4th October 2024 Mailer

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A Piercing Thought or not!!!

by Janice McFarlane

Well it finally happened, my twelve year old grandson has had his ear pierced. It wasnt planned, he just happened to be in a certain well known accessories shop looking for a Christmas present for his girlfriend Sophia (ah, young love). He spotted the ear piercing station and asked his mum if he could have his ear pierced. Obviously she said yes and the deed was done. However, she never thought to as how much thinking maybe no more than £15.00, she nearly fainted… it cost in total with the cleaning solution £53.00. She text me and sent the photo of a very happy Alfie and when I read it I said how much? I nearly fainted. I said it would have been cheaper to buy the piercing gun and do it yourself. Was the stud 18ct gold with a real diamond. I also said when I was a child one of my friends mums would do it with a couple of ice cubes and a needle.

cup1341364_905 by Janice McFarlane

cup1341752_905 by Janice McFarlane

GO GET YOUR GOAT by Wanda Lipski

I snapped thjs adorable goat, on a recent visit to the Averyron department. He was wandering around a trodlodyte village (all the original buildings built into the rock) and by the time we had finished clambering up the mountain, we both felt that the goat had the best of it because he wasnt hot and sweaty! After 18 months of chemo, radio and immunotherapy, we havent really had the opportunity to take any holiday so the 5 days we spent away was a wonderful reward for my husbands (virtually) clean bill of health.

cup1341629_2237 by Wanda Lipski

cup1341793_2237 by Wanda Lipski

My … by Carol Clarke

… its the start of the cross country competition season soooo my youngest Grandchildren were both competing in the first cross country competition of the season at Ripley Country Park last weekend. Luckily it wasnt too bad a day, (it can be a sad and soggy outing to these race meetings sometimes! lol) They both did really well and were heartily cheered on by us supporters!!

cup297130_359 by Carol Clarke

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Autumn by Sue Way

We have had so much rain over the last few weeks. But there have been a few bursts of sunshine in between the showers. We took a walk in the country park in the Autumn sunshine the other day and it was quite warm. The boys had a great run and lots of sniffs and stayed dry for once lol The country park looked beautiful and very Autumnal. I was so happy to get this lovely picture of the boys with the fallen leaves.

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cup1340380_38 by Sue Way

I got my King! by Vicki Avcin

Well hubby is King and I am Queen of the house but we now have another king in the house. Our new bed! Our old bed was 20 years old and although still quite comfortable, I always wanted a king size bed. The Home Show was on last weekend and we didnt go with the intention of buying a bed just yet. Our main aim was to look at stoves and fridges as we are getting to the point of the kitchen renovations where it is nearly ready to put the appliances in. Last year when we went to the home show they had heaps of appliances to find out about but we werent ready at that point. Sadly this year there were no displays with stoves and fridges. We had just gone in and one of the first displays we saw was beds. We had been looking at beds but just werent ready to buy but we did our homework to see what was out there. Speaking to the salesperson we investigated just what home show special they could do on one of the beds we liked and he gave us a huge discount price on the mattress. So how far would he go? We ended up getting 50% off the price of the mattress and he threw in the base, a mattress protector and free delivery. Also 50% off a set of sheets. We told him wed continue looking around and talk it over. Didnt want him to get all excited at making a sale so we left it for 2 hours while we looked around the rest of the show (and other beds to see what they could offer). Eventually we went back and took the offer. We really did get a fantastic bargain and it was delivered on Wednesday. Weve had two nights now of sleeping in it and it is great but the biggest tick of approval comes from the cat! She has heaps of room now and doesnt get shoved everytime we roll over and she also is spending her days dreaming away where ever she likes on the huge bed!

cup1253014_543 by Vicki Avcin

cup1253016_543 by Vicki Avcin