{"id":5717,"date":"2011-12-18T10:29:59","date_gmt":"2011-12-18T10:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=5717"},"modified":"2011-12-18T10:29:59","modified_gmt":"2011-12-18T10:29:59","slug":"sunday-18th-december-2011-marzipan-parsnips-are-so-much-better-than-the-real-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2011\/12\/18\/sunday-18th-december-2011-marzipan-parsnips-are-so-much-better-than-the-real-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 18th December 2011 – Marzipan parsnips are so much better than the real thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not fair. This afternoon there are Carols on the Green and Santa will be coming to see all the children. I am not being taken to see Santa. What\u2019s worse is that Ari will go. Ok, so he\u2019s never seen Santa before and he\u2019s still at that age where he believes in him (although to<\/p>\n

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be fair, my Mistress is still at that age where she believes in him too!). In my Mistress\u2019s words \u2018it will be a good part of his socialisation\u2019. I suppose if he ever runs into men in big red cloaks with long beards he\u2019ll just shrug and say he\u2019s seen it all before, but I want to go. It\u2019s fun and I might get a present. Ari said if there are any nice presents he\u2019ll bring something back for me, but I wanted to be there in person. I probably shouldn\u2019t have admitted to no longer believing in Father Christmas, but there you go I\u2019ve reached that cynical age.<\/p>\n

My Mistress may have the opportunity to meet one of my half sisters when she takes Megan to the Netherlands to be mated next year. I would love to go. It\u2019s always nice to meet family, particularly those you haven\u2019t met before. Apparently she has won a big show in the Netherlands, which is very exciting. It makes me proud to say she\u2019s my sister.<\/p>\n

Last night was good. My Mistress has been making marzipan fruit and veg. I always think that marzipan parsnips are so much better than the real thing. Anyway I sat and waited for the bits she dropped. It was funny, me sitting one side and Ari the other. I let him get some bits, although to be fair I can move quickly enough where marzipan is concerned so that I could have got them all, but he\u2019s been great at sharing things with me, so fair\u2019s fair!.<\/p>\n

Alfie Dog with a little help from Rosemary J Kind alfie@alfiedog.me.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book is available at Amazon UK –https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00583ZGSA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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