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December 28, 2007
January 1st is So Old Hat
Oh it's been too too long since I've blogged. That's last year's resolution scuppered. So I was going to make a new one and start again on Jan 1st but that's too contrived so, what the hell, December 28th is as good a day as any to start isn't it?
It would take far too long to recap on everything that's happened since my last post on, um, April 21st (oh the shame) but here's a brief run down on the major events in the life of lilliebet over the last 251 days....
Errmmm.....
Oh yeah! Some toss bag hacked my site. That's the major downer of the year. And it's still not back up and running, which means I don't get my daily dose from the guys. Not that the guys were in the habit of giving me a "dose" you understand but, err, oh you know what I mean. The intellectual sparring, deep and meaningful philosophising and downright dirty talk have all been noticably absent in the past several weeks. Waaahh!!! I hate hackers. I'd show them what real hacking is if I ever got my hands on them. Grrrr!!
On the upside, I won the Payroll Employee of the Year Award back in October. Yeah, dull I know but we had a (nearly) all expenses paid night in a posh London hotel with dinner and dancing (and far too much drinking). There will be photos if Lou ever tells me where she's uploaded them to. Watch this space....
Back in August we had a great weekend in Wembley at the Challenge Cup Final - which Saints won of course - and I finally fulfilled my dream to go to the new Wembley Stadium. My honest opinion? Mightily impressive stadium but the atmosphere at Cardiff was better somehow as were the surroundings. It was a great experience though. Our hotel was right at the top of Wembley Way next to the train station. It was seriously hot and the hotel opened up a bar outside in the sunshine where we could sit off and watch the crowds of fans arriving which made for a brilliant atmosphere on match day. Unlike football, fans of every rugby league club attend the cup final, not just the two involved. From Super League to Non-League teams and even foreign teams and everyone wears their colours. There's no antagonism though, just loads of banter. It's cool.
And now it's Christmas, or just has been. It's had its ups and downs; a little friction here and there but mostly it went really well. My girlie bought me a Senseo coffee maker - love it! - I've been banging on about wanting one for so long but I had no idea she'd done it so it was a brilliant surprise. I get excited about the strangest things don't I? There were 10 of us for dinner this year and it was pandemonium but I have to hand it to my mum, she made an excellent scran, first rate. We had another big meal on Boxing Day and last night we went for a Chinese meal for my neice's 20th birthday. Today I've been detoxing - I've never eaten or drunk so much in my life, I feel like a dirigible. Got to make room for all the New Years Eve goodies haven't I?
That doesn't seem like eight months worth of news does it? But at least you've been spared the tedium of every little last piece of news. And you've escaped my fixation with Heroes- we've only just had the first series on the Beeb over here.... whatever you do, don't tell me what happens in series 2. I may yet come back to that subject though.....
I am definitely going to keep up the blogging from now on, if only because I told Gilles that I would. So I guess I'll see you back here tomorrow.... honestly.
Posted by lilliebet at December 28, 2007 06:14 PM
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Hey Liz, good to see you back. Sorry I didn't drop in earlier but Christmas was busy I've gotten incredibly lazy over the last few months. To put it more accurately, I have decided to slow down a bit in my old age (yeah, I turned 50 this year !!) so I slept a lot when we weren't entertaining or doing family stuff. I did manage to blog about my Christmas, couldn't forget that.
Anyway, there's a comfy chair reserved for you at the Tree house so feel free to drop by and bring some of that Christmas booze you got. ;)
Posted by: OldGuy at January 4, 2008 12:11 AM
um, old at 50??? Slow down???
fuck that!!!! When I am old, I'll tell you, but it won't be for another 50 yrs, I can assure you of that and as for slowing down....
Posted by: Blast at January 9, 2008 08:01 AM
Phew! For a minute there I thought I'd made a boob. But no, it was just OldGuy hehehe!
Not to worry guys, you're both heading for 51 this year so you can forget about that "50" feeling.
Posted by: lilliebet at January 12, 2008 10:07 PM
oh dear... and I was feeling good up to that was said
Posted by: Blast at January 14, 2008 08:23 AM