Hi Ladies,
I was up, showered, dressed and out the door before 8 this morning! My former co-worker had an 8 a.m. MOT booked and I asked if she wanted me to go along to hang out whilst it was being done. (So we could catch up.) We had little Tesco's shop, then coffee at Starbucks, and finally a chat at my house. It was early afternoon before I spent any time with my family -- and that was just having a lazy day at home.
Mandy, Sorry about your boiler -- I am so cold these days. I cannot imagine how distressed I'd be in your shoes. Hope it gets sorted quickly.
I love the picture of Kaya, Claire. And I think your OH looks pretty good, too.
NumNums -- My family did a "world tour" of Scotland the summer before last. The weather was horrendous, but we loved it all anyway. My mother-in-law is from Glasgow (she lives in Florida now). As a matter of fact, I am supposed to look into taking the train up to Glasgow from here (near Cambridge) to visit my DH's very ill uncle (the uncle is 82). Anyway, we want to go back and see Edinburgh (we drove through but did not stop due the Tattoo being in progress), and Ft. William/Ben Nevis (the rain was bucketing so we only did a quick look around). Also, we are hoping to book the "Harry Potter train" and add in a visit to Mallaig. We spent the better part of two weeks driving up the western side and down the eastern -- hitting the "must sees". We stayed in Weymouth and near Inverness --and did some day trips out. Caroline, I can certainly help you plan the trip.
BB - I feel your pain out of coffee! Having grown up in Seattle -- the home of Starbucks -- I was very distressed when I discovered the posh German coffee maker I ordered from the US was not available in the UK. So, I would not be able to get "coffee pods" locally. We ran out of the sampler pack that came with it quite quickly, andwe were unable to use it for two weeks. Fortunately, my huge order came in yesterday -- and I am loving the Donut House Chocolate Glazed and Cinnamon Bun flavours.
Xypher -- There are a few men (very helpful ones) on the CD forum. Some of them post on the News threads and I think almost all them would respond to thread you could start titled something like -- "Any Men on CD? I'd Like Advice." -- or something like that.
MM