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I would also like to wish you all the best possible 2016 you can have.

Thank you for your support in 2015, and for the many giggles. I look forward to more of the same in 2016.

I too have been looking at holiday brochures.

Here's hoping 2016 will be kind to all, I thought of all who have been battling as the New Year began, while I watched our local piper and his party friends go by ( there is a bagpipe teacher around near us and he and any pupils who wish, do a small circuit after midnight) and the fireworks everyone set off. 

Happy New Year to all

Hugs xxx

I started the new year in tears,one of the few people who have been there for me all through this horrible year text to say happy new year & said "love you loads" as the song says "little things mean a lot"

Sending you all love & hugs

xx

That is lovely,  little things.... 

Now trying to decide if i want cake with my cuppa or biscuits

The girls are holy horrors now,as soon as you open the bathroom door & they come out they're looking for trouble & Medusa will always find some,they scatter toys all round the room,empty the waste paper bin & sleep in the washing basket,on the toilet,in the bath & on the bathroom window sill,nothing is safe anymore,ornaments are sent flying,candles can no longer be lit & anything on the edge of the bath ends up in the bath,a lovely spider now has no eyes & last time i saw it all it's legs were tangled together in a knot,they steal wool,chew knitting needles & if you don't watch her Medusa will have a drink out of your cup or try & get something off your plate,the baby girls both watch tv & Medusa climbs on the table to watch the shrimps & snails in the tank & while all this is going on Polly just lays watching till a toy she likes gets near enough for her to steal & hide under her paw & Pud sleeps quietly in the kitchen & yes i love every minute of the bedlam they cause

xx 

Well yesterday was a nightmare.  Not medically, I'm doing quite well there.  Socially it was fine, I texted all my family and got responses (I didn't really want to chat), my son had friends around and was happily playing, my wife cooked a lovely meal (I did Xmas dinner) and even the television had some programmes that I hadn't seen before and wanted to watch.

What was the nightmare I hear you ask?   The internet wasn't working!!!  It took hours to log on and wish a happy new year to a few people and by the time it resolved itself it was about 11:30 pm and nearly bedtime.  So very belatedly can I wish you all a Happy and Healthy 2016.

Gragon xoxo

Isn't it amazing how we all rely on the internet now? Happy New Year back to you! Gragon, welcome to this lovely restful room. 

Oh Carol, that post about the kittens made me snigger out loud, hubs wondered what I was laughing at! They certainly stop you getting bored! 

It was back to routine today, Bletchley Park, really busy, especially round the Bombe in the afternoon, and it was raining too, which dampened everything. But we coped, and I guess when schools go back and factories open up again it might quieten down till 'The Imitation Game' gets on TV, we call it the Irritation Game as there are so many 'interpretations' in it. Someone walked in today, loudly calling the Bombe 'Christopher', no it isn't, and there wasn't! 

Ah well, hope the weather gets properly cold for a bit to kill off all the bugs around, instead of all this rain, and maybe we could have a little snow, too, please, but not too much? 

Hugs to you all 

Good afternoon one and all. We had a ride on a steam train today at Midland Railway at Butterly. A nice outing on a cold, wet winters day.

I agree moomy, we need some cold weather, el neno might not allow it. Everywhere is so wet and chilly but not cold.

Hubs has just lit the fire, but I need to get on with dinner so no curling up in front of it for me at the moment.

I've just had a look at the Butterly trains Gillian & it looks lovely,not too far for us to go so i'm going to suggest to him indoors we do the winter warmer when we're on holiday in February,we love things like that,hope you're now curled up infront of the fire

You're right about those girls keeping us entertained Moomy but if i tell the truth the best thing is when i get in from a hard day & as soon as Vince lets them out of the bathroom Medusa comes running downstairs & jumps on my knee for her fuss & woe betide anybody that tries to get in first,that's her spot & she'll shove you off to get on

I'm so proud of my baby brother,he's signed up for the dryathlon for cancer research

xx

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all settling in to the new year now. Life feels as if it is back to normal (whatever my new normal is) after the stress and challeng s of the Christmas and new year period.

Carol, your description of the kittens made me laugh, as usual. Luna is still bossing Lucas around, ever since I got him back she has been determined this is now her territory and she is top cat! He is allowed to be here, but not to cuddle up to her. All he wants to do is cuddle! Oh, and now he has his energy back he is driving me mad, running and jumping around all the rooms on and off the furniture. He is off to the vet for a check up tomorrow (which was the first appointment I could get), then I think I will have to start letting him out soon.....very slowly. I am of course scared stiff that he will disappear again.

As for me, I'm  determined to lose weight this year so I have joined a way up dieting support group. The diet started today, and I have also been out and joined a local leisure club to help with the weight loss. I'm trying to decide whether to join slimming world as well.

Of course it wouldn't be me if I wasn't planning holidays as well. So far it's Madeira in April, Spain in May, Turkey in July, and I'm thinking about China in October. On way up recently someone posted that we remember experiences in our life, not things we have bought. That struck me as so true.....so I plan lots of  experiences this year.