General Chat

Reindeers......I found them......they were prancing around the 'Great Bear'
ROFL

Lovely outside tonight. Crisp and clear.

Thermals and Winter Duvet Jacket on, sitting back in my relax chair, looking to things far greater than I can understand or comprehend.

An hours long enough unless there is something special going on.

Where is everyone ?

A very good morning to all you lovely people.
The big day is nearly upon us and I expect everyone will be busy running around doing last minute bits and bobs today.
Bitterly cold here this morning, still a north easterly wind and quite a strong one too. I hope this wind dies down before wednesday, I don't fancy 13 hours on the ferry if it doesn't!
Am going to prepare all veg today and make stuffing so I don't have to get up too early tomorrow. Hope you all have a good day and stay safe and warm.
Back later

Cath xx

'I'm all alone, theres no-one here beside me,
my troubles have all gone, theres no-one to deride me'


Everyone having a lie-in this morning ?

Cath xx

Morning Cath, looks like everyone is busy with last minute preparations.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL<
and I HOPE 2011 WILL BE A GOOD YEAR FOR YOU.

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Jean xx

I am late on , I have taken my time with my little jobs. I have had three callers this morning to say Happy Christmas to me.including our Estate Manager whoooooo.

The sun is shining but it is still a sheet of ice outside.

I dont suppose anyone will be on the boards over Christmas so I will also wish you all a very happy Christmas and a Happy Healthy New year for 2011.
Also a thank you to all for your friendship.

Love
Rita

Hello Rita, I hope you are feeling better today, this is not a nice time to be ill is it? well no time is good but it seems a lot worse at Christmas.

Like you I will be spending most of this weekend alone, well except for my horses, will have computer on so if you want a chat just sign in.

Dont know if you use msn, if you do and would like my email address will send a pm to you.

Please take care, and look after yourself.
Jean xx

Hello everyone.
Well the Gammon is cooked, so is the stuffing, just waiting for the Tukey Crown and the Three Bird roast to cook..
The house feels like sauna, it's so hot in here. Not satisfied with that, Roly felt cold. so he put the central heating on.
If I don't lose a couple of pounds today, through sweating, it will be a miracle.
I will still be popping in and out today, to speak to you all. I need the break away from the oven, to cool down a bit.

I feel so sad that both Jean and Rita will be own their own this christmas,and apart from when my gang turn up tomorrow, I will try and pop in to say hello to you both.

I know it's a little early, but I would like to wish a very Happy Christmas to you all. And may we all have a prosperous,and healthy New Year.
Cheers to, Marilyn, Pauleen, Linda, Yvonne, Shelly, Sue, Rita, Jean, Maddie, Stephen,Pat, Cath,Lady, Dermot and all our many friends I may have forgotten to mention.

I hope Maddie is feeling better today as well.

Hllo Jean I didnt know you had horses.? see you learn something everyday.

I do have MSN but dont use it now. they started throwing notices up on the monitoer r and I had trouble geting rid of them , so I dont use it now although they do from time to time throw a message out.but I ignore it.

I sorted out my dinner tomorrow Chicken and todays dinner is on. so I am truly organized,
so you look after yourself it is a nice Christmas for you with the good news. so that is a blessing.,
Take care.

Love
Rita

Afternoon to my friends here
Sorry I wasn't around this morning. Still not quite right. But daughter came round to clean her car unexpectedly. Hubby helped her. Then we made up the spare bedroom for his father to stay................ not planned but the children wanted to see him on Boxing Dy when they are all here.
He has gone to work now. Won't be home til nearly midnight again
FFound I slept through most of yesterday. So I now have to clean through and sort out food for Boxing Day.
The last post has been delivered, so anything now won't be here til mid week well after Christmas Day eh.

I hope you are feeling a little better Rita, also you too Jean and that Christmas Day will be OK for you both.
I too will probably look in, not sure when as Hubby needs to take me to DIL's siater when he goes to work, He needs to leave around 1:00, but will hopefully finish earlier than 10:30 !!! Weather permiting. Everything keeps changing, so nothing can be really planned except that he is off on Boxing Day luckily.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our friends here:
Marilyn
Stephen
Pauline
Shelly
Mo
Jean
Cath
Pat
Dermot
Lady if you pop in at all
Sue
Maddie(are you OK)
Yvonne
Rita
Liz(hope you are OK too haven't seen you here recently)

Think that is everyone, If not please forgive me

Love and Best Wishes Linda and Family :o) XxX

Hi My Lovelies ..


Google ...NORAD ..Santa Tracker.....

The grand kids will love it.....well Pete is anyway ..!!!

Santa is in Australia ...Alice Springs now.........

Hope you are all busy with your Christmas bits I have just prepared the log fire for tonight , and going to do the veggies soon .

Just been helping son wrap the kids Christmas pressies and now relaxing for a bit with a glass of wine .....hmm early I know but we were going to the pub but decided against it as its too chilly out there.

I hope you all have a great Christmas .

To all my lovely friends

In no particular order.......LOL
Pauline ,Shelly ,Mo , Jean, Rita, Yvonne , Linda, Maddie ,Catherine , Jean , Stephen, Dermot, Patricia, Sue, Lady ,.. and anyone else that pops in now and again .....
Liz

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Melly Clistmas to evuriwun !

Ble black liter.

Yo Ho Ho and a bltlle of Lum !

Hi everyone well Christmas day draws near. the children are looking forward to their presents .
Thats what it is all about for the children and presents.to see their little faces light up when they open them. I shall miss that this year.

I sent my Granddaughters OH his birthday card for Christmas day so I hope he recieved it ? I usually hand it too him but not going there this year posted it off to him. it will upset me if he didnt get it.

My sister sent me and email . which she was told was delayed . she sent
another and that was the same she managed to do another . which I received and guess what ? the other two arrived together.I told her the staff must have been drinking lol

She is going to midnight mass tonight with her son Martin.
she said it is bitterly cold where she is.but she has sorted all the food out for tomorrow so she only has to put it on the cooker.
I am thinking of all of you now all busy and tomorrow even rushing a round.sorting things out.
I hope you all have a lovely dinner and lots of laughter and dont over eat.

Love
Rita

Lita,

Stlaf dlinkin......turrible.

Helloo everyone.

A bit fluey I think, my arms are like lead, and head pounding like a big bass drum.

Merry Christmas TO EVERYONE.

Have a lovely time, and keep well and warm.


Back to bed.

Maddie
x

Oh Oh Rita, it looks like Stephen has been sniffing the barmaids apron,and is a little squiffy.

Linda I do hope you feel better by tomorrow. There seems to be an epidemic sweeping the country, with the flu like symptoms knocking people for six.
Thats the last that folk want at this time of year.

My son phoned me earlier. I asked him to get me a yule log for tomorrows tea. He was in Tes*o's, "Mum I can find a yule log, they have only got chocolate cake that looks a bit like a tree trunk " LOL I hadn't got the heart to tell him the truth, so I just said that it would do. You wait till I see him in the morning, I will rib him rotten.

Well the joints of meat are all now cooked, the veg is prepared,and I am sitting here relaxing, wonderful.

Thank you Mo

I love the fact that your son didn't recognise a yule log............. maybe he was looking for something in wood?

I hope you have a good day with your family.

I have done a huge pile of ironing, hubby promised to do it but ended up valleting the car!!!

Well I shall relax this evening

Linda :o) XxX

Linda, I keep looking at the washing in the machine,and thinking to myself
that I really should do it tonight, but with not using the tumble dryer it will be hanging around tomorrow, and I don't want that, so it looks like I will have to do it on Boxing day. I know it's supposed to be a day of rest then, but needs must.

Even though your OH is back at work tomorrow, I hope you will have company. I seem to remember your saying that you have got your F.I.L with you.

Linda

What was hubby malleting the car for. It will be full of dents now.

Jean,

You and Yvonne should get together with all your horses and all of us could have Gymkhana or a Cross Country Event.

My niece and her 2 girls have just left. The youngest one is always with her horses, my niece said she practically had to drag her off the horse to bring her here. I had to give her some clothes to change into because she was smelly, I don't like the smell of horses.

Rita, Linda and Maddie, hope you all feel a little bit better by tomorrow. So many people have those flu symptoms at the moment.

Rita and Jean, I hate to think of you on your own on Christmas day, such a pity your family don't live closer to you. Mind you, if your weather is anything like ours it would be dangerous to travel even short journeys.

I'll join in and say Merry Christmas to you all ...Marilyn, Shelly, Mo, Linda, Rita, Sue, Lady, Yvonne, Maddie, Jean, Stephen, Dermot, Pat, Cath, Liz (Mo said we had 15 people on the thread now, so I've put 15 names on ............but it would be 16 with me).


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