Good evening my lovelies!
Brass monkey weather here but went for a dank and misty bracing ride in the woods this morning which certainly blew the cobwebs away and revealed the fact that I have the fitness level of an ailing slug.
Large tangled pile of mud-steeped jodphurs, boots and back protectors mouldering in hall to tackle for my sins.
And dh has been making oxtail soup this evening in three stages involving virtually every saucepan in the house and lots of muslin squares - smells divine though!
As far as Flying is concerned, have done a bit of laundry, a bit of prep for tomorrow (laying out of uniform, letter writing, filling out forms etc) and a bit more rubbish/recycling organisation. Oh and a bit of pampering for dd and myself in terms of pedicures/manicures and general scrub and brush up.
Also finally, finally, managed to have formal meeting with dh for 40 mins while dd was in the bath to discuss Christmas arrangements for office and presents for staff etc so can thankfully get on with that now at long last.
And, as we were out over lunch time, treated ourselves to a delicious Chinese takeaway for supper of pancakes, crispy duck, shredded cucumber and spring onions with plum sauce - yum- while watching Strictly.
How have you all been getting on?
[SC (a notorious sloven) studiously ignores any ironing speak 
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Having vanquished C.H.A.O.S. (yay!) Goth has received a glowing Flying commendation from her estate agent (congratulations!!!) and has been getting on her bike with family in tow.
Bogstandard has been preparing for a huge, radical life change (good luck with it!) by enjoying a glass or two of 
and her last free weekend in Hertfordshire.
Alice has been imbibing pain killers and ! 
[Which must explain the ironing guilt I reckon ]
Toffee has been celebrating her ds2's 8th birthday and playing host to a scrummage of relatives and friends. [Yay! Many happy returns to your ds!]
In the absence of her dh and ds, Feetheart has been enjoying a girly w/e with her dd (with a few forbidden croissants on the side).
Oooh and Dizzy has been hobknobbing [geddit?] with Mary Berry!! 
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Swan has been making delicious dishes for her freezer and wishing her family meals were more akin to those of the Waltons ... [Our dh-instigated family meals are the reason my girth is twice as large as it should be btw, so not so ideal really! 
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Angrybuddha eyeballed a skinny, badly dressed Father Christmas and hid in a maze .
Engels has been (very impressively) running a 15k on very little sleep! Hope it went well!!
[Btw - St Nic arrives early in your neck of the woods doesn't he? Steamboat hasn't pulled up at Antwerp docks as yet.]
Blue has been up to her eyes in important campaign work.
Rowingboat has been retiring to bed with a goldfinch...and has been happy to discover that she is doing more Flying than she realised! [Cleaner is lovely Polish lady with beautiful hair btw - I'm the one in the floral pinny.]
Bitchy has been doing clever things involving crochet.
[In fact all this talk of crochet is making me itch to do something creative for Christmas like buy some lovely fabric and trimmings and then put it in a cardboard box until next year.]
Whoknows and her family had their picture taken!
Big waves to Nicknacks Picturesinthefirelight Jess PA Imadoozer Ellie Just Honu Lauren Trazzles Castle Mercury Saturn Stillwearingoddsocks Rummikub Owlface Petmyunicorn Witco Splatpancake and anyone else I've missed!