What I did today.

Gremlins or paranioa? I have just posted that I will be thinking of you on Saturday, Gally. And puff! it simply disappeared. So many happy years to remember and be grateful for As long as the hangover from Tuesday has receded by then!

I have just come back from my choir concert. Morten Lauridsen Lux Aeterna. and Karl Jenkins The Peacemakers. Which our conductor claims us as the first amateur perfomance. It was alright on the night after some mediocre rehearsals.
At vast expense we hired the Chapel en le Frith based Kinder (as in Scout) Children's choir who did the premier professional perfomance. They were amazingly good compared to us. Very powerful well trained singers.

I just about hold my own singing in this choral society but the "buzz" you get when it is going well is amazing. Off to bed on a high to rest my back which is seriously complaining from all the standing still.

Night all.

I'm visiting my mother for her birthday and the anniversary of my father's death which fall on the same date.

I'm normally too mean to pay roaming charges when I come over here but I'm beginning to feel a tad stressed and have popped into my favourite place in order to calm down.

baubles Here's a bit of to help you through your day.

Baubles empathy !!

Baubs Just look forward to tuesday !!

I'm sure your mother will appreciate your visit as it will help her through the day too. What a terrible co-incidence.

baubles - and it's very likely raining where you are (as it is here in Fife), which won't help to cheer things. Keep cosy and pop on here when you can. See you on Tuesday

Thanks all it's actually a beautiful sunny morning here in Dublin's fair city. Time to take the dog for a brisk turn around the park methinks. Poured with rain last night as we attended an anniversary mass for my mother's sister in a beautiful inner city church. Cheery weekend altogether!! This particular church has queues outside every morning for the hundreds of food parcels they hand out. They also run a needle exchange programme on the premises - good to see something practical being done.

baubles
Sorry to be missing next Tuesday

baubles - I hadn't realised you were over in Dublin! Are you flying back today?

Baubles

I love Ireland; we used to go every year for Punchestown and then travel over to the west coast. Give my love to the place, baubles. I've been working quite long hours recently and have been feeling very run down so have been sleeping a lot this past few days. Imagine how disgruntled I was to receive a phone call at 7 this morning from the Environment Agency with a flood alert .

I love Ireland too. I am going there for Christmas.

Dublin is a fair city. The pubs are very atmospheric, many with foot-tapping live music. What's more, the Guiness [should that be one n or two?] is well worth the wait [takes ages for the creamy head to settle].

Sorry to hear that you're feeling poorly, crimson. Get well soon.

I took my GD out to lunch and, as usual, to Aldi, just across the road from the pub. Lots of posh cars in in the car park, but then it is in Didsbury. Very well stocked.

Heavy rain all day, so I have watched TV, listened to Radio 4, surfed, read, eaten - not too bad a day really!

Managed an early walk by the sea before the rain returned. Lovely! Had a bit of cabin fever after all the recent rain and gales so especially enjoyable.

Just got back home and DD rang for DH to go and rescue her and DGS (age 7) who were out for a bike ride. She's forgotten to pump up his tyres and of course they had gone totally flat. She had no pump with her and it had started to rain hard! Of course he hot-footed it to the rescue - so nice to be able to do that now we live so close.

well lazy lie in as o ut last night, bee gees tribute good night, but not many people there, 6 of us and we enjoyed!!
cooked nice lunch left in oven while did quick morrison shop!
my son rang while there, and (always hard to get hold of!) we have now booked hol inn near where he lives for xmas day, exciting!!
will be lovely change to go to him, thanks to his lovely partner inviting us!!
now going get ready to go out good show 60`s stuff at local theatre.
been brighter here today got washing dry!!!!!

crimson hope you feel a bit brighter soon. Marelli my flight home is tomorrow evening & Soop I watched a pint of Guinness (for my brother) settle in a pub yesterday lunchtime
Sorry not to be seeing you on Tuesday Harrigran . It's lashing down now, I've missed a flight once before from here due to flooding so fingers crossed, I need to be home on Tuesday!!

I bought a bottle of Guinness for my son years ago when we were in Ireland. It's been in his room since then but, a week or so ago I looked at it and just had to drink it. Not sure if it's a good idea to drink Guinness that old? Of course, it's not the same as one freshly poured in a pub on the west coast .

You were lucky crimson, bottled beer that has gone out of date can make you quite poorly.

I took off my glasses before going to brush my teeth, as I keep getting spatters on them.

This probably explains why I loaded my toothbrush with a significant amount of Savlon.

!!

Just looked out of the window and saw two pigeons in the pyracantha eating the berries. How can they do that without ripping themselves to shreds?