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Where is everyone? I have just been reading through the last 11 pages ready to have chat and no-one here????? :-S :-\
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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
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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 ~~~~~~~~~~
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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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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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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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hi all
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chilly day today (Saturday)
s
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32,200 just for the hell of it.
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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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You sound just like me on the FB site Fans :-D :-D :-D
Dea xx
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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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I have known both girls since they were tiny and both of their families.
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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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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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OOOhhhh Dear !!!!
Such a sad time for those colleagues !!!
Mind you don't overdo it now <3 <3
Dea Xxx
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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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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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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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That doesnt make any sense at all Dea but its worth remembering when renewal comes around
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