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Gosh what terrific memories Viviane and Valerie have got, since it has been a long time since they were children.

Kind regards naughty Old Herbaceous.

Theres no fool like an old fool.

We went to church yesterday and all the mums got a small bunch of daffs and pittosporum which the Sunday School leaders had seemingly spent most of Saturday sorting out - it was really lovely! Also my eight year old daughter's gift to me was to help me put out a row of early peas which was a big treat as I decided to use that plastic netting and got it really tangled up. She has nice little fingers and really sorted it out well!

why buy cut flowers ? we allways get a plant in a pot for mother in law , some end up on the patio , others get planted in the back garden

We buy mum a plant every year, just to see her kill it, she's useless with plants

I was discussed at the price of Mothers day cards in Tescos, I had three to buy, my mother, my partner's mother and my stepson's mother (they would never remember to get one themselves!) but the cheapest I could find was £3. So I purchased a book for my mum (only £3.77 and would give a lot more hours entertainment than a card).

I then walked into the town centre and found an independent flower and card shop that had cards from 38p. I also had to get two birthday cards, so even going for the more expensive cards I ended up with 5 cards for just over £4.

The shop was doing a roaring trade as the flowers weren't too expensive either, but as all our mums live too far away to travel to I did not need to buy any. I did drop hints about an orchid which had two flowering stems and was only £12, but that fell on deaf ears!

Especially for Old Herbaceous,
I can also remember a Saturday night at my grandmas when my sister found the sherry bottle ....we were so hungover the next morning my grandma would not take us to church the next day

Viviane i was just wondering if you still like sherry, i did a very similar thing when i was young, but with whisky, and now just the smell of it still makes me feel rough, and that also was avery long time ago.

Kind regards a drunken Old Herbaceous.

It will either rain or get dark.

To Old Herbaceous,

I will still drink Sherry, but only one bottle a year (bought for the Christmas triffle!). I'm still trying to finish the Christmas bottle of Brandy and still have red wine left that I bought for hot punches.....a little and not too often. I get dragged down to the pub on a Sunday night for interpub quizzes and have found 3 halves of cider my limit. I keep trying different drinks to see which suits me, but have not come up with anything that I can drink all night and usually revert to soda water (tonic water gives me a terrible hang over)

I found my tolerance for alcohol fell when I was having my daughter, but in my youth I'd down anything

i usually get landed with the driving so drink appletise, its actually made from apples without too much added rubbish. comes in bottles so u can read the lable, most pubs round here keep it.