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Brunch will be ready about 10:30 am
Brunch
Tea, coffee, juices, Papaya Delight, Strawberry-Banana Smoothie, Wild Berry Smoothie
Cold cereals:-
Corn Flakes, Raisin & Almond Oatmeal Crisp, Vector, Honey Shreddies, Honey Bunches of Oats, Rice Crispies,
Hot cereal:-
Porridge, Maple Nut Instant Oatmeal, Cream of Wheat
In the warmer:-
double smoked Danish bacon, Irish smoked bacon, sausage patties, turkey sausages, cheesy potato patties, potato farls, home-fried potatoes with garlic and bacon, Spanish omelettes (vegetarian), smoked salmon omelette, ham and cheese omelette, spinach, feta and tomato omelette, cheesy sausage and egg bake, eggs Benedict, grilled tomatoes, grilled mushrooms, Maple baked beans, fried bread, black pudding, white pudding
bacon quiche tarts, broccoli and cheddar quiche
Country Brunch Skillet,
Jamaican beef patties,
smoked salmon with cream cheese and capers,
Vietnamese spring rolls (vegetarian) with sesame dip,
stirfry (chicken, beef, or vegetarian),
Calzone stuffed with scrambled egg and pork sausage),
Breakfast Wrap (scrambled eggs, green pepper, tomatoes, green onions, mushrooms, hashbrowns, cheddar and salsa),
Buttermilk Dollar Pancakes, Lemon Ricotta Pancakes, French (eggy) toast, Waffles, Maple syrup, Blueberry Fruit Syrup, Peach & Brandy Syrup
Crepes.................... fillings of your choice:- fresh fruit, whipped cream, chocolate sprinkles, bacon bits
Toast (sourdough, rye, white, whole grain, 100% brown, Hovis), Danish, bagels, crumpets, barm cakes, hot cinnamon rolls
Muffins -- cranberry & orange muffins, rhubarb and strawberry muffins, ginger date muffins, raisin bran muffins, morning glory muffins
Jams, jellies, Ginger marmalade, seville orange marmalade, marmite, peanut butter, vegemite
enjoy :-D :-D :-D
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Good morning all!
A little 'bacon buttie' today I think, while I wait for my 'brunch' - Thank you Sylvia <3
How is everybody today? - Well, I hope!
Dea x
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I had a lovely bacon buttie on the way back from Rotorua on Thursday,,, we have a place called Pokeno and Pokeno Bacon is lovely and the sandwich was absolutely chokka with bacon.. it was scrummy...
I would be happy with a bacon buttie Christmas Lunch ... a lot of Kiwis have a BBQ... lunch on Christmas day. Then I would have blueberries and strawberries and raspberries and blackberries and cream or maybe yoghurt. One year I made a Mississippi Chocolate Mud Pie for Christmas evening meal when I had everyone around.. what a performance making it, I burnt out my electric beater ... but it was successful and was delicious.
I can walk to our mall Sylvs but it is too far to carry lots of stuff back and what I bought today would be too awkward on the bus... I would have needed a couple of ripply muscled page boys... to help me. ;-)
Pxx :-)
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You are becoming quite obsessed with 'ripply muscles' just recently Persie! - Is there anything you would like to tell us?? ;-)
Dea x
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( Shhhhhh, actually Dea, Persie may think of nice young men with ripply muscles but, in reality, the nearest she is going to get is older men who need ironing!) ;-)
Good morning one and all.........I've decided on that cheesy sausage egg bake thingey - it was sooooo good last time. Thank you Sylvs - you do spoil us.
I think Persie is right about shopping malls. People go there because they want to get out of the house but don't know where to go. I do this myself with OH sometimes. He needs to get regular exercise but, if the weather is awful, I drag him to the supermarket and urge him to go round all the aisles......ain't I cruel??? :-D
My grandchildren have been quite easy to shop for this year. They came out with me and chose their own presents! I gave them a limit and they were very good about sticking to it. I will slip a couple of 'surprises' in for them though.
My granddaughter is one of the most selfless people it has been my pleasure to know. She really doesn't have a selfish bone in her body. She is kind, willing and amenable.....but......she hasn't quite hit puberty yet :-S
It seems quite calm here this morning and not too cold either. Must make the most of it.
Hope our missing friends are okay.............
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Late start today as we were all up rather late last night and couldnt get rid of Marky Mark no matter how much we hinted. He went eventually, sliding down the drive on his bum!
Getting sorted to head off the Wales.....hope the Snake Pass is open and ice free :-0
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A 'little tip' for you all which you might like to explore...................
I have just received my documents for my Home Buildings and Contents Insurance. We have an excellent policy which we have had now for a few years with the same Company.
It was originally taken out in 'my' name but last year we looked around again because it had become quite expensive and my husband did the searching using his name. We discovered that the same policy, in 'his' name was quite a lot cheaper so we took it out in 'his' name.
This year, we did the same and by taking it out , now back in 'my' name, we saved around £140. !!
This is the same policy with the same Company - everything identical except the change of name !!!!!!!!!!
Stupid, or what????
You might like to try it on yours? ;-)
Dea x
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Dea,
Irrespective of any name change it has become sound policy to use web comparison sites every time an insurance (Car/Home/personal) comes up for renewal.
My home buildings/contents insurance was due to expire on 7th of December. My current company who I only started to use last year sent me a renewal quote of £228. "No need for any action we will simply take the premium due from your bank" they said. I checked the market using the exact details of cover and received quotes ranging from £181 to over £400. I went back to my current insurer to tell them that I would not be renewing with them. On the phone they immediately offered me a "Loyalty" discount which would mean a renewal cost of £195 (Saving £33) and I was tempted to accept to avoid disruption but I decided to mull things over.
On Tuesday I was contacted by Saga with whom I currently insure our cars. They asked if they could quote for my home insurance so I agreed and gave them all the details. Their quote was £177 and their policy has lower excess levels than my existing insurance company were quoting. Saga got my business.
Regarding car insurance. Some years ago I had 2 cars and 2 vans all insured in my name (All with full no claims benefit.) with Mrs J as a named driver. I suggested that the insurance on one of the cars be transferred into Mrs J's name with me as a named driver so that Mr's J could begin to accumulate NCD in her own name. When renewal time arrived we asked the insurer to quote on that basis and whilst we expected an increase in the premium because of Mrs J's lack of NCB we did not expect the premium increase of over 100% that they asked for.
Same car, Same cover, Same drivers but costing over twice as much if the order of drivers was reversed.
Needless to say we quickly reverted to how things had been.
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Yes Jonesey,
We always used to be 'loyal' but over recent years it has become obvious that you need to check the markets and make the change.
However, this saving was not done by changing Company or anything else - simply by changing it from my policy to his, then back again to me.
It makes no sense at all but if we can save £140 on the renewal price each year and not have to change, then it is worthwhile as it IS the best policy I can find.
Car Insurance has always been different as they class the 'risk' as being different when you change the main driver, but with 'Household contents and buildings Insurance' the risk is the same as we are both named as living there but either my name goes down first, or his !!! :-S
Dea x
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I am on lunch right now. I am working an extra day to cover for a colleague as her father is seriously ill and expected to go today. His body functions have shut down.
Halfway through the morning my other colleague broke down in floods of tears. Her grandmother passed away last night so have sent her home.
:-( :-(
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That's so sad for both of your colleages LK but I am sure you will be a good support to them when necessary.
Spent most of the afternoon in my DIL's boutique watching my daughter and a young girl try some lovely clothes on. I thought, wistfully, that I had been slim once.......... :-(
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I used to be slim once also Cynths !!
Now - I am just 'thinish' !! - 1 stone up from what I used to be but 1 stone down from what I should be now !! :-D :-D :-D
Dea Xxx
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Arrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhh.
Just used the "message centre"to reply to a PM...Horrid it is so wont venture there again for a while...Why does this place constantly mess with stuff?????????????
Bye all~~~~~~~~~~~~ :-P
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Now wot's up with Fans? My messages are okay - ???
It's her age you know.
A quiet weekend on here....but it usually is. Hope jax comes out to play when Sylvs arrives.
Meantime, I am orf to my bed I think...........night all. <3
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32,200 just for the hell of it.
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