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[Jim]

It's a bit milder but drizzling
A couple of days travelling ahead

[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

We often have a couple of frosty days here in Pembrokeshire then no more all winter. It killed my palm trees off last year with ice in the crowns. They look bad now so they’ll have to be cut down again.
Im so glad we aren’t travelling this week. The weather in France on our route has everything, floods, ice, snow and gale force winds. It’s a bit of a thermic shock too as we had 20° last week for a lot of the journey.
Is Gaff on commission, he sold me a book yesterday😀

[Patti (baconater)]

27C here at the moment. :)

I'm making Dave take me out to dinner tonight.

[Kath]

Well done Gaff! Off to do the tedious shopping this morning, then I've got more teddy bears ready to stuff!

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Was woken up at 5.30 this morning by someone’s alarm going off, wasn’t impressed. Did wake up again at 6.30 but didn’t feel awake enough to get up. We’ve had rain overnight, and the car was saying 5, when I got home last night it was 2! Blue skies now. Need petrol on the way home, and Lucy has her regular visit for acupuncture. It’s been an odd year for weather

[Kath]

Oh dear. Our early wake-up call was via one of those really annoying 'Technical Services at Microsoft' chaps. He got a flee in his ear - 7.20 in the morning! Musband told him to get a life! He probably didn't know what that meant. English a second language.

[M.T.]

Morning all,

Rainy and miserable here. The Donald Trumpkin is not looking good. I'll try and post a picture when its done. ;-)

Cheers

MTM

[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

I set our burglar alarm off this morning, was a very rude awakening as I blundered downstairs. I couldn’t find my clicker either to to turn it off. I think he’s forgotten as I haven’t had any sarky comments yet but there’s is a chance he slept through it.
Those little meerkats saved me £120 on my car insurance. Whoop whoop.

[M.T.]

Here is a link to the pumpkin pic. I'll make it show in the post in a mo if I'm able

[M.T.]

The hair was too complicated.

[Kath]

Got a ginger cat?

[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

I’ve just seen an article (true) about a Russian scientist in Antarctica who stabbed his fellow worker because he kept telling him the endings of the books he was reading. Theyd been there four years, the man who was stabbed in the heart with a kitchen knife is in a bad way.
Beware spoilers!

[Kath]

That's the first rule of reviewing. Don't finish your review with 'and then they all died.'

[Patti (baconater)]

M.T. wrote: "Here is a link to the pumpkin pic. I'll make it show in the post in a mo if I'm able

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WOW!!!!
That's impressive, Mary!

Happy Hallowe'en everyone!!!

[Alicia]

Lynne (Tigger's Mum) wrote: "We often have a couple of frosty days here in Pembrokeshire then no more all winter. It killed my palm trees off last year with ice in the crowns. They look bad now so they’ll have to be cut down a..."

It was chilly in the morning, but nice and warm when I swam in the outdoor pool in the late afternoon. Come visit.

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

Morning all. Quiet and still out there. I like the Trumpkin Mary.

[Kelly]

Morning all.

And in the Channel Islands it is dry and chilly, with the prospect of rain.

Leaving a bit later to get to work as this is half-term week, meaning the roads are virtually empty!

Happy hump day, and spooky goings on.

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Had a weekend away in Welshpool, walked miles along the canal bank. Mum and the others were sat in the lodge whilst I had my walk.

Colder inside work than outside yesterday.
Today is not as cold, blue sky and sun so hopefully if will be warmer at work. Got a stupid survey to fill in today at least half of the questions are not relevant or too small as numbers have to be rounded to the nearest thousand.

They can't decide about holidays here. Some were on half term last week and some this week.

[Kath]

Morning! Half terms - a friend just moved house and his ten year-old son got two!
Village hall fish and chip lunch today, then I have to come home (full!) and bake for tomorrow's cake club.

[Benjamin]

Morning all, and happy Samhain.

[Jud]

Morning!

I had a cavalier cuddle session this morning at work. Lovely. I want a doggy.

Happy Halloween all

[Mike]

Oops, I'm new to Goodreads. What does 'one year ago' mean?

[Tim]

Afternoon. -2 first thing, but it's up to +11 now.

Kath, I had that scam Microsoft call at 7:30 this morning, but I let them talk to the answering machine.

[Jud]

Mike wrote: "Oops, I'm new to Goodreads. What does 'one year ago' mean?"

Are you looking at the oldest comments rather than the most recent?

[Kath]

Tim wrote: "Afternoon. -2 first thing, but it's up to +11 now.

Kath, I had that scam Microsoft call at 7:30 this morning, but I let them talk to the answering machine."

We're the answering machine. We argue back!

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

What a day, was up most of the night, Lucy was poorly, so had to come home at lunch. Seems fine now so don't need another vet visit. Will post more tomorrow but loving the pumpkin MT

[Alicia]

Poor Lucy! It must be hard to feel sick when your human is missing. Hope she's better soon.

[Patti (baconater)]

Gorgeous blue sky day here. I should be next to a pool with my kindle, not at my desk.

I'm on duty in a bit so at least I'll have a bit of time outside.

[Benjamin]

Morning, all. Cold day here but the rain seems to be leaving us alone.

Hope Lucy feels better soon.

[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

I taught my iPad to swim this morning. Put my travel mug in my bag without putting the bung thingy in the top. Not a good idea, still look on the bright side, as I don’t take sugar it wasn’t sticky.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Was drizzly this morning but now blue skies, at least I slept last night. Had another random delivery thing yesterday too, we had ordered the animals Christmas presents on Sun (my neighbour is obsessed with buying early), delivery date was yesterday, so I had it diverted to work as she wasn’t going to be in, but it didn’t arrive in my hour slot, went on the website to find it just said between 6am and 10pm, which wasn’t helpful as reception shuts at 5. At 6.30 had a knock on the door with the delivery! The delivery guy had tried to get to work, found it shut, but noticed he had 2 addresses, so decided to come to the other one, I did thank him and must put a review on – admittedly it was hours after the time slot, but he still went the extra mile. Cat sitting tonight

Glad iPad is OK Lynne. Thanks Alicia – it was hard having to come to work and leave her!

[Jud]

Hello!

Not many delivery drivers would bother, Desley! I'd say that was lucky.

I bought so much fabric last night, I really need to start using up what I have before buying more. I'm not sure Gareth realises just how much I have but it definitely comes in more than it goes out.

Had a talk in work today about Brexit, it was really depressing. It focused on Northern Ireland and what it means for us. We may end up with a better deal than the rest of you though so, ner ner ner ner ner. The guy giving the talk said it was embarrassing how little London MPs knew about Northern Ireland and the related policies and trading etc. Fills me with confidence... Anyway, enough about politics.

Hope your iPad is okay Lynne. Got a meeting now, better run.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Jud wrote: "Hello!

Not many delivery drivers would bother, Desley! I'd say that was lucky.

I bought so much fabric last night, I really need to start using up what I have before buying more. I'm not sure Gar..."

Yes, very lucky!

[Kelly]

What a great delivery guy, Desley.

You probably have it in the UK as well, but Jersey Post get you to nominate a safe place to leave your stuff (a shed etc) and you have a barcode sticker they can "zap" to say they've delivered it. The best is the UPS driver who knows my husband works at a nearby tennis court and just goes there to deliver stuff if we're not at home.

Cold day but, may I say, I am glad! I love the changing seasons; although we seem to have hopped from summer straight into winter.

Friday tomorrow - yay!

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

No, Royal Mail doesn't do that. Forgot to say, he even offered to put it in the house

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Morning, got my annual bloods at 9.20, then we are going for a spa day for our combined birthdays, its the other neighbours (not the one who feeds me!) 70th birthday today and she's never been to a spa, so we are treating her - also got her a card with a badge and making her wear it! Then cat sitting after that. Cold but dry today.

[Patti (baconater)]

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

[Benjamin]

Morning, all! Finally Friday, and there's a thick frost in the north-east.

[Jud]

Morning

Have a lovely day Desley!

I have a quiet day in work today, got some meeting minutes to type up from Tuesday so hopefully get those done. I was never at my desk long enough yesterday to do it

[M.T.]

OMG Friday! Woot. OK so I will have to carry a bass drum up a hill but it’s Friday so I couldn’t give a toss! Thanks for the kind words re trumpkin and hope everyone is winding happily down for a weekend relaxing. Top delivery driver Desley, there are a couple round here who are great like that, too.

Cheers

MTM

[Kath]

Evening all. Strange day. My last surviving aunty's funeral this morning, reconnecting with the cousins, then down to daughter and family for the weekend. In bed now, wiped out.

[Alicia]

Hope your party was successful and the spa enjoyed. I've never been to one, either.

Today is my husband's birthday - got him the one thing he can't bring back on the bicycle, ice cream treats from the store downstairs he didn't even know they had. I'll try to be organized enough in a year to attempt a cake, but we're not unpacked enough for that.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

The birthday cake for your husband is under construction Alicia!

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Well, woke up at 6.30, bit stiff after the spa day yesterday! Thumb is really sore too. Probably a good thing, house looks like a bomb site. Hairdresser at 11.30, then got to go to Costco, Aldi and Asda after that, going to have some food at Costco so we don't need to cook tea. Had a lovely day at the spa though, and we even got a birthday present, which was a lovely surprise. There is a Starbucks on site, so we had one of those after, I had a salted caramel brownie hot chocolate, which came with chocolate cream.

Glad your husband enjoyed his birthday treat Alicia.

[Kath]

Off to Gloucester for the day with the family. Catch you later.

[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

That’s a great cake for a small boy or even a big boy. I’ve got to make one for next weekend, grandson will be 4. I’ve got the bits for this time (dinosaurs) and a preprinted edible topper so it’s not going to take long.
It’s really wild and windy outside.OH has gone to buy a cow at the farmers market.

[M.T.]

Love that cake. If only I’d known about that the year Harrison took a massive bite out of McMini’s. It was some kind of weird gaming character and I had to remodel its head. Harrison is actually a cat and not a Labrador but seriously, you’d never know!

Hope the husband liked the ice cream Alicia and Kath, hope you are relaxing after funeral duties for your aunt.

If anyone is bored, I did a blog.

https://mtmcguire.co.uk/2018/11/03/wi...

Cheers

MTM

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

My friend Alex dragged me out for a hair cut. Here is an after picture with both the new dos :)

(Hint, I'm not the gorgeous blonde)

https://www.goodreads.com/photo/group...

[Jim]

I get my hair cut when it gets to the stage where I'd have to start combing it :-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Comb? What's that?