Have you had a hectic week!? Really? I do believe you,
but our week has been a bit mental!
After the fun surrounding the camping and Canada day last
week, we spent a few days living at Buffy’s mum and dad’s place in the south of
the city. Firstly, we used the upstairs main bedroom. Then moving in to her
brother Stef’s, room in the basement bedroom, as Buff’s dad. Jon came home. Then
Stef came home too, so we moved a third time – onto an airbed in the rec room
(which went flat during the night) in the basement and finally we moved back into Stef’s room when he went to the
cabin. This is all after moving out of our little apartment before spending the
weekend camping remember!
During all this moving around, Buffy was getting prepared
for the first wedding of the summer – Alena, one of Buffy’s oldest mates from
when she was little, was getting married to Adam. So during the week, Buffy
attended the rehearsal, then she attended the pre-wedding dinner, followed by
the wedding itself on the Saturday (More about that in a minute) and finally a
celebration and present opening party on the Sunday afternoon. So whilst living
out of bags and boxes we have been doing all sorts of stuff for the wedding
too!
Oh, I forgot to say that on the morning of the wedding we
moved again – this time to a lovely little cottage type house in the Riverview
area of Winnipeg. The house belongs to some friends of ours who have gone
travelling to Europe for a month or so and have kindly allowed us to look after
the place for them while they are away – so during all the wedding prep, we
have also been moving house – again!
Yep, it’s been a busy week.
I’ll tell you more about the house in the next blog, as
at the moment we are still living out of bags and boxes and haven’t yet had
time to sort everything out – apart from making friends with Ash, the cat. I’m
not normally a cat person, but this one is pretty funny and very clever, so we
get on well!
So, the biggest excitement of the week was saved for
Saturday, when after all the preparation Alena and Adam took their wedding vows
in front of about 200 invited friends and family.
As Buffy is one of her best friends she was very happy to
be asked to be one of the bridesmaids and very excited for the day itself. This
excitement lowered a little last week, when Buffy collected her dress only to
find it looked like a bag of potatoes on her (Her words not mine). She was
visibly upset when she collected it, but after calling her mum for a little
help, the dress was taken home and Buff’s mum performed a minor miracle –
turning the poorly fitted dress into something sleek and beautiful, in a little
over 24 hours. Thanks Susan – I know you made Buffy’s day!
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| Waiting to start! |
So the day of the wedding arrived. Buff was picked up by
a limo in the morning and transported around to Alenas parents house to
prepare, whilst me and Jon stayed at home, waiting until the last minute to get
our shirts on and head over to the wedding at about 3pm with Susan.
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| The bridesmaids and groomsmen |
The weather was saying it was raining, but Alena and Adam
must have friends in high places, as the clouds broke and the outside service
took place beneath blazing sun. Buffy scrubbed up well and I decided when I saw
her that it would be good to pull a bridesmaid later in the day!
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| Buffy - 'Filling up a little' |
The service was short and very simple but romantic and we
all enjoyed a couple of glasses of champagne afterwards and took some photos of
us all together before heading inside for the evening’s reception and dinner.
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| Get a room! |
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| The dress! Lovely! |
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| Buff and Andrea (Who gets married in August!) |
The food was great and the night flew by as we drank,
danced and told stories (some stories I probably should never have repeated to
my girlfriends parents! Oh, well, we all have a past I suppose!)
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| The bridesmaids |
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| The professional photographer - |
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| Susan, enjoying the speeches |
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| Andrea - yep, shes crazy!! |
After looking around a cool old Rolls Royce and spending
a while playing in the wet mud by the river bank, it was suddenly 1am and the limo
that picked the girls up earlier in the day, arrived to take us all home at the
end of it.
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| The girls dancing |
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| Cooling her feet in the cold mud |
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| Roller! |
We finally got home a little after 2am and slept fitfully
for the first time in the house – although when I woke up on Sunday morning, I
had a slight hangover and pangs of embarrassment from the stories I had told! I’m
glad I didn’t have to attend the present opening party with Buffy on Sunday and
I spent the afternoon recovering and trying to sort out our stuff.
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| Jon and Susan |
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| Aaaah! |
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| Warming up outside |
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| Chippy chips at 11pm! |
Not only do we now live somewhere else, but on Wednesday
morning (Tomorrow) we are heading off again – this time to the Winnipeg Folk
Festival – about an hour drive from town and where we will be camping for the
next few days -Yes, it never fucking stops – I really can’t wait till next
week, when there are no weddings, parties, camping trips or house moves! I just
want to sit down in the evening and do fuck all without wondering what to pack
next.
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| Need more chippy chips! |
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| Bedtime |
So that was a week – it seems to feel a whole lot longer,
but we managed to fit it all in.
I’ll be back sometime next week to tell you all about the
house, the cat and the folk fest!
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