night yogi squiggle skylark summer EL

  love it

"faster than a speeding pullet"

 

 

Good morning everyone

 

Although it's cold and grey out there and it rained during the night, there is no snow here though I can see snow on the top of Coopers Hill and Crickley Hill, so the A417 from Brockworth to the Air Balloon could be problematical. That's always the first road to get snow problems as it is very steep.

Good morning everyone, 'faster than a speeding pullet' loving it great pic Skylark too.  Really hope you don't get any more snow EL.

 

Its a bit of a brighter morning here, still very cold but not as windy so far.

 

 

         

Good morning I awoke to messages from Suffolk telling me it's snowing! They rarely get it. And then, just a few moments ago.. It started snowing here too!!!! El I hope it melts as it falls for you if that helps do you like it when it settles..?

Pretty tree squiggle!

I had to pop out to get a box of A4 paper (2500 sheets) from the local Staples store and was slightly surprised when I paid for it that it only cost £5-18.

 

When I got home I checked on the Staples website and found that what has happened is that the store had stuck the price label for a single ream (500 sheets) on the box. The proper price is £20-99, so that has to be the bargin of the year

 

I did ring the local store to tell them so that they can check their other stock just to cover myself.

Hehe bargain el! That's very honest of you to ring the store, they could have lost a good chunk of profit if the error hadn't been spotted

No Yogi today?  Yogi I hope you are feeling OK, if you are looking in but not up to posting this is a special Yogi Hug for you

 

 

 

 

 

         

Hi everyone. We had approx. 6 inches of snow in the village this morning.

I had managed to get an appointment at the groomers for Keira this afternoon (they squeezed her in for me), but at 9am this morning, they phoned to ask if there was any possibility of me taking her in in the morning instead. So, it was a bit of a hectic rush but I made it. I did manage to get some shopping done while waiting for her to be beautified.

 

I bet the shop appreciated you pointing out the pricing mistake, El. It could have proved quite costly to them, if other batches had also been under-priced.

Although there's no snow in Gloucester, there was some at Birdlip overnight - Birdlip is in the same area as Crickley Hill/Coopers Hill where I earlier posted that I could see some there.

I found this photo as evidence:

Aww, I'm fine thanks Squiggle, just had a hectic morning.

Posted on Youtube a couple of hours ago:

 

I got the "error" message on that clip, El, so I watched it on Youtube.

The pandas are gorgeous!

Will you go and see the pandas do you think Yogi?  And Skylark would you take your granddaughter?

I haven't been to Edinburgh Zoo since the boys grew up.

My youngest son and his GF are going to Edinburgh in January, so they might go.

Off for a bath and an early night. Goodnight everyone.

Hugs for the night owls.

I know just what you mean Yogi going to the zoo is something you do when you're a kid or when your kids are small. I haven't been for ages either.  Enjoy your bath, I'm off too, so catch up with everyone tomorrow. Sleep well now

I love the zoo, mr summer & I go when we're near one. Has Edinburgh zoo got panda's?! Sweet dreams yogi & squiggle Sweet dreams el, skylark, joyron and ros

good morning *early birds* I hope everyone slept well I'm just waking so can't comment yet on today's weather, I am looking forward to the shortest day light day and for the days to begin drawing out though I'm excited (again lol) because this time next week will be Christmas eve! My favourite day of the year *leaves platter of pancakes, waffles, cereals, and breads with condiments, on a beautiful tablecloth of snowmen pattern*

Good morning everyone

 

Thank you for yummy brekkie, Summer.

 

Yes, Edinburgh zoo now has a couple of pandas. They arrived from China a couple of weeks ago and went on view for the first time yesterday. The zoo hopes that the number of people visiting will soar as a result.

Morning 
Havent been out yet but feels very cold again. 

The arrival of the panda,s has been a big talking point here as well as the usual moaners about their cost  Will go probably end of January 
Thank you for brekkie Summer 

Good morning everyone, it may still be cold but I am cheered up because it's dry for once and there's blue sky   thank you for the breakfeast Summer and so beautifully presented   I thought I would do a little flurry of piccies this morning

 

 

 

 

         

 

         

Good morning everyone. The compacted snow has frozen overnight so the road looks like a skating rink. That ought to make driving interesting.

On a positive note, it is easier to wipe snow from the dogs' paws than clean muddy paws.

 

Thank you for brekkie, Summer. Can you guess what I chose?

I pinched this from another thread, it is soooo cute!

 

 

 

Aww, that was seriously cute. The little blonde one who was a couple of seconds behind everyone else was so sweet.

Haha I love the "oh great a flat" pic Yogi, I would guess pancakes for you! I'm just grabbing a sneaky cuppa at work, it's been busy! Tomorrow I'll be baking some lebkucken biscuits to hang on our tree, I've never done it before and will use the Betty's cook book recipe.. I have no idea about black treacle though can I get it in the baking aisle of the supermarket?

Hi Summer, you guessed correctly about the pancakes.

I think you'll find the treacle at the bit with golden syrup, in the baking ingredients aisle.

Afternoon buddies - hope we're all in good spirit 

 

All done bar the turkey  

Hi Velvet, well done you ! I am trying to put the tree up with a rather hyper 3 year old that would rather play with the box! Stress level on red alert today !! x

Hi Velvet, I'm impressed!

I've got a few gifts to pick up on Monday, then hopefully that'll be the last of the gift shopping.

On Wednesday or Thursday, I'll be doing the big grocery shop.

Mr Yogi will do the food prep on Christmas Eve while I finish wrapping the pressies, then we both share the workload on Christmas Day.

I've done the majority of my shopping for Christmas apart from the food I need to get closer to the time, though as it's just myself and my brother I probably have less to do than for most of you.

 

No church Christmas dinner this year. The people who had been organising it for the past few years felt that the time had come for someone else to do it. Although a note was put in the church magazine a couple of months ago, no-one came forward to volunteer. A pity, but I can understand it as it is a very big job. The churchwardens did say that they may have something in January instead, but I haven't heard anything yet.

Yes thats a pity El, but a big job  as you say. Would be nice something in January, a good time really, it can be a long hard month for some x
 

That's a shame, El, but I guess they can't go ahead without volunteers.

hi! I love you all

Thank you for the treacle guidance yogi, I found it in the baking aisle Hi velvet merry Xmas

Been on the sherry Summer  i love you too 

Glad you found it okay.

 

I love you too, Summer.

Nipped into Tesco earlier , they want £40 for a fresh turkey  Wasnt all that big either. Thats a lot of money, isnt it?

I know fresh costs a lot more than frozen, but that's not cheap if it wasn't a big turkey.