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Pretty wind blown today, gale force winds but otherwise really good. What about you ? Pam

It was raining earlier but the sun's out now, weatherwise. As for me I doing fine, have to go food shopping later but otherwise a free (ish) day :-)

Awwww that little puddy tat isn't so bad after all - she ran over to Lisa's new thread and told her how nice we were *blush* We are still chasing Louise, Roz and Mel - dunno why they haven't come back on the thread. .. I think we must frighten them off by saying some of us are mad. .. I know you's are, but don't tell them that ! .. pmsl I hear you are stuck outside tonight Tony, can't get your swelled head in the door. .. Off to the doghouse for you. Jood

I'm angelically sane thank you very much pmsl ;-)

~~~~~~~~~ to all :) Only took me 30mins to catch up!! Hi to cat person and Ducky. Loved the songs peeps and Tony's modest opinion of himself :) To bring you up to date: Starting at today - They all have gastric, poor things and are tired and worn out. Mia got it first and then dad followed by mum today. bubby is ok. So I basically just fielded Mia for the day to give them some time for extra sleep. Camping was lovely and a very nice weekend. However as we were coming home, a branch fell on the windscreen and bonnet of the car our son and DIL were in, and sort of put a stressful end to the weekend which was very sad. They are fine but were in shock and we are investigating whether to claim insurance or fix it ourselves. Looks like the money saved towards a new dishwasher will go to pay for the excess on the repairs! Such is life :) Teenagers - great definitions Tony . Isn't it amazing that so many of them actually survive and grow into almost normal adults. Just putting in my two pen'orth Tony :) I agree with all that has been said - especially the go slow bit - and that your daughter needs to consider her daughter as well as herself. I don't think the age matters at all. :) If he is the man for her then some waiting time (getting to know you better time) will only make the relationship stronger. back later ~~~~~~~~

Evening Vonny, hope the sickies are much improved Pam

~~~~~~~to Vonny~~~~~~~ (((((hugs))))) and get well wishes to the sickies

Off to bed Nightie nite, sleep tight Don't let the bed bugs bite Ducky

Evening Wattlers . . Glorious moon lit nit on Botany Bay! Boy you have been busy today while I have been walking my legs off around the shops. While you have gone thru 5 pages, I have done most of my Christmas shopping. Naomi and I have blurry heads from too much shop ! She is off to Dixie Chicks tomorrow night, goes back to Dubbo on Wednesday afternoon. 'All packed up in me little bottom drawer is on the cd I have here Anna . . . I'm suppose to be giving Marie all of Dad's cd's - so there is a lot of copying going on! Yes I had my 'Glory Box'. First thing in it was a pair of white frilly pillow cases Mum got out of the Marcus Clarks catledog for me. Glorybox was actually an old gramaphone cupboard that Dad altered for me, made of mahogony. It had two doors that opened at the front - and the lid lifts up (Thats where I stored the 'Special things'). Later became the Nappy cupboard, now is home to lots of 'special' treasures and memories. Lara honey, hope you have a wonderful visit from Cassie & Jason . . .sit back and chill with them . . . no fussing! Suzy, you still haven't got that Vit C into you have you !!!! Hope your feeling better in the morning. All you can wish for Julie is that she be happy - however she finds it. PMSL Tony, thank goodness that teenager stuff is all way behind me . . . but my long term memory is in perfect working condition !!! Hope your daughter sorts out her love life . . . Only she will know what is right for her. You will have to get him around for a family BBQ and sus him out !! See how he measures up under Hull Family scrutiny. Hope your little family are feeling better Vonny, and son & DIL can always come around and wash the dishes for you. Catch you all later . . . I need a cuppa tea! Then bed! luv Laurie

Morning everyone Another beautiful sunny DRY day in Queensland. OH reported in again last night - has been to Albany, Pemberton, Margarer River and they are heading back to Perth today. Last night when he rang he was watching the sun setting to the West over the ocean - said it was beautiful. Busy day today - writing group this morning and Genealogy group this afternoon - we have John (who does the Ryerson index) advising us on how to file all the little bit of paper one collects over the years - I certainly need some advice there! Laurie - I love the sound of your 'glory box'' and how wonderful that you still have it to store your special things in. Now there's a piece of history. The first thing I got for my 'box' - as I said, I didn't really have one - was a cup, saucer and plate from my Grandma. Do you remember how popular cup, saucer and plates were? You could collect six different ones and call them a crazy teaset! I still have some of mine - and some of Mum's china - all in a top cupboard and I don't use them. Seems a shame.I still love my brown Arabia stoneware dinnerset that I bought when I was first married. It's really passe but I don't care - love the earthy feel of it Mary - where are you - have you found any nuggets yet? Vonny - hope the family is feeling better. Time to get the girl ready for school - first day back after the holidays. Check in later. Have a great day everyone. XX Anna

Morning All. 6.18 here and a little chilly so have turned heater on whilst reading all the goings on by you mad lot Vonny (((Hugs))) for the sickies and hope they're on the mend soon, shame the tree put a nasty ending to a beautiful weekend Ooh Wah, poor Laurie has moonlit nits on her balcony, crikey hope we dont hav ta bring out the hair conditioner and comb hee hee Suzyq How are you feeling today, a little less sneezy I hope Lara, are you all talked out from your lovely day with Cassie and Jason Well Cat I suppose your enjoying a plateful of delicious vegies and succulant steaks or tender chicken whilst we are contemplating on weetbix, nutragrain or whatever the rest of the wattlers decide upon at this time Ah Tony we loves ya no matter if your head be big or small mate and Im sure Barb wouldnt have you any other way Cor Flakey, and my OH reckons I put too many vegies on his plate, easy to see we were bought up in the same era, funny with all that food in one serving, we certainly never succumbed to Obesity did we, whatever happened to the good old days ~~~~~~~to the rest of wattlers, have a great day Shaz Whoops 7.00 am and Anna has pipped me at the post, morning dear

Awwww poor Laurie - so overcome by the glorious nit on the bay! I remember the crazy teasets Anna, in fact I inherited 3 of mum's when she died, my sister has the other 3 - actually I should say when my step-mother died, as she inherited them. You sound very much better Shaz, going by all your cheek! .. pmsl Another cold morning (it was cold during the night too) - but the sun is out, the sky is blue and not a cloud around. Anna I know and love all those places OH mentioned and I ALWAYS go to a restaurant at the beach when I'm over there, just to watch the sun go down. .. It's never the same two nights running. Anyone had any success with LostCousins????? .. I haint! .. :( Isn't it quiet without the doctor around? :( Have a great day all Love Jood

Morning all, bright and sunny again today :) Have a full day teaching so catch you all tonight. ~~~~~~~~~~ Vonny

Morning Wattlers. Very busy with guests this week, but I have managed to read most of the posts. Isn't that Cat incredible. How does she do it? lol Off to have some breakfast. Love and hugs to you all Lew Lew xxx

Morning all Still windy here on Bribie with some dark clouds around. Probably won't rain, so I have just been emptying my grey water from the wash maching onto my roses. Maybe I should wash the car, that usually brings on the rain. LOL Quiet day here, oh has gone off to O'Reillys in the Lamington National Park (near Binna Burra) for the rest of the week with the Qld museum doing some environmental studies. Must away, another load of washing is finished....Be back later Pam

Morning Wattlers (made it by 5mins) Sunny but still a bit chilly in Melb but nice and warm for the rest of the week. special ~~~~~~ to our Queen busy balancing the office books today so I can get the BAS done tomorrow, so I'll catch up later. Have a lovely afternoon Flakey

Ohhhh Anna . . . is that Arabia Ruska you be talking about . . ?? If it is - we have it too . . . collected it bit by bit when we were first married, (actually 2 bits by 2 bits) . . It's my favourite - and touch wood not one piece has been broken !! I dont care if it is dated either, it matches lovely with all my old bits of pottery. My mum collected Royal Albert 'Sweet Violets' - and she bequeathed it all to me, its not made any more either, so its only dragged out on special occasions. Cup, saucers and plate sets . . . uummmm . . . when my aunty Jen died, she had about 150 of them, collected over a 60 year career as a music teacher - when my sister was divving them up I put my hand up for anything with violets on it and ended up with 8. Fortunately I also inherited the beautiful old mahogony corner cupboard that Jen stored most of them in. Thats another reason why home is up there . . . thats where my treasures still live. When we came down here I arrived with the bare essentials, convinced we would only stay 6 months at most. I have had a lovely morning, took Naomi over to Cronulla and we found a place selling up everything at bargain basement prices. Everything was 10, 15, or 20 dollars - Naomi got a 3/4 coat with $425 on the price tag marked down to $20 - I got 2 shirts and a pair of slax = $35. . . thrifty little shoppers!!!! Lunch down on the beach, and now Naomi has gone off to meet up with her brother for the Dixie Chicks tonight. There is a whole bunch of young folk from out Louth/Cobar way planning to invade Kings Cross after the show so tomorrows tales should be interesting. Sorry you are having such a rotten time Donna, I hope specialist can come up with some solution for your pain management. Thinking of you and sending cyber hugs! Hi Shaz - you cheeky blighter . . . nice to have you back on form !!! (poor Rob. . . teeheee!!!) Fluffy . . . tell everyone what OH is doing with the museum up at O'Reilleys . . . it is fascinating !!!! Today is a tad warmer than yesterday here on the bay, but we have a fair amount of cloud cover that keeps blocking out the sun - was a wee bit chilly down on the beach at times. Not a single giraffe with its neck stretched, plenty of ships at both Port Botany & Kernell. Oh lovely . . . someone in the building has found their electric drill !!! Sounds like it is in my ear so got to get out of here for a while. Catch you all later luv Laurie

Good arvo Wattlers, Took toofy pegs for their 6 monthly checkup this morning so they are all nice and clean again. Weighed myself this morning - lost a whole stone - I don't do kilos - they're too small on the scales to read -lol Anyway 2 fluid tablets have done the trick - ankles are pretty much back to 'normal'. Haven't had skinny ankles for yonks so this is as good as they will get. Have to work tomorrow - drat - was so looking forward to catching up on things around here - pppppp The ironing is breeding like rabbits and I have 2 loads of washing on the line that will add to it - oh well - I'll start with the essentials and slowly get through it all by Christmas. Donna - ((((((hugs)))))) for you - hope the Dr can help Tassie - ((((((hugs)))))) for you too - I have a feral 20 yo with pink hair - well if that's the worst of it I can cope - they have to do their own thing to learn - all we can do is be there for them. Tony - tell daughter to go with gut instincts - take it slowly and make sure her own daughter is comfortable too. Age is nothing these days. My parents had an 11 year age difference and my Dad was nearly 49 when he married for the first time. Jood - how lovely to see your son - hope you can see him a bit more when he's in Sydney Vonny - hope everyone is feeling better now. Bad luck about the car too - what a way to end a perfect weekend. Hi to everyone else ~~~~~~~~~~ hope you're all having a great day. Weather is glorious here. Want to send some piccles of Wattie on hols but need to know who's puta doesn't like big attachments - I'll also have them in Mudgee so you needn't feel that you're gunna miss out altogether. Catchya Gwenda

Good afternoon all, Donna do hope they can find the cause of your pain soon hugs coming your way ((((D))))) Just a quickie here no not all talked out Shazz Tigers gone to golf and Cassie and Jason gone into the big smoke of Yarrawonga and I am minding their baby Sampson the golden retriever and and mine too hehe . and trying to do some work here although could care less about the place at the moment just picked some beautiful roses and they are so nice they made me laugh cause the place looks like atornado has hit it with the kids stuff everywhere and tow dogs here one the size of small pony thats the grandson Cassies big huge baby Hewie ( only one ever likely to have ) Its only a week to our first birthday you know ! Please can anyone help me here I keep getting a message when sending a message to the cemetery's list and it says they won't put my message on here is exactly the message they send me please does some one know what the hell they are talking about please and what do In have to turn off where . The message's file extension was not explicitly allowed if you are using a rich text editor(colors, different fonts ect...) you must turn it off Lew please can you tell me about the winery tour and the cost please don't think Mike will come he may play golf if he can that day but will have to find out what day you are thinking of and see if its a golf day . We have a beautiful day here today lovely and warm and sunny too would go in the pool but not got the energy sat up late doing FH anyway going out for dinner tonight all of us including Josh which is great becasue normally he wouldnt come he is so different now hes got a job he keeps telling me he's not just a waste of space now wouldn't that break your heart that was his opinion of himself it sure made me cry anyway all have anice rest of the day and bye for Lara

So pleased for you Donna . . . bad enough, but better than the alternative! Felt the relief in your words from here luv Laurie