General Chat

Good afternoon all you lovely Wattlers!! Laurie... wonderful pics you sent me.. seems you had a great time and I feel I must send my Poledancing Crown to Trifley...lol... Some new faces for me and hope to catch you all next year... it seems I may be over around July but will of course keep you updated on that nearer the time... maybe a national meet could be arranged? Or am I asking too much? The weather is very changeable here at the moment... our heatwave was short lived and we now have an abundance of rain... as usual... My diet seems to be working .. have lost 10lbs since the Blackpool trip... don't look much different... but I must admit, me backside is a bit smaller...lol...well according to the tape measure anyway... Am just taking a break on here from that dreaded household chore...ironing... but needs must, as if I don't do it, I will be walking round in a bin bag... All my family are well and everything is ticking along nicely for a change... will be xmas before we can turn round, and then it's gonna be sorting out mine and Ians trips around the globe... he still hasn't decided where yet but definitely coming in May, so at least I have a starting point .... So glad everyone is well on the thread and my love to you all... Catch you soon... Anne xxx

Shaz - of course we behaved ourselves, we is all class. Night Yvette Lara - thats what the problem was today, a great niece, how lovely. Thanks for the pickles girls We'll miss you Tassie just in case you cannot get on here. Don't get too grumpy........... Vonny, sounding good, one more to go !!!!!!!!!!! ~~~~~Laurie and the Queen~~~ Crocs might rule but wattlers waffle Nighty nite, sleep tight Don't let the bed bugs bite Ducky

How-de-do-de Wattlers I am one tired little Waffler tonight. It is amazing how tireing talking can be. Not, of course, that I did much of it....after all I am the quiet one....heee heee. The pickle of me doing a pole dance must have been altered using computer graphics. Could any of you imagine the Queen doing something like that? We all behaved ourselves.....didn't get kicked out of the Rissole, so we must have been good. I think if today was a dress rehersal then Mudgee is going to be fantastic. Big hugs and ~~~waves to all you wonderful peeps. I'm off to bed.....gotta have a good sleep in preparation for tomorrow. And as the loved Steve Irwin would say.....'Crocks rule'. love Trifley

Ah Flakey, Your daughters have brought back lovely memories for me! Last year while I was in Vegas with Ray for a conference, he sent me off for a day trip on a helicopter to the Canyon. It was brilliant !!! The chopper pilot was terrific, he swept low over the Hoover Dam first, then up and down in the Canyon making sure we saw everything from every angle. Then he landed down the bottom and I dangled my feet in the Colorado River - we were suppose to have a champagne lunch down by the river, but the picnic basket had been left behind (teehee) Turned out to be a blessing to me, I went for a nice walk along the river and once around the bend away from everyone else it was like I was in the an old cowboy & itchybum movie. I kept looking along the ridges for the Itchybums to show up!! lol Then we took off again and went further into coves in the canyon - and then landed up on the rim so we could get some photos from up there !! It was a magic day !! Such an amazing place - I think the size and the colours are what blew me away. But then you could say the same thing about Vegas . . . . the size & the colours !!!! Off to look at old photos cheers luv Laurie

Thanks for the pickles - what a great looking bunch :) Trifley - I nearly didn't recognise you without your tirarara PLANK #17 is finished :) Only one more to go :) Then all the hard work really starts!!! Did I mention that John is a perfectionist???? Time for bed so ~~~~~~~~~to all Vonny

Evening all Just checking in before I go to bed. Thanks for the pics, looks like you all had fun. Yes I am nearly packed and ready to go, still have a week here, I have a funny feeling it is going to go soooo slooooow. Incase I cant get on here for a while dont worry, I am ok, well except for being p*****d off. Our broadband will be cut off at this place tomorrow and we are supposed to be able to use dial up internet service, but we are having all kinds of fun, have ran Dodo and wouldnt you know it they are, as they put it extremely busy at the moment and a technician will get back to us within about 24 hours !!!!!! Great. So what is happening is we can dial in but it disconnects before we can do anything much as in a minute or two. I have got Sheila to do the birthday thread, incase anyone is wondering, just to be safe if I cant get on here. I am sure that if anyone needs to contact me for example if we win big on Lotto this Saturday, I believe SuziQ has my ph numbers on the wattlelist, also a couple of others that I have met should have my number. Well I guess this is it so if I cant get back on before next Fri 15th or Sat 16th, I hope everyone stays well, has fun and maybe miss me just a little bit, as I know I will miss all of my great friends I have made on here, Gee I sound sooo morbid now, but if I cant get on here I have no excuse to not do h******k Boo Hoo. ps. David just added that he is going to blame Dodo if he has to put up with a grumpy female due to not getting her daily Wattle fix pmsl. Cheers Sue

Ha Ha LOL Mary, I read the same thing 53, me thinks Trifley DID have too many martoonies Thanks Trifley, was about to make smart comment about TLR being the only male amongst all you crazed women and then I saw your other mail adding the other two piccies, so I see Ray was in safe hands with Graeme standing by hee hee Whoops more piccys, this time from Laurie Oh B****Y hell you cant take that Trifley anywhere can you LOL, unhand that Pole, you crazy maypole swinger you Shaz

OMG told you I am going bonkers for sure sorry at least you have someone to laugh at eh I know why too got up at 6:30am this morning was going for walk but didn't , and was weally confused never been up that early in life PMSL anyway you all very rude to laugh at me you'll all be old and crazy one day . I became a great aunt today my brothers son's Justin's wife had baby girl her name is Alicia Carole and according to my brother she is absolutly beautiful of course he wouldn't be predjudiced would he LOL Mary say thanks but no thanks to Spider he is or was good but think he must be trouble as he used to play for Saints and now wants to leave Hawks bit suss I think anyway now Ive provided your laugh for the day I am going to bed they say your memory and brain improves the more sleep you have what Bl***Y hope do I have I ask you Pmsl love Lara

dear Wattlers, lovely pics , what a happy bunch! thankyou so much for sending them to me. I had a look on origins. I think the free bit must be over now. Had to download the tiff viewer and then re boot then wait for traffic to clear. By the time I worked it all out it was past bed time. Not much happening , this part of the week pretty much goes on auto pilot for me now. I need sleep bad ! nite all love from Yvette xxx

Laurie Anna and Trifle Thanks for the lovely pickles..It looks a bit like rouges gallery...LOL I got a bit of a fright as Trifley had on the heading 53 picks.. I wanderd what you had been up to for her to send 53.. It was OK only 3 so she must have started on the Martoonies and they were starting to set in..pmsl... See ya tamurra...again.. Love Mary xxxxx ps Hi Shazz You snuck in while I was typing..xxx

Evening All, Just watching channel 7 about Steve Irwin, very sad, such a great ozzie larrikan, will be sorely missed Hi trifley, how are you feeling today, hoping the news re heart test is OK Hi Laurie, Im here, been a bit busy this weekend and with Rob off yesterday I didnt get the chance to log on, went for a drive over the north shore for the day Hope you all had a great time at lunch today and behaved yourselves Lew thanks for info on Mudgee, no wonder you dont want to leave that place with all its beautiful old buildings and all those wineries, didnt realise just how beautiful it is until going through the booklets, thanks again for sending them Cilla hope the test results are good and they dont find anything bad Hi Ya Mary, not your old self eh, hope your feeling better very soon, best wishes for Johns results and hoping alls well Gwenda not long now before you three are jetsetting away, hope wattie has taken a nice photo for his passport Donna, shame about Zacks game but never mind they will do even better next year, actually re the Lupus, was watching US today show last week and they had some model on the show talking about Lupus and apparently it is hereditary Happy holidaying cat, gosh eight weeks, you wont know yourself after that long away from us, or more to the point maybe you wont know us after that long atime Oh well I see from SuzyQ report that a good time was had by all, sounds a little like she had too many martoonies, having to have a nanna lie down after her outing, hope the rest beahve themselves in true wattler style and didnt behave too much Aw Jude, im getting a little jealous myself, sounds like my kind of holiday Well I see the rest of the mob has added their little piece about the days outing and it looks like we down below missed out on a great day, never mind we will all make up for it at the collossis Mudgee meet next Feb, maybe we need a trial run some time this year eh, wadda say gang Mary youd best make sure that it is Rosemary and hope that noone has attached the wrong tag LOL Thanks Anna for the piccy of the six muskateers ~~~~~~~~Hello to the rest of you lovely wattlers Shaz Whoops nearly did a Lara and not add text hee hee

Just realised that I hadnt looked in the mail box today and so I went out just now and there was the Mudgee books from Lew.. Thanks Lew.. They look full of info.. See ya tamurro Love Mary xxx

Trifley and Anna, thank you for the pickles - looing good ! Pam

Thanks guys for the lovely pickles.. You all seem to be in good form or did you get the pickles done first and then play up.. Trifle Glad your results were good.. Johns didnt arrive so we dont know the outcome..He has an appointment tomorrow with his quack so he may know the results. I am sure it is Rosemary I bought as it said so on the tag...LOL I got it at Bunnings so if it is not Rosemary .I will send it back...lol... Lew Mudgee is going to be BIG.. fantastic... Well I am off to bed.. OH is asleep in the chair so I had better drag him off to bed while I can get him there...see ya all tamurra Love Mary xxxxx

What a wonderful day . . . That old wattle magic was out in full force in Canungra today - I am so blessed at the friends I have made on this thread. Met Jilly for the first time - just as lovely as I thought she would be, felt like I had known her forever. Anna made the long trip to join us, a lovely suprise, Suzy Q, who hasn't been well made it, Pam drove all the way from Bribie Island and the Queen and Graeme came over from the coast. Honest injins the Pav was a gift from the chef . . . no intervention . . . he made the gesture all on his lonesome!! We even managed to talk genealogy Thanks all for a lovely day - Ray mentioned as we were leaving how amazing it is to have made such great friends from an internet site - I couldn't agree more! See all cept Trifley have reported in - (but pickles have arrived so she must be home also) . . . glad your all home safe and sound. After we left Canungra we drove over the other side of Brisbane to Glen's place to pick up our mower and edge trimmer to get some gardening done tomorrow, he and Nell had done a heap of jobs on the yard over there yesterday, good to see the offspring getting on with it! Will go send off the pickles and catch you all later cheers luv Laurie

Evening all Wattlers Had the bestest of days at the Canungra rissole. Good friends, wonderful company. And the food wasn't bad either. What more can you ask for. Did have one cheeky pole dancer. Too many martinoonies............. Lew, thank you so much for the Mudgee info. Arrived today while I was out lunching so will read it soon (when I have finished here). Mary, has John's results come through yet ? Here's hoping you may now find out what is wrong. Are you really sure you have rosemary ? Some one today was going to did up some tomato plants at the Outpost - no names mentioned. I thought we might send a plant down to Tony. But then again were they really tomato plants ????? lol Cilla, how did your results go ? Lara, I tried quite a few time to access Origins too, but couldn't connect. You over your craft moment yet ? or what was it you were guzzling. Tassie is everything packed apart from what you need on a day to day basis ? Puddy tat.....what no more number pinching for a couple of months. What will we do lol Any particular puddy tat food you require apart from chockie, like tuna, sardines, liver, kidney or maybe even nice fresh fish, crab and prawns like my puddy tat loves. Flakey, did the plane trip over the canyon. Not a happy flier at anytime, especially in small planes. Only did it for my daughter as it was the one thing she wanted to do in Vegas. I survived - just. But it was well worth it !!!! Sounds like they went up the Stratosphere. Wonderful view especially at night, so pretty. Well done with your footy tipping ... Jill, thanks for that addy - haven't looked yet. Time for a chardy Pam

HI guys I'm home safely! Thanks everyone for a wonderful day - lots of laughs. Will send a photo later. Love Anna

Hi di Hi, I'm home too, TLR led the way for me to the Mt.Lindsey hgwy so I didn't get lost coming home, wasn't that nice, We had a great lunch, as usual we all spoke at once and all the time, couldn't tell you what I ate, chicken I think and then they brought us out a pavlova each, mmm wonder who organised that? I took my camera but found the battery to be flat, forgot I'd let the girls use it on the weekend, never mind lots of piccies were taken by the others. We were very well behaved, oh! except for Trifley, evidence will be shown, it's all on film,lol. Thanks guys for a lovely day. Pam here is the addy for the photos page type it into your browser. usual thing ignore the brackets. http://groups(.)msn(.)com/GCPhotospage/_tools(.)msnw good luck, Had a quick sqiwzee at the earlier msg. will go back now and reread, see you later, The puddytat still seems to be around but has Lems been given a holiday again? can't make it out. luv Jillx

Boy, Vonny, the Mudgee Meet is getting sooo big that I wouldn't be surprised if Ben Hur actually showed up, lol. Have had a couple of texts of Laurie and they sound like they've had a wonderful time. Vonny, I didn't think you want to know what Cat did. It all had to do with posting definitions of certain words on the threads, lol. Naughty Puddy. Flakey, I've done that flight over the Grand Canyon and it's amazing! Glad your girls are having fun. Hope you have a nice nanna nap, SuzyQ and that you've purchased the winning ticket. I'll buy the additional one on Friday and put the rest of Wattie's winnings aside for a big draw. Love to you all, you crazy lot Lew Lew xxx

Mary, you do know the difference between Rosemary and other errrhmm weeds don't you???? hee hee OK, someone enlighten me. Why is our lovely resident wattle cat who pinches numbers, going on a 'holiday' ?? You better send me a pm or email if its that bad! lol Isn't it funny. I thought my family was the only one who pronounced it Rissole!! Mini-meet sounds as if it was a huge success. Mudgee sounds like it will be bigger than Ben Hur - oh what fun. ~~~~~~~ to all Vonny