Hello Ed, Jesse is in the bath at 9:50 p.m. ??? I slept in this morning as I am exhausted. THe cats are coping. Mindy is warming to the family. Next 2 families will bring their dogs. That will be interesting. I have started reading 'The Dictionary People. THe unsung heroes who created the Oxford Dictionary.' You my recall that I have read a number of books re. the OED. A little unknown fact. The Brothers Grimm who collected many folk and fairy tales were also lexicogrphers who lso created the Deutsches Worterbuch, the German equivalent to the OED. The compilers of the OED followed their method of gathering words. Now Jesse is losing it, small wonder. 10:10 p.m. and he is still in the bath having been calmed down. I don't get it????  Enjoy your day.

Morning splash--We have 2 degrees and falling and everything is white--either from snow or the freezing rain. We are getting weather--not nice stiff of freezing rain,snow and there is a lot of flooding and power outages. If the power goes out I am stuck but have my battery latern,lost of water and lots of food so I should be fine. Just one storm after the other seems to be arriving. We have always had everything down and away by New Years(start as you mean to continue was the motto) spmay get enery and work on getting the tree down . But with no storage lockers yet there is no place to  put everything. Have a good day

Hello Ed, haha Natasha's Christmas reminds me of when 2 of my female cousins married Kiwis. I was a teenager at the time. Booze fuelled Aussies and Kiwis had punch ups towards the end of each reception.  I remember being amazed and appalled. I hope that Jason contacts you and Sandra. Also Not so Little O. It is quite busy here at the Beach. THe Monday Morning Coffee Club were lucky to grab a table and some chairs. The queue for the shop was unusually long. 20 minute wait for our coffees. Then I came home and played with Jesse. Amira did a blue job installing my new shower. She is a wonder. Then off to the Op shop and it was busy. Sign on the back door saying 'No Donations Today.' Someone dumped 4 garbage bags full of dirty clothes etc at the back door during the afternoon. So we have to pay the tip fees. On the up side a customer arrived with tea, coffee, milk and biscuits for us. Shannon and his family have gone to the boat shed. It is one of our real Summer Days. Enjoy your day.

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splashed-- It is another day that you don't want to have to go far in. We have the wall of white again and the roads are fast covering over(great for the plow operaters in that it means a huge pay check even if you are too tired to enjoy it. Thats one good thing--so far no big eruptions at our family  day-- some grumbling at times but I think everyone waits until they get home to moan. If you caused a ruckus I am afraid it would be rather hard to get home even. Today with another snowy and not good travel weather I guess we will all just sit and enjoy a quiet day. I am going to start to take down decorations and at least get them boxed ready for if/when we get the storage locker again. Beside I really have had enough by now and for the past 8 years have not really been a big fan of Christmas. Keep busy and then hopefully its over. Have a good day.

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Hello ED, you can still put them out. Glad that you got your car insurance sorted. Do you really have bell bottom trousers? Vintage clothes shops would love them. You might even be able to get some money for them.

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Sprinkles for your garden!

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