General Chat

They are still at the hospital waiting to get a wee sample from Ethan.He has just pooped all over Rachel.I said Sh*t Happens lol.He is in good hands and I'm sure he will be fine.
I'm now off to bed ,I just can't stay up any longer.
See you all in the morning.

PS Ann,Fitz didn't recognise the name of that chap.I saw him this afternoon.He is a bit down as his Mum is on a high and driving him doolally .He also had a phone call to say his old school friend who lives in France is dying and maybe has only a week .He has Pancreatic Cancer.He came over to England a few weeks ago and Fitz met up with him and his wife .So that was good.

Night Night xx

Glad to hear Chester's perked up Jane , its not like him to be laying about .

What a home coming for Rachel and family , i do hope baby Ethan is ok

WHO HAS SEEN --RUFUS SEWELL--( BE-STILL -MY-HEART)) IN ZEN?
ITS ON TV TO-NIGHT--MUST WATCH--HE WAS IN THAT OTHER ''PILLARS''

OG HAD THOSE PATCHES---BUT HIS SO CALLED Dr ( SORRY-CHRIS) GAVE HIM THE MAX STRENGTH --OG WAS OF IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.SO I TOOK IT OF---CALLED AND TOLD Dr --HE SAID I THOUGHT OG WAS SUCH A BIG FELLOW HE COULD STAND IT. ########

Yes Ann, Queen of Puddings was something we used to have at home, it was flipping LOVELY! We certainly didn't have it at School! or anything like it!!! Food at my Convent was pretty awful,cold,and badly cooked. The kitchen would be closed down these days, it was pretty grim even for 1957; curiously, and annoyingly (!) we all seemed to stay very well despite the food, COLD in the winter, and general spartan conditions! I quite enjoyed it in a horrible sort of way!!! Oh dear Jane,poor Rachel and family,what a home coming! hope they feel better now. Dismantled the Futon in the Spare Room today; it's going to a place at South Molton that takes furniture etc; It's in good nick so someone should be pleased with it.

Just had an emal from Rachel.They are on the way to the Hospital with Ethan.He has a very high temperature .Poor little mite.I'm sure he will be fine.I think he is just all out of sorts after his ordeal of all the traveling and moving around from place to place.Wish I could be there for them.

Ann ,Chester seems to have perked up tonight.He is being a pain in the backside lol

Is it Eves pudding that has sponge?I have had lots of Summer Puddings,but never made them.Lovely with a nice dollop of fresh cream lol
Ann of course we have finished last years Sloe Gin ;-)I think James had quite a bit of that.
I'm just leaving Chris to do what he wants regarding making all the Gin things.It will keep him out of my hair for a while lol

Poor Rachel and Darren got back to Dubai late yesterday only to find the car with a flat battery and a £500 parking bill !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.I'm not sure why they had that bill.Darren had left the lights on which is why the battery was flat.Then they arrived at their house only to discover the Air/Con upstairs had packed in.
Rachel had to sleep on the sofa downstairs with Ethan in his Bassinet .The temperature I think is in the 40's !.She is so exhausted after the trip to the UK and Ethan has been so unsettled and sick .They are coming back again in October for Darrens Grandma's 80th ,but they think they may rent a house for a week in London instead of staying in different Hotels.That way their friends in London can go and visit them.They will probably come to us for a day.To be honest I don't know how they coped this past week.
I will find a pic of Ethan to send.

Oh that doesn't sound like the Chester I have seen Jane......not wanting his walkies!! He does look flaked out doesn't he.........not the most comfy spot is it. Maybe he is just a bit off colour today.

I never saw a pic of Chris with the sloes Jane........sounds like a tedious job! Have you drunk all of last year's yet? When I had a damson tree at my old house I'm sure they weren't ripe until after the Victoria plums so were quite late.

Mel and Mandy, thanks for your efforts with the pics. Mel, it is the A and N that are nearly worn off on my keyboard. Maybe I use them the most!

Liz, I don't know why but I don't think I've ever had summer pudding, although I have seen recipes. Maybe I should try some. I remember something we had at school......was it queens or eve's pudding that had custard at the bottom, then fruit, then meringue on the top??

Evening everyone,

It's not been a bad day here today ,we had a little sun this afternoon .

Hubby's been at sons most of the day helping him to lay his new floor tiles in the kitchen, got to go back tomorrow to finish laying them and to grout up the ones they layed today ,its son and DIL's wedding anniversary tomorrow , six years !!

My friend has a Damson tree ,i don't think she has picked them yet ,if they're Bullace Jane you could make Bullace Gin !!
On the market today they had Greengages , i love Greengage Jam !!

Your picking your cookers early Frank, !! i was always told they were ready when the pips were black inside .
Cor... i could just a nice bit of Apple Crumble and Custard !!

Summer puddings lovely ,not hard to make either , just add cream yum !!!
I think i might make one for the little ones they love any thing with fruit.

We were talking today about Meat Paste, use to have a lot of Meat Paste sandwiches , haven't bought any for years .

Every now and again there's an unexploded bomb found on our coast , out come the bomb disposal to blow it up !!!

Frank.Chris says those patches are good.Ros doesn't have to have them on her back.Any hairless bit of skin.Top of the arm or the Buttock are good places to stick.He also said they might not kick in for about 3 days.
They are slow release so will just gradually release the medication.

SORRY LIZ--DON'T KNOW SUMMER PUD---

FRUIT BATTER PUDDING IS GOOD XXX

TORONTO HAD SOME SHOWERS BUT HOT------

Have had two failure notices for the two emails sent with Maureens pics on. Will send them one at a time.

Jane the pick you sent to me are bullace but red ones. Don't know if they will make good gin as never tried them.

Well my walk round the garden ended up with me in the tunnel doing the watering. Then I picked about a 1lb of runners beans two courgettes and two cues. Just got three lines dug for some carrots and the heavens opened up and it poured with rain. OH was digging out a big tree stump and was cross that he had'nt got it out before the rain. He was quite pleased though because he had sown grass seed where he leveled off the lawn along the new build and the earth he took from the veg garden was already damp so the seed should come up quite quickly.

Did'nt do any more ironing.........................

Jane get Chris to use a fork next time on the sloes it is much quicker.

Frank i will ask Chris about those patches when he gets home.I do hope they work for Ros.I can't imagine what it must be like for her.

Kim I hadn't realised you had collapsed I'm sorry I didn't comment.Did it happen while I was away?
I quite like the sound of Raspberry Gin.Do you all remember the pic I sent last year of Chris sat at the patio table pricking each of the Sloe Berries for our Sloe Gin lol.it took him ages to do the whole 1lb.

Mel I think these could be Damsons but they are very small and not ready at all.

Chester is still not himself today he wasn't even bothered with a walk this morning.(not like him at all) :-S :-S.Maybe he is just feeling worn out like me.
It's ridiculous!Maybe there is something in the air.I had to get up at 4am to take a Zirtec I had such a claggy throat.I kept having to clear it every minute or so.But just 15 minutes after having the Zirtec it had cleared and I went back to sleep.Must remember to take one upstairs with me tonight to save me coming down .
I have just realised it is 6.15 I thought it was much earlier.I better get a move on with dinner.

Shirl I don't know exactly where, I'll ask Laura when I talk to her! No takers for 'Summer Pudding'?!!!

LIZ WHERE IN TORONTO DID POLLY GO?

I'D LIKE GIN RECIPE PLEASE XXX

Afternoon All,

We were both weary today so kept out of the garden. We went to Derby instead to look where the Liversage Almshouses were as OH has seen a manager's job advertised that he quite fancies. When I say quite fancies, one minute he does the next he likes being retired! lol There are 13 pretty almshouses buit in the 1800s with a lovely rose garden walled around with decorative railings and a really pretty, fancy wrought iron gate. The trust has several other properties including a care home opposite. The man who bequethed the money in the 1500s was buried 20 feet deep under the chancel!! I never knew burials were ever that deep!! Afterwards we went to the Westfield Centre and looked around the shops, then on the way home we called in a garden centre and I found a really nice pink potentilla for the garden.

Frank, I would have been annoyed about that too. It's a good job they delivered it to you. Poor Ros is having a hard time of it and must be losing weight. Fingers crossed these patches will help her. I shall definitely be drying some of those tom seeds to plant next year!

Mel, hot water on your back in the shower is a real help isn't it. You will have to be careful again for a while now.

No I never got Maureen's pics! I think they needed to be resized to send for me to get them or be sent 1 at a time. I did get the boating lake one when she sent it on its own.

Kim, you must take it easier on your treadmill as you say! It is a good job you weren't still on it when you collapsed.

I wonder how many more unexploded bombs/grenades there are lying around!!

Have I imagined this? Mum never had gas until she was in her 60s and then only the cooker hob, but I seem to remember seeing a gas fire lighter at a friend's house when I was a child. It was like a pole about a foot long with holes each side where the flames came out which you pushed into the firewood in an open grate to light it. It was attached to a flexible gas pipe.

MEgirl,
Your bit about the unexploded bomb reminded me of something, apart from the fact we also used to collect the tail fins off the incedary bombs!
Anyway, when I was in the RAF in the 50's, one weekend I was 'duty armourer' and I had a call from the guardhouse, where a civilian had dug up an old hand grenade! It was still live and the pin was in, but the SP on duty wouldn't touch it and I had to take it from the shelf and get it back to the armoury. I locked it up in a safe room until everyone was on duty and our sargaent and I took it up to the range and exploded it safely out of harms way. I've always wondered how a hand grenade got into someones garden? Maybe some relative brought it back from the wars - a braver man than I, the longer they hang about the more unstable they become.
I love the tales that appear in here, they should all be put into book form and published for prosperity.
Have a nice day everyone <3

Oops ,sorry Liz I said Laura instead of Polly.

Mel I wlll send you a pick of the fruit.Maybe you can tell me for sure what they are.