Mad Over Fifties Club

[nungate]

Merry Christmas all members of AB's Mad over fifties!
Tonight is the "Christmas in July" Ball! For tonight's festivities we have opened the Ballroom it is festooned in fairy lights and evergreens, The Minstrels have been practising Carols all week and are down in the vestibule waiting to serenade club members as they draw up in the sleighs (don't ask how we managed snow in July - it wasn't easy)
Tonight's tailcock (in keeping with the Pantomime fancy dress theme) is the Principal Boy - an intriguing mix. On the hot plate we have a traditional Christmas dinner, turkey or goose and all the usual trimmings, on the pudding trolley of course there is Christmas pudding and Sherry Trifle, and of course our world famous volly vonts and canopies. As a special treat we have booked local mobile disco "Sounds of Music" to provide the music for dancing. Later on there will be eggnog and Christmas cookies by the roaring fire in the Great Hall, and carol singing around the tree led by the Tower's Minstrels, there is a fair chance of Santa popping in with some pressies! If we can get the snow to last there are plans for a snowman building competition (carrots, scarves, hats and coal will be provided)
Igor has polished his chains to perfection and he will be joined by his new minion Frank (who has just acquired his very first chain)
As always, the hot tub is bubbling away on the North Tower (mini bar has be replenished) the indoor swimming pool is ready for use (cossies in the changing rooms for guests who require them) We may or may not have fireworks to round off our evening, it depends on the weather.
A warm welcome awaits all who dare enter these portals

Sleighs at midnight

[tonyav]

G'night, Daisy.

[nungate]

Yes it's on Amazon costing under £4 take a peek Daisy!

Goodnight Daisy a bientot

[DaisyNonna]

Will look Tony, thanks for the suggestion.
Night night. X

[nungate]

Well done Tony, I wish I'd thought of amazon - I can be slow sometimes!

[DaisyNonna]

Bought it! Baaie danke.

[tonyav]

Well done Daisy.

[nungate]

Enjoy Daisy (you might need a tissue at the end - I felt a bit sad no lumps no tears though) (last bit a bit of a joke with Tony)

[tonyav]

lol, I bet you needed a tissue really nungate !.

[nungate]

nope! Not your average emotional type I'm afraid. I think the only time I was overly emotional was when Queenie was a tiny baby in the special care unit and I knew she had to have a lumbar puncture the next morning - I was a bit of a wreck, inconsolable poor best beloved did his best but ...
in the end she had 7 lumbar punctures, 2 head scans and a blood transfusion all before she was a month old! Since then nothing fazes me. I got through that, I can cope with just about anything now

[tonyav]

Jaysus, all that at less than 1 month old, nungate. As you say if you can cope with that then I think you could cope with anything.
I have had a lumber puncture, it was horrible.

[nungate]

Wouldn't wish that on anyone Tony. It was discovered that she had meningitis when she was 2 days old, I'd had a temperature and a sore throat when in labour, and because a monitor had been fixed too deep into her head she picked up the virus from me and was infected that way, through that head wound. I might have sought some form of compensation at the time if she had been in any way disabled or seriously affected by it (it was admitted at the time that mistakes were made during labour) but ultimately she came through it and thrived I saw no point in pursuing things, after all I had her so many people have lost their child to the same illness, I count myself lucky

[tonyav]

, I count myself lucky

I can understand that, nungate. Bloody horrendous though.

[nungate]

It was a hairy time Tony, but we got through it and we're all here so no worries!

[tonyav]

Yes nungate, thats all that matters.

[nungate]

Good night then Tony, best beloved is off to do the hot choccie!

[tonyav]

Good night, nungate.

[nov11]

where are you. I am on my way!

[nov11]

poop! I missed it!!!!!!

[tonyav]

Come back this Saturday, nov11.

[cupid04]

Hello, have I slept through to Saturday?