General Chat

It's real BRASS MONKEY'S out there. I managed to get the potato's in and the back lawn mowed. My legs and back were aching so much I came in doors.

Ros bought a pair of Sun visor extension's from the BETTERWARE girl, who is saving to go to University. She only charged for ONE so Ros rang her and she was so pleased as she found she was £5.00 down. She called for the money this morning. I only had a tenner and she had no change. I said take the tenner and drop of the fiver some time. I AM NOT ALLOWED to do that. The company says you must not accept a payment if you do not have the change.

"PADDY" and "RASHER" (two local lads who do all garden work) called with the BIG water feature, which they had to bring round in the barrow, one piece at a time. and the galvanized arch. They kindly carried the big bags of compost to the bottom of the garden, and offered to come back in the morning and knock down the small wall and take the rubbish away. I know they won't take anything for doing it, so will leave a few pints behind the bar at the pub.

You certainly had a few bargains there Maureen. Ros is always loosing her secateurs, I find them in the boarders where she has been working, all rusted up and have to be thrown away. I bet she's had 6 pairs since we moved here in 98.

Gill, I have a notice in my deleted emails about solid wall insulation. IT IS FREE. I will look through the deleted file and send it onto you. It tells you how to claim as well I think.

SO it will be "GIVE MY A NAIL AND A HAMMER" then Jane (OLD SONG) when you come to putting up the big mirror (look on Google) you should enjoy it

I am the fish man tonight. Ros bought a nice COD steak for me and a nice small TURBOT for herself. Will just dust them in seasoned flour and fry them in oil.

Off to see how WEST HAM are doing they play this evening. 5.30 pm K O.

See you later, BE GOOD.

HELLO, HELLO,

FIRST THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR MY LOVELY CARDS, I HOPE YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE THEM IN THE PHOTO I SENT
I HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME WITH MY NEICES AND FAMILY NEVER LAUGHTED THAT MUCH IN YEARS.

SORRY I CANT READ TO MANY POST JUST TO LONG FOR MY OLD EYES
BUT AS ALWAYS YOU ARE ALL SO BUSY AND HAVING FUN.

ALSO BODIES FOUND AGAIN.
WELL I HAD ONE OF MY FRONT TEETH OUT ON MONDAY CANT SAY I WAS VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT , SINCE THAT WAS THE ONE I HAD ROOT CANAL ON

AND THIS MONDAY MY EYE INJECTIONS START AGAIN

Oooops spoke too soon. Thanks for the lovely photos. You certainly got a bargain with those water features Frank.

HI THERE SHIRL. I SENT YOU AN E.MAIL

SNOWED AGAIN TO-DAY

Maureen you had quite a meal there and it sounded delicious! lol. It's nice to do that sometimes though and really enjoy it. . I'm always getting told off for leaving my secateurs out so they go rusty and could do with some new ones too.......might have a look at the garden centre sale for some when we go for the bark tomorrow!! Glad you reminded me. You got some good buys at the boot sale today. I miss my big bed of Dahlias, they are such bold flowers and go on all summer. Have forwarded you Jane's photo.

That's good the men will knock your wall down AND clear the mess away for you Frank. The new water feature will give the garden a new look won't it. I must admit I like the sound of running water in a garden. You've been busy planting too.....always miles ahead of me!!!

Shame you lost a front tooth Shirl, but nice to hear from you and it's great you had such a good birthday with lots of laughter. Hope the eye injections don't hurt too much on Monday and I hope they are helping.

HOW LOVELY TO HEAR FROM SHIRL.

GOOD LUCK WITH THE EYE INJECTIONS ON MONDAY.

ARE YOU HAVING A REPLACEMENT TOOTH IN THE FRONT? I HAVE HAD BOTH MY FRONT TEETH OUT RECENTLY BUT HAVE MY NEW GNASHERS NOW AND AM QUITE PLEASED WITH THEM.

MORE SNOW AND WE DID'T GET ANY THAT LAYED THIS YEAR AT ALL ONLY HAIL WHICH LAYED FOR A WHILE AND A SPRINKLING ONCE THAT STAYED FOR A FEW HOURS.

HI B.LUGS, LOVELY TO SEE YOU POSTING. I ENJOYED OUR LITTLE CHAT LAST WEEK. WILL DO IT AGAIN SOON.

The F & C was wonderful, I also found FOUR MASSIVE PRAWNS in the freezer. so they got thawed out and cooked. I ate three while I was waiting for my COD LOIN to cook. Ros had the other one.

Just finished tea. All washed up. Will dry up and put everything away later. Going to sit down now with a beer.

OH SHIRL WHAT A BUMMER HAVING TO HAVE MORE INJECTIONS IN YOUR EYE I HAD HOPED THAT WAS ALL DONE AND DUSTED .AND LOSING THAT TOOTH TOO..GOOD JOB YOU HAD YOUR BIRTHDAY BEFORE ALL THIS

Just had a nice relaxing bath and am ready for bed now..Trouble is I can't stop looking through all these old photos..But I must stopI can start again tomorrow

Ann I hope you get to see some of the procession tomorrow,plus some pics if you can.You might have to sit on OH's shoulders though if there are people in front of you

Night Night x

Hi all

Just a quickie to let you all know that I might not be online for a few days. My mum is in hospital, she was taken in today with heart problems, not sure how long she is going to be in and when she comes out she going to be staying with me for a few days. I don't like the idea of her going home straight from hospital as she lives on her own and she's nearly 70. She never takes it easy and I'm worried, so I've said she's coming here so I know she'll at least have a few days of rest.

I'll be back as soon as I can

Morning all and evening Kim,

Not so bright here at the moment but it is dry and there is some sunshine.

Gill I do hope mum is comfortable now she is in hospital. Best place to be if her heart is playing up. She has someone on hand at all times there careing for her. What a shock for you though. Am sending you all my love and wishes for a speedy recovery for her.

Oh has gone ringing this morning so I have some time to myself so I am going to shower and wash my hair.

See you later.

Afternoon all,

We have lovely sunshine here today , we're having a lazy day ,no cooking for me as we thought we would have a Chinese meal later .

Gill i hope it's nothing too serious with mum ,she's in the best place ,i hope she soon feels better

NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU SHIRL, YOU STILL GETTING SNOW !!
HOPE ALL GOES WELL WITH THE EYE INJECTIONS TOMORROW

I'am going to start on the girls knitting this afternoon and watch a little tele .

Afternoon All,

Well we popped to fetch the bark this morning and got 4 big bags so OH is unloading them now as we carried on for lunch after. Then he took the keys back next door as we were holding them while they were away as the council might have needed letting in to do with the builders application while they were away. As it turned out no one came. They brought me some nice aloe vera products for us doing it which was a nice surprise.

OH was undecided about watching the procession when we talked about it last night as it looked like being cold and he thought we'd see a lot more of it on the telly. Now he's recorded it and as it's sunny we shall pop out at about 3.45pm and see if we can park if it isn't too busy where we plan to go. Yes, I would put high heels on Jane if I could stand in them for long!! If I sat on OH's shoulders it would mean a trip to A & E for him afterwards!!

Sorry to hear about your mum Gill. I know hospital is the best place to be till they sort her out having had a trip there myself for similar reasons last summer! It's a good idea she has someone with her after for a few days like you say as well.

Did anyone watch the prog about race the other night? We had recorded it and it was very interesting. They mentioned a junior school in the city near here who's pupils come from 30 different countries and 46 different languages are spoken. Yet these children are doing the best at school! I know when I was at work, the asian staff saw education as a wonderful opportunity and instilled it in their children and expected them not to waste it.

Just snatching a quick ten minutes to have lunch then I'll go back in the garden. Definitely gardening weather day today, it's really quite warm. There is so much to do out there I doubt I'll even get half way down the garden, but I do want to do the edges and mow the lawn

Sorry to hear about your mum Gill, lucky she's got you to care for her.

I've got the Ta*k Ta*k man coming tomorrow so not sure I'll be on the computer especially if I have to set up this new router.

That's it lunch over so I'd better get back out there.

Afternoon All

Gill I am sorry to read your Mum has had to go to hospital.I do hope that she will be home with you soon.It is a good idea to have her stay for a while with you so you can make sure she is well enough to go home when the time is right
Hope you will be back with us again soon.

Well we decided it was too nice a day to be sat in a cinema so we haven't been.
The Wet and Forget has been done and the lawn has had it's first haircut of the year.
It looks really nice now
I have managed to throw out another load of photos from another box and have sorted them into some kind of order..Still many many more though to go through
I really must get some Albums.

Ann I am sure you will see far more of the procession on the tv.I suppose you could have been standing around for hours waiting for it to come through.At least you will be in the warm

Mandy the I don't know if I remarked on the Jackets you will be making.The children will look very smart in them .You clever Nannie

I didn't see that programme Ann.But I remember the Asian Children who were at school with Hannah and James.They were all very high achievers.Sometimes though I did think that 'education ' seemed to be so important to the parents that the children sometimes seemed to miss out on 'leisure' time.

I love Aloe Vera things.I did have a little Aloe V plant and i would break of bits if I had a cut or sore bit of skin and rub the sap in.it was very soothing Shame I somehow managed to kill the plant

When i was going through the photos today I found several from James's school days and Johnny was in a fair few. .He was a lovely looking boy back then.
James always pulled faces and spoiled photos ..He still does .

I'll BBL .Just need to get Chicken Tonig** French Country sorted and in the oven.

i HAVE CUT THE PALM OF MY HAND OPENING THE GUN. Sorry did'nt mean to shout it............I had sent a reply to an email from Shirl. Oh has put a huge plaster on my hand and it is hard to type.

I opened the gun with my hand in the wrong place and as I broke it the end of the barrel bit has square edges and this is what went into my hand. It's a V shape cut just by the crease that goes across the palm. It bled like anything so oh said it should be clean!!!!

Evening all,

Well I am here just about !!! After me praising the F & C. at about 11.00 pm I started to feel Sick and spent the next SIX HOURS with my White Friend. I was bad from both ends. !!! It got to the stage where I was frightened to go to sleep in case of an accident. I finally dropped off around 5.30 am and was up again by 8,30 as I had "PADDY" coming at 9.00 am.

The wall is all down, and he has fixed the loose bricks and pointed some of the slabs. As I said, he wouldn't take any money, so will put £20.00 of beer behind the bar next time I am in there.

Needless to say I haven't been doing anything today other than prepare and cook dinner. I only had a little dinner tonight, I didn't want to take any chances.

Sorry to hear about Mum Gill. Trust it won't be long before she's home with you.

What a beautiful day we have had. The sun was quite warm on my back as I sat talking to "PADDY".

Early night for me tonight. to say the least.

Will try to reply to your posts tomorrow.

ooh Mel that sounds painful especially in that crease .Each time to open your hand it will make it open up
Frank was it the fish that did it???? Batter? Both ends sounds more like food poisoning to me,or at least some kind of intolerance to something .Hope tum and bum have settled now and there is no re-occurance .Bet your white friend had enough of your visits last night

I am hoping to stay awake to watch Louis Theroux tonight..I seem to have lost track with Poldark which will be on at the same time.Only 45 minutes to go !!!!!

Hi All

Just had a quick look at all your posts. Mum is here with me and she has asked me to say thank you for all your good wishes. She's feeling a little better now and is going to stay with me for a couple of days before going back home.

I will read all the posts in full tomorrow.

Bye for now Gill

Mr S on now so I'm off to Ebay.

Glad your mum is O.K. Gill. How far does she live from you.??

Jane I can only assume it was the fish. (NO BATTER) or the BIG Tiger prawns .

All good this evening after my dinner. I must admit I threw more away than I ate. I don't like to waste food like that.

When I got "PADDY" a coffee this morning, I came down the conservatory steps and bashed my left knee on the handle of the barrow. It was right under the kneecap. on my bad leg. Oh I said !!!!!

Oh Mel I bet that was painful. That will teach you not to play with guns
Do you think you should have it checked, as the oil on the barrel might have infected it.???

I see you have green fingers Jane I could kill a plant just by looking at it.

See you all in the morning.

O love to your mum Gill. I was rushed into hospital a few years ago as the top part of my heart had stopped working and I had no energy at all. It can be so frightening. I do hope she will rest now she is with you and feels better soon.