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I hope he does too Cynths !!!

Dea Xxx

Hi all
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SUNNY ......... and getting warmer!!!



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Hi Sylvs !!!

Glad you are feeling warmer !!

Dea xxx

we went out for a lovely meal last night ....... to our special, very expensive restaurant.


They came up trumps once again!!

One lactose-intolerant and 1 gluten-intolerant well catered for ................... and 2 males who declared themselves "normal"!

They gave J 3 little cup-cake shaped corn breads, with chives in the mix. One of the breads served on the "big" plate was a rye bread with no lactose that I could eat. Then some really good advice on what we could eat from the menu.

And finally capped it off with the server coming with 2 specially written lists of what J and I could have for dessert ................ including some items that were NOT on the menu.


J&M gave us a present as soon as we arrived, and said the dinner was a combination of "thank you" for their time here, and an early anniversary dinner ................. so the wine sommelier (who we know) said "Oh, is your anniversary? hmmmm".

Meanwhile the maitre d', the hostess, and the owner are saying "but it isn't your anniversary yet, is it?"


They waited until the end of the meal, I declined a dessert, but OH had one ........

..... so his came with additions ............ a marzipan "banner" saying Happy Anniversary, and a lit birthday cake-type candle. And I got a little plate with beautifully set out fruit on it ................. half-a-dozen or so blueberries, some red currants, a couple of strawberries, some raspberries, and a tayberry.


Then they said .............

..................."we'll see you for your real anniversary in 3 weeks"! :-D



I had Pacific scallops with bacon dressing, samphrey (aka sea lettuce), fennel, and a couple of small potatoes. The scallops were the largest I think I have ever seen ...........3 were ample!

OH had duck breast ............ and they now bring him the smallest portion they can.

J had white pink salmon ..... a variant that is recently appearing in the fish markets and restaurants.

and M had beef sirloin.


J's starter was cold English Pea Soup, with a dollop of crab meat floating on a a small piece of melba-type bread. She said it was excellent!


An excellent meal.





OH paid for the cabs both ways, and for the babysitter ................ she looked after MJ when they were here 2 years ago, and J managed to get in contact with her again. She was delighted to do the job, although she no longer babysits ............................ she's just finished her 2nd year at university!

and as a result .................. she charged $20 (or ca £17) an hour or part thereof!

That might well be the going rate for an older babysitter here.


Again ........ she was excellent with MJ, just as she was 2 years ago. Both times, he took to her right away.



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C


do hope OH doesn't launch himself into space while playing with his toys :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

The others have taken MJ to Stanley Park, where there is a miniature children's train ....... another new experience for MJ :-D :-D


My back is a bit off, so I decided to stay home.



MJ is just beginning to take to OH .................. he's has been quite anti-grandpa so far. Would rather play with me ........................ so I am hoping the fact that I did not go with them yesterday and then again today will increase grandpa's approval rating :-)




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Hi Dea
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The meal sounded lovely Sylvs except from the " cold English Pea Soup, with a dollop of crab meat floating on a a small piece of melba-type bread. She said it was excellenr" !!!......................... Yuuukkkkkkkk !!!!!!!!!

Dea Xxx

Cynthia glad you like your bedroom hope your OH can enjoy his recliner now that Gins is off it ;-)

Sylvia your meal sounds lovely glad you all enjoyed it. babysitting charges must have gone up since I last needed them :-)

I don't think I could afford to go out at those rates if I were a mum nowadays !!!

Dea Xxx

Dea we had the fan on in the bedroom last night was really clammy and its been warm and sunny today :-D

Son and GF home with no washing other than the clothes they travelled in so no washing (typical when it could be dried outdoors)

He got a call from the drummer in the band he fell down the stairs in his house this morning and wanted a lift to hospital where he is now waiting for an x-ray to see if his ankle is broken.

His wife and kids are home from Italy tonight so son has to go to airport late tonight to pick them up.





:-( :-( :-( :-0 :-(

J did say it was much higher than they normally pay ...... I think she usally pays around $10 an hour (or ca £5 to £6)



Big city rates obviously ..........


........ plus having a very efficient, and proficient, 20 year old doing it :-D

Cynthia - you must let us know how your OH gets on by the morning !!!

Dea xxx

Sylvia - for that price I'd have wanted Mary Poppins :-D

a full day at a private nursery comes in at about £35 here

Sounds like a lovely evening Sylvs............ :-D


It took some shifting to get Gins off the recliner I can tell you!



Anyone watch Heir Hunters this morning? I had it on whilst I was pottering around the bedrooms. Whilst I enjoy it, I do wish the presenter wouldn't keep harping on about.....Are YOU entitled to a fortune........Drag the money back from the government. I can't be the only one who doesn't watch it for the possibility of financial gain....I just love the chase.

Mind you, I felt sorry for the firm this morning......they did all the hard work in tracing the person's family and, when they found one of the two only beneficiaries, who had no idea of the deceased's existence, he dumped the firm and decided to submit a claim himself. Some people are just plain...............greedy.

Just had a call from son to say drummers ankle is broken so they will have to cancel their gigs for the next 6 weeks they are all gutted what a shame :-(

Its about £49 here Linds !!!

Tell your son to find new drummer for a few weeks !!!

Dea Xxx

Have to say nite nite now !!

See you all in the morning !!!

Dea xxx

'special, very expensive restaurant'..................we can’t afford that in the UK, what with the double/triple downturn.


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We are now on a double, double, trippppppppppple dip!

Cyn,

I watched Heir Hunters this morning and agree with your comments. Perhaps the refusal to sign up with F & F had something to do with the fact that they charge up to 40% of the beneficiaries entitlement to act on the beneficiaries behalf.

I have only ever benefited from one persons will, my great aunt Fanny's. Being a childless widow she left a tiered will leaving different amounts to each of her surviving siblings, their children (Her nephews and nieces) and their children which is where I came in. She left each of my generation 20Guineas. My mother's generation each got 100Guineas and the residue of her estate was split equally between her siblings.

Because my mother and I were estranged when she died she did not include me amongst the beneficiaries of her estate in her will which was fair enough as far as I was concerned. In actual fact I did not even know that she had died in 2003 until I got interested in Genealogy some 5 years after her death.

I must confess that after becoming interested in Heir Hunters I did once check at the probate office to see whether an uncle who I knew had died a widower without issue (As they say on the programme) a long way from where he was born, raised and lived most of his life, had left a will. He had, leaving the bulk of his estate to a member of his deceased wife's family with the proviso that she took care of any pets that he owned at the time of his death. A nice touch I thought.