Guest guest Posted November 18, 2001 Report Share Posted November 18, 2001 Hi, I thought I'd have a look in on Coffee again and see what everyone is up to! It's been a while since I went No Mail so I'll do a quick re-intro. I'm Lesley, Chair of Deeside NCT. I'm a sahm, with DH, currently working offshore, two DS's, aged 26 and 22 years, and two DD's aged 14 and 5 years. Better not forget the pets, two cats, a dog and an ancient miniature rabbit. The current issue taxing my mind (apart from the NCT AGM and Xmas!!) is the forthcoming New Year nuptials of my eldest son and his lovely American girlfriend. If anyone wants to see us in all our glory, have a look here. :-) Visit my online photo album called: " NCT Groups " http://www.picturetrail.com/lesleyr/493517 Password: nct Lesley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2001 Report Share Posted November 18, 2001 In article <010301c17062$66239b40$3431883e@user>, Lesley Reader writes >I'm Lesley, Chair of Deeside NCT. Hi Lesley. Nice to see another " old-timer " returning. Maura. -- Maura maura@... http://www.halftime.demon.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2001 Report Share Posted November 18, 2001 > Hi, I thought I'd have a look in on Coffee again and see what everyone is up to! It's been a while since I went No Mail so I'll do a quick re-intro. > > I'm Lesley, Chair of Deeside NCT. I'm a sahm, with DH, currently working offshore, two DS's, aged 26 and 22 years, and two DD's aged 14 and 5 years. Better not forget the pets, two cats, a dog and an ancient miniature rabbit. > > The current issue taxing my mind (apart from the NCT AGM and Xmas!!) is the forthcoming New Year nuptials of my eldest son and his lovely American girlfriend. > > If anyone wants to see us in all our glory, have a look here. :-) > > Visit my online photo album called: " NCT Groups " > > http://www.picturetrail.com/lesleyr/493517 Lovely pictures Lesley, until I re-read that you are from Deeside I thought you were American! When is the wedding? My own youngest daughter is getting married on Jan 28th. Ruthie > > Password: nct > > Lesley > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2001 Report Share Posted November 18, 2001 There's no date set for the wedding yet, it's going to be a last minute private civil ceremony, all very complicated due to visa requirements in the UK! It will be either late Jan or Feb depending on DH's work, and Jordana's family's ability to get suitable flights from LA. They plan a blessing and celebratory party combined with a farewell do in May, shortly before they leave the UK to move to California. That will be followed at some point by a Jewish ceremony in LA at which the girls will be attendants. It's doing my head in, trying to make arrangements when some of those involved are halfway round the world, (including my son atm!!!) and thinking about not one, not two, but three wedding outfits for myself and the girls. I thought I might let DH buy a new tie for the occasion, as well. ;-)) Lesley ------------------- From: <ruthie@ > Lovely pictures Lesley, until I re-read that you are from Deeside I > thought you were American! When is the wedding? My own youngest > daughter is getting married on Jan 28th. > > Ruthie > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2001 Report Share Posted November 18, 2001 > There's no date set for the wedding yet, it's going to be a last minute > private civil ceremony, all very complicated due to visa requirements in the > UK! It will be either late Jan or Feb depending on DH's work, and > Jordana's family's ability to get suitable flights from LA. > > They plan a blessing and celebratory party combined with a farewell do in > May, shortly before they leave the UK to move to California. That will be > followed at some point by a Jewish ceremony in LA at which the girls will be > attendants. Jewish? I'm confused... > It's doing my head in, trying to make arrangements when some of those > involved are halfway round the world, (including my son atm!!!) and thinking > about not one, not two, but three wedding outfits for myself and the girls. > I thought I might let DH buy a new tie for the occasion, as well. ;-)) > > Lesley Tell me about it. (the outfits). I have just come back from the alterations dressmaker with the stuff I bought in NY last week, and tried on the one I plan to wear for the dinner for the first time since I bought it. Zehava is still in " sem " so she hasn't seen it and given her seal of approval, but I must say, having tried it on again, I *love* it. It's so simple and yet so glitzy. It's a long black chiffon skirt, the bottom is fluted and layered, gypsy style, (like a lot of short skirts I have seen recently) and it floats beautifully. Worn with a simple black satin camisole, and then the piece de résistance; this gorgeous black and silver cardigan jacket, hanging in perfect soft folds, fold upon fold, shorter at the front, and dipping lower at the back. The whole jacket is covered in silver threads and sparkly bits. At the moment it doesn't fasten at all, but we are going to put in two buttons and button holes. I have to go and look for the buttons tomorrow. Hopefully black and silver sparkly. I have another suit to wear for the " chuppah " (wedding ceremony)..it's black (again) with a row of diamanté outlining the lapels and sparkly buttons, and satin cuffs with more diamanté buttons. Otherwise completely plain. " Worry " . Ruthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2001 Report Share Posted November 18, 2001 Lesley Good to see you back - missed you .... Great News about the wedding. BTW I have been behaving myself Love Caroline Jersey > I'm Lesley, > The current issue taxing my mind (apart from the NCT AGM and Xmas!!) is the forthcoming New Year nuptials of my eldest son and his lovely American girlfriend. > > Lesley Germain Jersey British Channel Islands 49º11'30 " N 02º06'12 " W WGS84 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2001 Report Share Posted November 18, 2001 In article <010301c17062$66239b40$3431883e@user>, Lesley Reader writes >Hi, I thought I'd have a look in on Coffee again and see what everyone >is up to! It's been a while since I went No Mail so I'll do a quick >re-intro. Hi Lesley - nice to see you back. >The current issue taxing my mind (apart from the NCT AGM and Xmas!!) is >the forthcoming New Year nuptials of my eldest son and his lovely >American girlfriend. > Congratulations - how exciting! Even if it does all sound rather complicated! Cath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2001 Report Share Posted November 18, 2001 In article <9t94bl+49i4 (AT) eGroups (DOT) com>, ruthie@... writes >Lovely pictures Lesley, until I re-read that you are from Deeside I >thought you were American! When is the wedding? My own youngest >daughter is getting married on Jan 28th. Didn't know you'd set a date - that's dd2s 2nd birthday! Cath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2001 Report Share Posted November 18, 2001 Lovely pics, Lesley. And nice to see you back too. Alison Hi, I thought I'd have a look in on Coffee again and see what everyone is up to! It's been a while since I went No Mail so I'll do a quick re-intro. I'm Lesley, Chair of Deeside NCT. I'm a sahm, with DH, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2001 Report Share Posted November 18, 2001 DS1's fiancée is Jewish, hence the LA ceremony. At least you're not having to prepare outfits for my two girls as well. Ruthie! One is a fashion victim teenager and the other only ever wants to dress up in fairy or ballerina clothes. Perfect for a freezing winter's day in Edinburgh!! :-) Lesley SAHM to four Chair, Deeside NCT ----------------- From: <ruthie That will be> followed at some point by a Jewish ceremony in LA at which the girls will be> attendants. Jewish? I'm confused... > It's doing my head in, trying to make arrangements when some of those > involved are halfway round the world, (including my son atm!!!) and thinking > about not one, not two, but three wedding outfits for myself and the girls. > I thought I might let DH buy a new tie for the occasion, as well. ;-)) > > Lesley Tell me about it. (the outfits). I have just come back from the alterations dressmaker with the stuff I bought in NY last week, and tried on the one I plan to wear for the dinner for the first time since I bought it. Zehava is still in " sem " so she hasn't seen it and given her seal of approval, but I must say, having tried it on again, I *love* it. It's so simple and yet so glitzy. It's a long black chiffon skirt, the bottom is fluted and layered, gypsy style, (like a lot of short skirts I have seen recently) and it floats beautifully. Worn with a simple black satin camisole, and then the piece de résistance; this gorgeous black and silver cardigan jacket, hanging in perfect soft folds, fold upon fold, shorter at the front, and dipping lower at the back. The whole jacket is covered in silver threads and sparkly bits. At the moment it doesn't fasten at all, but we are going to put in two buttons and button holes. I have to go and look for the buttons tomorrow. Hopefully black and silver sparkly. I have another suit to wear for the " chuppah " (wedding ceremony)..it's black (again) with a row of diamanté outlining the lapels and sparkly buttons, and satin cuffs with more diamanté buttons. Otherwise completely plain. " Worry " . Ruthie *** NCT enquiry line - 0 *** Live chat http://www.yahoogroups.com/chat/nct-coffee Have you found out about all the other groups for the NCT online? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2001 Report Share Posted November 18, 2001 Thanks, Caroline, and everyone else who's welcomed me back! Lesley SAHM to four Chair, Deeside NCT ---------------- From: <Caroline > Lesley > Good to see you back - missed you .... Great News about the wedding. BTW I have been behaving myself > Love > Caroline > Jersey > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2001 Report Share Posted November 18, 2001 > DS1's fiancée is Jewish, hence the LA ceremony. > > At least you're not having to prepare outfits for my two girls as well. > Ruthie! One is a fashion victim teenager and the other only ever wants to > dress up in fairy or ballerina clothes. Perfect for a freezing winter's day > in Edinburgh!! :-) > > Lesley True, she's my last daughter so I don't have the " other side " 's problem of kitting out their three unmarried teenage daughters, thank heavens!! I still have quite a few outfits to buy the bride though. After a Jewish wedding there is a week of celebratory dinner parties, and the newly wedded bride has to have at least *some* new things to wear for those, it's considered setting her up for " best " wear for a while. Although what usually happens is they get pregnant quickly(ish) and the outfits never quite fit the same afterwards... She's coming back from sem today so it will be hitting the shops time for us this week. Ruthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2001 Report Share Posted November 18, 2001 ruthie@... wrote: > I still have quite a few outfits to buy the bride though. After a > Jewish wedding there is a week of celebratory dinner parties, and the > newly wedded bride has to have at least *some* new things to wear for > those I don't envy her!! We couldn't wait to get away on her own after our wedding even if we combined our honeymoon with a bookfair in New York that DH had to attend. Will they have a honeymoon after that? -- http://www.foxstitch.co.uk SAHWM to (4), Kitty (2) and bump (expected Jan 2002) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2001 Report Share Posted November 19, 2001 > > > I still have quite a few outfits to buy the bride though. After a > > Jewish wedding there is a week of celebratory dinner parties, and the > > newly wedded bride has to have at least *some* new things to wear for > > those > > I don't envy her!! We couldn't wait to get away on her own after our wedding > even if we combined our honeymoon with a bookfair in New York that DH had to > attend. Will they have a honeymoon after that? > -- > Honeymoons aren't considered important in orthodox culture, as a lot of the young men are still yeshivah students and " getting back to learning " is considered more " worthy " than having a holiday. Often the yeshivahs are in Israel anyway, but whether setting up home for the first time in a foreign country, away from home with none of the " mummy support " can be considered a holiday is a moot point! With me and DH, for example, he was a law student in Cambridge when we got married, and our wedding was in the July immediately following the six day war of 1967, so we went to Israel for 10 weeks or so till uni began again. But it wasn't a holiday in the traditional sense; we rented a tiny (one bedroomed) flat in Jerusalem, DH went off to learn in a yeshivah all day, and I spent my time hosting and cooking gargantuan meals for all his many bachelor relatives who kept showing up on our doorstep with their sleeping bags rolled up under their arms!! After that war the country was full of volunteers to help clean up, and 99% of them seemed to be related to DH!!! It certainly threw me in the deep end of catering for numbers, but I loved all the young male (and some female!) company, and we all had a blast. Being brought up as an only child, with a mother who found *any* guests totally traumatic and panic inducing, I was determined to be an easy going and relaxed hostess when I got married, and adopt an open house policy. This was, it must be said, stretched to the limits when our so called " honeymoon " involved us not being on our own for a single night of those ten weeks, but I came home pregnant, so it can't have been *that* bad LOL!!! Tavya and Dov nipped off for a few days in the Lake District after their wedding week. Moishi has been talking about going to LA (he has cousins there they would stay with) but it might be considered a bit extravagant. Zehava dropped broad hints that maybe we would like to pay for it, but DH refused, so basically if Moishi or his parents want to finance the LA trip, fine by us! Ruthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2001 Report Share Posted November 19, 2001 <<Lesley wrote: Hi, I thought I'd have a look in on Coffee again and see what everyone is up to! It's been a while since I went No Mail so I'll do a quick re-intro. The current issue taxing my mind (apart from the NCT AGM and Xmas!!) is the forthcoming New Year nuptials of my eldest son and his lovely American girlfriend.>> ------------------------------------ Welcome back Lesley! And congrats for the wedding. Enjoy! And soon you'll be able to input on the MIL discussions we have from time to time. ;-) Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2001 Report Share Posted November 19, 2001 Thanks for the welcome, Janet. It's scary to think I'll be a MIL. I still feel 25 inside, how can I be a MIL??? But Jordana is such a lovely girl, it will be a pleasure to have her in our family. Sadly, once they move to the USA we won't see very much of them, but her family are also very keen to involve us as much as possible with them, which is nice. Lesley SAHM to four Chair, Royal Deeside NCT -------------- From: Janet " > > Welcome back Lesley! > > And congrats for the wedding. Enjoy! > And soon you'll be able to input on the MIL discussions we have from time to time. ;-) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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