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Husband and I spent all of Saturday painting, leak has been stopped. Then in the evening we both drank far too much wine. Mother arrived with Pickel, my father and a friend from London, at 11am the next day for lunch. The friend went to the loo and could not flush it, husband had to run upstairs with Ru on his back to rush to her aid! We managed a walk in brief winter sunshine which was uplifting for all of us.

Chilli production is once again underway, although husband has been shortlisted from 20 down to the last 3 for a big art project in London, understandably his mind is elsewhere and Saturday night after dinner, we were in bed and he had to rush down to the aga to rescue the onions from over roasting. The apples last night where only remembered in the middle of the night when husband jumped up and ran down stairs shouting 'On S**t'(black) so have been put to rest in the piggy bin today!

Found some wrapping paper for 15p a roll so only hope it can survive my wrapping of presents in December. Tried to make Pickel part with an old white bear to give to the children in Africa that her nursery are collecting for. We had bought it in the car boot sale in the summer. She was not having any of it saying she loved its pink nose. I tried all my adult persuasion and in the end gave up she had given a yellow duck in a pink raincoat after all!