General Chat

Just had mail from HRH Queen Trifley of the Nile . . . The Royal consort is taking her off to Montville again next Sunday for a couple of days R & R ( . . or as she so eliquently put it . . . peace, quiet, coffee and craft shops) Her says that apart from being foggy, weak, dry mouthed and tummy gurgling she is OK. Calculations say that will be over in a couple of more days. With only the one kemo treatment left at end of the month. Her also sends Love & Hugz luv Laurie

Hi everyone Glad Joodles is doing well. Cowra is a nice town, Daughter lived there for a little while. Nice lunch in the Rose Garden Cafe. They may not be doing to well now that Mackers has built next door.. Just took the OH to the Club across the road for lunch and it took a bit out of him, Think it may be the last time he can walk there, Mayhave to go by car next time. Gosh I hope this operation helps him, Last August we won a night in the Four Seasons Hotel and we though we better use it before it expires on the 12th Feb. As OH will be going into hospital on the 1st Feb we thought we better use it fast.So this Sat night we will be living it up in a posh hotel..We will have to get a cab there and back but what the hell we are saving $600 bucks by not having to pay..We get a breakfast for two to the value of $76 dollars the next morning thrown in.. The hotel donated this prize to help raise funds at the Woodbury Big do for the Autistic Assoc, which my son and daughter are involved in and helped organise. They got a surprise when our name was drawn out of the barrell..Our lovely littlest grandson is Autistic and they have spent heaps on therapy for him and it is doing wanders.. He is a real sweetie..He starts school this term. Hope Lew hasent sucumbed to the seasickness..and is enjoying her trip.. Heard on the Radio that Europe and Switzaland arnt having much snow this year and things are not looing good for their ski season.. Isnt that where Terry is going for his holiday..to ski,,,hope he is not dissapointed.. Big hugs for Queenie and Duckers.. Back to the cricket.. Love Mary xxxxx

hi, glad to hear re HRH, has got good things planned and the traveller is travelling. Jill, was thinking 'bout your fab trip today and also mourning my inability to Mudgee, but anyway. I've had a nice day playing with my new friends and giving my new equipment a thrashing. delivered the lads off to cricket training, thinking about dinner and thats about it. great sunny day but that n/easterly keeps the temps down. and shaz, I struggle with this 'use the noggin' thing. thats why its taking so long. No f/h for me today. I'm going round to visit friend around the corner for an hour. I try and hover around the computer giving hints, but it doesn't always work. catch you later, love and kisses, yvette

Joodles arrived West Wyalong at 2.15 pm . . . naughty girl dinny send sms till after 5 . . . chin must have been wagging too much . . . luv Laurie

L'OZ, you are a marvel :) Thank you for keeping us all updated. ~~~~~~~~~ and ((((HUGS)))) to our Trifles. Enjoy your PQC2 moment :) HOT, hot, hot ................over 35 I think Going to have a cool drink. Vonny

Arvo from a very warm Hot/Melbin....40.6 c Local news: Most of Melbourne and outer suburbs have been without power for 2 to 3 hrs. Major power grids have been shut down and affecting 30 to 40 km radius of Melbin City. Also, two major power cable have been destroyed by Victorian fires burning in the State. On excessive hot days in Vic. we draw excess power from N.S.W apparently. These were the two power cables that were destroyed by the fire. Local news and Sky news tells us its chaotic in Melb City, ( peak hr rush ) and major roads traffic lights out. People also stuck in work office lifts ( not good on a 40c day ) Peeps have been asked to turn off their Air Con's and major appliances to preserve power for others. Tennis has been abandoned because of heat. Hope everyones had a good day. Catcha tu-morrow Tony Oz...:>)))

Honeys Im Home........ 41 degs in Melb, think I'll head back north for some cooler weather....lol We had a fantastic time, boating, fishing, swimming,eating..etc Now back to work tomorrow but thats ok , I've only got 15 days to go. Thanks for all the emails while I've been gone ,will get through them at some stage this week. SuzyQ, thankyou for that lovely card. Tony got any pills for overeating and getting out of holiday mode? Will catch up over the next few days, I hope. Am minding my 2 little nieces for the next two nights so really wont be back to normal til the weekend. ~~~~~to all the Wattlers Flakey

Sounds a nightmare Tony and Melbourne people. Not sure who will sleep well tonight given the heat across our lovely land .Not a prob for lew lew I am sure but her Terry might be a mite warm if still in Mudgee lol Love to lew lew Hugs to Ttrifley and Ducky and Merle and all not well who look but cannot post Thinking of you Lara and Tiger, sounds as if a rough road, lots of blessings and healing thoughts Tassie and Vonny great psychology! Jood good you arrived safely Shazz - you must be a minimal sleep person and an expert on old movies Mr D slow today - but guess what now waking up meow etc but not going out lol - he does not know that yet Thanks Jill for the Gloria Dean nudge - no contact yet but fossicked through papers and found an email, but most likely she will not log in Heh Ducky love, need the respite from bed bugs please JA

Good morning all, it was sooooo hot I took ages to get to sleep!! Another hottie today. John has just informed me that the maiden voyage of The Boat will be this Sunday!! It is not finished yet but he wants to trial it and see if it floats - among other things :) Got to go and have breaky and do a bit of HK before it gets too hot. back later ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vonny

Morning all.. Going to be a hot one today.. Vonny I hope the boat floats..lol Poor John if it dosent..No I should say poor you as he will have you back in the garage doing it all again..lol Safe driving Jood. Lew hope you are not seasick.. Queenie, Are you improving.. not long to go now,,big hugs Duckie Get that finger out and start typing,, we miss you.. Lara Hope Tiger is on the improve and they have found out what the problem with his knee,,and fixed it,, good to get him home soon..so much easier for you.. Laurie I was told the Archives are in the middle of moving,,and wont be ready till march,,Could you check for me.. Better get some H,,,k done today so back later, Love Mary xxxxx

Hi Wattlers, Too hot for words, we are moping about like limp fish when not forced into action. Going to take OH to see The Queen today , the piccies are always Cold and I want a choc-top! Have been relapsing in pool and catching up on movies missed when they came out – really loved “Motorcycle Diaries”, gave me the travel bug again but I’m a bit past roughing it now. Won’t linger, sending cooling vibes to all down south and all those under the weather, esp Trifley and Tiger take it easy all, ~~~~~~~~ Hz

Morning Wattlers Boy I hate this weather, but Im glad I wasnt in Vic yesterday. Our 33.4 was bad enough, even too hot to sit outside and have a barbie so we ordered pizza. Today is expecting the same until we get a thunderstorm tonight. Slept with windows open last night and it did rain a couple of times, but by the time I got out of bed to see if the rain was coming inside it had stopped :-( Oooh did anyone sit up to watch Lleyton win his match??? I thought he was gone early on in the game :-( Merle hope everything is well with your knee and dont go overdoing it for himself's birthday. I do hope he has a good one though, Whats ya got him for a pressie, a bottle of Laughing gas instead of oxygen haa haa, only joking :-))) Cheers Sue

Trifley drags arm chair onto thread. Sits down and makes herself comfy. OK! I'm baaaaack from the wilderness. Only one more session to go (thank the gods!). I'm glad. I don't thinkj I could take too much more of this. I don't know how people who are really sick cope with it. I sang happy birthday to Derek on the other thread....I sounded good even if I do say so myself heeee heeee. I threw a tantrum because the Royal consort worked New Years eve....sooooo.....he has graciously agreed that we should go to Montville for a couple of days next week. We leave on Sunday for 2 days of peace, quiet, coffee, wineries and craft shops.....yippppeee. Can someone email me if there was anything drastic or happy which happened to any of our wonderful lot while I've been in the wilderness? It's not just that I'm a sticky beak.....it's that I want you all to know that I think of you even when I'm feeling yucky. Aaaahhhh....coffee provided by the Royal consort! Aren't I lucky? Hugz Trifley X

hi ya, I don't mind the weather, its still breezy here. House stays cool w/out air cond as its made of blocks. We keep the windows open and the sunny side blinds down. Miles and dogs are a little heat affected though so we've been playing uno. just having a lunch break now. easy - noodles. love Yvette x posted this at the same time, I'm the last person to ask about exciting stuff - oo, lew is freezing her butt off with buddy petee in the antarctic, jood is bendigo - ing. vonny is gettng ready to go boating and jill travelling os. soon. yx

Aaaahhhh tis lovely to have you back from the wilderness Oh Great Queen!!!! Just had sms from Joodles . . . 11.49 Maccas for lunch at Deniliquin . . . so all fine with her on the road and on the down hill run. Just had a chat with Lara . . . I had tried ringing her to no avail, then I found her on msn . . . again no avail she has no electricity and the lappy keeps cutting out . . . so she rang me back. Tiger is sorted !! At last . . . he is still back in hospital and Lara is hopeing they keep him there a while. Turns out the problem was caused by the physio . . . silly blighter had Tiger doing knee bends on Sunday - well before he should have according to the surgeon - and it has caused a bleed and muscle damage . . . hence the great agony that he was in on Sunday night and had to go back into hospital. Lara is guessing by the look on the surgeons face when Tiger told her what he had been doing, that the little physio will be in very hot water! Not a bad day here on Botany Bay . . . sunny but a lovely sea breeze keeping temps down. Only one giraffe with head in the blue sky, and lots of activity out there on the beach with kids still on school holidays. Guess what . . . we have a holdiay booked for August . . . TLR has always wanted to go back to Vietnam and have a look see . . . so we go on 7th August - back on 17th Aug. Now I have something to look forward to after we get back from our Turkey and UK trip woohooooo. Must be lunch time the tum is rumbling so off to slice a bit off the ham bone to have with my salad . . . and coffee . . . sounds good! Hope your all haveing a good day . . . luv Laurie

Hugz for Tiger....I'm glad they found out what your problem was. Big ~~~~~~wave to Joodles....have a safe trip. Jill.....when do ya leave for OS? Is it down to sleeps yet? Cool thoughts for all those who are having hot weather. We have a reasonable day here on the GC. Hugz TX

Oh Great Queen . . . I got it wrong the other day . . . I started counting sleeps for Jill cause I had her as leaving on 2nd Feb . . . but she goes on 4th so I was out in my count by 2 days !!! So it is 18 sleeps today till our Jill is off on her Paris, Ireland and UK trip. luv Laurie

Hi Queenie Glad you are feeling better and a nice weekend comming up will be great.. dont forget the plastic.. Jill I hope you have a fantastic trip and keep us informed how you are going... Lozz You are going to have a great year by the sound of it..When do you leave for the UK.. Joodles You should be in Bendigo soon as it is only about a 2 to 3 hour run from Deniliquin..Safe riving.. So glad they found out the problem with Tiger,, I hope they can fix it and get him home soon.. Wouldnt like to be in the physios shoes.. Dr. Tony Hope this hot weather is not making you take to many tablets..Dr. Lew will count them when she gets home... Love Mary xxx.

Good Morning Wattlers Phew I used to like living in Melbourne where we got variety - but someone turned the temp up on us and forgot to turn it down again. This is not good for a girl who doesn't like the temp any higher than 28c -lol. Had to go yesterday for the smear test, while there got the usual lecture -'lose some weight', hmmm blood pressure a little high (course it was just had roadworks (40 kmph most of the way), kamikaze drivers and no parking spots, 39 deg and just fell in the door for the appt time ( I had allowed 40 mins for the trip - wasn't late for once and its usually only a 25 min trip), hmmm (again) you sound a bit wheezy let me check your chest (no not that way -lol) with a steffyscope- another few hmmm's later - the verdict. I have succumbed to the poor air quality - he is sure its the smoke/air quality but has put me on an inhaler. Have been doing the morning walks and running out of breath up the hills, kept coughing everytime I've had to breathe a bit harder. They say ignorance is bliss - I kept thinking these hills are a bit of hard work. Don't like the inhaler - Yuk - in fact double yuk - its tasteless and no smell - but I'm hoping the trembles stop soon they are a bit un-nerving. Vonny and Fanny what a coincidence - add another offspring to the 14th of Jan - Jonathon was 25 also but born at 2.10pm. Bit spooky that. Lara I surmise from all the chatter that Mike's knee isn't right yet - (( hugs)) to you both. (been so long writing this 5 peeps have added - thank you for the update Princeth). Trifley isn't Graeme a sweetie - Montville is a lovely place to get over the CC's (chemo collywobbles). Dr T can I have some pills to make me cool please, don't know how Barb is coping at the tennis - does she like the heat? Good to hear Lew has her sea legs - hope she keeps a tight hold on Wattie don't want him to be a snack for the fishes. Shazz thank you for the kind comments on the cottage - but unfortunately is still has a bit of work to be done. JA sorry I forgot to send the piccies will do it today for you - didn't mean to exclude you. Mary ooo a swishy night out - yeah you can have a lovely dinner and not have to wonder about driving home and brekky too - go get pampered and don't forget to leave the room untidy - just 'cause you can! Welcome home Flakey. Had a day of shopping on Monday with my sis, last time was 4 yrs ago, and after Monday I know why. Flakey she dragged me to Brandsmart - mainly because I had bought some lovely Mikasa wine glasses there(on my shopping trip with Jude 2) for her for Christmas, and my dear darling son picked up the present on Chrismas morning by the ribbon to carry it out to the car for me - you can guess what happened. David handed me the package when I got in the car and said is Aunty Lynda's present supposed to tinkle? 2 broken glasses to be replaced. (got some nice new bras that are comfortable and reasonably priced ,bonus was that they look quite good/sexy too - no there wont be any pics -pmsl. )was only going to be there for an hour, 5 hrs later got home. I'm retailed therapy-ed out - let me back to Bunnings! I listened to LWTTT on Sunday too, was doing a bit of stripping while bopping to the music (paint stripping - calm down) - Ken said I'll think I'll turn the tele over to the cricket - you look like you are enjoying the music too much - bu***r. Off to have some sustenance back later xx jude

Mary . . . our trip to UK is part of the Anzac trip! We go to Greece then into Turkey for the memorial service at Anzac Cove, then over to UK . . . should be away about 4 weeks from 19th April. Got some of it booked but not all yet, still twisting TLR's arm big time. luv Laurie PS . . . two return tickets to Vietnam total ot $1,371.28 just looking for prices for my neice to try and talk her into coming with us.