General Chat

Morning All
Hope work is OK Cath. It will be harder at home with the potty training !!! Little M isn't that far along yet. She doesn't even tell you when she has done something yet, and when asked usually denies what is pretty obvious. Oh joy.

Quiet day today hubby is off. Not sure what we will be doing. Looks Ok outside at the moment.

I definately have washing and ironing to do but might leave that til he is back at work tomorrow for the next 7 days.

Have a good day everyone.

Jean I am glad Scarlett seems as if she can stay with family she knows and hope her Mum can sort herself out with such good support. But do take care yourself.
Rita how is Mike getting on at home?
Mo have you had any news on your nephew?

Linda :o) XxX

Morning All.

Cold, wet and windy. No not me. The weather.

How I wish I could have a 'duvet' day. Never mind.

Hope to be back later.

Hope everyone is well and warm.

See ya.

morning all
gey old day again
not nice at all.

Mike is getting so much better, he is moving around more now, he will be much better when the metal clips are removed.

Pleased about Scarlette. she will get all the love and attention now.
Mo how is your nephew any news. ?

Mo I have found the same as you with books brought some not knowing they have changed the cover or in some case like M & B they put two stories in one book and you find one you have never read and the other
had been sold as a single story and you have read it already..
see you all later.

Rita
x

Morning everyone,
Glad that Mike is doing well.
Nothing much going on here. It's drizzly.

Morning All,

Its a horrible day here today......windy raining cold...... just not the sort of day to make you smile !

Shelly I have just renewed my subs and it was £7-96 ( 6mths) couldn't believe something could possibly go down.

Poor maddie... I have just arose from my duvet its late for me...10am.

Hope you all are well, I'm trying to sort out someone's tree and looks like there are two with the same name and only one year separating them !! Hmmm lovely .
so unless my dear friend pays for a cert I cant go any further back ....

Off for me bath ......x

Morning Marilyn
Thanks for the e-mail what so many think but feel we couldn't possibly say

Linda :o) XxX

Hi everybody, it's a beautiful day here, the sun is shining and not much wind.

Think I might do a little bit work in the garden before I go to see my aunt.

Pleased things went OK at the meeting Jean, little Scarlett will be well looked after by you and your son.

Mo, I feel so sorry for your friend, it's very hard work looking after an epileptic child with cerebral palsy. It's bad enough when you're young, but your friend obviously isn't that young. She'll be drained - mentally as well as physically. Is there a nursery the little girl can go to during the day, so your friend can have a break?

Shelly looks after children with special needs, she'll be able to give you some info for your friend. And Mrs Stephen will be able to give advice on the kind of help she can get. I think your friend will need all the help and advice she can get.

Have a good day everyone.

Morning all, hope everyone is ok.
Mo, hope you have some encouraging news soon about your nephew.
Oh I am so sorry to hear about your friends, hope their little girl will get the treatment needed, am sure their love will help her have a good life.
Rita, what good news about Mike, am sure now that he is home he will be feeling better.
Dermot, I loved that story, thanks for sharing.

Thank you to everyone for the messages, hope your day goes well.

Go with God and in good health.
Jeniwren xx

I have been to the shops forgot to get any potatoe's yesterday so went out it was pouring of rain the sky just opened up it was like walking under a shower full on.
I went and brought my Take a Break and Chat books
I took alook at my garden it is only a strip and I told you I had bluebells two big clumps and now I see I have three snowdrops out and dwarf Irises.there are also two tubs of Pansys. made me feel quiet happy seeing all those appear makes the spring nearer.

Rita

I forgot to tell you I had good news this morning after two years of trying to get my warfarin at the right level it has this time reached it. 2.30 and I dont have to have another blood test for warfrin till 19th April.

all I want now is my scan next week to tell me it has not grown..

I love to read.Josephine Cox books I have a whole collection of her Hard back books one she has written.once I start to read them I cannot put them down till I find out the end. and when I have no new books to read I read her books again.

Rita

Afternoon
I wil not say good, cos unlike Pauline bathing in her sunshine, it is horrid here. Grey overcast raining and dammed miserable. I have done the washing and now tumbling the sheets and towels. Ironed all that is dry, ie hubby's white shirts !!! Ugh. Done a little cross stitch. It is a picture of sea shells in shades of pink, lilac and beige. Quite complex so I will get eye strain, but some sense of achievement. I hope to put it in the bathroom when we finally get round to replacing it.
As we haven't been able to go out today I suggested to hubby that I started some decorating. Don't think he was keen.

Enjoy the rest of today, if you can.

Glad you got good results Rita and no need for so many blood tests at least for a while

Linda :o) XxX

Devon Men.

There are two kinds of Devon men - those who are alive & those who are dead. Those who are dead sleep under the most expensive headstones & those who are alive seldom have time to sleep during the day.

Devon men are usually recognised by the wiry texture of their hair which is normally fair & curly, if they are not bald. They have a pair of almost lash-less bright blue eyes. They may be blue but they are rarely innocent.

Devon men are shrewd, progressive, industrious, crafty & full of guile. They are good at everything & particularly at making money. Devon men can be separated from others by the way they stand outside pubs having a smoke with their right foot at right angles to their left foot. They call this ‘the considering pose’ & is unique to Devon men. Away from the area, this pose will help you to recognise a Devon man anywhere in the world.

Devon men like beer mainly drinking direct from bottles. They smoke a lot. Devon men have a great belief in the law & have almost taken over the police force. A policeman, solicitor or a barrister, unless otherwise stated, is usually from Devon or of Devon ancestry.

Devon men hate liberalism in any form, red cards included. They hate big words & small words. They hate income tax, the cost of living & the cost of dying. Devon men are generally carefree with words because they are still relatively cheap.

Devon men make great salesmen, splendid supermarket managers, magnificent school teachers, spectacular clergy. From a national economic point of view, Devon men can be considered the country’s most indispensable citizens.

They are very good & sympathetic bank managers. In fact, the best bank managers in the world are Devon born. Quite unique. Devon bank managers can be awkward sometimes but are effective fighters especially for the right to big annual bonuses. They are excellent men managers & good card players.

In short, Devon men excel in everything they do & are spectacular in the field of commercial endeavour. When Devon men die, they go straight to Heaven. St Peter’s ancestors came from just outside of Exeter & it is reported that Devon men are in full control of the Celestial Civil Service. Don’t forget to mention Devon when you arrive at the Pearly Gates to be assured of a friendly welcome & a 10% entry fee discount before 9pm. Smart casual please.

There isn’t much else left to say. Oh yes - how could I forget? I should mention that Devon ladies are all potential Miss UK winners.

Ah! Delightful Devon in the lovely southwest.

Glorious Day !

Sunshine, no wind, fantastic.

Time for Coffee and a relax.

Catch you later.

Ahhh... Dermot,

The only thing I agree with is the last sentence Miss UK Winners !! Thats ME and PAT LOL...

Rita may have been included but she's a distance cousin of Devon ...LOL

I have been very lazy today, trying to pack for hols ,but keep popping onto lappy for all sorts of things ...

Wha'ts everyone else doing ...?

Hi... Stephen thanks for the mail .....very good.

Hi everyone.
Dermot, I can't claim to be a Kentish Maid, as I am Essex born and bred.
But we have some rare beauties here as well, myself NOT included.
Like Shelly, we are rare Essex gals,like pearls from the ocean. LOL
But many thanks for the description of Devon folks.

Hi Marilyn , when are you of on your travels again. I presume it's back to the good ol U.S.A.
Don't forget Shelly's wind chime this time will you.

Pauline, my friends grandaughter does attend a special needs nursery a couple of half days a week.

Rita, I love looking at my neighbours garden. She has loads of snowdrops in bloom. She gave me some of them to plant,a few years ago, but unfortunatley they never did take in my garden. My fingers are not green enough me thinks.

Hi Stephen, I hope you have had an easier day today.

Linda, suggesting decorating to my OH is like swearing at him. What room are you going to decorate.

I should get myself a wee job going round all the houses of our Friendly Thread ladies.

I enjoy painting and decorating, plumbing, joinery, etc etc. Just love to see a good job well done.

I'd charge a reasonable rate and maybe through in a bit extra.....for free. ROFL

Well Stephen, as I'm the nearest to you - you can start on mine. We always have to get someone in to do the decorating and I don't think they do that good of a job for the money they charge.

And thank you very much for the special delivery I got today, it was waiting for me when I got back from my aunt's. You're a very good packer!!

Linda, how come you always manage to fit more into your day than I do? I never seem to get much done, mind you, I'm never in......... that might have something to do with it.

Pauline,

Glad the special delivery arrived ok. Good packer ! My wife cracks up at the mess I make of parcels.

Remember, you can take it to bed with you !!!!!!!!!!

My God.....I bet we have them guessing !!!!!!!!!!!!!

well done Dermot not sure my Ancesters would agree on alot of that. ?they were all church going people . poor but fair minded.my Great Grandfather got a fine through selling Liqure with out a licence and was fined £5 in 1871 he had his named plastered all over the paper Hontion one. I wonder if the vicar brought any of his beer. Lol the revenue men sued him.

I have around 8 or 9 generations of my family all born in Devon right back to 1600's

Mums family came from Somerset and Scotland.

I didnt put the snowdrops in I think the birds dropped them in passing.

I think they must have dropped the seed on there away around.

I am going mad at the moment with my tintius it comes every so often and I could go up the wall with it.

anyone want to borrow it for a while.

Rita

No thank you Rita. Isn't that just typical though........ you get good blood results but then something else comes along to spoil your day.

Sssshhh Stephen, don't give any clues.