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Happy? New Year

Well I am an optimist and always happy regardless of what life throws at me so despite Trump and the pile of laundry facing me now the family have left, I am positive.  I collected all the dirty sheets, pillows, duvet covers (king size) and towels and divided them  into 5 loads.  So far so good.  So why what was I thinking when I grabbed the settee cover that I bought in India and threw it in with the pillow protectors, pillow cases and table cloths?  I now have blue pillow protectors, blue pillow cases and a wonderful swirling blue pattern on the table cloths.

I had coffee with an Italian friend this morning who is looking forward to her first grandchild being born.  I have grandchildren almost in their thirties and little grandchildren past the baby stage.  Catherina is looking for baby stuff, a cot etc.,  (Surely my children have done producing children now), so I offered her all my baby things.  It will be s..'s law that those grandsons in their twenties start producing. 

I am a year older and yesterday I played a three set tennis match and won against someone half my age.  Happy New Year indeed.

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