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We have the funeral today of daughters fatherinlaw.

our grand daughter is staying at our place wiith aunty.

There was a wonderful book I used with my children called Badgers Parting Gifts.
Loosely based around wind in the willows characters it helps explain to toddlers about getting old and going through the long tunnel. His friends are sad but realise they all have memories of what he taught them.
Daughter found a copy and used it to help her explain.

What a long time between death and the funeral LK.... ours are usually within a few days. And had not heard of that children's book must check it out... sounds like a good one to have in my library of children's literature.

P xx

I was wondering whether the funeral had taken place LK. Hope it goes as well as can be expected.


The book sounds good for little ones to help them understand what is going on.

I always think it is good for the children to be involved as much as is reasonable because we can't shield them forever.

I took my children to an occasional funeral of people they knew only slightly in order to get them 'acclimatised' as it were and so, when the time came, they were able to go to their grandparents' funerals with an idea of what would happen. It seemed to stand them in good sense and gave them a sense of confidence.



The grandchildren have just called in after their holidays.......they bought new trainers with their spending money.....very sensible! We had a look at these wonders and admired them accordingly :-D


How come they never go home empty handed though???? Runner beans, Pringles and ice lollies...........grandchildren are not cheap but wouldn't have it anyother way :-D

Having a little scive.....

and???



I am a little puzzled. I have received a message, out of the blue, from someone with whom I have never had contact. It simply says...Swaffham Norfolk?????????????/

I've checked my contacts, my threads and I have no idea what it is on about. Have sent a message back hoping to be enlightened.....


:-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S

Usually Fridays are my quiet days....not today....been hithering and thithering all over the place. whew.....

I hate those Cyn

I had one a while ago

"still looking"

I did reply saying" I wish I knew what you were still looking for"

Never got a reply

ja...x

Cracked it......just put it down to good detective work and that I had to go back to 2009 to suss it all out.

The fact that the OP has a different board name but uses her real name in some of her posts has not helped.

The fact that she has deleted several of her threads has not helped.

The fact that her original message to which this refers is over 7 years old has not helped.

But......I cracked it!

Much too convoluted to tax your poor little brains with ;-)



Now got halo polish down me nails......yuk!

hi all
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cloudy this mroning, but the cloud is slowly burning off and the sun is expected to arrive for the afternoon



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I got a pm last week

"Please share your tree"

never seen the name before

at least she did say "Please"


................ so I answered "Why?"


Reply:- "In searches for xxxxx and yyyyy, your name continually shows. These names are of interest to me."


VERY unusual names, so I remembered them ............. from a thread I helped on 4 or 5 months ago!



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good on ya C


glad to hear you cracked it!



Now can you answer it?




:-D :-D

Yo everyone........bin busy

Its quiet here tonight

It was a good send off and all went well.


I think it is a long wait because of the sheer volume of numbers in London.

Badger's Parting gifts is by Susan Varley.

Hi LK

glad to hear that it was a good send-off, and that things went as well as they can on such occasions.

xxx

Glad everything went well LK. I bet it's been a long day for everyone.



The ignition on my cooker has gorn again! Decided to have a stirfry for tea but I wanted hot plates.......so......I stood with my hip pressed against the cooker knob to keep it working whilst I was stirring.

Last night, it went off just before the food inside was cooked. Arrghhh. Found a short garden cane and wedged it between cooker and drawers opposite.


Necessity is definitely the mother of invention!! ;-)

Hello Wall.




Night night wall.



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obviously the "mother of necessity and invention" is a handyman ........ and quick thinker :-D

Good morning


Brunch will be served from 9 am to 1 pm


Mimosas


Tea, coffee, juices, Strawberry-Banana Smoothie


Cold cereals:-
Corn Flakes, Weetabix, Muesli, Shredded Wheat, Rice Crispies,


Hot cereal:-
Porridge, Maple Nut Instant Oatmeal, Red River Cereal, Quick Quaker Oats,


In the warmer:-

bacon, peameal bacon, double smoked Danish bacon, Irish bacon, sausage patties, turkey sausages, breakfast sausage, chef's potatoes, hash browns, potato pancakes, cheesy potato patties, omelettes, scrambled eggs, poached eggs, boiled eggs, frittata, grilled tomatoes, grilled mushrooms, Maple baked beans, fried bread, black pudding,


bacon quiche tarts, broccoli and cheddar quiche, Spinach quiche, bacon & cheese quiche, mushroom quiche


Poutine, Tourtiere, Jamaican beef patties, Burgundy beef stew, Hollywood lamb chops, smoked salmon, Indian-style bbq’d salmon, salmon poached in white wine, bbq’d pork steak, Vietnamese spring rolls (vegetarian) with sesame dip, Greek chicken casserole


Buttermilk Dollar Pancakes, French toast, Maple syrup, Cherry Fruit Syrup, Blueberry Fruit Syrup, Loganberry Fruit Syrup, Peach Yoghurt, Orange Yoghurt,

Crepes.................... sweet and savoury fillings of your choice:- fresh fruit, whipped cream, chocolate sprinkles, bacon bits, chopped mushrooms, cheese


Toast (sourdough, rye, white, whole grain, 100% brown, Hovis), Danish, croissants, bagels, crumpets, barm cakes, buttermilk scones, hot cinnamon rolls


Muffins -- cranberry & orange muffins, lemon and nut muffins, rhubarb and strawberry muffins, bran muffins, blueberry muffins, chocolate chip muffins, ginger date muffins, raisin bran muffins, raspberry cheesecake muffins, zucchini oatmeal muffins


Jams, jellies, Ginger marmalade, seville orange marmalade, lemon marmalade, 3 fruit marmalade, marmite, peanut butter, vegemite


Tea, coffee, juices






phew!




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for the early risers who need something before brunch is served, a light breakfast will be available in the kitchen. Help yourselves


Light breakfast:-

Toast (sourdough, rye, white, whole grain, 100% brown, Hovis), crumpets, jams, jellies

Tea, coffee, juices


(some bacon in the hidey place to cook up for the very hungry ones!)



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Thank you Sylvia - What a 'Feast' to look forward to! <3 <3

I will just do me a quick bacon buttie and then I will be back at 9am to make a start on that lovely brunch!!

See you later,

Dea x

Sylv, that smoothie was yum....thank you

Where is everyone today, is there something going down that I dont know about!