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We have had a fab evening with No1 son

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Hi all
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windy wet weather here



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Had just sat down to have my lunch and to look on here and other sites, and daughter phoned.

Was watching the time because I knew when OH might arrive home .......... but I missed hearing him come in the house until I heard this plaintive cry of "Hello"


he said he'd called Hello 6 times before I answered.


This IS a long house, not a wide one ..... it's quite a way from the front door to where I was sitting, listening intently to what daughter was saying.

Anyway, she managed to have a little chat with him.


Since then. we've been busy ....... unpacking his case, sorting out gifts he'd brought home, doing some washing, and, of course, going out for afternoon coffee :-D


He's been up for almost 24 hours, and is trying to keep going for another 3-4 hours, until 8 or 9 pm this evening, before going to bed ....... he finds that helps him to get on track as quickly as possible.


I have a lovely beef stew bubbling away in the oven.




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Gins


glad you had a lovely evening with #1 son
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First thing daughter said when she phoned was "your grandson wants to talk to you"!

He's gradually getting better at talking clearly. He said very clearly "Hi Grandma", and then went off onto some tale, which I wasn't sure about!

But after I'd said goodbye to him (which actually is "give Mummy a big kiss"), I heard him running away shouting "Daddy I talked to Grandma" ............ very clearly!


OH had a good trip back ..... apart from a little so-and-so sitting in the window seat (OH prefers the aisle seat), who kicked OH twice as he went past into the aisle. OH kicked him back on the second one :-D :-D

Kid did not repeat the action!

We used to call such children OPKs ...... for Other People's Kids


He has to be up early tomorrow morning (Monday) ...... he has to go to the eye surgeon for a check-up on the eye that had the cataract removed.

Then we're going to do some grocery shopping and possibly try to get the last presents bought ............ ours!!

It's now only 3 weeks before we leave on the train for our daughter's for Christmas. So the pressure is on to get the Christmas letter written, copied, and posted!



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OH phoned his sis .............. it looks as though all her treatment, whatever it is, will be given in her home town :-)


She will be seeing one of the doctors in the Cancer Centre there on Thursday, and will be discussing what is going to happen next ...............


............... from my own experience, that will include a discussion of what they think is the recurrence rate for her, as well as comparisons of treatments.

good morning everyone
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another Pacific storm passing through ............. wet and windy outside!


Breakfast is ready


Fresh fruit salad


Granola and yoghurt parfait


Porridge with chopped up dates, bananas, and maple syrup (other fruit selections over there >>>> )


Selection of cold cereals


French (eggy) toast, maple syrup, Golden syrup
Caribbean Banana Fritters


Toast (sourdough, rye, white, whole grain, 100% brown, Hovis, gluten free),
raisin bread,
hot cinnamon rolls,
barm cakes,
croissants,


bacon & cheese quiche,
cheese and onion tarts,
broccoli and cheddar quiche,


Full English

Ulster Fry-up

The Continental – choice of assorted chilled fruit juices, hot oatmeal or assorted cold cereals, toast or fresh-baked muffin

Cheese Omelette garnished with Hollandaise sauce, and served with chef’s hash browns and toast

Ham and cheese omelette

Boiled eggs and toast

Scrambled eggs, bacon, baked beans, and toast

Huevas Rancheros


Thai-style noodles and shrimp,

stirfry (chicken, beef, or vegetarian),

Chicken Karage (Japanese deep fried chicken pieces)

cheese and tomato pie

Chicken wings (bbq, teriyaki, honey garlic)

spanikopita,

vegetable samosa

Cheese burger, with onion rings, mushrooms, lettuce and tomato

Grilled Chicken Satays

Pork Sausage Kebabs

Grilled Hawaiian Beef Kebabs

ham and artichoke burrito wraps


home-fried potatoes with garlic and bacon


Potato, dill and cheddar soup


blueberry gingered lemon muffins,
almond crumble peach muffins,
raisin bran muffins,
raspberry cheesecake muffins,
zucchini oatmeal muffins,
gluten-free cranberry and orange muffins,


Cheese scones,
raisin scones


jams, jellies, marmalades, Nutella (hazelnut spread)


Tea, coffee, juices


some extra bacon, turkey sausage or sausage patties, eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms, sliced baby golden beetroot, Maple baked beans, olive oil, in the hidey place to cook up for the very hungry ones






enjoy
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Good morning all :-)

Lovely breakfast Sylvia - thank you <3 <3 <3

It is good that your s-i-l can have all her treatment done from home - that is the one place you really long to be when things like that are going on :-)

Does she have family living with her?

Dea x

Thank you for breakfast Sylvs........glad to hear your OH is back safely and also that your s-i-l can be treated locally...that will save a lot of hassle. <3 <3 <3



I've nearly finished my Christmas letter but am not looking forward to writing the cards. I want to cut down this year but don't want to offend people. Some of them we haven't seen or spoken to for so long but just have a link from the past with them.


I speak to my internet friends much more than I speak to some of those on my Christmas card list............. :-S


Must be quite windy outside as I can hear the garage door rattling but at least it's not raining.


I must tackle Mount Ironing today at some stage :-D

Errrr.....whats a Christmas letter :-S

You 'rites it to Santa Ginns to tell him what presents you want ;-) :-D :-D

Dea Xxx

A letter to Santa, arent they a bit old to be doing that!

Cyns/Sylvs......Christmas letter, anything?

Hi everyone
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very windy and wet outside ......... definitely a Pacific storm passing through.


But it is also warm-ish




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Sylvia glad your OH got home ok you made me laugh re that kid on the plane :-D

Its good that s-i-l can get her treatment locally

Gins I think a Christmas letter is a "catch up" of everything that has happened in your family over the past year I have a few friends who do this.

Gins


a Christmas letter is just that .......................


............ a letter that you put together, often with photos, letting people know what you and your family have been doing for the past year.


It's a good way to keep in contact with people who you can rarely see, but do want to maintain that friendship and updated.

I think almost all of our friends now do it .................... but you do have to remember that our friends are spread around the world as a result of our profession. While we may not see those friends very often, we do try to see them if we happen to be visiting their country.

We personally do not put the Christmas letters in with cards to local people, or work friends.


Unfortunately, far too many people use it to boast about themselves or their kids .................... you can find many lovely parodies on the internet.

Most of the ones I see are very genuine.


We started sending out a Christmas letter with our cards about 10 years ago .................. before that, OH would sit down between Christmas and New Year to write an individual letter to everyone to whom we sent cards. At that time, we were sending out about 150 cards.

This year, I think we will only be sending out the letter and no cards ............... we have to get it all done before Dec 11.

We have cut the list down to about 100, but can't seem to get it lower than that ............... and about 80 of them are either in the US (about 10) or International.

The postage is about twice the cost of the cards ...... and we usually buy UNICEF cards.




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I knew it wasnt a letter to Santa...Dea

Nope, we send few cards, family and close mates, thats it. I write on the card to far away mates, such things like, how are things are going etc

I still send a card to Sylvia, my almost MiL, she is lovely, her son is NOT.................



...........you old birds are weird :-0

Gins

The letters we send are to people who are close friends or relatives, but who we never see from one year end to the next ....... because we live at opposite ends of the country or the world.

........... and I think Cyns is the same.

Writing a little note "How are you? We are doing fine." on the card is not sufficient for the contact


Don't like being called "weird"!



BUT ....... how many cards do you send out? How many of those do you send to people (relatives or friends) that you want to keep in contact with but who you hardly ever manage to see?



We're going to Ikea this afternoon, and if UNICEF have a stand their, as they usually do, we will be buying 125 or so cards (depends on how big the packs are).

As I wrote above ................... over 80% of them will be sent to people in the US or International. About 85-90% of the rest will be sent to people elsewhere in this country.


Put it another way ...................... fewer that 20 cards will be sent to people who we see during the year.

Sylv

I thought we knew each other well enough to realise that me calling you and Cyns "weird", was a joke


:-S

<3

Weird? Me? Certainly!

Old bird? Certainly not you cheeky wotsit! I is a spring chicken :-D





My Christmas letter (to faraway friends only) is not in the least boastful - in fact, it's just the opposite. It's full of all the boring, mundane and tedious things which have filled our year - I just turn it into comedy!


I always try and buy some sort of charity card and, this year, I've bought most of them from the Heart Foundation charity shop.


The thing is, I only send 'religious' cards (for obvious reasons) and they can be quite hard to find so, when I see any I like, I buy them. :-D




Have got all my ironing done and looked up some more WW1 names. Went to Tesco to get a lettuce and some tomatoes and ended up spending over £30 - as one does..... :-(


Going to see what's been going on round here today.......