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Mel Fairy Godmother
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2 Dec 2024 17:39 |
Got in just before it was really dark. Poor chickens went to bed with no corn but I expect they had plenty of pellets left from this morning as there's always a lot in there when I give them their corn.
I have been in Bideford all day. First I went to Morrisons and then on to Lidl. I spent £75 in M and £76 in Lidl but I now think I have all my Christmas presents and Christmas food and sweets. It was so nice to walk along the meat counter and choose my meat instead of having it just given to me with the shopping. I did'nt do the High St asI wanted to get home before dark as you can't see the potholes in the dark and I hit a large one on the way home and the lights are so bright coming towards you in the dark and some are super bright now too.
It 7 degrees here now and pc says mostly cloudy we have had a shower before I left and one tiny one while I ws out.
Got a nice bit of gammon a good size piece of beef and a pie for tonight with pots and purple sprouting broccoli.
Poor Jake must have been tearing his hair out with worry about his partner. He certainly did have a good excuse for not turning up.
Going to have a well earned cuppa now before cooking the dinner.
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AnninGlos
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2 Dec 2024 17:15 |
2 Dec 2024 16:33 My gas plus electricity bill for November was £172. don’t usually have the CH on between 10am and 4.30 pm and usually run it at about 16/degrees until I might turn it up to 18/19 around 7.30 pm. But we had some cold days in November when the heating was turned on earlier. Most cooking is done in the air frier but I did use the oven a couple of times.el prices have certainly increased.
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AnninGlos
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2 Dec 2024 12:45 |
I had a feeling that Jake was not going to make it today as I had not heard anything but he does have a good reason. I didn't know but his partner apparently has a brain tumour which she has had for three years she manages it but it does make her poorly sometimes and at the weekend she had a bleed so had to go to hospital and Jake had the four kids to look after with his partners Mum as well as visiting her in hospital. I get the impression she is home now but he understandably is exhausted and couldn't manage working today. (Just as well he is working with sharp tools I don't want an accident because he is so tired. anyway he is coming on Thursday now.
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MillymollyAmanda
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2 Dec 2024 11:12 |
Trees in the stand but I think we need son to level it up we've tied it to the house wall but it doesn't seem to be upright enough ,doesn't help that the path along the front is on the slope anyway rain has stopped play so we've come in for coffee.
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AnninGlos
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2 Dec 2024 10:17 |
Quite nice here at the moment 8 degrees so not gone up much. I have the bedding in the washer and must re-make the bed. I have also got a couple of more decs out and also the stuff for doing the floral display. (all artificial).
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MillymollyAmanda
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2 Dec 2024 09:13 |
Morning all,
A lot milder this morning and we have blue sky and sunshine ,a good morning for us to get the christmas tree up and the lights up outside .
I've done a few jobs already ,got some things out of the freezer,wrapped up the Christmas puddings and put them with the other two and emptied the dish washer . Just having a cuppa and then we'll get outside and make a start must get my garden gloves on as the Christmas tree always makes me itch .
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AnninGlos
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2 Dec 2024 08:31 |
Good morning all fairly bright out there and 7 degrees. Riley said they would be back (providing he has found out where Jake was and all is OK) today around 12 so I shall see if that happens. Yes the photographer in the little models is great. You may not be able to see but I also like outside the church there is a bride and groom.
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Mel Fairy Godmother
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2 Dec 2024 08:19 |
Morning all,
Nice morning and when I got up the sky to the east was pink bove the trees. What is it they say "Red sky in the morning a sailors warning". It was really lovely behind the fir trees but by the time I had boiled the kettle and made my coffee it has gone just as I went for the camera.
Tis 5 degrees out there and it looks very wet.
Hope you all had a good night.
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Annx
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1 Dec 2024 20:34 |
Evening All,
Yes, first of the month and the start of our chocolate advent calendar and my turn today. :-)
Gwyn that sounded a nasty message and I would have reported it. If you get one again forward it to [email protected] as they take these sites down where they are trying to make you pay money. There are some lovely things at these Christmas fairs and it's tempting to buy things, but often expensive as they are one offs.
The cottages are lovely AnnG and like Vera I liked the photographer taking photos of the children visiting Santa, but it made me realise the days of sitting on Santa's knee are no more! I liked the children throwing snowballs at each other too. The red lights sounded a good buy for the tree. I hope you hear from Jake tomorrow.
Ah yes it was the boyfriend's one he hired that she borrowed from him now you have reminded me Vera. My brain must have been tired but it was an even better idea to wear it for the photo. On the subject of your and Gwyn's emails, the past few weeks I have had several unpleasant ones telling me women are waiting to hear from me, ie women in very provocative poses!!. I have never looked at any sites like that, so don't know what's prompted them starting to be sent to me!!
We often get our A5 week to view diaries from The Works Mel. Oops, the fireworks have started outside!! I wonder why?? Your Advent Ring looks great with all the different greens of the foliage with the red and white. It brightens up the church. I had to do the same when I applied for my last new driving licence. I was surprised they used the old photo though.
I think I would have liked the interesting Heritage tree too Mandy. It's a shame there were no real trees though to give out a lovely smell of pine. You've done well getting your christmas puddings all done now.
It's amazing thinking back to the decorations we used to see at Christmas when we were children like you say. Crepe paper cut into strips and twisted and pinned to the ceiling corners and light fitting in the middle and they were always falling down! Those tissue paper bells, christmas trees and balls that opened and had a flat metal bit you folded over to hold them open. The tiny tree had branches that looked as if it was made of brushes you clean bottles with and each branch was tipped with one red berry. Little mesh bags of chocolate coins covered in gold foil, to decorate it with as well as the baubles and obligatory fairy for the top. I don't remember seeing trees with stars on the top till I was older. I did see a pack of the sugar mice with string tails that I would always get at Christmas as a child at a garden centre recently.
I'd better get to bed now as we are up early tomorrow to see if The Works have one of those Gibson puzzles I want left. OH wants to come, but I think it's the Cafe there that's his main interest although he likes looking at the books. We might go on to the bigger garden centre with a bigger Works if there are none left.
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MillymollyAmanda
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1 Dec 2024 19:19 |
Mel another lovely advent ring for the church they should be pleased with that .
It's been raining quite hard all the afternoon and been so dark we've had the lights on most of the day . We had a lovely roast chicken tonight and like Vera everything cooked just as we liked them , we had the chicken, roasties ,roast parsnips and roast carrots, sprouts and green beans and cauliflower cheese , no pudding as we were both full.
Tomorrow I want to write my Christmas cards and we hope to get the tree in the stand outside and get the lights on .
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AnninGlos
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1 Dec 2024 17:54 |
Vera it does look Christmassy here now but it is only done early because of going away for Christmas. The berry lights surprisingly can be used outdoors although the transistor and plug must be inside. No I have not heard from Jake but that doesn’t surprise me I will know more tomorrow,
Gwyn I will send again tomorrow when I get back on my PC sorry you have not got it.
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Mel Fairy Godmother
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1 Dec 2024 17:30 |
BIL turned up about 2pm just as I was going to have something to eat. He did'nt come in but I gave him coffee and he sat out on the patio and we had a nice chat. He has had a bit of trouble with his eyes and wanted to see if he was ok to drive.
I did manage to renew my licience online today but what a lot of questions you have to answer. It said for me to send back my licience cut in half. The photo on it makes me look like a right miserable so and so and down in the mouth.
Going to watch my little couple on Youtube now Living the Skye Life. Really look forward to Sunday's at 6pm to see what they have been up to and thier two dogs Jack Spaniels and Nori. She does the most wonderful painting and he's a musician.
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SuffolkVera
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1 Dec 2024 16:33 |
While it’s not cold it has been raining more or less non-stop since about midday so the fuchsia OH moved is getting well watered in.
Your photos are in my inbox AnnG and I’ve just had a look at them on the computer. They must make your room really Christmassy and they give off a nice warm glow. I love the cyclists and the little notice advertising photos with Santa. It’s a lovely collection. You’ve worked hard at getting your decorations done. The house must look a picture. We won’t put anything up for quite a while yet but I must get the big box out of the garage and see if anything needs replacing. I like the sound of those red lights from Tesco. I might have a look at those. Btw, have you heard anything from Jake yet?
Mel, I’ve also received your photos in my inbox, thank you. I have just been looking at them. The finished wreath looks as good as ever and the Church must be pleased with it, but I was also interested to see the other pics which gave me a good idea of how you build it up. I wouldn’t know where to start. You have also reminded me that I have a wreath for the front door somewhere, not a nice fresh one but an artificial one I bought last year. For years we had a lovely big garland which I hung all down the side of the door but last year it eventually started to fall to bits. OH shortened it and adapted it to hang in a loop on a side gate and I bought the wreath for the front door. Now where on earth did I put it after Christmas? It’s possibly somewhere in the garage. I’ll have to go on a hunt for it.
Annx, granddaughter didn’t even hire a gown, she just went without. Luckily her boyfriend was graduating at the same time so she borrowed his hired one for a photo. She met boyfriend when they both started at uni and over 3 years later they are still together. As for the garden bins, ours are collected all year round apart from 2 weeks over Christmas and New Year. As they are emptied fortnightly it means we just miss 1 collection. Perhaps your charges are a bit lower than ours. I’ve just had our invoice for next year and it is £65 which is a 10% increase over last year. It’s worth it to us as we would otherwise have to constantly take stuff to the tip.
I’m glad you enjoyed the Christmas tree display Mandy. I don’t think we have had one in town this year. If we have I don’t know where it was held. I suppose the different organisations use artificial trees as they don’t drop their needles and probably work out cheaper as they can be reused, but I love to see a real tree as well. Apart from the look of it you get that lovely piney smell with a real one. You are right about the change in decorations over the years. I expect we all remember making paper chains with strips of gummed paper. My Dad also used to buy a couple of rolls of silver foil, a bit like rolls of sellotape in size. We used to twist long strips of it which Dad would hang over things and round mirrors etc. The stuff was lethal! The edges were like razors and if you didn’t handle it carefully it cut your fingers to bits and the cuts were sore for ages. Those were the days.
Our roast was delicious; one of those rare days when everything cooked to perfection. We had lamb, roast potatoes, parsnips and carrots with cauli and broccoli. We followed it with lemon cheesecake. I knew I had a large one in the freezer that I made for an event in June and then didn’t use. I got it out, cut it in half immediately and put half back in the freezer. My label on it said “Might be squidgy”. I think that was my code for “Only use for close family”. In fact it was perfect. No idea why I thought it might be squidgy.
I might not be posting tomorrow as we have a busy day. I must do a couple of jobs in the morning and also go into town to pick up my scripts. In the afternoon we are going to visit my daughter and her partner who is poorly at the moment. So you might get a day off from having to wade through one of my long posts.
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Gwyn in Kent
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1 Dec 2024 16:17 |
Your tree sounds lovely AnnG. You've worked hard to get that all sorted and those red berry lights will look good, I'm sure.
No photos have arrived from you, either in mail or in spam :-(
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AnninGlos
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1 Dec 2024 15:27 |
Had a good day if tiring one. I have got my little 3 foor tree up and managed to get a hundred red berry lights on it and it is now decorated. then I have filled a few bowls etc with coloured baubles round the lounge and dining room. Used to do this when T was alive so I thought Why not this year. I still have the floral decoration to do but that will be tomorrow now I think my back has had enough. Pleased so far with the lights. red berry lights 100 for £8 from Tesco.
I also walked down with some stuff for Irene and posted the first batch of cards. Going to have a cup of tea now and prepare veg for this evening's meal.
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AnninGlos
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1 Dec 2024 14:21 |
In case photos have continued going into spam Vera and Gwyn I sent out phoyos this morning. :-)
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SuffolkVera
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1 Dec 2024 13:32 |
Oops, after answering Mel’s paper size query I went into automatic pilot mode and pressed submit even though I meant to carry on.
How can we be on the first day of December already? 58 years ago I was heavily pregnant with my second child and dashing about like a mad thing washing my hair (long in those days), making a Christmas cake and getting my 17 month old daughter to my mother-in-law’s. My baby was supposed to be born at home but things weren’t going right and I had seen the doctor the night before. He wanted me to go straight into hospital but I pointed out that I didn’t have arrangements in place for my daughter and he’d have to give me time to do that. So he gave me a day’s grace and I had to go in first thing the next morning. I didn’t tell him all the other things I was going to do with my day’s grace. My son was born on 2nd December.
I was very confused with the talk of Annx’s village photos and kept looking at the pictures I had got and couldn’t see anything resembling a village. I was just going to email and ask her about them when, like Gwyn, I found them in Spam. I wonder why they ended up there. I’ve never had anything from Annx go to Spam before now. The village looks amazing. I’ve only seen the pics on my phone so far but I am going to look at them later on my computer so I can pick out more detail.
Gwyn, a couple of years ago I had a spate of those nasty emails, each one getting nastier than the last. Eventually they threatened to expose me to all and sundry while I was apparently doing unspeakable things while watching hard porn sites. They seemed to give up when they realized they were not getting any money out of me but I had to laugh as I wouldn’t have a clue how to find these terrible sites I was supposed to be watching. It sounds as though you had an enjoyable, if busy, day yesterday. Craft fair goods are often quite expensive but you do get something unique. You were absolutely right about my dearly beloved being an eager gardener. The fuchsia that was going to be moved from outside the garage to the back garden next spring has made the journey this morning !! He says he did check on google and it was OK to move it once all the leaves and buds have dropped. He has trimmed it back so it’s about 18” – 2ft tall and we will have to wait till the spring to see how successful he has been.
I am going to stop here and get on with cooking our roast dinner which we usually have around 2 pm on Sundays. I’ll bbl to finish off what I was going to say.
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AnninGlos
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1 Dec 2024 13:02 |
I was going to say A5 is half A4 but Vera got there first. Thanks for the pics Mel great as usual.
Mandy the station next to the church on the left has a little train that runs round and can be seen through the door. I don't think any of them have sound although some are so old now the sound might have worn out.
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Mel Fairy Godmother
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1 Dec 2024 12:49 |
Sent the pics in all the stages of its making.
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SuffolkVera
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1 Dec 2024 12:26 |
Mel, A6 is 4.1 x 5.8 inches. A5 is about half A4 size. Hope you find what you want.
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