It has been an active weekend, with three very different gatherings. The first was a grandly named `soiree` to raise funds for grand daugher G who is doing the Great North Run next weekend in aid of the Red Cross. It seems tough that you not only have to run for miles but raise lots of money as well. We all had to do a `turn` and there was a raffle in which everyone won a prize.
On Saturday I went to a Russian Orthodox christening where the baby was totally immersed three times into a copper cauldron by the priest. The baby is almost a year old and he emerged looking very surprised. There was a lovely party afterwards, whilst the very clean baby slept peacefully.
Then that evening I went to spectacular party in Ditchling, just across the road, which was a fancy dress do, and as I have said before, Ditchling really knows how to party, I have never seen such amazing costumes, I felt under dressed in my blonde wig and feather boa, both of which were very tickly.
Tonight I am `putting the house to rest` before going off in the morning en route for Kendal to see my dear ex neighbours. This involves cleaning out the fridge and removing some dodgy items, hoovering round and whooshing away the spiders webs, none of which takes long in this small cottage