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• Saturday 3rd February, 2018

  February 3, 2018

  ‘Tis the season of tender hearts everywhere Succumb to the malady of affection and love; Of Turtle doves and Cupid flying through the air Impaling hearts and blinding men from above With his poisoned arrow, he wounds with affection– A sweet insanity befalls its victims with dire affliction. ~Mary...

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• Ground Hog Day!

  February 2, 2018

  Ground Hog Day It's been rather cold this month.  I won't say it's FREEZING cold, but it hasn't been warm either.  We had a marvellous Christmas!  January seemed bleak and long with its freezing temperatures and a lite dusting of snow a few days but we survived.  Can't believe it's February alrea...

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• 06/21/2010

  June 20, 2010

  Prayers are needed much, for Alex fears that his job may be in jeapordy over this restructuring and downsizing at the Council where he works. Alex has been with the same Council in the same position as Data Capture Officer (He digitises physical maps on specialized scanners for the...

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• I’m An Official Brit!

  May 1, 2007

  Wholly, COW!!!  WOW!!!!  I am soooooooooooooo happy!!!   At lunchtime this afternoon the doorbell rang and my husband ran downstairs to receive the postman.  There was a recorded delivery for me.  IT WAS MY INDEFFINATE LEAVE TO REMAIN APPLICATION AND DOCUMENTS!!!&nbs...

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• 10/4/06

  October 3, 2006

  Love fills the pages of our lives with joy and laughter...   Mary Aris         The farthest I've ever travelled is England.  I have travelled from Florida to New Jersey over the years.  That's as far as I used to travel each year.  I was born in Florida and...

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• NHS Screwup

  September 13, 2006

  NHS Screw-up 9/14/2006 Love fills the pages of our lives with joy and laughter...   Mary Aris           Tuesday, September 12th, 2006:   I go to the Churchill Hospital on time, Have a meal at the Canteen and  ready to start my ...

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• Our Second Wedding Anniversary

  August 7, 2006

  Today is Our Second Wedding Anniversary. We have been married two years! We celebrate Our Anniversary every year on the official day we first got married, 1 July 2004 in a small Civil Service Wedding ceremony at the Town Hall where I lived. That was when we were first initially married. Then we h...

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• Horse on the Hill

  August 6, 2006

                  Yesterday, Hubby and I took a nice long drive to Berkshire to see the White Horse...a mysterious white horse carved out of chalk on a hill.  It was stunningly breath-taking!  There were some spect...

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• 9/24/05

  September 23, 2005

       Autumn is finally here!  Oxford is blessed with Indian Summer.  I've been a bit busy these past weeks.  Work is going smoothly although the work is coming in bits and there are days when there are no contracts to revise so we're asked to stay home.  This is...

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