Hi anne18, we're having steak pie dinner tonight too! We had such a good party on Hogmanay that I was in no fit state to make it yesterday, and we'd been invited in to one set of neighbours at lunchtime and another set at tea time.

Alex, I'm glad you're feeling positive too.

Foxie, isn't it a great feeling when you give a room a good "bottoming"? The only reason my downstairs looks tidy is because I've thrown everything into our bedroom. It looks like an explosion in a jumble sale. That's another task for Monday.

dec, I blame Don Johnson and that other fellow from Miami Vice!

Twinkle, I've been for a walk on the beach wih OH, MS and DIL. Once MS and DIL have gone home on Sunday I'll get back to normal. I'm planning to send them home with all my tempting food.

How's this for a confession? OH bought some chocolate croissnts for breakfast this morning and after I'd had mine, I had a white chocolate and cranberry cookie because they are made with oats so it was practically porridge!