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I have been quite a bit under the weather the last two days and have spent the time on the couch in a zombie-like state. I am better today which is good, as the traditional New Year’s Eve Fondue is being hosted by yours truly and there is a lot of stuff I still need [...]

While my father was burdened with the dreaded task of having his quarterly post-chemo cancer checkup this morning, I spent the time waiting for the phone call from him in replacing the 75 cm long zipper in my winter down jacket. It took me almost two hours, and a few feathers did go astray, but [...]

(Yes, you have permission to laugh)
While spending more time yesterday than I care to admit searching for the display protection stickers I had bought for my mobile phone (they seem to have disappeared forever in that black hole also known as my desk), I stumbled across the following photographs and thought I would share them [...]

(Pumpkin Seed Oil)
One of my best customers sent me this for Christmas:

It contains pumpkin seed oil, roasted pumpkin seeds and a chocolate bar made from pumpkin seed marzipan. I made a salad on Saturday evening to accompany the camenbert I’d “baked up” and the loaf of french bread I made.
It was the best salad I [...]

are done. All of them. Except for one or two small presents I still need to organise, but I will do that next week.
I did manage to bake the rest of the cookies on the day that the wood was delivered, though I admit it was a bit much for one day. Wheelbarrowing four cords [...]

Finally got all of my Christmas cards written – I cannot say just how relieved I am. It’s one of the Christmas “chores” I hate the most, actually.
Now I just need to get to the post office.
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In other news, it turns out that my brother will be the proud parent of a daughter. Sweet revenge, [...]

The Christmas party was o.k. Except for the Nikolaus. He did an awful job. Every year, they write up a lengthy rhyme containing funny stories of things that occurred throughout the year. This Nikolaus stammered and stuttered through the rhyme, taking all of the fun out of it. I am quite sure he hadn’t read [...]

I will post some additional pictures of various motorbike trips (mountains) tomorrow.
Now, however, I am heading for the Christmas Party of my fishing club. And no, this year there will be no clothing worn that someone else might also be wearing such as happened last year.
Wish me luck for the raffle.

of the motorbike trips.
There were exactly 1164 of them. And now that I have sorted them, reliving every single moment, all…………..
I WANT TO GO RIDE MY BIKE IN THE MOUNTAINS **cry*** **howl**
*sigh*

Do me a favor. Just do it. Go to www.google.com and enter the search term, “miserable failure”.
Lol.
Giggle.