Saturday At 388,

so it was time for Diana to start cooking,

today she was going to make a cottage pie for everyone,

the first to arrive was Jay and Precil, straight away Precil was in cooking mode,

then Mick and Mass called in, both Jay and Mick were still a little hung over from their boys night out last night,

next to arrive was Mark, followed by Russ, the 2 weeks he was here went so fast, tonight is his last night here as he is flying tomorrow, hopefully he and his brother will be back soon,

Geoff, Fe, son Samuel and Fe's cousin Mary Grace also called in,

and Big Jim was here of course,

meanwhile the girls were downstairs having a cooking fest,

Geoff's son Samuel, Fe and Mary Grace,

then young James, Beth and Richard arrive,

by now the cooking was in full swing, with prawns in abundance,

Mike and Riza brought some crispy spring rolls, but before then we all had an appetizer of pork satay,

it was nearly standing room only, Mr. Tony took up his usual position,

most of the girls, Fe, Mary Grace and Beth looking after Samuel in the other room,

then the food arrived, Mark brought along some delicious garlic bread,

whilst Richard and Beth brought lots of food for the girls, I have been told I have got to buy a round carpet as the girls did not like the cold floor,

after the meal talk turned to world affairs, Captain Richard (yes he really was a Captain in the British army and yes he did go to Sandhurst) regaled us with talk of his life in the trenches, as Aurther Haynes would say "up to me neck in muck and bullets" no really that was a bit before Richards time, but the true stories he told had us all spellbound, then as Mr. Tony nodded off the jokes started, like,

never be alone, get schizophrenia, I used to be schizophrenic, but we're all right now.

Ham and Eggs: A day's work for a chicken; A lifetime commitment for a pig,

and a few pearls of wisdom, such as,

don't get married, find a woman you hate and buy her a house, it's a lot easier on you,

there are 3 kinds of people: those who can count and those who can't,

you really do not want to hear the bad ones!

all to soon it was time to go, we had a full house and a great time was had by all, for anyone I forgot to thank for bring food and drink along many thanks and I hope we all have time to meet up again next week.