The tans, by all accounts turned out pretty good,
Well we had a thirteen year old with a tango ed face.
but we sorted that out, and the rest were pretty good,
considering the fact I had never home tanned before.

Saturday morning dawned and the weather was lovely,
it had rained pretty much all day friday, so we were
all praying that it would clear up for saturday and
it did. I think anyone in the family who has a child
of prague had it outside, and call us superstitious or
not, the weather was bright clear and dry.

I headed down to the hairdressers, with Mam and my
two girls, it was a treat for them to get their hairs
done, my youngest and vainest, was worried they wouldnt
do her hair the way she wanted it, so I told him to listen
to what she wanted, he was very good with her and she and the
rest of us were blown away by the results, she looked like a mini
model, all curls her smile was the widest I have seen in a long time,
Her sister, nanny and mine looked great too. (of course)

So we dressed up, glamorous to go with the hairs.
and off we went, it was a bit of a drive away, but
we got there parked and got in, the service was lovely
very simple very beautiful, and my niece looked as all
brides should look RADIANT.

Then we headed off for the hotel, it was a very long
drive and the potholes of Ireland where out in force,
thankfully I was behind my sister and her hubby, so
every pothole he avoided I followed suit, and we made
it in one piece to the beautiful castle where the
reception was held. It looked and was lovely, the meal
the service everything went well.

The wedding for me had many emotions, most of them
I kept to myself, it was hard sometimes, in the
silliest of ways, at the table the only adult on her
own, well I had my girls, but without a partner,
but that was okay, I passed that hurdle and sat
between the two of them as they were having a disagreement
as to who was sitting beside who. So they both got me!

The speeches were very nice very emotional from her dad,
but good fun also. The best man was hilarious.

Then I think came the hardest bit for me, the dance,
I didnt drink, I just wasnt in form for drinking,
and there are some really funny memories of the antics
of some of the guests with drink on them. It is
amazing what you see when totally sober!!

The hardest part was probably, the slow sets, it
is then I really felt like the spare part,
one set in particular was all Gareth Brookes numbers,
He was a great one for singing Gareth Brookes,
and very very good at it
that was probably,yeah, it was the hardest time.
Now don't get me wrong it was hard, but not horrible,
I managed, I survived and most of them time I smiled
and had a good time,
just not all of it.

Anyway its over now, and with any luck, I'll get
a bit of a break from the drama of it all.

However I am not counting on that at all.