CLP - golad you had fun making the show, sounded great from the little I could hear

Nice one Chris!

Reminds me of a party I went to when I was about 15 or 16. It was an impromptu gathering, hosted at the local Vicarage by the somewhat rebellious vicar's daughter (a friend of mine at the time, with the most dishiest of big brothers!) as the Vicar and his good lady wife were away on a mini golfing break.

My then-bestest mate in thw world and I ended up sharing the Vicar's bed!!

I still don't know to this day whether the rebellious daughter was rumbled for throwing the party, but it was a good night, nonetheless!

Happy Christmas to you, Tash, Noah and the Breakfast team. It's been a great first year, and THANK YOU for everything.

Muchos Amore.

Deevs of Cannockshire

x x x

I relish the odd delay from time to time - good reading opportunity!

Not too sure where I stand on Christianity - but the Bish of York is a completely wonderful ambassador for Heaven. Top stuff.

And Impromptu fun is often the best fun of all! Deevs - anything you'd like to confess re. the son of a preacher-man?!

AliB glad you got everything sorted - enjoy your dins!

Roo xxx

I got up this morning and was telling Mr Hannah about the fact that the Bish was on R2 this morning and he got very excited telling me stories from the preaches that he's seen him do. Including one that involved a fiver in a torch as an object lesson about faith.

Mr Hannah went to uni in Hull and was part of a youth event that was hosted in York Minster (muchos excitement there!)

Apparently at a youth service he wore a hoodie over his vicar shirt! Pretty sure it caused uproar but it was a youth service so it was kinda dressing to fit in like I'd wear my best shirt when I'm up the front talking (only done it once at my current church and it was a youth meeting so I wore jeans and t-shirt and I did the same at my parents church when I spoke in the summer - mainly cos I was being me and was so stressed about it going okay that what I wore was last thing on my mind hehe.)

dispite being involved in my church I only do creche (yay, the under 3's) so the only time I have spoken in church was my wedding dress, needless to say I was wearing a long ivory dress ;-)

What a brilliant programme this morning from York, with the very amiable Archbishop, his lovely wife, the choir, gardener and everyone else involved.

I'm a bit worried about Johnny, as he was enjoying dressing up in all those panto costumes rather too much, especially the girlie ones!!! :o))

I absolutely LOVED KT Tunstall and James Dean Bradfield's 'Fairy Tale of New York'... they really should record it!!!

Roo

Alas no. He was a mature, man of the world 19 year old. I think his little sis (however rebellious) and her Durannie mates were well and truly off his radar!!

Deevs
x

Afternoon all,

I have been quiet for a few days. I listened to the second half of the show this morning with a cuppa under the duvet. I really enjoyed it and am starting to feel more and more Christmassy by the minuet. Thanks for that CLP and the team!

I finally managed to collect my new (to me) car from the snow bound garage on Tuesday. ;-) I love it (so far) and wished the weather would improve enough to go for a nice drive into the countryside!

Other than that not all has been good! My daughter (19 years old) had a massive panic attack just as she left work and seriously thought she was going to die! The phone call we received was terrifying to be honest as there was panic all around her as she gasped for air! How frightening for us all. We have had her to the doctor and checked out.........all seems good apart from him saying she is depressed! She has had a very hard couple of years and I think things have finally got the better of her! ;-(

Happy Birthday Baggy! X-x-

Keep smiling

Keith
xx

Afternoooooooon aalllll and jingles all the way ......

Great show this morning, watched, listened and now I feel totally christmassy !!! The Bish was superb, what a guy !!!

2 Sleeps peeps, how exciting.

Merry Christmas to all.

Keith

I went through a bout of depression a few years back, and it changed me one heck of a lot. Panic attacks was one of the things I suffered with. They are very frightening - both to the sufferer and those around them. With the right treatment and support, your daughter will covercome these attacks in time, but she must listen to the advice given. I think too many people suffer depression in silence, convinced they are OK.

Here's hoping you and the rest of your family have a lovely Christmas, and that 2011 brings everything you have always hoped for, and more.

Take more.

Cheryl x x x

MikeyMikey - thought you'd gone into hiding after your "Brum" comment yesterday .....!

x

Thanks Deevs,

I know she has to come to terms with her problem it is very hard for her to let it all out! I also have been diagnosed with clinical depression a few years ago after being diagnosed with cancer. I did finally acknowledge that I had a problem and have come back stronger than ever! I know she will get there with the right help except it is as the doctor said to her she has to want the help!

Keith
xxx

Bagpuss - everyone has their thing to do :) I love crèche at our church - if it wasn't in the band I'd be doing kids work :)

I missed KT on R2 this morning - I was running late and then got to work and they were contaminating the airwaves with the local station instead :(

Kevin - hope she feels better soon :) I don't have the answers but if she wants someone to chat to I'm here, just let me know :)

The worse feeling in the world is when someone close to you, someone you love, is down in the dumps. If ever there was a time I wished I could perform miracles and magic, it is now.

Deevs
x

Lisburn Rod, Ormeau Rd, Forestside, Belfast - completely chocca today

Dear BBC, why does everyone leave it to the last minute and then buy three weeks foodstuffs all on the same day, at once, altogether. I ask you, what is the point???

rant over and out . . .

Great show this morning.

Have a great Christmas everyone . .

DtM

x

Loved watching this mornings show. I am lucky enough to live near York and am also a huge fan of John Sentamu, what a star he is!

You are great entertainer Chris - I would love a slice of your energy

Wishing You and the Team a Very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year

Jane x, Nr Boroughbridge

Watcha,

Chris, Brilliant show this morning and I was so glad that I had the morning off, so I could watch via the red button. Its official the Arch Bish ROCKS! What a thoroughly decent man and never shied away from telling it how it is, a good advert for being a Christian. I would imagine that after this morning a Christmas show from York might be a regular feature - well done Chris and Team xx

It says in the Bible that you should "come as you are" to worship God, so I don't think he minds what you wear. Personally, I always dress in my Sunday best as to me I am going to worship the King and I wouldn't turn up in scruffy clothes to visit the Queen so I wouldn't do it to visit with the King or Kings; that is just my personal opinion.

Hugs to those who need them {{{HUGS}}}

AliB
xx

happy birthday Baggy xxx

Keith BigUn,

So sorry to hear about your daughter. (Also your cancer; my mum has had the Big C twice herself. Wouldn't wish it on anyone). I am a depression-suffer (almost recovered, yayy!). And I understand your daughter's feelings; I have had two nervous breakdowns myself, and even attempted to...well, you know,... on a number of occasions (apologies if that's too much information for some - I'm not ashamed that I have had this illness and am used to living with it). I would not be here today if it weren't for my dog Jasper; as daft as that sounds it's actually recorded in my medical notes.

I bet you are a fantastic dad. It was great that you were there to answer her call, as distressing as it was for you.

I know that, for your daughter, it may seem desperately hard just to get through each day, but I really hope she's able to accept the doctor's advice and support and hang on in there. I guess you never stop telling her that she is a very, very special person and they only made one of her. One day, it will be OK.

Here are a couple of suggestions, if you want them. I also (as well as taking medication) found Cognitive Behavioural Therapy extremely helpful. It's not weird mumbo-jumbo, but simple thinking about identifying each step along the road to a breakdown and trying to deal with each bit. I understand how hard it can be to talk about things, especially when you feel so raw, and there is a really fantastic, well-written and non-preachy book that I strongly recommend. I noticed that it was one that my psychiatric counsellor at the hospital was using a great deal (along with other books in the same series) and decided to buy for myself. It's called "Overcoming Depression' - you can buy a used copy on Am@zon for just over £4.(Can put a link to it on Faceboot if anyone's interested). It explains CBT and how it works. It's got little 'tasks' you can do by yourself and you can read through it at your own pace. To be honest, after I bought the book, it sat on the shelf, unread, for AGES - but when I read it I found it extremely helpful and I wished I'd read it sooner! However, books alone are no substitute for proper, professional, medical treatment.

But more than anything else, Keith, please do take care of yourself. I know that it can seem like the whole of life and the universe is pressing down on you - but you are a very special person, and it sounds like you have already come through so much already with your dignity intact. Keep going - your daughter won't feel like this forever. As you mentioned, the most important step is admitting that there's a problem that needs treatment - and understanding that this is NOT a submission to weakness or personal failure but a proper, recognised, medical illness that IS treatable - in the same way as are a common, cold, a broken leg, or a fractured wrist.

I really hope that none of the above sounds patronising - that isn't my intention at all - but I do know what it is like and, in common with other bloggers who have already posted above, I wanted you to know that we are here with you and you are NOT alone.

Please feel free to PM me if you ever want to sound-off (Am on Facebook as Ruth Elizabeth Page - arty b&w profile photo of me trying to look like a silent film star...!)

lots of love, Roo & Jasper-dog xxxx

how lax of me, meant to say {{{{Keith and family}}}}
btw, your profile pic is gawgus Roo, any pics of Jasper?

Tiggs xxx

Thanks Tiggs! The camera never lies... but sometimes it fibs a bit...!
;-)

Should be a few pix of the Whiskered Wonder (Jasper, not me again!) on there somewhere - if not, there's a link to his l'il doggy-blog where there are pics a-plenty, with varying levels of quality and Jasper-embarrassment!

Keep smiling,

Roo xxx

Ali - Now you make me look bad lol. I go in my jeans! Sometimes I dress up but most of the time I go in my jeans.

Hello again

Just watching the red button show that I mananged to record this morning - am pleased with myself now!

Agree so much about the Arch-Bish - what a man!! A true force for good and for life!!

Just watching the show, am so impressed at the technicality of this show! So many locations in the Palace and so many people and it all went so well

Hats off to the team!!

Sezza xx

Chris, I can't believe you forgot your toothbrush!

Ta ta Lin x

Phew! Just got home from the butchers. Bambi now happily ensconced in the fridge, and judging by the bill (and how busy it was up there) I think I'm in the wrong job!

And the blog is jump jump jumping!

Deevs
x

Chris, that was one fantastic show this morning - thanks so much to you and the team and the Arch Bish, KT, JDB and everyone else!

Happy Birthday Bagpuss!

Hugs to Keith, your daughter, CG and anyone else who needs or wants one {{{{{{{{{ }}}}}}}}}, or maybe two... Roo, you and so many others here have so much compassion, this blog is truly a lovely place.

I'm finally feeling Christmassy after this morning - hooray! And hooray for working from home! Lying in bed, listening to the blogger's anthem, thinking of absent friends, of the excitement of the 02 show last year, our CiN day not so long ago, and all the possibilities for next year, that's what did it for me. Why is it that some years - even though Christmas tends to be around the same time - it just takes a while longer to get into the groove?? Anyway, thanks to CLP and the Arch Bish amongst others, I'm there now! And of course, there's a bit of catching up to do: family presents to wrap, make room for the big Christmas tree as well as the tiny tree... and hope that the weather thaws a tad more so everyone can get where they need or want to be.

LOVE and good wishes to everyone

Ann xxx

Oops! Nearly forgot!

My advent calendar guess: A church!

MM x

Warmth From One's Self Selfisely Ter Your... Self... CLP & Each...

Bingo Star 'ere...

Psssttt... pssst... can yer keep a secret????
Am presently parked in me truck in one of the largest truckstops in the UK next to another truck!!!!!
But not any old truck... although it is old.... 6 years maybe!!!!!
Yes, am parked next ter a top of the range Renault Magnum... ex BAR F1 Racing Team truck!!!!!!!!!
From a few years ago when Jenson Button drove for them!!!!!
'ow do a know.... A will tell yer:
One it's a Renault Magnum, two it's in the livery of the BAR F1 team that gives the game away!!!!!!
Although it's got another name on it know!!!!!!
Probably the 'aulage company 'ave bought it second 'and from the Renault truck dealers!!!!!
Just think 'ow many countries around the world that truck 'as been too!!!!!
Just think 'ow many times Micheal Schumacher 'as walked past that truck in the F1 paddock!!!!!!
Just think 'ow mnay times Giancarlo Fisichella 'as walked past that truck in the F1 paddock!!!!!!
My GOODNEEEESS a can almost see the ghosts of them next to it!!!!!
Exciting or what???????????

Ok onter me blog....

CLP - Bath a think is a little like York!!!!!!!
Although York is nicer than Bath in my opinion!!!!!!
In fact York is me joint second favourite city in the UK!!!!
London me first... Liverpool & York joint second!!!!!!!
Such a charismatic city!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And many a time ave travelled from London Kings Cross on the 125mph express ter York!!!!!!
The straightest railway line in the UK Kings Cross ter Darlington!!!!!!
A first went ter York wit hme school aged 8ish & fell in love with the city!!!!
Been returning ever since!!!!!!!!

Am glad yer took the train CLP... 1000 times better than driving - know what am sayin'!!!!!!!
am also glad the Breakfast York Gig went well!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Been ter The Minster many a time... and whatta interesting & always smiling man in charge aka Arch Bishop John Sentamu - we could all learn alot from The Sentamu dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'appy times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bye!

PS Bingo Star's Winter Driving Tip Of The Day:

If yer only 'ave third party or fire & theft car insurance!!!!!!
My advice... Well in severe weather like this yer chances of being in a road accidentation increase dramatically!!!!!!!!!!
Yer may be a great driver, but it's other's yer need ter watch out for!!!!!

Yer could get a car slide inter yer out of a side road.... yer could go around a bend & find a car sliding terwards yer!!!!!
Or even come out in the morning ter find yer pride & joy 'as been 'it by a 'it & run idiot!!!!!!!!

So why not if yer can't afford or simply don't wanter 'ave fully comprehensive car insurance... upgrade to it just while the winter weather is severe!!!!!!!!

It can cost upto 500 pound a year more!!!!!!

But for a month it might only be 30 pound more... or even if yer making a special long distance Christmas trip ter relatives... upgrade just for the journey or a week!!!!!!!

It can cost as little as 5 pound a day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well worth it to protect yer pride & joy from the worst 'appening!!!!!!

'ope this 'elps & most mighty glad ter try ter 'elp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bye!

PPS Super Bagpuss - Just wanted ter say:

MOST LARGE BIRTHDEE GREETINGS FROM MESEN TER YERSEN VIA THE CLP BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'OPE YER 'AVE A GREAT DAY ;)))))

Evening CLP and the bloggers, thank you for the show this morning, I didn't hear all of it as I had to go to work but the bits I hear did cheer me up. Will listen again tomorrow when I get home from work.

Think I am more or less organised now for Saturday!

Happy Birthday to Baggy, hope you're having a fabulous 30th

Hope everyone has had a good day

Rx

PS GOOD LUCK to CLP for your appearance on Millionaire, hope you raise lots of cash

RosieP - Why; what's happenening on Saturday?

Just kidding!

Might have an early one tonight - am tired and v.v. cold...!

No more work until 2011 for me now; yayyyy!!!

Roo xxx

thank you everyone again

got some very kinky boots from my parents, warm jarmies from my Nan and the wonderful Mr bp bought me a huge bunch of flowers and is treating me to a pig keeping day, woohoo ;-)

been out for lunch, now just relaxing with the man I love for a warm and cosy evening.

Baggy

BTW did any of the NW England bloggers watch Northwest Tonight at 6:30? It was broadcast from my Mum's church in Liverpool and she was somewhere in the congregation!

Rx

Thanks Roo,

Thank you for your guidance. Xx I have been through CBT myself and am an advocate of the process. Many things from my past are now safely in little boxes locked away with a thin layer of dust covering them. ;-) I also have been diagnosed with the big C twice and at times I feel like a ticking time bomb waiting for the third strike and I am out! I still dread doctor’s appointments with a passion.

Daughter has been at work all day and it has been very busy in her high street shop! From my point of view her being busy is good for her now. I drove her in to work today and will collect her at the end of late night shopping. GP has requested counselling so with any luck she will get some professional help in the New Year, until then it is up to us.

Ann and Tiggs thanks for your {{Hugs}} xx

Keep smiling

Keith
xxx

Baggy, Glad to hear you had a good day but what is Mr Baggy going to say about relaxing with that man!! ;-)

Roo, snuggle up warm lovey. What a nice feeling to have a break from work like that

Keith (((x))) sounds like your daughter has got a lot of support to help her through this, best wishes to you

This morning's show was on the i-player earlier but now I can't find it. D'oh! It must be there somewhere!

Sezza xxx who is looking at a huge pile of ironing hoping it will do itself!!

Highlights of the show on Chris's homepage

No volunteers for the ironing then?

Suppose I'd do it then! :-(

Sezza xx

Honest!!

I'm doing the ironing!

You're safe to come out, don't hide!!

Sezza xx

Right!!

The ironing is done! The board has been put away! A drink has been poured and feet are up and I'm watching Millionaire!

You really are safe to come out now!

Or are you all in the pub without me! ;-(

Sezza xx

I hope CLP remembers Hawaii this time..... ;-) xxx

Sezza - after a nap, I've decided against an early one (or I'll only wake up at 4.00am and not be able to resettle...) Did you do all that ironing? What a pity - I was JUST going to offer to do the fiddly shirts as well... ;-)

KeithBigUn - Thanks. Yes, it's good that your daughter was busy and had something to occupy her. I'm SO glad your GP is supportive - it makes such a difference. Mine was/is - and I can never thank her enough. But someone I used to know in the nearest city (she and her hubby moved to Oz a few years ago) had bad depression and the GP (different practice to mine, glad to say) pretty much told her to go away and stop being so daft. She was in a dreadful state the last time I saw her (think that might have been one reason why they moved).

I know what you mean about the ol' Big C. My dad and I get the same feeling whenever the time for one of mum's tests rumbles around. As for mum herself, she's fairly chilled about it these days - but says what she always dreads the most is other peoples' pity. Surprising how quick the well-meaning but inadvertent blunderers pop up with their [in loud, clear, sad voice] "Would SHE like a cup of tea?"-type sentiments once the Big C is mentioned. But - hey - getting that GP's help is the first step on the path to recovery.

Baggz - nice haul of presents you got there! The pig-keeping day sounds like lots of fun! Some of my colleagues on other sites have rare-breed pigs, which are endlessly fascinating to watch. Pigs are incredibly intelligent. Last time I went to one site, a sow and her litter of piglets had acquired a football from somewhere, hehehe...!

Jasper's guess for tomorrow's Addie-Cal is the eternal tableau of the Nativity Scene - Mary/Joe/Baby-J/adorable ruminants/suitably-scrubbed peasant-shepherds - possibly even an anachronistic Wise Man or three. Isn't it always that on the 24th? In truth, what Jasper ACTUALLY suggested might be lurking behind Deevs' all-important window was enough to have earned us a lifetime ban from all BBC blogs (and possibly an enforced "invitation" to a new years' shindig in Parkhurst). So I have vetoed his filth and sent him early to bed with no supper to "think about what he has done".

If only I could be certain that he viewed this as a punishment, and not some kind of reward. Oh dear - the perils of canine parenting in the 21st Century....

Keep smiling!

Roo xxx

I'm just listening to the Simply Red live thingy on Radio 2. I'm ever so sorry, but I never really warmed to that group and now all I've got in my head is a Simply Red / goat joke from a few years back, but it's too mean for posting on here. Away, wicked thoughts! Begone from Roo's pure mind!!

Dear, oh dear.

Roo x

I don't do ironing, sorry Sezza!

Keith, so sorry about what you and your daughter are going through! When Mr JG dropped his bombshell on me, I lost all confidence, and I had a major panic attack, unfortunately it was when I was driving on a busy M60 on a Friday night, not to be recommended!

I've conquered loads of stuff since! Like not being able to take a bottle off a shelf at the supermarket, or carrying glasses from the dishwasher to the cupboard!

Or sometimes not being able to take a glass out of the cupboard, or carry a plate full of food from one room to another...

I've been to the GP, and he has given me some pills to stop the inner ear inbalance I suffer from!

I still find stairs difficult, but am getting there!

We all have our issues, personally, I'm looking forward to getting my own place and getting everything JG-friendy!

JG x

Great Google Home Page.

Best wishes to all that are going through tough times.

... and those that aren't, have fun.

Happy Birthday Baggy.

MTF.xx

Roo, don't worry! There's another load in the machine. I'll save you a shirt or two

Sezza xxx

MTF The google page is great but I don't "get" it? What's it all about..................Alfieeeeeeeee!

xxx

Not sure either Seza, they normally add a caption. Christmas across the world possibly?

MTF.xx

JG - The only way is up my young friend. So pleased to hear of what you've made it through. It's almost impossible to try to convey to people how much shock and depression can affect one. That, sometimes, you LITERALLY cannot pick up a ringing telephone or put things away in cupboards. But it really sounds like you have so much to be proud of yourself for having achieved - and you REALLY deserve a JG-sparkly future full of lots of nice things. xxx

Listen to me tonight, eh?! And I haven't even OPENED the bottle yet! Must be the effect of not having to go to work and encounter Lady Vader for a whole straight run. Or possibly that the air here in my room is somewhat clearer and pleasantly-fragranced now that Jasper has gone upstairs to bed... ;-)

Roo xxx

Roo, sounds like you need to iron a shirt or two to calm yourself down!

JG, More (((xx))) for you. Just remember, everyday is a day closer to your new life!

Sezza xxx

amazing what you can find out on Google!

From December 23 through December 25, the Google homepage will display a large interactive doodle in place of the regular Google logo.

The impressive holiday doodle features 17 illustrations, designed to look like framed paintings that depict scenes of peace, joy and beauty around the world. The small pictures expand when you mouse over them, and clicking each frame links to a Google page explaining that particular scene.

There you go!

Sezza xx

Thanks Seza, I will do that.

MTF.xx

MTF - ooh, you're right, that IS a nice Google page. No caption, but the pic properties seem to suggest "Christmas Holidays Around the World 2010" Right also about everyone having good times - for, without darkness, there would never be any light. Love to ALL bloggers out there! xx

Did anyone hear Ken "Zen" Bruce's show this morning? There was an absolutely hilarious bit with an Irish comedian doing a monologue, consisting of a series of 'thank-you' letters to his true-love, one after the other, for each of the gifts sent on the twelve days of Christmas (partridge in a pear tree, etc). It ended with the chap desperate and whimpering, knee-deep in bird-poo with feathers and mad lords chasing leaping ladies everywhere! I'll have to go back and listen again, as I didn't hear all of it properly - one of my colleagues was pretending to be a chicken pretending to be a carol-singer in the background. Long story. WISH I was joking. The Irish fellow WAS brilliant though.

Sezza... um, yeh. Thanks for that. I'll just - oh, hang on Jasper, what was that? Sorry Sez, gotta go. Jasper seems to have accidentally opened up a portal to another world (AGAIN! Tut! Those boys of ours, eh?!), gotta sort him out, back in a few millennia....

Hang on, Jazz! Mummy's coming! No! DON'T lift your leg against that Alien Warrior.... How many TIMES do I have to tell you?!!!! ;-)

Roo xxx

An "interactive doodle", eh?! Now THAT I could have some fun with...!

Rx

GALWAY BAY....

Phewwwww xxx

MTD??? Are you OK? Do you need me to call someone for you, honey? ;-)

Roo x

D'OH!!!!!!

Sorry Roo - Watching CLP on millionnaire - he just lost again !!!!!!

mtd ffb xxx

Roo, I think this is what you need!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQkF7fpw-wI

The proper start to Christmas

Wouldn't you like to be backstage at millionaire now! Poor Chris - he was so certain!

Mtd, have you recovered from your holiday now?
Sezza xx

Ah. I did wonder! Can't believe the boy lost!!! We should've been his 'phone a friend! I love quizzes, me! Mind stuffed full of nonsense (I genuinely have a photographic memory - that is NOT a boast; it's a curse. Though handy in pub quizzes. Alas, having to explain that I'm NOT a 'saddo-no-mates', whilst being able to reel off every single Dr. Who companion since 1963 to the present date, despite the fact that I was born in 1974, is one of the skills that I CANNOT master). I'm RUBBISH on sport questions though... ;-)

Roo xxx

Roo, we must team up, I'm good at sports, rubbish at the rest..

Oh, poor Chris, although I didn't know the answer either!

JG x

Sezza - YES!! YES that's it! Thank you SO much!

Frank Kelly - he's Father Jack Hackett!! (What a hero!)

Cheers for that - it's great to hear it again!

What a Christmas star you are!

Roo xxx

Hi Sezza

Still a bit jet lagged. I promise a travelogue will follow soon.

Roo - the OH and I are both quiz fanatics, we are part of a pub quiz league team and take part in quizes whereever we go (when we can).

Off to bed soon.

Night all

mtd ffb xxx

JG - how can we lose?! Actually, I can tell you that one: we'd lose if:
a) there was a team that was better than us;
b) Jasper had a bottom-based "Vesuvius-moment", resulting in the lot of us being bodily flung from the pub by the other punters;
c) We 'phoned a friend surreptitiously from the ladies' - and got Chris on the line instead of Noah...

But - hey - it's the taking part that counts, isn't it? Chris?

Roo xxx

Too much excitement for one night!

Do you reckon Chris is hiding back stage in a little corner!

Hope he's recovered by the morning!

Sleep Well

Sezza xxx

Sleep sound, mtd, stay warm and safe.

Keep smiling,

Roo xxx

LOL Roo!!

I think Chris' role in life is definately Quiz Master!!

Sezza xx

Maybe we can get Dookeggs (Quack) to have a weekly Quiz Night in the Blog Boozer?

R x

LOL Sezza, definitely! We all have our gifts in life and I think you have accounted for our chirpy chap's greatest gift perfectly there in that short sentence.

But Chris's major talent is like the present of a book token - it's the gift that KEEPS ON GIVING!. ;-)

Roo xxx

I hope no-one is offended, but Andi Peters put this on Twitter earlier, and I thought it quite amusing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkHNNPM7pJA&feature=player_embedded

JG x

JG - that's BRILLIANT! Just sent it 'round a few of my friends (along with Sezzas's Frank Kelly clip). I just know that the local vicar will LOVE it. I'm not a regular churchgoer, but he's a teriffic bloke - he's got a sticker in his office that says "Jesus is coming - look busy!". My parents don't approve - but there's nothing disrespectful or offensive in it and - if, indeed, God created us all - then he also created in us the ability to laugh at genuine, inoffensive, wit.

BTW - for anyone here in South Central England - I fear it may be about to snow - Jasper has just gone inexplicably beserk - that's what happened before - and he definitely isn't desperate for the loo... uh-oh!

Roo xxx

Hello All.
I was going to say good evening but I see it's now past that hour so its AM.
not been around for a few days again ,but I have been thinking of you all ,Have fleetingly flipped through todays posts .
.
Chris I got up early this AM so that I could get most of the show today ,managed to do the ironing whilst listening then had My breakfast in the lounge and watched live ,all before work .

Keith ,just lots of love and {{{HUGS}}} and I know you've got bucket loads.


I hope that I find that you are all well and if theres anyone that needs some TLC ,I'll send you some and I'll throw in some hugs as well and anthing else you need it's on it's way .

Take care and stay safe .

Bids.xxx.

And thats why I love Bids.

Night everyone.

The sun might come out tomorrow.

Lets hope the weather men are right for once.

Funny old world.

MTF.xx

MTF,
you too hun ,and do you know something ,you are part of my sunshine .

Bids.xxx.

Sleep sound all. God bless.

Keep smiling,

Roo and Jasper xxxx

Funny old Folk ;)

MTF.xx

( Eh Bids?)

Yikes, didn't see you sneak in there Roo.

Night chuck.

MTF.xx

MTF - Night-night honeybee.

Sleep sound - hope there aren't TOO many fangs you have to pay out on tonight!

We's off to beddy-byes now. Stay safe, lovelots, and keep well CLP Bloggers all.

With our love,

Roo and Jasper xxxxxx

Morning all

Ho Ho Ho!

Sitting in an empty office, on my own, all by myself. Bit of work been left for me to keep me company. Nowt Christmassy in here at all - the only saving grace there is that when I come back in on New Year's Eve I won't be faced with de-decking the office with all that tinsel!

Really, truly 100% DO NOT want to be here. I think this is the first Christmas Eve I've worked for about 12 years.

Email from "the management" says they are releasing us at 1pm.

Happy Christmas!???

Deevs
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:-(

Happy Christmas!!

Deevs, Cheer up chicken! Think of this as a few hours peace and quiet before you get home to your new fella! If you have mini-person with you for long in the next few days, you might appreciate it! I'll chuck you a choccie.......catch!

Just think how much has changed for you since this day last year and then imagine how your life will be next Christmas! I'm sure there will be tinsel and twinkly lights a plenty (even if that is because your current company have realised the benefits of giving in to Diva-dom)

Only in for a couple of hours myself so best look busy

(((xxx))) for you this morning CLP!! Well done for trying!

Sezza xx

Thanks Seza. I'm trying - honest!

And I'm sure Nic and I weren't the only ones screaming "Galway Bay" into the tellybox last night!

Deevs
x


ps: If anyone EVER asks me out for a cheeky vimto, it'll be a no. That sounds revolting!

Deevs, maybe a cheeky vimto is what we need this morning!

Sounds like an instant way to make merry!

Either that or pass out!!!!

Seza xxx

I don't trust vimto Seza. Who in their right mind would drink anything that was an anagram of vomit .....

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ahh Deevs, so the act of drinking said beverage - cheeky or not - just rearranges the letters back!!

always smells like toilet cleaner to me!

Is it just thee and me keeping the world turning this morning?

Better have another choccie quick!

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Morning Sezza and Deevs,

I'm here and also at work for a couple of hours, perhaps everyone else has finished for the year and enjoying a long lay in :)

Sezza, Chuck me a choccie please xx

There are only two of us in this office and my colleague is being made redundant today, so not a happy atmosphere :( Roll on hometime, just waiting for the boss to come in, make a little speech and then hopefully we can be out of here.

I was out for dinner last night so missed Chris, but I was shouting at the radio this morning Galway Bay - you've got to love him. I'm guessing that when his playing the songs, he is actaully preparing for the next bit on the radio and not listening to the words.

AliB
xx

I'm here - just unexpectedly busy ;-)

Ali, I bet Chris will never listen to that song in the same way again!

I think that not knowing what's in a cheeky vimto is probably actually something to be proud of!

Morning Baggy!

Choccies on the way - catch!

Sezza xx

PS - thanks for all the birthday messages and reminders thats 30's still young

However my mother was married, dicorved and with the love of her life with three children and two step children by my age, kinda feel I haven't achieved that much at all!

Baggy.

In the words of Karen Carpenter ....

You've only just begun!

x

Baggy,

I'm 42, never married (can't really see that ever happening), never divorced, never had children (and never likely too now), and never been in love!

You are happily married, have a wonderful husband, a job (ok the job front isn't great, but that will get better) and you've still got plenty of time to have children - count your blessing My Love, after all it's Christmas :) xxx

Despite my first paragrah, I am incredibly blessed and have achieved much more than I would ever have imagined or been able to had I been married and had half a dozen children ;) !!

AliB
xx

Here Here Ali! Life's what you make it ....

(there's a song in there too somewhere ...!)

Deevs
x

Ali - thanks, will stop being so self pitying, I am lucky to have Mr bp

....and Ali, can I add to your last paragraph. You 'are' loved.

I think you are wonderful.

Always encouraging to others, yet seeking nothing in return.

Gotta dash.

Have a good day everyone.

MTF.xx

hiya peeps
am about for a bit, been to docs and got last little bits done and dusted, now just need to wrap last 2 pressies
Missed Millionaire last night, snuggled myself on sofa then missed the end of the film I was watching and all but 12 mins of WWTBAM, bums!
So here it is, Merry Christmas everyone
Tiggs xxx

Morning all!!!

I overslept - missed all except around three seconds of Chris/Johnny banter when Jasper inadvertently smacked me around the head when snuggling up for a 'power-cuddle'. Perhaps I should have had an early night after all... Plus I always have mad dreams when I sleep too much. I was having a perfectly delicious one about Owen Wilson, when everything went nuts with backflips on an open-top London bus, an overcrowded mosh-pit, an Iranian Taliban supplier (think that might have been the news filtering through there), a cheapo-shotgun-wedding with revolting 70's outfits in a tacky office (not me and Owen, alas. Him and Chantelle Big Brother) and some collateral damage. And that was all BEFORE Jonathan Ross showed up.

I really must stop eating so much cheese.

It didn't snow here last night. I didn't feel able to tell Jasper that he was wrong on the day before Christmas - so told him he wasn't wrong; he was just "differently right"!!!

Deevs - just think of the 'brownie points' you earn for being a good girl at work. Think of all the lovely ale the pennies you are earning whilst there will buy you. x

I'm not ENTIRELY averse to Vimto - but agree that the anagram is most unfortunate. It wouldn't be my beverage of choice, though. And here's a Jasper-tip: Never - EVER - give anyone fizzy Vimto with Pimms in it. Unless you REALLY hate them.

I remember the old ad. for Vimto with the fabulous Derek Griffiths in it. He sang a song called "Vimto's Gonna Get You in the End" - hmmmnnn.... true in more than one way, I suspect...

Chris didn't sound very happy at all this morning (from what I did hear) - I suspect a combination of tiredness (hope he's not overdoing things) and Galway-Bay-shame. ZenB and Lyn have been enjoying many a derisive snort at his expense this morning, hehehee...!

Hope you all have a good day!

Roo xxxxx

Baggz - you're not self-pitying; you're just being a normal person. And you're FAB!

Roo and Jazz xxxxxxx

Oh dear. I think my traditional Christmas has just begun with a vengeance.

Does anyone mind if I have a rant? Could do with a friendly listen...

:-(~~~

Roo - go for it - rant away

Yay ... a Roo Rant!

We're braced ...

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And waiting ....

100!!!!

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