Sorry folks, I forgot - it crept up on me.
Hope you find us.
Doodle feel free to delete this and start anew.
All welcome to join us for general chat and friendliness.
Jeeves will welcome you with Prosecco and Pringles.
Kaimoana2 your bra hunt sounds really annoying. Have you tried "bra extenders"? They hook onto the hooks at the back so you can get a bra thar nearly fits (and at least fits in the cup (without sewing!!), and then extend the back? Here's a photo.
They come in different colours and usually 2 or 3 hooks.
Doodle 
An Uplifting Story
After many years of wearing, washing, sewing and patching my 3 ancient bras, I decided to look for new in my size and price range.
Huh!
I knew it was futile, it always is but I harboured hope in my droopy bosom.
I didn’t want anything fancy; nothing pink and lacey, racy or with peep holes and definitely no tassels.
Nor one with a suspension which could hold up the Auckland Harbour Bridge.
A simple, plain white, soft sports-type would be ideal.
I have a very broad back, a feature my DS2 inherited.
It looks great on him, a 6f 7inch weightlifter.
On me it gives the impression of a short, fat vertical aircraft carrier.
Bra manufacturers have yet to come to the lingerie party.
To them, extra width must mean cups the size of buckets.
But that was not on my bucket list.
Website after website showed nothing suitable.
I felt let down and unsupported.
I sent out an APB (All Points Bulletin) and, hallelujah, found 2 available and ordered both.
I got one and a refund, so possibly I now own the last bra in New Zealand to almost fit me.
Naturally, (thank you Murphy) it was pink, lacy and with a push-up so fierce I felt as if I were peering over Filey Brig (which, incidentally, I climbed when I was 7 months pregnant).
To ease the pain and possibility of multiple stab wounds, I removed a couple of sharp scimitars which then meant the bra had peep holes as well.
It was my downfall (or part of me at least).
The cups, of course, were so large I may have to sew darts in each one to stop my bosoms lurching around like a couple of rabbits in a duffle bag.
At 77 and 10 12ths, my days of swinging tassels are definitely over.
At least in public.
Ooh, Grammaretto that wood-firing party sound great.
I'd want to stay up all night (as I have so often) feeding the fire and inhaling the lovely aroma of woodsmoke.
Last night I actually did. In the early hours, someone lit a fire and the smoke came into my bedroom.
Lovely I thought, breathing it in - until I realised it was actually from a neighbours wacky baccy 
My next post is about my recent quest for an unholey grailbra.
I'll make it a separate post so y'all can just skip it if you want.
It is, cross my heart and hope for pie, all true.
well hello again
Apologies for not returning last night… my husband was listening to a podcast and, having taken my phone to bed to complete/rewrite my post I just fell asleep!
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Now I can't remember what I was going to tell you.
Wishing everyone a good day today.
Or at least one that turns out to be uncomplicated!
Grammaretto - all of them are sad so no wonder you are.
Some people got manna from heaven - you got a pumpkin.
I love punkin soup (as my wee boy used to call it) - what's your Kiwi girl's recipe?
Yes Doodle I'm a sort of honorary Maori .
Glad you had such a good day and how lovely that your grandhildren honoured their Grandad in that way.
You don't have Facebook do you? So you won't be able to see the Waipareira video but it's not going to be exciting, they just want to know how and why I have spent 30+ years in the Maori world.
It's an extremely unusual thing to do, even today; unheard of in the 1980's.
Oh Cherry what a shame you are feeling so down. We send our love and good wishes to you dear friend.
ixion the homecare ladies get minimum wage, however, they can be on a contract which allows them to work only school hours and not many employers do that.
But they shouldn't be treated as if they don't matter.
That's why I try to be appreciative whenever I can.
I was part of a promotional video for them a while ago and because it wasn't about the dozy Admin, I was able to tell the truth.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBLOb57BZpg
There are several things I cannot eat, all of which were on my plate today 
so a distressing waste of food.
I guess the Sallies cooks can't offer different diets, it's take it or leave it. So I left it.
I'm supposed to be sugar/gluten free too but I ate the sponge and custard with very cold blueberries - yummy.
Gubbins had her birthday party at 6am today!
That must have been a special graduation ceremony Doodle. Congratulations to your DGD and to all the family.
My DGS is 17 ixion and this is his last year at school. He's a tall young man with boundless energy. He thanked me for coming to the concert.
I love to be invited. Like you,
NotSpag with your interesting family chats.
I felt sad all day. Was it the American election?, my df death? or that the woman who began our yarn group is moving away and is herself very stressed and wonders how it will work out.
Maybe I was just tired after a busy few weeks.
I found a pumpkin in the garden this morning. I didn't grow it. I have no idea why it was there. Did the elves leave it at Halloween?
I brought it inside and Kiwi girl has made enough pumpkin soup to last a lifetime for ages. There's still some left to make a pie.
Firework "night" here was still going on at 2:35am.
The agency who sends my wonderful helpers held a Christmas party for them yesterday.
Trouble is, the people who organised it (and I use that word so loosely it wouldn't keep up my knickers) decided:
1. To hold it during the day when all the helpers were working.
2. To not text or email them - so they didn't know it was happening. 
3. The certificates for 25 years loyal slog service were unable to be presented of course so the agency decided the support workers must take time off (losing money), travel a long way to the central office to collect them 
Remember this is the dopey crew to whom a major bank has given an Efficiency Award for the past 4 years.
I know the English languages is changing but does "efficiency" now mean "brain dead"?
My own dear lass heard by word of mouth and turned up.
Hardly anyone was there (quelle surprise) and the office staff were tucking into the finger food like demons because the bread was going hard and the sausage rolls going cold.
Doodle a Skink is a tiny, very cute lizard, 2-4 inches long.
I've had a very good day. We went to the library and saw all my Waipareira whanau outside giving out chocolate biscuits and chicken salad rolls. Much laughter, hugs and joking.
I thought I was to be in a video this afternoon but in fact its next Wednesday, which gives me a little more time to practice my Pepeha. I am very nervous.
This formal declaration of who you are and where you fit in Maori society includes your mountain, river and Marae. It can be much longer but as I have no Maori heritage I use the short version.
Ko Pukematekeo toku maunga (Pukematekeo is my mountain)
Ko Whau toku awa (river)
Ko Ngati Pakeha toku iwi (my tribe)
Ko Hoani Waititi toku Marae (the Marae where I am tangata whenua, or one of the people of the land, which by honour and acceptance rather than birth, I am and where I was a bone carver and student).
Ko Lynda ahau.
Easy enough to say in private but when I know the vid will be viewed by a lot of people, many of whom are fluent Maori speakers, very daunting indeed.
But Maori is very much a no-blame society so I'll get a tick for trying, even if I fluff it.
Kia pai to ra koutou
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