Hi Jerry,
I have been away from the kitchen for four weeks struck down with a nasty chest infection, dreadful cough and no voice, however reading your thoughts and stories, catching up today has really cheered me up. Thank you everyone.

Well we are nearly ready for Christmas, but tommorrow is a very big day for our family, my mother and father ( 85 and 88 years old) are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary.
I am hosting a supper party for close family at our home. We are very blessed to have both of them and I can put my hand on my heart and say I have never heard them have an argument.They met when mother was 14 in a museum in London , looking though a butterfly display and father said mother was the most beautiful butterfly!
They married in 1943 when father was in the Royal Airforce and mother was in the Women's Royal Airforce.They are a wonderful example of marriage to us

We are looking forward to Christmas with all the family and it will be very special as our grand daughter Scarlett is now two years old and Reuben is one so they are old enough to enjoy the presents and the carol singing. However Scarlett"met" Santa at her kindergarten party this week and said she didn't like him as he had a big beard!
She will be a sister soon as Samantha our daughter is expecting a new baby on January 5th.

How lucky we are to have a growing family to share the joy of Christmas.

Last week we went to a concert in Ipswich, it was a very wet and cold night and the last thing I wanted to do was leave the warmth of home and nearly did not go, however it was the most magical evening. Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band singing the old traditional carols and playing very old folk christmas tunes. After all the gloom of the credit crunch and people losing jobs at this time of the year, it was a most uplifting experiece and at last I felt the christmas spirit.

Joy and peace to everyone round this table.
Wendy