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Daffy's 'a nice cup of tea cheers you up' diary

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  • Lemon_Tree
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    well done for handing it in, even if it ended up being a saga and a half.
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  • Trapeze

    :D :j :D :j :D :j :D

    How much fun does THAT sound?!! :j:D:j:D:j Indeed!! :T

    Well done for submitting! :T

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  • MatyMoo
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    *feels very honoured to have met Dr Cheery in her fab yellow wellies and witnessed the handing in of the famous thesis* :T

    Ooh, so exciting to be there to share the moment :D

    But then I read a bit further and saw all the hoops they made you jump through today Cheery and it made me feel a bit sad for you, must have tarnished it a little :(

    But a fab piccy of said thesis, beautifully bound, being delivered with fabby yellow welligogs and a lovely jubbly bright red scarf :T
    Trapeze

    :D :j :D :j :D :j :D

    I like the sound of those courses :T:j:T:j Are you going to go for it????
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  • beanielou
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    What adventures.
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  • Karmacat
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    Cheery, how brilliant is all this! Well done you. Oh my god, trapeze tho - you realise thats a spectator sport? We'll have to come watch :)
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  • Cheery_Daff
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    I LOVE watching trapeze, and always wanted a go :D And the circus school is actually only a couple of miles away, so no excuses really :rotfl: Although I'm also rather tempted by the acrobatics - always wanted to just be able to cartwheel and flip and jump around on the floor :rotfl: (might need to be a little less rotund though :o)

    Lovely day here :D Blue skies, been to WI for fairy cakes, pottered round charity shops, booked myself into the hairdressers for Thursday - haven't had my hair cut (other than by myself :rotfl:) for more than 3 years! :eek: Went to the library and got lots of books about gardening and sewing and making pretty things :D Eating pancakes made with last night's pizza toppings :D:D Watching the blue tits in the garden. Mr Daffs is fixing fairy lights.

    All is right with the world :j :j :j

    I'm thinking an afternoon of pottering, a little sewing project or two, wellies on and out into the garden for a bit :T

    Then tonight I'm off to a friend's gig at an anti-valentines event :rotfl: tears in jars, cupids in nooses, dinners for one.... then after that, a cocktail party :D:D:D

    :j
  • trapeze

    :d :j :d :j :d :j :d


    wow!!!!!

    :)
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  • Cheery_Daff
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    Quite :D

    Although perhaps :eek: is more apt :rotfl:

    Mr Daffs just unearthed a sack (literally!) of old printers type, letters on wooden blocks, all different sizes. Filled the entire kitchen floor when tipped out :rotfl: Enough for several projects I'd say! :T :T Very exciting living with a hoarder :D:D
  • Cheery_Daff
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    Now then.

    I've hung a curtain/drape thing in the attic window, festooned with peacock feather and some little red flowers I made from some fabric (they don't *look* like flowers, but you get the impression :rotfl:). I've also started making a cheery noticeboard/inspiration board thing :D

    And I've picked out my clothes for the cocktail party tonight :D Very limited selection of things that actually fit to choose from :o :rotfl: Must get backside in gear! Altered a sparkly top a little so it shows a teensy bit of cleavage :rotfl:

    And now the bath's run, so I'm going to hop in that, get dressed, hot foot it over to the gig for an hour or so, then trot over to the other side of town for cocktails (or rather to watch other people drinking cocktails, as I'll be driving :rotfl:). Mr Daffs isn't feeling well, so he's staying in, and since the gig is about 4 miles away, and the party about 4 miles in the opposite direction, if I don't drive I'll probably not get to either, never mind both! So tea it is :D Fortunately gig is in a cafe/bookshop/cake shop so I'm laughing :rotfl: :rotfl:
  • Karmacat
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    What an absolutely lovely day! Anti-Valentine sounds hysterical :rotfl: :rotfl:and cocktails sound v posh - didn't you find a non-alcoholic one?

    The house deccies sound brill too, tho sorry Mr Daffs had to flake, hope he feels better today.
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