General Chat

I stand corrected :-D :-D :-D Sandra has just told me that the other Christmas card was off you Mel when you sent her the stickers. But I was right in a way, as you are Sandra's friend too ;-) ;-)

Sandra wants me to write the Christmas cards today, good job I found them lol. I've said we'll do them if we have the time, if not then we'll do them tomorrow :-)

Must go now, lots to do <3

Morning all,

Not at all nice today as we have that strong wind too Gill and we've had rain too before I got up cos I could hear it lashing against the bedroom window so I stayed in bed.

I am begining to think hedgehogs have the right idea sleeping through the winter. Now I can see why oh said he wanted to be a hedgehog..................

You lot have only another day to weight and you will see what I was doing..........he he he. It is only something silly but I had fun making them. If only I cou ld find where I PUT MY ONE OR PERHAPS I just miscounted. Sorry about that hit the cap lock.

Mandy there's something for Lacey in your parcel.

Hope Hannah enjoyed her night out.

Morning all

Really windy here and very cold, it looks like it might rain too

Hope Ellen is feeling a bit better today David. Good idea to let the doctor know what's happened.

That's handy Liz, having a husband who can do things around the place, my OH is quite handy, but not as good as yours, by the sounds of it.

Sandra is looking forward to the parcel arriving Mel and is wondering what her present is ;-) She's ask me to say thank you <3 We have two Christmas cards now as Sandra got one off her friend.

Going to finish decorating the Christmas tree, then run a hot bath, it's so nice to be able to do that now ;-) <3 then of course they'll be all the clothes to wash and I need to change the bedding too. The last F1 race is on this afternoon so I'll be watching that, then no doubt Sandra will want to watch strictly and the X Factor we recorded last night, so quite a busy day :-) :-)
What's everyone else up to today?

What perfume do you like Jane? I like Anais Anais, or Taboo,. I usually wear a body spray for every day, but not ear rings! I used to wear them many moons ago, but I've never ever had my ears pieced, so now I don't wear them at all. Just my gold.chain which I wear most days with or without an ornament.
We're in bed.watching Ben Fogle which we recorded. Then Dad's Army, then sleep.

Gill yours definately won't go through the letter box as I have put az few things in for Sandra. There is only one thing for you and you can open it when you get the box. Sandra can have the soft squashy one but don't squash it too much.

Mandy ,lets hope those eejits have got fed up now .They must realise that there will people on the look out now.

Liz is sounds like Ian can turn his hand to anything .I think we could do with calling on his services :-D :-D

Oh David ...Poor Ellen .That must have been awful this afternoon,and as you say a bit scary for you too.Good idea to make sure the GP knows she has had this happen.

Hannah and I have been watching X Factor(still watching) ..I am missing my Casualty :-S,so will have to watch that on my laptop in bed tomorrow morning.

I'll say Night Night now x

David, I hope Ellen is feeling better now, it is frightening when someone close to you has a dizzy attack you did the right thing by getting her to sit down and relax. My boss used to have this occasionally and always had his tablets with him at work in case.

My wife Ellen had a rare attack of her labrinitis at lunch time. It's scarey when you feel vulnerable because of immobility due to injury.

All I could do was to make her take one of the tablets that ordinarily contain it and make her rest easy until it passed.
She has a doctors appointment on Monday. A neighbour is taking her and bringing her back.
Just in case she stubbornly or carelessly neglects to mention it I shall phone the Doctor so that they are aware..

Yes OH is very handy Jane and we've rarely had to have a repair man for any broken nmachinery. household, or outside. OH used to service the car himself years ago, changing brake pads etc, and, many moons ago even replacing an engine in a landrover that we had at the time!! Our son is the same and there isn't much that he can't tackle on the repair front!!
The rain is really heaving down at the moment. We have just had that curry and it was delicious. OH is an excellent cook too!

Mel we do have CCTV in the town but the night the tree was cut down they were all looking the other way :-S so nothing was seen .

The electrician chap who put the lights on the tree and all the other lights round the town for free said There will be a Christmas lights display in Dereham - even if it kills me.”

He added: “There has been a tremendous community effort with this year’s display and it is very frustrating that people come along and do this.

“There is no accounting for idiots.

“I am moving things around and making some alterations to make sure we have a display.

“We have Saturday night to get through yet, but I’ll be monitoring the situation tonight and tomorrow morning.”

Yes thank you Gill my arm is much better i just get an odd twinge if i put my arm back to far .

That's a lot to pay out if you want to go to a wedding and then there's a wedding gift on top of that too .
So Hannah's got to the christmas chocolates has she , i must admit to eating a bag of nuts that i had put away for christmas and they were out of sight ,but i knew they were there :-D

No Frank today ?

Liz,how handy to have such a handy husband.Will I certainly couldn't see Chris fitting a Wood burner.He is handy for some things but not when it comes to major things in the house.

Anne I think Vouchers sound the most sensible thing for Rich to buy for his friends.Nothing worse than getting a big present that you really don't need or want.
Hannah has just told me she has ANOTHER wedding to go to in May.This time it is in Santorini, Greece.The flight alone is going to be about £300 !! .She will just stay there for maybe 4 nights ...It is fine for those getting married in these wonderful places but it does put pressure on friends having to fork out so much money.

Perfume is one of the things often on my Christmas list...I wear it everyday .Just a little squirt.That and earrings.I don't feel completely dressed unless I have both on.It is just a thing I have done for years and years.

Hannah has managed to ferret out a bag of Chocolates I had put away for Xmas.Now James and Jess are back I think there will be an empty bag soon :-S

Sorry to hear your FIL has had some falls Ann, glad he's ok. So he's got a new lady friend now then ;-) It's nice that Jack visits him.

Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving Ruby <3

How is your arm today Mandy, hope it's feeling a bit better today

Good to hear you're feeling better today David

Happy belated birthday to Matteo for yesterday <3 Hope all goes well at Nursery on Monday for him. I'm sure he'll soon make some friends.

You got a bargain at the charity shop with the Christmas tree Mel, it sounds just the right size for the top of your PC

What a shame the lady has changed her mind on wanting the sewing machine Frank. At least you have sorted the problem out now, so that's something and it will be working properly now for who ever buys it ;-)

Well done Ann <3 I'd like to know when it's on the internet or TV too. How lovely to receive flowers, what a wonderful surprise :-)

I've done that Mandy, I boiled some sprouts for Christmas dinner last year and forgot all about them. Luckily it wasn't quite as bad as yours, as I managed to save the pan. It's a good job you went into the kitchen when you did, or it could of been a lot worse. I was in a house fire when I was 12, it was at night and very scary. You were so lucky, it's so easily done though, especially when you have visitors and you're chatting with them.

How awful for the tree to be vandalised Mandy and twice too, hope they catch the people responsible.

That sounds like a lovely present Liz, what a good idea to get something between you that you both want.

Sorry to hear about your niece's black lab having to be put down Jane. So you're having problems with your boiler now, at least you can still use it so that's not to bad. The tree is up but only with the lights so far, I will put the rest on tomorrow as I've been putting all sorts of other things in the room, it all looks very Christmassy now. I've put a lot of things that light up including a lovely picture on the wall.

I'm curious on what you have made Mel and am looking forward to receiving it. I'm out on Monday so might have to nip to the post office to pick it up if it arrives while I'm out, unless it's small enough to go through the letter box that is.

Going to watch another Christmas film with Sandra and OH now, then sort out dinner.
BBL

We find it works well for us Anne, we usually come up with ideas in the summer, and then decide around now what is favourite and go off and get it.
OH is making Prawn Currey tonight. We didn't get much of a lunch as we were so busy, so something more substantial than porridge was required!
Nothing on TV tonight so a recording for us tonight.

Good Afternoon Everyone

It's very cold and windy here. Richard has gone into Bracknell to buy a wedding present for one of his workmates, he will probably end up getting shop vouchers as the couple have been living together for quite a while and have a little boy, so that seems the best option.

Mel, I also received your card this morning , thank you, it was the first this year, Although I have written most of mine, I have ordered the 2nd class stamps to arrive with my next Sainsbury order which is on Thursday so shall be posting them out then.

Gill your home must look nice and festive, one of my friends called in the other day and said a lot of houses had their Christmas trees in the window, We usually do ours about 10 days before Christmas, the main tree goes in the conservatory but there is a small fibre optic one that goes in the hall.

Liz, Peter and I also used to buy a joint present between us, he wasn't very good at choosing presents and as I don't usually wear jewellery or use perfume I'm not the easiest person to buy for.

We have another television on the wall in the dining part of the kitchen, this one picks up London news and the main one the Southern. it does come in handy for me when I'm ironing or cooking and there is something I want to watch. I will also miss the Coroner next week, I hope they do another series.

I'm just going to watch "come dine with me" on channel 4.

I don't know what we will be eating later it just depends how hungry Richard is as he is shopping with one of his friends so he will have something when he's out

Yes Mandy, OH will fit the new log burner. He did the first one, so it won't be a problem for him. Oh dear, how disappointing about your town lights. People are just dreadful, horrible and mean. OH would bang them up for six months or chop their hands off!!! Probably a good thing he's not in a position to put either of these into practice!!!
Very windy now, OH has just come in from clearing up outside. We've moved a load of timber up to Merlins barn (it's part closed and part open) to keep it under cover and under lock and key. A busy day!

Perfect name Toerags for people like that Mandy.They just seem to enjoy spoiling things for everyone else :-S :-S

Good name suggestions for my house :-D :-D.. We have a couple of dripping taps now too :-S..I am so relieved that the boiler is safe.It is bitterly cold and it almost feels like ice in the rain.Chris said the Gas man could talk for England and he was missing nearly all his top teeth !I know on Monday morning he is going to disappear and leave me with him.I am all alone.James,Hannah and Jess have gone to Johnny's Happy Place and Chris has just gone to Waitress to collect his new camera .(his Xmas present to himself lol),and Thomas has actually ventured out.Mind you he might have just gone straight into the summerhouse.I can't see from here.

So it is all festive in your house now Gill :-D :-D.I noticed this morning that all the signs for Xmas trees are up .

Frank is that cream something like Double Base?Emolient .Used for dry /ezema type skin?

I saw on FB today that my Niece (Janice's daughter) has had to have Zac her dear old Black Lab put down :-( :-(....First it was Bo who was killed a few months ago and now Zac.
It is a good thing she got Bently the French Bulldog after Bo.I wouldn't be surprised to hear soon that they have another :-)

I was trying to think earlier if I used to know anyone who used Snuff.Deep somewhere in my memory I think there might have been one person .But for the life of me I can't think who.

Well Mel I am getting more and more curious as to what might be arriving in the post.
Is it small enough to go through the letter box?

It is so dark here ,the wind is a blowin' ,but I do believe it has stopped raining.
I must put another log on the fire soon .It is really toasty in here so I reckon my jumper will be coming off soon.

Sounds like there are a lot of Scrooges around Mandy. Fancy cutting the tree down with a chain saw. Some peoples mentality goes a long way to being understood. Did they take the tree away when they cut it down or just leave it spreadeagled?

Can't they have a camera on the tree to see what time the lights are filtched? There is so much CCTV about now and it is'nt as expensive as it was some years ago.

That was'nt bad getting your cards today as I did put 2nd class stamps on but wanted them to go before the BIG RUSH. Now they are out of the way I can get on with something else.

Thought hubby was off work for a while Gill as you said in previous posts.

I wondered if you had been doing your tree Gill and you did say your OH had got a few days off.

Our town lights get switched on tomorrow ,the big tree was put up on wednesday with the new lights on which the towns people had worked hard fund raising for .
Thursday night some toerag stole the bulbs from the lights !!
Then did the same thing again last night ,i see we now have big wire fences put round the tree ....how nice that now looks !!
What is it with people they just can not leave things alone ,a few years ago some one cut the tree down with a chain saw :-0 we never did hear if the police
caught them

Hi Folks I'm here, did you miss me?? :-D :-D :-D

I've decided to put the Christmas tree up while OH had a few days off work and we went shopping yesterday, it was a lot quieter than I thought it would be for Black Friday. Your Christmas card arrived today Mel, thank you. It was our first one so Sandra opened it. I've put it up with my birthdays cards for now. I will be taking my birthday cards down on Monday, I normally leave them up for a week.

We were suppose to be going out today, but the weather is so wet, we've decided not to bother and are now watching the F1 qualifying instead. It's the last race of the season tomorrow.

I'll go and read the posts now, as I haven't had time so far today.
BBL <3

Afternoon all,

Really chilly here the wind cuts through you and it's just started to rain .

Thanks for your Christmas card Mel it came this morning ,so we have to wait for the post to see what you have been making ,i will be wondering all the weekend now :-D
Is your tummy better ?
Did you turn the heating back on ?

Glad your feeling a bit better today David .

So you haven't got to long to wait for the new wood burner then Liz ,will OH fit the new one ? i suppose it should be quite easy to do as you have a wood burner fitted already .

Not to long to wait for the spare part to be fitted then Jane and at least you can still use the boiler in the mean time .
I think the house should be called "Oh No Not Again " !! :-0 :-D

Frank the pan is beyond cleaning :-0 and has gone in the bin as well as the inside the bottom of the pan was burnt too !!
I can still smell the burnt spuds when i go in the kitchen ,i even got hubby to pull the cooker out in case the water had gone down the side of the cooker and making it smell but that was all clean ,i think i will be smelling it for a day or two !!
Hope Ros has got her tyre sorted ,hubby bought one of those inflater things and it does the job ,our Tesco's now charge to use the air pump thingy to pump the tyres up !! fancy having to pay for air !!
I think it was only fifty pence but that time didn't even pump one tyre as the timer starts as soon as you put your money in ,by the time you get round the car to the tyre and take off the cap thingy you need more money in !!