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Lucille

Lucille

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CHAOS at the school today. Parents being sent away because the GENERATOR broke only to be RECALLED moments later. A sea of confused lululeggings and gillet and flat cap combos in all directions.
 
My phone told me it was snowing when I woke up. I was quite disappointed to open my curtains and find the USUAL GLOOM.
 
Facebook is full of "it's snowing" posts on the island.

It is not snowing. 2 snow flakes does not mean snow.

Our oil filled radiator started leaking yesterday 😭
 
It's SO COLD, I've had to resort to a warming bowl of SPAGHETTI HOOPS for breakfast :disco:
 
I’m in my dressing gown and a colleague called me for something, 2 seconds in she goes “oh are you keeping your camera off?”

OF COURSE I AM JENNIFER, IM IN BED WITH A DRESSING GOWN ON - WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS?
 
I KNOW, DRESSING GOWN, DARLING, SHE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT FASHION...
 
Tisch said:
CHAOS at the school today. Parents being sent away because the GENERATOR broke only to be RECALLED moments later. A sea of confused lululeggings and gillet and flat cap combos in all directions.
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I miss the school run and judging all the other parents. Ron Jr went to school in HALE so it was yummy mummies and anrgy tesla dads all over the shop.
 
I had a coffee on the balcony this morning. I can't wait for it to snow, the view will be STUNNIN.
 
Finally given in to whatever cold-style bug this is. After having very little voice for 3 days, the actual cold kicked in and I'm actually sore with all the sneezing. So today, we rest.
 
In the most MIDDLE CLASS PROBLEM of the week, I was really looking forward to my MOROCCAN STYLE HUMMUS with my leftover fake kebab meat in a nice wrap for lunch and now I've found out it's got fucking FRUIT in it.

FUCK YOU LIDL
 
In other FEELGOOD THURSDAY news:

We put my Mum in a home this year and sold her house. My sister in law filled in the disused pond in the garden with soil and made it a raised bed for selling the house. A few weeks later, one tomato shoot came out. My Dad used to grow tomatoes in the garden but he's been dead three years, though every year, random tomato plants appeared in the garden despite no one replanting and we laughed at this saying it was clearly his doing.

A few months later, the house had been unoccupied and when I went back the day before we sold, it was the most insanely huge bush that had grown, seemingly from this one shoot. There were so many tomatoes it was insane. I don't know why, but I didn't want to just give them up, so I told no one, but bagged a load of them, took them home and made a green tomato chutney which I'm going to give all my family at Christmas (as part of their gift, not the whole one- I'm not that SHIT) as "Dad/Grandad's Last Hurrah Chutney". I've just decanted them all this morning and tested mine with my lunch today and it's FUCKING BANGING and it brought a little tear to my eye.
 
(A sprinkling of pomegranate I can understand...)
 
Nothing to do at all today, after a friend I was supposed to be meeting cancelled at short notice. So I've taken myself off to a local cafe for a couple of hours for lunch.

I love days with nothing planned. Can't decide whether to have a mince around the shops, or just go home and read for a few hours and drink a lot of coffee.
 
Sheena said:
In other FEELGOOD THURSDAY news:

We put my Mum in a home this year and sold her house. My sister in law filled in the disused pond in the garden with soil and made it a raised bed for selling the house. A few weeks later, one tomato shoot came out. My Dad used to grow tomatoes in the garden but he's been dead three years, though every year, random tomato plants appeared in the garden despite no one replanting and we laughed at this saying it was clearly his doing.

A few months later, the house had been unoccupied and when I went back the day before we sold, it was the most insanely huge bush that had grown, seemingly from this one shoot. There were so many tomatoes it was insane. I don't know why, but I didn't want to just give them up, so I told no one, but bagged a load of them, took them home and made a green tomato chutney which I'm going to give all my family at Christmas (as part of their gift, not the whole one- I'm not that SHIT) as "Dad/Grandad's Last Hurrah Chutney". I've just decanted them all this morning and tested mine with my lunch today and it's FUCKING BANGING and it brought a little tear to my eye.
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OMG. That just made me well up. That is SO LOVELY. 🥺
 
lolly said:
Nothing to do at all today, after a friend I was supposed to be meeting cancelled at short notice. So I've taken myself off to a local cafe for a couple of hours for lunch.

I love days with nothing planned. Can't decide whether to have a mince around the shops, or just go home and read for a few hours and drink a lot of coffee.
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I love days like that but never allow myself to plan them, which is part of the problem with me...I just don't STOP.

Mr Sheena has gone to be with his very nearly on her way out Mother today and so I'm kind of vaguely doing the one bit of work I need to do and playing the big pile of records I brought back from Sweden last month and haven't had chance to play yet. It's BLISS.
 
Sheena said:
In other FEELGOOD THURSDAY news:

We put my Mum in a home this year and sold her house. My sister in law filled in the disused pond in the garden with soil and made it a raised bed for selling the house. A few weeks later, one tomato shoot came out. My Dad used to grow tomatoes in the garden but he's been dead three years, though every year, random tomato plants appeared in the garden despite no one replanting and we laughed at this saying it was clearly his doing.

A few months later, the house had been unoccupied and when I went back the day before we sold, it was the most insanely huge bush that had grown, seemingly from this one shoot. There were so many tomatoes it was insane. I don't know why, but I didn't want to just give them up, so I told no one, but bagged a load of them, took them home and made a green tomato chutney which I'm going to give all my family at Christmas (as part of their gift, not the whole one- I'm not that SHIT) as "Dad/Grandad's Last Hurrah Chutney". I've just decanted them all this morning and tested mine with my lunch today and it's FUCKING BANGING and it brought a little tear to my eye.
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This is lovely 💖
 
I think I just saw PAGE THREE STUNNER Linda Lusardi out shopping. She's in panto in Weston-Super-Mare and Christ knows they only have Poundland and charity shops there.
 
Maybe she's looking for a copy of her CLASSIC 1986 SMASH Eye Contact?

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I just went to a local farm shop on the island, because I love a farm shop and wanted to make some island produce hampers for Christmas presents.

The one I went to is new, it used to be called Farmer Jack's and it was a quaint, rustic farm shop selling all island produce. They've expanded and moved and this new one is a big, ugly, soul less building, it's clinical and more like a supermarket inside, and hardly anything was local. Not even island fudge! And it's expensive.

So I left in disgust and will be going to the farm shop on the island that stocks all island stuff including our fudge.
 
Rachey said:
I just went to a local farm shop on the island, because I love a farm shop and wanted to make some island produce hampers for Christmas presents.

The one I went to is new, it used to be called Farmer Jack's and it was a quaint, rustic farm shop selling all island produce. They've expanded and moved and this new one is a big, ugly, soul less building, it's clinical and more like a supermarket inside, and hardly anything was local. Not even island fudge! And it's expensive.

So I left in disgust and will be going to the farm shop on the island that stocks all island stuff including our fudge.
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Can you sell your fudge in stores? If its expensive, you can make some money there
 
RJN said:
Can you sell your fudge in stores? If its expensive, you can make some money there
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Yes we can, we already sell in another farm shop and an Abbey farm shop. But I don't think I want to sell at this one I visited today.
 
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Wouldn't it be best to try and make as much money as possible, particularly since you were worrying about being able to pay staff a few days ago?
 
COB said:
Wouldn't it be best to try and make as much money as possible, particularly since you were worrying about being able to pay staff a few days ago?
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We make far more money selling in our shop than we do wholesale. And this particular farm shop is close to the other one we already stock at.
 
Seriously how did it get so cold so quickly? It’s usually this cold in January not in November! :wired:
 
I'm still seeing men in shorts. What is wrong with them?
 
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