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Congrats to you and the team!!!!!

Very well deserved x x

Morning

Many congrats to the whole breakfast team and long may it continue.

Not here - obviously!

Love and hugs to all

Susan xx

Morning Chief!

Can I join you in the Head Scratching Wondering what To Write Club!?!? I'm trying to come up with a blog and it's just not happening ...... :-(

Deevs
x

Afternoon (just)!

Firstly BREAKING NEWS - There is something yellow in the sky and it is almost shining! Hooray :) The sun has got his hat on.

Well done Chris to you and the Team and long may the awards continue to flow xx

Nothing much to report. Met an ex work colleague for dinner last night. We try and meet every three months and we had a great time reminiscing about the old days. Turned out we first worked together 17 years ago! I employed her to take over my role as I moved on to other things within the company - happy days.

Today a friend of mine is 34 and I first knew him when he was just a bump - makes me feel old. Where is time going? And why so fast?

Right, off to warm up some homemade leek and potato soup.

Slaters
AliB
xx

Hello CE & Everyone.

A lovely calm day here today, very still with no wind.

Double congratulations to the team and to you Chris, without you there would be no team.

Sitting in your garage wondering what to write (I hope you've taken your shoes off by the way)? Does this mean another book is happening? Or maybe it's the newspaper article? If I was sitting in your posh garage looking at all those posh cars my mind would be wandering too.

MM xxx

PS I don't have TB due to my contact with a diagnosed patient in hospital last May, x-ray was all clear. Hurrah!

Bids.

Thinking of Ben and hope he will make a speedy recovery now he's getting the treatment he needs. It must be a worrying time for all of you.

You're absolutely right about standing your ground. I knew something was wrong back in 2006 but was told to take cough medicine, wrap up warm, etc. I was finally diagnosed with COPD in HDU when I had heart/lung failure and was very lucky to survive. I had obviously been through the mild & moderate stages without knowing. As you say stand your ground and ask for a second opinion if not happy.

MM xxx

Afternoon all ,

Alib , so it's your turn to enjoy the sun today :-) We have thick grey cloud which it seems is the default setting at the moment.

Bids from the previous blog, good to hear your grandson is improving, but what a palava regarding the previous diagnosis . I hope he is back to full strength soon.

Maddy, Glad your results have come through ok too . :-)))

Not much happening here today, but I am taking Friday off, so today is really Thursday for me . Oh, we had lemon drizzle cake this morning, and we have Victoria sponge for this afternoon , line up with your plates at 2pm if you would like a slice.

MC xxx living life in the cake lane

Congrats CLP and Team on the awards and hope you get over your writers block very soon.

Bids glad Ben is on the road to recovery.

Maddy glad that after all the distress you have finally got the all clear.

MC - I have my plate ready virtual cake is about all I can eat at the moment as I am trying to be good.

Got some unexpected good news this morning we have done that well at work I get a payrise. Wont be booking a holiday or buying a pair of louboutins but might be able to put it to my petrol tank to get to work when the price increases. In one hand out the other.

Anyway back to work might as well earn my extra pennies....

Have a good humpday everyone CB xx

Well done Chris and team

Chris

You may win awards for the show but I can't see you getting anything for your blog writing based on your recent efforts.

If I were marking your work today I'm afraid you would get a U.

Hi everyone:

Chris: I know you probably won't see this, because you blogged hours ago, but how fantastic for you and your team! You are all quite brilliant, and the show just keeps getting better and better - how on earth are you doing that?!

Everyone else: thank you all SO MUCH for your lovely messages for my beautiful daughter's 21st birthday. I looked at her yesterday, and thanked my lucky, lucky stars. She had a wonderful day and - before any champagne was consumed - told her Dad and me how much she loves us, and how happy she is. You just can't ask for any more than that, I don't think.

Bids: bless your grandson - glad to hear he is on the mend, but a long way to go. My daughter had pneumonia when she was very young, and for some reason the doctor did not tell us what was really wrong - he didn't want to worry us, he said, when I confronted him! You are so right - where health is concerned, we must stand our ground - we instinctively know when things are not quite right. xx

Maddy: that is good news indeed. xx I am very glad to hear everything is ok with you.

CB: well done on the pay rise - that is an achievement-and-a-half in this day and age! No matter how much it is - that is a real pat on the back. xx

Sorry, I haven't really had a chance for a proper catch-up - so I hope everyone is ok.

I think I may be in the Land of Nod very early tonight!

C xx

Afternoon each!

Well done Chris and team...amazing achievements! But we all knew you were the best all along anyway! Hope it is a new book you are writing... loved the last 2!

Bids, so sorry to hear about Ben but glad he is on the mend. x

MC - any of that cakey bun style stuff left? I havent baked for weeks so cupboards and freezer bare...rubbish! will have to rectify that on my day off on Friday..feel a marathon baking afternoon coming on!

CG - congrats on the payrise..nice to hear some good news re jobs!

And Maddy..great news about not having TB- always a bonus!

Did I spy a new addition to Annies family too somewhere...?Congrats!

Goodness, I must keep caught up betterer...will give myself a U on that I think!

Right..work wont finish itself much to my disappointment... best get me backside into gear!

Laters...

mSc x

PS - Ali, HB to your friend! When I first started in this job I was fitting little kids of 3 and 4...who now walk in and are hulking great teenagers of 15,16,17 (and that`s just the girls!) Time can slow down a bit now thank you very muchly!

Hello Again,

Maddy, Good news re the TB.....phew :) xx

Bids, Glad that Grandson is on the mend xx

Chrissie, Glad your daughter had a good 21st and what a lovely thing to say to you and MrS, bless her xx

Congrats CG xx

Hi to Scoobes, MC and Captainstella xx

MBD, Couldn't agree more, sometimes his blogs just don't give you anything to have a good old discussion about. All you can say to this one is "well done".

I feel everso sleepy this afternoon, was awake for a couple of hours in the night for no apparent reason and it's hitting me hard now!! Got a Church Meeting tonight, where I have to take the minutes so no early night and I must try and stay awake at that.

AliB
xx

Afternoon each

Well done Chris on the awards - well deserved.

Give that sun back at once Ali - we've had a very cold, grey day in Fife and it's obviously all your fault!!

Bids, so glad Ben is improving.

Maddy, good news on the TB front.

Scoobs, yes, grandchild No. 7 - although this one is a step-grandchild. They really must stop now!

Back in a bit when I've finished the ironing (always think of Beez when I get the iron out of the cupboard).

xxxxx

Many thanks for the good wishes, I can come out of quarantine now :)

I have to agree with MBD also, Chris's writer's block must have been about the blog.

Now, what to have for tea is the big question.

MM xxx

Me again!

Chrissie..so glad MsS had a wonderful day... and how lovely of her to say nice things to you and her dad... early night for you though!x

Annie - how lovely..can remember waiting for your first to arrive (i think!).. no more breeding now or it`s gonna get more expensive each month!

Deevs - need my daily pic of Randall on t`other side..he is totally adorable!

OK.. doing the `list` thing again which i really try not to do... pah!

Sezza..enjoy Room!

Off again..

mSc x

Oh ironing... just remember my pile I`ve got at home to do tonight... sad face now... :(

mSc x

Egg, chips & tomatoes it's going to be.

Scoobs-I don't often do lists either as I would probably forget someone but Chrissie I have to say to you (who can do lists and never forgets anyone) I'm so glad that your lovely daughter had a happy 21st birthday. A daughter is a best friend for life. Not that sons are not (in case someone should read this and be offended) but with a daughter you can go shopping, chat about things other than cars, golf, etc.

MM xxx

Scoobs, mine's done - no, I'm not smug!!!

xxxx

Maddy, you're so right. Sons are wonderful but they always seem to belong to someone else (quite rightly) but a daughter stays with you.

xxxxx

Hello people.

Well done Chris and team.

CB, congratulations on the pay rise. xx

Marjie, good news on the TB front. xx

Bids, glad to hear grandson is on the mend. xx

Chrissie, glad your lovely daughter had a wonderful birthday. xx

Annie, I have been ironing for the last couple of hours. LOL! xx

Gail, nothing wrong with your last post. xx

MBD, I agree with you, what more can I say. xx

Hi to everyone else.

I am in a happy mood. The sun has been shining all afternoon, so got the garden furniture out.

csn. xx

Annie - not muchly!!

mSc x

AliB and Scoobs: thank you. xx

Annie: I missed the news about the new baby - how lovely. xx

Maddy: we are having smoked haddock, roasted vegetables, and absolutely no champagne!

Re: Chris's blogs - I think it's brilliant he still writes them - he seldom forgets the blog. I don't think it is the responsibility of anyone who writes a blog to ensure that the readers have a discussion with the writer, or that they come up with a topic that can be discussed at length. I don't read very many blogs, but the ones I do read simply put forward their own point of view, or story, with the invitation to reply and/or join in with other readers, if you want to do so. Perhaps I am misunderstanding the point of blogs.

Yep, early night for me, methinks!

Have a nice evening everyone.

C xx

I do lists but then forget where I put them.

csn. xx

I right stuff in my diary, then have to write a post-it to remind me to look in it.

xxxxx

LOL Scoobs - he's also exhausting! I can't wait until he's had all the jabs so I can take him out proper and let him run off some of his energy. I know "they" recommend short 5 minute walks initially, but he's got so much energy - I've been scratched, dribbled on and nibbled but he is lovely!


I admire Chris for coming up with a blog almost every day. I'm struggling with mine at the mo (business one). I've also got to write a blog for a client and it's not as easy as it sounds.

Right, enough screen time for today. Time for a spot of Pointless and then a run round the garden with the loopy furball!

Have a lovely evening, and I'll see y'all on Friday Eve.

Deevs
x

Bums, that should have been 'write stuff'.

xxx

Maddy: hiya - I was just checking that my post had gone through, and I saw your lovely message to me - thank you. xx I have been told by some lovely people - who I know through this very blog - who have said to me: your daughter will be a friend for life. In the dark days of tantrums, staying out late, not even coming home at all (and that was just me!) I thought that couldn't be true. I am lucky beyond words, and I do know that.

Thank you, too, I really do try to remember everyone in the lists, but I know I do fail sometimes! xx

Heading off now to get those roasted vegetables on the go!

C xx

Evening all

Well, we definately haven't got anyone else's sun here today - we haven't even got our own!

Annie, Congrats on the little one and you made me lol with the right/write in the same sentence!

Scoobs, I have! Once I started it I just couldn't put it down! Thank You so much for letting me read it. I'm going to pass it on to my Mum now!

Deevs, I hate to say it but my brother's springer must be 6 now and shows no sign of slowing down and seem unwear-outable!!! He'll be keeping you very active!

Maddy, very pleased to hear your positive result. Even though you were sure it was going to be ok, it must be a relief

And hello to everyone else here

Sezza xxx

I'm obviously not privy to the deatails of the contact of employment between Chris Evans and the ´óÏó´«Ã½, but I am guessing that he has some requirement to write his blog rather than doing it out of the goodness of his heart.

I do actually feel that the purpose of a blog is for the blogger to put forward their point of view and invite people to post their responses.

Hi everyone,

Just waiting for D to get in from work then we can have dinner.

Listening to the Temptations and Four Tops on Simon's show this morning has really put me in the mood for seeing them next Sunday, really looking forward to it.

Hope you all had a good day.

X

G

p.s. Bids, glad to hear Ben is on the mend, a very stressfull time for you all I'm sure.

G, hope you're got the right date for The Tops and The Temps - I'm a bit worried about the lady who called in!

Just made an emergency batch of cookies for lunch tomorrow. Thought we were going to go hungry due to bare fridge syndrome but then I remembered the recipe I have that uses oil! Didn't want to face two hungry boys in the morning!

Now I just need to find the Simnel Muffin recipe for taking to Mum on Sunday like the dutiful daughter that I am!

Sezza xxx

Gail, I am dancing round the kitchen listening to the show too. Great music.

csn. xx

Hello again.

I seem to be doing my list one post at a time but I must say a big congratulations to Annie on becoming a grandmother for the seventh time.

Re Chris's blog-I've mentioned this here in the past that I started to post on a well known duo's blog but quickly got fed up with it because although they do very long blogs they only appear once in a while and replies have to be kept very short.

MM xxx

Thank you Maddy, although 7 is quite enough, thank you.

Have been faffing about on the 1861 Census looking for my great grandmother but every time I find her I have to sign up and pay to see the Census.. Must talk to Kirstie.

Have to say, I can see where MBD is coming from. It does seem, sometimes, that we're a bit of an afterthought for Chris.

Am now going away to hide under the table. xxxxx

Evening all, have to agree with some of the comments re the dwindling blog, it's nice when there's something that we can get our teeth into! Maybe Chris has to save his best stuff for his column?

I'm suffering from a bit of writer's block myself. Since the autumn I've been going to evening classes to learn Catalan. I'm already fluent-ish in Spanish and love going to Cataluña so thought I'd challenge myself. Anyhow there is a writing competition to mark St George's day (which also happens to be the patron saint of Cataluña as well as England) and I can't think what to write about!

Hope everyone is well, Annie you better start saving now for the big C with all those grandchildren!!

Rx

Just put a short comment on the well known duo's blog as there was one dated yesterday. Now awaiting moderation.

Off to put bin out before the wannabe footballers come out on the grass outside. Always happens after football on the telly.

MM xxx

Hiya

Rosie, that all sounds very ambitious! Good luck. I hope you beat the writers block.

It must be really hard to think of something original to write

Maddie, you've just reminded me about the bin - sadly not the smelly pumpkin one this week but must do it anyway!

Sezza xxx

Annie, I can see where MBD is coming from too.

I will go and get on the naughty step now.

csn. xx

Sezza.

You've just reminded me too. I think the brown gardening stuff bin should have gone out on Monday night! D'oh! There's too many bins!

MM xxx

Look, it is just an opinion. Not the end of the world, yet.

csn. xx

Rosie!!!! Please don't mention the C word. xx

It's our blue bin tomorrow - thanks for reminding me. Off to haul it to the road.

xxxxx

Annie and Rosie, I like the C word.

csn. xx

Bite your tongue CSN!!

Right, off to bed. Have to be in St. Andrews tomorrow for work.

Night all.

xxxx

Maybe, I should be like Harry Potter and wear my invisibility cloak when I post on here. LOL!

xxxx

Sorry Annie, hope I haven't upset you.

csn. xx

As a relative newcomer to the blog I have no idea what the c-word is, but I guess it's not the one I'm thinking of!

MBD.

Christmas!

csn. xx

I see, the religious festival that dares not speak it's name.

Any particular reason for this?

49

xx

MBD I think the issue is mentioning it too early on in the year, i.e before the start of December!

Rx

Sorry MBD. I thought you would get the 50th post tonight.

csn. xx

CSN

That's the story of my life, always the bridesmaid, never the bride!

Still there's always 100.

i_amrosieposie

I'm in full agreement with that, in fact I even think that the beginning of December is a tad early.

MBD, you never know what life will hold for you until it happens.

csn. xx

CSN

Very true, but as the saying goes "if you fail to plan then you plan to fail".

So, if I set my alarm to a time when the rest of you are in bed, then with the the three minute delay it will only take me two and a half hours to reach 100.

Here we go 57!

MBD, you are nearly as mad as me.

I will have another look in here at midnight and see how you are doing.

csn. xx

59?

60

xx

61, this could take some time!

MBD, I like even numbers.

xx

Doh, I've done it again.

I'm going to have to wait until you go to bed.

LOL!

64.

This couldn't be done on the well known duo's blog. My comment there is still awaiting moderation!

MM xxx

66

Hello Marjie.

csn. xx

66 probably 67 by now!or even 68! could even be 70!

70

70

70

Hi CSN

74

xx

72

D'oh!

Congratulations MBD!

73?

Well done MBD.

Hi Marjie. xx

74

76

77

This is so confusing.

78

xx

80

Well done CSN!

MM xxx

82?

82

xx

82

One more go and then I'll leave you two to get to 100!

85?

Marjie, LOL!

xx

I don't believe I'm doing this but, 85.

Forgot I didn;t need to wait 3 minutes LOL!

Time for bed I think!

MM xxx

86

86

Marjie, don't go to bed yet.

86.

xx

The night is still young ladies; 88

I got one right! Hurrah! I'm back again!

90

90

xx

I'm getting v v excited now.

Ninety one.

Marjie. Hooray!

Surprise! Surprise!

92

xx

94

What number shall I go for now.

94

xx

97

Almost there!Such excitement!

Hello

We are all mad doing this. LOL!

96

xx

Am I taking this too seriously?

96

98

Who will be the winner?

100!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes

100.

xx