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I have downloaded 12 free books [until I get my account set up on Amazon] including Mrs Beeton's Household Management!!! It is wonderful! - gives you guidance on hiring staff, who to have as friends etc etc + cooking!! I hope to learn quite a few tips from it!

Cyns???You even THINK of phoning me at 6am and the language will be FAR worse down the phone than you will have heard before.

Mr H has only asked 4 times to come home since 3pm yesterday...Not bad going... :-D

Hello Lainie~~~~~~~~

Tom Browns Schooldays ...~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~to Lains


Cyns, I guess you hate Cocoon because it reminds you of what you cant have ;-)

Never heard of 'Coma' but the name speaks for itself!

Glad you 'survived' the day Laines - I am sure your dad had a lovely time.

Lots of exciting changes to look forward to in 2012 - We are almost there now !!!

Dea Xxx <3

Hello lainie......glad you had a good Christmas. My OH had a kindle too and I set it up all by meself for him.



Gins.....I hate that film. and The Birds. and Coma. :-P :-| :-(



Fans.....remind me to phone you at 6am........wouldn't want you to have withdrawal symptoms from Mr H. I bet he's missing you poor little chap. I imagine he is mithering his mum to get him back to Wales as quickly as possible. :-P :-P


Oh well. Kitchen here we come........ :-(

Hello everyone!! :-D

I survived Christmas with the help of some wine!!! ;-) Santa bought me a kindle [curtesy of my son and my dad]

Hope everyone had a peaceful and lovely Christmas? [it would seem as if you all did from the 'fred']

Bye bye!!! :-)

<3 <3 <3

Ive watched Cocoon for the 100th time and it still makes me cry!

Fans - I bet that was your best prezzie ever !!! - A lovely lie in ! ;-) :-D

And, just think, you could even go to the pub later if you wanted to !

Don't get too used to it though - he will be back !!!

Enjoy it while you can <3 <3

Dea Xxx

You miss him really Fanny Pants


49 posts in the last hour......errrr where? Some of the boards havent had a post since Boxing Day!

Slicing up cheese? Yes Dea. Of course Dea. ;-) ;-) ;-)



I love watching people open presents too.


Frankie Howerd is on the TV.......you forget how funny he was - in a double entendre - silly sort of way. Very predictable though :-D



Was going to catch up with the ironing this morning but had a visitor...ah well, it's still there waiting for me.

Fan buddy tastic......I woke at 10am and turned over and went back to sleep till 12pm...12 hours sleep and this house is Sooooooooo quiet.....Brrrrrrrrrillliant. :-D :-D

I am going off to visit the grandchildren in a minute - they want to show me all their other new toys!!

It really is VERY slow on here and I am not truly convinced it will improve very significantly!

Anyway - enjoy the day - I will catch up with you in a couple of hours.

Dea Xxx

Its dead on here at the moment, I thought it would pick up over the holidays with everyone being at home :-(

Awwwhh - That's lovely Ginns.

It is true what they say, - 'the joy is in the giving' !!

I just LOVE to watch other people open the presents I have bought them :-)

Dea x

He likened it to the Christmas when he was a kid and his mom and dad got him a second hand bike...............

............................you should have seen his face when he opened it

He likes his new 'toy' then Ginns ?? ;-)

Dea Xxx

I hope you dont carry it around in this country Dea, you'll get arrested!


I have become an ipad2 widow :-(

Actually Cynths - I told a 'little fib' about that knife - It is my husband who always carries one of those in the car - very useful it is too.

It has spanners and screw drivers and al sorts of gadgets on it !! - Even a teeny weeny pair of scissors which fold out and really work. - It is amazing - he has had it for many many years.

However, I do have a little foldy-up stainless steel one which it very intricately designed and very pretty. I bought it in Toledo, Spain, which is a very famous place for steel.

I always had it with me when I was away on my trips so that I could slice up my little snacks of manchego cheese, bread rolls and chorizo sausage and salad etc. to munch in my Hotel room while I was waiting for Dinner.(They eat very late over there!) ;-)

The little mini bars in 'my' Hotel rooms were always well stocked with my tasty morsels. :-D

Dea x

Thanks Persie.....am feeling partial to a croissant.......or two :-D


Good morning our little Rambo Dea - please put that knife away - it scares me somewhat.... :-D



I really must stop idling about.......haven't hoovered for days!


A few days off and I go all to pot!



One - two - three - HUP..........

I don't eat grits either... we don't normally see them here either. It is very much a Southern State (USA) food.

Have recently seen polenta grits (think they called it something else).

I do like polenta cake or polenta toast with garlic mushrooms on it.


P xx