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Hello, Elle!
I have sites which load slowly.
BT Mail is one.
I doubt it is a problem at your end, especially as you Spring clean your computer every week.
If your daughter has Sky TV she will be able to get BBC Alba.
I can get Welsh language channels on mine.
And BBC Channel Islands etc.

Here is Mikaela's new house!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mXpR0w9z6s

Hi, Rusty!
I don't know whether my daughter has Sky...I have a feeling that she did at one stage , but maybe cancelled it?
Anyway, I have explained to her that she can watch the programme on BBC iPlayer, if required.
Wow! that is some house that Mikaela has!
Lovely big rooms which I like!
I wonder how much it cost?
Although my preference is for old properties, I enjoy looking at "how the other half lives"!

Hello, Elle!
A very nice house!
And in a wonderful setting in the mountains!
I don't know the cost, though.
She has lots of sponsorship deals and will be worth quite a bit apart from her ski-racing earnings.
She has an amazing amount of trophies and medals!
I noticed her guitars in her bedroom.
She is quite a good singer, too, you know.
Have you looked at "Two Go To Tolsta" yet?
I have not watched yesterday's "Millionaire", yet.
Naga Munchetty is on it.
She seems intelligent and I wonder how far she will go.

Hi, Rusty!
Yes, I saw all her medals and trophies, in the clip.
Very well done to her for all her achievements!
I certainly loved the spaciousness of her home, if not its modernity.
And in wonderful surroundings!
No, I didn't know that she could sing?
I cannot sing ......I can hear the song/ music correctly in my head, but it never comes out right!!
I am enthusiastic , though!
I haven't yet watched "Two go to Tolsta".
I'm very behind with watching my recordings ...I now have five episodes of "Casualty" still to watch!
And in a moment, I must phone my cousin.......
My turn tonight!

Hello, Elle!
She has a smashing house!
You can almost smell the pure mountain air!
She lives there with her parents for part of the year.
Not sure about her Dad, but her Mum travels with her when she is competing.
I think she plays guitar and sings for her own enjoyment.
I have recorded programmes to watch, too!
Hope your cousin is fine!

Good morning, Rusty!
Dull but dry......much colder though.
A brisk energetic walk this morning!
It was good to be out.
Yes, thank you, all are ( more-or -less) well up North!
My cousin has a chest infection , which she says seems to be going the rounds, but is otherwise ok.
No news yet from the hospital about an appointment for my husband's scan.
Mind you , it has only been just over two weeks since the GP requested it.
I am perhaps being too impatient.....but the delay is worrying.....
I never got around to taking down the tree yesterday, so will need to do it today!

Good morning, Elle.
Dry and cold here, too.
Hope you here from the hospital soon regarding your husband's scan.
I have had to wait for what seemed like ages for hospital appts.
It's difficult to be patient!
You can take your tree down any old time!

Hi, Rusty!
The sun has got his hat on, now!
This wasn't forecast.....but is a very welcome sight.
Now according to superstition, Christmas trees (and other decorations) should be taken down by Twelfth Night.
There is some debate, though, over whether this is January 5th or 6th.
But we have always taken ours down, at the very latest, by the end of the 6th.
I think custom has it, that if one leaves the tree up beyond this date, then it should remain up until Ash Wednesday, to avoid having bad luck!
Anyway, although I supposedly do not believe in superstition....I am not tempting providence...and am taking my tree down today!

Hello, Elle!
Today is the 6th January, up here, anyway.
Just take the tree etc down when it suits you.
It is raining here, now.
Just had a walk to ALDI.
i only went in to escape the rain, but I bought quite a bit.
Their apple turnovers are very tasty!
I watched Millionaire earlier.
Naga Munchetty knows quite a bit!
She looked tiny alongside Jeremy!
I still have another Millionaire to watch.

Hi, Rusty!
It is raining here , too,
I've just been up to see the pharmacist, and got very wet on my travels !
What a change from the earlier sunshine.
I could just eat one of your apple turnovers with my coffee..... I have nothing as delicious as that, to eat!
Well, all done.....the Christmas tree is down, and it, and the decorations, are safely packed away for next year.
I am very pleased with myself..... and all done by our reckoning of Twelfth Night!
Now, "Millionaire".....
Who is Naga Munchetty?
Is she someone whom I should know?
How far did she get in "Millionaire"?