A roll on scent made of a mixture of different fragrances one of which is orange blossom. A hand made pottery mug with a built in pottery strainer and lid with a box of Rooibos tea (only tea without cafeine/teine) A soap made of white clay for sensitive skin. An amethist pendant. A kit to make a japonese style hanbag with instructions And last but not least he pleasure of sharing the Christmas table with my Mother, 2 brothers, sister, nieces, nephew, great-niece and we all tested negative so we could go ahead and gather!
Today I cooked for my Mum, my sister and my brother in law.
Tomorrow I cook for 11. My Mum and assorted number or bros & sis and their partners, nephews & nieces and 1 great niece. My kids and grandkids will be sorely missed...
We'll be tarting with apéritifs served with Canapés of home made tapenade (paté) of black olives and tarama (paté) de homard.
Followed by mixed green salad of all different textures with cherry tomatoes, avocadoes and home made mustard and lemon sauce.
Followed by a Spanish Southern dish of seafood baked in the oven with potatoes, tomatoes, red pepper, onions, garlic, white wine, parsley, bay leaf and safran.
Followed by a a platter of different French cheeses.
Followed by traditional French Bûche de Noël and/or vegan blackcurrant sorbet.
Coffee and vegan artisan sweets to round off the meal ??
Arrogance may well be born out of insecurity... it depends... someone who's not used to receiving a no from anyone and can't handle it when it happens I would say is more arrogant than insecure. Someone who can't handle yet another rejection is probably more insecure than arrogant. And then there's those who have been wounded and carry a lot of anger they off load at first opportunity ... It takes emotional maturity and well being to feel and apply ''I'm ok, you're ok'' no matter the outcome
I'm cooking for 11 people on the 26th as that's when my bros, sis and most of my nephews and a great-niece can make it. We're all testing ourselves so we can have a chilled out time together without worrying.
I'm missing out on seeing my kids and grand-kids but fortunately I've been able to be with my Mum who is mourning my Dad and recovering from a broken shoulder after a fall. She'll be 89 on 28th and so I spend Christmas and her birthday with her ...
When I flew to France last week I needed a negative test result less than 24h old... Had my test the evening before following morning flight. If the test had been positive I would have had to have cancelled the flight.
It was a relief when the plane took off that nothing 'had gone weird' and stopped me from flying. My Mum is quite aged and it's her first Christmas without my Dad. I really wanted to be here with her.
So sorry your daughter's flight was cancelled. I feel your for you. Haven't my kids either because flying in and out of England is a little 'complicated' with all the measures ...
People seem to be so full of generalisations in spite of their limited experiences with the other gender...
I couldn't generalise because I've seen a varied bunch of different reactions from good looking young guys in their late 30's refusing the possibility that a woman in her early 60's would turn them down, to less good looking men in their 60's projecting their anger onto me when their offer is not being considered. It didn't strike as having anything to do with looks but rather with arrogance.
Weirdly enough it's so great that getting sick got you better since your first jab! Who'd have thought anyone would feel grateful for getting sick! Hope it makes you missing your Buddhist event more worthwhile now your coming down with it brought you a well being benefit
I read that list of symptoms on an official press release somewhere together with the warning: get tested in case it's not just an ordinary cold! Gave me a good laugh!
It feels like an ordinary cold! It sounds like an ordinary cold! It looks like an ordinary cold! It has the same symptoms as an ordinary cold! But if we call it by an ominous name we can scare people into jumping through hoops!
Neither women nor men come with an instruction manual. That's because they're people not things. And every single one is different unlike soul-less mass produced objects with instruction manuals. And so expecting every woman (or man) to be this way or that way is bound to disappoint.
What's wrong with having a long term relationship with someone where each retains their own place anyway?
People living in countries where speaking in the 'wrong language' could get you shot 'legally' because it was 'illigal' to speak in the wrong language tend to be quite aware that what is legal is not necesseraly moral or benefitting to the ordinary citizen. It it only benefits those in power or someone is making mega bucks by only selling patented versions of treatments whilst making the original they copied the patented version from illigal then it is immoral no matter how legal it is ...
Some of the immune system boosters have been used for years and people have been benefitting from their prooerties a long time before covid turned up...
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and so I spend Christmas and her birthday with her ...
Gave me a good laugh! 
RE: would you breakup with a man...if he had bad manners?
If Anyone chose to go out with someone who did all those 'bad manners' things in the first place why would they break up with them later?