Party time again!

[wiseheart]

Hi folks! *waves*

Time is flying by, isn't it? It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 55 on October 9, which used to be an important thing, back under the old regime. Women could retire at the age of 55 back then. So I've decided to ignore all that fantastic headway we've supposedly made towards democracy in the last two decades and enter my virtual retirement, blithley overlooking the fact that I'll have to work another 7 or 8 or only God knows how many years.

So, let's party! Last years virtual birthday party yielded 742 comments on 6 pages, which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! So, let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!

You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual Dobos Cake recipe - it's my absolute favourite, although I never managed to get it as good as my Garnny used to.

Cheers!

Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp. Join us and have fun!

Comments

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

There was summer here... in ?June it was lovely for a week or so....

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I remember some hot days back in March. What a rubbish summer it was!

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Yes! But a lot of them have been recently! And then winters with a horrible lot of snow - although thankfully there isn't usually much here, even when the rest of the country is covered in it.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Last winter was bloomin' bleak here! The river froze. I reread Susan Cooper's "The Dark is Rising". Brrr! Getting chilly just thinking about it!

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

The canal froze here (but not the river as it is tidal), and a friend of ours built a snowman in the middle of it (and no, I don't think it was really safe to be on it), but it was too cold to snow for most of the time, so there was less than an centimetre, but the pavements were covered in ice, so I could hardly leave the house.
It was horrible!

Maybe this winter will be better...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I really hope it's milder this year. We had a fair amount of snow, but the worst was how cold it got: no cover here in the Fens.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

eek!

Hopefully it will be better this year!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

We holed up in one room with the telly and piles of duvets! Got one room cosy!

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

That's good!

There was ice on the inside of my bedroom window - even when putting the heater in there on low all night, it didn't melt, but at least the the rest of the room stayed above freezing.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Brrr. Ice on the inside, not good. Pretty, but not good.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

One reason why central heating would be good...