General Chat

Morning all Thanks Tony mate for the weather report - (wrote it out to take with me) got me thermals all packed in and jumpers, umbrella etc etc - what a crying shame it will be wet this week - pertickly on Wednesday when we are doing the steam train tour and going to Drysdale :( All packed now - trying not to think what I possibly MIGHT need ( - ooh must grab me book on the way down) Off for brekky Cheers all - have a great day Love Jood

Evening. Aaaahh...all gone home....:>))) Whats that song they sing....Hummm.........Silence is Golden,Golden...la, la, la,.....la,la But really had a great day. My eldest grandson Dean anthony ( 5 year old )...walked up to me with his hands behind his back, and then said Happy Poppy's day Pop...and handed me a pressie. It was a Tomato plant in a pot ( seedling )......but there is method in his madness you see. He knows Pop will plant it in the vegie garden and come summer ( when the Tom's are ripe )..he will sit on a chair and pick them and eat them...lol Hee hee...he is a chip off the old block, and a thinker....Ummmm..... Let someone else do the digging,planting, watering,manureing,...and then he gets the benefits...The fruits of my Labour........lol Trifley. Best wishes for to-morrow, mate. Jood. Where ya long john's mate, its wet darn sarf....and cool. Geelong is always a bit cooler than Mulbin. Monday:.......Geelong: Min 5 Max 16 Tuesday Rain developing. Min 9 Max 17 Wednesday Showers. Min 7 Max 15 Thursday Few showers. Min 8 Max 16 Friday Becoming fine. Min 8 Max 17 Saturday Fine. Min 7 Max 19 Sunday Fine. Min 10 Max 22 Midnight..so might get another hr of painting in, before i hit the sack. Have a great day to-morrow peeps. Tony Oz....:>))) GO PIES

Fanny - I was reading Lyns msg - no wonder I got confused, I thought it was you talking .. pmsl You wear yourself out girl - tearing around in a canoe lol - but I admire your guts. Best of luck tomorrow Trifley. Love Jood

Yvette...Cor you wore me out just reading what you did for your day...Think I will go to bed as I need a rest now... See ya all in the morning... Love Mary xxxxxxx Laurie. Your weekend sounded fantastic,, So happy for you.. Trifley Good luck for the heart test.. Dont give the quack to hard a time...xxxxx

Evening all, It was lovely reading the last pages. I've had a great day, did all the things that i intended - even a bit of a sleep in. Went for a paddle and immersion , no fishing though. My possum isn't overseas, maybe if he was i'de get some spring cleaning done. Gave him the multi guitar rack (fondly referred to as the bike rack) for fathers day and he immediately knew it was an Yvette's self interest pressie, but impressed all the same. Kayaking was great, 'cept i got a 4 seasons in the day. Worked really hard against the wind & got rained on. pmsl as when i finally got out after 3 hours , i nearly fell over from being worn out. went home and had a sleep on the lounge in front of dr who dvds. Lebanese bread veg. pizzas 4 tea and i'm ready for a shower and bed all over again. Golly the weekend flies past! night all, love Yvette

Hi Laurie...sounds like you had a wonderful weekend. Lara...I always do my puta housekeeping, it's more fun tan the other sort...lol Crew...rain in Mudgee...wow that should make the news. I'll let you know when our tourist guide arrives. I'm having an early night as I have to go for my heart test tomorrow. I'll see you all later. love Trifley X

Well Laurie, glad you had a lovely birthday - now I know why you adopted me - coz you collect old chooks - didnt you call me the chicken something or other a while back .. pmsl The packing is done, except for a few things which go in tomorrow morning, but then when I weigh it - I may have to take half of it out .. tee hee. Yvette - I didnt know your OH was overseas, I thought it was Lyn's OH - Will pop in briefly tomorrow while you are all asleep and say au revoir. Love Jood

good evening well the Mudgee meet is going to be fantasic Joan this is fantastic news so glad you've decide to join the mad people and become one of the Wattlers they are sometimes naughty and sometimes unruly but so friendly and wonderful you'll love them all like you've known them all your life. Donna did Zacks team do well just hope they had a great day. Mary Judy is so terrific she gave up her whole day to try and sort it for me,so hopefully it is don't know though still can't start it in safe mode so something is wrong still also don't know about the whole thing as it was hibernating and we'll see if that's stopped. BUT please all of you download Judy's maintanance tips on the tips board and do what she says every week so then all these nasties don't happen. I have AVG Professional and Ad-Aware but didn't have Spy Blaster this is to stop them coming into your putor according to Judy so its very important so if they get through then Ad-Aware will get rid of them but I have been naughty and not done the maintanance every week like removing temp files and cookies and defragging and disc scan much better than going through this Anyway glad you had a lovely day Laurie I must go and see you all tomorrow love Lara P.S.Joodles have nice time Vonny glad you had nice weekend.

Evening all you Wattlers. Sorry about my tickets not bringing forth any moulla!! Shall have to tell those kids off at the newsagency for selling me the wrong numbers!! Hope everyone had a good Fathers Day. I had totally forgotten what day it was until daughter returned from weekend away and asked me how I enjoyed my father's day alone!! Spoke to OH yesterday, now 2 weeks since he went o/s, he said weather in UK is rats, I said 'Never mind, it's brilliant here!!' I spent the day madly spring cleaning, surprising how much I can achieve when I have the house to myself. Plus tomorrow I have a day off work and thought I would just do my own thing, walking, gardening, reading etc (practising for retirement......) Okay all catch up with you later Lyn

Good Evening Wattlers, Sounds like you all had a good day. Laurie sounds like a wonderful weekend, glad you enjoyed it JA great news you are coming to Mudgee, get to meet you at last. We had a good day with family coming around and a barbaque lunch, weather was lovely, the rain missed us but very windy for a while. Consumed a fair bit of wine today so am feeling a bit drowsy so will see you all tomorrow. cheers Sandra in the Gong

Sounds like everyone has had a good weekend. Me too.. I got all my photos sorted and packed into photo boxes then I watched the footy (only bad part of the day). After that my girls rang from Vegas,they are having a great time together which is fantastic as they are 6yrs apart and have never really been close.Jess is excited as they met the boys fron Thunder Down Under and one of them lives not far from us and gave her his number. Now after a roast tea followed by syewed apple and icecream Im going to cuddle up on the couch with my very tired Oh and watch a movie. See you all tomorrow Flakey

Joan I am so pleased you have booked to go to Mudgee..Whoo Hoo.. Theres going to be a good time in the old town that night... Jood.. Are you packed???????? Lara Hope you have got the puta fixed..sounds a bummer to me..When they decide to play up they really play up..I want a foolproof puta that never does anything but what I want it to...In my dreams... Tony How is the painting..Did your dinner smell of paint...LOL or did you get PIZZA again... Have a nice night all.. Love mary xxxxx

Good evening all . . . Firstly - hope all the dads have had a lovely Fathers Day, Tony nothing better than a family gathering for any reason - but on Fathers day just that little more special. I have lots of memories to relive today as I always shared my birthday with my Dad - it was always 'our day' no matter what day my birthday actually fell on. Thank you all so much for the birthday wishes, I have had a wonderful weekend. We left here yesterday morning and headed into Brighton to Glens place, and Paul came down and met us there. We had lunch and headed off to the wedding together. Amanda's parents migrated here from Scotland as teenagers, so it was fitting that the guys in the bridal party wore kilts as did about half of the guest list. The wedding was held at St Andrews in South Brisbane, and of course there were pipers a plenty. I blubbered through most of the ceromony, Amanda is our princess anyway and yesterday she looked like a fairy princess. The reception was down by the river at Yeronga, and we had such a good time. Being with our boys is so special on its own and Amanda is so much a part of our family. Ray was called on to make a speach as Amanda's 'other Dad' . . . then Richard the real father decided we should get half the bill - so Ray added that while we have always taken great care of Amanda, it came with a no responsibility clause! We left the reception at about 11.30, and as we had Amandas bed for the night we got to spend the rest of the evening sitting chatting remembering all the good and bad times in her life with her parents Richard and Cathy. Up early this morning and back over to Glens, then the boys and Narelle (Glens girlfriend) took us out to lunch up at Redcliffe. This afternoon back over to Amanda's to download our photos on to her computer and back out to Cedar Grove. TLR has gone for a nap . . . all this warm weather has made him sleepy. I was spoilt rotten today, the lovely Ray did well . . . in the Prouds parcel was a lovely pair of earings, if I remember I will take a pickle tomorrow. He done well Lew, followed our instructions well !!! (do you remember giving him instructions at Sydvegas ???) I got masses of flowers, the boys found me a 'rooster' . . . I sort of collect all things chook !!! and my birthday rooster is a really clever creation - made from all sorts of odds and ends, springs, bolts, nuts, chains . . . he is lovely! Paul picked him up at a gallery on the sunshine coast. The boys also gave me a pocket external drive for the puter, and some other bits and pieces. Amanda and Mat gave me a lovely photo frame with first wedding photo in it, and friends over the creek gave me a lovely basket with home made relishes and dressings, marinated feta, and jams. JA I am so glad you are going to make it to the Mudgee meet . . . sounding like it is going to be massive . . . Joodles, have a lovely trip tomorrow - but take it easy! How sad that we didn't manage a big win last night - with all those chances, but fitting that Wattie should save the day!!! Ah well, our turn must be getting closer!!! Going to go read some mail, and catch up on what you have all been up to. Thanks you again for the good wishes, I truley am blessed to have such lovely friends luv Laurie

Thank you Jood Trifley Yvonne amd Lew Lew I am really looking forward to meeting everyone. Take care all and have a good week. Sue, good luck with your move - always a hard slog Jood I am sure you must have unpacked and packed enough by now lol Will look out for the planked boat on the lake Vonny JA

Evening All Had a lovely day today, went to my parents for lunch with Mum, Dad, my brother and my 2 girls and David and myself. After we had a lovely baked Chicken, then home made cheesecake and meringue, sat down and watched the start of V8 Supercars, then came home and as it is the end of the footy season, I decided to take all my Hawk stuff down, oh I also watched the footy while doing it :-))))))) Jood I think its tomorrow you are going to Geelong, have a safe and happy trip. Catch you when you return. Ok better go and cook some nice toasted tuna sandwiches for tea. ~~~~~~~~ to all~~~~~~~ Cheers Sue

Afternoon Wattlers. Well, as predicted it rained!!! Poor Mudgee Race Club. It started raining about 10am, stopped at 12 noon (by which time we had decided not to go) then at about 4pm we were hit with a massive thunderstorm. Our guests last night didn't leave until way after midnight, we Terry and I just lazed around all day. Joan, I'm thrilled that you're coming to the Mudgee Meet. Please pm me your address and I'll ensure that you get a Tourist Guide to whet the appetite. What's your computer problem Trifles? I'm off to do a bit of FH research ~~~waves to all the wonderful Wattlers~~~ Lew Lew xxx

Hi Joan...see ya in Mudgee!!!! Yaaayyy. Vonny...if you go away again the boys might help with the last 2 planks...lol Joodles.....I've been trying that web address but I can't get it to work. Mark just got home so I'll get him to help. TX

Hi all :) Home again after a lovely weekend retreat at a place called Hartzer Park at Bowral. beautiful place. I see that Wattie is the only lotto winner :) Well done Wattie. JA - lovely news indeed that you are coming to Mudgee - I must go and book. Was trying to pay off the bulk of the card before I put the next bit on!!! Happy Burfday Laurie - hope that it has been wonderful :) And many more to come. The kids looked after John for Father's day while I was away, so I was very happy with them AND each son helped with a plank so there are only TWO planks left to go :)))))))))) ~~~~~~~~~~to all Vonny

Wow JA - that is GREAT news .. I am soooo pleased you are coming. .. OOooooer - we will probably all be a bit different out there in ole Mudgee town than if we were in the confines of the Casino .. lol Maybe I will see you before then? I suppose Canberra to Bendigo is a bit far? .. Nobody knows what is around the corner do they? Jood

Hello wattlers, commiserations about the lotto,good luck next time, happy birthday to Sue in Tassie's brother Stephen. Lauire looking forwrd to hearing all about the pressie. Happy birthday to you....... Lara sorry about teh compouter, hope it gets fixed soon Hello to everyone else, I have booked for Mudgee (thanks Trifley, Mary Jood and Lara for encouraging me) It will be great to meet you all at last. Jood go pack!!!! And have a great time Tony can just if I try smell the VB over the paint lol Happy father's day to all OHs Take care all JA