I used to do that too Purplepixie and mince pies and a Christmas pudding. ES loved my mine pies, the only ones he'd eat so don't know what he does now.
Definitely money well spent DSL. Our lodge and our home are on the coast, we can see the sea from our roof terrace so it was good that our girls checked all was OK.
That doesn't surprise me Hilltop some just can't accept that not all parents who've been estranged did nothing to deserve it. It's as if doing so would put a ? over their own situation but we know there are bad parents out there, just as there are bad AC.
Granniesunite. If you need some help with that imaginary bin, you know where to come.
A bit of de-cluttering. Now and then