Good morning everyone. It was -4 degrees Celcius this morning, when I dropped off son at the station. Brrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Summer, if you were referring to the jungle evictions, then Rosemary went on Tuesday and Hugo went last night. Sorry to see Hugo go, while Eric still remains.

Got some errands to run later today, now that I don't have to wait in for any more parcels. The DX one finally arrived yesterday.

I've had a Christmas cactus for years. It looks rubbish for eleven months of the year and blooms for four weeks around November/December time. It is in full bloom atm and looks very pretty.

 

Good morning everyone

 

A cold sunny morning here but not much frost.

 

Good morning everyone, very cold here but like EL surprisingly no frost, it certainly seems cold enough for frost.

 

Aww lovely to hear your pet stories and how much they mean to you, I am so glad that bunny was able to eat more normally and I think with such a strong will she stands a good chance of being able to pull through any operation.  The decision must be yours of course Summer.

 

I agree with Yogi Skylark, not cruel, not cruel at all, in fact in the finest traditions of Christmas.  The cruellest thing I think I ever heard of was my brother in law who really did leave coal in his son's shoe one Christmas for being naughty

 

Wrap up warm now and enjoy the day

Good morning it's very cold but bright here today, there were frozen snowflakes on top of a frost this morning!

Squiggle was your nephew really naughty?! A lump of coal is quite harsh lol

Yogi, I like the sound of your christmas cactus

He was your average normal naughty boy and so was his Dad before him from what my hubby told me.  I was shocked, I still am I think.

The coal in the show reminds me of my late uncle who was a Scrooge. You may remember me saying that he and my aunt never celebrated Christmas and that one year one of his daughters have them a box of chocolate biscuits. He subsequently told the daughter that the biscuits had been broken up and put in the garden for the birds. The daughter would have been adult then so not the same as if she had still been a child but even so.

 

There was a letter in my paper this morning and the information in it is worth passing on to the dog owners in this thread.

 

This lady lost her beloved dog three days after he had eaten some of her home made carrot cake.  She had used the artificial sweetener Xylitol in it as a healthy option.  She had no idea it was toxic to dogs and the vets could not save him.  She also says to beware of leaving around things which might have been sweetened with it in the summer at picnics etc.

Sad story, squiggle. I didn't know that about Xylitol but chocolate for humans is toxic for dogs but that's quite well known.

 

Xylitol is found in many products
The most common xylitol item is sugar-free gum. Gum can be found everywhere, and is often tempting to dogs. Keep gum out of reach - watch out for open pockets, purses, counter tops, and in the car. Xylitol can also be found in sugar-free (low carb and diabetic) candies, baked goods, some pharmaceuticals and many dental products, including mouthwashes, mints and toothpastes. Only use pet toothpaste for pets, never human toothpaste.

Thanks for sharing that sad story, I'm pleased you told me that because I didn't know, and I should move my mouthwash out of reach! Bramble used to try to eat gum off the streets but I soon stopped that before it became habit!

I may be getting a new client or rather an old one. I haven't seen her since 1997 and she has since divorced, changed her first name as well as her surname changing, a different address and a different type of business. I'm seeing her on Monday afternoon.

 

She is a hypnotherapist so I must make sure I don't look into her eyes, and if she  produces a pendulum I'm running

 

Good luck EL   

 

Your post reminded me of this ^^^^, El.

I'd forgotten about that yogi! I went to school with a boy who looked just like mowgli El I expect you will have a jolly good and interesting catch up with the hypnotherapist

I'm not sure if that was a good thing.

It wasn't, he got picked on I still know him now though, he's a great lad!

Poor lad, kids can be very cruel.

They can can't they, I don't like to see it Yogi, we're all moving out of the caravan and into a posh new home tomorrow

That sounds like fun. I may visit you and bring a house warming gift.

Off for a bath and a read, see you all tomorrow.

Night owl hug for Summer.

Yeah come by! Trouble is, baz thought tomorrow was December 1st, so she may postpone our move until Saturday now I can't wait to move!!!!! Look what I baked tonight.. You may all help yourself

Good morning everyone. Absolutely freezing again this morning. Brrrrrr

 

I love your reindeer cookies, Summer. Only problems is, they look far too nice to eat.

 

Silly Baz, getting her dates mixed up. I'd never do something like that.

 

I see there have been some forum changes - is the font larger for everyone else?

Good morning everyone

 

Cold and cloudy here with some frost and even a few snowflakes around.

 

Summer, nice reindeer cookies

 

Yogi, Ted has changed the layout theme for December to a seasonal one and the font size does seem to have been increased.

Looks around in astonishment!    Where on earth are we?  It all looks very different

 

Good morning everyone, presuming I'm in the right place, it's a bit this morning.

 

Yummy reindeer cookies, where to start though, it's a bit like jelly babies do you feel a monster for biting the heads off?

 

Good luck in your new home Summer, I hope it's luxurious, I may pop in an look around.

 

To help you keep out the cold

 

Squiggle, this new theme is called Christmas Stockings and I think you are in the right place. I knew no more about the change than the rest of you.

 

It took me a moment to realise what Summer's new home was about

 

I certainly needed my scarf when I went out this morning. It was still - 2° at 11a.m.

Good afternoon oh my yes it's cold out!!!!! Thanks for the lovely warmers squiggle my favourite colour too Pleased you all like my cookies, I've made a few reindeer and lots of plain round ones, mr summer has already been "taste testing" many of them good job I trebled the ingredients and made extra!

Baz did move us today I installed this, but it's so nice that I think we should have one here too.. Now we can all be warm!

What a lovely pic. It makes me feel all cosy and warm.

Summer, I hope you are enjoying your first night in the ski lodge.

See you tomorrow, night night.

*pops a log on the fire and makes hot chocolate*

 

sweet dreams yogi i hope you had a good day

I'm just going to unpack my belongings In the lodge... I've been putting up a tree tonight

 

Good morning everyone

 

Sunny with high level cloud here and cold outside, the first really frosty day. Ice scraper on car beckons.

 

Nice warming picture Summer

Good morning everyone, a lovely warm fire, can I have marshmallows with my hot chocolate please Summer

 

This is how my brother and I used to make toast

 

 

 

Have a good day everyone

 

Good morning everyone. It's frosty again.

Squiggle, I have many happy memories of making toast on the fire, using a lond-handled toasting fork.

Going out and about with Mr Yogi, catch up with everyone later.

Have a good day, whatever you're doing.

Morning Yogi

 

Thankyou for your message ...you were right really.. and I was out of order

Happy December 1st

 

White Rabbits times 3 

 

sees you

Hi Frodo and a huge welcome to Ben's Buddies

 

Drop in when ever you want and you will see that the Buddies have simiarities with Hicky's Chat Room.

 

That's a nice welcome EL and one which I echo, welcome frodo, make yourself at home, have one of these

 

Good afternoon cold, but bright here. We had 5 minutes of snow early this morning For you squiggle..

Hello Frodo I'm Summer and I like Christmas