Hi all sorry it's been soooo long lots happenning some good some bad. Normal mad christmas rush lots of work and mad panic trying to get my NVQ finished for a december deadline! which I just about managed with no small amount of stress and very understanding flatmate who kept me going with cups of tea. Thanks Chris you're a star.

The bad is my lovely cousin Kate (or Cake as I use to think she was called when I was small) died from Bowel Cancer after a long struggle. It came as a shock as I didn't know it had reappeared again so the family are well you know, devastated. So for those of you that pray please can you throw one up for the whole family as they are struggling with this. Kate leaves a husband and 2 small children. Also, my lovely aunt has had a stroke and again would appreciate thoughts and prayers as she's in her 80's.

Sorry this isn't full of Christmas cheer but I know there's lots of folk out there who have found christmas to be such a difficult time of year and they may want to leave a message too.

Love
L
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