General Chat

Evening Wattlers Merle that is such a beautiful story and a great Chrissy event. Today I had to take girls shopping to spend their Chrissy money, and also look for a great ozzie icon ............ a BBQ for ourselves from the money Mum and Dad and Nan gave us. By the time I had taken the girls to numerous clothes shops, I came out with a headache, why do those shops that have young peoples clothing in them have their music, if you can call it that so loud??? Anyway David and myself had a look at a couple of bbq's but couldnt decide what one we liked the most, so we are going out again tomorrow, when I dont have a headache and might be able to think better. I have never been to Boxing day sales, but there was not much of a crowd, as I had imagined in our city at least. Vonny did you get your sales bargain today?? I have followed suit and changed my name back to the usual one too. My Chrissy tree is still up as are the lights outside, but with us going away we are thinking on geting them down the next day or so, usually we leave them up till New Years Day, but I want an early start and dont want to leave them up while we are away, have already had some light displays ruined by people that have nothing better to do with their time. Cheers Sue

Good Evening All how lovely it is to read all about the lovely Christmas Days we have all had. We left Yarraonga at about 12:30 and we got to our daughters at around 4pm at Frankston as there was scarcely a car going down to Melbourne lot's coming up but not many at all as of course it was lunchtime ad most peeps were tucking in to a big Chrissie lunch . We had a guided tour of the lovely new house and it's really huge and in a nice area too so they all seem very happy the rest of the guest arrive and my eldest grandson who was working arrived back just in time for tea so we tucked in to ham, turkey hot veges, salads and lovely fresh rolls and I bought a bottle of strawberry infused wine but it was no where near as nice as the one from at the Balcoonie luncheon. The other guests left around 9:30pm and I tried to watch grumpy old men tne movie but fell asleep spo took my self to bed where tiger hab been since the others had left and I didnt wke up till 9 am we had late brekkie and then we headed off stopping at three golf shops on the way and a couple of furniture shops and lunch in Lygon St.a where would you believe I left my mobile phone I was very lucky as I rang the restuarant when we got home 4hrs later and it had been handed in and the owner is going to post it to me . I got some lovely pressies and some money to spend on what I want so look out Albury in the next couple days maybe HZ LOL Third Watch is on now best show on the tv so will say bye for catch you all tomorrow love Lara

Yea Im in Hello Wattlers, its taken me 2hrs to read 2 pages and get in to reply. So before I get dumped again...... Thanks Jood for the lotto date, and if we win the big one most of you have my mobile no so I will be waiting for the calls..lol Very humid up here but at least thats better than the 8degs we left behind this morning. ~~~~to everyone, hope you 're all enjoying boxing day, and for those brave enough to go to the saleshope you all got a great bargain wiil try to get online again tomorrow Flakey

Belated Merry Christmas to all the Wattlers. I Hope everyone has a peaceful and lovely New Year and 2007. It was a lovely Christmas Day for us, hubby was working but was allowed home early, we had 12 for a late lunch and with only having the one young grandchild in Goulburn we got to see her open her presents from us. It is such a lovely sight to see her face and not know which one to turn to first. It was also great to have three of our children with their partners all together, we also have inherited some grandchildren as one of my sons is engaged to a lovely lady who has teenagers. We had over 40mm of rain the other day, beautiful. I had a phone call from my nephew in England tonight and he said they were showing film of the drought around Goulburn of one of the dams here. He said it looked very bad. Today I had a lazy day, no cooking yeahh!!!!! I have had a reminder from findmypast.c o m (used to be 1837online), I have a lot of units to use up before they expire in January so if anyone wants a lookup from the site feel free to email me with details etc. Would hate to lose all those units. Best wishes Leah xx

what a lovely happening for you Merle. I think most of us have had a pretty special time one way or another, what makes it even more special is being able to share it with wattler friends. Off to bed now as my legs are totally worn out from a big day of walking. love to you all from yvette x

Hi all, I expect you are all in bed but thank you for such a happy story Merle. have had a very different day - did a lot of shopping - got quite a few bargains but came home at 4.30 to bad news. Our eldest son has had a motor cycle accident on a gravel road, so have spent the rest of the afternoon evening at Canberra hospital. He is ok and we are so thankful he is alive. He was wearing all his gear. He has a broken thumb and a totally mashed hand but that - except for massive bruising - is all the outward damage. However his head took the force of the accident and he has concussion and memory loss (about the last 6 months) and his neck is injured - hopefully soft tissue damage only. He will be a sore boy tomorrow. However, if he hadn't been wearing a full helmet he would have had no face at all so, things being relative, he has been looked after. Tomorrow he has to see a plastic surgeon and a neurosurgeon so we will be spending our time at the hospital for the rest of the week. Will update you when I can. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vonny

good night from me too, still raining here off and on, please keep oning, lol. luv Jillx

Lovely news from Merle - followed by bad news from Vonny Hope the news is good tomorrow Vonny will be thinking of you all Night all - sleep well - sweet dreams luv Laurie

oh dear vonny, thinking of your son & hoping things all go well with him. bigs (((((((((((hugs )))))))))))))))for you and your family love Yvette x

Dear oh dear, Vonny. I think Dr Lew is going to be a bit busy handing out special pills to your son! I hate motor bikes. Lost too many good friends because of them. Special thoughts coming your family's way. Merle, what a lovely story. Sounds like you all had a fantastic day. Lucky Kevin now having such a huge family. Sisters and I will be off to town shortly to see if we can find some bargains. Hope you all have a wonderful day HRH Dr Lew Lew xxx

Morning Wattlers, Great day in the Gong blue skies and not too hot. Vonny. So sorry to hear of your son's accident, lets hope for a good recovery. Merle. Lovely story. see you later Cheers Luv sandra in the Gong

Morning all from a lovely sunny Orange.. Merle. I am so glad your day was so good. I hope it is the beginning of many more and lots of hugs from them all for you..I hope that knee is improving and Himself is feeling better,, Vonny Sorry to hear your sad news. I do hate motorbikes and they always scare me. Hope your son recovers well.. big hugs for you.. Well the family in all together now for a couple of days and then some will have to head home. I dont know yet when we are going but I cant see us staying to long as OH is getting restless.. Sounds like you all had a lovely christmas and now it is the DIET,,,lol Back later Love MAry xxxx

Good Morning all, Oh dear Vonny, I was terribly sorry to hear about your son's accident and I do hope all will be well for him. Merle, how wonderful for you. And your son must be very lucky having 2 Mum's. Another wet day here in sunny Queensland, for which everyone but the holiday makers are grateful. I am sure the shops and cinemas like it too. It is a bit cold also. I have just got a contact through Ancestry about my Gt Grandmother, who is a bit of a brick wall, so I am hoping I may get a few answers. Hope everyone has got over the good food and dring, except you Jood, we all know that you are super sober LOL. I think you may also be the only one of us with warm weather. Well, back to the dead peeps, Luv SuzyQ

G’morning (just), well the days have just flown, last night we each made ourselves a leftover sandwich for tea and the kitchen was CLOSED!! Merle I have a big lump in my throat reading about your day, so special and thanks for telling us about it. Oh Vonny , how awful for you, hope the damage ends up not being too severe, best wishes for your son’s recovery. SuzyQ how exciting to get a nibble at a brick wall - good luck! Lara , I’m here LOL !! You will probably have to ask for me at the shop as I do tend to hide away in the office, but give me an ETA and I’ll make sure I’m about. My only duties really are to get DD15 to Maccas and home again after her shifts. I look forward to a natter! Customer had just brought us a batch of home-made rocky road…..think I’ll have a coffee and try it out ~~~~~~~~~to all, Heather

Hi Lyn, Forgot before, hope you have a good birthday SuzyQ

Hello all glad many had happy times Prayers for your boy Vonny and John, how upsetting Merle what ablessing -you are all so brave and desreve the best Got to go Take care everyone JA

Hi all, Update is positive - his memory is returning slowly. He has two broken fingers - one on each hand - which will be a big nuisance - and they still haven't located a plastic surgeon so no surgery today. He is still in casualty so do hope he will be in a ward by tonight. Very sore now all the bruising is coming out and they are going to x-ray his shoulder again. Is on morphine for the pain. But he is in good condition really and we can almost have a proper conversation with him. Thank you for all the kind thoughts and prayers. Please remember his wife as she is in Colorado with her parents and will return on Friday. It is bad news to get over the phone. Going back to the hospital now so maybe catch you all later this evening. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vonny

I think there are going to be some very happy grand children living some where in Melbourne. Congrats Barb, I love Garfield SuzyQ

Arvo Wattlers. Cool again darn sarf in Melbin. Just sitting eating cold pork 'cracklin' ..yum Merle. That was a lovely thread i just read about your Xmas. Lots of warm happy wishes coming your way. Vonny. Hope everything is O'k with son. Never liked motorbikes myself, after falling off one as a young teenager and dislocating my shoulder. Bar-code Barb is at it again, with another major win...but this time it was a stuffed toy..... but not your average stuffed toy...lol Have sent a piccie of him to you. Hope everyones having a relaxing day. Tony Oz...:>))) * might do some FH research *

Hi everyone.. Vonny so glad to hear that your son is on the improve. What a worrying time for you all.. Tony Congrats, to Barb for her win..How many tins without labels did she have to go through for this win...lol Well I should be home tomorrow as OH is not well and wants to get home as soon as possible, He is in a lot of pain and just wants to get home as quickly as he can.I just dont know what to do for him so may send him back to the doctors as soon as we get home.,Was hopeing to stay a few more days as daughter from Canberra arrived yesterday for 4 days, and was hopeing to see a bit more of her and the girls, but never mind I am sure there will be more occasions I will see them, Hope all are well. especially our Queenie.. LOve Mary xxxxx