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Yes do look after yourself RTL.

I empathise with those of you who have lost their taste
I didn't catch COVID

Ditto both points, though perhaps a matter of time for second one and a time off matter for first!

Stopping by early to send best wishes for you day on Friday Viktoria, our eldest great niece will be 18 that day, young adult already! Another great niece joined her older sisters as a teenager a couple of weeks ago, still my eldest granddaughter about to turn 10 and her little sister just turned 2 and an most 5 year old ready for school in a few months keeping me "young'  Celebrating this weekend with granddaughter, 2nd son in law and sister, another sister wedding anni this weekend too as well as one b-i-l and s-i-l having just had theirs, cousins b'days etc. Know not only ones with May being so popular ;-)  ..also just had someone else tell me same last week

Cheers all ... off to rescue dinner from overcooking! 

Same with a bunch of family birthdays in May Viktoria, youngest granddaughter and a niece today. Little miss 2 had her requested green jelly with cream and sprinkles shared with family up there yesterday and a fun playground day with mummy and daddy today and favourite pizza.  We're going north to celebrate with them at weekend as bigger sister went to a 4 day school camp today, another trip for her birthday too later in month and their daddy has a birthday in between, as does other son- in-law and my sister and remembering mother-in-law and a dear aunt as well no longer with us. It is also mothers day for us this coming Sunday.

The Dash poem is very appropriate LM, have heard it at quite a few funerals now over recent years, condolences on losing a friend. Sounds like having visitors for the weekend went well 

Cheers all for the week

Busy as always Viktoria and always interesting snippets with this and that. ANZAC Day next week, 25th and 2nd week of school holidays. Miss nearly 10 granddaughter had to be up so early last year to make the dawn parade with her Sea Scout group, preparing for same but as they're coming down here Saturday and staying for a few days leader is flexible of where she attends if not back in time as long as a photographic record as part of her badge as well.

Well done with persevering with that consumer issue with rewarding result RTL 

You'll be pleased to have both eyes attended to now BB and seemingly successful ... I won't put up the 'cool' emoticon as it might look inappropriate and even the 'wink' one now might! ...

Getting adjusted to the days drawing in with seasonal change and clocks back but some lovely mild days so far, plenty to keep us occupied with comings and goings etc, flu jabs done at start of week.

Cheers all ...
 

Re the topic of the diary thread, as in 'stay safe' .. Covid is quite active about and we are well aware with various family having had it this year already. Schools went back in NZ end of January/ early February after the long summer break. It was a public holiday here on 6th Feb, Waitangi Day, which was a Tuesday, know of one school in South Island had an extended long weekend closing the Monday as well as not enough teachers as so many had Covid! They suspect contracted with a teacher only day the previous week all together 
Our older daughter had her teacher only day Monday this week but she was only just out of isolation herself having had it and also her two younger girls home sick with covid all the previous week. The kindy her 4 year old attends had a notice up on the board that daughter noticed after she had stayed a while with 21 month old having a little play on the Friday before. Miss 4 wasn't quite her usual self so was tested that evening and a clear positive, By the Sunday daughter tested positive and wee one as well. 9 year old didn't get it, she was the only one who had had it previously just over a year ago, daddy didn't get it but he stayed at his parents place and they had previously had it as well but they were good with dropping off necessities and meals etc. The little ones had high temps and sleepy mostly and daughter quite chesty and loss of smell, couldn't smell Vicks vaporub  but a bonus for nappy changing! While she was visiting us for her her dad's birthday late last month she had a booster jab as didn't want to start the school term without some form of protection. Also avoided going to a camp with some friends as possibly a bit of a risk with school due back, then missed birthday party of one of the friends who went to the camp and came home safe and well because of this isolation herself. So she reckons she's no longer a 'unicorn' but we know quite a few  like her who hadn't had Covid previously and we haven't yet either ... touch wood and up to date with booster vacs, out and about as usual so fingers crossed as well. Younger daughter and her husband also had it at New Year ...

Stay safe and well ...

Hello again
Beautiful sunny day so far  but we are predicted  a bad day tomorrow, shame that as I was going  to go out, weather permitting .

Lots of areas have snow, hope everyone keeps safe and warm.

Must admit to being a bit if an ostrich regarding  news,  I don't read or watch much of it on TV,   very depressing .

Take care everyone.
  LM

Less of the warm for me thanks, nearly 2 am and still in low 20's C and humid though coping reasonably well, do hope all good for you and others getting about though with winter weather disruptions.

I do try to follow news to a degree and less so with certain subjects, like others sometimes just headlines or just in brevity.