May (and My 40th Birthday) Summation

I'm not dead :-)

My friend Annie rang me on the weekend and asked if I was ok as I hadn't updated my blog in years. To be honest this is the post I have been dreading, even if I didn't have major internet connectivity issues I would still be dragging my heels to document May.

The lead up to my Birthday Weekend (BW) made May one very emotional and exhausting month.

All the weeks before hand were a mad rush to get the house and yard ready to have people over for my Birthday and then after the BW I was so exhausted and melancholy (not to mention poxy with about 16 cold sores ... sorry for that mental picture) that I threw a pity party for myself that lasted most of June.

All my pictures of the BW are crap and the good ones I took of my siblings out to lunch in Maleny were eaten by my iphone :-( but to follow is the best of a bad lot. 

David outdid himself and worked like a dog to get the paving finished.

This is me on my actual 40th Birthday! Cath dropped into the Uni to have coffee with me. The girls at work birthday bombed my office with balloons and streamers and we had cake in the afternoon. I had a great day apart from strange phone calls where not one but two relatives decided to turn saying Happy Birthday into berating me for perceived slights. Many Happy Returns!

This is the actual day of my party. This is the day I will treasure forever! My family all together, with some extra glorious news thrown in.

My niece Dana is a star... she (along with her parents and my  family) manned the kitchen and fed everyone.  David and I didn't have to worry about the food at all.

After lunch, Annie and Stewie drove hours to see me!!! I love these guys so much and I hated that they couldn't stay longer and that I wont see them now until September.

Looking back I have no idea why I didn't make a bit more of an effort with my hair and outfit on the day... probably because I was trying not to lose my shite at every turn.

Pretty much every pic I have is this bad! At least in this shot you can see the disco ball and the brazier. We managed to have my birthday outside on the coldest night of the year!

Its hard to see but David made the long table and bench seats so we could all sit and eat together and my fam decorated downstairs beautifully. It looked like a twinkly outdoor restaurant. My beautiful Sis Krys did my make up and it was very glam.

Here is me doing what I did most of the night... dorky dancing under the disco ball.

Suzie was also busting some moves :-)

Another  attempt at some family pics.... Cath is making sure she gets in the frame :-)

The next day we all went out to lunch at the tavern Dana is apprentice cheffing at. It was a great lunch for those of us not hungover and asleep on the couch (I'm looking at you David).

Dana picking out knives 

Sunday  also saw Krys and Andrew fly home (thank you again Angie,Krys and Andrew for coming so far for such a short time xxx).

Monday Cath, Ang and I took Joel to the Plaza and had some excellent brunch  and I walked around with the sick feeling in my tummy that it was all finishing.

Me, the sibs and my chins

Angie  flew home Tuesday morning and I went back to work. David and I spent the rest of May NOT working on the house and sleeping a lot.

Stay tuned for June where I hated the world, broke my iphone camera, and helped David rip out the bathroom.

Ex