Our 120th / double-60th birthday party yesterday was a lot of fun. The weather was horrible in the morning but by the afternoon it had mostly cleared to sunny intervals with wind. We got away with just one shower, when we sheltered in the garage with the door open - plenty of air so we decided it could just about count as outdoors. I confess we did break the rules in that at times there were 7 or 8 of us rather than the prescribed 6, but we had plenty of room to spread out and apart from sharing cake all took our own food. H had made Oreo, lemon drizzle and Pimms cupcakes, and someone had made a carrot cake and iced it with birthday greetings. Most of us had seen each other when we got to together to do some socially distanced two weeks ago, but it was lovely just to socialise with good friends - lots of laughter and quite a bit of wine and beer!
After we got home we stayed up late watching old Glastonbury performances from Adele and Coldplay. As the Glastonbury Festival has been cancelled this year, the BBC is showing highlights from past festivals all weekend. Tonight we want to watch David Bowie and Ed Sheeran, though might not manage two late night's in a row! Between the party and the music it was a truly enjoyable day - we have noticed that living with restrictions this year has definitely made us much more appreciative of small things.
Today I did a dumbbell class to get myself back on track with my exercise schedule - I had ended last week one class short - and this afternoon M and I walked down to collect our car which we had left outside our friends' house yesterday. We needed to take folding chairs and cakes, so had needed to drive there, but as we had been drinking we walked back.
I spent yesterday morning and parts of today doing genealogy research for my former neighbour. I researched one side of his family a while ago - mainly to see if he was entitled to an EU passport (he wasn't) - and now I am looking at the other side. I love doing genealogy so this has kept me happily busy, but he may get rather more detail that he expected! H and her BF drove up to Yorkshire yesterday to collect her remaining things from her student house, so that phase of her life is now officially over. Today she cooked one of her excellent roasts for lunch, then went to meet up with her three best girlfriends in someone's garden. TG has, I think, done very little all weekend!
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Happy Birthday(s)!! Wishing you a healthy and contented year to come!
Thank you! We picked a date between our March and October birthdays, when our combined age totalled 120 - I am the October birthday so still have a little time to go.
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