General Chat

Afternoon everyone,

Started off very wet here ,dried up by lunch time so i hung my washing out then down came the blooming rain again , i've left it out as its stopped again now !! it will just have to take its chance .

Hope James enjoys his first day at work .

Pat , the vets know how to charge !!! Toby goes soon for his yearly check up and jabs .

I feel really tired today ,my throat has been a bit dry the last few days and my voice is a bit hoarse now !!
Think i'll have a cuppa , to wet my whistle as my dad used to say !! :-D
BBL

no matter

When I stayed at grans the tin bath came out every afternoon David so grandad and my uncle that was still at home could have a bath when they got home from the pit. I remember being scared of them with their black faces until they had their baths. Of course I was ushered off outside to play while that was going on!! lol :-0 I often think now that although the miners looked filthy after they finished work, at least they had a bath every day which is more than most people did then.

I hope Janice is managing the stairs ok Jane! I bet James will feel tired this week, getting into the 'work' routine.

I have my cases out of the loft now to start packing, looks like 'all weather' clothes will be needed with Bery's hat thrown in!! OH has loads of meetings this week and notes to do before we go so it will be me cleaning the house up and sorting everything. At least he weeded the front garden this morning. I'm not sure the car aircon will last out as it seems to be fading again and now a brake light bulb has decided to blow so that needs fixing before the weekend. I think the garage said a new compressor for the car climate control would be over £800!! You start to wonder whether to change the car as it is a few years old now.

Must nip to the cheap garden centre in the village for some plants for my pots.
BBL.

Have been to B & * they have a lot of offers on plants, all I need now is some warm, dry weather to plant them.

I must have missed a thread of two, where are you off to Ann.

Hope James is getting on okay on his first day.

Thanks for that info Pat, will have a look on the 1911 census in a minute.

No need for anyone to help on the photo front as Genes have written and problem solved.

Glad your sorted then Liz.......

Like the pic of Millie.

Done the shopping and back home and all put away, had my cuppa and should go and water the tunnel but thought I would pop in here first.

Jane what time does James get in tonight? We all want to know how he got on.

Turned sunny here this afternoon just because I had'nt put the wash on the line. It's a boil wash too!!

Its been pouring down here ,we've also had hail and lightening !!

Hope you don't get weather like that next week Ann, now a photo of you in a Beryl hat i'd like to see LOL

Felt chilly so the heating is on ,suns shining now !!!

Glad you got sorted out Liz

I was disapointed Manchester United lost out at the last moment in the Premier cup they really thought they had got it. What a nasty blow when Manchester city got that last goal. I was almost biting my finger nails off with excitement short lived .Never mind we have 12 cups to there one.

Today Beryl came wearing a suit that looked like it was made out of her lounge curtains. .I said is that suit the same as your curtains in your lounge. Beryl said my curtains are Paris satin and my suit is made from that material . I said gosh I thought you had cut up your curtains and made a suit. You would not believe Donnie wanted to put some water in the bird bath so he used Beryls rainhat to carry it in. Beryl said Don thats my rainhat. he said oh well you have water on the brain so I thought I would use it .I do not know who is dafter him or her. We were in our garden not theres.

Jessie got back ok Mel
Thank you for those concerned about my foot.

Evening All
I'm not stopping but just thought I'd let you know James 's first day was fine This week he will just finding out what he will have to do .I don't think it will be the most exciting work in the world lol But it's WORK :-D
Janice and I are having a lovely time together.She is hobbling around fine with her stick .Ann stairs are not too much of a problem for her.Fitz came up this afternoon and they have examined each others scars.Fitz wanted the longest one lol but I think they are both about the same.
I will catch up on the posts (I promise).
Ann I have forgotten where you are going!! and when????.Must think about dishing up dinner as Janice can't eat too late

Maureen I was at B&* this morning too......they had lots of offers on the plants like you say. I bought a golden thyme plant there and a new broom......hopefully it will sweep clean! lol :-D

We are off to where we stayed last September in Cornwall next Sat. We had it a bit rainy last year, so thought we'd go back in May this year as the weather would probably be better. :-( I've packed my waterproof jacket already. Mandy......a pic of me in a rainhat ....NO CHANCE! lol.

I bet Janice is enjoying a change of scene........is Fitz any better with the nausea now? I can just imagine them comparing scars. It's good James has the first day out of the way now and all the introductions. I was always hopeless at remembering people's names. I'd go out to a company, be introduced to various people and then forget their names!! lol. I used to get round it by saying things like 'your helpful lady over there', or 'this kind gentleman' etc so they never realised. lol.

Speaking of forgetting things OH hasn't had a good day. He tried twice to get money from a cash machine and it said his PIN was wrong......only put the wrong card in hadn't he! Then he realised he had parked but forgotten to get a ticket at the Pay and Display so had to leg it back quick to sort that out. Luckily he got away with it. Then he set off to the Police HQ to do some training tonight......without his ID tags so came haring back!

He mentioned something today I'd never thought of which is that his mum always spoke of 'washing the dishes', yet some people always say 'wash the pots'. ( like my mum did.)

Hope Fiona's headaches are getting better..........where is Frank today?

Morning / Evening all

This morning is sunny ,but I don't think it is going to last so Janice and I are going to nip of the a nice garden centre to have a mosey about and a coffee.
Tomorrow we are going to see The Artist at the cinema with Fitz and then get a KFC and take it back to his house.
I hope you are all hail and hearty today.
BBL

Morning All and Evening Kim,

Hope you have a nice day out with Janice at the garden centre and enjoy your KFC. Dry here today but o so windy. Oh is awaiting delivery of yet more blocks, a new sander and my mealworms. He is working away as I type filling the cement mixer ready to lay the first blocks round the edge. Must remember to get a photo.

Ann where abouts in Cornwall are you going please? Don't suppose it is anywhere near me...................................

Must get the washing on the line while the winds blowing and it's dry.

Morning All,

Sun then showers here all morning so I am going to sort the greenhouse out later and plant some things up. I got some of those NZ busy lizzies, the big red ones yesterday for the pots at the top of the garden. Not much point doing a lot of pots till we have the gravel all back in place. They were only 50p each.....cheaper than the geraniums.

I'm not surprised Fitz was keen to see The Artist again Jane, it was so surprisingly good. I'm sure you will enjoy it.....and the KFC after! :-D

I have just cleaned all the kitchen except the floor and have my case open on the bed to pack the essentials first like underwear, toiletries and phone and camera chargers, books.

I am sending you a PM Mel.

Still no Frank?

I'm here at lat.

Sunday afternoon, I went to the pub and watch Man City win the league, came home rather "HAPPY" cooked dinner, the meat was so tough we just had veg.and Yorkshire pudding.

Yesterday, was eye test at Tesc# at 11.00am. the most thorough eys test I have ever had. They had to put drops in my eyes to make my pupils bigger,After that I could not see, Ros had to stear me back to the car and bring me home. I sat for two hours will my eyes shut as everything was so blured. So much so, that last night I watched T.V. without my glass's and could see perfectly well. Haven't tried reading anything like my book or paper. But managing to see the thread this morning.

Ros, is out with Carolyn today, Garden Centre, cloths shops etc,

HOME ALONE AGAIN.

Spoke to Harvey last night, the weather down there (ONLY 25 miles away) has been terrible. He said they had two HOURS of HAIL and RAIN, and it was like a winters scene. He had to pack up work, (outside) and go home. We had a dry day, but very cold wind.

Glad everyone is well, and hope your leg improves Shelia. Poor old UNITED.!!!!

I was hoping to have the boys and family here for our anniversary, but Harvey and family are off to France to their Caravan on the 1st June, So will only be Ros and I, Jan and Conrad. I think I will book a table somewhere and have lunch out.

Nice pleasant day here, wind still up and chilly with it.

Hi Everyone

Just popped in for a few mins, still have the heahache but is not as painfull,
Daughter no 1 just rang they have arived safely in Italy and are at her MIL house, Sofia slept most of the flight as it was very early in the morning, daughter says she ready for a sit in the sun and relax,

Well I better go now , don't want to stay on the computer too long
But wanted to let you all know I am improving,

BB another day.

Afternoon everyone,

Sunshine and showers here today , and quite a wind , did manage to get Toby's bedding washed and dried between the showers .

Ann, it sounds as if your OH needs some of those memory tablets LOL
I remember coming home from holiday and forgetting my pin number !! i had done the shopping in the supermarket and just could not remember the number , i must have been really chilled out :-D :-D :-D

When we went to the Ran*e on Sunday we had a KFC ,not some thing i would want too often !! we walked back to the car and there was a young couple who had eaten theirs in the car , they had thrown all the boxes out the window beside the car ,and as he drove off a tub of gravy came flying out the window, the birds were having a field day with all the bones from the chicken :-S what a mess every where.

Glad to see you back Frank, wondered where you'd got too!!

Fiona, hope the headaches goes soon , i know you'll miss your family and little Sofia ,but it will do good to have a nice rest and a bit of me time ,take care <3

I found a recipe in a magazine for tonight that looked nice it's Chicken Cacciatore , so we're having that with mash and green beans , just hope we like it :-S

Time for a cuppa and a read of my book.
BBL

I do hope this weather warms up for you Ann, hard to believe it is the middle of May, it's so cold and wet.

Was hoping for a good day on Sunday, it's Harry's birthday and they are having a big party for him, we'll all be standing like sardines if we can't spill out into the garden.

The following weekend is daughter's hen do, we are starting it off here in the afternoon with snacks and drinks and 'party' games .......NO STRIPPERS ........ then we are all going to a Spanish restaurant in the evening, better pace myself, it's going to be a long day.

Tomorrow's looking quite reasonable will try and get the plants done.

He sure does lately Mandy.......he bought a sandwich while he was out yesterday and forgot and left it in his car boot overnight! Mind you he took his mum for her weekly trip to the hospital for her treatment today and I think she has his head in a spin. She asked what time we would be leaving on Saturday, what time could we get in, how many stops were we having on the way.......yikes we haven't decided any of that yet and all while he was trying to
back out of an awkward parking space!!

I just looked up what is in your recipe you are trying......I think I would love it!! :-D

I think Harvey's hailstorm must be moving up the country Frank as we had some here an hour ago. Now it is raining and thundering....whatever next! Still, it is watering the seeds I planted in the boxes.

Back to the dusting and putting another load of washing on..........it better be DRY tomorrow like it says.