It's dinner time. Victor had his walk and his dinner already. I've made an appointment to see a new oncologist on Wednesday. This one specializes in radiation therapy. So we are getting that set up soon. I need to get it over with and move on.



Big hugs to you, Larry. I hope everything gets set up and the treatment organised very soon for you. Keep us posted.

It's our outdoor, socially distanced line dancing class today! Should be blast as always.

I'll grab a coffee and one of Sara's delicious cookies, just for the energy, of course!

Morning all! It's dropped to 7 degrees (or 44 degrees) here and it's raining. Brr! Definitely padded coat and gloves weather! I'll grab a coffee and some of Sara's delicious cookies before I venture out!

Sorry about your team, Elizabeth, but lovely to see you here.

Scott, Sara's cookies are a good way to survive those days of wall to wall meetings.

Larry, I hope your wife gets some real pain relief from the spinal cord stimulator.

Bill, the blackberries were picked locally, so that makes the gin a local speciality! It was a beautiful colour and delicious!

Hope your latest Scamp adventure goes well, Sara! Looking forward to it!

As things are tightening up here from today, our outdoor socially distanced line dance class today has been cancelled, which is a shame. Hopefully, we can carry on in some shape or form in the next weeks.

I'll grab a coffee and some of Sara's delicious cookies. Yum!

Good morning, everyone! We've had a spell of beautiful weather here, with autumnal sunshine. On Saturday evening, I sat outside in a neighbours' garden for an hour (well wrapped up!) having a socially distanced catch up with a home made blackberry gin and tonic, watching the sun set over the sea.

I'll grab a coffee to get moving this Monday morning, plus a few of Sara's delicious cookies.

What a great contest that was! I hope there will be another one soon! Congrats to all who entered. Looking forward to your next Scamp story, Sara!

We *might* get some sunshine today - which would be nice! I'll grab a coffee and some of Sara's delicious cookies to get moving here.

What a fantastic competition! Congratulations to the winners, the Top 10 and all who took part. Every story was a winner in its own right!

Hope your keys turn up, Sara and thanks for the cookies! Glad your landlord had a spare set.

I'll grab a coffee before I organise myself to get out for an outdoor socially distanced line dancing class! It should be fun. :)

Morning, Sara, thanks for the fresh batch of cookies! Morning, E, how nice to start off the week with positive thoughts.

It should be a warmish day here in sunny (well, overcast but not raining) Ireland, which is a pleasant change. I'll grab a cup of coffee and one of those cute cookies.

Hope everyone is having a good start to the week.

Good evening, Larry! It's late here so I'll skip the coffee and have a lemon and ginger tea.

We're having quite a warm couple of days here. Summer at last! Briefly, anyway. I actually sat outside with a book for half an hour without getting blown away or rained on!

Hope everyone had a good Sunday.

Belated Happy Birthday, lovely lady!

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