tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704331870306959361.post119015656851604173..comments2023-04-07T15:01:52.944+01:00Comments on slow lane life: Jesmond Dene the mud-free wayrachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474723200653576051noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704331870306959361.post-21204867489686208352011-01-26T18:30:38.060+00:002011-01-26T18:30:38.060+00:00I recommend a "present box" kept in a hi...I recommend a "present box" kept in a highly obvious place...all purchases are stashed straight away in said box.<br />This method was initiated after a very muddled Christmas past ..when I even lost the Christmas tree (the price and difficulty of obtaining a replacement late on Christmas eve and the consequent mood of my OH has seared that experience into my brain ..never alas to be forgotten..but I do try, I really truly do)<br />It is not however infallible... hence loss of Large Christmas present that was too big to go inside and that I hope may appear before the kids grow out of it....So if you try it choose a large box!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003915263556622215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704331870306959361.post-6706888627757747452011-01-25T23:23:54.392+00:002011-01-25T23:23:54.392+00:00Looks like a lovely place to have coffee with frie...Looks like a lovely place to have coffee with friends. Glad the dogs got their walk in the mud.Sweet Virginia Breezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00880471609039337533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704331870306959361.post-5025545516226174232011-01-25T19:54:32.000+00:002011-01-25T19:54:32.000+00:00You have just identified one of the greatest drawb...You have just identified one of the greatest drawbacks to being organized and buying gifts earlier than the eleventh hour.....I'll know I bought something special; I'll know I squirreled it away in a "safe" place; so safe that when I need it there's no chance in hell I'll be able to find it! The substitutes sound lovely though!mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797484583400519909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704331870306959361.post-89439595787591799822011-01-25T19:10:55.533+00:002011-01-25T19:10:55.533+00:00Now that's the best of both worlds!! (and you ...Now that's the best of both worlds!! (and you will have a mud-free lunch with us next week!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704331870306959361.post-58018653223874664382011-01-25T17:52:34.455+00:002011-01-25T17:52:34.455+00:00Mud-free coffee definitely has a lot to recommend ...Mud-free coffee definitely has a lot to recommend it . <br />Those books look lovely and , if you ever manage to unearth your previous purchase , you've already got one Christmas present for 2011.SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704331870306959361.post-13661250377384887532011-01-25T17:10:15.794+00:002011-01-25T17:10:15.794+00:00I adored A Homemade Life, one of the best books I ...I adored A Homemade Life, one of the best books I read last year and Molly as you know is also author of les famous food blog Orangette<br /><br />http://orangette.blogspot.com/<br /><br />bet you couldn't wait to get les chiens and have your muddy version ;-)<br /><br />xoxoxo les GangSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00260575133577123845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704331870306959361.post-20440371113451437672011-01-25T17:02:23.163+00:002011-01-25T17:02:23.163+00:00I hope you got a copy of A Homemade Life for yours...I hope you got a copy of A Homemade Life for yourself?<br /><br />xo Janeflwrjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14905305551745652868noreply@blogger.com