That is sooo sweet of U Tamarin/Karen. Guest of Honour eh? Torn between whether I should be nervous (all that attention on me) or delighted.

Hey I hadn't thought of it but I can really really go SE and enjoy that Devon Cream that I could only look longingly at the last time! Wow! what a pleasure awaits me. .... confesion time .... I'll be honest I didn't just look last time - I did sneakily eat a scone with Devon Cream in it. It is soooo rich. Wrong combination though - High carb white flour with yummy yummy cream. Have you had some Karen?

Yes Tamarian I do have family in Vancouver. My sister and Mum, who BTW is struck down with the bug Mrs Yogi talked about in her Journal. Poor thing is so bad at the moment I'm not even getting e-mails.

I've been working on my promise about Regions in UK. I know there's a separate thread for it somewhere but I'll post what I have so far for you to enter in Tamarian.
Alderney
County Antrim
County Armagh
Avon

Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Borders
Buckshire

Cambridgeshire
Central
Cheshire
Cleveland
Clwyd
Cornwall
Cumbria

Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
County Down
Dumfries and Galloway
County Durham
Dyfed

Take care.

More than I care to admit! But that was in another place, in a time long ago!

We serve afternoon tea at the restaurant, but the Devon cream is local. It's pretty good though!

Karen

Karen,

A huge thank you for being such a marvellous hostess. Have you posted the LC cheesecake & lemon sauce yet?

Folks, I have to confess I called Karen at the last minute to cancel due to a bad hip - trochanteric bursitis or sciatica, it's hard to tell.


Anyhooo, she BRIBED me into coming by offering fabulous LC Cheesecake *and it was!* 2nd bribe: wild spring salmon *yum* 3rd bribe: a guest room to lie down in to rest the painful hip. Never mind that I'd be missing a great party if I didn't drag my butt out of the house. So thank you Karen for being a true friend, talking me into partying rather than moping at home by myself. Your dogs are sweeties, I love them!

It was an amazing thing to learn that Rachel had eaten t**u. Wish I could have seen it, but I was upstairs on the deck when the dirty deed happened

To the rest of the Vancouverites lurking around: Don't miss the next get-together, you missed a great time!

Thanks Ruth! It was all of the LC'ers that attended who made the party a fabulous success!

A friend (a Zoner to boot!) mentioned last night that she couldn't believe what a great party it was and what a great bunch of people she met.

The cheesecake recipe is posted in the Karen section. No sauce though! It was sour cream mixed with lemon rind, water, cream and Splenda.

How are you feeling this week?

Karen

Hi ya, glad to see your PC is back. It's been a tough week, no work for me (but a good sick leave plan) Saw the Dr Mon, got an Rx for anti-inflamms, back Wed to say, that's not helping enough, she gave some samples to try of the "latest kid on the block" anti-inflamms. Tried 1 pill today, it's not enough to sit w/o pain so will take 2 tomorrow & if that works will get my scrip filled.

I'm out in Surrey at the sis's to get some exercise in her pool and work on my tan. This business of sitting in a chair in front of a PC is painful but I haven't lost my sense of haha so it could be worse. The plan is this new drug Mobicox will help & with continued rest & gentle swimming, I'll be back at work Mon. I sure hope so, I be tired of being in pain & lying around & desperately desire to be back ~ the office. Just can't imagine how Doreen & others with FM & other chronic illnesses manage. Pain makes me grumpy & only my family could love me then.

Gotta go & throw my steak on the barbie & make a salad. BTW Bought some delicious blueberries at a farm just off 176th St on 88th Ave for $1.25/lb. Still warm from the fields. If we have a Sunday coffee soon, I might be able to take orders for my LC buddies

It's not! Probably won't be back till Monday. I'm posting from a top secret, high security location.



Yep! We should do it soon! But Rachel is always busy now!

Karen

Karen,

Me being in Fort Lauderdale FL and you being in Vancouver BC makes it kind of impossible for me to be there even though it sounds like all you gals could use a man there to move the heavy stuff.
Have fun. I love the web site and I loved Vancouver, Stanley Park, Gas Town, Granville Island and the drive up to Whistler. A beautiful city. We took the Westerdam on the insland passage cruise and then stayed in RIchmond for five days and saw the sights. Loved Victoria and Bouchard Gardens.

Keep up the good work. I am down 45 lbs and still have a ways to go.

Ouch, this hurts, Alan!!

Life aint easy for a man named Sue

Wa'il

Nah, we can move all the heavy stuff. We use men for different things!

Congrats on the 45 down!

Karen

Fine Karen, now the secret is out! As if 5 men weren't enough for the evening!!

BTW, did you say somewhere the one of the guests was following the Zone? Who was that?

Wa'il

Thanks for the nice evening, Karen. It was great meeting everyone and I look forward to the next time. Still can't get the grilled portobello mushrooms with blue cheese dressing off my mind, so I'm having them tonight with steak.

It was weird being introduced to people by my login name, Skinny. When I chose that name to log in, I never thought I'd ever meet anyone!

P.S. Great condo!