Blog - September 2011

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Hello all...long time no hear..

I always have great intentions of doing a blog every other day but life gets in the way...or just watching Andy murray at the US Open in fact. But there's always washings to hang up, dishwashers to empty,food shopping to do, dog to walk, beds to make, daughters to shout at for doing none of the above- and all of them plus my work, a father who has been unwell and a few Zumba classes too...well they all seem to take priority over my blog!!

But here it is...I am knackered from staying up to 2 am watching Andy triumph over "Deliciano" Lopez and that was after a party thrown for my husband Bobs 60th birthday ( yes I live with a pensioner now!....well 2 at the moment as the lovely Brigit Forsyth is staying with us while rehearsing The Missing for the National Theatre of Scotland...I'm surrounded!!!). The 'do' was thrown by my sisters Louise and Diane...so I was a wee bit fragile in the first place!!! His big event to celebrate is later this month!!

Anyway, I finished panto in Aberdeen then went onto film the new series of Nesbitt ( out on the 28th of September) and decided to take as much time off as I could could and have a summer. I hadn't stopped for so long that it has been fantastic to be in my garden with a cup of tea, to be in Dunkeld, to stay with pals in North Berwick or have a fantastic trip to Glenborrodale...actually just to have a social life has been terrific!! I had hoped to see more of my daughters but Hannah has had her Higher exams as well as   the SYT summer school and loved it and Katie has been working hard and then off in Mexico on holiday...so its been me Bob and the dog...though Bob has taken the birthday to be a great excuse to do more fishing...so actually its been me and the dog!!!

In many ways the break has been good because my dad has been very ill and I have been able to do my bit...he is 83 now and doing well but its been a hard few months for him and us...

Busy as ever with all my political and charity events...After a huge success and fab time at the Falkirk Comedy Festival ( a huge thanks to all the over 500 folk that turned up...you were fab)I then went to Parkhead to see the majestic Henrik Larson make a return....what a night...55000 people there and all the money going to Africa...and all of that when riots were going on elsewhere. Gave me some hope about humanity...

I went onto help launch the Jimmy Reid foundation which was just fantastic and a fitting tribute to a man I was lucky enough to call a friend and a great hero too. Well done to Robin and all the team at SLR for getting this off the ground....  then hosted the Princes Trust dinner and auction event in Perth on the 19th of August and went to Perth Races for the first time...a great day out and got a bit too pished with my dear pal Andy Gray...laughed all day!!! And it all raised over 200k for kids and young people in Scotland.

So its been a busy old time for doing nothing eh?