General Chat

Afternoon All,

I bit of drizzle here earlier, but we went out in the garden and did a few more feet of rocks. OH had to shovel a lot of soil away and lift out some rocks from where they were and put them near to me ready for their new position. I can't believe all the ants nests we've disturbed and they don't like it one bit and give quite a nip!! When we'd had enough we got showered and went to treat ourselves at The Shires at Peatling Parva where they do a good deal for 'seniors' on a 2 course carvery!!! Four meats and a big selection of veg, we both had apple and blueberry crumble to follow. OH could hardly move after and is flopped out reading the paper now!! lol

What lovely pics of James and Hannah Jane!! Very natural. Sounds like you had a memorable day and tingly fingers from all the clapping. There were quite a few to clap for!!

Frank, it was quite a day when your son did your fence by the sounds of it, both of you soaked to the skin!! No wonder you remember it so well. I remember all those floods everywhere. It was memorable too when ours blew down. OH rang me in hospital the day after I'd had an operation to tell me!!

Methinks Mel will be in the garden today and her OH doing the drive. Do you ring at more than 1 church Mel? It shows fine weather till after the weekend here so I think a couple of loads will be in the washer later.

What awful weather Kim, floods and torrential rain and your poor OH having to go out in it and clear drains!! I hope you get some energy back soon, but I expect you need to take it easy a bit after the trip to the docs. I love the pic of you as a baby......such a smiley girl!

Hope you get your washing dry Fiona.

Afternoon All
Thanks for the photo's Jane , Wow what a lot of people, I can imagine your hands would have been red raw with all that clapping, James looks very smart and very proud, what a lovely girl Hannah is too.
Glad you all had a lovely day and it's so good that the weather was warm & dry.

OH due home any minute, landed at Edinburgh Airport an hour ago, so I will have to get the kettle on.

I was going to the park with Sofia this morning but she fell asleep in the car, so daughter no 1 just went home.


It's dry at the moment of to put some washing on the line.
BBL

Hello everyone,

Just passing through to the couch. Wishing you all a good day - not much energy at the moment. Torrential rain continuing, strong winds and flooding, but still here. OH had to clear drains down the side of the house and the water was just reaching the bottom of the windows. All clear now.

Fiona bloody annoying and so rude when tradespeople can't ring to say they are running late or can't make it at all.

Looking forward to seeing the pics when it is finished Pat.

Off to watch tv - I will catch up with all your posts tomorrow.

Bye for now, Kim 9.34 pm EST

Afternoon all,

Jane, so pleased everything went well for you yesterday, and the rain stay off. When you said Hannah went Frank. I read it as Hannah DID a Frank. I thought she had fallen over. :-D :-D :-D :-D

David will be in the panic mood at the moment. Making sure everything gets packed, and unloaded into the right rooms. :-S :-S :-S :-S

Don't push your luck Mel, The washing will still be there tomorrow. Enjoy the sunshine. We haven't got it here, just showers. I will have to dodge them to go to get a few pots for dinner tonight. Made a Lasagne for tonight with Garlic bread and new pots. Hows that tunnel coming on.????

Annx, We had our fence down in the year of the floods. My son bought all the materials up on his truck, We got it unloaded in all the rain. He then had to go and lay three lawns with turf. As he had spent a lot of time with me. I went with him to help. The rain was so heavy, it was washing the earth away as we laid the turf. It was for a three show houses, so it didn't matter just needed green grass all around. I know that year. Might have beeb 96/98. The country was flooded and Northampton streets were under 4ft of water in places Will have to Google it.

I trust Kim is feeling a bit better today and taking care of herself.

Shirl, Did you find your way home from Qntarrio. :-D :-D :-D :

Trust all my dear friends are well, and have a good day.

Morning Everyone from a very tired me.
Have just sent a few pics but none with me in I'm hoping Hannah might have something better on her camera that she will pass on to me.
It was a great day and just such a wonderful place to have the ceremony.Luckily the rain stayed away .It was cloudy and very warm ,and when we came out of the Cathedral it was very breezy .
Hannah went Frank she came down on the train from London,and James's girlfriend Jess was there too.We had a lovely meal out on the Tuesday night in a little village just 10 minutes from our Hotel.
I have been trying to count the number of Graduates but keep loosing count.James was the 139th on to collect his certificate and I think all in all there were between 400 and 500.It got a bit tiring clapping for each one lol

I have to go out now but will BBL.
I hope all goes well today for David and the move.

Morning and at the moment the sun is out. I took one look in the linen basket and thought why spoil it, lets enjoy a bit of sun first.

Sods law if I put something in the machine it will turn cloudy and rain :-(

Hope Pat's workman have turned up on time today and she gets some long awaited work done.

If this weather holds today guess where I shall be? :-D

I wonder how many tears escaped Jane's eyes yesterday. Bet she was really really pround. What a wonderfull thing for the family.

Night Night all, GOD BLESS

Time I was off to bed too, just been waching a bit of Tv and didn't realise the time.
night night
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx :-D

Hi all,

Just thought I would pop in before shutting the chickens in.

Pat what a bad day you have had today. Poor you and I do feel for you.

OH has'nt been abe to do any of the brick work up the side of the road as it has been so wet for the last week. He has all the bricks lined up on the grass and will have a lovely yellow line up alongside when he does move them.

Mandy glad the finger was'nt too bad today for Chelsea, I bet she won't do that again either!

Waiting for OH to come home from ringing. Have got my hoover bags roday so had a good go through while he was out. Washed my hair too. So I have been quite busy and got a lot done today.

Hope everything went off ok for Jane and family today. Bet they sleep well tonight.

They get these bruises and you wonder how they get them ,Katie has another bump on her head again ,at the moment it's why walk when i can run ,and then down she goes , my heart is in my mouth with her some times :-S
The little ones do clear up now , they have a race to see who can put the most away ,but i still find cows and pigs and lego under the chairs and sofa LOL

Well that's me done for today , Night Night everyone .

She's very good then Mandy.....makes the pennies buy more! When you look how much the clothes are reduced in sales and how soon they grow out of them it makes sense.

There was a harassed dad with 2 tots in the waiting room at the docs this morning. When their names were called, he got up saying come on children, but by the time he got out of the door the little girl had run back in the waiting room for her dolly and the little boy was heading out of the building through the automatic doors thinking they were going home!!! The dad didn't know which way to turn. Then in the chemist the little boy was playing on the chairs with his sister waiting for dad who was in a queue. Dad just shouted come on and started striding out of the shop with the little girl racing behind. The little boy panicked and jumped down off the chair, missed his footing and banged his head on the chair quite hard, but was up like a shot and racing after his disappearing dad who hadn't even noticed!!

I was just thinking of Mel trying to get that kitty's paw out of the bike wheel and all the scratches she must have got!! Not an easy job!!

Family all gone home now, SIL came for Sofia & also took daughter no 2 & boyfriend home.

Mandy ,glad little Chelsea's finger is not to bad, daughter no 1 phoned me yesterday concerned over Sofia's right ear it was all bruised in the inside and outside, the bruiseing just appeared yesterday afternoon and daughter couldn't imagine where it come from, it was not till daughter no 2 saw it this afternoon that she remembered Sofia falling on Monday evening and bumping the right side of her face, she did not cry so we didn't make a big thing about it. I was not in the room at the time so didn't see it happen, we think that could be why the ear is bruised, told daughter no 1 just to keep an eye on it.

Well I'm going to tidy up all Sofia's toys now she is gone, I really must start getting her to help pick them up and but them away herself with just a little help from gran :-D :-D

Ann, my DIL finds all the bargains lol she very rarely buys things at full price ,even the childrens clothes she will buy in the sales !! but she won't buy children's clothes at the boot sale .
I was very tempted by a sewing machine at the car boot , £25 and it looked quite new !! mine has gone wrong ,i must get it looked at .

No Jane didn't say what it was she had to do at the wedding did she , she's had other things on her mind , i hope they all enjoyed today and that it was dry for them , looking forward to some photo's .

I expect David is busy packing up last minute things , the kettle will probably be the last thing to pack and the first thing out of the box !!

Mandy, your DIL did well getting all those toys at such bargain prices. I wouldn't have minded the Bratz dolls myself!! lol I did think about collecting them once.......Bratz is more 'me' than Barbie!! lol Books are always a good buy too. I bet the children love boot sales.

I wonder how Jane got on today. I was thinking, she never did say what the role was that she was to play at the wedding did she??

I bet David has been working hard today.......all those last minute things to do. I wonder if his computer is packed yet!!

That's the same kind of fence as ours Frank but we had a depth of 2 gravel boards at the bottom so we didn't have to bend as far or have so much to paint! Solid as a rock as you say. You are lucky to have your son do yours.....I remember it being quite expensive at the time (2003). My OH was like yours Fiona, always travelling about and no time to do much at home and to be honest the last thing he fancied was DIY when he was home. It doesn't bode well with the chap being unreliable does it and it is so annoying when you cancel things to wait in and they don't turn up.......worse still, don't even bother to let you know!!

We had a quote from the paver to do our patio today. I couldn't believe the price......so cheap!!! I thought the slabs would cost what he has quoted for the whole job which includes relaying and grouting a path as well. He did say he could get good discounts though. We were pleased with some work he did on the front drive 2 years ago after he was recommended to us so we know he'll do a good job........it's just getting him here to do it as he is so busy!!

Liz, the cabin sounds a good size and don't they put them up quickly!! Is there some kind of chalet already there as you will sell it? You did well to remember all your shopping, forgetting the list is one of my (many) failings!!!

A new pic Maureen? Who's who on this one. I like the hairstyles!

I finished redoing the other side border today (bigger) so OH will be shifting soil in there tomorrow. Everything we do, something seems to need moving before we can do it!! He's gone to footie tonight and is meeting up with an old work colleague whose team is playing opposite. I bet he comes home soooo glad that he retired when he did!!! lol

Evening everyone,

It's been quite a nice day here ,we had a little sun and its been quite muggy .
I was really surprised today when Chelsea showed me her finger , i thought it would be black ,but she only has a small red mark on the end .

Went to the car boot , DIL got Jake some Ben Ten figures ,the chap wanted 40p each for the figures ,DIL asked how much for the lot and he said £3 !!! there must be at least thirty altogether ,some sell for about four or five pounds !!!
She bought Katie a doll for £3 ,when she looked online they sell for £40 !!!
Chelsea had a bag that holds Bratz dolls ,inside there were eight dolls with all the clothes and bits and pieces ,this was £7 !!!
I bought three books .

Kim, SIL had the operation when she was quite young , it took her ages to get over it , i don't think many people had had it done before her ,she hated the winter months .
I do hope the patches work for you ,worth a try as you say .

Fiona, so annoying waiting in for some one to ring and they don't !! either he wants the job or not , i wonder if he'll remember to ring you back !!

Pat, what a to do with the bath , bet you were cross having to run another and ending up with just a few inches of water ,when you were looking forward to a nice soak !! you've just got to keep thinking that it won't be long now before it's all done .

Maureen and co

Look out for a photo change soon..This one is of me and my brother on the back of a donkey in Clacton,,,

Well today has gone from bad to worse..The plasters turned up first...they then had to wait for the electrician... The sparkie had to take the light out of the ceiling in the bathroom and put new one up in kitchen and wire the exctractor up.
The bathroom ceiling had to be taken down...the poor bloke was covered in black dust from the loft......then he had to hack the plaster off the walls. Hit a water pipe...All I heard then was where s the stop cock water peeing out up here..There were 2 of them plus the electrician....
We have been waiting since 11 am for the plumber he was doing other work,,,he arrived about 5.15..Good job my husband was home...

So havent been able to offer cups of tea or have one for myself...Have started on the vodka and coke,,,,Cant sort dinner yet...Only haveing a curry ..
Also had a man around to talk about the decorating

So tomorrow the wallpaper will be put up ready for painting..The sparkie has to come back to put a temp light up in bathroom..
He put my new kitchen light up which are 4 spots lights and broke a bulb..

The bathroom didnt get plastered today after all. because of the delay..They will be back on friday now.

Having another early night again....Dinner cooking at last now.

Been to market and got some chicken food and my hoover bags which I forgot last time. Wanted two packs but they only had one!!

Yes Mandy how is your grandchilds finger today. I once had a kitten who got it's paw stuck in my sons byke chain. It was playing around the byke which was in his bedroom. It did'nt half scratch me while I was trying to get it free. It never went near the byke again.

Frank, Probably OH could do the fence with the materials from B&Q he is very handy at DIY jobs but he just doesn't have the time,
With him travelling away so much every week and he had so many other jobs to catch up and spend time with me and his family on his weeks holiday, that he just cannot fit everything in, he would rather get some else in to do the job and pay them,we will wait and see what the cost is Frank and then decide if we will give this man the job

you are lucky to have family close by to do jobs for you. My SIL is a wizz at finacial matters but useless at DIY. lol :-)

Maureen what is it with children , I agree I can not understand why Sofia runs one way and is always looking over her shoulder the other way then bang straight into the wall or door ouch!!! :-S

I'm Here :-D.
Ironing done for the week, got a few hours free now before taking it back all back. Probably won't move from the computer till then.

I bet poor little Chelsea's finger is really sore today Mandy, it always amazes me when I see children running in one direction and looking in the opposite.

Isn't that strange Pat, that me and my brother are like you and yours ...... if I didn't know my dad better, I'd start thinking we might be related, but he was definitey a one woman man and I'm sure your mum was faithful too. ;-) Could go back another generation though as I know my grandad was 'a bit of a ladies man' he was a lorry driver and had ladies all over the country ;-)

I hope all is going well for Jane and the family, look forward to seeing some pictures.

Yes thanks Mel, Ann sorted it out. I don't use Microsoft Word much and when I came to use it everything had changed on there. Knowing me the next time I use it I will have forgotten what she told me to do ...lol