Get a grip woman!

boxofpaws

Hello Suffolk Lass

I am back on the boards now after an absence. I used to read and post on your diary and its lovely to catch up. 

It's funny how things change in a short space of time. When I first followed, I think I skipped through some of the pension stuff, I probably didn't understand it and retirement felt a long way off. Now I lap this stuff up, and its only 4 years on.

Re gynaecological issue and not realising how consuming it is, I can vouch for that. I ended up having a TAH in June and its only now I realise how bad things had got. In that sense, I feel liberated. I wish that for you too.

Paws

Cheery_Daff

Glad your health issues are sorted, that can take up all kinds of energy x

Suffolk_lass

Thank you everyone and welcome back @boxofpaws. Gosh that is major stuff. I hope you are recovered, it takes a while! Mine was HRT related, with the air-gap caused by pandemic pause triggering symptoms unexpected in someone in their early sixties!

This morning's news is another £25 PB win (yay) - fourth one this calendar year. I remain convinced that the NSB should change from the £1mx2 prizes to 40x£50k prizes. I feel the £1m prizes are a little out of their time. I also get my pension today (a day early as tomorrow is Saturday).

Today we are delivering lunch for 40 in the Village. We are doing a buffet but instead of letting them queue up and get too close, we are setting up tables of 8 and will put platters out for them to help themselves within tables. A mix of hot and cold savoury things, then a potted dessert (ready made things like profiteroles or Creme Caramel), plus cheese, mince pies, tea, coffee and a pay bar. £3.50 a head, it should be good!

boxofpaws

£3.50? I live in the wrong village. 

Karmacat

That sounds absolutely lovely, the village lunch.  You're very accomplished  

Watty1

The village lunch sounds awesome!  How does one get invited?

rtandon27

3.50? Wow - I thought a 3.99 meal deal from b00ts was a good deal!

Your village is very lucky to have you organising such a lovely lunch!

Suffolk_lass

Watty1 said:

The village lunch sounds awesome!  How does one get invited?

Sorry @Watty1 - it's for residents, former residents and family of both (plus the occasional minister, councillor or visiting relative)!

Well we catered for 40, with 38 booked, but lost two to Covid infection, two to quarantine, one to illness on the day and one to a hospital appointment (takeaway in his case) - one of the helpers suggested we had much too much food, but we were putting buffet platters on every table of 8 so there was always going to be "that" table that did not touch the salad/coleslaw/spicy dip/cold meats and baked cold snacks! Actually, my prediction that it would resemble a swarm of locusts proved to be the closer prediction and everything except a bit of bread and cheese, some cold meats, a bit of salad and one or two sandwiches went. All the hot food went! Mini roasties, sausages, chicken, sausage rolls. We left the leftovers for the event in the evening and they polished it off!

As for the puddings... at least five people asked me where I bought them - they were Morries little Profiterole pots, Tiramisu, Creme Caramel and Limoncello desserts plus homemade mince pies with a crumble topping. I got the desserts when I saw they were on offer for £1 for a pack of two. I bought 20 packs!

Today we are wreath-making (2 sessions, morning and afternoon) and I shall be making Mimosa cocktails to cheer things along!

I must dash as I have to clip some garden foliage; Rosemary, Euonymus (cream and green) and collect my Christmas Tree off-cuts

Baileys_Babe

I would love to live in your village @Suffolk_lass so much going on, I would happily help out or attend both the lunch and the wreath making.

Today we are off to a Christmas tree festival.

debtfreeoneday

Sounds a lovely village…