this time next week......

Oh dear, blimey crikey, this time next week i'll probably be giving a bit of a speech - one thing for certain though, i'll be a bonefide married man. That's pretty darn cool that is. I can feel the excitement and the fear bubbling away inside me, sometimes it makes the effort to wake me up in the night, or it just slaps me with a wave when i'm thinking about something else - it's like that feeling you get when you almost fall out of a tree but just manage to hold on with the second grab!

Here's my top 10 list of "worries":
1. I'll forget all the words/chords to the songs i'm doing with the band, or i'll forget how to play the guitar altogether.
2. I'll step on Maria's dress when we do our first dance and the whole thing explodes and catches fire resulting in third degree burns and much embrassment.
3. The mirror ball falls on someones head
4. All the guests are lactose/wheat/gluton/jelly baby intollerant
5. I offend someone with a flippant remark
6. We have a power cut so we have no music or lights, but i guess plenty of action in the dark!
7. Our first dance CD skips, or any of the CD's for that matter.
8. I accidentally get all my hair cut off in a fit of normality
9. No one laughs at our film
10. Everyone just has a miserable time

Maria, obviously, is a picture of serenity.

We've managed to engineer in one small glitch, which is a shame but it still ends up to be the best way to do it. After the service we all head into the lounge, while the main hall is turned into party central, and have a glass of champagne. Now we had originally planned to have speeches here as we imagined the buffet would be set up in the main hall, however, we just don't have the room so we'll put the buffet in the lounge, which is where we all are having bubbly. So, once the main hall is finished we'll go back in and sit down and now we have a gap while the buffet is set out. So, we thought "Aha, lets keep the speeches 'til this point where we'll have the stage and mic and everyone will be able to hear". It also frees us up in the lounge to nip off for some photos - perfect. Are you all still with me? Now, here's the glitch, if we are waiting until we get back into the main hall for the speeches will anyone have any bubbly left for the toasts?? Potential social fopar and also a bit of a shame. I guess we'll just have to rely on everyones restraint, so that they can drink half a glass in the lounge and keep half for the speeches - this plan will be announced. So, if you're reading this please bare this in mind when guzzling the bubbly - there will be plenty of booze as soon as the buffet is setup so just take it easy :)

Spectacularly failed to lose any weight this week - i stayed the same at a straight 15 stones, however i'm sure i was under during the week and the needle was heading that way this morning. However, i have just treated myself to a chocolatiere of hot chocolate which isn't very good now is it.

Right, i've got a film to finish and the music to select so i'd best get on with it...

Oh Amazon - what a marvelous thing, we seem to get at least a little package everyday, what a fantastic idea and people are so wonderfully generous. Maria thinks we'd best put some more things up onto the wish list - so i added three seasons of 24 :) - but there's plenty left to choose from if you want. One thing i can't find is a copy of the classic '80's movie "Electric Dreams" by Rusty Lemorande so there's a challenge for a cool gift if anyone fancies taking it on.

Quick Sunday night amendment to that - just watched Electric Dreams on Maria's classic movie channel - it's rubbish! Mildly interesting though and it did make me smile but i'm not that interested in owning it anymore. If you've already found it for me then i'll be happy to give it a home - good to hear those classic words just before the computer receives 40,000 volts down the phone line:
Computer - "you didn't even ask me my name"
Bloke - "well, what is it"
Computer "Edgar!"
Followed by a fabulous VDU explosion - that's what should happen when a computer crashes i've always thought.....