General Chat

Good evening everyone.
Well, we arrived at the church this afternoon, expecting the blessing, and a new bride and groom were inside, getting married. lol
The celebration started at 3.00p.m, and we got there at 3.15, and left at 5.00 p.m, and went and had a meal out. Cor boring or what. I have to admit I don't know how they have been together this long, talk about chalk and cheese. He is a tiny little man, and she is built like a brick *hit House, oops sorry about that, but it's true.

Marilyn, are you going to be away for your birthday.?

I can't believe a friend of mine. She was supposed to be going on holiday to Ibiza yesterday, with her son. The evening before, she packed her cases, put her tickets etc, where she knew she could find them, checked the passports, and guess what, her sons ran out in April. So on Wednesday, she has to go up to London, to renew the passport. She could not get an appointment before that. She has booked new flights for thursday, and will go to the original hotel, and finish off the rest of the holiday. Dopey mare, fancy not checking before the day before the flight, to see if everything was in order.

Evening MO in Kent,

I hope the meal was better than the blessing in the church...LOL.

George :-D :-D

Hi George, I wouldn't have minded if they had had the blessing done. But the people getting married in the church, were complete strangers to us. Talk about looking like right idiots. Fortunately we found the church hall at the back of the church, and thats where they were holding the celebration,(well if you could call it a celebration). If there were twenty people attending, it would have surprised me.
The meal was delicious though, we just didn't fancy the curled up sandwiches, and the sausages on sticks etc. lol

Hang on Maddie, I will give them a ring to see if they've got any left, and send them down the cyber hatch for you, if you like. :-P <3

Mo I don't understand that,,,,are you saying the young couple in the church when you got there , was nothing to do with the couple that invited you ? ..LOL... confused or what ...I think I would have needed a stiff drink not a sandwich a ( curly one at that) ... :-S


Still watching X factor ...its all a bit strange without Simon, but I do like Gary Barlow.. :-D

"Language has been given to us to make our meaning clear & not wrap it in dishonest doubt".

Suitable proverb for this wedding invitation, I think.

evening

got little legs back home and drove me crazzt all day
but he is all tuck up in bed now

Morning all
Not too bad here so far this morning. Washing still soggy. Hope it dries a bit
I have a lot to do today as hubby is at work so hope to get back later

Linda :-) <3

Morning all.

I have no energy this morning, Have you ever been like that, ? lay in bed staring at the ceiling and thinking all sorts of things trying to find the get up and go. I did eventually but I am taking things so easy.

I am going to have another cup of tea and a bit of toast before I shower.

Mo thats sounds as if you enjoyed the curled sandwiches..still you went that must have been something to the couple.

George hope you get your flight for your holiday sorted. do you good to get away. I think everyone needs a break some people dont go away at all.

Linda it isnt too bad here in Woking at the moment although we do have a cloudy sky.

Marilyn your holidays are geting nearer. soon your be sailing across the sea LOL.
I think Stephen must have got lost in the boat of his or has landed on a desserted island and enjoying himself .

Rita

Maddie

I suddenly had a lot of energy dont know where it came from and I didnt take tablets to get it ?

I prepared my dinner. wrote two letters , made the bed, sorted the washing our for tomorrow. had my shower cleaned the bathroom . all spick and span in there at the moment.
Then my daughter telephoned me I was on the telephone for hour., she paid LOL.

It appears her neightbour who have been there 18 months put in plans for an attic extension and which they were told they could have. then they build an extenstion down stairs with a big glass patio doors and two big windows which overlooks her rooms she said the builders have been working on it the plans the people altered put windows in when there were not suppose to. they intend letting the rooms out. she is going to the planning office on Monday about it. .
people dont seem to care about their neighbours these days ? in the old days a surveyor would appear during a building product to check every so often that the plans and work was being done as the plans had stated,

Rita

Morning All,

I'm a bit late but I have made two dishes of lasagne, peeled new potatoes as the skin on these are not as they should be .
Made an Apple & Rhubarb crumble also bought some profiteroles to have with ice cream & a flan with cream.

If any complaints they will be knocked off their chairs ..LOL

Rita....the problem now is that you have no rights any more about shading light into your property., but maybe if that neighbour has added something extra in the planning then I too would be down the planning Office pronto .

Poor Maddie off to work again.....when are you going to be a pensioner ? :-S

Shelly.....bet little legs got squeezed to bits when he came home :-D ...did he bring his nana a stick of rock ? :-D

Its going to be a scorcher today .....hmm so they say I'm still waiting !!

George ...

I hope that that old man picture is not you in disguise ! :-S

Maddie the washing is out and it's raining again

I've been going through the filing cabinet from my childminding. It was too heavy for me to move with all the rubbish in it. I've put loads of paperwork into the recycling after removing all the names and addresses and shredded them too. Some good out of today as the recycling goes tomorrow.

I've sorted the dining room and layed the table. Just off to prepare the veg as there are 6 for dinner tonight. Hubby is at work.

See you all later Hope your weather is better than mine. Marilyn please leave some sunshine for September. I need an Indian Summer

Linda :-) <3

Marilyn
The plans are not as they were suppose to be. two small windows and they installed one hugh window like a double patio door. they put a window at the side when no window shoud be there. according to the plans? . they have also put a large window in one of the back rooms and looks like they are going to add a balcony a complaint has been given to the planning department but no come back as yet. the plans were for the attic extension but they added an extension down stairs as well . My daughter got the plans up on her PC and they are clear what they were gvien planning permission for,..all these were not listed. her next door neighbour is complaing as well.

George you have got younger according to your new photo you little devil you.

I have just put my dinner on I eat about 1. to 2 oclock.
I made an apple and blackberry pie only a very small one.for dessert.

Rita

Hello Everyone, I'm back from the caravan, we had an amazing thunder storm this morning, I thought it would never stop, soon dried up though.
Hope everyone is Ok
Agatha <3

Hello Agatha

I am glad I was not there when you had that thunder storm, I am scared stiff when we have them. here. , we had lightening storm in Norfolk "Fork Lightening "they called them. I use to put my head under the covers my Labardor use to hide behind the settee. .

Rita

Hi everyone.
Right let me try and clear up the escapades of the 25th anniversary celebration.
On the invitation, it said that they would be having it at the local R.C church, but forgot to put that it was being held in the church hall, at the back of the building.
The wedding ceremony, we nearly gatecrashed, was for complete strangers.
Outside of the church, was two lovely wedding cars, all with ribblons on.
We said to each other, that our friends would not have gone to the expence of hiring cars like that, to celebrate their 25th, and they would not have been able to afford them anyway.
So we decided that as the ceremony had started in the church, we would just wait outside, and decided to walk to the back of the church, that was when we saw some of our other old friends walking into the church hall. oh! oh!, how stupid were we, but thank goodness we didn't go into the church, and sit through two complete strangers, getting married.
And as for the curly sandwiches, well what can I say about them lol! no need for any explanation for not eating them is there surely. And our meal out was much nicer.

It's been a really warm day here. The thermostat in the car was reading 29.
The washing soon dried, so I am really sorry Linda, if you had put your washing down the cyber hatch, I could have got it dried for you. Not that I would have ironed it though, sorry about that.

Maddie, I had the same problem,as far as my pension was concerned. I was told if I cared to pay a one of contribution off approx £ 3,500, I would be entitled to a minimum pension of, at the time about £40.00 a week.
There was no way we could afford to pay it, so when I retired my payment was £4.00 a week.
I had to wait till Roly retired, before they raised my pension up to just over £60.00 .
Not a lot to live on is it, but it's better than nothing I suppose.
I just get sooo angry, when people who have worked for most off their lives, (even if it was menial work like field work,where one doesn't pay N.Insurance stamps) like I did for years, has to suffer later in life, because nothing was explained to them earlier in life.
Lets be honest, when we were young, we never ever thought about getting old, and having to manage on a pension. I just don't envy the youngsters of today, what have they got to look forward to.

Just had a thought, surely Pauline and Stephen should be back soon? does anyone know when they are due back.

Thinking of our Jeniwren, who starts three days of chemo this week.
((((((((((((((LOVE AND HUGS JENI )))))))))))))))))). I will be thinking of you tomorrow. <3 <3 <3

Sue. Jean you left out
Pauline is not away they go out for the day to different places. but I thought Stephen was due back this week ?
The pensions is a big fast to people working later in life my son pay a lot of money into a pension fund at his work and lost half of it when the company they were with got into difficulties..he is 54 now
My sister did the same ploughed some of her teachers pension into a company and lost alot of money. she said she should have brought premium bonds if you didnt win anything you still got the money you brought the bonds with back

I got a widows pension when my husband died in 1989 I had worked from 14 to 21 but only paid a small sum when I got married. so didnt have enough stamps for a full pension. but by having the widows pension made up for it. they did offer me a normal Old age pension but I left it as a widows pension. if I had married inm the time I would have lost that. My husband being self employed paid two lots of stamps and didnt live to get a pension he died at 61 he had paid stamps all his life I think the army paid them when he was in the Royal Fusilers.. there must be thousands like him paid in and got nothing because they died. I wonder if that went to the goverment . ?
Heir Hunters if they dont find the heirs the government get that money.when people have not made a will,.


Rita