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hi all
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chilly day today (Saturday)

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I'm very late on

...... I went downtown to get one item,


got that,

then found 2 shirts for OH


and a pair of trousers and a top for me ..... both half-price :-D


came home


............ and had to start on finishing the Christmas letter, which took me all evening as I was trying to fit photos into the text.


Every year, I do the same. I leave it to the last minute, then have problems with the combining ............... and give up because it just won't work.


Then I have to print one page in black ink, and put it back through to have the colour photo(s) printed.



memo to self ............ must start earlier, and work out how to wrap text around photo!



s
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Breakfast is ready


Tea, coffee, juices


Cold cereals:-
Corn Flakes, Cocoa Pops, Apple Cinnamon Cheerios, Multigrain Cheerios, Granola


Hot cereal:-
Porridge, Yellow Corn Grits (gluten-free)


In the warmer:-

maple smoked bacon, sausage patties, turkey sausages, potato pancakes, cheesy potato patties, home-fried potatoes with garlic and bacon, smoked salmon omelette, mushroom and asparagus omelette, cheesy sausage and egg bake, eggs Benedict, grilled tomatoes, grilled mushrooms, Maple baked beans, fried bread, black pudding, white pudding


bacon quiche tarts, cheese and onion tarts

Ulster Fry-up, Jamaican beef patties,Vietnamese spring rolls (vegetarian) with sesame dip, Greek chicken casserole, ratatouille (vegetarian), Thai-style noodles and shrimp, stirfry (chicken, beef, or vegetarian)

Maille Croque Monsieur (French ….. basically ham, cheese and tomato sandwich on toasted bread, with Maille Mustard),
Caribbean Banana Fritters,
Breakfast Quesidilla,
Breakfast Wrap (scrambled eggs, green pepper, tomatoes, green onions, mushrooms, hashbrowns, cheddar and salsa),
Calzone stuffed with scrambled egg and pork sausage),
cheese blintz with blueberry compote and turkey sausage,


Buttermilk Dollar Pancakes, Lemon Ricotta Pancakes, French (eggy) toast, Maple syrup, Saskatoon Berry Fruit Syrup, Blueberry Fruit Syrup, Peach & Brandy Syrup

Peach Yoghurt, Lemon Yoghurt, Strawberry Yoghurt


Toast (sourdough, rye, white, whole grain, 100% brown, Hovis, gluten free), croissants, crumpets, barm cakes


Muffins -- cranberry & orange muffins, morning glory muffins, blueberry muffins


Jams, jellies, Ginger marmalade, seville orange marmalade, marmite, peanut butter, vegemite




enjoy




s
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Lunch will be served at 1 pm

Cocktails, Sherry

selection of hors d'ouevres
Wild Mushroom Pate
Blue Cheese Dip
Olive Tapenade
Crackers and toast tips


Soup:-
French Onion Soup
Beef and Vegetable soup
Cream of Tomato Soup


Salad:-
Green salad
Ambrosia salad
Caribbean Cucumber salad


Main:-
Baked Ham on the bone, studded with cloves, Raisin sauce
Salmon Wellington

garlic mashed potatoes, boiled potatoes, Greek roast potatoes, 3 Cheese Scalloped Potatoes, Rosemary Creole Baked Sweet Potato

Glazed carrots, roast parsnips, brussels sprouts, spinach stuffed mushrooms, peas, green beans, asparagus, Butternut Squash Gratin, Green Bean Casserole, sauteed peppers, cauliflower with cheese sauce

Shepherdess Pie (vegan)

Gravy

Butter Pan Buns, Sourdough Rolls, Corn Bread


Dessert:-
Triple chocolate cheesecake
Dutch Apple Pie
Pavlova a la Australia
Apple Blueberry Cobbler
Coffee Liqueur Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce
Crème Brulee

Custard, whipped cream

Cheese and cracker plate

Fresh fruit platter


Selection of wines from Western Australia


Tea, Coffee, Juices




enjoy :-D :-D :-D :-D




s
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Good morning Sylvia......looks like I am first down this morning :-D


I see you had a lonely night but at least you were busy with your printing. My daughter once showed me how to wrap around - at least I think that's what it was called. I can move pictures around in text no bother now. However, I have no idea of what the images that I click on are really called..... I know them as 'the dog'........and 'the gate' because that's what they look like to me :-D :-D :-D


Thank you for breakfast but I can wait for brunch........I've spotted the creme brulee you see :-D



Naughty Jonesey........mind you, you-know-who is so busy child minding that she may not notice. I think she has found that there is more than one 5 o'clock in a day.... ;-)


Fairly busy day today so back later ~~~~~~~~~~

Good morning all - I managed a little 'lie-in' this morning!

Breakfast was delicious Sylvia <3

I am off for a wander around now so build up an appetite or that lovely lunch......

Dea x

Where is everyone? I have just been reading through the last 11 pages ready to have chat and no-one here????? :-S :-\

Jonesey - what does '32,200' mean?

Love the hat Cynthia - you are getting with the season - are you excited?

Grace - the new picture of Gracie is lovely :-D I cannot pick which one is my favourite :-S She is gonna be a real heartbreaker when she gets older!!

In the beginning laines, we used to fight over the 00 numbers!!

Getting to 1000 message posting was a great delight, then 1100, etc etc. Fans was the one who fought over it most violently !!!

As we are now on such a high number and Fans is REALLY busy, it has dropped off quite a lot but some of us just can't resist (for old time's sake'!)

Dea Xxx

OOOhhh errr !!!!!

Hubby has just been in the loft getting out all the Christmas decorations !!!

Can't be bothered today (after my very delicious lunch!!) but I suppose I will have to put the Christmas Tree up again tomorrow!!! :-(

Dea Xxx

How do you find out how many postings there has been on a thread?

When you are on the main 'Find Ancestors' board page it tells you.

Dea x

No decorations for me this year!! :-D

Do you colour co-ordinate your tree Dea? Or do you do like me - and get all the old decorations out from when the children were little?

32,215 !!! :-D Found it!!!!

Yep Lainie,

No colour co-ordination for me !!

I have some decorations from when I was 'little' and others bought since which are still VERY old !!

The grandchildren LOVE it !!! - They have their favourites! - especially the glass globe with the penguins in and the glass twisted icicles and the little wooden santas and elves!!!

At home, they have 3 main trees - one gold, one silver and I think, one green - all very co-ordinated and VERY beautifull I might add, but not for me !!!

Dea Xxx

Bet Ginns has a colour 'co-ordinated' one !!! ;-)

Dea Xxx

I bet she does!!!

A lady knitted decorations for our tree when the children were little - santas, angels, elfs, snowmen etc - and I still have some that I remember when I was a child. The old glass baubles though are all slowly but surely breaking - each year I find another broken when I get them out - so sad!

Never mind Lainie,

You can get them all out NEXT year and enjoy them !!!

Dea Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <3

I hope my halo doesnt fall!!!! lol