General Chat

Afternoon All
The sun has finally come out after a very dark morning.Saying that it has just gone in .But it is certainly warming up :-D

Pat,yes Hannah and John have split up.It is all so so sad and none of can really understand why.It was Johns choice and Hannah is a wreck .I can hardly bare to see her like this.So she is staying with friends until she can find somewhere else.
She will be finishing her job at the Addiction Centre in a few weeks and then beginning a 3 year stint for a PhD at Kings in London.

My Dishwasher was so noisy last night I taped it lol.Then this morning I went to Cu**ys and got someone to listen to it.His words were CRIKEY!.He thought it sounded like something jamming like the Motor.So I am now looking for a new one.
The one we have at the moment is a Bosc* so am going to go for the same make.
It is going be a shock having to wash up all the dishes now :-S :-S

I have a lovely pic that my Sister sent.Her daughter and family are away for the B/H so she has been going to look after the 2 cats and tortoise.(Dogs are in Kennels.)
Janice went yesterday morning and fed them and all was as usual .When she went back at teatime,she found Tabby in her special bed with 4 little babies :-D :-D.The kittens were all clean with umbilical cords all sorted and they were all suckling.
They are sooooooo sweet.............Want a Kitten David ?I know how much you love them ;-) :-D.She sent me another pic this morning with just the kittens .Mummy must have gone off to eat or something.
I will send the one of Mum and kittens.

Roast Dinner in and my tummy is rumbling.I have a Pork Loin Joint and a Turkey joint.Pork for Chris and me and the Turkey for James and Hannah.Trouble is I forgot to tell James I was doing a roast and he had made plans.Oh well he can just have things warmed up later.I doubt Hannah will eat much either ,so I reckon cold meat is on the menu for tomorrow.

The sun is out again so I am going to grab a few minutes out there before I need to put the Roast Potatoes in.
Will catch up on this mornings posts in a bit.

Afternoon all,

Lovely and sunny here today really warm ,i have the washing from yesterday blowing on the line,and i'am sitting in front of the fan.
We called at sons for coffee and then went to Homeb*se to get the floor tiles for the kitchen ,there's 15% off every thing this weekend so we saved a little .

Frank , North Creake is not that far from me , just the other side of Fakenham not far from Burham Market and about 5 miles to Holkham on the coast .
That will be nice to have a few days away next week and with your refund you now have your spending money :-D :-D

Just remembered. I had a curry last night, full of chillies garlic and numerous herbs. My stomach it telling me IT DIDN'T LIKE IT. But it tasted great <3 <3 <3

Who's the LUCKY ONE then Mel, Rain and thick cloud here.

I have been round the houses again this morning to get on here. It gets me all agitated, and bad tempered. If it wasn't for you lot (meant in the kindest way) I wouldn't bother with the Genes site.

Jane you mentioned the VULCAN BOMBER yesterday. It flew over here very low yesterday afternoon. I heard the ROW but didn't bother to get up and see what it was. Ros said t was huge, and so noisy and low. I wish now I had got of my ar#e and looked.

When in the RAF. I played football at many RAF stations on a Wednesday afternoon. One was where the V bombers were stationed. One afternoon we were in the middle of the match when a squadron of them took off. The ground trembled under the roar of FIVE of those going off in formation. BUT WHAT A SIGHT.

Nothing planed at this end today. I know madam would like to get in the garden, but somehow I don't think this will happen. I will be content with the paper and my book, till I get dinner later.

Pat where is North Creake near ?? I have never heard of it. !!

I don't envy you sorting out the insurance with a foreign driver. When Ros was wiped out by a Germany driver on the M 1. He did everything to blame her. Saying her tyres were bald ( IT had been MOTd that week) that she drove into his lorry. It went on for THREE YEARS and two back operations before it was sorted, and only then, because her was being summond to court in this Country. Now, to say the least she is terrified of overtaking any lorries. and does so with absolute care.

I trust Hannah is alright Jane. When is she going back to London ??

COFFEE TIME.

Morning/evening,

I am having terrible trouble getting to the last page this morning.

Am going to post to see if this works.

Sunny here and a lovely day. Have hurt my foot and have pain right up the left hand side of it.

I keep getting the error sign up but when you check it seems to post ok..

Ann.....the police did check everything for us..the man couldn't speak English..The drivers carry their own forms to fill in incase they have an accident,,,But our insurers said it does take time to claim from theirs..

Jane has Hannah spilt up with her boyfriend after all this time..I have missed so many posts..IS she also starting a new job?

Morning all..evening Kim

Absolutely poring with rain again here...Bank holiday erh..

Frank ..Ross has been very busy in the garden again..but your garden photos always look nice.

David...How are you doing now..I see you are managing to get around slightly..

We are staying in North Creake again in the same cottage.We want lo look around the church yard there..\we did the church at South Creake...Alans granddad came from there before mo ving to Luton...Have quite a few names on the tree from there..

I'm late for most of you, but thought I would pop in.

Carolyn rang this evening, inviting us down to Hastings next Tuesday till Friday. Thought it would give me a break before my knee job (not trembler) lol lol
but I bet I will be by the time he is finished.

I had another cheque from First Utility this morning for over £250.00. to clear my credit with them. Considering they have owed me this since May, it's taken them long enough. and no interest. :-( :-(

Ros finally came in at 6.30 pm. All her bits are in the greenhouse, ready for the morning, <3 <3 I don't know how she does it, with her back playing up like it is. But she says it's got to be done. HINT HINT :-D :-D I wish I could do it, perhaps when my knee is done I will be able to.

You all seemed to have been busy, with accidents, shopping etc.

Sleep tight, see you in the morning, if I can get on here.

I have just sent a stinking letter to the Support team, regarding the site and these COOKIES. Will they take notice. I doubt it. !!!

Ive slept most of the afternoon.Thought I'd have a lie down,next thing I knew I was waking up nearly 4 hours later.Must be under the weather,I don't usually sleep during the day.In fact prior to the accident I wouldn't be in during the day.

I used to do Ellen's shopping at the super market.More than once I joked that these shopping trolleys morph into zimmers.
Look at me now on a walking frame or elbow crutches.

Ann,thank you for those 2 links.I will phone that number tomorrow.
I've changed my password so many times which one do I open?The one that works :-)

Patricia nice to see you back .The foreign driver was probably checking his map?Glad no one was hurt.

I'm hoping Mel's foots better.

Rained all last night and most of today.

Hope you enjoy your holiday Jane.Hannah will get over him and start smiling again.

Hope rest of you are OK

Mandy, I didn't see the price as I was in a hurry........OH double parked outside and waiting for me!! I bet it was a bargain though as the things are always about a third cheaper than the other charity shops. I nearly bought a gemstone necklace in Unakite that I saw, but it's a green I don't wear.

Sounds like the shopping went well Jane. I expect Hannah has a lot on her mind with the break up, finding a new place and the new job. It should get better for her as things move on and she settles into the new job. A few new clothes always helps too!! :-)

Mel do you mean the F*milysearch site? I find that a real pain since they changed it and can't find as much on there as I used to.

So i'am not the only one with spiders then :-S i will be giving my towel a good shake from now on .

It wasn't to bad with the paint as it was only emulsion paint and wiped off ok,the brush went in the bin LOL ,and i'am not too bothered about the flooring as its coming up any way and it will be tiled , one coat of emulsion on the walls now ,gradually getting there .

Jane what colours are you trying out for your lounge ?

Son takes a size 12 shoe !! he has some Cr*cs but they have the bit between the toes ,they made the side of his foot sore , Jac*mo have wide fit flip flops, ones with adjustable touch-and-close fastening on the tops .

Ann, the little ones have lots of Lego, they had all sons from when he was small , how much were they selling it for ? if we see any on the car boot stalls it is usually quite pricey, but it is expensive to buy from new .

Rain has finally stopped .

I see Mandy ,Ann and Frank sneaked in without me seeing.
Well Ros has been a busy bee in the garden.I see you have been the butler Frank taking refreshments :-D

Mandy The air would have been blue here if that had happened with a paintbrush .Have you managed to get the paint off the floor ?

Ann your FIL sounds a stubborn old so and so lol.Lets just hope he never has that tumble down the stairs at the footie !

Chris has done a little painting today !!!!!.Well not painting as such .He has been doing the tester pots on one of the walls in the lounge.And in large writing beside each colour is the name .I call it wall art :-D.Still can't decide though :-S

Mel I meant to say thanks for letting us know that you heard from Kim and how Joel is doing.Can we still not send emails to Kim?
Got to think about dinner now
:-S

Ancestry have taken away the Old Search which I used all the time as I can't get on with the New Search. No option now to go anywhere but the new one so I shall have to have a good go at looking things up and see if I can get used to it.

All company gone off to their next holiday home about half an hour away. I expect we shall see them during the week so please excuse me if I don't get on here some days.

Jane I think your birds are Swallows or House Martins and not Swifts.

You certainly have a blimmin lot opf them.

Just been up the tunnel and watered and found the courgettes had turned into marrows!!! Have cut them off now.

Poor Gordon having to cope with two frames as well as two invalids.
Hope they all enjoy the match.

Oh has been watching the the grand prix pole postions on the telly with Alan.

LOL Mandy! One of them does and has SENSE, but FIL insists on going to the top but one row of the stand!! :-S I can see him falling all the way down the stairs one day, he's quite unsteady now. He can use a lift to get up, it's getting to his seat from there that's tricky. :-S OH doesn't even go in the stand, he likes to walk about and have a chat to different people.

Ros has got much more stamina than me Frank. She has done well getting all that done in the garden today. I can remember having an Etch-a-Sketch and loving drawing things on it. My brother had some lego, but nowhere near as much as I saw today. I can remember telling him off for leaving it lying about when I trod on it in stockinged feet.......ouch!

Pat that must have been frightening with the lorry. It's always a worry with foreign lorries. OH was hit by one once and they couldn't trace the insurance company that was given.

Oh Mandy........paint all over the place!! Did he push it back on again and 'make do?' :-S Mind you, it would probably drop off again!

Mandy talking of spiders.They must love towels.Chris came out of the en suite the other morning and said that I must stop hiding spiders in his towel !!!!!.He said there was a huge one that fell out when he picked the towel up to dry himself lol.The little devils (some big devils) are everywhere at he moment :-S

Hi Pat.I hope your visit went well with your son and family.I bet bet Mocha has really enjoyed all the fuss and loving from the G Children.Is he a happy boy now that he is top dog again?

My hand does feel strange without the ring.I took in in this morning and it should be repaired in a week to ten days at £40,which I think seems reasonable.I would have paid anything to get it fixed.They might even give it a nice clean too :-D

Ooh Pat that really must have given you a shock.Thank heavens neither of you were hurt.At least you have a car sorted for your holiday.I hope the weather picks up again for you.Where abouts are you going to be staying? I have a feeling you might have already told us ,but I have either forgotten or missed the post.

It is so dark here,and has rained on and off.More this afternoon than this morning.
Hannah and I went to Corby to do some retail therapy :-D.She got a couple of dresses for when she starts her PhD.I bought her one last week too.She said she needs to be reasonably smart ,and not live in jeans and casual tops like she has done working with clients at the Addiction Centre.I think she is actually looking forward to dressing 'up' a bit.I bought James a pair of flip flops (not with the bit between the toes but the band over the foot as that is something he hadn't bought for Greece and will need something like that for beach and pool.The only problem might be that he can't actually get his feet under the band.He has very wide feet and a size 12. :-S Dainty eh!...He looks like he has boats on his feet lol.Then we went to Tes** for a couple of bits.Hannah has gone to a friends for a couple of hours for a natter and cuppa.She is ok but just so tired and quiet.Hopefully the few days away in Barcelona will put a bit of spark back in her.

Mel what a shame you had such a rainy day to go out with your guests.Cheesy Chips.
Is that when you have melted cheese on the top? I have had that once and even though it is not healthy I thought it was blooming scrummy
:-D :-D..Did you say you had Ginger ice-cream? Now I don't fancy that.

There is a very large basket of clean washing staring at me.I'm staring back at it :-D :-P..I don't think any of it is mine .

Been raining here off and on all day ,had some washing out at one stage but down came the rain another hour and it would have all been dry !!

It was so funny a while ago hubby was painting away when all of a sudden the end came right off the brush :-D :-D all he had was the handle of the brush ,the end splashed onto the floor :-S :-D a few choice words were said !! :-D

Nice to see you Pat , are you coming to the usual place here in Norfolk ,sorry the name escapes me at the moment , that was nasty getting hit by that lorry shakes you up a bit ,main thing though no one got hurt .

Oh i know why OH's taking two with walkers to the football Ann......don't they get front row seats ;-) :-D :-D :-D

Where's Jane today .....still going round the shops !! :-D

What a waste of time putting all the plants out. It's been fine all day.

Ros has been in the BACK garden since 10.30 this morning. I took a sandwich down to her at lunchtime with a coffee. and I have just taken tea a cake. She will ache tonight, but it does look good what she has done. A real good clear out at the side of the greenhouse. Two bags of rubbish. The green bin is so full you can't close the lid. !!!

Bit of a disaster for you then yesterday Mel. Nothing worse than trying to enjoy yourself in the rain.

I bet that SPIDER gave you a right old scare Mandy. We had one on the ceiling last night. It was big enough to put a "SADDLE ON" I managed to get hold of it and put it out of the window. Ros almost has kittens when they run across the carpet. :-D :-D
You have been lucky with all that sunshine. I think we will get it tomorrow.

Ann, I use to buy my two children Lego. they had biscuit tins full of it. On a rainy day, it would keep them busy for hours. Do you remember the "ETCH A SKETCH"?? They had one each, and hold competition's who could draw the best picture. Do they have things like that for the children today.

I watched the Arsenal V Fulham match at lunchtime. The rain down there was pouring down, so it seems to have passed us by.

Not sure what we will be having tonight. Ros does like her Chinese, but I think we will have a change tonight.

Where's our Jane today.?? I suppose she will be busy with Hannah, shopping and nattering (like all you women) I'm just ducking under the table :-D :-D :-D

Jane Im am wearing my mums wedding ring as well.With my joints I had to take my own ring off for some reason and now cant get it over the joint..

I hope the dog show goes well...
Im looking forward to watching Vera tomorrow as well.I had recorded quite a few programes when Clare was here and will watch them when I have time...

Mocha was spoilt by the grandchildren and I think he is sighing with relief now.I have just walked him around the block in the drizzle I just wanted some fresh air..
Hope you are all ok