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Lunch will be served at 1 pm

Cocktails, Sherry

selection of hors d'ouevres .............

Miniature Tourtieres
Mini Moroccan Lamb Burgers with Lemon Yoghurt Sauce
Roast Beef & Arugula Crostini with Olive-Red Pepper Relish
Leek stuffed Mushrooms
Vegetable antipasto, with pita bread
Smoked salmon with wasabi, lime and cucumber

Crackers and toast tips


Soup ...................

Leek and potato soup
Butternut squash and apple soup
Split Pea, Ham and Barley soup
Potato and Roasted Garlic Soup


Salad .................

Winter Green salad, with pears, apples and walnuts
Caribbean Cucumber salad
Golden beet salad, with goat cheese, pine nuts and herb dressing

Cranberry-strawberry salad (a jellied salad)



Main ......................

Grilled Duck with Apple and Rhubarb Chutney

Meat Lasagna

Shepherdess Pie (vegan)

Spinach and Sun-dried Tomato Lasagna (vegetarian)

Jumbo Portobella caps stuffed with brown rice, sundried tomatoes, feta cheese and herbs, oven baked and served with a rich tomato sauce


Roast potatoes, garlic mashed potatoes,Herbed Potato Medallions, Aged Cheddar & Chive Twice Baked Potato,

casseroled sweet potatoes,

lemongrass & ginger scented rice

Wild Rice


carrots and parsnip mash,
brussels sprouts,
snap peas,
asparagus,
Green Bean Casserole,
sauteed peppers,
cauliflower with cheese sauce,
Stuffed Tomatoes,
baked acorn squash,
savoury mushroom medley,


Gravy


Butter Pan Buns, Multigrain Rolls, Sourdough Rolls, Corn Bread,


Dessert ...............

Chocolate Pistachio Mousse

Hazelnut Torte with Sour Cherry Preserve

Apple Galette, served warm, with vanilla gelato and caramel sauce

Rhubarb Pie with Meringue Crust

Pavlova a la New Zealand

Red Chiffon Cake

Upsidedown Pineapple Pudding

Rhubarb Brown Betty

Coffee Liqueur Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce

Crème Brulee


Custard, whipped cream


Cheese and cracker plate


Selection of wines from California,


Tea, Coffee, Juices



enjoy
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Morning Dea
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enjoy your day ............ it sounds fun :-D




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I am sure we will Sylvs - the children are very excited!

We are taking 'nana' too 'coz grandpa is still not 'up to it' - I think she is almost as excited as they are :-D

Dea x

'Santa Steam Train'



Can I come too :-D

Of course you can Ginns - we will be leaving in about half an hour so you will have to run >>>>>>> :-D

Dea Xxx

Does anyone have access to deaths at sea please?


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Dea, hope you had a lovely day :-)

EEEeee that Santa has quite 'worned' me out !!!!! ;-) :-D :-D

Well, they all enjoyed it and little grandson took Santa a picture that he had done for him and he was even brave enough to give it to him and talk to him this year!

Money-wise, it was a total 'rip-off' but it was worth it to see how excited they were :-).

It makes you wonder though how young families with children manage at Christmas time, everything is SO expensive and money is tight for a lot of young people :-(

Dea Xxx

Dea check the dark side Gins needed a hug :-)

Glad everyone enjoyed Santa:-)


Cynthia hope the baptisim went ok

Have sent my hugs already Linds - thanks for telling me though !!

We await news after the 20th :-(

Dea Xxx

I'm going to join Dea and put my feet up for a bit..............such a long, long day.


Thanks Linds - yes, the baptism was okay thanks. Although they basically have the same format, each church puts its own 'twist' on things......I then ended up going to my son's football club for the 'do' afterwards. Didn't stay too long though as I wanted to make sure things were ok at home. And they were :-D



What do you call an alligator in a vest?





An investigator :-D :-D :-D

hi all
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showery today ...... and getting colder




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just popping in and out as we try to get things done ................


Dea ................... so glad that you had fun yesterday. Things are getting more and more expensive. I think lots of young families are glad they have grandparents to help out with things like your Santa Train, or with presents.



We want to try to get our "bags to be checked" packed and ready to go .........

................. we can take them down to the station any time after about 10 am on Tuesday morning and hand them over.

I have physio and some shopping to do for daughter on Monday, so better to get most of it done today.

I've put about 12 sweaters on one side, from which I have to choose a maximum of 8. Two dressy ones are chosen (no other choice :-D ) ...... so that leaves 6 out of 10 :-D :-D


We'll end up checking 2 suitcases, and 2 boxes ....... the boxes containing mainly presents

Nice thing about the train ....................... we each have an allowance of 3 checked bags, and any extra cost $20 per train .................... so that would be a total of $60 (or about £25) to take an extra bag all the way across the country. Not bad!

But we're not even taking the full free allowance.



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good morning everyone



drizzly




breakfast is ready


Selection of fresh fruit


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


stirfry (chicken, beef, or vegetarian),

Chicken Karage (Japanese deep fried chicken pieces)

Jamaican beef patties

spanikopita,

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

Pulled Pork Sandwich – BBQ’d pulled pork on toasted Kaiser roll, garnished with sautéed onions

Five Spice Beef Kebabs


home-fried potatoes with garlic and bacon


Potato, dill and cheddar soup


blueberry gingered lemon muffins,
lemon and nut muffins, r
morning glory muffins,
very berry muffins,
pear ginger 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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Only 2 more sleeps :-D :-D :-D


physio tomorrow (errrrrrrrrrr ........... Monday :-D )


a little bit of shopping to do for daughter,


then home to finish the packing.




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Oooer....I popped in, thought Sylvs was busy packing, started to help with breakfast and then realised that it was already there! You can certainly multi task Sylvs....thank you - its a wonderful breakfast. Hope it hasn't delayed you any. :-D



I got out of bed at about 5 and looked out of the window. The sky was so beautiful with the star twinkling clearly. I'm not really into star gazing but just thought how beautiful and serene it all looked. Then I got back into bed..... :-D


See you all later ~~~~

OOOhhh - you ARE funny Cynths! :-D :-D :-D

Thank you for the lovely breakfast Sylvia - hope your day goes well <3

Dea Xxx

Just popped in to say "Hello" today we are playing catch up with just about everything in the house so washing done and drying - dog out for walk with OH.

Me carrying on with housework then got banking to do cards to finish dinner to make etc etc etc ;-)

Sylvia in case I dont get back on later have a great trip and Merry Christmas to you and your family <3

OK I kept getting the error message and couldnt post my last entry :-(

Then it posts twice and I have to delete one :-S

Hi all
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cloudy, sunny periods later ............ may be :-D




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Linda


thank you.



Re Error Message when submitting a post ......................


this is a well known problem, or bug, that has been on going for many months ........................


when it happens, do the following ................



click on Back, as the message suggests.

find your message in the reply box

C&P your message, just in case.

Scroll up slightly so you can see the page numbers.

Click on a page number other than the page you are on (eg, p.2, or 2082 as it is at the moment)

The page will change .................. and 99 times out of 100 will show that the posting has been successful.

Now click on the most recent page .......................


and everything is fine. No double posting, etc etc.



Hope that makes sense.




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