General Chat

Just popping in quickly while I have a moment.Ethan is having a feed.He has been far more settled today,which has been lovely.Dinner in the oven now and then I need to get things ready for tomorrow.Nails for one thing lol
I will try and get back before I leave tomorrow,but if not it will be Monday afternoon.Thankfully it looks like it might be a decent day for the wedding

Amy Winehouse found dead!!!!!!!

I just saw it too Mel. What a shame .......she had such talent, but a bad lifestyle!! Only 27 years old.

I have to say I wasn't surprised to hear about Amy Winehouse.It is just tragic.Such a dreadful waste of a young talented girl.
Rachel and Darren have gone for a drive with Ethan to get him off to sleep so we can have a peaceful meal lol.We have a couple of bottles of bubbly chilling to celebrate Ethan and James 's graduation.

What dreadful weather for you Kim but lucky the crops have been ok. I hope some rest does you good and gives you some energy. When did you first get ME and did they take a long time to diagnose it?

I overdid it yesterday and must have pulled my lower back. Today if I sit for long I can hardly straighten up!! Still, at least it eases up after 5 minutes. I had some Ibup*ofen after tea. I hope it helps as I want to get on outside!! If it isn't one thing it's another!! One of mum's favourite sayings.

I'm glad Ethan is more settled today Jane and hope Rachel has managed a bit of rest too as it can't be easy to cope when you are so tired.

Mel, I am puzzled?? Has your OH just put a small wall in to hold the concrete for the wider drive?

I hope David is getting things sorted in his new place. I expect it may be a while before he has his computer up an running.

Evening All

Been a lovely day, went shopping this morning, Daughter no 1 & Sofia came for lunch and stayed till about 2.30, SIL working today, daughter working tomorrow wanted to see her grandma as she won't see her now till Tuesday.

Had a BBQ this evening , sun really lovely & hot . lots of good things to eat, Chicken, Lamb , sausages, Pittza, Salad, Rolls, new pots & chips, followed by fresh strawberries, everyone had wine and I had water,

OH watching cycling and I'm going for a shower,

It has been beautiful here today.

Ann oh built a two brick high wall up the side of our driveway because the road was 11 ft wide at the bottom where we had our picture taken and on 9 foot 6 up by the bend. He is going to do the same the other side. It has made the bend much better for the oil lorry to get in without mucking up his lawn edge.

Night Night all

Night Mel, Night Frank
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Just had this message from a chap in oz.


gibbons shane Childhood memories 23/07/2011 12:30:30

as a child in England i remember having a breakfast cereal called Grape Nuts - Jelly in a block that hot water was added to, do you still have these items - i have lived in Australia since i was 11 - 60 now - no Grape Nuts or Jelly blocks - we have jelly christals .
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I have replied. Mel

Thanks Mel.....now I understand. Yes, I remember you saying about the oil lorry before.

It's good you are enjoying these sunny days Fiona after having so much rain.

I have have just found a book I might get.....all about the early Quakers in Pennsylvania.....It has a chapter on my ancestor!!

Night, night all......sleep tight xxxx

Yes Mel, I remember Grapenuts! and Jelly in a block! 'The Home and Colonial' AND, Boots,'Book lovers library' but then I'm SO old I remember the winter of 1947!!! Sad about Amy Winehouse, but rather pales after what's happened in Norway which is truly DREADFUL! That enormous bomb, and then all those young people massacred, just doesn't bear thinking about. Polly goes to Canada on Wednesday on her 'Gymnastics' voyage, it will certainly broaden her horizens, but I shall be glad when she's back safely!!! Not much sunshine here Kim! but we hope for better things next week!

Morning All,

Dry but a bit dull at the moment with grey skies.

Oh off ringing later for church as some of the ringers are away.

I sowed two of my precious purple podded peas a while ago and they have come up so must get those in the tunnel today to see if I can increase my stock!! they are a very old variety with two tone purple flowers and lovely purple pea pods. Hertitage seed!

Did I tell you I bought two Courgette plants from Mo**isons of the yellow colour, well they both turned out to be green ones much to my disgust as the yellow are my favorite. I must complain....................................

Morning Everyone.
It is a nice morning here.I hope it stays that way.I am all showered ,hair done ,nails done.I just want Hannah to help me with eye makeup.I am not too good a doing that (mainly as I can't see what I'm doing ) :-S :-S
We are leaving about 11.30 .I did ask the Hotel when I booked our rooms to make sure at least one room is ready so we can change into our Dresses and suits.I don't fancy travelling in my outfit as there are 5 of us in the car and we will get all crinkled.Not a good look really lol.
I hope you all have a lovely day today.I am hoping next door might do something with their back hedge .They started doing something yesterday a bit further along.I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Back on Monday.TTFN

Morning, from a sunny Blisworth. Chill in the air this morning, but warming up.
We have just had the little baby from next door.Ros had a nice cuddle while his mum was out for her run. He is 11 weeks old now, and a sweet little thing, smiles all the time. And his name is MILES, His dad has just collected him. Nicola is getting withdrawal symptons, not having him with her. !!!!!

Jane, will be on her way now, so hope the weather holds for them.

Liz, I remember all those things, also the Maypole shops. They did a fabulous Maderia cake, I have never had one that could beat it. But that when it was on ration, and you only got a very small portion. So I suppose we apprieciated even more. We still had snow on the houses in spring 1947. The old metal framed windows were frozen solid, it seemed for ever. With no real traffic around, we had a slide in the road that seemed to go on forever. The kids from all around would queue up to have a run at it, and see how far they could get. We would go out each day and add more water to it, to keep it nice and slippery. What little Bugg### we were. Up the road from us, was Millmans/Drapers hill. When the took down the old Andersons shelters after the war, we used the rounded end as sledges, We would pile on (about six at a time) and go down the hill. At the bottom was an Orchard, that we would plough into, breaking down the fence. This was used both winter and summer. When the grass was nice and springy.

Haven't any real choirs to do today. So will tidy round and make the Bed. and read the paper and my book. Dinner tonight about 5/6pm.

I put the towels in on a hot wash and now it's raining lightly!!

Hope Jane has a safe journy and is not too crinkled by the time she gets there!!

Oh just arrived back from ringing so I suppose it is an early lunch and fingers to the grind stone.

Morning everyone,

Better weather today, not a drop of rain and wintery sunshine so the washing went out.

Liz when do you move?? We have a Steptoe and Son family next door to us and on the other side is an elderly neighbour who put his house on the market two weeks ago. Surprise, it now has the SOLD sign up. I thought it would take a while and buyers would be put off, but luckily we are getting a young couple with a young baby. Will be great to have a new family in the street :-)

We have only had jelly crystals (Ae*o^lane Jelly) being the first brand. Jelly in a Block sounds pretty good to me.

Annx have had the ME coming up 16 years, but was officially diagnosed in 1999 by a clever doctor, after quite a bit of messing around. Have been using some weights over the last couple of months and I think that has sent me into a spiral with muscle and joint pain. I will have to be careful with my use of them. Hope your back has eased today.

Such a waste with the loss of Amy Winehouse, but she was heading that way for a long time. Terrible news from Norway. I wonder what set him off - such a peaceful country usually.

Frank I hope you are having a better day. I have been on e-Bay today having a look at the books and other things. OH will just have to sit down with me and get the ball rolling. I have a few other things around the place I could sell, but then I saw a few things I would like to buy. That's why they never let me out ;-) I love to spend money :-D :-D

Bet Pat is having a great time and not thinking of kitchens and bathrooms.

Have a good day everyone, hope the sun is shining for you.

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Hi everyone how is everybody. Well we seem to have had another problem
around here some drunken men sheltered in a garage down the alley way
in a disused shed and stupid people set fire to a gas cylinder and two of the drunken men were burned we understand one has almost died from his burns and when we came home from shopping our place was out of bounds to us with tape all across our front tied round the lamp post to the garage handle making it impossible to get in our premises. Not any explanation last night and the couple at the other side of the alleyway with two small children also were stopped from going in there premises. We were sat outside in the car over the road for at least 45 minutes until my husband called the local police station. I hope nobody says it all happens round your way Sheila or I will scream but it does. !!!!!
So far a student was raped down the bottom of the road and the police investigated and took DNA samples from all the young men round here including my son. Then a man hit his wife over the head with a bottle and killed her and they came in our off licence the night before. Now we have this bother and I am thinking Frank you are right we should move chuckie egg.
There is a big police van right outside our front door and every nosy person from roundabout is enquiring whats happened . I am fed up and to be honest drunks have been a problem for years and I do not like selling spirits and beers when I see people staggering down the street and collasping in a heap on the grass with paramedics coming out. They could be going to someone else while helping some drunk. I remember an old lady came in our shop very posh had servants and she had her little grandaughter in the car and I refused to serve her. This women put her grandaughter on the seat next to her and hit a car pulling away the little kiddy was shocked and crying and the women was ok.
I will not serve these people and my husband is the same but any trouble and the police see us first. The police say one mans got seventy per cent burns its been on the Midland news this morning. Yesterday at the bottom of our garden while we were out and this gas cylinder exploded there was some people playing noisy music according to a neighbour
and I hate to think how scared the dogs must have been when the cylinder
exploded it was heard all round here

Well everything is speculation at the moment but they maybe investigating
a murder and it is such a lovely day today.

Maureen you asked about Beryl did she live far away about 30 minutes by car a good hour on the bus. But Beryls daughter Cassandra lives three
doors away and when Cassy told her mum about the trouble last night
nosy Beryl came rushing over today with Pandora and Elvira there is a celebration today .Beryl does not have anything else to do but visit here and a neighbour brings her sometimes. I take her back when I have had enough of her. I like the ride to her house the scenary is lovely and I like
seing Susan a lady who lives next door and her cat Topsy who Donnie locks in the coal shed. Sue is old and she loves her cat so does not like Donnie.

I have some lemon chicken and cracked pepper chicken for dinner with salad and broad beans all supermarket bought after my problem with burnt peas last week. Lighlty battered chicken it says. With breadsauce and pear sauce. I will look forward to that later and resist the temptation of going up to Pandoras birthday party. With Elvira and Cassandra and Beryl
singing .Beryls got a good voice Mel but not when shes had a few drinks
and that subject is not good at the moment. Pandora is celebrating her
50th birthday today.So Beryls got a big party going.

Glad Pat got off on holiday where did she go somewhere nice. it will be nice to get away from the builders for a while
and turmoil.

I hope David you are settling and Ellen in the new bungalow
I bet it will be lovely when your all settled. its good not having stairs when older and less work.
My hubbies engrossed with Andre playing his new tape Ann he seems to be a fan maybe will go to a concert or will faint when he finds how much the tickets are I have not told him much yet.

Such a lot of lovely new photoes donkeys etc.,I did not go on many donkey rides on my holidays it was Southsea and pebbles donkeys were not very keen.I did get rides at Blackpool or Rhyl sometimes.

I am looking for a Louis Hawthorne 1930 do not know where to start so little information. She a women was a friend of my grandads.I have only some information of a home in Banbury. Where do I start.?

Kim how are you today feeling better I hope .