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Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Got home and my neighbour suggested going for a carvery as I had been let down for going out for tea, so I said yes, haven’t been to that carvery for about 6 years and I wouldn’t be in a rush to go..."I'm a little sad she's not as young as I thought but she's mine and she's firmly planted her pawprints on me. And at 10 I think she's well overdue for her forever home, which is what she's got now :)
✿Claire✿ wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Got home and my neighbour suggested going for a carvery as I had been let down for going out for tea, so I said yes, haven’t been to that carvery for about 6 years and..."Understandable to be sad, but she is a lucky girl, she certainly does deserve her forever home
Not a bad day, but it is slowly getting colder. Just watched the weather radar forecast and the Pennines could be getting a dump of snow on Wednesday
Woke up ridiculously early, have tried getting back to sleep but failed, wish I could, feel quite drained and still sinusy. Foot is really sore from yesterday, ended up coming back from the retail park with 179 pouches of cat food (not all for mine!) and 20l of cat litter. Housework this morning, going to one of the local cat charities Christmas fairs this afternoon, then taking my neighbours granddaughter to the indoor play centre that is round the corner, the Chinese supermarket we have to drive past to come home and possibly Costa. Which part of the Pennines Jim?
Morning all,Dexter and daddy morning while my wife goes running and then to the hair salon.
Hope you all have a good day
Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Which part of the Pennines Jim? ..."
according to the radar predictions, from south of Hawes up to about Hexham
Sunny here but who knows for how long?Going to get on with a bit of writing now. If I don't come back, send out the tracker dogs!
Morning all, just sneaking in under the wire there!Nice day here again, I've been out to nearby East Linton which is a very pretty little village. Main east coast railway line goes past it - I was heading back to my parked car under the railway bridge when a train went over right above my head - what a fright! Had forgotten that was likely to happen :)
Definitely cooler than the past couple of days though - there's been people out on the beaches eating ice cream this week
Jim wrote: "Or has the Urban dictionary just followed Douglas Adams :-)"Douglas Adams came first, followed by Roger’s Profanasaurus, followed by the internet and the Urban Dictionary. I suspect it borrows heavily from both but it definitely has it’s own canon of vocab!
Patti (baconater) wrote: "M.T. wrote: "I think Louth is in the meaning of liff ... let me just see ... yep:Louth (N) The sort of man who wears loud check jackets, has a personalised tankard behind the bar and always gets ..."
Excellent work! ;-)
Kath wrote: "My favourite from The Meaning of Liff is Kettering. The marks on your bum from sitting on a basketwork chair.
Oh, and an Irish one. A Kerry. The little knot between two sausages."
We use the word Kettering all the time!
Had a really good day yesterday, my neighbour and her granddaughter both had their faces painted, I had my cat ear muffs, so made them wear them to finish it off!! Came home with a lovely light bottle, will post a pic later from the phone. We all won on the tombola and my neighbour won on the raffle too. The childrens play centre wasn't as bad as I expected, and we had late lunch/early tea there, food was decent actually, the coleslaw even looked and tasted homemade. Lovely blue skies but didn't feel as warm as the car said. Got very windy last night and again this morning. Did end up going back to bed for an hour yesterday so didn't do that much housework, so need to try and finish that today, going to one friends 10-12, one coming round at 5.That made me laugh R!
None of Jim's predicted snow, but the first frost of the year here
You’re safe shopping at John Lewis for prices, their motto is never knowingly undersold and they do price match. Lovely morning in West Wales, Christmas cake is baking in the oven.
Not lookIng forward to next week at all, both daughter and OH have two medical appointments each.
Morning - oh! Well, good afternoon!Been baking bread and writing long emails (still got one to do) and even wrote some of my own book.
Need a lie down!
Brrrrr getting chilly. Mind you. It is the middle of November!Claire, Jess is a minx. Imagine her fibbing about her age. Our first cat was about 10 when she decided to move in with us. She changed our lives and we had her for many, many years.
Will, I agree. We don't have a John Lewis in Jersey, but I think they have online stores.
Right, I've been at the laptop all day. Am off for a walk to M&S to buy food. Imagine it's be a bit blustery as it's along the coast. Winds getting up - meant to be Force 8 later on.
Grey and smoky here. In the bad air category, but two days ago it was in the hazardous category (I didn't leave the building then).Good thoughts for the thousands of people affected by the fires in California - we're inside, but so many have lost everything. Send us your excess rain.
apparently there's even going to be snow on Wednesday, I'm sure we can spare that
morning all. Murky in the valley and threatening rain. Temperature dropped over night, too. I might have to start digging out jumpers to wear to work!
Whereabouts are you Alicia, it’s amazing how far smoke and pollution drifts isn’t it. Was lovely here but it’s clouding up. Nothing much happening here. I’m glad I’m not in France this week with all the demonstrations. It was very impressive but as usual the government played it down, the numbers must have been at least double the official figures from what little I saw of it. There will be more trouble soon as the farmers have asked for special consideration and declared a catastrophic situation due to the drought over summer. We did notice that winter wheat wasn’t even planted in many fields. They were just dust. They are importing straw, hay and animaL foodstuffs from other European countries already. With fuel oil prices, taxes and a bread price rise they are going to be sharpening their pitchforks.
Morning!Kids slept in this morning despite being in bed pretty early last night. 7.30 before I could get them awake. We were running late, as you can imagine.
I saw Dippy the Diplodocus from the London Natural History Museum over the weekend and I got 10 hours sleep on Saturday. I'm winning at life right now.
Morning, everyone. I've had heavy flu for the last few days, which has firmly prevented me from doing anything constructive, but it finally seems to be going away.
Lynne (Tigger's Mum) wrote: "You’re safe shopping at John Lewis for prices, their motto is never knowingly undersold and they do price match. Lovely morning in West Wales, Christmas cake is baking in the oven.
Not lookIng fo..."
Yep. My mum bought some wrapping paper at John Lewis in the 1960s and then discovered it for less at Dickens & Jones. She went back to John Lewis and told them. They refunded the difference!
Hope everyone is well, get well soon Benjamin. Now that the insects are dead or hibernating and most of the leaves are down McCat is bored and has reverted to concentrating his 'hunting' activities in the kitchen. Yesterday McOther bought a bag of cake mix (you know a paper flour bag with the flour, sugar and powdered egg and you just add cooking oil). McCat climbed onto the counter and tore a neat triangle out of the top corner of the bag to give it a try.
Luckily he didn't like it.
Later, McMini found him on the kitchen counter, drinking McOther's tea.
Jud wrote: "Just for fun http://caboodle.nationalbooktokens.co...I'm stuck at 8"
I like those! I'm at 11 so far. Still haven't finished some of the previous ones :)
Some of the books are newer than I expected. I needed a little nudge from a friend to get them
Howdy do? Just back from spending the morning wiring moss to pre-formed copper rings for Christmas wreaths. Back to add greenery on Dec 3rd.Going to sit and stuff teddies this aft.
Had another nice day yesterday, both catching up with friends and with the girls, will do an update on their thread. My friends helped with a decision I’m trying to wait till the new year to put in place, but my hand may get forced before then. Had a spooky, but bittersweet moment yesterday – I used to do occasional home visits for the rescue Lucy is from, but not done any for years, but got asked yesterday to do one, as they were struggling to fit it in with their fair being this coming weekend, so I said I would. When they sent the details, I commented that the name and address sounded familiar, and that I may have done one on that street. When my neighbour got back I mentioned it to her, and she said I definitely did do one for a fluffy black cat round that area, so I went and checked my records, it was the same person! So the bittersweet bit was that she lost him recently, Kind of first full week (I’m off Wed pm) in our new location, I feel as though I can start catching up now, so quite a busy week
It certainly is the middle of November Kelly, it does baffle me when we complain about the temperature dropping in winter! 10 isn’t that old for cats these days, I would be tempted to get the dental done sooner rather than later now and get full bloods done to make sure all her organs are working correctly. I did wonder if you would be affected Alicia, glad you are no longer in the hazardous category, and hope that they die down soon. Wow Kath! Lucy does things like that too MT, I have to watch what I leave on the worktop, just because it isn't cat food doesn't mean she won't have a go, especially if it has any kind of dried fruit in (yes, I know they are toxic to cats, unfortunately the cat doesn't!). Glad you are feeling better Benjamin. What a shame the kids didn't have a lie in on a weekend Jud!
M.T. wrote: "Blimey Kath, it's all go!"It usually is! I'm sure a time will come when all I'm fit for is vegging in front of daytime telly but till then, I'll keep busy.
Ugh no, not daytime TV. I hope I will be able do pack my days with stuff until I die but I’ll probably get dementia and turn into a vegetable. That said, my parents have an incredibly busy social life and they have dementia. Cheers
MTM
Kath wrote: "M.T. wrote: "Blimey Kath, it's all go!"It usually is! I'm sure a time will come when all I'm fit for is vegging in front of daytime telly but till then, I'll keep busy."
too right, those who go vegging in front of daytime telly can end up fit for nothing but vegging in front of daytime telly!
Lynne (Tigger's Mum) wrote: "Whereabouts are you Alicia, it’s amazing how far smoke and pollution drifts isn’t it. Was lovely here but it’s clouding up. Nothing much happening here. I’m glad I’m not in France this week with a..."
We're in Davis, a bit SW of Sacramento. The smoke is hitting San Francisco as well, where our daughter lives; she says it's pretty bad there - and I hope she's okay when she drives out Thursday for our Thanksgiving.
There's chance of rain on Wednesday; we've been here since the end of August, and have never seen rain. We were told there is usually rain in October, but there wasn't this year.
I fear for our kids - the world we are living our descendants is not in good shape.
Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Had another nice day yesterday, both catching up with friends and with the girls, will do an update on their thread. My friends helped with a decision I’m trying to wait till the new year to put in..."What a busy life you lead, Desley!
Glad the lady is adopting another cat - she must have loved the black one. It is good work you do.
Alicia wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Had another nice day yesterday, both catching up with friends and with the girls, will do an update on their thread. My friends helped with a decision I’m trying to wa..."Might all be changing! But Jims post has worried me! I'm glad she is adopting another cat too
Yes, I do feel for future generations
I can watch old sitcoms - though the commercials kill me - but not daytime TV. Have much more elaborate and interesting ways of killing time.
I can watch quiz shows all day but nothing else that classes as daytime TV, I have enough dramas to watch
Good morning! It's like The Day of the Triffids. Am I the lone survivor? Just off to restock the food store before getting down to some writing. Hope everyone's well.
MorningHaving a chaotic day so far. Nathan was really upset and cried nearly all morning, he broke his heart when I left but I did sit an cuddle him for a wee while before I went even though it made me miss my train, work can wait!
Got in to work and have swapped desks with a colleague so it has been a productive morning. Just sitting down to a pot of porridge, I skipped breakfast in the madness of getting ready at home.
I’m wrecked. My grandson has a heavy cold and is just not his normal self. I heard him muttering on the stairs when I told him to get his shoes on. “Don’t order me about “. Then the coup de grace “Bossy Boots”. Good job he couldn’t see me laughing. Being 4 has gone to his head.
Morning. Onto the exam countdown now, first set of second year exams are next week. Looking forward to having them over with. I'll get Jess' teeth done asap in the new year, fitting it in before Christmas isn't likely as I've not got all my shifts yet. The vet wasn't overly concerned about it but said it will need doing in the relatively near future.
I think it's the sudden drop in temperature that catches people, was stood outside in shirt sleeves last week, this week I'm freezing in my fleece!
Morning, everyone. Bitter weather here as well, with wind and rain howling all around the office.
Two days off now. Not sure of the reason for the holiday. Every other school we've worked in would have made a point of including us in explanations of the cultural significance. I could google but im getting rather used to being mushroom-like. Kept in the dark and being fed shit.Assessments, exams, then reports. Oh and some sort of 'christmas' do. Makes sense in a country thats 99% Buddhist.
I really should be taking notes. I think there may be a novel in this.
Weather has been horrendous here, our internet was down at lunch so couldn't get on, mobile internet wasnt strong enough. Was dark ridiculously early too. Bless him Lynne! Still sounds chaotic there Patti. Hope you have a better day tomorrow Jud
Patti (baconater) wrote: "I think there may be a novel in this. ..."seriously I think you're right, especially given that you have experience in other settings to judge it against
That was a wild night, weather wise... Wonder what blew away?Morning all
Morning all, weather is better. Only in work this morning, going to podiatrist this afternoon, then trying to chill
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I'd rather they put up a placard saying: "Buy from John Lewis. We've given £ 8million to Children in Need.
That might encourage me to shop there."
Yes, that may encourage me, although I don't know where one is!