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That's the one Ginns ;-) :-D

Congratulations to Jonesey and a sparkly gold medal coming over for Mrs. J. ;-) :-D :-D

Dea Xxx

Jonesey! You old romantic you! How lovely that you remember such a special day. I'm sure Mrs J must realise what a treasure she has in you........... ;-)


Fridays are usually nice and quiet for me.....not today though!!!

Go to doc's and wait around for a while before seeing doc. Seems as though OH now has cellulitis......! 3 antibiotics 4 times a day! Trying to fit them into the already crowded pill regime is proving a challenge! :-S

Went for Christmas lunch at church today and it was very good indeed and very, very, popular! :-D

Brought OH home and then decided to do a big supermarket shop.....my oh my! I didn't get home until gone 4 o'clock :-0

When I came in, I had to re-type the service sheet for Christmas Day because, apparently, it wasn't printing properly and, you see, I have time because I am retired.........!!! Really????? :-S

Eventually sat down at about 6 and intend to stay here!

Bring on January!!!

:-D :-D

Jonesey,

Congratulations to you both hope you did something to celebrate.

Gins hope you have a nice time tonight

Cynthia hope the meds help your OH and get that tree up ;-) for goodness sake you are retired after all you have plenty of time ;-)

Had GD at play today she loved it before that we tooke her to McDonalds where Santa arrived and came round and handed out chocolates. the staff gave out balloons.

She had a fun day and was clapping her hands at the play which was about a cake shop where a little mouse steals the cakes and then has 3 babies.

The actors came into the audience and let the children cuddle the mice she loved it .

We have the girls tomorrow from 10am till about dinner time aargh.

One day I will get a day to get organised ;-)

Soon be Christmas and we can have some nuts, some dates, some tangerines, some chestnuts, some parsnips, some sprouts, some roast tatties, some roast turkey (Quorn Chik'n cutlets available for vegetarians), some stuffing, some cranberry sauce, some roast pork complete with crackling, some Pigs in Blankets, some mashed potatoes with grated cheese, some peas, some onion gravy, some Christmas Pudding with brandy butter and custard, some Mince Pies, some single cream, some crackers containing paper hats, useless prezzies and daft jokes, some Sherry, some sparkling wine, some baked honey glazed ham, some Brandy, something to nibble whilst listening to Her Royal Maj's Christmas message, some buttered finger rolls, some lettuce, some cherry tomatoes, some celery, some sliced redskin onions, some boiled ham, some cold sliced turkey, some pickled red cabbage, some pickled sliced beetroot, some pickled onions, some Piccalilli, some Branston pickle, some Hellmans mayonnaise, some sherry trifle, some fresh fruit salad, some whipped cream, some Stollen, some shortbread, some chocolate Yule log and some Christmas cake

Hi all
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where did the day go??????????


we had about 11 cm of snow between about 10 pm Thursday night and 1 pm Friday afternoon.

Then it turned to drizzle, now it is going to freeze overnight :-(



Jonesey .................. congratulations to you and Mrs J


OH and I actually met in October 1959, if you can believe it! But it was not a life changing event at that time ;-)

It took us until December 1966 to change form being good friends to wanting to get married :-)



Not putting a tree up ........... we like real ones, and we will be away all over Christmas. As we normally only have a tree up form about the 20th Dec to 6 Jan, we decided not to bother.

Haven't even put the cards outs


And the evergreen wreath that was to go on the front door, is lying under the table on the sundeck. Hopefully, OH will be able to get through the snow to fix it to the sun deck railing before we leave!



take care everyone



s
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Good morning all :-)

Porridge is bubbling away and the sausage, bacon, baked beans, and fried bread are just about ready.

Mushrooms and tomatoes and finishing under the grill.

Plenty or fresh fruits, yoghurts, croissants and danish pastries are set out.

Eggs are poaching for our Ginns and the toast and crumpets are keeping warm.

Please help yourselves..............

Dea Xxx

I made some extra special mince pies yesterday and thought I would share the tip with you 'coz it is gorgeous !!!

I am afraid that I don't make my own mincemeat but use 'shop bought' instead :-(
but I saw this on a TV Chef programme so thought I would try it.

I made some sweet shortcrust pastry and then for the filling it said to chop up one eating apple (I peeled it but it didn't say to, and I chopped it fairly small ?) Then take the zest from 2 tangerines and chop up the segments. Add these to the mincemeat for the filling.

It did say to use 2 x 420g jars of mincemeat and use to make 12 deep mince pies (in a muffin tray) - I found this more than enough for 24 !

Anyway, even hubby thought they were delicious served warm with a little cream or brandy butter.............. I shall always do it this way in future.

The only difficulty I had was in getting them out of the muffin tin and putting them to cool on a wire rack. I think I will have to roll the pastry a bit thicker for the base of the pies as a couple of them 'split their sides' during this process! (It didn't matter though as you have to eat any broken ones straight away ;-) :-D :-D )

Dea Xxx

Good morning everyone and thank you for the delicious breakfast Dea........and your mince pies sound wonderful


Linds, It's so wonderful to have little ones around at Christmas - something I miss. We hope to see our step-granddaughters two little boys, but we won't see them opening their stockings....always a wonderful time :-)


Sylvs, I think Dea is going to smack me one in a minute - the Christmas tree is still on the dining room floor. :-( I do intend to try and put it together later this morning though.

In that case, I had better get a move on!!

Mornin all~~~~~

Good night and I am still stuffed!

Pies sound nice Dea but I will be buying mine ready done!

Ey Up~~~~


Question for anyone that has shopped at Aldi

I had an Aldi mince pie at work the other day and it was amazing. Does anyone know if you can use Visa debit card to pay for goods at their shops?

I looked online and it's a bit confusing!

I was thinking of buying some other stuff too, so will not carry enough cash. I only ever have about a tenner in my purse

I would have thought they had updated by now Gins....they won retailer of the year from Which didn't they


Busy morning and reasonable afternoon. Have been looking at parish records for ages so got caught up. Watched Strictly too. Now that it's over, OH can have his Saturday nights back....he turned straight over to watch Kelly's Heroes!!!!!

Off to bed soon....see you tomorrow........

Soon be Christmas and we can have some nuts, some dates, some tangerines, some chestnuts, some parsnips, some sprouts, some roast tatties, some roast turkey (Quorn Chik'n cutlets available for vegetarians), some stuffing, some cranberry sauce, some roast pork complete with crackling, some Pigs in Blankets, some mashed potatoes with grated cheese, some peas, some onion gravy, some Christmas Pudding with brandy butter and custard, some Mince Pies, some single cream, some crackers containing paper hats, useless prezzies and daft jokes, some Sherry, some sparkling wine, some baked honey glazed ham, some Brandy, something to nibble whilst listening to Her Royal Maj's Christmas message, some buttered finger rolls, some lettuce, some cherry tomatoes, some celery, some sliced redskin onions, some boiled ham, some cold sliced turkey, some pickled red cabbage, some pickled sliced beetroot, some pickled onions, some Piccalilli, some Branston pickle, some Hellmans mayonnaise, some sherry trifle, some fresh fruit salad, some whipped cream, some Stollen, some shortbread, some chocolate Yule log, some Christmas cake, a selection of cheeses including a pot of Stilton, some biscuits for cheese, some grapes and some Port

And a Partridge in a pear tree !!!!! ................. ;-) :-D :-D

Nite nites now.

Dea xxx

Oh I am tired. Had the girls from 10am to 5pm and OH left for the footie just after they arrived he got home at about 3pm :-(

He took baby to get her to sleep and big sister and I baked.

She still has a cold but is a bit better. We watched movies and played shop all day.

Then she played on Ipad for ages my son (the one in the band) made a curry for dinner. I made a huge pot of lentil soup.

I have told DIL that we cannot take the girls on Tuesday I need to get organised whereas she is all done presents wrapped etc and not working next week!

Going to be a busy couple of days I am determined that come Christmas Eve I will have time to sit on my b*m ;-)

Hi all
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another day that has somehow disappeared on me!

It froze overnight, then there was freezing drizzle this morning ..................... which all means that the snow is still here!

However, the streets were mainly clear, and so were the sidewalks. EXCEPT where home owners had not done their duty and cleared the snow away .................. those sections were a bit dicey for walking on. Such people are liable for a $100 fine :-)


We did our last little bit of shopping. OH has attached the wreath to the railings on the sun deck, facing the side street. Hope we don't lose it while we are away!


I have to do my e-cards later this evening .................. then we're done! And can leave on Monday with gay abandon!


Dea ............... those mincemeat tarts sound wonderful!





s
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Good morning everyone :-D

Am in a bit of a rush but will pop some bacon on the grill, put the sausages in the oven and slice some tomatoes.

There are crumpets, croissants and toast aplenty!


Sylvs? I didn't know that you were taking someone with you on your break, is she a rellie? :-S


You, your OH and Gay Abandon. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D


Going to tidy up before going you-know-where. ~~~

Good morning all :-)

Thank you for breakfast Cynths - it is delicious <3 <3

I am taking grandchildren to see Santa this afternoon. He will be coming to the Christmas party at the Golf Club. We take them every year and they always love it as there is always a really good entertainer / clown to keep them happy until it is time to eat and after this Santa arrives with their presents.

I always remember the first year we took little grandson, he would have been 2 at the time. The children were all sitting cross-legged on the floor being entertained and far behind us the kitchen staff were starting to put out the food for when the entertainment finished.

Grandson for some reason looked around and obviously saw the food - next minute he was shuffling backwards on his bottom away from the other children then suddenly sprang up and made a run for the tables, piling the party food onto his little plate :-D

Let's hope he will be a little more patient this time and wait until the 'show ' finishes. ;-) :-D :-D

Dea Xxx

Mornin all~~~~~~

Going into town to get JB his gift. Niece is popping in to pick up hers and partners gifts up and she is then off home to Wales

Going for another cuppa, shower and then off out to spend MORE cash



:-0

It's done........all finished except for the food shop, tomorrow night


No pies or puddings left in Aldi :-(

Soon be Christmas and we can have some nuts, some dates, some tangerines, some chestnuts, some parsnips, some sprouts, some roast tatties, some roast turkey (Quorn Chik'n cutlets available for vegetarians), some stuffing, some cranberry sauce, some roast pork complete with crackling, some Pigs in Blankets, some mashed potatoes with grated cheese, some peas, some onion gravy, some Christmas Pudding with brandy butter and custard, some Mince Pies, some single cream, some crackers containing paper hats, useless prezzies and daft jokes, some Sherry, some sparkling wine, some baked honey glazed ham, some Brandy, something to nibble whilst listening to Her Royal Maj's Christmas message, some buttered finger rolls, some lettuce, some cherry tomatoes, some celery, some sliced redskin onions, some boiled ham, some cold sliced turkey, some pickled red cabbage, some pickled sliced beetroot, some pickled onions, some Piccalilli, some Branston pickle, some Hellmans mayonnaise, some sherry trifle, some fresh fruit salad, some whipped cream, some Stollen, some shortbread, some chocolate Yule log, some Christmas cake, a selection of cheeses including a pot of Stilton, some biscuits for cheese, some grapes, some Port, a prawn ring with an assortment of dips