So... How'd Your Day Go?

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Originally Posted by escorial

thanks....nice of you to reply... one can't make it...raincheck

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Okay, plan B then. Currently looking for an idea for a holiday next year not too far away. Checking out VisitLiverpool.com. That's within our driving range. Might need a local guide though.

The secret to good writing, and to a good life, is to make one's fantasies seem almost achievable. not ludicrously remote but tangible possibilities if only ... When I wrote a novel about people perceiving events in the future I discovered that it was actually possible rather than a fantasy too far ... and of course I did marry an angel, so nothing is impossible if one dares to believe in it ... and oneself.

Evidently I've had too much to drink, another benefit reserved for Sundays.

this city has been on the up for years....

Speaking of cast iron skillets...last night I learned what "corn-pone" is. My neighbors were having it with their dinner ( as they brought it out; set it on the table) I excused myself, but first remarked that no, I didn't know what it was, but I think I had heard the term once used in a movie - Silence of the Lambs - in the scene where Lector ripped into Clarice, telling her whole origin story- basically poor white trash/ hillbilly.- corn pone being the food of the, uhm, less affluent- corn pone being a pejorative. I regretted saying that, but the neighborwife said "What a great movie that was." I thought I'd put my foot in mouth, again.

I like cornbread. Perhaps I will have the cooking staff prepare it for me. I could send someone over to retrieve the recipe I think.

From "pan" the Latin-derived-languages' word for "bread".

It's only 16.00 and today we've already had a gas leak and our boiler is kaput. To top that within the hour my washing machine died and we have family arriving in five hours so no more washing for now. And now my husband has just informed me a HUGE snake has just slithered into the garden and taken refuge under the hedge near the pool.... to top that... and I do feel so sorry for our daughter and family, they arrived at the airport in Lyon only to discover there are no TV's and the world cup final has just started! Today is just one of THOSE days :)

Thank goodness the sun is now shining :)

Onwards...

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Originally Posted by PiP

It's only 16.00 and today we've already had a gas leak and our boiler is kaput. To top that within the hour my washing machine died and we have family arriving in five hours so no more washing for now. And now my husband has just informed me a HUGE snake has just slithered into the garden and taken refuge under the hedge near the pool.... to top that... and I do feel so sorry for our daughter and family, they arrived at the airport in Lyon only to discover there are no TV's and the world cup final has just started! Today is just one of THOSE days :)

Thank goodness the sun is now shining :)

Onwards...

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So much activity! Some of us are blessed with such excitement while the rest have zero going on. I envy..:)

All the cars in the neighborhood are driving around, honking like crazy, yelling etc. - are we irritated ??
Hardly, it's just standard behavior when we/laFrance has won !!

Yes, we just won the World Championship in foot ...

Here you see the French President Macron indulging in the victory

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I feel like I'm running an animal shelter. I already have two dogs, two cats, ten chickens. Now a stray female cat has been hanging around for about two months (I'm afraid she is pregnant, not sure yet) But ol' soft-hearted me, can't let a poor, skinny little cat go hungry. She is quite at home, now. My female cat (who is fixed) makes her stay down in the driveway area and won't let her up in the main area of our property. Lol! Now my son has had to transfer out to a different town and so we have his two dogs until there is room at the animal shelter for them. Could be months. Same reason we still have the stray cat. I guess in little towns there is only so much "room at the inn". :( It takes us about an hour just to feed the animals and clean their pens and that is with two of us. I might just hang a sign on the fence, "Animal Shelter, donations welcome" and be done with it.

amazing....

https://youtu.be/mbfuZ2B6-5U