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Various Artists - Milano Jukebox : Anne's No 1s 1961-2021
A great big Happy 60th Birthday to Annie Milannie!
At 5:52, I had nothing...
Out into the dark and small tokens of goodness secured...
Then, while Anne slept on, retagging and putting together all the tracks for a 3CD set of her No 1 singles - which soundtracked the big day...
Here's the track list - I must confess to never having heard couple of the songs on disc two and almost anything on disc three...
But I had decided, no compromises - it had to be the actual number one singles...
I was hoping that Olivia Rodrigo (whoever that is!) stayed at number one today (update : she did)...
On Anne's emergence, she was pleasantly surprised and set about sorting out the flowers...
It turned out the card I bought demonstrated admirably my ineptness, as I didn't realise, until opening it to write it, that it was actually a Valentine's card...
Oh well...
It was still appreciated...
Mid morning a welcome visit from Jane and Kitty...
Jane had baked a cake and Kitty carried it in...
Yumtastic!
Enjoyed...
Part of Anne's present from Jane, Bob, Olly and Kitty (and Rafa) is a hoped for trip to that London later this year with a hoped for viewing of "Les Miserables"...
Slightly better than some flowers and chocolates and home made CDs perhaps...
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Jane's previously gifted plant had started to bloom...
In the afternoon, the postie brought this 5CD box - my third CD of the year, with a month almost gone...
Delightful...
Meanwhile, other presents included Stephen Fry socks from chum Teresa....
...and a subscription to curry boxes from chums Debbie and Sid...
...and, later still this afternoon, Anne's diamond bracelet was delivered...
Then, Anne's bestest chum of over 40 years, Lynn, arrived...
We enticed her in for some cake...
More tasty items accrued...
The two ladies looked back at a photo album, retrieved from the attic, featuring pictures of when they first got together - on a trip to Paris in 1977...
Even Fang came in to say Happy Birthday - although he was a bit wary of Lynn's leaving...
After some predictable post Dreamies slashing, he exited while we enjoyed a "Call My Agent"- even though it looked like he didn't want to go...
Around 5, Keith and Maureen arrived, having walked from their home 2 hours away, on the other side of the city...
Abby and Blair arrived a few minutes later to take them home again...
A box of gourmet cheeses and meats is now very much being looked forward to...
..while Abby and Blair's bouquet was top notch...
To top off the day, an Indian takeaway was secured and collected by your correspondent...
...and more telly was watched - another "Call My Agent" and " The Investigation"...
I'd recorded bits and pieces of my podcast throughout the day and put it all together last thing, before retiring with the latest version of the new LP on the cans...
So there we are, Anne's 60th - with the lockdown, we could not really celebrate properly but Anne reckoned she had an even better day than it might have been under normal circumstances..
Especially as, when we checked the webcam in Seville, where we might well have been, it looked overcast...
So, you know, it's all good...
Highlight of the Day : Celebrating Annie's birthday...
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