General Chat

Count me out Shazz - that's the day some of them are going to Canberra, and I can't go to that either - sorry. .. I had hoped you would have it the week before - never mind. Mary - I was saving the Wattlers from weapons of cat destruction :( Great news about the SD coming home for Xmas Donna. Tassy, how did you get on with your son? Anna I've sent the birthday list as opposed to the addresses. .. Sorry, I didn't realise Tassy had sent it to you. .. And worst of all, I forgot Fanny's birthday also :( Jilly what is Bara Brith? .. Is it a bird, is it superman??? .. lol Hi to all Jood

Yoo Hoo Jilly - I am not so dumb after all. For all the other Wattlers Bara Brith (Welsh Fruitcake) Soak 10oz. mixed dried fruit in 2 cups hot tea, cover and let stand overnight. Strain the fruit, saving the liquid. Add 3 oz. brown sugar, grated rind of a lemon, 1 ¼ teaspoons pumpkin spice (or any mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice), 1 egg and 12oz. self-rising flour to the fruit. Add the liquid a bit at a time until the batter is of soft, dropping consistency. Pour into a greased brown paper lined 2lb. loaf pan and bake at 350F for 45-55 minutes until firm to the touch. Sounds nice too Jood

Hey Shaz Who is suffering from CRAFT.. You were comming to Canberra on the 9th for our chrissy meet..Never mind Have a great time anyway with all your mates.. Peincess Lolly Are you still comming to Canberra...??? hope so. We are eating in the restaurant tonight as we dont feel like cooking so back later.. Sandra I think I also missed your aniversary and birthday of OH so sorry and hope you had a good one.. Back later Love Mary xxxx

Typing as I try to get my sides repaired from laughing so much . . I have just been talking to Princess Lew, conversations with her are so memorable!!! Anyway the poor princess is still in the land of no internet or landline, I suggested she should tell Telstra that she needs the phone cause hubby hurt her car and he is on life support . . so maybe she will give it a go !! Yvette, Lew said to tell you she dina forget your birthday . . . she just couldn't get online to send you a greeting! but asked for her love to be sent on to you - and Sandra, she remembered your anniversary too and sends her good wishes & love. Mary, Lew got the parcel for the tiddlers !! Thank you . . . she also got one off me today so has something to play with . . . I sent her her own Mr Wonderful and some Maya Indian worry people, she is going to tell the worry people that they are now Telstra voodoo dolls and dish out some pain! Telstra wont be visiting the remote country township of Mudgee untill Wednesday afternoon . . . what a load of rubbish - its 2006, and Mudgee is certainly not tha far in the boonies!!!! Anyway best go finish prepareing for the return of the man of the house, I still have to put my feet up and rest for 30 minutes so that I am fresh to greet him with a smile and take away the worries he has had at work today. . . Yeah right !!! cheers luv Laurie

Sorry folks . . . I wont be going to the lunch at Canberra . . . 9th is the only day that Shaz & Rob can have their Chrissy do . . . and we had already promised we would be there with bells on when they picked a date luv Laurie

Boo Hoo Laurie and Shazz not coming for Chrissy :( Do hope you have a nice party though. Just the other day, I realised that grand-d will be old enough to enjoy the Chrissy lights this Christmas. There are always some truely wonderful displays around here. Out this evening - hope to get on when I come home. ~~~~~~~~~~ Vonny

Trifley sticks together bits of broken phone with duct tape......hoping that motel proprietors will not notice the crack on the handset. VERY, VERY short phone lead attached to lappy to enable dial-up. Waiting.......waiting.....waiting....slow as a wet week. Hi my crazy friends....first off happy birthday Yvette......may it be the best ever and only the first of many. Big b'day hugz to you. Dial up is SOOOOOOO slow compared with broad band. Went for a walk around some of the craft shops.....the girrafe shop is right next door to the candle shop.....how convenient! If the duct tape and phone hold together I'll catch up with you all tomorrow. Big hugz from deep in side a relaxing rain forest. love Trifley X

Hi Wattlers please take whichever applies....happy birthday, happy anniversary, hope your feeling better or have a nice time....lol sorry dont have much time. Thanks for all the good wishes for Mum Mum is now installed in a rehab hosp after spending 2 days in the emergency ward. She is in no pain but cant do anything for herself. We are not impressed with where she is but had no choice at the moment. The place is old but at least the staff were friendly and everything was clean. We will see how she goes for a couple of days and if we arent happy will move her to my sisters and get help in. Have to fly, oh will be in for dinner any second and I have nothing organised....not that he will care. Catch you all later Flakey

Oooooh Trifley - ya didna break the wall didya when ya yanked on the cord??? .. Believe me, dial up is wonderful when there is no other option!!!! .. Glad you made it on here though. Wow what a difference an hour or two makes, .. I was very hot, and now I am cold almost to the point of shivering ... no no - no temperature, just the weather changing. Jude - at least your Mum is settled, and comfortable, and like you said, if it doesnt work out, your sister will step in and work something out. Where are you Fanny?? Jood

hi guys, wrote a bit yesterday but it ended up scrubbed with wrong a wrong key (wongkey) thanks for the bifday wishes. it always preceeds the exam period now, so kinda forget about it. had a scrummy tiramisu cake for afternoon tea - we ate the whole lot in one go and nearly made ourselves sick. there is soooo much to read... I'm still a bit revved up from today, so need to calm down a bit. I've found my msn details too, will get onto that at the end of the week. got a nice letter today to say I've got *ury *uty soon. bum, have to try and worm out of that. back to the books love and kisses, hugs and good wishes from Yvette xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Trifley, Lew Lew would sell her soul just to have dial up, behave, norty girl, ripping phones off walls, tut tut, lol. Hope you are having a wonderful time, especially around the vineyards, he he. While you're up there will you pop into Maleny, if I remember right they have a great leather goods shop there, worth a look, mind you it could be in Montville, my memory's terrible. Joodles, I like the sound of your recipe for Bara Brith mine was more of a bread type recipe, that why I was waiting for it to prove, it smelt heavenly while it was cooking let you know how it tastes tomorrow. cheers Jillx

Why have I got this big space under my bottom line? he he Jillx

Belated birthday wishes to Yvette too Sandra - Happy birthday to Mike & happy anniversary to you both too. Flakey - Best wishes and hugs for your Mum - hope she's on the mend real quick Jood - congrats on grabbing a number - bout time an Ozzie Wattler got one again - lol JulieCat - try my email again - it should be okay now Vonny - about Christmas get together on the 9th - it should be free parking as it's the weekend then - we could do a club crawl - pmsl - mains, dessert, cocktails Trifley - hope you're having a relaxing time and giving the plastic some exercise Lew Lew - you'll have to keep busy cooking up some relaxation pills for withdrawal symptons - see you back on Wednesday - hopefully Hi to everyone & ~~~~~~~~~~~. Better get some tea before I resort to the tissue box - Greys Anatomy is sposed to be sad tonight Catch up later Gwenda

Good Enening Waffling Wattlers, Have just spent so long reading back pages, first up like everyone else Belated Birthday Wishes for Yvette. also thank you all for the anniversary wishes and Mike says to thank you all for his birthday wishes also a Thank You for the ecard Laurie. We had a wonderful weekend in Sydney special treat from the children, we got the train to Wynard Station(for those that know it) then a 5 min walk to Hotel, but guess who stuffed up and had the wrong street(had Kent st instead of York for those who know Sydney) then had a long walk looking for 77 ended up at the Rocks, anyway got a bus back to where we should have been. The hotel was good and a 5 min walk to the theatre. Sat outside a pub ,had a few wines and did some people watching(very interesting.)Even had our picture taken by some American girls for an art project they said??? Show was good ( I think it was Jester? who said a while back about being in reahersal for Titanic. Some of the production people worked on the Australian version of phantom so had good write ups. Sunday spent harbour cruising and lunch at Star City, train home then spent the evening at our local club, today spent having family and friends visit and now I am totally K******d. But a great few days (((((((((((((((((((to all still not feeling the best or who have some upsets))))))))))))))))))))))))))) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to all the wattlers cheers Sandra in the Gong

Jilly - do you realise what you said in your message ? .. pmsl Well, the reason is, you have hit the return key several times, and thats why there's a space under your ermmmmm !!! If you backspace up to the last word you wrote, your ermmmm will be ok lol Jood

errrrmmmm Thanks Jood pmsl xxxxxx

ermmmmm does my erm look big in this, lol Jillx

Giggling here Jilly slightly smaller than the previous Jood

Thanks Joods, music to my ears, lol luv Jillx ps getting smaller, lol

dear all, just popping in before the 'puter goes off. thanks for the natter jood( i get just a tiddy bit excited on the blower) and all the lovely wishes and cards from everyone. mwah . what a great w'end you had sandra. looking forward to seeing you soon jilly, my ermm is this.................................................much bigger after the cake. jude hoping your ma is more comfy today. lovin hugs ducky fluff, hanging out for some serious msn ing, now i've found my password. huggin loves, nite for now from Yvette xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx