General Chat

I am feeling much better thank you Liz, I can't take ibuprofen but paracetamols seem to be doing the trick, it should all settle down by tomorrow.

Oh Jane what a nuisance breaking those eggs, I remember cleaning out the fridge once, as the fridge part was at the bottom and the freezer at the top I was bent down, I dropped a couple of eggs and automatically put my legs together to catch them, you can imagine the mess.

I love the sea too and have always had a yearning to live close to the sea but I suspect the idea is better than the reality.

I did send you an e.mail a few days ago Liz, did you not get it, let me know and I will try again, I would love to see a picture of dear old Merlin.

One of my favourite programmes is back on tonight, Gogglebox, I can hear Frank groaning already. Who would have thought a programme on watching people watching TV would be so funny.

Lovely photos of dear Melin Liz..Was he a well behaved boy?His ears looked like they were back a little bit :-D.Nice to see Ian too :-D

Yes Frank the Squirrel is beginning to be a right pain in the rear :-S.Chris is always saying it will be a dead one soon same as the bunnies .But so far they are all safe :-D
I really don't like the idea of killing anything. :-(

Well my house doesn't know what's hit it these last 2 days.I don't think I have had a cleaning spree like this for yonks.My poor little hands are all dried out.I hate wearing rubber gloves.
Dinner is in .I have 2 Memphis BBQ style Chicken Crowns,a big tray of charlottes,red,yellow and orange peppers,red onions,mushrooms.Broccoli and Asparagus.James will have his as soon as he gets in as he is off to Jess's tonight.Janice and Larry should be on their way now.I said we would eat at 7.30 as it is quite likely they could be held up with road works somewhere on route.
We will leave here about 10 in the morning to go to Hannah.I have bought some delicious deserts today to take( that is our contribution) plus lots of soft drinks.She has the booze :-DJanice is bringing one of her Broccoli and Stilton Quiches that she is famous for.
Hopefully James and Jess will get to Hannah by lunch time.Jess WILL HAVE TO GET UP !!.Matthew Janice's son will not have too far to come from Peckham.It is such a shame his girlfriend won't be there as I haven't met her yet.But she is in Amsterdam.

Gill ,no reply from my request to see this persons tree. :-S.You are so lucky to have had good responses from people.

How is little Lewis today Mandy? Any less trots?

Fiona ,how did Katherine's interview go this week? I really hope it is good news for her.

My oven is pinging .I think the chicken is cooked.

Maureen, I've pm'd you! Jane, Merlin hates the smoke that wafts about while his shoes are being fitted. It really stinks and he always tries to pull away from it! Apart from that, he's very good as it is quite a performance!!!

Evening all,

Not so much sun today ,it went over so black earlier i thought it was going to pour with rain .

Yes bit of a let down with East Enders ,i thought it would be one of the main actors that killed her ,but i carn't see Jane moving the body on her own she must have had some help, but who ?? and then there's Cathy making a return !! she been dead for years !! :-S

You must be glad it's all over and done for another three years Maureen , just the wind to cope with now :-0 at least being on your own you don't have to worry about getting rid of it :-D must be painful until it's all gone .

Oh Jane eggs make so much mess and are a devil to clean up ,i think it's salt you should pour over them it makes it easier to clean up .

I had some huge eggs from the farm ,all double yolkers £2 a doz .

Hubby was after a yogurt in the fridge the other day ,i had told him to be careful as the pot of single cream was open .....over it went !! i didn't know there was so much cream in one of those small pots !! it went over every shelf and into the salad box before running out the door and over the floor tiles , it's so greasy to clean up !!

It's a shame you don't have a friend who fishes Frank ,you could have gone with them and there would some one to keep an eye on you ! :-D

I noticed soil over our patio ,then i realised it was the birds pecking at the pots ,they don't half make a mess.

Thanks Liz for sending the photo's ,nice to see Merlin again ,and OH too :-D

Lewis is just the same ,still going poor little boy

Are you all off to Hannah's for her birthday Jane ? have i missed a post of you
saying ?

Gogglebox is one of my favs too Maureen :-D :-DI have hopefully pressed the right button to record the whole series.Not sure I will get to see it tonight.
Great news then .No more cameras up the rear end for 3 years :-D.What a relief.
I hope no-one heard my language when I dropped those eggs.The air was quite blue :-S.They were lovely free range ones I buy in the garden shop.Good job I wasn't planning a cooked breakfast in the morning.Chris has made some nice bread though for scummy toast :-D

Oh gawd the Chicken has chilli in the rub stuff.I had a little pick when I carved just now and now I have chilli lips :-S :-S

Frank those people flagging down cars in our area have stopped me before.I was offered a gold ring to take one of the men to a petrol station .There were 3 others sitting in a car on the slip road going onto the A14.He said he was German !!!!.German my ar**.They were Not Anglo Saxon(I put it that way ;-))....As soon as he tried to put this ring through the window I was off like a rocket.I saw the same car twice in the following months parked on the slip roads.I wish I had rung the police then.
I bet it is the same gang now :-S :-S :-S

Janice and Larry still haven't arrived.Good job I said dinner isn't just yet :-D.I know she was working until 4 and then I think they had to drop young William off and also the dogs at the kennels.

Evening All,

Lovely pics of Merlin and Ian Liz. Merlin has just the same expression my Welsh boy had! He hated the smell of his toenails burning! It always amazed me how dogs seemed really attracted to the bits the farrier cut off. :-S

Well you must be very glad that that's done now Maureen! That trapped wind takes a while to shift and can be very uncomfortable so you were best off at home with your feet up like you said. My friend is on a 3 yearly regime too now, much better! No, those things aren't fixtures are they. I remember taking a shed with us when we sold my first home. Usually people negotiate a seperate price if they want things like that or furnishings.

Gill, that is disappointing, but at least you will be feeling more well by the time you have the next viewing. Don't get downhearted. It only needs just 1 person to want your house. I hope you find some new information on the new trees you now have permission to see. It's always exciting!!

Another water lover here, and as you know I often go walking along the reservoir, river and canal walks near here with my camera. I think it is cooler near water which suits me very well in the summer. I love the sea too, the movement of it can be mesmerising. The breeze is refreshing too with the salty slightly seaweedy smell. I've never been one for lying on beaches much, but I love a bracing walk along a deserted beach looking at what the sea has washed up. We are both water signs Jane. ;-)

That must have been quite magical watching the sun come up over misty water Frank......I must see if I can get up early and get some pics of something like that this summer! OH won't mind coming with me, he loves a walk anyway and doesn't mind getting up early.

We went to Tamworth after lunch today as I wanted to go into Hob*ycraft to get some beads for next Friday's class. They didn't have any to properly match the pendant I have at the place I went to the other day but I got exactly what I wanted today! :-D Of course I bought other things as you do!! Even I was surprised what it came to......it's not a cheap place, but they do have some nice things!! They had some of those fat quarters Mandy used before and that I hadn't heard of till then.

We called at MIL's as it was on the way back and they will be getting a proper ramp fitted up to the front door next month instead of the short little things they have been using which we thought were dangerous. They are liking the new stairlift which is making things easier for them and FIL seemed much better now his BP is back to normal.

Well I am out of the way till 9.00 pm. I just mentioned who is that behind the pub on the floor. Off she went, I TOLD YOU YESTERDAY. Forget I said, I am not getting worked up over a Bl###y soap.

The only fried I had who could have taken me fishing, died over a year a year ago.So thinking of it, it might not be the best idea I have had today. Sid had a heart attack and fell in the lake.. I did tell you all about it.

Those eggs sound good value Mandy. I must go up to the pub in Gayton, they get double yolker's from a farm nearby. I forgot to ask last time I was there.

I think we have all tried to catch a falling object, eggs, tomato's milk bottle etc. Never with much success. But if we don't try we wouldn't know if we might have saved it. ;-) ;-) ;-) I sometimes drop a saucepan and try to stop it with my foot, not a good idea as it hurts like mad if it hits you wrong.

Is it Hannah birthday tomorrow Jane, ?? Is that why all the family are meeting at hers ?? Give her my best wishes, and hope you all have a lovely meal out somewhere (you usely do)!!! Are you driving down or catching the rattler. ??

I can hear one part of E E has finished only another half hour and I can watch Bear Grills. That should be good entertainment for a change !!! :-P :-P :-P

No lunchtime football tomorrow, so I will stay at home. BUT Sunday. WEST HAM are playing SPURS at midday So you know where I will be then. I can cook dinner when I return hic hic.

I have recorded the Canal programme, which I enjoyed last week. So will watch that in the morning while Ros is out shopping.

I will just mention. There are some SCUMBAGS trying to stop cars around the COUNTRY and asking for a lift to the petrol station, or asking for money for petrol and offering a gold ring or watch. BE CAREFUL I have told ROS not to stop for anyone and to phone the police as soon as it is safe to do so. IT'S JUST A WARNING. I get regular updates from Northants Police that's how I know about this.

I can hear Corrie on now, so E.E. must be a wash out as a live programme. Unless she has recorded it :-D :-D :-D

Still no word from our SHIRL, I trust she is looking in, if so I send my love <3 <3 <3

Have I missed a post too???? I know you said it was Hannah's birthday in a few days but thats all I read. Are you all going to Hannah's??

I obviously missed it too! Jane did mention getting 2 nice tops for Hannah. :-) Have a nice time anyway Jane!

They've emptied one of the canal locks in the city for maintenance and amongst all the rubbish there were 7 looted safes that had been chucked in there!!

Why when you drop a bar of soap in the shower does it land on your toe a lot of the time! :-S

I watched the Bear Grills program Frank. I like Emilia Fox and James Fox so was intereted to see how they got on. I thought James would have been more organized than he was. Surely they could have worked out how to put the hammocks up properly. They needed my Oh there to give them a hand with everything.

I'm a water sign too Ann! Aquarius the water carrier! Mid Jan - Feb. I loved living by the sea when Ian was in the Fleet Airarm the first two years we were married. First at Culdrose in Cornwall, and then Portland. Our son was as born in Cornwall, but I enjoyed living on Portland Island the best as it was closer to home, our garden went nearly to the edge of the cliff, and you could sit on the wall and wave to the sailors on passing ships!! Weymouth beach was lovely and we had a small boat that we used to go round Portland harbour on a summers evening to look at the ships, and the creepy submarines. My parents used to come and stay as they too loved the sea. They were happy days!

We are all of to bed now.Been sitting chatting at the dining table for ages.
No it's not Hannahs birthday yet.it is next month The reason why we are all going is that she just wanted to have a little get together with all the family at hers.
I probably won't be back now until late tomorrow.So until then
Tatty Bye xx

She hasn't got some news to impart has she Jane with gathering all the family........like a new boyfriend maybe?

Oh yes Liz, I forgot you are a water sign too!! That was an interesting start to your married life and nice places to live with the sea so close. We drove by Culdrose when we were in Cornwall last year. It covers a big area doesn't it. I have never lived by the sea, but like to 'see' it every year if I can!! Maybe one day I might end up living nearer the coast......who knows! :-)

Off to bed now. I think there is supposed to be some snow forecast in our region tomorrow, but more to the west of us. It sounds like it will be colder anyway. Night night......xx

Morning all and evening Kim,

Bright and sunny here at the moment but there is a very cold wind with it and some clouds sudding across the sky.

Nothing planned for today except the shop for the paper then it is stay inside in the warm.

I have a feeling it is going to be very quiet on here today.

Morning all, evening Kim,

I am one little tired boy. I woke at 3.35 for the toilet, and fore the life of me couldn't get back to sleep, so I was up making tea by 4.15 am. Then I had toast and honey with my 2nd.

I put catch up on and watched the canal programme, followed by that DOM Littlewood and the dodgy builders. You can't believe that these people ever get work. One woman who had a disabled child, had to wait for SEVEN YEARS. and still the builder hadn't finished the work. Dom stepped in and completed the work in 3 weeks. A real eye opener for anyone wanting a "TRADES MAN"

Just watching the Blackbirds throwing the pebbles out of the pots again.

:-D :-D I wish they would put them back when they finish LOL Blue
tits busy round the nest box also.

The weather can't make up it's mind. Sunshine then cloud and it seems the wind is getting up.

As a child the only place we ever went was SOUTHEND ON SEA. (Thames estuary) No sand just mud flats. but we were able to go in the water. That was our Annual trip :-( :-( :-(

I always managed to take MY two children away to the seaside for days out, and for two weeks in the summer. How I ever afforded it I don't know.

Ann it just goes to show what these TEALEAFS do with the safes etc. I know when my shop got broken into, the stole the till with the float in it, that was found in a local lake close to the edge. They caught the little so and so and his mates, as someone got the car registration. I got nothing in compensation nor even for the booze and fags they took. Nice little boys (I DON'T THINK)

I don't use a bar of soap in the shower, but the shower gel often ends up on the floor as does the shampoo bottle and nail brush. (Flaying arms) ;-) ;-)

Liz, that must have been an experience going round the BIG SHIPS in your little boat, I bet you felt like a pimple on an Elephant's bum. lol


Off for a coffee, and a read of my book, if I can stay awake.

We did Frank!! I can remember years later when the boat we had was somewhat larger, sailing in Portsmouth Harbour and going alongside the American Aircraft Carrier, USS John F Kennedy!! It was SO huge and being close up to.it was quite frightening!!! Of course these days you wouldn't be allowed near it, but this was in the early 1980's before the threats we now all face.

We've got hailstones just as I was going out the door to the shop. I shall wait till it stops as I have to put some eggs on my table on the way out.

Afternoon All,

We just had hail here too, but the sun is shining now. :-) OH has gone to a match near Nottingham after our trip to the village tearoom and garden centre. The lady who runs it has lost about 6 stone in weight and looks so different now. :-0 How she's managed it I don't know with cooking and serving food every day. She makes all her own cakes and pies as well. The leek and stilton pie is particularly nice. She's given me a 20% off coupon for M&S for today as she won't be able to use it. We were going to the retail park tonight anyway as we will be ordering our settees before the sale finishes this weekend.

Frank it's awful when you can't sleep like that, but they do recommend getting up like you do when it happens. I sleep better now, but because I take one of my tablets at night and they keep changing the brand at the chemist's, I get indigestion with some and have to go to bed late after that has settled down! The tablets all have the same ingredient, but some must have different fillers or coatings that cause it. :-S Next time I give them my prescription I shall ask what they will be giving me I think and then go elsewhere if they can't give me the brand that agrees with me!! I have watched Dom before and like his down to earth approach. As you say there are some right dodgy traders about so you do have to be careful. Thanks for the info on those people who try to stop you in your car!!

I could have easily come home with an adorable puppy yesterday!! A tiny black and tan, smooth coated scrap with ears like a Labrador's. He was tied up to the railings outside a shop and getting soaked in the rain. Not happy at being left he kept launching himself forwards to gallop into the shop but couldn't understand why he was getting nowhere. Then he would sit down making little wittering noises for a minute or so. He was all over everyone going into the shop, desperate to make as many new friends as possible and most couldn't resist him. By the time I came out of the shop he'd gone. I thought about him this morning when I read about that cute little blind 8 week old puppy that was dumped in a ladies toilet cubicle at some motorway services. Why don't these people take their animals to a rescue centre rather than leave them to fend for themselves? It had a happy ending though as the manager where he was found has given him a home and has another dog that will be his 'eyes'. :-)

Have a lovely time at Hannah's Jane, I love family get togethers seeing all my grown up children chatting to one another while their little ones play. How's that gorgeous grandson of Janice's, love to see a pic when you can get one, bet he's grown a lot.

Yes I'm glad I don't have to go for 3 years, they must have extended it, used to be 2 or yearly as in my case, they have these screens so you can see what they are doing, don't suppose many people can say they've seen up their own b*cksides !!!

I like to have a wander round Ho**ycraft Ann and it's difficult resisting temptation they have some really nice things, like you said they are a bit pricey probably because they don't have much competition. Kingston has a very good shop, it's mostly materials, cottons and zips etc. but they are really reasonable. Not many places you can buy arts and crafts stuff these days.

Well I'd better get back to my card painting, it's not going very well, I'll give it another go and if it's still not going well will give up for today, there are plenty of other things I can be doing.