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Weekly Chat (Non-Osprey), 13 December 2020

Diane in Indiana
13/12/2020 00:07

HAPPY NEW WEEK and HAPPY NEW MOON!

The new moon (the dark moon) is 14 December. I hope everyone has a safe, healthy week. Seek out joy, folks. 

Check back to last week's thread to see the latest posts, including one from Rosy. 

Red-Headed Woodpecker
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National Park Service: NPS/Warren Bielenberg
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  • 18/12/2020 19:28

    PAT moaning on here is some of the stuff that we do, it's all part of it. I'm sorry that your carol singing was rained off. I am listening to Classic fm - some lovely Christmas music. I heard Angels from the realms of glory earlier. It took me back to carol singing around the streets in Plymouth when I was young, with the Methodist church choir. It remains one of my favourites...

  • 18/12/2020 20:09
    Sorry you've had lots of unfortunate news, Pat - come on here and moan away! It's disappointing but perhaps it will all give us something to talk about in a year (or two!).

    We received an email which we've been expecting, yesterday -- Our cruise around Norway which we booked in September 2019, to sail in May 2021, has now been cancelled. :-( I was pretty gutted about it as had fingers crossed, but also feel sorry for sis in law Sue, who was so excited. It said we will be getting a letter with an offer of refund or alternatives, later. Don't know what we will do until we see the offers.

    Annette, Its not the abstract which I had admired, nor the flower meadow which I very nearly bought two weeks ago. If you Google Lowry, you'll find he was a northern artist famous for his 'stick men' figures and pictures of mills and football crowds. But he did do a few coastal paintings, and a couple of them are of yachts. Sadly, he only became really famous after he had died.
  • 18/12/2020 20:26
    Heather, I've had Classic FM on more often lately, as I tired of some of the pop music, although I do have my Christmas favourites. Lovely to hear a good choir.

    My friends OH came around with some presents so he stood in our porch and I stayed in the hallway. He is looking forward to staying with his daughter for the festivities.

    I spoke to our neighbour next door and she is seeing her son and family, knowing it's a risk but not happy to miss the chance to spend time with her grandsons.

    Everyone is having to make choices - it's up to each of us to do what we feel is best.
  • 18/12/2020 20:35
    Lynette, sorry to hear about your brother.

    Can smell the mince pies cooking. It always takes me straight back to our childhood home when my mother baked away every Christmas, although we children preferred some of the other goodies. I just bought some trifle sponges and have promised my OH that this is the year we will have peach trifle (made with luscious tinned peaches)
  • 18/12/2020 21:04
    LINDY Sorry to hear your cruise has been cancelled. We are due to go on our Douro cruise on 11th April and doubt it will happen. This is the one we rescheduled from August this year. Oh well, at least we are prepared to be disappointed.

    Heather Sorry to hear about more awkward family decisions to be made.

    We spent an enjoyable 1 hr 15 mins zooming with our cruise friends from Bournemouth and San Francisco. Good to share time with them all again.
  • 18/12/2020 21:11
    Ran out of time Thursday after OH had been to dentist and now again today after collecting new hearing aids. VERY wet in Dumfries - arrived soake right through my coat. Also been busy helping/advising J with paperwork - he has received revised sick notea to cover until after his notice - Doc said she had been revising his case. Phone call today inviting me to mammogram next Monday - almost same time as J consultation with Thyroid specialist, so one journey will cover both. Will read your posts but no answers tonight - barely keeping eyes open!
  • 19/12/2020 03:10

    KATE – I have used strips of streaky bacon in the pinwheels but I find “bits” easier to spread. I guess I could have snipped the streaky into smaller pieces.

    PAT – Can you get a χmas service & carols online? Not the same I know, but I find it helps me while stuck at home.

    LINDA – Difficult to know when cruises will be safe. Luckily my bus trips were all refunded except $100 voucher valid for 3 years (one gone, two to go).

    I heard my first χmas carol yester eve on radio. Silent Night. I don’t count those modern “songs” they keep playing in shops.

  • 19/12/2020 03:11

    Just a thought

    Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens. (Louise L Hay)

  • 19/12/2020 03:47
    AQ - I have depended on online services and other resources since March, and wow, what an amazing variety! My main go-to is Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, which runs a weekly Sunday morning service (attended by people from all around the world, including Melbourne!) which is also available on YouTube. I have also dipped into other churches, and have already 'attended' three carol concerts/services. More to come, I'm sure! It's amazing how creative people have become during lockdown. I can't see churches being the same in future - exciting and scary in equal measure!
  • 19/12/2020 08:39
    Good Morning. Dry here after a dark cloudy start to the day. I'm hoping to get our (very wet) real Christmas tree inside this afternoon, ready to decorate over the weekend.

    AQ - Hope you're continuing to improve, and can now look forward to a cosy, quiet festive week.

    OG - Sounds as if lots still going on, there. Surprised you got a call for a mammogram, but perhaps it's different in Scotland - we have to request one after 69 yrs old.

    Pat - Hope you can find services online to make up for missing your normal church visits. Of course, it's not the same, like a lot of things. Take care of yourself.