(((((((((((((((((((((((((Lara))))))))))))))))))))) ))))))))))

what joy to see your post :hug:

and I was so thankful to read that you are managing to walk better YAY!!!!

Merry Christmas and much love
Cheri

She's home! She's better....she's making rum balls! :D Can't tell you how much we missed you! Merry Christmas! (((Lara)))

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yipppeee! she back! and brought rum balls!!

what a wonderful christmas gift!...hehehe..not the rum balls...but LARA being home!

Yay.... Lara is back!
 

I am so glad you are back, Lara. Starting to wonder where you were!

Here is a welcome back (Doody posted these gals last year) and they seem appropriate today-

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Lara,
You made my day so much better!!!!! :hug:
yum..... rum balls!!!!!!!!! thats something
i've never tried to make.... maybe next year

Are you safe Lara? Lots of awful weather downunder. :hug:

Safe but stranded temporarily
 

Thanks Alffe. Mostly OK here. I'm actually stranded (but safe and comfortable and still cooking and eating too much) due to rain and cyclonic conditions and now flooding. Hard to believe, but true. Worse weather down south and in the west really. They're burning up. I've not seen real summer weather like this in many, many years. It feels quite natural though to have the rain again albeit too much at once. I miss the tropics so much and this is quite tropical or monsoonal weather. Great weather for ducks!

Could be much, much worse...

My best to everyone. Sorry I am not able to be around much these days. I just hope you're all doing alright. The holiday season can be so very difficult for so many. My thoughts have been with you all.
:grouphug:

http://www.imagesaustralia.com/mycountry.htm
"My Country"

[edited to add: I just tried to press the Thanks button to thank everyone for their messages and best wishes but it's all wonky on this Mac so I don't think they've worked for some reason. Big "THANKYOU" to everyone for caring about me. You'd never realize how much it means to me.

Thank you for checking in dear friend and for sharing that wonderful poem
"My Country". I know how much you love your land and it's been a wish of mine to visit your country before I pass or before we've completely ruinned our planet.

Check in when you can...you are missed..you are loved. :grouphug:

:eek: i just saw the waves of foam on the news. they said it was from chemicals in the water. :(

:hug: i'm glad you checked in lara. stay safe.

LARA!!!! You're back and I missed this! Welcome home sweetheart! You surely have been missed! Much love. :hug: