffet and very cheap bar (a pint was £1.20!) But it was a horrible stormy night so we struggled to get a taxi and didn't get home until after 3am, technically only 2am though because the clocks went back.
On Sunday we went to Ashton Lane to see what was happening at the Beer Festival. Answer - nothing. I think everything must have been rained off because there was no farmers market or street performers or music, booo. Ross and I saw the guys off then walked home (via a couple of pubs of course!) and enjoyed a well deserved night on the couch watching Fight Club (I had forgotten how good that movie is).
I was looking forward to this week because I have no rehearsals, no shows and no studying so I was going to spend time with my new husband. However, typically he now has to work away for most of the week so I have to find things to keep me occupied! It shouldn't be difficult and I'm planning a pamper night, a night at the orchestra and a gig (my friend George's band is playing in The Box on Thursday night). Well, you didn't honestly expect me to sit in and relax now did you??!
I was looking forward to this week because I have no rehearsals, no shows and no studying so I was going to spend time with my new husband. However, typically he now has to work away for most of the week so I have to find things to keep me occupied! It shouldn't be difficult and I'm planning a pamper night, a night at the orchestra and a gig (my friend George's band is playing in The Box on Thursday night). Well, you didn't honestly expect me to sit in and relax now did you??!
Monday, 22 October 2007
Hooray, the exam is over so no more studying! Friday went OK I think. It was a lovely sunny blue skies morning so I walked over to Hampden with Claire which helped clear the head. The exam lasted 3 hours, and apart from my wedding day, it was the quickest 3 hours of my life! We had to choose 3 case studies from the 6 in the question paper and answer 2 questions on each case study. I think I wrote about 16 pages of A4 in the time allowed so my hand was killing me by the end! The questions I answered were about culture change, financial controls, gross profit margins, leadership, customer relationships and information management. I did the best I could and felt positive afterwards however I am now starting to doubt myself and waiting until December for the results is going to be a killer!
Immediately after the exam I went to the pub to celebrate with 4 colleagues who also did the course. But, because I hadn't had a drink for 2 weeks the thought of drinking didn't appeal at all - but of course I managed! We had a few drinks in Battlefield (The Mission and Buddha) before I walked home for a nice relaxing bath. At night time Ross and I caught up with about 10 or so folks from my work at the dug racing in Shawfield. It was a good laugh even though I didn't win one single race... Mind you, I just picked the ones who had the best names (or the one which had just pooped before the race - they say that's a good sign!).
On Saturday I had a long lie while Ross took my car to get serviced (thanks Ross!) then we walked over to my friend Eilidh's to give her tickets for my upcoming show. The walk took about half an hour and we used it as an opportunity to check out some nice houses in the area. We really want to move house soon, and seeing Eilidh's lovely house confirmed this. We really want our own garden and space for a dining area (and ideally a walk in wardrobe!). Donna popped over to ours in the afternoon with a copy of the local paper Ross-Shire Journal as our wedding photo was in it. Then we went through our wedding album mock up and chose the final photos we wanted. Hopefully we should get it in time for Christmas.
Immediately after the exam I went to the pub to celebrate with 4 colleagues who also did the course. But, because I hadn't had a drink for 2 weeks the thought of drinking didn't appeal at all - but of course I managed! We had a few drinks in Battlefield (The Mission and Buddha) before I walked home for a nice relaxing bath. At night time Ross and I caught up with about 10 or so folks from my work at the dug racing in Shawfield. It was a good laugh even though I didn't win one single race... Mind you, I just picked the ones who had the best names (or the one which had just pooped before the race - they say that's a good sign!).
On Saturday I had a long lie while Ross took my car to get serviced (thanks Ross!) then we walked over to my friend Eilidh's to give her tickets for my upcoming show. The walk took about half an hour and we used it as an opportunity to check out some nice houses in the area. We really want to move house soon, and seeing Eilidh's lovely house confirmed this. We really want our own garden and space for a dining area (and ideally a walk in wardrobe!). Donna popped over to ours in the afternoon with a copy of the local paper Ross-Shire Journal as our wedding photo was in it. Then we went through our wedding album mock up and chose the final photos we wanted. Hopefully we should get it in time for Christmas.
At night time Ross had booked a table at Cafe Gandolphi to celebrate exams being over so it was lovely to relax and eat good food (sea bass, mmm) and drink pink champagne (double mmm). We caught up with Donna and Neil afterwards for a couple of drinks in Merchant Square but were home by midnight because 2 heavy nights of drinking after being off the booze had caught up with us!
Sunday was cleaning day then I had the first rehearsal for Fiddler in the theatre which was good. All in all a lovely weekend and a hige weight lifted off my shoulders in prep for the big week ahead!
Sunday was cleaning day then I had the first rehearsal for Fiddler in the theatre which was good. All in all a lovely weekend and a hige weight lifted off my shoulders in prep for the big week ahead!
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
3 days to go until my exam! I haven't written any updates until today because I had nothing to write (and still don't really!). I had THE most boring weekend of my year (perhaps even my life) spending all day Saturday and Sunday studying constantly. I managed to revise practically the whole course, with Ross testing me on my knowledge, so I just hope most if not all of it sticks in my brain until Friday!
Thankfully I managed to take a break on Saturday to watch some of Strictly Come Dancing and then Moulin Rouge. Strictly was OK, I think Ross enjoyed it more as it was ladies night so Kelly Brook was performing in scantily clad gear! Then my sister arrived with Neil and a mate after being at the Scotland game (another fantastic result, well done boys!) They weren't as drunk as I thought they would be but they were saving themselves for a heavy night out on the town! As I was still sober I dropped them back to Neil's flat to get ready for their partying.
My highlight of the night was watching Moulin Rouge. Now, I knew it had won awards and was directed by Baz Luhrmann therefore I suspected it might have it's 'way out' moments but I certainly wasn't prepared for what I got! The surreal versions of The Sound of Music and Like a Virgin are definitely not everyone's cup of tea and I almost felt drunk watching it!
Anyway, it was good to wake up on Sunday without a hangover. Ross also felt the same and got stuck into some housework and DIY. He fixed the bulb in the fridge that had blown almost 4 years ago - my constant nagging paid off - but I think he felt he deserved a medal for his achievement! ;o) Opera rehearsal followed on Sunday night so it was good to air the lungs a bit.
Monday was a non eventful day, in work early to study, study at lunchtime and study at night. What joys. I did also manage to pop to the shops to get a pair of costume style shoes for my show next week. The proper dance boutiques charge about £35 for these babies but I got a pair for a tenner- it pays to shop around!! However I realised when I got home that I have no space left in my wardrobe for shoes. I guessed I owned about 35 pairs of shoes so decided to count them. Eek, I have 60 pairs of shoes!!!! Is that excessive for a girl? Note, that doesn't include flip flips or slippers but does include boots, sandals and trainers (that's alright then!). I'm almost looking forward to having some spare time after the exam and show to tidy out my shoe cupboard!! Here is a photo of one of my favourite pairs of shoes - 5 inch heels from my fave shoe shop Aldo. Ross bought them - he has good taste!! xx
Thankfully I managed to take a break on Saturday to watch some of Strictly Come Dancing and then Moulin Rouge. Strictly was OK, I think Ross enjoyed it more as it was ladies night so Kelly Brook was performing in scantily clad gear! Then my sister arrived with Neil and a mate after being at the Scotland game (another fantastic result, well done boys!) They weren't as drunk as I thought they would be but they were saving themselves for a heavy night out on the town! As I was still sober I dropped them back to Neil's flat to get ready for their partying.
My highlight of the night was watching Moulin Rouge. Now, I knew it had won awards and was directed by Baz Luhrmann therefore I suspected it might have it's 'way out' moments but I certainly wasn't prepared for what I got! The surreal versions of The Sound of Music and Like a Virgin are definitely not everyone's cup of tea and I almost felt drunk watching it!
Anyway, it was good to wake up on Sunday without a hangover. Ross also felt the same and got stuck into some housework and DIY. He fixed the bulb in the fridge that had blown almost 4 years ago - my constant nagging paid off - but I think he felt he deserved a medal for his achievement! ;o) Opera rehearsal followed on Sunday night so it was good to air the lungs a bit.
Monday was a non eventful day, in work early to study, study at lunchtime and study at night. What joys. I did also manage to pop to the shops to get a pair of costume style shoes for my show next week. The proper dance boutiques charge about £35 for these babies but I got a pair for a tenner- it pays to shop around!! However I realised when I got home that I have no space left in my wardrobe for shoes. I guessed I owned about 35 pairs of shoes so decided to count them. Eek, I have 60 pairs of shoes!!!! Is that excessive for a girl? Note, that doesn't include flip flips or slippers but does include boots, sandals and trainers (that's alright then!). I'm almost looking forward to having some spare time after the exam and show to tidy out my shoe cupboard!! Here is a photo of one of my favourite pairs of shoes - 5 inch heels from my fave shoe shop Aldo. Ross bought them - he has good taste!! xx
Friday, 12 October 2007
Friday night and I’m sitting in, stone cold sober, having a break from the studying. It was the first Friday in ages that I wasn’t running out of work at 5pm shouting ‘bring on the weekend!’. One more week of slog and it will all be over (and I will no longer moan here about the pressures of studying!) No major news to update really. In fact the most exciting thing that happened yesterday was the story of 2000 chickens escaping from a lorry overturning on the M80 (near Stirling) causing traffic chaos and resulting in the road being closed for 9 hours! You can imagine the jokes since…
My wee sis Donna has been on my blog and pointed out that I didn’t mention the fantastic hen weekend she organised for me in July – oops! I promise it wasn’t because I was trying to erase it from my mind! It was a BRILLIANT weekend spent in Glasgow on the Friday night (with a naked butler serving champagne in my flat!)
and in Edinburgh on the Saturday where I was forced to dress up as a hen (literally). It was hugely mortifying as it was 3pm in the afternoon on Princes St in Edinburgh… But it was a total hoot as the photos here and on my bebo site prove! 
I went for lunch today with my friend John so that I could give him his tickets to see my show. We went to Piccolo Mondo (where I had my bridesmaids dinner) and it was delicious! My only faux-pas was having a chocolate pecan brownie – not usually a faux-pas you might say, however I returned to the office to find that our director had arranged bubbly and posh cake for the whole office to say well done for our hard work the week before last. We had gone to a nursery to help them make a play garden so we had to dig up turf all day long! But it was better than sitting at a desk and I gave my bum a right good work out!
Right, time to get back to motivation theories and change management, zzzzzzzzzzzz!
My wee sis Donna has been on my blog and pointed out that I didn’t mention the fantastic hen weekend she organised for me in July – oops! I promise it wasn’t because I was trying to erase it from my mind! It was a BRILLIANT weekend spent in Glasgow on the Friday night (with a naked butler serving champagne in my flat!)
and in Edinburgh on the Saturday where I was forced to dress up as a hen (literally). It was hugely mortifying as it was 3pm in the afternoon on Princes St in Edinburgh… But it was a total hoot as the photos here and on my bebo site prove! I went for lunch today with my friend John so that I could give him his tickets to see my show. We went to Piccolo Mondo (where I had my bridesmaids dinner) and it was delicious! My only faux-pas was having a chocolate pecan brownie – not usually a faux-pas you might say, however I returned to the office to find that our director had arranged bubbly and posh cake for the whole office to say well done for our hard work the week before last. We had gone to a nursery to help them make a play garden so we had to dig up turf all day long! But it was better than sitting at a desk and I gave my bum a right good work out!
Right, time to get back to motivation theories and change management, zzzzzzzzzzzz!
Wednesday, 10 October 2007
Passed half way of the week already - good in one aspect because it is the weekend soon but bad in another because the studying days left before my exam are rapidly slipping away! I had to give circuits at miss today which I regretted but I had to work through lunchtime in order to get my case study analysis done before emailing it round my colleagues by 5pm today.
To make it worse, Ross and I have decided to stay off the booze for 2 whole weeks!! It's only Wed and this is proving difficult already however I know the weekend will be the killer. We have decided to stay in all weekend so that I can study and we have less chance of breaking the no-alcohol rule. Annoyingly X Factor isn't on this weekend so I will just have to make do with Strictly Come Dancing instead! Plus, the TV guide says that Moulin Rouge is on on Saturday night which I haven't seen before so I'll give that a go.
Rehearsal last night was good, the show is really starting to come together. I really hope people enjoy it because I know a lot are put off by its religious connotations - but in fact it is powerful, funny and heartwarming! I have few friends coming to see the show including the White clan, my mum and sister, work colleagues, my recently engaged friends Pete and Iona (coming from Aberdeen) and my mates Reena, Eilidh and Steph.
To make it worse, Ross and I have decided to stay off the booze for 2 whole weeks!! It's only Wed and this is proving difficult already however I know the weekend will be the killer. We have decided to stay in all weekend so that I can study and we have less chance of breaking the no-alcohol rule. Annoyingly X Factor isn't on this weekend so I will just have to make do with Strictly Come Dancing instead! Plus, the TV guide says that Moulin Rouge is on on Saturday night which I haven't seen before so I'll give that a go.
Rehearsal last night was good, the show is really starting to come together. I really hope people enjoy it because I know a lot are put off by its religious connotations - but in fact it is powerful, funny and heartwarming! I have few friends coming to see the show including the White clan, my mum and sister, work colleagues, my recently engaged friends Pete and Iona (coming from Aberdeen) and my mates Reena, Eilidh and Steph.
Tuesday, 9 October 2007
Is it only Tuesday? I'm knackered already! Yesterday I was in work from 8am until almost 8pm fitting in a days work and 3 hours studying. Then I went straight home to do another 2 hours studying. At least I had piece and quiet as Ross was working away (Exeter I think but I can't keep up with his travels!). I'm starting to panic about the finance element of the exam - I can't seem to remember all the formulas and ratio calculations! I might have to try listening to them in my sleep and see if that works. Unless anyone else has any other ideas?
I went to the gym today - it was the first time I had been to Spin class in about 2 weeks but I felt my neck was up to it. There was a new instructor who looked like he was in the Marines so I was dreading it to begin with. However he was very good - really engaging and motivating (although tough at the same time!). But, he did keep making weird grunting noises that sounded more suited to the bedroom so I kept giggling! But I did feel great afterwards so all was good.
Tonight I have rehearsals for Fiddler but I will need to take my studying with me to work on in between scenes. The show is really starting to come together - I love the music: songs like 'If I were a rich man', 'sunrise sunset' and matchmaker, matchmaker'. I've managed to get some good publicity for the show in Glasgow papers and on First Glasgow busses so hopefully we'll sell enough tickets to break even.
Other news is that the boys in the office are going to take on the girls at computerised golf! Yes I am trying to get a few of the ladies to agree to a night at the Golf Lounge in Glasgow in November where you can play courses like St Andrews on a large computer screen. It's meant to be a laugh and there is a bar on site so all the ingredients are there for a top night. First I will need to get to the golf range with Ross to try and remember how to hit a golf ball! I do own a glove(!) but that's the extent of it! x
I went to the gym today - it was the first time I had been to Spin class in about 2 weeks but I felt my neck was up to it. There was a new instructor who looked like he was in the Marines so I was dreading it to begin with. However he was very good - really engaging and motivating (although tough at the same time!). But, he did keep making weird grunting noises that sounded more suited to the bedroom so I kept giggling! But I did feel great afterwards so all was good.
Tonight I have rehearsals for Fiddler but I will need to take my studying with me to work on in between scenes. The show is really starting to come together - I love the music: songs like 'If I were a rich man', 'sunrise sunset' and matchmaker, matchmaker'. I've managed to get some good publicity for the show in Glasgow papers and on First Glasgow busses so hopefully we'll sell enough tickets to break even.
Other news is that the boys in the office are going to take on the girls at computerised golf! Yes I am trying to get a few of the ladies to agree to a night at the Golf Lounge in Glasgow in November where you can play courses like St Andrews on a large computer screen. It's meant to be a laugh and there is a bar on site so all the ingredients are there for a top night. First I will need to get to the golf range with Ross to try and remember how to hit a golf ball! I do own a glove(!) but that's the extent of it! x
Monday, 8 October 2007
Monday morning already... oh well I had a nice weekend, albeit a quick one. I went to the hairdressers on Friday so I feel properly blonde again ;o) then I went for cocktails and some people watching in Royal Exchange Square followed by John's leaving do in a bar called Downtown. The bar was lively and loads of people from work came but the music was very cheesy. Ross came and met me and we went to the Thai Fountain for dinner - it was lovely! I had hot and spicy soup followed by a dish called Weeping Tiger (beef in a kinda rich soy sauce) and Ross had a red thai curry.
On Saturday I did a couple of hours studying in the morning then Ross and I went to meet our photographer at his studio in Linlithgow. We chose around 80 photos for our wedding album (not easy choosing from 665 photos!) so hopefully we will have it finished in time for Christmas as it gets made in Italy. It was lovely looking at the photos again, it brought back great memories from the day.
After we finished there we headed to Livingston and I bought one or two things in the designer outlet centre. We were staying at the Travelodge next to the shopping centre because it was Ross's cousin Iain's 40th birthday party that night. We met up with Ross's mum, dad, auntie and uncle before heading to the party. Thankfully it wasn't a dressing up party (Iain's wife Susan had a fancy dress party for her 40th last year - I went as Wonder woman and Ross went as Elvis!). I was happy to be in bed for about 1.30am because I wanted to be fresh for studying on Sunday. Which is exactly what I did. I probably studied for about 4 hours on Sunday, fitting in a wee walk in the sunshine and a bath to relax me! Ross made lovely lentil and bacon soup and a beef casserole - he's turning into a right modern house husband these days! On Sunday night I rewarded myself by watching X Factor - I'm addicted! In fact I'm so sad I cried when the contestants had to go home and tell their familes they were in either in or booted out! So the weekend was over before I knew it. Tonight I'm supposed to be going to a committee meeting for my opera club however I've had to put in my apologies as I have too much studying to do. 11 days until the big exam... and counting... x
On Saturday I did a couple of hours studying in the morning then Ross and I went to meet our photographer at his studio in Linlithgow. We chose around 80 photos for our wedding album (not easy choosing from 665 photos!) so hopefully we will have it finished in time for Christmas as it gets made in Italy. It was lovely looking at the photos again, it brought back great memories from the day.
After we finished there we headed to Livingston and I bought one or two things in the designer outlet centre. We were staying at the Travelodge next to the shopping centre because it was Ross's cousin Iain's 40th birthday party that night. We met up with Ross's mum, dad, auntie and uncle before heading to the party. Thankfully it wasn't a dressing up party (Iain's wife Susan had a fancy dress party for her 40th last year - I went as Wonder woman and Ross went as Elvis!). I was happy to be in bed for about 1.30am because I wanted to be fresh for studying on Sunday. Which is exactly what I did. I probably studied for about 4 hours on Sunday, fitting in a wee walk in the sunshine and a bath to relax me! Ross made lovely lentil and bacon soup and a beef casserole - he's turning into a right modern house husband these days! On Sunday night I rewarded myself by watching X Factor - I'm addicted! In fact I'm so sad I cried when the contestants had to go home and tell their familes they were in either in or booted out! So the weekend was over before I knew it. Tonight I'm supposed to be going to a committee meeting for my opera club however I've had to put in my apologies as I have too much studying to do. 11 days until the big exam... and counting... xThursday, 4 October 2007
1 day until the weekend!
Well, dinner last night with mum and Donna was good, not exceptionally good, but still good. We ended up going to La Tasca because mum's bus was 45 mins late so we had to cancel our table at Arisaig. I love tapas because you get to try everyone's food and the atmosphere was great, particularly for a restaurant in Glasgow on a Wednesday night (when Celtic were playing). We've been getting some pretty good football results for Scottish teams recently which is pleasing my male colleagues! However they are not so impressed by the fact that I am doing pretty well in our fantasy football league (bring it on!).
I've been cracking on with my studying. For those who don't know I'm just about to finish a professional certificate in management with the Open University. I have 1 exam to go (19th Oct) so wish me luck! The course is all about people managment, change management, financial management, information management, quality management and marketing - exciting stuff....
Things annoying me at the moment - the weather: we had some glorious days at the end of Sept/beg Oct but now it has turned to torrential rain
My neck: either I have slept in a weird position or I have been injured in my circuits class but the top of my spine is aching! Time for a massage methinks!
Oh well, I will cheer myself up by think about holidays! Ross and I are planning a trip to Boston, Rhode Island, New York, LA and California (see pic) in early March to visit my big sis and celebrate her 1 year anniversary to the lovely Jeremy. Can't wait!
Think that's all for today. Off to my rehearsals tonight so hopefully ny neck will have eased by then! xx
I've been cracking on with my studying. For those who don't know I'm just about to finish a professional certificate in management with the Open University. I have 1 exam to go (19th Oct) so wish me luck! The course is all about people managment, change management, financial management, information management, quality management and marketing - exciting stuff....
Things annoying me at the moment - the weather: we had some glorious days at the end of Sept/beg Oct but now it has turned to torrential rain
My neck: either I have slept in a weird position or I have been injured in my circuits class but the top of my spine is aching! Time for a massage methinks!
Oh well, I will cheer myself up by think about holidays! Ross and I are planning a trip to Boston, Rhode Island, New York, LA and California (see pic) in early March to visit my big sis and celebrate her 1 year anniversary to the lovely Jeremy. Can't wait!
Think that's all for today. Off to my rehearsals tonight so hopefully ny neck will have eased by then! xx
Wednesday, 3 October 2007
Up and running
Hello again. thanks to everyone who checked out my blog. I got a few emails and comments back. You will notice one comment from my brother Richard reminding me about the 4am arm wrestling on Saturday night. I actually didn't want to mention this because my sister in law Diane beat me and I thought I was harder than her! ;o) Seemingly there is video evidence as well - damn!
Yesterday I had my usual hospital appointment. Those who know me well know what this entails and it isn't pleasant! Plus I missed the send off for my friend John who is leaving the Big Lottery Fund to work for Children in Need. One of the guys dressed up in a Pudsey suit - I believe it was hilarious! Oh well, I have his proper leaving doo on Friday night so look forward to that.
Yesterday evening I went to a rehearsal for Fiddler on the Roof. My musical club 'Glasgow Light' are performing this show at the Kings Theatre in Glasgow from 23-27 October so please come along. You all know the songs - If I were a rich man etc etc! We have a big cast this year (see photo) so it should sound great!
OK time for my circuits class then I'm going to meet mum who is staying the night tonight so we'll probably get a bite to eat somewhere in the town. Ciao! x
Monday, 1 October 2007
The catch up
OK, so where do I start? I could go on for a very long time about the highlights of this year but that would bore you to tears so I will try to mention the key points only -
Ross 30th birthday - this was in April this year and it was a lot of fun. I devised a treasure hunt round Glasgow for Ross to follow and this involved going to the newly opened Kelvingrove museum, having a pint and a pie watching a play in Oran Mor, eating Tepenyaki and mussels (not at the same time), sunbathing in the Botanic Gardens (yes it was roasting in April) and going to see a live recording of a BBC radio comedy show. Then lots of friends and family came along to Vronis (our fave bar) to eat, drink and be merry. Thanks goes to Donna for using her primary teaching skills to display lots of drunken/bad photos of Ross in the pub!
The wedding - so I'll probably mention this event in many posts to come because it was such a great day. 250 of our closest friends and family came to the ceremony and meal in the Atholl Palace in Pitlochry and another 30 or so mates came at night to boogie at the ceilidh. The sun shone and everything (almost) went to plan. To top it off our good friend George played piano in the lounge until 4 in the morning before Ross and I retired to our turret suite as Mr and Mrs!
The honeymoon - we decided to opt for a slightly different trip than the usual Maldives or Barbados and instead flew to Naples before touring round round Ravello, Positano, Amalfi and Capri. It was amazing. I liked Anacapri best because it was a good mix of busy and quiet life. The hotel was fantastic, especially the infinity pool (and Dom Joly was lying sunbathing next to us!)
Ross 30th birthday - this was in April this year and it was a lot of fun. I devised a treasure hunt round Glasgow for Ross to follow and this involved going to the newly opened Kelvingrove museum, having a pint and a pie watching a play in Oran Mor, eating Tepenyaki and mussels (not at the same time), sunbathing in the Botanic Gardens (yes it was roasting in April) and going to see a live recording of a BBC radio comedy show. Then lots of friends and family came along to Vronis (our fave bar) to eat, drink and be merry. Thanks goes to Donna for using her primary teaching skills to display lots of drunken/bad photos of Ross in the pub!
The wedding - so I'll probably mention this event in many posts to come because it was such a great day. 250 of our closest friends and family came to the ceremony and meal in the Atholl Palace in Pitlochry and another 30 or so mates came at night to boogie at the ceilidh. The sun shone and everything (almost) went to plan. To top it off our good friend George played piano in the lounge until 4 in the morning before Ross and I retired to our turret suite as Mr and Mrs!
The honeymoon - we decided to opt for a slightly different trip than the usual Maldives or Barbados and instead flew to Naples before touring round round Ravello, Positano, Amalfi and Capri. It was amazing. I liked Anacapri best because it was a good mix of busy and quiet life. The hotel was fantastic, especially the infinity pool (and Dom Joly was lying sunbathing next to us!)
London trip – Ross got me a beautiful Gucci necklace for a wedding present however me being more unusual decided to opt for a long weekend in London as my gift to Ross. I knew that everyone is supposed to have a post wedding slump (which, by the way hasn’t happened yet) so I decided to book flights, accommodation and tickets to see his purple badness Prince in the new o2 millennium dome. Wow, what a gig! We went with Ross’s work mate George and his wife Gail so we had a right laugh getting lost on the tubes, dining in Canary Wharf, shopping in Oxford Street and going to see HM crown jewels at the Tower of London.
Xander’s 2nd birthday – I’m just back from a weekend up North in Dingwall for my wee nephew’s 2nd birthday. On Friday night I helped my dad out at a fundraising event in the National Hotel selling raffles. It was a swing band night to raise funds for the Puffin Hydrotherapy Pool. I ended up getting my picture taken for the local rag (groan). On Saturday it was lots of present opening for Xander. Ross and I got him a train set, car, animal finger puppets and some clothes. He got lots of presents but my favourite was probably the tool workbench he got from his granny and granda. Then on Saturday night I hit the town with the girls (Aileen, Sarah and Kim) and we went to Cactus Jacks, Lauders and Bakoo which was a laugh – especially the bit where Kim used her persuasive skills(!) to get us free tickets on the train up to Inverness! I think that’s probably enough for the moment. Time for a cup of tea (decaffeinated). x
Xander’s 2nd birthday – I’m just back from a weekend up North in Dingwall for my wee nephew’s 2nd birthday. On Friday night I helped my dad out at a fundraising event in the National Hotel selling raffles. It was a swing band night to raise funds for the Puffin Hydrotherapy Pool. I ended up getting my picture taken for the local rag (groan). On Saturday it was lots of present opening for Xander. Ross and I got him a train set, car, animal finger puppets and some clothes. He got lots of presents but my favourite was probably the tool workbench he got from his granny and granda. Then on Saturday night I hit the town with the girls (Aileen, Sarah and Kim) and we went to Cactus Jacks, Lauders and Bakoo which was a laugh – especially the bit where Kim used her persuasive skills(!) to get us free tickets on the train up to Inverness! I think that’s probably enough for the moment. Time for a cup of tea (decaffeinated). x
Welcome to my blog!
Hello everyone,
I've decided to set up my own blog after becoming hooked on reading my friends blogs. Now admittedly my friends have set up blogs because they are doing much more exciting things than me, like travelling the world etc however there have been so many little but notable things happening in my life in the last year or so I simply must write them down.
2007 has been the biggest and best year of my life (so far) with the highlight of course being my wedding to Ross in August. I hope those who were there had a great time, I know Ross and I did.
Anyway this is just an introductory post so I'll leave it as that. I hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine in Scotland on this bright October day! x
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