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Good Morning all !
Oh its a blue sky morning here and the sun is shining. Its lovely !!
Maw I feel for your families passport problems and glad it was resolved. A few years ago my eldest daughter realised the day before we all flew to Florida that she had thrown their passports away. In the end they had to follow us 2 days later thanks to some wonderful people at the airline and passport offices !! Amadeus sounds wonderful, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Half term was this week past for us Grey . Apart from Laura's sleepover we had the two youngest boys last night for dinner ( I cant eat a whole one 
), and their parents. Jackson wanted a buffet of things, as he put it that 'I don't like' !! I created a bizarre platter for him that included stuffing balls, pigs in blankets and poppadum's( we were eating Indian food). Funnily enough he ate it all...on with the search then .
What did you settle on for the cod roe Izabella I had to google it as I didn't know what it was....good luck .
Lona I have to use the laptop to post because its exhausting on the iPad - predictive text and one fingered typing at best ! Its good to be a nutter ...those are the memories your little granddaughter will recall fondly . More nuttiness I say !!
Oh soop your travel arrangements sound so complicated !! When I win the lottery I shall arrange for a nice private plane for you to wait at both ends ! In the meantime though ...bus it is !
Sorry to hear there are lots of return bugs taking hold. We had a year like that a couple of years ago and now I try very hard to recognise when I'm getting run down to up the vitamins and such . Get well soon everyone.
Grampy is decorating the spare room today. In our recent set of estate agents photos ( and we have a few now !!) it looked quite shabby in comparison to the other rooms. In the end we decided , as we will stay here if we cant sell, that we would splash out on a can of paint etc and redo it. I bought some beautiful gold and grey bedding from Next to have decided to paint a feature wall in a similar gold and use a very pale grey on the walls , then use the bedding. Last thing will to pop out to the Range tomorrow and find something large to put on the wall over the bed !!
I shall post the finished article here so you can see his hard work.
Get well soon anyone who is poorly x
Soop the old Rep, the Royal theatre is still where it was and was beautifully restored a few years ago, it is a little gem and is still a "producing" theatre. The new Derngate Complex was built incorporating the Royal,which you now access from "round the back" , the Derngate theatre which is much bigger and in recent years, the Errol Flynn Filmhouse which has 88 seats (v comfortable, lots of legroom and somewhere to put your 
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These show the interior of the Royal , the shared foyer and the Derngate complex from the front.
I don't know why we don't get there more often, it is excellent.
This would perhaps be the Royal you remember, as it was when we first took the girls to the panto 30 years ago!
That was my thinking charley, but it's beyond a joke now, nearly three months. Desperation is creeping in. Can do very little, balance is haywire, constant headache and worse brain fog than usual. No nasty coughing up but I am very breathless, see what a couple more days brings. Yes, flu jab was jabbed, Will stop moaning, promise
When we bought a house years back the kitchen doors had a sticker inside with the name of the manufacturer who was prepared to send some to our local friendly builder. Actually a neighbour, but he was also a builder. Doesn't sound so simple for you if your installer has a monopoly. Can imagine the frustration. You seem remarkably patient. Builders and dust management just don't seem to go together. The only one I know who was oh so careful was our previous neighbour, our experiences here have been dreadful.
Your re-decoration sounds very stylish, n&g, you have certainly worked very hard to present your home to potential buyers. As charley said, if you stay put for a while lots for you to enjoy.
N&G my current chef and OH did the cod roe in slices dipped in egg and then sourdough spelt breadcrumbs and fried gently. Served with sweet potato oven chips with rosemary and mixed winter Japanese greens from the Lottie. I also think one or two pleasant grumbles about your cupboard door on social media may stir things up a bit.
Charleygirl it was the hard roe so not soft. We never seem to find the pink roe to make taramasalata these days. Lamb shanks with rosemary (she gets around) for dinner later with cauliflower rice and home grown sprouts. Not many of those left but they have been splendid this year. Just waiting for the weather to brighten then I shall go and do more one handed weeding of the herb bed. FRacture clinic again next week.
Greyduster tell me more about that art exhition at Chatsworth.. Can't find anything on the website.
Dull morning here, but the hens produced a lovely eggy breakfast for us including Florence's wondrous blue egg.
Now then, any gardeners here? Firstly, when do folks sow their tomato seeds, and secondly, here is a pic of our lovely primroses.
Oh charley, chin up. Won't be long. Think I'd have a word with the boss about his son, he needs house training! Thank you for being my on call physician, if (when I manage to secure an appointment) I am told they can do nothing I will refer them to you 
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corner and kitty I suggest that you present yourselves at the surgery. This bug has well and truly floored you. Whatever happened to the tonic that folk took way back when? Was it Sanatogen? My late Nana swore by the healing powers of a Guinness. 
MawB That is so thoughtful of you. The photos rekindled some very fond memories of visits to the Royal. The last time I went, I was with my late Nana and my then two youngish sons. The production was 'Dark Lucy'. Sadly, on our return home, we discovered that our lovely cat (also a Lucy) had been in a motor accident. She had to be put down.
N&G We've a long stretch of sandy beach not too distant from home. A private small seaplane would suit our needs very nicely. Thank you for the offer.
Charleyg We've first hand experience of tidying up after builders. When our home was being built, we lived in a caravan on site. Every evening we donned special gear and armed with brooms we blitzed the interior of the house. I've never in my life come across so much rubble/rubbish/discarded detritus that really should have been cleared away at the end of their shift. We made light of it. Would march with brooms held high and sing...hey ho, hey ho...it's off to work we go... Would you believe that on more than one occasion we were asked not to tidy up. Why? Because they couldn't find their tools. In fact, all tools were laid side by side on a spotless bench.
Hello, Elegran It's good to have your company.
Bellanonna I think that it was a couple of years ago that I went to bed feeling rough and a cough developed that was extremely painful. After a week or so, I couldn't eat and was seeing ants and bluebottle flies zipping around the bedroom. Doctor put me in hospital. It was pneumonia. That's the reason why I'm concerned for a few of our Granspals.
Izabella Where's wobblybits when we need him? He's a knowledgeable gardener. The primroses are gorgeous. I believe that I would very much enjoy the tasty recipe that your husband chef created.
Charleyg I awoke and thought... it's Sunday. I'm going to enjoy doing very little other than mounting the portrait that I have completed at long last. What do I do? I take it into my head to spring clean the utility room. That job took about an hour. I then thought...I need to spring clean the computer/music/art room. That job ate up well over an hour. I could barely walk through the passage way to the sitting room - it was strewn with stuff that needs to go to the tip. Do you suppose that the female brain works very differently from the male? If MacS suggests he'll have a 'good clear out', he does the opposite. He takes to his chair and reads the papers from cover to cover.
I would second the advice given to all of the lurgi sufferers given by soop. Go see the GP especially if you have had a cough for a long time. I also developed pneumonia a few years ago because I didn't go to the doctor but tried to soldier on. I also ran a very high temperature that wouldn't come down. I didn't actually see bluebottles any other obnoxious insects but was talking rubbish according to DH. I felt horrible for about 6 months after that.
N&G your redecorated room sounds lovely. Hopefully it will impress viewers of your house and you get it sold. Are you downsizing? Sounds like you need a family sized mansion to accommodate all your GCs!
CG I don't envy you your clearing up. Building dust is just the worst. Seems to get everywhere.
Re: our little Georgie, very small improvements every day. She can now get to her feet occasionally and stand steady for a few minutes. It is rather random when this happens, and usually ends up in a tangle of legs on the floor. We have seen her when excited by her ball pull up and take a few steps. Then she does the splits and that is the end of that for a while. But every little step helps. She follows me about and cries if I am out of her sight. On the sofa in the evening, she curls round me with her head on my knee. Rather cosy actually. Still totally incontinent though 
Onwards!
Bellanonna should we entice Bumblebee into the kitchen? He sounds a friendly person and I think would appreciate the craic in here. I miss Wobbly and his chat. Anyone know what has happened to him...or has he changed personality again?
Poor light. But this is the painting that gave me real trouble. It hasn't photographed satisfactorily. However, I am pleased that I didn't give up.
You could think he was reading the Sunday Tines, but the breathing was too deep and the eyes were closed!
Plus it doesn't take that long to read one page
MacSporran* seated side saddle because my easel happens to be in the way. He's a gent...says he doesn't want to disturb it.
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