Viva La Loca
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Good morning all, I'm out of my bed even though it's a super king and could host a party 
Yep the cold can be challenging, I've only ever lived in big old draughty houses, a lot with single glazing and was born in a Georgian style house built in 1861 so I completely appreciate keeping warm. My top-tip for SJ is to wear cashmere / wool and invest in a pair of sheepskin slipper boots.
50 odd hours a week editing is work, no matter how enjoyable it is and as SJ has said herself she is more productive at a desk/table. The volunteers were right to stage an intervention. Out of the mouth of babes as they say .. They see it, they hear it and they did something about it.
Kat seems lovely - she seems able to nurture and support but in a fun way - would definitely have her in my team
Natti - should go far in life. She's organised, focused, great people skills and a funky dancer
Marie - needs! a clear space to prepare the myriad of dishes she seems to regularly create but is perhaps not the sharpest tool in the box
Phillip - he sure did upholster the sofa extremely neatly. He should start working on the bedroom walls in preparation for the wood edging. The boy has patience and a good eye for detail.
Selmar - a man after my own heart, well except for his kiss solo rendition but by god I thought it was hilarious, so a win win all round
Mandi - simply does not want to be on camera - each to their own - I've spent many years having creative successes but have avoided many a video / photo. Hasn't harmed my career at all.
Hanni - bless her, she could do worse than looking up to SJ and being inspired by her
Stephanie - an engaging natural fire cracker who will of course be successful or else we wouldn't be here chatting about CD and all it's dynamics
Gosh, have I started bedgate
Interesting photo for all those who question the reality
Yep the cold can be challenging, I've only ever lived in big old draughty houses, a lot with single glazing and was born in a Georgian style house built in 1861 so I completely appreciate keeping warm. My top-tip for SJ is to wear cashmere / wool and invest in a pair of sheepskin slipper boots.
50 odd hours a week editing is work, no matter how enjoyable it is and as SJ has said herself she is more productive at a desk/table. The volunteers were right to stage an intervention. Out of the mouth of babes as they say .. They see it, they hear it and they did something about it.
Kat seems lovely - she seems able to nurture and support but in a fun way - would definitely have her in my team
Natti - should go far in life. She's organised, focused, great people skills and a funky dancer
Marie - needs! a clear space to prepare the myriad of dishes she seems to regularly create but is perhaps not the sharpest tool in the box
Phillip - he sure did upholster the sofa extremely neatly. He should start working on the bedroom walls in preparation for the wood edging. The boy has patience and a good eye for detail.
Selmar - a man after my own heart, well except for his kiss solo rendition but by god I thought it was hilarious, so a win win all round
Mandi - simply does not want to be on camera - each to their own - I've spent many years having creative successes but have avoided many a video / photo. Hasn't harmed my career at all.
Hanni - bless her, she could do worse than looking up to SJ and being inspired by her
Stephanie - an engaging natural fire cracker who will of course be successful or else we wouldn't be here chatting about CD and all it's dynamics
Gosh, have I started bedgate
Interesting photo for all those who question the reality
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honorable mention to 
the lights .... it goes on ... and ... on 
I could not see Selmar as sad, just happy and grateful. I don't think Stephanie is someone he has a romantic interest in, but they clearly work well as a team and he has a real place there, has become a very useful character who fits in well with what he brings to the table both socially and with his skills. He has a future there. A big place like that needs a lot of people, and if he stays I am sure Nic and Michael Potts also are very grateful for that. I am sure he gets on like a house on fire with those two as well. Nati also clearly has a place there, a future if she wishes to. The person who seems to not have a future there is Marie. She looks like she feels that too now, she knows she is moving on soon and she sees the other ones being so settled. I think she might have thought previously that she might have a future at Lalande, so perhaps she is disappointed with how the milkbottle business have not taken off, how Stephanie is favouring other people's company, and how there are plenty of other people who can do her bit in the kitchen when she is not there...she is not indispensible, and I think it really shows now. She probably feels a bit lost, now knowing what the future will bring...I should take her out for a meal when she arrives back in London, but that would make me a mad stalker and my wife might object 
I hope Marie finds her way...sometimes one door open when another one closes, and I think she ought to close the Lalande door now. Cat should stay for a while I think. For young Phillip this is a bit of a "finishing school", he is probably learning a lot and growing. Now then, we need more characters don't we? Christmas should add a bit of drama and people.
but even I look at some of the rooms and corridors and think what a load of junk! I bet when everyone’s gone to bed SJ is down by that pile of stuff destined for Emmaus, picking through the ‘treasures’ and putting them in another room.