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Josy1953

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  1. Thank you. We are trying to decide whether to go away for Christmas next year because for the last few years we seem to have been visiting family rather than staying in by ourselves and we both feel that we don't want to be doing round trips of about 80 miles to go to family get togethers when it is cold possibly snowing or icy. We have already warned DH's sister that we will be staying at home on Christmas day this year and she is not happy.
  2. Is it mainly families on board to Christmas cruises ?
  3. We had a grey morning but it has turned to a beautiful blue sky with just a few high wispy white clouds but it is still cold so I am sitting inside watching the birds in the garden.I
  4. Our robin visited this morning to remind us that it is still winter
  5. It is really strange weather that we have here this morning, we have had bright sun and blue skies, heavy rain and now hail. Will we get nice weather for my Easter Sunday birthday ? I hope so but I won't be holding my breath.
  6. I am sure that most reasonable people would agree with you and would want to leave the family in peace but I am afraid that the media aren't always reasonable and I am afraid that they will be camped outside wherever they think Catherine and Charles are. I can't get those poor children out of my mind, it is so hard for them.
  7. The problem with trolls is that they have no shame and don't care about the affect that they are having on their victim and their family especially if the person is in the public eye.
  8. We are praying for the Royal family at this awful time. We had a similar situation last year with my niece and brother-in-law so know how horrendous it is to have 2 members of the family to have this awful news at the same time and particularly for the children. 🙏
  9. I have been out for lunch with my sisters and I think that I have probably gained a stone in weight but it was worth it. One sister is in Tenerife so just 3 of us and one 20 month old bossy boots who is teething so so mum decided to leave her with granny rather than taking her to the nursery adjoining the school where she works.
  10. They are absolutely brilliant. Their mum would be proud of them and their dad is fantastic with them but when they are not around and he opens up a bit it is clear that he is struggling. My sister is trying to persuade him to get some grief counselling but like a lot of men he thinks that going for counselling is a sign of weakness.
  11. A calm day planned here. I took the children to school, then went to the oatcake shop to get our last oatcakes before we go away. The children are looking forward to tomorrow when they finish for the Easter break, my guess is that being teenagers they will spend most mornings in bed for the next 2 weeks unless my sister wakes them up when she goes round to take the dog for his walk.
  12. The price of glasses and sunglasses are horrendous now, not much change from £1000 each if you are having having various coatings such as anti-glare and anti-scratch and having ultra thin lenses because your eyes are really bad and you don't want ones that look like jam jar bottoms.
  13. My optician sends out text messages confirming the time and asking not to arrive more than 5 minutes before the appointment time, so I park on Tesco carpark because it's free and then I have a slow stroll past the empty shops. The good thing is that they keep to the appointment times give or take 5 minutes but it is a small practice with 1 full-time and one part-time optician. I first went 65 years ago and have seen the family who used to own it gradually die off and now it is still privately owned by the current full-time optician.
  14. I have been to the hairdresser this morning so my hair is now cut ready for our holiday. I then called in the big Tesco to get a few bits that we needed, that was a big mistake, I ended up buying things that weren't on my list because I don't know where anything is do ended up walking up and down all of the aisles so got tempted to buy other things.
  15. Good morning everyone. Thank you for all your good wishes. Another damp start to the day here but it's not actually raining at the moment. I am going out for lunch with a friend today so that is something to look forward to even though I already know what the conversation will be all about because she has a lot of long term health problems and loves to moan about NHS treatment but doesn't bother to follow their instructions and "forgets' to go to appointments. Have a great day everyone.
  16. Thank you everyone. I just hope that we don't get any more problems before we manage to get to Southampton on the return journey, the last few weeks have been really stressful and we both need a holiday now. I have to go and collect the kiddos from school in a few minutes. I had texts from them earlier one has a netball match and the other is staying behind to help a boy who has problems with maths. I thought that was what the teachers were for or failing that the parents but what do I know.
  17. I am back from the doctor and my ECG was clear, he has changed my medication and said that I can go on holiday but I will get an appointment to go to the hospital for more tests. I have called Staysure and updated them so I am all clear for our cruise next week. I now just need to decide which clothes I am going to need for the cruise and get packing.🤞
  18. Sky Princess is my favourite ship. We haven't looked at next year yet but could be tempted to look at your cruise. I love Strictly and have done 2 previous Strictly cruises. We have seen Brian Conley and his show was really funny so I wouldn't mind seeing him again but I probably wouldn't bother to go to Tony Hadley's show.
  19. Hope you have a lovely cruise too, we have never been on Arvia, I just feel that it may be a little too big, Sky Princess is the largest that we have been on and she is the one that we are going on this time too if the doctor gives me the all clear this afternoon.
  20. Where are you cruising to ? Hopefully we will be cruising next week to the Canaries.
  21. Another wet morning here for the school run. I have just been watching our resident blackbird and thrush, they spend a lot of time together in our garden but this morning the thrush picked up a worm hopped over to the blackbird and dropped it at his feet for him to pick up and eat.
  22. Not P&O green beans. How do they make them squeak ? The only squeak to come out of the kitchen should be Bubble and Squeak
  23. We have a bright sunny day, a bit cool but the washing dried on the line this morning for the first time this year. I feel like I have not stood still at all today, school run, doctors for blood test results, shopping, ironing, baking, afternoon pickup from school, cooking dinner.
  24. Looks lovely other than the the devil's invention aka baked beans. I wouldn't be able to eat anything if there were beans on the plate. One of DH's moans is that I refuse to have them in the house so he only gets to have them if we have breakfast out.
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