General Chat

Hi everybody, Friday night finally. Cold and miserable outside. our rain gauge measured 8 mm at 5.30 pm from 12 noon. grass looks green. Brain is non functional, had baked beans for tea. nothing much else to report - updated, wore red. love Yvette x

What a lovely restful day until this afternoon when I decided to renew and upgrade my Norton.. YUCK ..I have spent most of the afternoon trying to download it and going round in circles..It will just not finish the download. It gets to 99% finished and then just dissapears off my screen..cant get it to go any further..It has been a great pain in the proverbial neck and I will now have to wait for son to come round in the morning to fix it..If I cant get it to work I will go for the free one, which is supposed to be OK or Mcafee ,, is that a good one.. Now you all know why I didnt get to have a swim this afternoon ,, I was so looking forward to it , but never mind the dryer is now on the laundry wall so I can now do some washing and dry it without having to squeeze around all the fixtures.. Lara Sorry you didnt win the 'ball game' but it is all good fun. Hope you are keeping well up there and the warm weather is suiting you.. Stay as long as you can and enjoy... Had a nice easy tea and early to bed. Glad you are getting some help with the packing Sue.. It is such a trying job.. See ya in the morning.. Love Mary xxxxx

Oooops Laurie, it was yesterday or last night rather (6.45pm) - I just wished you a safe trip - nothing important. .. But I do hope you have a great time while you are away. Jood

Good Evening All Well we packed another couple of boxes, also went to town as it was Davids rdo, went and had a sticky at the house, it is definately empty, found some empty cardboard boxes in garage, so we recycled them, put them in car for our use lol. Mary yes I have got help packing, and without asking, which I thought was good, youngest dd came home and found out it was a definate for the move and asked straight away for a box to pack her stuff, other dd asked tonight if she could pack some of her stuff, and David has been busy packing his videos in boxes. The last time I moved I was on my own and had to do the packing up all by myself as girls were too young, I did have help though when it came to moving furniture, but boy it makes a difference when you have others to help with the packing. Lara not sure what it will be like in Summer, but cant be any worse than this place, as I mentioned before it is an icechest in winter as there is no insulation, also in summer because of the lack of insulation, it is like an oven and of a night time we have been known to sit outside with all the doors open and lights off and fan going to try and push the heat out of the house. Laurie congrats to you and also Colleen and Dion on their baby girl. Hello to everyone I havent mentioned. I might pop on tomorrow night, after me and girls have been to footy, David isnt coming, he is going to be cleaning his shed out. Ok Coffee time. Cheers Sue

Joodles, I just looked in my inbox and I didn't get an email from you this morning . . . can you resend luv Laurie

Tony, You have an email but not sure if it is clear enough. Vonny

Are you now?? - did you get my email this morning? - I haven't had a reply ?? .. :) Jood

Ray is working late and I'm just plaXXXXX sorry working with bling lol Have to find the right combo . . . my page goes all skewiff if I have too many characters L XO

Arvo fellow Geneaoligist....:>)). Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy bithday to Sarah louise Happy birthday tooo yuoooooo...:>)) A little song to celebrate. Thank heaven for little girls for little girls get bigger every day! Thank heaven for little girls they grow up in the most delightful way! Those little eyes so helpless and appealing one day will flash and send you crashin' thru the ceilin' Thank heaven for little girls thank heaven for them all, no matter where no matter who for without them, what would little boys do? Thank heaven... thank heaven... Thank heaven for little girls! Congratulation to the now very proud parents. and to Laurie and Ray. People used to say to me ( having 5 daughters ) did i regret not having a son. This used to really pisssss- sistantly..... me right orf. Comments like... your not a man till you have a son,the male determines the sex, ect, ect, ect It was always the males saying this that had sons, and i used to return their comment with: Do you love your wife/girlfriend? Is she sexy? Does she cook you dinner? Does she clean your house? Does she Iron your clothes? Does she look after you when your sick? ( man flu ) Then if its the male that determines the sex,you should be kissing my feet with gratitude....lol A little story. In the 70s at a dinner party at my home,my then naive 26 year old younger brother made a bad mistake by saying to my wife Carolyn ( who was a very quite reserved woman, normally ) His comment to her at the dinner table was: If it wasnt for us blokes, you females couldnt have babies.......Baaaaad mistake..lol She said nothing ( silence )......but got up from the table,went to the cupboard, got out an empty jar......shoved it in his hand....looked him straight in the eye, and said. Here....go into the toilet.....take out ya jigger..... and make me a baby....LOL I nearly keeled over with laughter, and he never ever spoke like that again to her. Thought i would share that with you.......:>))) Hope everyone had a good day. Tony Oz..:>)) Time for a tablet...( doctors orders )

Well, because you've begged so nicely Laurie, of course I'll be taking the appropriate pickes, lol. Lew Lew xxx

Lara . . . Sarah Louise's Daddy is named Dion . . . lol Can see the mummy is the niece - the daddy didn't even get a mention off me . . naughty aunty !!! Surrogate aunty Lew will probably get to see bubby before me . . . boohoo . . . but she has a nice little camera (on hands and knees . . . begging !!) luv Laurie

good afternoon Lost our Bocci doubles match ( thank the Lord or would I have had to play again) my normally staunch partner let me down was not playing to his normal standard that has him in the men's grand final ohh so sad LOL Laurie congratulations to Colleen and Glen on the arrival of Sarah Louise she is a lucky little girl to have such a nice grand auntie, that song keeps coming into my head now' Lilly the pink the pink the pink' I bet she is going to be one spoilt little girl pickles plse asap . Give her a cuddle for me ohhh getting all clucky here. Cilla we will have a barbecue at our caravan park thanks when we get there not in your back yard pmsl gosh can you imagine if I saw a dirty big snake I would B****Y well faint or have a heart attack. Up here they sell snake proof fencing don't they have it in Mackay they should have and it would be nice to get some before we get there don't want your bridesmaid having a heart attack LOL Sitting here waiting for Cassie's and Jas's mediation hearing to finish, the builders have admitted liability for everything that is wrong with the house except the floor although Cas and Jas have a letter from Queensland timber, and the guy who did the overlay, and the engineer to say floor needs to be all ripped up as the movement of the whole house and the fact it was not put in correctly in the first place have caused the squeekiness and house to sway and the kitchen to move away from wall so are still argueing over that part of it please God let it be over soon I can't cope with this anymore or poor kids being so stressed when they don't deserve it they have payed out $15,000 in legal fees so far and it will cost at least $85,000 to their get house fixed.any way please say one for them and me too. Hz Settle Petal, you were so lucky car never flipped around into you. Just imagine though what it was like that feeling like its in slow motion and also that you can't get away either but thank heaven it didn't hit you too. Congratulation to DD and maybe one day see her name in lights eh Keep the slow steady rain going and maybe we can expect then the Yarrawonga area to be nice and green when we get home. Mary you just seem so happy there that's great hope you get your swim into day and enjoy it. Tassy sorry you have to do yukky moving but it will be great for the girls for sure just getting to the age where the like their privacy and their own space and the house sounds good that it will be warm what about cooling got that too heading into summer? Will you taking the letter box with you LOL Vonny in March I will sitting in the pool waiting waiting for you and John to come down from Corowa and spend the night with us and then get into the boat whenever and we will help you get back into the Murray by carrying boat from the weir wall to the river again . Also hope you got your planner want one for myself but I guess you want to write like a diary each day EG.'We are spending some time at the lovely SKINNY LARA'S and she is looking good and Mike well he is the same etc etc . so you will need more space on each page than I would. Pmsl have to go have walk~~~~~~~~~~ to all lara

What good news Jood :)))))) Have been chasing Burtons and trying to make sense of the new info Laurie found yesterday. Such a lovely lady :) Shazz, you put me to shame. Your Rob is very blessed :) I must mend my ways. I struggle to get up at 7am!! Goodness me, day half gone already. ~~~~~~~Vonny

Good One Jood. We like a happy story! Lew Lew xxx

I have to share this with someone. My kids have no information on their father's side, due to the grandfather skipping out when the kids were under 3 (3 of them) - supposedly a canadian, but never found any more out. .. Ex's mother we discovered in the last few yrs was adopted - but no father was declared. .. The only avenue we had was her real mother (by the way ex mother in law died earlier this year). .. The real mother died in 1962. .. This is the only person we can research on the kids side. We've found most of the family in the country in WA (including our convict) long since deceased - and today my daughter received an email in reply to hers, from a descendant who is possibly a half sister to ex ma-in-laws 'real mother'. .. Woooohooooooooooo I'm so happy - I will be visiting that town when I go over at xmas, forearmed is forewarned. .. I can see I will be traipsing round cemeteries and the like - might even meet one of their descendants. ... One brick wall down for the kids. Jood

Well I have had a little sleep in and got woken up by the phone .. A bit cloudy today and the handyman has come to affix the drier to the wall. It will be good to then have the main bathroom free to walk in as the drier is sitting in the middle of the floor..LOL The poor visitors had to get round it to get in.. Lousia How wanderful to find all this new family you didnt know you had..I hope they bring you a lot of love and many blessings..I do hope your half brother is keen to see you and you both hit it off well. Nothing like a brother who loves you as I know I have 3...and I woulnt swap them for quids... Vonny Congratulations on your 34th wedding anniversary. You dont look a day over 21, so dont know how you could have been married for 34 years...enjoy your family dinner... Anna Think of all the experience you had searching at the Library.. LOL I know how you mean re head spinning.. I spent a few hours searching in the New Plymouth Library in NZ and didnt know who I was looking for by the end of it..All those names just kept spinning around..I didnt get far either..Glad Katherine is better.. Pam I am having a lovely day so far.. OH is playing with his new big screen TV. The handy man is fixing the drier to the wall, and I am sitting her enjoying my puta and nobody to worry me, the day is MINE.. so I may get that swim in after all.. Laurie..What can I say... LOTS of love and hugs for the proud parents and a big HUG for you .. Another name to add to the tree and a good reason to go shopping...Love the name and hope both mum and babe are doing well... Cilla Keep the back door closed and the lawn cut very low..Spring and summer are the worst times for snakes and Brown are a nasty kind..Wear gumboots if going into scrub,, Heather.. Boy you get up early,,were you having trouble with the floor of the spare room,, did it dissapear or summit..LOLglad you found it again.. Jood Loved your Hindu joke..so real.. Jill 200 smakaroos, you lucky girl,, good for you,, Lew I knew brown got very bad tempered but I didnt know that the black ate them, I will never kill a black one if I see one now,,I hate the dasterdy things and when we went to Ophir near Orange gold fossicking I always wore my gumboots as the greenies got into the reserve and said it had to return to its natural state so the few sheep that were on it and kept the grass down by eating it , were taken off and now the grass is so long nobody is game to go there as the snakes are really bad and one is scared to tread anywhere for fear of treading on one..They have ruined a beautiful place and the council in Orange wander why no one goes there much any more.. We certainly dont and after the last visit we saw so many red belly black and a few brown we decided that was it,,,,, Tassie Hows the packing,, You have my sympathy and hope you are getting some help..Vowed I will never move again... Shazz. How are ys mate... do you really have to get up at 3.30 to get OH to work..what a ghastly hour..I must admit after our visitors left this morning at 6am I snuck back to bed and had another hours sleep.. Life is slowley getting back to normal and I will soon be able to get started on my family history again..fantastic... Love to all especially those I havent mentioned.. Back Later Love Mary xxxxx

Ooops! I'll speak to hubby tonight and see what shifts he is doing on the Friday Louisa x

I AM home today .. :((( Free Friday 1 Sept Jood

Oh No! better hit the delete buton lol My auntie said they have some photos but I'm not sure of any details other then the ones mentioned of my dad. But it is sooo exciting, I'm trying hard not to get too pushy, don't want to scare them off lol A lunch date would be great, I could always knock on Joods' door one morning and kidnap her before she can escape. Louisa x

Morning Louisa, Hey girl, thats what we're here for, to chew one anothers ears off, you can ring me anytime, so glad something has finally started coming your way and that you are getting heaps of info, exciting about your grandparents isnt it, hope they have photos and such, oh by the way, just have to add, hope you havent been making a show of yourself in the shopping centres any more, he he Sorry, LOL, ha ha Guys you have to have a squizz at Louisa s thread, I can laugh about because it happened to me in front of all the Big Nob Telecom guys Shaz PS have to make a date with Jood and go for lunch one day, thats if shes ever at home