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Gotta be crazy to live in this world, Donna, lol. SuzyQ, that's a horrible story about your poor granddaughter. How old is the little poppet? Where does this creep live???? Have Laurie and Jood been tossed out of Archives for all their chatting? ~~~waves to our Shaz~~~ Lew Lew xxx

~~~~~~~~~~ on the way through. The Senior's Lesiurely Lunch was nice :) Lovely piccy's of house and furniture, Mary Say Shazz, did your historic group mention Elderslie (the original homestead) which i think may be closer to Camden. My great, great grandma was sent there as a 12 yr old orphan, to work. Mary Chilvers was her name. She must have met great, great Pa - John Hall - while working there. Would love to know if the original property was still around?? Many of the Halls are buried in the Liverpool pioneer cemetry. Don't know where John Hall came from but they were in the Butcher's trade. Vonny

Good afternoon Wattlers did you think I had scarpered with all our winnings? & that I had gorged myself on polly wafflers with the dosh - lol. No just joking. Forgot all about Lotto ticket on Saturday night and didn't realise until I read thread today that we had won sumfink - now just have to find the darn ticket. Shall we do another extra ticket this week? Trifley so pleased you are feeling a bit better ((gentle huggles)). Well we moved 60 barrow loads of dirt sunday, the front yard of the cottage looks like rabbits went on a raid and they left nothing behind. Garden beds are formed and the area for the lawn (if we ever get one )is level. Thought I would be sore but no just totally k*******d! Unheard of for me but I was tucked up in bed at 8.30pm Sunday night - Ken thought I was sick! Glad to hear from Gwenda and Wattie, hope you continue to have a wonderful time. Mary new furniture was worth the wait! John looks in his element at the bbq - what is it with men and fire? ~~~~~~~ to everyone else - I'm off home (wasn't even supposed to working today !)- a trip to the butcher on the way home, and then an appointment with the vacuum and the mop. Aren't days off work wonderful -not! just a different sort of work. loves ya lots jude 3

Afternoon Princess, Men and Fire - me thinks it's something to do with me hunt, me cook, lol

Afternoon All, what a horrible day..30degs really windy and dusty. Needless to say the sinus has gone out of control, time I pop a pill, something I never do. Fluffy,I think it was you asked where I walk. Today we went to Westerfolds park in Doncaster, lots of paths along the river or around the park. Usually I do the local bike path into Diamond Creek and back or on a lazy day on my machine upstairs while I watch the tellie. Think thats me for the day,my eyes are sore and my head is thumping so I'll pop a little blue pill and have a nanna nap before tea. ~~~catch you all tomorrow Flakey

Hi all - Laurie and I didnt have a day at the archives, just an hour together, and we weren't even in the same part - she was zipping away on film, and I was looking up some books - mine was actually West Australian history - a Biographical Dictionary from the 1800's - some of my ex mother-in-law's real mother's family (remember we discovered she was adopted, but never left any papers around), so I've been helping my daughter from mother's birthdate backwards. .. There were only 4 books, alphabetically arranged, and I had a list of the names in the tree, so it didn't take long. .. Got my photo copies, and Laurie was still zipping away. .. We had a cuppa coffee out in the kitchen and I left for home. .. I'd been out since just after 8.00 .. went to an aquarobics class after walking up and down the pool for half an hour, then to a luncheon and thence to the archives. .. I was out all day yesterday and last night too - which was pretty late. .. Had a cow of a night's sleep so still very tired. .. yeah yeah - I know - I should slow down. .. The archives are good - but my family are from Vic, S.Aust & W.Aust so no help to me really. Happy anniversary Anna - I had one the other day - a very important one if I had still been married - but I have no regrets. .. Tassy - will be glad to have you back in the fold. Mary - your place looks absolutely stunning .. I'm impressed! Lew - I'm wearing sunglasses to shade my eyes from your tan. Trifley - hope you are on the road to recovery. Miss you Tony. Mary - who was complaining about there being no sun last week and is hoping its not too hot tomorrow .. tee hee lol ~~~~~ waves to everyone Jood

Happy Anniversary Anna.. Hope it was a nice day for you both.. Jood Sounds like you are back to your usual way..FULL STEAM AHEAD..Hope you have a nice restful night.. Heather There is something wrong with your email addy as twice it came back..let me know when you get back to normal and the kids are all sorted out..no rush...you sound very busy at the moment.. Glad you all liked my pickles.. Now you know why I am very happy here and dont miss the old place one bit..You can see our study through the archway from the lounge and we have got both our putas set up side by side..very cosy..LOL Lew Did you get a tan today. I bet the water was a bit on the cold side... ~~~waves to all~~~~~ Love Mary xxxxx

Ooooh Mary, I forgot to tell you - I'm out tonight also :( At least I should sleep like a baby tonight. Jood

Hi Mary, once that blasted wind kicked in, the water temperature dropped dramatically! But I was brave (read stupid) and went for a swim anyway. Jood, just you slow down a bit and don't overdo it. We know what you're like, lol. Just tried to phone the Queen, no answer. She still must be shopping, heeeeee. Lew Lew xxx

Lew - week after next will be a quiet one :( I'll send some of you girls a pic of Lucas with his two lovely new teeth! Jood

Dear Wattlers, Nipping in a few lines while i'm making tea. Glad to see that the increased physical activity is kicking in. Isn't it amazing how the warmer weather makes you more keen? Are we all drinking lots of water and eating good healthy tucker to along with it? How are the noodle games going with you and Terry Lew? I have been getting up early too. Legs are falling off from jogging and walking more. So glad you are feeling a bit sparkier Trifley. Photos of new abode are lovely Mary, wish I could keep tidy. Sue, what happens to the wall when footy's finished? Love to you all from Yvette x

Honey, I'm Home !!! Yeah Tony . . . it's Tuesday has that lad fixed up your puter yet - tell him to hurry up we miss yah!!! Came home and ran around madly getting dinner ready . . . teeeheee - I made the salad so Ray can cook the Barbie when he gets home! Poor thing . . . tells everyone he has to cook dinner every night, but he is just like the other men - wont let me near his barbie. I've got some sweet potatoe and mushrooms and onion chopped up for him to cook with the meat . . . Yummy!! Plain to see why you are so happy Mary, good for you! Lovely pickles thank you. Enjoyed my digging around at the Archives, think I will head into the State Library later in the week - see what I can unearth there ! (Would rather be doing another trip to Kew) You still enjoying your seven day weekends Lew ??? Not bad are they !! How did we ever fit work in ??? Best get off here and go check my mail. Cheers luv Laurie

HI Laurie hi all again, thought i should have 1 more squiz before hitting the kitchen. nice teeth jood, I just remembered i was going to tell you that that my 'puter was on the blink. possum fixed it better today. He found a virus that wasn't doing much because i hadn't used the file it was contained in. Also had to clean up a pile of other stuff. Nothing else... yvette x

Ooooo Rebs has found BLING with a capital B. hee hee. I'm out tonight also Jood. ~~~~~~~~~ catch you all tomorrow morning :) Vonny

Good Evening Wattlers, Mary the unit and furniture look lovely, no wonder you are happy. Nice teeth Jood LOL Gwenda the tales are interesting to read, Anna hope you had a nice anniversary Well you mad lot,have had dinner, nice peice of mako shark, nice fish and soon off to watch fav Tues programmes not much else happening so will catch you all tomorrow oh went to the gym today (had what they call a tune up) lol advanced workout, should be fit as a mallee bull lol Cheers Sandra in the Gong

SuzyQ, this is just really sad news, where does the b*******d live. I think there would be plenty on this thread who would like to confront this monster. Donna, just take care and do things slowly. Get the boys to help more and just close your eyes to how they do things. Can train them as you go along !!!! Oh Lew Lew, me thinks you really do need the help of a 'special' dr. Don't know if there is much help for you. Vonny, how is the senior cit doin ???? LOL Jude 3, don't think I would have got out of bed for days after your mammoth effort. Flakey, I hope it is not one of the pills Crewella prescribed. Sounds lovely where you go walking, nearly as good as along the waterfront here. lol Jood, what a gadabout you are. SLOW DOWN !!!!!!!! Yvette, I tend to do more activity in winter, probably cause it is sooooo hot here in summer. Much more pleasant in winter. Night Vonny Is it chardy time yet ????????????? Pam

Good evening Wattlers! Guess what . . . Tonight I have decided that I LOVE RUGBY LEAGUE . . . . teeeheee You know those three tickets I mentioned before the The Lovely Ray has to the Grand Final on 1st Oct . . . well tonight he asked the two gorgeous sons if they would like to come down for the weekend and go with him - and they said YES . . . yipppeeee I get my sons down here for a weekend!!! Easy to please a mum isn't it . . . Also, tonight I got a phone call from my cousin Pat, she called from out the front of the home that our gtgtgrandfather built in Dover, Kent - I sent her off to the museum from there to have a look at all the things he donated to them when they first started their collection in about 1835. She has taken her long service leave and will be in Europe and Canada for the next month. Lucky lady. Was lovely that she would ring, we were really close as in the 70's, but had lost contact until I bumped into her here on GR a few months ago. Our Queen must have exhausted herself out today - no sign of her yet - unless she is playing in the weekender with the Rebs. Thinking of you Trifley! Donna, Pam is right, just close your eyes to how the lads do the chores, and get them to do as much as you can and a little more. Good training for them as well as taking a bit of the load off you. I believe in domesticated males, make good hubbys! Well I am going to spend some time typing up the results of my trip to the Archives so will catch up with you all later. cheers luv Laurie

Good night Wattlers Just popping in quickly to wish you all sweet dreams and to thank you all for your good wishes for our anniversary. We had a lovely relaxed day and a lovely lunch so all is right with the world. Thanks for the pickles Jood and Mary. Jude - love the cute new choppers and Mary - love the new furniture. The blue lounge looks really smart - you must be so pleased with it all. Glad to hear you are getting a visit from your boys Laurie - marvellous what a few footie tickets will do! Hope the Queen hasn't overdone it with the big day out - I'll pop over and see if she's at the weekender. Donna - I agree with all the others. Get the boys working. It will make them more self sufficient and give you a break. They'll eventually learn to do it properly. (((((((((hugs)))))))))) Love to all. Anna

Laurie, wonderful news having the boys back home for a weekend. Spoil them rotten. When does Paul do his next triathalon. Is is in WA ? Poor Trifley - worn her self out today. If you can, will you check some stuff for me at the archives next time you go, but not sure yet where I am going (regarding FH). Think it is time I went to bed. Nighty nite, sleep tight Don't let the bed bugs bite Pa,