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Wasn't expecting that today. the doorbell went and it was one of our neighbours with a pile of parcels for us. We have a doorbell that we carry round with us when we are expecting something, but with it being a Bank Holiday we didn't bother today.
I got my jewellery from QVC that i had ordered a while ago, and a pair of boots from Hotter that I had ordered before the snow. i contacted them last week, and they said they would send another pair out so i will probably get some more in a few days!! We also got a Christmas parcel from John and Ann in Perth Australia, with our Christmas presents in it and a letter. She always writes interesting letters, and now prints them on their computer so they are easier to read./ She included a photograph of their Golden Wedding etc.,

The picture on the left is of their wedding,at which I was an 11year old bridesmaid, and slightly to the right of that is a drawing that VT got an artist friend John griffin Green, to draw for them of St Mary's Church little Crosby where they were married. The framed picture on the right is of their golden wedding 50 years later.. and four children and umpeen grandchildren. Now that's good going.
So sad to hear on the news about the flooding in Queensland, it is such a huge country,the area affected is the size of Germany and France combined!!! They used to live in Queensland when they went over as £10 Pommies all those years ago, but came back to UK after some years, then returned this time to Perth where they are now. The floods look dreadful, haven't been on the news very much, only just now starting to get film of it all.
We were going to go out somewhere this morning but didn't get up too early so decided to stop in. I finished ironing the quilt which I had forgotten the other day, and has been sitting like a lump in the drier all over New Year. VT has been tending to the little ginger cat next door. he went and let her out, and came in for a while, went to the shop, and he said she was at the front door miaowing to go in again. Aaaah.
Nice case in the paper today of a girl who had a kitten when she was six, and it went missing some weeks later. Well it has turned up again, on Christmas eve they got a call from the RSPCA to say it had been handed in...only 11 years later!!! It had been chipped so they were traced from that. Wonder where it has been for 11 years? It looks just like little Rusty...but she only went missing for a month.
A sad bit of news today too. The actor Pete Postlethwaite has died at 64. Such a shame, he was a terrific actor, and a really nice unassuming man too. he will be sadly missed. He was one of those actors that you knew whatever he was in would be good viewing.Quite local too, he was aborn and raised in Warrington not far from here.
Tonight we are having:
The other Dr Otker pizza,
Egg and potato salad VT bought yesterday,
Potato salad for moi and rice salad for VT with avocado and baby plum tomatoes.