General Chat

Wow Marilyn, you've lost loads of weight, well done.

And I love your barn, it's fabulous.

Is that view from the front of your house or the back?

You do realize Shelly will be on the next train down there?



Edit: We look after the garden ourselves, I do the borders and hubby does the lawns and the wooded area.

Hi All,
A taste of Devon coming your way !!

Some photo's .....

xx

Pauline ......Lovely flowers....I don't think you have ENOUGH..LOL

I love wallflowers and I see you have them , they smell gorgeous.

Oh I'd have a field day in your garden.......who looks after it ?

Makes mine look like a postage stamp !!

Morning all.

That's a strange thing that K's mam's done Linda. What was the point of bringing her to you in the first place, if her grandparents and a neighbour could look after her? I don't suppose K will make any less fuss when she's left with a neighbour. Her mother will still get upset when she has to leave her.

My garden is never weed free, it would take too much time. The only weeds my hubby can recognize are dandelions, so the rest are left up to me to pull out. We must be weeks behind you lot because my rhododendrons are just coming into bud now.

Got to go and put the next lot of washing in now.

Morning Ladies
Well another day another dollar!!!
Little K will not be coming any more ??? Her mummy was getting too upset at leaving her? So she will be with grandparents 2 days a week and a neighbour who childminds 5 other children 1 day a week. Don't ask. She rang this morning and said she will not be bringing her today. Holiday next week and then I am off for 2 weeks for the wedding and time with my cousin from Canada.
I am upset but at the Mum for putting K through changes that weren't necessary. She could have gone to the neighbour 2 months ago before she even came to me. K starts nursery after Christmas, and that was her choice of carer from then as she will only have her for 2 hours a day then.

Little M will be here soon so I'd best sign off.

Oh Pauline your garden is beautiful. I would love to see it. Mine is only 40ft x 40ft. But keeps me busy.

Have a great day everyone

Yes it's rained here since about 11 last night so the garden looks fresher already

Linda :o) XxX

Morning Rita,

My Rhododendron is now falling petals !
And what a show I had.......beautiful.

This afternoon I have to take my stepmun to the Eye infirmary, she panicked yesterday as she said her eye sight was worse than ever ,she has that terrible disease ....(cant think of the name ) too early ..!!

So I had to ring the hospital (which took me all morning to get through) and make an appointment to get her seen to. I'll complain about that when I get there ..LOL..... I'm sure they don't answer on purpose . What I'm saying is this is a 96yr woman and she because of her eye sight would have given up on the second try but I kept ringing for 4hrs,but eventually got through.

Now off my little soap box........down to reality.

The weather is quite good the sun is shinning so far. we never had rain last night Rita.

I hope everyone else has a good day.........it was quiet on board yesterday.

Off for my bath.....

Hi Girls

we have had a lot of rain during the night gardens needed it. I dont have to water my little strip this morning.my rhododendron which my son gave me four years ago in a pot for Mothering Sunday is now starting to bloom it had lots of deep red flowers and always looks so lovely. I have flock as well coming into bloom.

My son took two days off from work (part of the time off he is entittled to he works overtime instead of getting paid they give them a day off )He has gone fishing I told him it was going to rain for at least a couple of days. he said it wasnt ( Mummie has proved at least one day she was right.)

I hope it brightens for him he works really hard.

Have a good day

Rita

x

Ooooh Pauline the garden looks sooooo lovely. The colours are very very pretty pastel shades.
It must take you hours to look after it. You could fit my garden in one small corner. lol

I don't have much luck with pinks Mo. I like flowers that grow easily and seed themselves, I let them seed all over.

We have a lot of problems with snails, we've got hundreds of them, don't know where they all came from.

I've got some emails to look at and sort out, I'll send them on after I've had a look at them.

I can't wait to see the flowers Pauline. I sometimes wish our garden was bigger than it is. But there are good and bad points to a large garden,arn't there.
I bought some more pinks last week,and planted them in one off my biggest pots. But the blessed things died on me. So today when I was at B+Q's I bought some more. Keep your fingers crossed for me,that they survive this time.
I really like the smell off pinks,and sweet peas, mmmmm heavenly aromas.

I hope you manage to clean the drive Mo, it would be a shame to spoil it.

I've finally got a new camera, I've been out in the back garden testing it out. I'm going to send you the photos of my flowers because they're all lovely and colourful.

The photos came out a bit big so I've reduced them by 50%, hope it doesn't spoil them.

Hi everybody, thank you for your concern and caring thoughts.

Rita, I hope it all goes well for your son-in-law, it's a big operation, 8 hours is a long time. Let's hope they can continue with the positive thinking.

That is bad news about your friend Mo, depression is much worse than it sounds. I hope she responds to the medication they give her.

I was thinking about getting one of those steam cleaners Shelly but I think I'll just borrow yours. You've done your whole house now so you won't need it for a while.

Marilyn, I would hide that silver if I was you, if you get Fergie there - she might just nick it. I've heard she's a bit short of money.

I think I'll send my ironing down to Linda, she's finished all of hers, so she might as well do mine now.

We have had quite a busy day today.
First thing this morning,we decided it was about time we cut the hedge between our house and next door.
It should not have been us cutting it,as it is their hedge. But our sons car has been parked next to it since it caught fire,back in January.
But our son managed to sell the car on monday.
But oh my lord,it had been leaking oil all over the drive. So Roly tried to pressure wash it off this morning,but the bl***y oil wont lift.
So we have been to B+Q's and bought a special detergent to get rid off it.
Once again in the morning,if it's not raining,Roly has to go through the whole process again.
But the hedge does look good. At least when we cut it,we cut it properly,not like next door,who only tickle the leaves,and say it's been cut.
Still they do say if you want a job done properly,do it yourself.

Rita,I will always be here for my friends, having been there myself,I know what it's like to be depressed.
Bless your daughter and son in law,it must be so hard for them,putting on a brave face,in front off the children.

sorry to hear about your friend Mo people do not realize what that is ? and what it can do to someone she need to be able to sit and talk to someone while they listern to her that helps no end.

My daughter and her husband are so brave they are putting up a real struggle to cope with it all. you can see the strain they are under. they said they could not cope with out positive thinking.
The children know how ill their father is but they have not told them what he will be going through when he has this operation. they want to wait and see what happens.
They know he is to have an operatiion they have not held anything back but not what the operation involves,.

Pauline sister June must be going through hell at the moment l hope she find peace.

Rita

Hello everyone
What more can I say Pauline,I was so sad to read your bad news.
I just pray they can make June as comfortable as possible.
My thoughts and prayers for all the family.

And Rita,I sincerely hope that your son in laws operation goes well. And that he comes out the other side off it feeling like a new man.

What a day for bad news. My friend has just been diagnosed with depression as well. Not the same sadness as Pauline and Rita are suffering at the moment I know. But still a blow to me.

I do hope we all get better news soon.

Marilyn and Shelly
dont let Fergie stay with you she might sell you to the News Papers.and make some dosh (I think that is the word )
I had a trying day to day thought I would have a little catnap shut my eyes was driffting off when the phone went someone telling me I was entittle to help with my heating by having wall instaltion. I said not interested and hung up.
The off I went again this time the safety phone rang the Postman wanted to come in to hand out the mail he did say I am sorry I am so late. I said thats ok.
I am not going to try and catnap again as I wonder what else will happened. so as tired as I am I am staying alert.
I forgot to say GR has now opened to 1911 census to day

Made a cup of tea and having two biscuits with it.

Rita

Shelly ,

Have you Royalty coming to your house . ????

Funny that I have just cleaned all my brass around my fire place and my SILVER ...LOL.

Fergie Probably ..she got nowhere to live now .!!

So I guess we are both expecting visitors !!

good afther noon all

been cleaning this morning with the steem cleaner so every think is now sparkling

although im not i now need a god bath so off i go

Hi & Morning all.

Hubby is out mowing the lawn and I can smell the grass......hmm lovely

Dont quite know what to do today.........bit shook up with the news from Pauline.
Her dear sister June ,.......isn't life so cruel sometimes !

Its a bit overcast ,but warm.

Well I'm off for my bath..

Morning all. nice day again a little cooler so far.

Pauline my heart goes out to June and her family. it is going to be very hard for you all. Lots of hugs from me to you.

Linda I hope you have a good day today.

My son in Law Steve is having his big cancer operation on the 10th June 8 hour one I spoke to him and my daughter yesterday and they both told me they are thinking Positive they said they would not get through it all without positive thoughts l told them they have these positive thoughts when it is put on the GR thread



Morning to all the others when they get up and log on Have a great Day.
Love Rita