General Chat

Hi all. I am still alive and kicking although I almost had a heart attack last evening. I had an intruder in the house! No, not a rat, bigger than that. It was a cat, presumably a stray or one somebody has dumped. It had been at the cat food that I had left on the stairs for our cat when I go out for the day. Our cat was looking terrified in that direction and when I heard a noise and went to investigate this big furry shape suddenly appeared running from the passage into the lounge and then doing the wall of death around the lounge/dining area, on the table, up on window sills. I opened the front door and chased the cat around with loud yells to get out. It did (so did my cat, but she came back later). I hope the stray doesnt come back, I dont know what I can do to keep it out. Son suggested a magnetic cat flap but I cant think of anywhere I could put one, due to the nature of our doors etc.

I visited Phil again yesterday and when we sat on the settee he said the train was taking a long time to start moving. I said it wasnt a train and later he said the aeroplane was slow to take off. A few days earlier he had wanted to know (when talking to me on the phone) if we could afford to hire a boat to get back to NZ. He thought he was in England. Apparently he asked another woman who was visiting the ward if she was going to come back with him. He thought it was his mother. I told her she had a similar hairstyle.

I wont be visiting Phil today, it is so tiring, mentally as well as physically. I might go to the LDS rooms this morning (if I can get ready and away in time) to check out some references for some certs I want . I will then do some shopping and take my dinner to our genealogy rooms as they have the monthly meeting tonight, but I wont stay for that as I want to go to choir practice. It is so nice to have a life again, even if it does have to include visiting OH in hospital.

Huia.

Joy we tried all the car parks,but they were all full up today unfortunately.
But we are going to go when the children are back at school.
Jean I am so sorry I forgot to let you know about the e.mail I sent. I did not want to scare you,but can understand how you felt,as I normally delete any
I don't recognise to.

Mokent there's a car park behind the gift shop in broarstairs
you can usually get parked there
or further up the road NR illusions on the main street

Hi All,

Mo, sorry you couldn't get a parking space in Broadstairs, it's so disappointing not to be able to stop there after the drive down. Never mind, perhaps you can go another day soon, when the schools are back. It will be a lot quieter then. We haven't been anywhere today, Alun won't take the car out on a Bank Holiday because of traffic queues. So I've been doing some scrapping instead.
Sorry to hear that you still have the problem of your furry friends. I think I would ring the council and tell them the situation and ask if it's possible for the rat catcher to come back a bit sooner. You can't keep putting up with this, it looks as though the poison is not working, for them to keep coming back. Good luck!

Ann, my uncle use to live in Malvern many years ago. I don't remember much about it though as I was too young. In recent years we have only just gone through it, but never stopped there.
Some of Alun's ancestors come from around the Worcester area, so we hope that we will be able to go and do some research there. The trouble is our ancestors are so spread out that we don't know where to go next.

Huia, how are you getting on? We haven't heard from you for a couple of days, I hope all is well with you and Phil.

Sue, hope Luke's arm is less painful and that he gets on alright at the hospital this week.

Marilyn, hope you and your sister are enjoying your time together. Have you managed to get out and about?

Marie, hope all is well with you and your family.

Grace, how are things with you and your family? Hope all is well.

Liz, have you managed to book anywhere for your holiday yet. Hope you have found somewhere.
Is your son back from Reading? I hope he and his mates had a good time there.

Jean, I had forgotten that you couldn't get into your room to do some scrappages. I have managed to get some done today, but one of the ideas I had for one of the pages isn't working out as I'd hoped it would.
Never mind I'll try something else.

Debbie, did your hubby and the boys catch any fish today?

Well I'm just going to start another page, hope this one works out.

Speak to you all tomorrow.

Best wishes to you all.

Love, Sallie.xx

Mo, we are only a hour away from Blackpool, so if we are here when you come, perhaps we could meet for a coffee or something... we go away in October to Llandudno, while they do my new kitchen, dont want to be here when they do it ,let me know nearer the time... get the rat man to double the dose its not fair waiting, you want the things out and cleared ...

Hi, Sallie, cant do any pages yet cant get in the place where I do my crafting ..

love to you all, Huia , hope all is well with you....

love Jean xx

Well,my friends,what another lovely day.
We decided to take a trip down to Broadstairs,it's a lovely coastal resort near to us. BUT we got stuck in traffic,and by the time we got there we could not find a parking space. So we decided to go onto Margate,which I must say,is not a favourite place of mine,but we parked up o.k,we then decided to have a meal,as by this time it was two thirty. So we ordered the meal,only to be told it would be thirty minutes,as they were so busy.
The meal was fine,but by the time we had finished it,everywhere was closing,so we came home. What a dissapointment,I was hoping to let Liz know what it is like now down there. Sorry Liz cant update you.
Our furry friends had called again last night,I am really getting p**d of with them now.
It's no joke,when you have to carefully scrub everywhere before you can even eat your breakfast.
Debbie,it sounds like you had a wonderful day,with mum+dad. I bet they were really chuffed with the photo's on canvas.
It makes all the difference when staff blend in,and don't become nuisances,like they do in some shops you go into.
I like to browse,but always get asked "can I help you", yes I know it's manners,but sometimes I wish they would wait till I ask for help.
Jean,we hope to be coming up to Blackpool,in October for my birthday.
I will warn you dont worry,so that you can be sure to be out. lol
Sallie,I bet it is very quiet for you both,now that Richard +Christie have gone back.
But you can catch up on your scrapping now can't you.
ooooh Ann I bet your legs and feet were aching,after being on them for three and a half hours. Still you had a nice look around didn't you.
Back to normal for most people tommorrow,but us retired folk can still
continue enjoying ourselves.lol
I am going to get a nice cuppa now,so I will see you tommorrow.
By the way Huia,how are things at your end love.
Bye for now,love to you all. Mo xxx

I had a really good nights sleep last night I am pleased to say.

This morning we were at Malvern Showground at about 10am for the giant flea fair, we left at 1.30 when our legs gave up on us Lol!!

All we bought was a couple of pork pies, a bag of plums and I bought a book A hard backed illustrated sort of diary of 1900 - 1950, looks interesting. There were hundreds of stalls with lots to sell and lots of people looking and buying, just didn't see anything that I wanted this time, always makes a good run out though and it stayed dry, very windy but dry and fairly warm.

Hi Everyone,

At last I've managed to find the time to look in to see how you all are.
Richard and Christie have gone back, so it's all very quiet here now. I miss not seeing them for couple of days but then get use to it again.

Debbie, the weekend sounded just right for you all, especially for your Mum and Dad. The pictures were a really good idea, I'm sure your parents were thrilled to bits with them.
It was windy but dry here yesterday, and quite cold, and then it started to rain, more of a drizzle, but it was miserable.

Ann, you have been very busy over the weekend. I hope you slept better last night.

Mo, I hope you have haven't got more of your furry friends calling by looking for food. It's bad enough having one, without more. As you said, the rat man might have to put a stronger poison down, I think sometimes the rats become immune to some of the poisons the rat catchers put down.
Hope both you and Roly are alright, apart from having to clean up after your unwelcome visitors.

Jean, hope you and J had a good weekend. Did you go anywhere special?

Well I'm going to do some scrapping now, haven't been able to do any over the weekend.
I'll look in again later.

Best wishes to you all.

Love, Sallie.xx

Debbie, that sounded so nice for your mum and dad, what a lovely memory for everyone....the pictures sound great, I have one of mygrandson when he was about 3 or 4 he is now 28.... but the canvas effect is lovely....


Ann, hope you had a better nights sleep, I was just telling Daff about my sorting cupbpoards out,, cant get in the place were I do my crafting, for bags and boxes waiting to go to the tip or charity shop...

Mo, I do hope the animal has been dealt with , they are such horrible things. btw, were are you going on holiday, is it up my neck of the wood, and when are you going?.....


Hi, to everyone else, hope your weather is better than ours, so much rain....

love Jean xx

Morning All, thought I'd pop in to see what you have all been up to, sounds like Mo you are still having Rat trouble, and Ann has been enjoying the fruits of her labour. As for Jean "Scrapping" and "Snapping", what more can I say. I like taking photos but don't have the patience for Scrapping - too fiddly for me.

Well, I have to tell you that Mum & Dads special weekend went really well. We all managed to see them at some point on Saturday which was their actual anniversary. They had received lots of beautiful cards and flowers.

Then yesterday we had the BBQ lunch. Unfortunately it was quite windy, though warm'ish, so we ate indoors rather than in the gardens, but the food was wonderful and the Hotel staff couldn't do enough to make us feel comfortable. But they never got in the way. The sort of staff you know are there but you aren't really aware of their presence.

The Hotel we went to is family owned and run with awareness of what families need from their holiday, so there are large gardens, a swimming pool, table football, table tennis, a small playground and a lovely wooded walk through which they have put up loads of bird and squirrel feeders. All that amongst the rabbits in their hutches on the lawns and 2 huge family dogs. It was a lovely atmosphere.

We gave Mum & Dad 2 of their wedding photos which we had "blown up" to pictures of about 24" x12" and set onto canvas. They looked fantastic as a finished product and obviously in Black and White so they were very striking. One was of the pair of them in front of the Church Door and the other was the pair of them, all 3 bridesmaids, the Best man and both sets of their parents. It is lovely for my generation to see our Grandparents in such lovely photos. They now need to be hung somewhere nice in the house, but I'm sure that will be achieved with ease.

So, all in all, a very successful day and one enjoyed by all of us. I think Mum & Dad were slightly nervous as to what we had all planned for them, but were delighted with the no fuss, no frills day that it turned out to be.

Off now, the rest of the family are out in the boat fishing so I must get on with some work. Have a lovely Bank Holiday.
DEBBIE

Hope it is better than I slept last night, I was so stiff that I woke up every time I moved!

It sounds like you have been really busy Ann. I bet you will sleep well tonight.

Hello people. The gravel was all put down by OH in drizzle this afternoon, then we (well he with me supervising) placed a couple of red pots containing grasses, a couple of pink rocks and a large red dragon on the gravel, it looks quite good, needs to mature a bit.

*story, when our youngest grandchild was about three she went down the end of our garden where the lower patio is and saw my large red japanese type dragon, backed away from it and said to her Mum " It's not a REAL lion"! This has become a family joke between OH and myself, so we moved the 'not a real lion' from the lower patio to the newly gravelled area this afternoon. We then moved a bird table to a better position and decided that was enough for today.

Coooooeeee,girls,anyone around. It's sooo quiet,and I am bored,nothing much on t.v. The Lewis programme,is a repeat,and Roly insists on watching it again. Huh men.
Oh well,I will see you tommorrow. Night Night god bless. Love Mo xxx

Jean,if I could find the darn thing I would take you a snap. Hopefully the next time I see it,it will be lying flat on it's back DEAD. Not that I have seen it yet. It must be wearing an invisible cloak or something.

Hello, folks, you are going the right way for a smack,Mo, I am a most placid peaceful person.. I am.... we havent got a garden as such , but we do have tubs and pots.....I miss my garden so share Anns now....lol.... and Daffs when she gets round to sending any snaps ( photos for Mo, who doesnt speak the photography jargon ) uhm......Sorry to hear about your new friend my neighbours have rats as pets, I have threatened them not to lose any of them !! could you take a snap for me Mo, I could put it in THE book....Hope you all are enjoying the sunshine whatever that is.....


love to all Jean xx

Welcome Daff,good to see you.
Ann is such a busy person,I bet she's out in her garden again,theres always so much to do out there. If not she will be doing her scrapping.
How's you Daff,I hope you are still on the up.?
Jean,what you on about snapping,from what I heard,you are good at doing it. lol.
Hows you my love. I hope you are both enjoying a nice relaxing weekend,and not doing to much back breaking gardening. Don't overdo it.
Our furry friend is still about,but I think he may have invited some of his friends around as well.
We discovered a patch of carpet scratched up,this morning,right by the patio doors. There was a small hole,but it did not go through to the outside. That has now been filled in again. We have searched high and low for this pest,and can't find it.
More of the poison had been eaten. All I can say is,it cant be strong enough,so when the man comes again on Thursday,he can put something stronger down,hopefully.
But we have to be so careful,because of our cat. She was having a good sniff around again ,this morning,but I think if she saw it,she would probably die of shock. She's an old lady now.
I am fed up of clearing up the droppings,and bleaching every where.
Still enough of my moaning.
We have another beautiful day here in Kent,and I am now sitting around relaxing.
I will pop back later,and see how you all are.
Love to all. Mo xxx

Back is a bit sore but otherwise not too bad. Got the rest of the gravel now so hope to get it down after lunch.

Hello everyone... just popped on to see how Ann had got on in her garden! You have worked hard, Ann... wanna start on mine, now? lolol I bet you and T are sore today!! We had visitors, so didn't really get started.... never mind, there is always today.

~~~~~~~~ to everyone

Love

Daff xxxxx

Ann, must be catching all this sorting out... thank you for the photos I love the steps what a lovely place, they are all brilliant.... I am getting itchy fingers just wanting to start doing some snapping , must try harder.... like the polo top too......


Love Jean xx Hi, Marilyn and everyone xxx