Hi
On the sobbing lady bench as I was UAN & in no fit state today to party. Very disappointed indeed but need to look after no.1 & I’m on my own until Thursday night.
Here’s to Clare & the gang having a fab time today. So sorry to be a party pooper.
Twinky x
Hi there, all chores done, or as done as they are going to be :o)
Just gotta get dressed now, don’t want to be a total lay about…
Weather is lovely here, a bit chilly but totally sunny and bright (opps sorry REV) I have broken the weather report rule… :o) I got your text Twinks, like I said we will miss you but you are better tucked up at home and resting through the SE’s. Take care hun x
Luv to all, I’m off to put my fat legs up LOL
Clare xxx
Another lurker here - have been reading this thread since Day 1 and am so in awe of you Clare, you are amazing. Just wanted to say to all of you meeting at Clare’s today, have a lovely day, am sure you will.
Bought a very fancy new camera at the weekend in readiness for my holiday next month, but going to take it out this afternoon to practice and will be hunting down Clare-drops on which to try out my non-existent photography skills 
May try to post the evidence later
Keep those legs up Clare
Lesley xx
With you all in spirit, ladies! Have a great day. Xx
Another lurker here! have read from day 1 and just want to say hope you all have a great day today
Another lurker! We are all coming out of the woodwork today to share your lunch in a virtual way. Clare, you are an inspiration and I love your warmth and generosity which shows in your posts supporting others. Thank you - and have a wonderful get together today.
Moya xx
Hope all you ladies have a lovely day xxxx enjoy lunch xxxx
What is it about me and this thread?! I wrote a really long heart felt post yesterday which one of my cats decided wasn’t quite right so deleted by climbing over the keyboard - this really knocke dme for some reason and I couldn’t re do - maybe later.
Then I just did another post announcing my parallel sympathetic spag bol fest in Aberdeen this evening and I crossed with another post!! Woe is me! Never mind, it’s good to see so much positivity here!
Nina
PS About to copy just in case!!
Good afternoon Ladies
Clare wishing you and all of your visiting buddies a lovely time this afternoon. Would have been nice to come and join you but alas far North East of Scotland is just a tad to far away.
Twinky hope you are starting to feel a bit better soon.
Thinking of you all
Hugs from Alanaa and Fat Cat xx
Hope you are all having a wonderful time together getting to know each other :)Clare may your home be left spotless and your fridge/freezer filled with goodies LOL. Look forward to reading what you have all be up to.
Dawn
xx
Another Lurker here too and feeling so guilty at being so,from day one it has been like being on the edge of a wonderfull group conversation with you dear Clare at the centre.Candles have been lit for you in the Chapel in the woods,I hope you have had a wonderfull day and may I say for you my favourite Meta
May you be at peace.
May your heart remain open.
May you awaken to the true Light
of your own true nature.
May you be healed.
May you be the source of healing
for all beings.
Love and Light xxMavis
Hoping you all had a lovely time. Wish I could have been there to meet the infamous Clare and so many other people I feel I ‘almost’ know - but work and distance were a factor.
I’ve just spent a rather exhausting four days horse (8), dog (2), cat (3), chicken (10) and house (1) sitting. - Pay back time for one of my best friends who looked after my house and cat (although she didn’t have to move in!) for nearly a month last year when I was away having and recovering from my mx and recon and at other times when I was away for consultant appointments, etc.
My Claredrops have faded, but the crocus are out and the daffs are on their way - it’ll be bluebell time soon.
Hugs to all
Dx
I am, officially, STUFFED!!!
Clare and her sprogs will be eating spag bol, salad and yummy puds for days. If I find my wire, I’ll post a pic of dinner as my avatar, it was completely delish, and we did lots of giggling as you would expect.
Although we had told Clare to let us do her housework she’d done it all before we got there, so that just left us to do the washing up after lunch. Silly me, I forgot to put the dishwasher on (sorry Clare!) so there’s a little bit of evidence that we were there, but at least most of the evidence in the lovely food that we didn’t manage to eat ourselves. We had:
Tomato and mozarrella drizzled with olive oil and basil leaves
Melon and butter bean curried
Waldorf salad (I think that’s what it was, but I didn’t actually get to that bowl!)
Mixed leaf salad with dressing
Garlic bread
Spaghetti bolognese topped with parmesan cheese
Pancakes with mandarins and cointreau
A banana creamy, chocolatey pudding thing that was scrummy but I don’t know what it was called
Raymond Blanc chocolate tarte that we were too stuffed to even start
Elderflower presse
Jamaican ginger beer
Wine
Tea (assorted) and coffee
After Eights, but we didn’t manage to open them either.
I won’t eat again for a week.
Thank you ladies, I had a lovely afternoon and it was a pleasure to see Clare again. I think Jamie got a bit of a shock to walk into the kitchen filled with women.
Alesta looked really warm and toasty getting ready to go, with her padded coat and woolly hat, until she got into a soft-top Beetle and took the roof down. DEFINITELY spring!
And I can now read the various posts with the correct accents - rather than reading in my own boring non-accent, I can put a Scottish, Australian or French accent to the relevant posts.
Off to have a bit of a browse and see what’s been going on on the rest of the site.
Some news at last from Clare’s World, sounds wonderful!
Hopefully we will be able to see the evidence!
SOOOOOOOOOOOOO pleased you had a great day xx
Thank you CM for the vivid description of what sounds like a wonderful day. One point - not even you have a ‘non-accent’ I heard your radio thingy, you do have a gentle accent, and it’s lovely.
Clare, I hope you are feet up and resting now, J, A and XOH enjoying food, and all happy and replete.
Sounds wonderful, Clare and Choccie, thanks to all who contributed to the gaiety of the assembled accents and Clare, and for letting the rest of us share.
And legs UP
Lavender
xx
We ended up loitering around in the kitchen a fair bit and we had to make Clare sit down and put her legs up on a chair, so we did try to keep her in order. Difficult to do though! And Cassie the dog was a total tart, lying on the sofa exposing her belly and waiting for a stroke. Lovely doggie!
What about the Shee Wee which is not a Shee Wee CM?
It was lovely meeting you all, putting faces to avatars and breaking the safety rule of forums by meeting strangers Naughty me!, I will do it again!
SO glad it was a good day… food sounds fab… feel stuffed just reading the list! Hope you survived them all Clare!
Sounds like a fab day… Glad you all had a lovely time xx