Tomorrow my fathers funeral takes place at Portchester Crematorium 17th January 2007 at 12.15pm.
Many more relatives and family friends will be attending than I initially expected.
All certificates ,paperwork ,flowers,vicar,wake venue(The Seagull Pub,Portchester,... he would appreciate that) etc have all been carefully booked and will be brought together for tomorrows celebration of my dads life.
I have written a speech (approx 3 mins) and hope it will be received in the way it is written, from the heart.

My mother has been advised that she really should not attend due to her leg and state of her heart after suffering the stroke on receiving the news of my fathers passing away.I believe she is resigned to the fact that she will not be able to attend due to her current health situation but hopefully she will also be able to grieve as if she were there with us all tomorrow.

Its been a difficult week ,especially trying to stay busy at work and then receiving well meaning calls from people involved with the organising etc just to jolt me back into full on remembering mode. People have been great at work and very understanding. I have tried to be my usual chatty self but sometimes it has proved difficult for me to attain my usual level of annoyingness(not sure if there is such a word). At least they all noticed my increasing weightloss that was remarked upon. I suppose if you don't see someone for a week it becomes more noticable than seeing someone everyday. Comments most welcome ,all the same!

Sit ups are in full swing now ,between 50-150 per day...soon have that washboard stomach..I think not..lol