Jan 9, 2016 – willowdot21

If we were having Coffee: I would remind you that there are lots of other coffee mornings all shared and organized By Diana and Gene’O over at,Part time monster

Do join in

Come on in it is nice to sit and have a chat after all the hustle and bustle of the past few days. I can still entertain you all with tea and coffee from all over the world not to mention all our cakes and muffins and as Paul calls them sweets! Every single one is calorie free! Plus of course we now have spirits and liquors to warm the coldest of you.

If we were having Coffee: I would say welcome and do come on in , find a seat and help yourselves to what ever you fancy. It has been a very busy week with Just Jot It January nearly into it’s third week and all organized by the extremely talented Linda G Hill over at Life in Progress . It has been very interesting and not without it’s trials! Worth checking out so many talented people joining in!

Phew

If we were having Coffee: It has also been a very busy week in the real world too where I have been busy getting back to normal after Christmas and New Year! Back to Pilates, this term with a new class and instructor. The new instructor is very different to the previous one, but I do like her so watch this space. Also it was back to core class. After two months off it was extremely hard! Still I am determined to get back into my routine and my gym buddy L is up for it too!

If we were having Coffee: I would ask you would you like another coffee or something to eat? Today is a busy Sunday as we have the hubby’s mother coming over and we are taking her out to lunch. Not only that but I have a coffee morning with the girls I used to work with . There is a monthly Sunday Morning gathering at one or the other coffee shops in the town. It is always a noisy and fun affair with lots of news and catching up to do!

If we were having Coffee: It has been a busy week with our middle son finally deciding to sort out the many boxes he has been storing in our garage for years! This has involved him making many trips to the local municipal dump! Unfortunately for me he has found lots of his clothes that he had thought he had lost and so who has been suckered in to washing drying and ironing them??? Well he does have the biggest brown eyes!!

If we were having Coffee: I would have to say we are all sill waiting patiently for our dear Paul Curran to rejoin us here at the coffee share but until he is well enough and up and running again we shall have to bide our time!

For now everyone Be well and happy!

If we were having Coffee Original idea from parttimemonster.

And of course the

IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: WEEKEND COFFEE SHARE

over at Part Time Monster and Gene’O’s

Okay hugs to you all until next week! xxxx

THIS IS PART OF LINDAGHILL’S JUST JOT IT JANUARY

Also this is the SoCs . Linda said :The prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “title.” Think of the title of a movie. Remember or jot down the first one that comes to mind. Now what I’d like you do for SoCS is, use that title as the inspiration for your post. It can be the story of the movie, the title of the movie, or you can simply quote the title of the movie somewhere in your post. It’s up to you! Enjoy!

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THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE

I have seen this film three times and read the book. It is such a great story . It is about Henry DeTamble who has a genetic abnormality which causes him to time travel without any warning. Stress is a huge factor in his time jumps. He cannot predict, when, where or even whether he travels forward or backwards.

The film starts when Henry meets Clare Abshir, his future wife in a Library. Clare knows who he is because he has been visiting her since her childhood…… when he travels cannot take anything with him so arrives naked …this as you can imagine causes all sorts of problems.

On one of his visits he gives Clare a list of dates and times of future visits so she can leave him food and clothes.

Henry wins over Clare’s close friends and confides in them his problem. Clare and Henry get married , even the wedding is not unaffected with an older Henry turning up to Marry Clare as the young one has traveled. Clare never get used to Henry’s disappearances but she does accept them. She spends most of her life waiting for him to either disappear or return.

Clare becomes pregnant but it appears the baby is time travelling too and she miscarries, sadly this happens many times. Henry has a vasectomy to end their suffering. Soon after, Clare gets pregnant one last time – by a visiting younger version of Henry this time she carries full term. They have a daughter called Alba. Alba can time travel too.

Alba, when she is about 10 years old travels back to help her 5 year old self prepare for her father’s death.

Henry travels to Chicago in winter and cannot find clothes or shelter quickly enough and gets frostbite on his return to his present he has to have both feet amputated …. this does not bode well for any future jumps.

Eventually Henry time travels and is accidentally shot by Clare’s father while hunting elk. Henry returns in time to die in Clare’s arms. Some years later, a younger Henry later visits Alba and Clare, giving Clare hope that he will visit again, but he tells her not to spend her life waiting for him, hoping this encounter would provide a proper closure between them. The book ends slightly differently.

There is a great deal more to this story, Henry’s childhood, the effects on his parents, friends, even how his older self helps the younger self . I just don’t want to tell you too much!

A beautiful story well worth reading the book or seeing the film .

The time traveler’s wife