Good afternoon clare wow had busy day went to bank to put few pennies in then to post ofice We then went to cafe for some dinner. Julia treated me as it was her turn I paid last week She treated me to cheese and ham toastie with salad and coeslaw and chips yummy lovely today We had lemon tart and cream for afters so yummy oh nice. mug of tea too. We gave cafe lady maureen and her husband don a christmas card as we go in there cafe a lot I got a kiss off don hahahahahaha Anway after that carried on to Morrisons got all my big shop in now for fortnight wow cost me £68 nearly fell flat on floor and fainted i got toy too for my neighbours little baby girlEmily she is now 7 months old ah cute got her rattle that you push buttons on it and it makes all different noises and makes flashing lights too I got her teething ring with plastic coloured keys on it. I got party poppers and box of crackers for our julie's christmas table good fun for us there I got myself new tea towles in red and cream check that is including drinks too and food wow After that me and Julia came back put all stuff away then she hoovered my flat mopped kitchen floor put new bedding on its lovely white with burgundy poka dots on lace on end and on tpillowcases too she cleaned my windows inside too she wased all inside my fridge too bless her We chatted over mug of tea and after eight mints about next year and our christmas . Guess what Julia told me that next year is a leap year yes, guess what christmas day is on a Tuesday next year wow hard to believe goodness Julia got 10 sitting for christmas dinner at her table wow Clare glad you and Jamie enjoying yourself today Right take care Love Carol x.x.x.x. -----Original Message----- From: clare moulds - Email Address: clare@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent On: 22/12/2011 12:19 Sent To: Guide Chat - Email Address: guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [guide.chat] To Carol Good afternoon Carol, oh I loved reading all the articles you sent in especially the ones about craft the calendars and notebooks. I also loved hearing about your memories of Christmas from when you were younger very interesting. Oh the good old days eh. Things are just not the same anymore oh how things change. I can't imagine though not having any heating I feel the cold so don't think I could cope with that but of course I wouldn't know any different back then as what we don't have we don't know about. When my grandparents were alive that's my dad's parents we would always go over to visit them on Christmas morning after opening our presents. Then we would come home for Christmas dinner. On boxing day we would have dinner at Grandma and granddad's which was always lovely. We never saw much of my mum's mum. Her dad died before I was born. Auntie Pearl and my uncle Les when he was alive always used to come over to visit too. When uncle Les died though Auntie Pearl would stay at Grandma's and would still do that when granddad died. Then when Grandma died Auntie Pearl started staying here and she has ever since. Well there's some of my memories of Christmas. Well I'm chilling out today with my medicine of course and our little Jamie is here while Elaine works in flower shop. Meghan is at nursery. Love Clare xxxx