2007 roundup
It's been a busy year. And for posterity's sake, here's a list of some of the great things we did in 2007:
- Skiing in La Plagne
- Skiing weekend in Val d'Isere
- Newcastle for a birthday weekend
- Belfast for a wedding weekend
- A week in Sicily on holiday
- S went to Iceland (not the shop)
- S went to Lanzarote with some psychos
- Went to New York on holiday (first time for T)
- Sold a flat and T put his stuff in storage
- Moved in together and S had her bathroom re-done v. nicely
- Bought a house (with stairs and everything)
- Started a massive building project
- Cycled naked through the streets of London
- Ran around a village near Frome in Somerset in our pants
- Went to Harrogate twice for S (three times for T)
- S was a bridesmaid for the first time
- S organised a hen do pole dancing
- We let a cleaner into our house
- S went to councilling and met her schemas
- We had a picking and drinking amnesty that lasted one week quite successfully
- T went to Texas four times
- S rode her bike lots and we recycled
- T cycles 8 miles a day now
- S helped some old people
- Went to Holkham for a luxury weekend away
- S went to Huntley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland to visit friends.
- T went to Edinburgh to become a "moral guardian" or "trusted friend"
- We went to Wales and saw a great local band in a village hall - Jo Schmo
- We went to Ascot ladies day and broke even
- We went to the V festival and got wet and muddy
- We went to see Jimmy Carr live at the Hammersmith Apollo
- We went to see the Sound of Music
- We went to see the Rose Tattoo at the National Theatre
- We went to see the "Biggest little whorehouse in Texas" at the Ealing Amateur Dramatics Society. And laughed.
- We met our neighbours at the new house and had a BBQ house party
- S bought a lot of shoes
- T bought a lot of gadgets
- S learnt how to climb. T carried on
- S got our toilets back after they were dishonestly stolen by a man in Trowbridge
- S had her first manicure and pedicure and plans to have more
- We went to 4 weddings and no funerals
- T went to a stag do at Ascot and Brick Lane
- S had a minor car crash and vows never to pursue a small scratch ever again
Rob said:
Sensational list. I particularly liked the number of items that hinted at full or partial nudity (3, at least), the ambiguity of 'breaking even' on Ascot ladies day, 'pursuing a small scratch' (on S? on the car?), and 'picking amnesty' and indeed any phrase that includes the words 'S got our toilets back'.
Can we know how many shoes and how many gadgets for the statistically minded? I might start a spreadsheet.
Some might think 'dishonestly stealing' something is a tautology, but I think it's a glorious clarification, with a great Scouse heritage.
Elsewhere I wondered if, upon letting the cleaner into your house, you let him or her out? The list provokes an air of suspense: is said cleaner still there scrubbing furiously, wondering what to do with the red haired mannequin in the corner? Maybe we shall never know.
Happy 2008 to you both.
Mum said:
Just to let you know we think you should have put down meeting up with all the Knibbs cousins and other rellies and introducing Sue to the family as one of the great things......but there are so many it's no wonder something was overlooked!
(By the way, councilling should be counselling, to be quite correct!!!)