Berrie, Lyra, Oggs (and Zeb?) chat thread

[LyraSilvertongue]

Hi, hope you find this thread. The old one was too big.
Varifocals eh? Not sure I'd fancy that.
DP took me out to lunch today, to The Ivy. Twas really nice, good food and service, great decor, lovely stained glass windows. I only saw one sleb - Trisha Goddard with (I presume) her daughter.
I had seared scallops with bacon, followed by the rib-eye with chips and creamed spinach (with too much nutmeg in it).
It's been a funny old week. The house is a tip because I've hardly been in it (except to catch up on sleep). We're off on holiday on Saturday morning and I've organised nothing. Gulp!

Right, have been out.
Pasta it is. Tagliatelle with spinach, marscapone and parmesan.

Oggs, I have posted the dvd to you anyway, just in case dh manages to dig you out.

Dh got stuck, had to abandon the car and walk back

Pip pup just found a dead bird and rolled in it with great relish

Thanks Berrie x

Lyra, what are you up to tonight?

That pup is a truely dirty dog!

We're not doing much tonight. Last year we went to a fancy dress party which was fun but this year will be a quiet one with a bottle (or two) of Cava and party food. I'm making cheese and leek tarts, sausage and caramelised onion rolls, something with prawns, garlic bread and a Co-op cheesecake. The boys have been told they can stay up late but DS1 was up at 5.45am today so I can't see him lasting till midnight.

That sounds nice Lyra
Dh has made the pasta. We have a bottle of champagne (a gift) and some pink fizzy something or other. I fI have any room left I am going to treat myself to some Christmas pudding. I bought it for myself the other day. No one else likes it and my mother's was dissapointing this year.

Must. Stop. Eating. Tarts. There'll be none left for DP when he gets home.

Hmm, we have a Christmas pudding left too. Actually it's from last year but use by is March 2010. Maybe I shall partake too.

Mmmm champagne, black olives, cashew nuts...cold coming on?
DH not back? What is going on politically at the mo?

Lyra, that food sounds delicious .

Off to watch film now.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

He had to write a round up of the year thing. Didn't get home till after 8.
Now feeling stuffed. Fridge full of Cava.
Happy new year to you both!

New year greetings!

Went to bed at 10 Had opened the second bottle but couldn't drink it.Twas our last night as well so I've just glugged it down the sink. I've got a cold so I wasn't into it. Christmas pud for breakfast though. Yum!

Morning Afternoon !

We all had a very late lie in this morning and I'm just off to make bacon butties.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Oh Dr Who...too too sad....sob...real sob

I don't like the new Doctor. He was trying too hard to be 'zany' I thought. And he's not David Tennant, so he can never be any good.
I don't think any other Doctor has had such a long, drawn-out farewell.

Yes twas a bit silly but how I cried!

No more Doctor Tennant

I have the first series box set. I'm going to have to save up and get the rest I think.

Ds was a bit disturbed by my quivering chin. he couldn't understand it and how could I explain that I luuurrrved Doctor Tennant.

Poor Oggs. There is a -8 on you tonight. Brrrrr!

It was cold last night and was lower than -8. We live in a frost pocket so very low temps aren't uncommon.

If anything we get too hot because we have to leave the radiators on to stop the pipes freezing, and can't have the window open properly because the cats use it as a very large catflap

Dh and a neighbour managed to get out yesterday but it took them all day, they had to dig the track clear in some places and they came off the track four times.
Looking increasingly like dd will not be heading back to school on Tues.

Poor Dd . Does that mean the track is not clear even though they got out? Or did they get out but it's too dangerous? Or is it still snowing?

Too dangerous (for most of the 4 miles to the main road there is either a sheer drop to a river, a drop down hillside or a drop into a water culvert), and also would take too long to be feasible.
In good weather each school run is a round trip of an hour.

A neighbour has just walked over and he and dh are discussing how so little snow can actually throw us back into the dark ages.
If one of us had a bad accident/illness we would be buggered.

To top it off the pc stopped working this morning. I have done troubleshooting with my more computer savvy db and we reckon the cpu has gone.

< tears hair out > Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!

Yikes!!!
Surely there is a rescue helicopter!?

Dh has found the problem getting those programmes off the digi recorder. He has downloaded the last Dr Who.

Good job you got the laptop.

How does he do it Berrie? I need to get some stuff off my V+ box.