What have you been doing today?

[conny]

Visited wifes farmer relatives, spent a few hours watching lambs being castrated

Bet you kept your hands in your pockets.

 

[securespark]

Visited wifes farmer relatives, spent a few hours watching lambs being castrated

Have they got crystal balls?

 

[Mottie]

Went out for an Italian meal with Mrs and Miss Mottie on her last night as Miss Mottie, a few drinks back at the hotel, sorted out the seating arrangement for tomorrow and we're having an early night. Popped my Uber cherry tonight too. Bloody fantastic service - no wonder those other cabbies in their black begging boxes don't like 'em! (I have three mates who are black cab drivers). I've already got a 5 star Uber rating.

 

[Mottie]

Well, we've not long arrived home after a fabulous weekend up London enjoying the wedding of our daughter. Mrs Mottie, Miss Mottie and I stayed up near the venue, Marylebone registry office, and the groom stayed nearby in a different hotel with his brothers. The Mottie women went out Friday afternoon to get manicure and pedicures and we had a meal out on the Friday night. I know I'm biased but my daughter looked absolutely beautiful and to everyone's amusement, I was the one who kept on breaking out in tears yesterday - at breakfast, when I first saw her made up in her wedding dress, on the way to the wedding in the cab when by-passers were waving at her, as I walked her up the aisle, when she was making a speech - I was at it non bloody stop. I'm even filling up now just telling you about it! On Saturday they had the florist and hair/make up lady come to the hotel then we had an old white London taxi take us to Marylebone registry office. Miss Mottie and quite a few of her friends are Bridgerton fans and she raised a smile by choosing some music from the series to walk in to. They are a bit unconventional so they had no bridesmaids, ushers, maids of honour, father of the bride speech, best man etc and she chose to be walked down the aisle and given away by both me and Mrs Mottie. The grooms father, a solicitor, who should be used to signing legal papers caused a bit of a fuss as a witness by signing the marriage certificate in the registrars section! After a few photos, all the guests were taken to the reception in an old routemaster bus where champagne was served on-board. The reception was in a Victorian warehouse/pub venue in Islington where they had hired it exclusively for the whole day. They had two wedding cakes - one traditional and one made entirely of cheese! The groom raised a laugh during his speech amongst our family by thanking Mrs Mottie and I for welcoming him into our family and saying that if he is loved just half as much as our youngest, Susie, he'd be very happy. (Susie is our cocker spaniel!). The reception went on until 2 a.m. but we gave in around 12.30 after helping one of my mates into a taxi as he had taken serious advantage of the open bar and could hardly stand. Funny thing was, even as two of us had to literally lift him off of his chair, he had the presence of mind to scoop up and down the last dregs of his drink! I was surprised that the driver took them all the way home to East Ham without chucking him out - he asked me if he was drunk when I was folding him in the cab and I convinced him he wasn't but just had a speech problem.

They happy couple are off on honeymoon tomorrow for a three week trip in the USA and will be visiting some of the grooms American relatives (he's half American). Just heard from them this morning and they have both tested negative on the PCR test they had this morning so are fit to fly tomorrow. We had our grandson climbing all over us at the wedding yesterday and again when they came to our hotel this morning and my son has just phoned to tell us that after a few coughs, they did a lateral flow test on him and our grandson has tested positive for covid this afternoon! Our sons partner had tested positive on Monday so she couldn't go to the wedding yesterday but my son and grandson had been testing every day this week and kept coming up negative! Oh well, may be our turn to get it - on probability, at least half a dozen guests at the wedding could have been unknowing carriers based on current infection rates but at least it didn't affect the day. Watch this space!

 

[fillyboy]

Best wishes to Miss Mottie and her intended, hope you have a great day.
Why don't you post up a copy of your speech and we'll critique it for you.

 

[fillyboy]

Best wishes to Miss Mottie and her intended, hope you have a great day.
Why don't you post up a copy of your speech and we'll critique it for you.

Ah OK, 'had' a great day, and no speech, maybe that's not a bad thing.

 

[Dork Lard]

Had the grandkids for the whole of the easter weekend & I thank the God's that No'1 son & the DiL have just picked 'em up after a dirty weekend in a hotel that no doubt she'll now complain about for at least the next 5yrs.

I am nukking fackered, both mentally & physically. I think Mrs Lard died of exhaustion yesterday, sometime around 12'noon.

We have baked faerie cakes & we have made a few doorways & miles of footpaths & fencing to add to the faerie village. Read 'em a whole 15 pages of stories before I was convinced they were really asleep & we have walked miles in the woodland without ever going much more than 1/2mile from the house.

I think the youngest (4yrs old) finally understands Pooh sticks.

The highlight, at least for the oldest, was the exploring of the jungle & hunting the Tiger that prowls the bushes somewheres over there's. They all seemed to take an interest in panning the stream for Gold.

I pray to my God, please don't take me away before we can go wild camp.

 

[Mottie]

We had our grandson climbing all over us at the wedding yesterday and again when they came to our hotel this morning and my son has just phoned to tell us that after a few coughs, they did a lateral flow test on him and our grandson has tested positive for covid this afternoon!

My Grandson - with covid! Looks okay to me. They tell me he's been full of beans since he came home from the wedding!

 

[crystal ball]

Had a trip to the recycling depot to take Mrs CBs empty Gin bottles, there was a geezer going through the bins pulling out cans with a litter picker & chucking them in a bin bag.

 

[Mottie]

Went to work today but as per, no students from the school that has students that don't attend, went to school on the first day back after the Easter break. Easy day!

 

[crystal ball]

15 mile ride, coffee & bacon bun at halfway stage, 6 free range eggs £1

 

[Mottie]

Had to take the A3 up to the body shop in Chelmsford today for some insurance work as it was rear ended a while ago. Mrs Mottie followed up in the Golf with the dog and we went for a walk in Hylands park. Got charged a fiver for an hour and a half's parking.

Pressure washed our front drive and in the process, I covered the front of the house with muck. Luckily Mrs Mottie was out so I blasted the door, wall and windows off before she came back. Will sand it and seal it tomorrow (possibly!). Did the same to some station parker who has parked outside our house. Gave their car a blast off too.



Went over the allotment for a bit of planting, watering and weeding. A few more asparagus have popped up, my first potato had popped up and a small apple tree that I uncovered when we took over the plot last year was in full bloom.



Just had a quick shower and we are off out for dinner and a quiz night with some friends. Busy day for me!

 

[Mottie]

Well, we came 4th out of 13 tables so not too bad. One of our table won £50 in a raffle though so she was well pleased.

 

[Mottie]

More digging over the allotment today and I dug up a 1947 Half Penny.

 

[Mottie]

Picked up the A3 from the body shop today. They've done a cracking job in it and they mopped, polished and gave it a full interior valet. It's like a new car!

Swept all the sand into the joins of the blocks on the drive this afternoon and gave it a coat of sealer. May give it one more before dark if it's not too windy out later.