General Chat

ooh it's quiet tonight..Where is everyone??
I have just given myself a mini pedicure .A soak in a bowl of lovely hot water with some nice scented stuff,then a scrub with a pumice stone and a good trimming of nails finished off with a nice foot moisturiser :-D :-D.That is me sorted now.
I am going to try and stay up until Chris gets home,but might not last that long lol

See you all tomorrow .

Where is our William and David?????

You ARE their Dad Frank <3
Well he is home and just getting washed and brushed up ready for this evening.He brought down 3 shirts for me to ask which one to wear......he has never done that in his life !!!!!.When he came through the front door with balloons ,bottles ,cards ,etc,he said "give us a kiss I have kissed so many people today I might as well have one from you"

He is ready now ,smells lovely too :-D

I'm glad to think they never will Jane, considering neither are mine, but treat me as their DAD.

Frank .I have no idea where Chris is going tonight.He knows nothing.I am going to try and have a quick word with Sue(who is picking him up) and see if she will tell me.I know it a meal out somewhere.Not just drinkies,although I reckon there will be a fair few glasses going down .I think Chris is going to put a big load of dosh behind the bar for the girls.

Fitz's fingers .....well one looks kind of ok but the other still looks pretty bent.He has another 5 weeks of exercising to do.They are still painful .Bit like your Knee really :-S
We never seem to stop forking out for 'grown up kids'!!!!!!!.What would they do without us Frank???

Jane, We have had cloud all afternoon. The girls went off this morning to Corby, they went to the new Tesc#s. Ros said it is much bigger than Northampton, and I think that is big.

Thank goodness we have Barcla# card. What with one thing and another, we have been drained of surplus (not that I had much) cash. I've helped Conrad out with his rent in Spain, plus cash for his pocket (for food etc) also for Jan. They have money coming, but until it arrives they are struggling. Good old Mum & Dad. I know we will get it back, but in the mean time, we will have to go carful.

The freezer is full of food now, as we bought TWO carrier bags up with us, together with loads of tins, and packets. At least Jan will be alright while he is away.

How's Fitz's fingers now ???

My knee isn't that hot, the pain is on the inside of the knee, and whenever I move it the pain shoots up and down the leg. I did get my appointment changed from Oct 16th to Sept 23rd (MONDAY 3,10 pm) So will see what he has to say then. I'm hoping it's not too serious, and that all this climbing up and down stairs has been the problem. The last thing I want now, is for him to say "REPLACEMENT KNEE"

Jane, where are the practice taking Chris this evening, anywhere nice. or just for a few drinky poos ??

Ros is just about bushed, and is asleep in the armchair in the lounge. I'm still in the conservatory, and it feels quite warm. Conrad has filled the green bin with grass cuttings, I couldn't count the number of times he emptied the cutting bag !!! Bit of blue sky now, and loads of seagulls flying over, back to the lake to roost up for the night. Have also seen loads of geese flying in formation. When do they go north or south ???

I sent my daughter an Email yesterday as I needed info for my tree. I didn't expect a reply back so soon, but have replied to thank her and to pass on a big XXX to my Gt Grandson. and ask for a contact Number and address. Whether that comes back, is to bee seen.

Frank what a surprise hearing from your Daughter.I know you are not normally in touch ,but now nice to know all the dates for G and Gt Grandchildren :-D

I thought you were going to see if you could get an appointment about that knee of yours.I don't think it should be as painful as it is now ,unless that procedure hasn't worked .I wouldn't leave it .Does your knee feel hot at all?especially around the wound sites?

Didn't have too much wine with Fitz.Just a couple of glasses.We sat in the sunshine and jabbered on about Venice.He gave me some more names of restaurants so I got the laptop out there and we googled them.

Chris sent me an email saying he hasn't been kissed or cried over by so many women since he was baptised .I think he is going to be emotionally drained by the time he get in lol,and he will be carrying his box of belongings from his room .I actually think it is a good thing he is going out tonight .It will be the best thing for him :-D and give me a little grace lol
As for you Frank .I will find you to give you that big ear clipping ;-) :-D :-S .Have you raided that Piggy Bank ready for tomorrow ?Sounds like you will need to lol
No cooking for me tonight .James and I are just having Pizza,so just bung in the oven and done.Then he is going out.So I will be all on my lonesome this evening.
I can't believe how hot the sun is right now.So I'm going to go back out and sit with my book

:-D

I have just heard from my daughter, I needed information from her for my TREE. Would you believe it's my Gt Grandsons FIRST BIRTHDAY today, and I didn't know about it. Also it's the middle grandsons birthday on the 29th Sept. He will be 22 , The eldest is 24 on 9th Oct. and the youngest 18 on 7th July just gone. It's also her Wedding anniversary tomorrow 29 years.

Gawd only knows what I have done to my knee, but it is playing me up like mad. PAIN whenever or whenever I move it. Having to use my stick as my leg (if that makes sense) it's making my should hurt :-( :-( :-( I have taken my quota of pain killers for this morning/afternoon, so will have to wait a few hours before I can have anymore. But don't seem to get any relief. I think a few beers and a crash out might be the answer. ONLY JOKING :-D :-D :-D

Fiona, You will have to get yourself a big stick ;-) ;-) ;-) and remind your OH who is in charge :-D :-D :-D If he is anything like my boys, they say "I'll do it tomorrow" and we all know tomorrow never comes. !!!

Do hope Chris can relax and enjoy himself tonight, he has to remember it might be his last chance. As from tomorrow he will be stuck at home with YOU :-D :-D :-D Poor old sod <3 <3 <3 It's alright Jane I am changing address's so you can't find me, for that ear clipping !!! Not to much Wine with your lunch with Fitz, you will only want to sleep all afternoon.!!!

Conrad is COOKING TONIGHT, I can't afford £50.00 a night for food out, especially with the expense coming up tomorrow night. I don't expect to see much change out of £150.00.Coffee time, see you later.

There is nothing worse than scrabbling about for the cleaning things Fiona.All mine is under the kitchen sink and to find things at the back I have to get on my knees :-S
I have actually got it organised now and bought some little plastic boxes to put things in.As for how long it will be before it is chaos again remains to be seen lol

Frank I would have quite liked to have been at the restaurant with you.I love Rubgy Players :-D.Yes i can imagine how loud they must have been especially if they had a few pints down them .Hope your knee is rested a bit now.Just don't do your usual thing and try and do too much :-| :-|

I think Fitz will be here shortly so I better rustle up a bit of lunch.

I .m not sure about tranquillisers for Chris Frank.I think a few glasses of wine would be the best think.He loosens up a bit then and and his tongue loosens too which is what is needed tonight.Normally he is the one that sits back and lets everyone else do the chatting.He won't be allowed to do that this evening :-D

Morning Everyone, Evening Kim

Glad you had a nice meal Frank, I'm not keen on Indian food, prefer Italian or a sweet & sour chicken,

I have been moaning to OH :-D now that he has finished with the outside building, could he PLEASE fix my big cupboard/larder/pantry what ever I call it, it needs the ceiling fixed, , and paint the walls a fresh coat of white paint, take out the old wood shelves, and put a light in.
we ordered a chrome shelving unit on line a couple of days ago, it came this morning :-D :-D
once the shelves are up I can put all my cleaning fluids, dusters, polish and other house hold items in so I can then find things the first time as at the moment I have to take everything of at the front to get to the bottles at the back :-|

Morning All and Evening Kim,

Cloudy here today at the mo. At least it is not raining.

Am just about to take a look on the camera card to see how many pics and videos I have to go through today!!! I still hav'nt done yesterdays.

Better get cracking.

Morning LAZY BONES/Evening Kim.

As I said I stayed at home yesterday afternoon. I had a nice quiet afternoon watching an old war film "Appointment in London" RAF bomber squadron.

The "STAY OUTS" got back about 5.30 pm. I had decided. That as it was ROS's birthday, she wasn't going to stay in. So I told them to get themselves sorted as I would be taking them out again for a meal.
We ended up at the Indian in Oakham, Hardly anyone there at 7.30 pm and we got a window seat looking over the High street.

About 8.00 pm a RUGBY TEAM came in and took over a BIG table specially laid table down the centre of the restaurant Now, when you get 20 or so big blokes all talking to each other, it gets rather loud . They weren't content to talking to the person next to them, but shouting to the other end of the table.

It was good that we had had our starters, and the main course was just being served. We had them, paid and left them too it. It did rather spoil the evening, but the girls were tired from walking and "Window shopping" so it wasn't that bad.

I was in bed by 10.30 pm My leg was killing me. Not only the stairs at Conrads, but the restaurant is on the 1st floor, so had to climb up about 25 large steps, and down again, after a couple of pints of Indian beer !!!!

Poor little HOG. I can see he/she might be in "hospital" at Aunty Mel's for the winter.

Jane, you will need to give Chris a couple of tranquilizers to settle him down before his evening out tonight.

The neighbour next to Conrad is have an extention done. and at this very moment they have one of these BIG CRANES lifting and lowering things from his roof. I hope they know what they are doing, or I can see the whole lot coming down !!!

Clear blue sky's here with very little breeze. and I don't think we had any rain in the night. Could be the lawn will get cut later :-0 :-0 :-0

On my 4th cup of tea, and waiting for my cooked breakfast. so had better cleat the table.

Ann, Do hope things sort them selves out with the football club.

Morning/Evening All
What a lovely day.THe sun is out ,little fluffy white clouds bobbing in the sky and birdies singing :-D :-D..I think it could be a lunch in the garden today.

Chris got to work and found balloons and banner on his door lol

Ann I'm looking forward to your new creations .I wonder what you will be making :-D
Hope your back isn't too bad today.

Mel anything on the camera and any news on the limping hog?

Hogs have been but I hav'nt been out there as I was watching Peaky Blinders. Just seen the two of them so will have to see whats on the camera tomorrow.

Night night all.

Good luck to Chris for tomorrow. Hope the speech goes ok.

Ann ,I think he will be hanging up anything Medical.He is weird tonight.All quiet and strange.I don't know quite what to talk about.Probably best not to try and start any conversation.I will just have to leave him to mull things over on his own.I know him so well lol.
Roll on Venice is what I say :-D :-D

Signing out now .It feels so much later than 9pm !!!!

Got the printer sorted at last and have been told to go and ask P*World for a new set of inks for it as it used them all up sorting it out!! They said it had been sent out with old ink cartridges. Another job for tomorrow.

I hope the hog is ok Mel. At least it's good he is eating well.

Jane I told OH Chris wasn't looking forward to that speech at his leaving do. He said saying 'thankyous' is ok, it's when you have to fend off the rotten eggs when you are telling folk their office is closing and their jobs with it that it isn't so good!!

I remember when I retired it seemed weird to me not to have a Warrant anymore so that I could enter any premises and strangely the other thing that seemed odd was that I probably wouldn't be wearing a suit very often anymore!! Will Chris still keep a stethoscope at home or will he be hanging that up too? :-) You know how weird I have found it since OH retired!!!

Off to bed now, feel shattered tonight and I have to be up early tomorrow as beading class starts again. I haven't a clue what to take as we never know what we are making the first week. My backs been playing up the last day or two so I hope I'll be ok sitting at class as leaning forward on a seat seems to aggravate it. It was ok leaning back in the cinema yesterday. :-S

I think OH will find out tomorrow whether his footie club will be wound up.

Nighty, night.....sleep tight.

Oh dear Mel poor little Hog.What will you do if you catch it and find it is really bad.Would OH 'sort' it or would you have to take it to a vet?I just hope it is not suffering
:-(

I will see if I can get hold of Hannah this evening .I didn't speak last night as she just send a message.Yes it must be a weight of her mind now.She will be coming home tomorrow night ,but not until about midnight.I will have to leave a key out for her..but then she might arrive the same time Chris gets in lol

Just spoke to Hannah.She sounds happy :-D but knacke**d.
Also spoke to Rachel (Dubai) but now Cape Town).She sounded happy too.(Long may it last ).I won't hold my breath there lol.She did say it is so nice for Ethan to be able to play outside now .Not like Dubai with the terrible heat.Also the dogs that they had transported seem to have settled well.Little Zach sounds a very contended baby and just goes with the flow :-D....So all quiet and calm on the Western Front :-D

Fitz is coming up tomorrow .I think I will be all of a hoo ha tomorrow ,just thinking of Chris doing his last day.I think there are going to be so many tears :-( :-(.....I would love to be a fly on the wall there,but then again maybe not as I would be in floods too .It just feels very strange now to think this is the end of his career and we enter the next stage !!!!

David if you are looking in I hope things are ok.Also William has been absent now for a while. Shirl and Kim too.

Evening all,

Been raining here off and on most of the day ,the family have been for tea ,it's so hectic when they all arrive ,coats and shoes laid all over the place ,Chelsea stayed on for after school activity today ... singing !!! :-D :-D she wants to try all sorts ,even the Cheer Leading !!

Yes the old black cat turned up , when i went in he was all curled up on the sofa ,he just turned his head as if to say oh it's you and went back to sleep !!

That's really good news Jane about Hannah getting in on the house share ,so pleased for her .
Hope Chris has a good last day tomorrow ,has he got the cakes in ready :-D

We're off out for breakfast tomorrow with son and DIL , i carn't remember the last time we had breakfast out .

Still no William ??

Afternoon everyone.
It feels like a warm summers afternoon now.Blue sky and SUN :-D.It was miserable earlier on.I have been out and about doing this and that and have just got the old eyebrows tamed ready to dazzle the Italian men lol ;-)

Frank your pie sounded scrummy last night.Hope it didn't give you indigestion with that lovely pastry.
Someone around here must have new cats.Chris saw that one the other morning which was nearly all white but with black patches and I have just seen one that is nearly all black but with white patches.It looked very young and was sitting right where my birds feed by the patio. :-| :-|.It better keep it's little claws and teeth to itself and not catch any.It was rather sweet ,but when I tried to call it is disappeared into the big hedge.

This time next week will have arrived in Venice :-D.I'm getting quite excited now.
Chris has gone on a walk,probably getting his head around it being his last day as a GP tomorrow.
LOL Frank I said you offered to come and keep him company with all the girls.He said he could most likely do with a bit of support :-D :-D.I have a feeling he isn't going to sleep too well tonight.

Is is Ros's Birthday today? I seem to have lost track (again).If it is then
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROS.But it could be on Saturday.HELP !!!!

We have the biggest Bee on the back wall of the house.I just James to take a pic of it.
It's a beauty.

Here I am at last.................................

Oh changed my camera settings last night before I put it out and I had to look through 172 pics and videos. Deleted some of them and then found I had only done it off the card and not on the file so have to do it all again now. Gave up as it was taking too much time. Started dreary here this morning but then the sun came out.

Left three pairs of jog bottoms on the line last night and they were wetter than when I oput them out and I had done a boil wash of the towels so when I put those out I spun the jog bottoms again. All out on the line now in the breeze and sunshine.

Also had library this morning. Took back my two books as I had missed the library a few times. It only comes once a fortnight and I had been out with the family during those days when they were down here. Anyway he had a book I had ordered and I found two more. Came home to do an early lunch and went to put a cd in the machine and there was the last cd of the book I took back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He did'nt check them either. I had to go up the village this afternoon and take it back to him. He had put the book on the shelf too and it was just as well nobody had chosen it. I always said he was useless.........................

I was going to do so much today but not the things I have been doing :-| :-|

Our little hog that visits is not too good. We had a lot of pics of it last night so it is eating well but I think it may have lost an eye or has something wrong with its eye as it dos'nt show up on the camera like the right eye does and it limps so it has either been attacked by soemthing or it has got stuck somewhere and got itself out again. It is eating like there is no tomorrow and leaving me huge poos down the side of the garden. May have to catch it tonight ad have a look at it.

Jane I think I posted twice yesterday but could'nt get back on here to read your posts for the bl**dy Error page.

I am so pleased Hannah was chosen for the share as it will give her something to take her mind of other matters. Hope she settles in quickly. Please give her my love when you next speak.

Maureen, M&S petite only do black & blue Jeans and sometimes I find their petite range too tight round the waist and thighs
I have bought new blue jeans already this year and was looking for some gray ones I like the per una , I have had gray jeans from them before but as I have gone back up to size 10 after gall bladder op, my old gray ones were size 8.