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thanks for the feeding of the barbarian hordes :-D :-D :-D



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Persie,


I'm sorry to hear that.


Do hope she will be OK.


I'll keep my fingers crossed.



s
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As I am away for Christmas, we're having an early Christmas dinner :-) :-) :-)

Lunch


Cocktails, Sherry

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


Soup
Butternut Squash and Roasted Garlic Soup with Caramelized Vidalia Onions (vegetarian)
Creamy Garbanzo Soup
Beef and Vegetable soup
Cream of Tomato Soup


Salad
Green salad
Ambrosia salad
Caribbean Cucumber salad


Main
Roast Turkey
Wild Mushroom Stuffing with Hazelnuts,
Sage and Herb Bread Stuffing,
Forced Meat Stuffing
Cranberry Sauce (whole berry)
Gravy

Baked Ham on the bone, studded with cloves
Raisin sauce

Wild Sockeye Salmon, poached in white wine and herbs


Roast potatoes, garlic mashed blue potatoes, boiled potatoes, Rosemary Creole Baked Sweet Potato

Glazed carrots, roast parsnips, carrots and parsnip mash, brussels sprouts, spinach stuffed mushrooms, peas, green beans, asparagus, Butternut Squash Gratin, Green Bean Casserole, sauteed peppers, cauliflower with cheese sauce, fiddleheads, Pumpkin Gnocchi with Sage and Hazelnuts, Ratatouille


Shepherdess Pie (vegan)


Butter Pan Buns, Sourdough Rolls, Corn Bread


Dessert
Christmas pudding, with brandy white sauce
Mince Pies
Dutch Apple Pie
Lemon sorbet
Blueberry Icecream
Coffee Liqueur Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce
Crème Brulee
Flan Mexicano
Sticky Toffee Pudding

Custard, whipped cream

Cheese and cracker plate

Selection of wines from British Columbia


Tea, Coffee, Juices





enjoy :-) :-) :-)




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:-) :-) :-) :-)

I get back my Thursday night, Dea's Thurs brekkie... so shud be okay except Christmas morning... Dea will have to go to a cafe... ;-)

Persie

Bummer, just had a phone call ... my daughter sent me a text over 2 hours ago but I didn't hear it was upstairs vacuuming.

She has had another gall like attack pain and is back in hospital, was fine this am and then threw up her lunch. They have her on antibiotics and morphine. Could be an infection or maybe they missed a stone or two - she had twenty.. :-0..



:-( :-( :-(

I am going away on Thursday, until the following Tuesday (ie, after Christmas)


I will be unable to do any meals ...... not even Christmas Dinner :-(



Can you make some arrangements?


I'd hate Dea to starve :-)



sylvia

Breakfast is ready


Tea, coffee, juices


Cold cereals:-
Corn Flakes, Raisin & Almond Oatmeal Crisp, Rice Crispies, Multigrain Cheerios, Granola


Hot cereal:-
Porridge, Instant Hot Oatmeal with Cranberry & Ginger, Cream of Wheat,


In the warmer:-

double smoked Danish 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, boiled eggs, grilled tomatoes, grilled mushrooms, Maple baked beans, fried bread, black pudding, white pudding


Spinach quiche, bacon quiche tarts, cheese and onion tarts


Ulster Fry-up,
Tourtiere,
Vietnamese spring rolls (vegetarian) with sesame dip,
stirfry (chicken, beef, or vegetarian)

Maille Croque Monsieur (French ….. basically ham, cheese and tomato sandwich on toasted bread, with Maille Mustard),
Breakfast Quesidilla,
Breakfast Wrap (scrambled eggs, green pepper, tomatoes, green onions, mushrooms, hashbrowns, cheddar and salsa),
Veggie Wrap (Fresh Tomatoes, Basil, Roasted Peppers and Feta Cheese),
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, Waffles, Maple syrup, Blueberry Fruit Syrup, Peach & Brandy Syrup


Peach Yoghurt, Lemon Yoghurt, Blueberry Yoghurt, Vanilla Bean Yoghurt,


Toast (sourdough, rye, white, whole grain, 100% brown, Hovis, gluten free), bagels, crumpets, barm cakes, hot cinnamon rolls,


Muffins -- cranberry & orange muffins, morning glory muffins, blueberry muffins, chocolate chip muffins, zucchini oatmeal muffins, gluten-free cranberry and orange muffins


Jams, jellies, Ginger marmalade, lemon marmalade, lime marmalade, marmite, peanut butter, vegemite



enjoy



s
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:-) :-) :-)

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:-D :-D :-D

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ours threatened to take FB to court re privacy issues


...... and they actually caved in on some of them, changed others slightly


and she didn't have to follow through with a court case :-D

If I put up a Maple Leaf will I get Canadian treatment...

The privacy commission here is quite tuff on some things so I will be interested to see if they will take a stance.
:-)

Persie

I gather from what others have been saying that you get told you're getting the new version, and then you have 7 days to take off anything that you do not want to be seen by everyone ............... it sounds as though the same sorts of privacy levels will be there.

BUT we'll have to ensure that what we have made the changes to ensure that we do have the same privacy in the new version.


I'll be interested to see what the Canadian Privacy Commissioner has to say about the new version.

She didn't like a lot of what was allowed on there about 3 or 4 years ago ......... and succeeded in getting Facebook to make changes to fit in with Canadian laws :-D




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I bought a rash top and they cling so I got a really large one... though don't know why I bothered cause they cling anyway when you are in the pool.

You can see the Tumblekins toy I bought on:

http://www.shopatron.com/products/category/224.0.1.1.95792.0.0.0.0

Sylvs I looked up Facebook instructions re their new look that I do not like the layout of and it says:

Control who sees your stuff
Only the people you originally shared a post with can see it on your timeline. If you want, you can go back and change who sees a post, delete it or just hide it from your timeline.

So I guess it is okay... if anything untoward happens I will be having a winge.

Gosh only a few hours and Gins will be shopping... it is Sunday she is going eh what ? :-( ;-)

Persie :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Theres nothing worse than tops that cling in the wrong places....no matter what shape we are

I bought some stuff from a Lakeland store when we were back in the UK in 2008.

I was pretty impressed with the store ............... and did check them out on the internet after we got home.


Haven't tried ordering from them though.



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We went for our Saturday morning coffee and latte .................... and added sausage rolls to the order

That was lunch


Then he took me to the mall, so I could return those tops I bought yesterday.

They were the right size, but were elasticated, and the style meant they clung in all the areas I didn't want them to cling. Also a bit itchy on the inside.



Lucky Lucky Lucky


He dropped me off at the door, and went to find parking

........................ and we were in and out within 10 minutes (having had to find a cash register that was not dealing with someone returning 10 different items, all bought online, and all with separate order forms and receipts :-| )


He had found a parking space within about 50' of the entrance door .......... there was loads of parking spaces up on the roof where we were ........... not so much down at ground level where everyone was driving around, and around, and around


We were back home in just over an hour after we left, having had lunch and returned the tops.


Mind you, that was about 2-3 hours later than we had planned before the choir practise took over!




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Was having a quiet little "stew" to myself about 3 hours ago!


OH sings in the church choir. Tomorrow evening they're having a Christmas Concert at the church ............................ an annual event and lots of other people "join" the choir (some under duress from their partners) to increase the number from their usual 5 or 6 people.

They've been practising for weeks on Thursday evenings.

Choir Director sent out email on Friday, saying "practise Saturday morning 10 am, for about an hour"


It was 12:15, and OH was still not home ........ and we had things to do!


He walked in about 10 minutes later .......... mad as all get out :-)

Hi all
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cloudy with sunny periods ....................... and around 10C


It'll be a bloomin' green Christmas this year, I think!



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My mum bought hers in 1974 when we moved house and were without a cooker for a few weeks, all sorts were cooked in it along with the deep fat fryer.

I ended up with it in 1982 and have no idea what happened to it although it did have a broken leg, which I had to put something like a coffee jar lid under it to keep it level. Anyway I will see if it is any good for me to use

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