When sitting by the swimming pool in our rented house in Florida passing the time away whilst sipping on glass of Costco Chardonnay when the idea that perhaps a party to celebrate our wedding anniversary of 51 years at the same time as Noels 80th birthday, its all seemed so easy then. Now several months later what with dealing with who is and who is not attending including those who said they would and then suddenly can not is a bit of a challenge as it keeps mucking up the seating plan which I finally completed after the 7th time.
With Joanne and the children staying with us there was quite a lot to do and also to ensure that the flowers from the local Byfleet florist were delivered on time and of Joanne and & Becky working on the Birthday cake which I was not allowed to see until after the dinner. This event is panned to take place at the Runnymede Hotel at Egham and at previous occasions when we have used their buffet when meeting with our ‘Jubilados’ friends has always been a success but had no worries there.
Having congratulated myself on completing the table plane two more couples suddenly dropped out and so we are down to about 50 people as against the planned 70 odd. Ah well thats life, lets have a glass of something an go to bed and worry about it tomorrow.
