2011 has seen some real highs and some real lows. The year started off pretty normally there wasn't a lot to be said for January other than going to Camber sands at 4am on new years day!
There we are 4am!
February saw us travel to Portsmouth for Robyns 21st a couple of days of fun and mainly drinking! A trip like a tourist up the Spinker Tower to stand on the glass floor and a lovely lunch at Pizza Express! The evening consisted of Vodka jelly shots, cake and £5 rounds of drinks! February also saw Lorna's birthday..... An interesting night with a round of golf thrown in!
Then it was my birthday! A girls day out to Chislehurst caves and a dinner at my FAV restaurant the Smith and Western to celebrate. At least it wasn't a repeat of the previous year where i didn't even get to eat my dinner!
Next in the line of birthday celebrations were the twins and we hit the big smoke for the evening..... Funniest memory from the evening writing love notes to people on the train on the back of McDonalds wrappers!
Work was just beginning to get interesting, we were open again and i had a new team in place ready to rock and roll and that we certainly did.
April bought Easter along with it and in the usual fashion work took over my life... we saw 11,000 visitors in 4 days and somehow i managed to chuck myself head first into the wooden fence at work! A lovely trip to a&e to get the splinters removed and a few days off work to get right again, i still can't walk throughout hat archway without feeling a little bit sick to my stomach.....The night before has seen a first, the Scotney social BBQ it was good fun and i of course made the traditional corn on the cobs! But this occasion triggered a new friendship, first time in the 4 walls of Tappings towers and many a story about that particular place to come. I seem to remember i wrote my number on a paper plate, how romantic! :)
Closely followed by the event of the year the Royal Wedding, big thanks go to the Tappings for the use of their living room to watch certain parts of it! A strange day to be working from memory we didn't see a lot of people that day. Highlight for me.... David Beckham of Course ;)
In-between the two May bank holidays i managed some R&R from work in the lovely Tenerife, a nice week away chilling out, a fish pedicure, drinking, sun etc the usual! It also contained the first Edwards family golf tournament, i hasten to add that Dad won!
Unfortunately May also saw one major loss, I sadly lost my Godmother Di as she lost her battle to cancer. I have to say that i couldn't have asked for a more hilarious Godmother she was guaranteed to get a laugh in any situation and she will be greatly missed as a part of my life. Her funeral and Tea party were touching and moving and it was lovely to see how much she meant to everyone that she had met, i was honoured to be one her godchildren :)
There we are on my 21st!
The last Bank Holiday weekend saw the Scotney curse strike down another member of the team when Josie slipped and dislocated her knee, i don't think i've run as fast as i did that ay closely followed by Tapping in hot pursuit. Unfortunately of us it was the worst scenario as neither of us like bones, but Tapping got through it thinking of Kylie, glitter and shoes whilst i managed to keep everyone out of the way and got an Ambulance to us. Next thing i knew i was on my way to a&e in the back on an ambulance...... That saw Josie out of action for a LONG time.
JUNE- the invention of WET weekends, den building, morris men, Christmas in June.....
Tori's 21st themed Christmas in June......
Major occasion we paid for Ibiza 11. I went out for the first time with a few members of the now named Scotney Massive, we got drunk (standard) and the next day we had a brass band WRONG. Second night out was the Scotney girls..... Tapping squeezing her cabbage comes to mind.... that and pissing twice in about a 2 minute time frame!
The girls (note Hels in the background)
July was in one word EPIC. The Scotney Massive did the Hop Farm Festival, we saw Prince who was amazing! I drunk a lot in a stupid attempt to keep up with Mansell, the next day was not pretty! I saw Take That twice
Prince live on stage
Take That- Wembly Stadium, the first time
Us girls at Wembly!
July was then all about the Lesbian break, me and Robyn headed for a fun filled four days, we visited Cadbury World, National Trust properties and Alton Towers. We stayed in some quite frankly dodgy hotels and the Alton Towers hotel. We did the rides, played crazy golf, ate too much, soaked people with buckets of water in Splash Landings and had a good laugh along the way! Heres to next year Rob Rob i think we will struggle to top that AWESOME experience!
Once i was back it was back out on the town with the Scotney Massive, this time with Tanya as well. Things started so well and ended up with us in a bus stop after everyone else had gone home with Helen still in P&P! A good night again i was quite ill after this night, i blame the long island ice tea in TN4- dangerous stuff!
A few members of the SM
Tapping learns to fly! (after one of MANY piss stops)
July ended on a high river festival, kits, sushi, first Tapping sleepover, Facebook comment of the month Holly Johnson "i didn't expect to end work with Laura Edwards and Mike Lynch trying to cling film me to a chair"!
August another good month.
It was the month this happened:
A few of you will know what this was about ;)
We had more random evenings at Tapping Towers as the bromance fight on the floor and we venture out to get Kebab to end up in town and then have random conversations with people in sunglasses on the roads! The countdown to Ibiza was on..............
We get glammed up to go out...
We drank a LOT
We ate a LOT
We took in the view....
We partied hard!
We Lolled a LOT
IT also saw a first for the Scotney Castle garden, 600 people, 1 night, some jazz.....
September was slightly less mental......
3 nights of cinema, drunk people hitting on my boss, drunk people eating my McDonalds, dinner at the Tappings, collapsing screens, cold weather, late nights, long days and a lot of laughs! September also saw the creation of Random Fridays. While Andrew was bowling me and Chloe had the most amusing night out EVER! We intended to go to Tamworth but we didn't so we went to Gatwick airport and Brighton!
Another first the art demo, one Thursday morning, the discovery room, an iron and away we went.... this was the results......
What was that i said about less mental, that was until the invite for centre parcs occurred........
What can i say about that weekend.... well i only spent one night there but in that time i laughed a lot and drank a lot. We went line dancing that was quite tame but hilarious with Mansell trying to dance in a straight line. Then we went to Hucks for dinner, lovely food. Then we headed off to the forum for some well earned refreshment then it was back to the villa for the 952 villa party of the year!
Man down! In his own clothes this time though....
"What just happened.........Tappings down"
"Marilyn what is Mansell wearing....... Thats my jumper"
The next day i took the Scotney Tearoom staff to Thorpe Park, good day and i was one of the hardcore three, me Truman and Lynch even in the Saw maze :)
The Noddy arrived!!!!!!
October saw a LOT of dusting in the Scotney house as various people were on holiday, sheepdog trials, BBQ's at the Wingers house, Chocolate Cheesecake made by Wingers himself.......
Bags packed Spain here we come for a very different holiday, me and my dad set sail on the Pont Avon headed for Santander. 5 days of driving through the mountains, enjoying the scenery and generally having a good time :)
My fav bike of the whole rally!
Next was an interesting experience, i decided to organise the Scotney Massive going to Tulleys farm halloween experience...... I was she scared for the whole thing and i don't think i actually looked in any of the experiences......
That was it the Tappings, Wingers and Mansell were off to America and that meant i was taking up residency at Tapping Towers to look after the babies....
:) :) :) :) :)
A very uneventful two weeks other than Xena and Sparkle cuddles, eating, tv, the sofa, more cuddles sleep......
In other news Katey and Grant had their little girl Freya she was perfect :) and i carved an awesome pumpkin.
November excellent TV X factor, Strictly.......
The only reason to watch X factor!
Lamberhurst fireworks, nandos, mcdonalds, day trips to London, day trips to France, the start of christmas.......
It also saw my first trip to the famous Charrington Bowl!
December was the time we went to central London to pick the chimp up!
Unfortunately December marked the other massive low of the year which was Xena. Thats enough before i get upset!
December has seen christmas meals, Tappings birthday celebrations, Christmas with the Tappings, Mandarin, cider, beer, snoring and the comedy duo!
Thats it 2011 in a nutshell all be it quite a big nutshell. 2012 what does it hold who knows lets find out! I'm hoping fun times, Broomhouses, Moomins and LOL's
Happy New Year Everyone :)
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