General Chat

The skiing is hard Fiona. I end up leaning too far forward and crashing into everything!! OH tells his partner off in the Tennis!! lol The little Mii figures of yourselves are great......I put a suntan and shades on in the Summer.

Here's a memory. I seem to remember my first FIL calling light coloured trousers 'light jewel embers' or something like that. Is that what it was, does anyone else remember?? lol

just came on to say goodnight .

will catch up tomorrow
night night all
xxxxxxxxxxxx

That's a lot of cookery books Anne, i know where to come if i need a recipe now.

Sheila, glad to hear the leg is feeling better ,perhaps Miss Collins doesn't like anyone taking a close up photo!!!

Having an early night
Night Night all xx

10.55pm

I would think all you lovely ladies will be getting your beauty sleep. I had half hour in the armchair at about 7.30 so at the moment I am wide eyed and bushy tailed.

Come on JANE, how many glass's did you have with FITZ. or should I say bottles lol

Fiona, You are about 1/2 my weight. so you must be like a feather. because I am so slim lol lol. 13stone 4lbs old money !!!

Anne, I have family in WARE, Herts. in fact my brother was made Mayor this year. I refer to him as the MAYOR OF WARE. I don't see him anymore. We fell out big time a couple of years ago after he refered to my Stroke.As being something Ros and I had to live with, BUT HE DIDN'T That was it for me, They had to keep me from thumping him there and then !!!! We haven't spoken since. I am one of 10 children,which ranged in ages from 21 to zero, when I was born. there are only 4 of us left. My twin sister died a few years ago with the big "C" I will fill you in with bits and pieces if you stay with us, I hope I won't bore you, please say so if I do.

Just thought you might all like this 'poem' sent to me in a Christmas Card. '

A Good friend is like a good Bra!
Hard to find; always supportive;
A comfort, and always lifts you up;
Never lets you down or leaves you hanging,
And is always close to your heart!

Morning All,

Liz thats really true. I hope it was a girlfriend who sent it to you.

Sheila sorry to hear that Rashers is not well. I expect it's all th ecold weather we have been having. Pigs don't like the cold.

Jane we never did get a pic of Fitz's tree????

I have to go and get some chicken food at some time either today or tomorrow and go and drop some things off at the solicitors. Also pick up pills at docs and they are not open this afternoon.

Sun is out at the mo but there are grey clouds showing over our wall.

10.06

Morning all
Sunny day here and the rain has washed most of the snow away.

First day on my own since before christmas, OH gone back to work in the office, says he needs to find out whats been going on and catch up with everyone. I expect him to come back and tell me his schedual for the rest of January, I wonder how long it will take them this time to send him off to some other country.
He is already thinking of taking a weeks holiday in february, we both feel we had no break over Christmas and the family keep telling us to go away some where, now that I have no worries about dad,

Need to do some ironing , and a cup of coffee
BBL

Morning All
Mel I forgot all about getting a photo of Fitzs Xmas Tree.Hopefully next Xmas he will be able to find the 12 ft one that he didn't manage this year.I promise to get one this time .

Liz what a great little poem ,and true.

Frank,you may not believe me when I say ,but it was just one glass.White for me and he had a red.!

Poor Rashers.I hope he doesn't go the same way as sheep Sheila.That would be awful for April.I'm glad your leg is much improved,and hope it stays that way for you.

It is a cloudy and very breezy day ,quite nippy on the face when I was down the lane with Chester.He wasn't to keen to go far ,and I think he may be feeling a little under par this morning.

I fancy cauliflower cheese with haddock in crumbs tonight.I have the haddock but need to go and get a cauli.I hope it isn't as expensive as the one Mandy saw the other day lol

BBL 10.36

Fiona that sounds really good advice.It will do you the world of good to get away for a little holiday and have some 'you time'.

Oh the sun is coming out (or trying to).

10.43am

Good morning all, I phoned the Drs. this morning, I've gone on his phone surgery thingy. waiting for call back. Didn't want to waste time for him, he must be busy. I seem to have my kidney stones playing up again, I've got some tablets for them,but I am getting pains again. Last time I had them blasted in the hospital. He can tell me if I need that treatment again.

Ros has gone down to the Chapel Coffee Shop to meet up with some of the Tapestry ladies. I said I would walk down to have a coffee with her after the Dr. rings, Lets hope he's late then I won't have to go. !!!!

Jane, I believe you, thousands wouldn't !!!!

What an unusual verse for a Christmas Card.Liz, but rings true.

Weather here is quite cold and windy. Hope I don't have to go walkabout.

The top layer of my stored apples are going soft, so am putting two or three a day on the lawn. The birds love them. Ros bought a bag of meal worms yesterday, which are in the feeder.The tits are all over them. Hope the Starlings don't find them or they will be gone in a flash.

Mel, you have just reminddr me, I must get all the chicken pellets, corn, grit etc packed up and send round to the girls new owners.

I had four eggs the other morning. I could'nt beleive it!! Next day one and next day three. they seem to like the longer evenings already. I have had eggs all through the winter again this year from them.

Banties not laying yet. Frank you must miss the girls after having them for so long.

Jane your a naughty girl forgetting the picture of Fitz tree.

Windy here too and washing blowing on the line so perhaps it may dry today.

Fiona a break would be good for you. i know the one OH has booked for us in May gave me something to look forward to and thats why he did it. We have never been away together before!!!!!!!

11.26am.

Yes Mel, it was a 'lady' friend who sent the card! She is now 80 years old and was more a friend of my mother's, her age being in between the two of us!! She is an Artist and quite eccentric, but really really nice! no husband, ever, not surprising really! but always has/had a man friend in tow! For her 80th birthday she did a sky dive over Northern France!! and is at present 'doing' an Art Exhibition in the Crimea!!! a real character! Sunny day here, but windy, groomed Millie and must now take her for her walk.

Just come back from the docs and popped in our local shop to get my Monday paper. A friend of mine was in there buying some bits and pieces and wanting to pay her account, which she must have queried before I came in. It appears the account was for over £1000!!!!!!!! Keith checked it and came back into the shop and asked Jill if she had bought 2 and a half tons of potatoes before Christmas!!!!!!! Just hsows you what can happen on these new fangled tills...............................................

12.31pm.

Liz she sounds a right character. Bet she could tell us a few memories from her past!!12.33

Going t feed OH now and then do some ironing.

13.07pm.

Afternoon all

Its been dry all morning ,now just as i need to go shopping its raining!!!

Fiona, a holiday sounds a good idea ,after all the worry and stress you've had it will do you the world of good .

Talking of Cauliflowers ,i looked in Tesc*'s yesterday and their Cauli's were even dearer £1.99 !!! and i thought £1.50 was dear .

And i don't suppose anyone has still got the Sainsb*ry's Mag for last November ,there was a recipe for Scones in there that my friend wanted ,i think its got a picture of a Pumpkin on the front ,if anyone has i would be very grateful for the recipe .
1.28

1.26pm

Dr. didn't ring till 12.45, so didn't go out for coffee. He has told me to take my "BUSCOPAN" that I had last time they played up. If no better, go and see him next week.

Talking of art. We have a local art class, that I am thinking of joining, as a beginner. The only trouble is I am COLOUR BLIND. All shades of red, green, brown look the same. What sort of picture would I paint ????. would be interesting to find out. will have to have a word with my neighbour, who is an excellent water colout artist. see what he thinks

I know what you mean about these tills Mel, Once when up the Club, I bought a round of drinks and it came to over £4,500.00 I said can I pay be card !!!! needless to say the barman had cocked it up. !!!!

Hi Everyone.

Have spent the morning in town having coffee with my friend from the tourist information centre and then having my hair done which is one of the pleasures in life!
I also had to order 32 boxes of icecream for the panto ( no I wont eat them all myself ) and had a quick look at the sales. Being my usual silly self I saw some very cheap dishclothes on the way to the hairdressers and decided to wait until afterwards to collect. Guess what!! they had all gone, typical.
Fiona do have a holiday somewhere warm and relaxing and take time to recharge your batteries.
Frank I do know Ware as I lived in Herts many years ago. I am an only child of an only child on my mothers side. My fathers sister and brother have also died and I have three cousins somewhere who I have not seen since my fathers funeral 11years ago so my family is rather small. I shall enjoy news of ytou and yours
Sheila I know nothing of pigs but hope all is well soon.
* Mel * I know a little more about horses having a horsey dad, that sounds wrong but you know what I mean!! I used to ride, very badly, and still enjoy being around them. I am hoping to get granddaughter on board soon
Have to say I am really enjoying this chat thing. Must go now to tend to hubby who has conjunctivitis, I might have told you this yesterday but cannot remember, it must be my age!

Ooh Conjunctivitis .That is horrible Anne ,I hope it clears up for your OH soon.
And Frank painful thing Kidney Stones.I hope your Buscopan helps.

Talking of horses,some years ago when my sister and I went to stay with Mum,we had a crazy idea to go horse riding!.Janice had always enjoyed it as a young girl .I had lessons but was never a confident rider.Anyway we booked 2 horses somewhere up near the moor and I asked for a nice quiet horse .We got just outside the stables and a little way up the lane and my horse just decided to stop lol.It wouldn't go forwards or Backwards.My sister had trotted off ahead and then realised I wasn't with her.I can't really what happened then but I think someone from the stables came out and I was put on a leading reign !!!!!.I knew it was a bad idea to go.

My pooter is playing up a bit this afternoon so I am going to get on with some ironing.BBL

14.52

Glad your enjoying the thread Anne.

I am glad you did'nt have to carry those 32 boxes of icecream home!!!!

I had a pony when I was young and so did the other Ann.

Liz and Ian have Merlin and he is lovely as I have seen a pic of him with Ian in the saddle.

Make sure you don't use the same towel or facecloth as Hubby Anne.

i have'nt started the ironing yet so better get on.

14.59pm.