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*dusts off thread and sprinkles glitter*

Glad to hear you're better now

Loons is about to become an auntie any day now...

Thanks. I still have to do something about the hormonal stuff, but that might take care of itself, too. I think it might've just been Uni stress. I know I react to stress in very physical ways; seeing my father used to give me a rash!

Congratulations!

Parents and parenting bring on stress. Hopefully the rest will sort itself out

My sister had to go into hospital earlier, with her weekly shopping left in the car boot

Yarreau's not so bad

So any day now is really any minute now?

Yarreau's got to be a mum being a Hootooer

Yes - well, she has high blood pressure etc so being induced tonight or very soon!

Yes, she certainly knows where her towel is.

All the best to her and baby, then!

Always good to know where your or are

Thanks, will be an early Christmas !

Unfortunately, we know exactly where the cats are - they're the reason none of us has full use of their computer chair right now

Apparently I've put a new mat by the back door *just* for ours to sit on

What else would it be for?

Lili is having lots of fun with all the packages being delivered, she has to inspect them all...

She's not unwrapping them is she?

Fortunately, most of it's not wrapped yet. But all of us have been buying a lot of Chrismtas presents online, and I'm looking on eBay for china (my grandmother gave me some that was just dessert plates and saucers, so I'm buying teacups to go with it ) A new box to inspect ever day, and of course you know that the box is the best part...

That sounds both enterprising and brave buying china online!

It is handy though, even recent s are so much easier to track down than in shops, not to mention cheaper. You just need to put on some cheesy music to complete the shopping experience

I have a fairly common pattern (blue onion) - and half the fun is in mixing different manufacturers, because while the pattern is nearly the same, the shapes are different.

The opposite of my everyday dishes - they're from a pottery in the village where my mother used to live, and while the shapes of the plates and cups are all the same, they each have a different blue and white pattern

Since the bus ride to the nearest larger town takes 45 minutes, (30 minutes + finding a parking space by car) online shopping is *extremely* handy. And it's a good way to get English books, which are usually very expensive in the shops when you can get them at all.

Christmas greetings Mal

You do sound very co-ordinated with your crockery. I have a mixture of 2 sets for everyday use and a best set which is hidden away in the depths of a wardrobe!

My nephew did eventually arrive last week

Not really. I mainly use assorted old IKEA plates

Congrats on the nephew! and a happy Christmas to you, too!

Hello over there!

Hope you enjoy the work and s if not the !

Went to visit my sister and new nephew in rural Norfolk a few weeks ago while he was still small

Good. Enjoy him before he's a teenager.

A drinking Mal - when did this happen?

Recently sampled sloe gin

I've been in Ireland for 6 months now. It was bound to rub off