Reasons...

My Dinner Party ...

I was listening to the radio on the way to work this morning and they were talking about a dinner party, if you could invite any 10 people in the whole world to your dinner party who would they be and why...

Well I will probably start this post but finish it tomorrow, my choice would be:

Brad & Angelina
Bono
Bruce Springsteen
Nelson Mandela
Gwen
Michelle Pfeiffer
Robert DeNiro
Prince William
Julia Roberts

This may change ... it would be a whole different ball game if I could include "dead" people as well!

So here is the Why?

Brad & Angelina, they look like such a fun couple they are Americas Royal couple, I would love to just chat to them about their kids and their plans for the future. I think Brad could be really mischievous and add some fun to the dinner party.

Bono is the person that everyone wants to meet, I would love to find out what he does in his spare time where he hangs out and most of all, what it was like being a teenager in Dublin in the 70's and 80's.

Bruce Springsteen but I really love the mans music and it would be cool to have Bono & Bruce jamming away after dinner when we retire to the lounge.

Nelson Mandela because everyone wants to meet Nelson and he will probably have met everyone at dinner except me, I love to hear his views on the New South Africa and how he sees the situation 20 years from now, what can be done about the crime?

Gwen - Firstly because I have not seen my best friend for almost 2 years and miss her dearly, and how could I have a dinner party with all these celebrities and not invite her, that would just be wrong.

Michelle Pfeiffer & Julia Roberts they are my two favourite actresses and Derrick will need some eye candy and someone to chat to as well.

Robert DeNiro one of my favourite actors, I would love him to do his keep Emily entertained as he is such a big kid himself and just get to know more about him.

Lastly would be Prince William, I would love to ask him what it is like to be a prince? and to be a prince in the 21st Century also his memories of his mother.

Now for the Meal, what am I going to serve?

Wait for the next post ...

There are only 6 of these left for this year ...

Africa

STARDUST

I had a lazy Sunday afternoon yesterday and lay on the bed with the Portable DVD player and watched this movie, under the blankets with a 5 year old cuddled up to me. If you haven't seen it, it is worth seeing.

U2 could know someone who knows Bono

I haven't bought the Dubliner magazine in a while, but yesterday when I went to the doctor - Emily and I stopped in at the Cafe next door and it was at the counter staring at me so I bought it. While waiting to see the Doc, I browsed through the magazine and came across an article called: "The greatest Dubliners" as voted by you, and of course number 6. was Bono.I had to laugh because I had told Natalie this story on Sunday, but the reason why I laughed is because the write up about Bono had this to say: "When people find out that you are Irish or from Ireland they mention Bono and if we're sober we respond with a pinched smile, as if to say - Ah, yes, the little chap in the boots, I do wish he'd stop calling. If we're drunk we launch into a well rehearsed anecdote that bears almost no relation to the truth, went to school with him, next door neighbour, Stole my cowboy hat!"

So here is the story about Paul Hewson and U2, Emily was invited to a birthday party on Saturday, one of the school kids in her class. The party was close to town where I never even knew houses existed, so we went to drop her off, when M opened the door of her Georgian house it revealed white marbled tiles, I so wanted to be invited in, but did not insist. Then on the way home I called D to see if he was still at Mouse watching the soccer, if so he could pick up Em, but he was at home but said he would fetch her anyway.

So later off he went to pick up Em and came home to tell me all about the house, he was invited in and on the wall were some framed U2 records, so D being D not shy says to M, wow where did you get that, so she quizzed D about why he wanted to know and he told her that they are one of his ultimate bands, so M say well B her husband is the security guard for U2 - has his own security company.

Also on the wall he had an electric guitar signed by The edge (who by the way's Aunt worked with me in my last job). He said that Bruce Springsteen had offered B 100K for the guitar and he turned it down - so now we know somebody who knows or has met Bruce Springsteen too!!!

Monday

Inside every older person is a younger person -- wondering what the hell happened.

- Cora Harvey Armstrong-

Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out But I can usually shut her up with cookies. (Unknown)

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

-Helen Hayes (at 73)-

I refuse to think of them as chin hair. I think of them as stray eyebrows.

- Janette Barber-

Old age ain't no place for sissies .

-Bette Davis-

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.

- Caryn Leschen -

If you can't be a good example -- then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.

-Catherine-

I'm not going to vacuum 'it til Sears makes one you can ride on.

- Roseanne Barr-

Behind every successful man is a surprised woman

- Maryon Pearson-

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.

-Eleanor Roosevelt-

When life hands you lemons, ask for tequila and salt and call me over!!

Sorry Mam ...

For every little thing that I did or said wrong, for not listening to you when I know you knew best, I'm sorry. I always remember my friends mom asking me how she was getting on with her teenage girls (she had moved away from home), and I told her that they were giving her a really hard time, expecting her to be worried or offer some soundly advice and all she said was: "GOOD, now she can have some of her own medicine back!"

Wow, if this is what Em is like at 5, I don't want to be around when she is 15 - because I remember giving my mother a hard time when I was a teenager and it is all going to come back to me, but I don't remember giving her a hard time when I was 5, so why oh why am I having to deal with this. Is it our own fault! It really is hard being a mum, but I guess this is what life is all about and if she wasn't around life would be pretty boring ... or no wait it would be wonderful, we could travel, we could blah, blah, blah! *weep* *sigh*

So to my mother, who is hopefully up in heaven and not laughing at me, I am really sorry if I gave you such a hard time when I was growing up, if I promise to make it up to you one day do you think you could turn on a good button for Em or something please!

My Friday Song - Crawfish

I am sure by now most of you know that my favourite singer is Elvis Presley, I don't think there is anyone in the world who could actually make music without having any instraments like Elvis could, to me he has the most beautiful voice in the whole world!

The Big Halloween, Housewarming, Birthday Bash

Well the preparations started on Friday, both D and I took the day off. I spent most of mine at the shops getting stuff and then popped into M for a cuppa and home to start the soup.

D helped me peel and grate all the vegetables (like a good husband should), then I cooking at about 4, while D put up some decorations. D then picked up Em and of course we did the whole trick or treat thing that you read about in the last post.

So Saturday morning and up with the sparrows, D and M off to dancing and Drama and I started to move furniture and just get things orderly for tonight. Finally at about 6 pm I went up to get dressed, by this time I was already wrecked from all the preparation, convinced Emily not to wear her party dress but to put on the nurses outfit (she looked so cute).

So I opened my bottle of Pink Champagne that Trish had given to me when I left my last job, now order of events the first guests to arrive were, The ice hockey player, prisoner and the 2 schoolgirl FBI agents, next was the Joker & the pirate girl, then the She & He Devil, then the bird watcher and the GO GO couple, and so it went on, it was so great that everyone had gone to so much trouble to get dressed up. However, I must have forgotten to tell Catherine that it was fancy dress, sorry Catherine. Lisa looked lovely in her 1920's outfit.

I spent most of the evening in the kitchen chatting and baking pizza, but it was fun - Siobhan arrived dressed up as a Devil witch and I did not even recognise her when she came through the door, so it was decided that she got the prize for being the least recognisable person at the party, you will have to come and fetch your champagne Siobhan.

Eventually Bob,who looked like a very convincing Pete Docherty Cormac, Vera & Declan arrived by this time I had already had to much champagne, Bob spent the evening scaring the bejaysus out of the poor kids, but they kept coming back for more. I thought the kids would probably just spend the evening watching DVD's in our bedroom, but they had more fun than the adults. The state of the house the next day would prove it.

By about 12:30 everyone started to leave except for the die hards, I remember that most of my South African friends had left by about 1:30 and at 2:00 in the morning the Irish fellas were outside round the fire singing "NEIGHBOURS" on the top of the voice, Tam had the good sense to call two cabs and get everyone out the house, thanks Tam.

Well Sunday morning we woke or should say were woken by Emily at 9:00 am, by the way she passed out at 12, so we crawled down stairs nursing the hangover and started to clean, wash and do everything, it took D and I 6 hours to clean the house!!! But well worth it, we won't be having a bash like that for a long time to come.

Thanks everyone for all the gifts, I think we have enough wine to last us for at least a year! Till next time goodbye.