SueDonim, good to hear better news of your son.
I`m really not looking forward to our David`s funeral on the 22nd. He loved Christmas, so a few of us are going for a meal on Christmas Eve in his memory.
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Here I am, just sided the table and washed up after my stepfather ‘s Sunday visit. We all enjoyed each other’s company. I assured him he definitely adds to our enjoyment. People are the icing on the cake of life’s pleasure, most certainly in my opinion. Everything else is just ‘stuff’. Well that’s my (Humanist) viewpoint.
We’ve been out before eating, to a local pub that none of us have ever been in! It was lovely & it was only 5 minutes away. Warm, convivial atmosphere with gorgeous Christmas decorations. We said we think less nice places have gone to the wall, but those still trading know how to do ‘it’. Anyway while in there we reminisced & easily drew up between us about a dozen local pubs we have been in for YEARS! (One of them was, as I reminded my stepfather, where we first met him and mum, some 30 years ago - which was less intense than ‘a meal’ 😊) so we have decided to visit them all, pre Sunday lunches.
Anyway I’m wittering on... I think I’m slightly ‘over relaxed’ as my friend used to say. Just poured myself a Baileys. I might regret this ‘one for the road’ in the morning but right now it’s just what I want.
The photo tonight?
It’s Petula, Cilla and Sandie Shaw. I’ve asked Alexa to play ‘Downtown’ (my favourite of Petula’s from the 60’s), ‘Anyone Who Had a Heart’ (Cilla, your early vocals were amazing!) and Sandie Shaw’s ‘Puppet on a String’.
Himself will be home soon. After dropping my stepfather off he was going over to have a game of chess with the Boy Wonder who’s got through to the school final mid week.
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Thank you, everyone. You’re all so kind. ❤️
Annsixty 
Good afternoon, Soop and lovely Kitchen people!🥰
Sweetie Pie must think you're running a 5 star 🌟 cat hotel, Soop, he's well spoiled!🤣
I'm just catching up on Kitchen news after a busy spell, family lunch here yesterday, DGS2 was a real tonic for his Papa, singing his Christmas songs . DH has been missing him recently cos he's not been fit for our childcare days.
My sisters were here for lunch this afternoon, we had a good catch up.
I'm now going to write the Christmas cards which require posting, I heard that the last date for second class mail is tomorrow? I think it has been brought forward because of the strikes.
YiaYia, your visit with your DS will do you both a power of good. I'm glad to hear that he is getting good support from work.
SueD, thinking of you and your DS and DD.
Annsixty
MOMB, enjoy your break, it sounds wonderful. We had a caravan at Stranraer when the boys were wee, used to have picnics at Corsewall Point. Lovely scenery.
Urms/Blossoming, I share your fondness of purple. I remember my teacher looking at my drawings and telling me I was' too inclined' to purple. I was about 7! But I've never forgotten her turn of phrase. My favourite chocolate in the whole world is the purple one!
Ladyleftfieldlover, hope you have recovered from your migraine. Thankfully, I haven't been troubled by my visual migraine auras recently. At one point a few months ago they were almost a daily occurrence.
Grandmabatty, enjoy your jammy day, you certainly deserve it. You're always on the go!
Kitty, super photos. Best wishes for your continued recovery.
Sending love and prayers to all who need/wish them. TOYA. 💕🙏
Thirty three visits to go before we open our new kitchen. I shall hasten away to launder the rugs and cushion covers in readiness. Get baking, ladies.
Enjoy your Sunday evening. Beware of slippery pavements, if you should venture outside. We shall remain here with a log fire and watch the Orson Welles 5* film mid-evening.
Night night. 
SueDonim All good, healing thoughts winging their way from my home to you and your dear family.
Blossoming We are fans of locomotives. The more senior, the better.
annsixty, dear lady, you are human. Never apologise for sharing your feelings. Had I been in your position, I would have behaved in exactly the same way.
Grandmabatty How lovely for you to attend the ballet performance. I last went to the ballet, Swan Lake, in Plymouth about forty five years ago. Magical!
Which is more than be said regarding the England v France match. Tell me, please, can any of you recall football players being so rough and tumble in the days of Stanley Matthews? Also, the ref was, methinks, biased. [hmm[
Sweetie Pie (feral cat) spent the night in his apartment, sleeping on a thick fleece in a cosy cat bed. Breakfast was four pouches of premium cat food with a sprinkling of biscuits. Lunch consisted of two further pouches of salmon and a handful of cat biscuits. Not a word of thanks. No offer to wash the dishes. I ask you. 
Good afternoon lovely. Great news about your son SueD, I hope the pathology report is good and he has a speedy recovery from the op.
AnnSixty sometimes you have to let it out and it’s never at the best time . You haven’t let anyone down.
I hope you had a peaceful day Grandmabatty after yesterday’s mountaineering expedition
I’m wrapped in a fleecy blanket, listening to The Christmas Chronicles and watching the Santa trains. No more snow here today but plenty of ice. Here’s a pic of the Santa train preparing to set off yesterday morning. Not my pic but I thought any train lovers might like it
Hello kitchen pals, not much happening here in Inverness today, DH has just returned from work and I’ve had a lazy morning. He’s got a good little part time morning job at the local pub, he looks after the garden in the summer months and in the winter he cleans and relights two big log fires that they have in the restaurant. I think everyone will be trying to get a seat by the log fire today.
Thanks for your garden picture llfl was it you who made that beautiful stained glass decoration earlier this year? I had a wander around the garden this morning too, I can’t do any work in the garden as it’s too snowy but I checked out what was growing. I’ve a rose still in bloom and the winter Jasmin is flowering - there’s always something to see
This afternoon I think I’m going to find a Christmas film to watch on the Tv
Take care all and enjoy your Sunday
Hello everyone. We have snow - just a little but at 8 am the scene was a white winter wonderland. The road looks clear which is good. We are going out for lunch. Here is my back garden. There are still flowers in bloom!
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