Hello everyone, it's raining again, that's depressing

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Anyhoo it's Sunday lunch today with Dad, we haven't seen him for a week but I have spoken to him on the phone a couple of times. On today's menu is roast chicken, roast potatoes and parsnips, with cauliflower, minted peas and gravy. Tea will be pate on crackers/toast with a selection of cakes or strawberries and ice cream to follow.
The oven is on, the veg is all prepped, I've put the DW on and Mr Fix It has hoovered through downstairs. Nothing much is on the cards for today, except Dad will probably bring over yesterdays paper and between us we will do the giant crossword. My subject is mostly literature, Dad's is the geography and Mr Fix It's is the science. The rest we usually muddle through

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I had a face to face chat with Joan yesterday, she was lucid for quite a while then asked if I'd seen her carer, who had gone upstairs to check on her baby ( ? ). Things went downhill from then on

. She did thank me for visiting, as she knew I'd had a long journey to get there. ( Yes, two sets of steps there and two sets back, with a bit of pavement in between )
Ok sitting here won't get the baby a new bonnet, so I'd better do something productive, like lay the table for lunch, mind you there is still a large stereo plonked on the one side of it

Hope everyone is having a good Sunday whatever you are doing.
Take care and the hug bucket is full, so please help yourselves.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, but this time more intelligently