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Last night was the social outcasts dinner party in our place. We were joined by the Stunner, YWML, The Mad One, Newly Single, Skinny Malink, Victor, the Blonde, the FA, The Teacher and The Queen of Baking. The antipasti were served outside in the garden with some beautifully chilled Gavi.The men hung around the patio doors so they could view Ireland v Macedonia on the small tv in the kitchen and the Teacher and Victor chose their seats for dinner according to the view of same.The Lemon Chicken was served with a marvellous array of exotic salads, thanks to everyones contributions. The Mad One had brought baked Rooster potatoes and offered Victor one ( potato that is !)of a particular shape and width. Skinny Malink came out with some lovely wee jokes but the Mad One suggested that they were far too clean in nature and proceeded to read out a selection of totally filthy and politically incorrect yarns from her phone. I can only advise you that none of us will ever look at a midwife in the...

This week I had the pleasure of welcoming the Rugby President, the First Lady and their adorable children, Little Miss Chatterbox, the Quiet Princess, Genius and Jelly Bean. They arrived over from Shropshire by ferry, and showed up at my front door bearing wine in three colours, a very large box of chocolates and one dozen of their own free range hens eggs.....lovely ! My boys were immediately enthralled and gave them a full show of wrestling and chasing, as they do at about that time every evening. They joined us for a roast dinner and it was a pleasure to clear away the empty plates...I really do sound like BMM now ! On Tuesday, I turned into a local tour guide of minimal knowledge as I showed them around the Hill of Tara ( which Jelly Bean made into Tellytubbie land) and the Battle of the Boyne site, which Genius knew alot more about than I did....he is 12 ! I had thought I was quite knowledgable about local historical sites but it appears I was quite wrong. I came out with one enti...

So I went from Fridays baby shower to Saturdays "surprise" celebration of MIL's 75th birthday. Having declared she wanted no fuss, bother or the likes, the large ( massive) extended family ignored this completely and decided to hold a "surprise" party in her house yesterday. I use inverted commas around "surprise" as they could not keep a secret if their lives depended on it. They are alien to the subtle look, raised eyebrow or whisper opting for very loud conversations, numerous phone calls, exagerrated hand gestures and constant changes of plan. I was charged with bringing Lemon Chicken, a recipe I will blog at some stage as it feeds alot of people very well.We were asked to arrive at 4.30 so we got there at 4.45 to find we were first....by a mile !Gradually the seven dwarfs and their husbands and offspring arrived as did one brother in law (aka Loud) and family. The other brother in law present ,single white male , who asked for the party to take pl...