General Chat

Morning all

Woke up feeling much better today after a rough weekend of the shakes and feeling sick and dizzy. Going to have a bath as my back is still sore, hopefully that will make me feel better.

I see there's been floods by you Jane, that was a lot of water in the picture. Our garden flooded slightly but no where near as bad as that. The rain water came over the patio flags and into our greenhouse, I'm so glad I put plastic containers under the legs of the wooden tables in there and also had my plants on pieces of wood, so everything stayed dry. It did feel strange when I water the plants in the greenhouse today as there is still quite a bit of water in the garden.

I haven't caught up with all the posts as there were far to many to read, so I hope everyone is okay. I did notice you all had family around and had a lovely Easter. I've still got my Easter egg to eat as I couldn't face it over the weekend, so I might have a little piece later.

Love the pic of your sewing Mel, although sewing yourself to it wasn't a good idea lol.

Going to get in the bath now before it goes cold. See you all later.

Morning Gill and all,

I had written a post and oh must have turned the light on in the garage and the leccy went out and I have had a job getting back on here again. I was in first time this morning and could'nt believe it but had to get the error page after turning the pc back on.

Well would you bellieve it we have sunshine this morning nd its very welcome I can tell you.

Shopping day today and I need some grey cotton as I don't seem to have a grey of any kind in my draw and I am running out of Hunters Green. I don't know if they still sell cotton on reels. I know they sell the Gutterman polyester thread. I want Sylko if I can get it.

Good morning to all,

Glad you are feeling a little better Gill. Do you need a back wash ?? lol lol.

No sunshine here Mel, in fact we have more of the wet stuff. Carolyn just called to take Ros out you know where.!!! The plants on the door step are in pots, which are overflowing with water. She has just emptied them all.

One of my bad nights last night. I was in bed by 9.35 pm and still awake at 1.00 am Went to the loo, then into my armchair, reading until 3.45. I did sleep then until Ros got up at 8.30. She didn't bring me tea, as she thought I was still asleep.

Everyone seems to have a lot of water around their gardens. We are so lucky in the village, all roads slope down towards the canal. The canal has an overflow at the bottom of the hill, where any excess water runs off, I assume into the main drainage system. We do get flooding at the bottom of Towcester Road where the water runs down the hill there, and the drains can't cope.

What exciting things have you got planned for today Girls. ?? if like me, you will be sat reading or on the computer. What a life I live :-| :-| :-|

Didn't manage to speak with SIL yesterday, perhaps Susan had taken her out somewhere. So I will try again later. Not that there is much to talk about, but it lets her know I am thinking of her.

Jane, I see that Victoria Derbyshire has a political programme on BBC 2 in the mornings. Is Hannah back from Paris yet ?? I bet she's living on cloud NINE at the moment.

Ros is buying some sliced pork while she's out today. She will make a leek pie for dinner tonight. So all I ned to do is the potato's for mash. NICE AND EASY. !!!

The Lamb that is over, I have wrapped up and put in th fridge for Ros to take to Martine for her Dogs. They will love Ros when she turns up with that. <3 <3

See you all later, have a nice day, whatever you are doing. xxx

Well I have chopped up the leeks and put them in a bowl of water to be washed and done the potato's.

I have been in conversation with a woman from Australia, who use to live, and got married at St Pauls Church in Woodford Bridge, where I was born and grew up. She knew the family name and was at school with my sisters. What a small world it is. lo

It's tipping it down here, and it's very cold with it. I have the heating on and a jumper.

I still haven't eaten yet today, so I am going to get some soup and B & Butter.l

Afternoon All

I just sent Frank an email to say I havent been able to get on Genes at all today. But I thought I wiould give it one more try and Boom ! here I am .
I wont be stopping though as I cant sit long as my back and sciatica has been blooming bad today.
I did see Gill is back :-D. So glad you are feeling a lot better now Gill. You have had a rotten Easter this year.

I will go now as I do need to get some dinner on the go.These light evenings make me forget that it is actually much later than I think.

See you tomorrow.

It looks like we are all having trouble with GENES. I have just had an eMail from Jane saying she is giving up today, trying to get on here, and I see none of you have posted anything apart from me. I love talking to myself lol lol

I have been trying for the passed hour, and didn't even get the ERROR PAGE. After replying to Jane, I thought I would try ONE MORE TIME. and Hey PRESTO here I am.

Have had a message from Susan my niece to say. They know nothing about the funeral as it's being organised by Steve's two daughters. So I will have to sit back and wait to see what's happening, and WHEN. Steve had been separated from his wife for ELEVEN YEARS. I have never spoken to her or his children. and don't even know their names. From what Fran tells me, they and their mother, are right mouthy people. So an experience I yet have to have in meeting them.. ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) That's provided Simon can get time off work to take me down there.

It's stopped raining, but the wind is getting up, so don't know what's coming.

Back from shopping and all unpacked and put away and had a COT and cake.

So you are all having trouble getting on here today.

I went to Lidl and then up the High St for my cotton I needed and some elastic as a pair of my pj bottoms the stretch has gone so they need to be mended as they are a favorite pair.

Hope you feel better tomorrow Jane. Its awful when you get back ache and sciatica.
I am gong to have a nice sit down tonight as I feel like I have been on the go all day. Bet there's nothing on the telly thats interesting. Did anyone see Come HOme last week? Not sure if I liked it or not. Think it could be a bit slow. There are only three of them I think.

I've had terrible trouble with Genes today after my post this morning, I keep getting the error page. I can't get to the end of the thread so I'm leaving it for tonight and I'll try again tomorrow.

Morning all,

Taken me ages to get on here. I have been to Customer Support again and got in through there. Sent them a message again and then went to General Chat and clicked on the thread where I got the first page. Scrolled down the pages and clicked then a few more pages and clicked and then to the 2000 odd and clicked and then got on here by clicking on the last page.

We have sunshine and clouds today and they are grey ones. I have an eye test booked for Friday and I need to go to Holsworthy for chicken food tomorrow so its out on Thursday and Friday to Bideford.

I had trouble getting on yesterday so gave up!! This morning I've leap frogged through the numbers at about 600 at a time, which is a pain but usually works!
We watched Bomber Boys yesterday on catchup. It was well worth seeing and something I know you'd enjoy Frank if you haven't already viewed it.
Another gloomy day so we shall probably go shopping and pickle about! We both need to get onto the garden, but it's just too wet. M rang this morning for a chat which has set us up for the day!

Morning all

Dry here today but there is still a lot of water laying around the garden.

I managed to get on here first time, so that's an improvement on yesterday.

Just like to say congratulations to Hannah on her engagement, the ring was beautiful Jane :-) Is she back from Paris yet?

Hope you find out when Stephen's funeral is Frank and Simon can get time off work to take you.

It sounds like you have a busy week ahead Mel, hope the weather is kind to you when you're out. I've not been watching that programme, but Sandra has on her TV and seems to like it.

I needed to sort my garden out this morning Liz, which wasn't pleasant in all the water, but some of our pots were standing in the rain water so had to be moved as they were getting to wet. It's all done now and hopefully the plants will be okay on dry land. I didn't realise I had holes in the bottom of my gardening shoes, so they have gone in the bin and I'm now using another pair I had laying around......talk about soggy feet lol.

Nothing planned for today so I think I'll take a look at my family tree. I tried to do a bit over the weekend as Ancestry had their British records open for free, but didn't get very far with feeling unwell. Unfortunately they're not open now. I was stuck on one family in particular so could of done with being able to search further.......bad luck being ill I suppose :-(.

Never mind I did find a bit of the problem which is now sorted so it wasn't all bad. I just need to try and find some death dates, but need to find their marriages first. I had a bit of a look yesterday, but again didn't get very far. I'm starting to think they may of moved out of the area they were born in.
Going to take another look now, wish me luck ;-)

Good morning to you all,

Another day in paradise (NOT) Raining when I got up. Have had breakfast and my shower.Will shave a little later, I have to rest in-between shower and shave now.

:-| :-|

Ros has popped out with Carole down the road to take these muffs to a nursing home. Ros isn't too happy about it. As she would have preferred them to go to those who might need them more. There are some NHS homes for people who can't afford little luxuries like these, where as people in PAYING Nursing homes can.

I feel a total wreck this morning. I have had one of my sneezing bouts. I sneezed 30 times straight off. It sends my head all over the place. :-0 :-0 :-0 Thank goodness it's stopped now, but has left me with the shakes. I am going to have a lie on the bed for a while.

See you later.

I see I am talking to myself again. Halo Frank, how are you ???

I'm still here Frank.
Oh dear that's a lot of sneezes no wonder you were left with the shakes and your head all over the place, hope you are feeling better now.

Well, I was right, I was looking in the wrong area for my rellies, they moved to YORKSHIRE of all places. I only came across them by chance when looking for the mother, and found her living with her daughter who had a different surname. That was strange in itself as I found them together in the 1939 register but the daughter didn't marry until 1945 so why she was using her future husband's surname is beyond me. I thought it might of been because she had a child by him and he was away at war, but I couldn't find any children. I also couldn't find her sister, but after looking further it looks like she passed away age 17 also in Yorkshire.

I'm now trying to find the daughter's husband's birth and death details, but without a year of birth or area of birth it's proving quite difficult. I have found someone with the same name being born and died in the Yorkshire area so assume it's him. Although I would like more proof to be certain it's definitely him. I'm also having problems trying to find the death of the daughter's father.

I found the death of the daughter and her probate, no mention of a husband though, so maybe he had already passed away which would fit in with the possible death date I have for him. On her probate it did mention that her dead body was found the day after her being seen alive, so I assume she lived on her own and had someone going round to check on her each day. I have two possible death dates for her now as no one can be certain when she actually died.

:-S Talk about confusing, at least it's keeping me out of mischief :-D :-D

Well, I'll go and see what else I can find. See you all later.

I,m here too Frank. We.ve had lunch. My poor old girl was dead this morning so now I am down to 8 and still have one of my old girls. They are still paddling about in their run and I have tried to make channels to clear the water away but as fast as I get the water moving the chickens tread where I have done it and close the channel up again. Fighting a losing battle comes to mind so I left them to it.

I have stripped the bed and got half of it remade. The mattress is so heavy and dos'nt bend much and having a top and bottom of the bed in wood there's not much room for my little hands to get the sheets down.

I want to wash my hair too this afternoon but am not getting on as well as I thought.

I have just found something I have been looking for for years. Ever since Mandy had Max. Its a dog collar and lead but I don't know if the collar will fit him now???

You are having a lot of problems finding these people Gill. Good luck with your efforts. Hope you find what you are looking for. xx

Mel, the way LABS. grow, it's unlikely that collar will fit Max. You will have to get Many to measure his neck !!! I bet he's quite a big boy now.

Just didn't know what to cook for tonight, so did a Chicken Casserole. Plenty of veg in it. It's in the oven so no standing over the cooker. Just the spuds to boil and mash

We have had rain again most of the day, but the sun has just burst through the clouds.I don't expect it will be for long, as the sky is as black as your hat. ;-) ;-)

Roa went out this morning and got her hair soaked just going across the Car Park at B & Q.

The Mittens went down very well, the two women who showed them around the home thanked Ros for all her hard work. They gave 35 out to all the inmates. (Perhaps that's not the right word, but you know what I mean.) The staff up there total 85 over a 24 hour day. I expect the old people need constant looking after and they need feeding. Ros said that most of the people un there JUST sit in a chair and look as though they have no interest in anything that goes on around them. She said it's such a depressing place, and could not work there for "all the tea in China " A neighbours husband is in there. Ros spoke to him, he took no notice of her as he was in conversation with HIMSELF ;-) ;-) ;-) Bless him.

I might get Ros to take me to the pub tonight. Liverpool are playing Manchester City in a cup match. I KNOW HOW INTERESTED YOU ARE. <3 <3 <3

Afternoon All
Well what a day. We will be having a December wedding (this year !!! ) . I was sure they would get married next year. I don't know details really but it will be a fairly relaxed and not too formal from what I can gather. I feel all in a kerfuffle .I told Chris he better start thinking of his Father of the Bride Speech LOL . I think on Saturday when we go to London I will know more.
Then I had a call from Janice to say she was on her way to Hospital with her son Michel for him to have an MRI as he has a dreadful back problem. He had been in Cornwall for the week with his Girlfriend and young William and little James.On Monday evening the pain was so bad they had to ring 999 and the fire brigade turned up (I think they cover some medical emergencies) .At the same time little James suddenly went floppy and so Rosie(the girlfriend ) called 111 and they sent out an ambulance !!!!. Michel was having gas and air and William said" Daddy ,you aren't going to die like my Mummy Jo? " :-( :-( :-(. So James was whisked off to hospital on blue lights with Rosie. Thankfully James recovered and was ok by the next morning.
As Michel was unable to drive home to Cheltenham his Dad (who is normally a sh**) and lives in Plymouth drove down to Falmouth to bring Michel and William home ,while Rosie drove Michel's car with James. You couldn't make this up could you !!!!!
So today Janice has spent 5 hours at he hospital . They were worried that Michel would have to have the same op as Fitz had on his back but that is not the case,thank heavens as it is not the nerves that are affected. Michel can't stand or sit because of the pain so guess who is having to look after William? Yep Janice again lol. She also has Finn and Amelia with it being the holidays and their Mum and Dad are working. There is never a minutes peace for my lovely sister and Larry.

I think I have waffled on enough now, and now it is 6 o'clock !!! I haven't read the posts today yet.

OH has just come back from the GP and has to have a series of blood tests as it could be kidney problems or a calcium stone. SO, on we go with our health!! At least our GP is very thorough and extremely nice which is one worry less!! I have to go for my final X ray on my hip on the 13th April; hopefully I'll be discharged and that will be the end of that! My sciatica is much better too, so I'm hopefully back to normal!!
Been a horrible day here, sun came out for a while, but it doesn't look very nice now!!
Hope you're feeling better Frank.

Oh dear Jane, your poor family! I do hope your nephew is ok! and your sister not too exhausted and worried.
Lovely. A Christmas wedding! Ian's nephew got married at Christmas two years ago at Beauli Abbey!! Was a bit grand, but absolutely lovely. Yes that speech can be a bit stressful!! Ian did ok though at L's wedding,, so I'm sure Chris will be fine!