I will give you a wave for sure. My BIL is a fisherman and he sometimes takes us out to sea, and always poitns you out to us. Not sure it's the weather for boating though - but will still give you a wave - look out!
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I will give you a wave for sure. My BIL is a fisherman and he sometimes takes us out to sea, and always poitns you out to us. Not sure it's the weather for boating though - but will still give you a wave - look out!
I do love the sea. When we stayed at FIL's when my daughter was little I often used to find her in her bedroom just looking out at the bay at night, when she was meant to be asleep - but I couldn't blame her as it really is a mesmerising view, expecially at night.
dukandebut
Goat herder(ess)
Aw, that's a shame. I do find that the books for the Kindle are cheaper than other formats. That's one of the reasons I picked it, but if he's wanting library books, then it's probably not the e-reader for him, unfortunately.
anjuschka
Dukan Ancestor!!
Happy first of December! Have you all got your advent calendars out? You can get paper ones, you know... I spent ages last night tying choccies onto one of ours. It's kind of like this, but with a different printed (vintage!!) design:
http://www.pandurohobby.co.uk/pan/IboxServlet?p=IXS790&OPT=GET&AID=712053
The other has pockets, I made it about 10 years ago, much simpler to stuff!
Next year I intend to buy a Playmobil or Lego set and wrap it up in 24 little elements... You can get ready-made advent calendars from Lego or Playmobil but I didn't like the themes they offered!
http://www.pandurohobby.co.uk/pan/IboxServlet?p=IXS790&OPT=GET&AID=712053
The other has pockets, I made it about 10 years ago, much simpler to stuff!
Next year I intend to buy a Playmobil or Lego set and wrap it up in 24 little elements... You can get ready-made advent calendars from Lego or Playmobil but I didn't like the themes they offered!
robinhood
Gold Member
Excellent idea! We bought the Playmobil one quite a few years ago for our eldest. He lost the ice hockey puck (tiny) and the tears were horrendous. We spent most of December looking for mislaid pieces and made up the scene so many times we couldn't be bothered with it by 24th and vowed to never buy one again (and we haven't).
Plain chocolate ones here, although we have a fabric tree with subjects to be hung on each day. The youngest plays with them too much though so it has been put away until he's older as my Mum bought it for our eldest and we want to keep it intact as long as possible)
And yes, chocolate was eaten before breakfast!
dukandebut
Goat herder(ess)
Sorry to have taken so long to post those recipes I promised you, Cherl. I've made a new thread with them in the Recipes section. 
LVLLM
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Anja Im afraid i cheated and used Pk 10 Traditional Spice Mix for Mulled Red Wine on eBay (end time 29-Dec-10 12:24:32 GMT) and just added splenda!!!
anjuschka
Dukan Ancestor!!
I just wanted to share my work Christmas party menu, I told you it was traditional:
:xmastree:
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Traditional Roast Turkey with all the trimmings
Roast Sirloin of Beef with horseradish cream, yorkshire pudding
Honey Baked Ham studded with cloves, spiced apple sauce
Roast Salmon on a bed of white tagliatelle, tomato and herb cream sauce
Wild Mushroom Filo Parcel with bean fricassee
Aubergine, Spinach and Ricotta Cannelloni with spiced tomato sauce, smoked cheddar
Served with fresh seasonal vegetables and potatoes
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Traditional Christmas Pudding – Brandy Sauce
Lemmon Posset – Autumn Berries
Fresh Fruit Salad
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Coffee and Mince Pies
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Yum yum one more week to work up to it
. What do you mean I have to CHOOSE? I quite fancy becoming a vegetarian for the day...
Maintainer
** Chief WITCH **
By the third main course, even I'd be stuffed!
(At a carvery, I usually flirt with whoever is carving the meat to let me have a Yorkie with my turkey!
(At a carvery, I usually flirt with whoever is carving the meat to let me have a Yorkie with my turkey!
robinhood
Gold Member
From our Christmas afternoon yesterday. It's probably the only time we'll see M le Maire with a pompom round his neck.
(Don't forget to leave out a can of lager for Santa on Christmas Eve, it's what he prefers).
PS - that's my wee lad handing over his letter (and not daring look at Santa!).
It's probably the only time we'll see M le Maire with a pompom round his neck.(Don't forget to leave out a can of lager for Santa on Christmas Eve, it's what he prefers
).PS - that's my wee lad handing over his letter (and not daring look at Santa!).
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Aw I've just read through this thread, and am now feeling all Christmassy!! I was feeling a bit Bah Humbug, as I cant put my tree up until next weekend (getting new carpets fitted on Thursday), and was a bit sad about it!! Got a cupboard full of presents to wrap but nowhere to put them yet!
Am going to write all my Christmas cards in a minute while watching the X factor finals - hopefully I'll be feeling the Christmas cheer then too!
You've all got so many lovely ideas for Christmas - thanks for sharing them!
Melanie x
Am going to write all my Christmas cards in a minute while watching the X factor finals - hopefully I'll be feeling the Christmas cheer then too!
You've all got so many lovely ideas for Christmas - thanks for sharing them!
Melanie x
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