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Morning all,

Sunny now but first thing it tipped down with rain ,the wind seems to be picking too.

Anng hope you enjoy your lunch with your friend .

Mel any more mice or do you thing you've caught them all now ,I've just done a pile of ironing ,I was going to get my Christmas cakes made but have decided to buy two new tins after getting my old ones out and looking at them ,one is a loose bottom one and its a devil to get the loose bottom bit in level .

Morning Mel Same as you Mel 13 degrees and very windy. was showery but blue sky at the moment. slept well last night. Plenty of small jobs to do indoors but out for lunch today. Friends (I have been friends with her for 47 years) taking me for lunch at the Beefeater in Gloucester. Picking me up at 12.30.

Morning all,

Very windy here this morning but 13 degrees and the suns trying to come out. I have three parcels to post this morning and it could be 4 if one lady would pay.

Nothing planned for the rest of the day but I could do some ironing.

What are you lot up to?

No wonder you slept late then.. yes been dark and horrible here today.

Anng I did'nt go to bed until 2.15am.

Been miserable here all day.

Mandy yes I liked Clare doing it too, a lovely clear voice.
Very emotional for me the song Bring him Home. One of T's favourite songs from Les Mis.
Days like today I am envious of your fire. I have just put the heating on low but it is not the same as seeing an actual fire.
Mel that was late to sleep in to. I thought I was late eventually waking at 0815.

Morning girls,

I only woke up at 10.53am, I had been up once in the night for the loo and it was still dark so went back to bed. Fatal thing to do really but I went to bed late as I was watching Poldark again on Iplayer and did'nt realise the time hence late to bed late to rise.

Its grey here this morning and only 10 degrees now and pc says rain to stop. Rained in the night cos it battered the bedroom window.

well not seen BIL this weekend and I don't expect he will turn up today as he usually goes back to Farmborough tonight back to work.

Morning all,

Very foggy when we got up about quarter to eight but that's cleared and the sun is shining now.

Anng we really enjoyed the festival of remembrance and thought it was well done too ,like Claire Balding doing it she has a nice clear voice .

Colin is just lighting the fire as the family are coming this morning for coffee and like to see a nice fire .

Good morning all, a grey start to the day here but 7 degrees so no frost. I think we are forecast rain. I do need to get down the garden and remove some ivy from where the shed was but not if it rains of course. I do also have a list of indoor jobs needing doing. I always have a list and work my way through it. Trouble is at the same time adding more jobs to the end of it.

slept quite well last night, I was later to bed as I was watching the festival of remembrance which, last night I thought, was really well done. I do love to watch the Royal Marines.

sun is still shining here and 10 degrees so not cold in the sun. Trouble is it is so low that it is hard walking into it. Hard to see where you are walking. Strangely I found it was better if I took my reactolite glasses off as going dark didn't help. I did have a quick walk into the park just to see if the trees are changing. They are, but very slowly.

Mel I talk to him all the time, sometimes I do tell him off for leaving me to sort things out that I don't always understand. Like, why are there so many plugs plugged in behind the TV so I can't reach them what are they for/doing?

good luck with your selling.

I fee fior you Anng as I know how hard it is at these times. Keep your chin up and thinkj of all the lovely memories you have shared and he's not far away from you. I still say godnight to my oh and talk to him telling him the thigs I have done.

No mouse today so I am hoping I have cracked it.

Its 10 degrees here and the suns just gone in. Not done the shop yet but have cleaned the bathroom and done up two parcels to post on Monday and there will be another one to do up later on as I have a bid on something which finishes at 3.38pm. If you get a bid it will sell.

Nice to see you Mandy and I have ordered my stuff for the Christmas cake. I am going to make Em one this year and a small one for me and for my neighbours.

Good morning all, the sun is shining and it is now 8 degrees, when I got up we had had a frost and it was 0 degrees.
I was going to go into town to visit the large winter market at the docks. But I had a really bad night with hardly any sleep and absolutely no idea why. I feel very 'washed out' this morning so will wait until another weekend to go to the market. they are there every weekend thorough until the beginning of December. Instead I will potter and also walk down to post daughter's birthday card.

Not a good weekend for me as tomorrow it will be three years since T was taken into hospital, the last time I ever saw him or spoke other than muddled messages on the phone. Today is the anniversary of the continuing falls. These memories are so hard as I always will wonder if I could have done more for him.

Morning all,

Very frosty here this morning but the sun has soon lifted it .
I have just made two Christmas puddings so they are steaming away ,I usually do smaller ones rather than one big one as I find the basins fit in the steamer better ,I do four small for us here as we have the family for Christmas as usual and then I make two for them to have .
I need to get my Christmas cakes made this next week too ,one for us and one for family .

Vera thanks for letting us know as we always wonder if everything is OK when there's no posts for a while ,hope you get things all sorted .

Let's hope you've caught all the mice now Mel the little blitters can do a lit of damage to things .
Yes you've got the right day for the shop lol ,it's strange how you get into your head it's a certain day last week both Colin and I got the days muddled up .

Anng thats good you found homes for some of your pots ,nice to know they are of use to someone .
Do you see much of the cat now the weathers colder ,Mel perhaps you need a cat that would keep you mouse free .
I wonder if Jane's Thomas is still going strong .

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Morning all,

The sun is up and it looks to be a promissing day and its 9 degrees and no wind that I can see of.

Now I do have the shop to do today as it is Saturday unless my pc is wrong. It is also Sam's birthday so I shall drop him in a card but he most probably has football this morning.

Not looked in the trap yet.

Right we won't worry then and thanks for letting us know.

I hope Mandy and Gwyn will post and Annx as we will be very thin on the ground won't we Anng?

No more mice in the trap so far today. Its blimmin cold out there but we have had a nice sunny day with just a couple of short sharp showers. There's been a lot of rain in the night though as by the side of the chicken run theres a lake which I paddled through in my wellies to give them a good wash.

Ok Vera but it will be very quiet on here without your newsy posts. Hope you can get everything done. :-)

You are way ahead of me with your Christmas shopping AnnG. I’ve barely started. You managed to get rid of quite a few of your pots.

Let’s hope you’ve caught the last of the mice Mel. I quite like mice outside but definitely not in the house.

We’ve been busy the last couple of days and this is a short visit to say I may not be posting for a few days so don’t worry if I’m not around. We have things on and I am trying to help OH with a couple of his commitments so time is short. Added to that my iPad, which I use most of the time, is playing up. I’ll be keeping an eye on what you’re all getting up to by reading your posts on my phone and I should be back within a week.

That sounds nice Mandy can I come for dinner please?

Hi all
It is a nice dry day here, not really cold although temp is showing as 8 degrees. I went in to Cheltenham and did a bit of Christmas shopping. Not much more to get now, then there is all the wrapping to do.
Mandy I put 17 pots out in the end and was left with 7. One I have put back in with those I have that I might use. One I took with a few other bits for the charity lady. I only took one as they are quite heavy and I was on the way to catch the bus for Cheltenham. I guess all I bought I could have got in gloucester but I wanted to have a look in the larger M&S and also John Lewis.