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Youngest has been sharing pics of his holiday (all 618 0f them !)with his SO, however - they had a great time away.

It's great to see 2 gorgeous, loving, fun people having such a great time. He brings her out of her shell.
Oh and then there were the pics of 'her cat' and 'her puppy' and their London weekend :D (her brother, the pup again, the cat again ... you know how it goes :D !)

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8 weeks to christmas and I only have 1 present left to buy and its my Dads so its a blu ray :)

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Good for you for being so organised :)

I'm waiting until Divali, Bonfire Night and other notable, celebrations have passed and then I'll throw myself into the 'joyous, sharing of the passing of deepest midwidwinter' celebrations. :D

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Wow you are certainly organised tiz but some of us one suspects have not even started getting our Christmas presents yet.:)

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I've decided and told my family that I won't be bothering with presents for them this year. Over the last few years, I've bought stuff that either gets used once then dumped or broken within 12 hours of them opening it. So this year I thought I would make a £20 donation to charity for them each instead.

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We will not be here for Christmas and New Year (36th wedding anniversary ) as we are spending them in Tenerife (24days) with Sis-in-law. :):cool:

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I completely understand your sentiments Mark. I've done a 'half way house' thing in the past for family members and colleagues, and subscribed to an animal-focussed charity on their behalf - something like WWF for example. They get a cuddly toy, newsletters and I foot the bill.

On a similar note Mark, workmates decided to stop the endless stream of cards at Xmas and put up a theme-based card to everyone. The not-spent money went to charity.

I'm wondering - if I lost my address book exactly how many friends and associates would receive a card!

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Oooh - sunshine and Family - you lucky thing. I'll be in the kitchen :D

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I was just sitting here surfing earlier when I heard a thud on the lounge window right next to me which made me jump. I immediately thought it might have been a bird but it was only after a few minutes looking down into the garden below that I spotted a tiny green bird lying on the ground looking very still and very dead. Despite my prediction of a broken neck and being the big soft lad he is, Osem Jnr. went to see if he could do anything. On touching the bird he found it was still warm with its eyes closed and actually still clinging to the grass on which it landed. He gently picked it up and put it out of harm's way nearby then quickly left it alone. It was obviously stunned as it just stood there for a good 10 mins totally still until he then heard a brief tweet and it was gone in a flash. It was such a cute little thing, a Goldcrest, even smaller than a Wren and Europe's smallest bird IIRC. There's a picture here for anyone who's interested.

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur...&ved=0CIYBENUX

A happy end to just one of the infinite number of life and death events going on around us all the time which we rarely ever notice. :)

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I bet the good feeling Osem Jnr, felt when the small bird took off will stay in his heart for a long time. You have brought up a caring young man there Osem. :tu:

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Sounds a good idea, might look into that. Although my first thought was a charity like Macmillan, which is dear to my heart considering my grandmother.

I'm a meanie when it comes to cards, I buy a generic pack of cards with no 'mum, sister' etc on the front. Saves money. Although my mum and grandmother have an agreement where they use the same Christmas card for 2 years then buy a new one.

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Lovely story, brilliant outcome Osem! How true your last line! :)

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I'm off quick for a bit of Rhod Gilbert comedy at a local arts centre.
I just love being shouted at by a cross Welshman? :D

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Star Wars episode 7 :D

http://news.sky.com/story/1004857/di...s-film-company

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Reading 4 - 1 Arsenal :D

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Eye op tomorrow.Appointment is at 8..and they only open at 7.45.Off to try and get some sleep.

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Good luck.