General Chat

Gosh it's quiet on here where is everyone?

I think you did the best thing staying in the warm Frank, it's really cold out today more like winter ,i thought it was going to rain this afternoon it went over so black.

Looking forward to the second part of Poldark later.

I decided to stay at home after all.

I have just done myself a "REAL FULL ENGLISH" Eggs, bacon, sausages, tomato's , mushrooms, baked beans all piled on two slices of toast. I'm quite blown out now.

It's so cold out in the wind. I think I am in the best place. Don't envy Ros standing out in this watching football. !!!

Will watch F 1 and listen to football with my head phones on. MULTI TASKING !!

Afternoon all,

Happy Mothers Day everyone

I had some lovely spring flowers ,chocolates and cards

Not very bright here today, don't think we will be seeing the sun .

Enjoy your lunch and football Frank, did you say you were having a curry ?

We're having a lazy day today , i have to be up early tomorrow i'am going with son to his hospital appointment ,he's having an MRI scan on his back ,he has arthritis and has had a lot of pain recently ,it's an early one at ten past eight so hopefully we'll be in and out fairly quickly.

F1 on soon so i'll be having a look on Gumtr*e while hubby watches that .
Enjoy your day everyone, what ever your all doing .

Afternoon all

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to everyone.

I got a text off Michelle today which was nice, she's had to work today so she's going to let me know when she's off again so we can chat online.

Sandra got me a Tiger puzzle I love Tigers and some chocolate to go with the flowers she got me the other day and OH is cooking the lunch so I'm just relaxing waiting for the F1 to start, I have to watch the highlights on the BBC but don't mind so long as I get to see it. I'm going to share my chocolate with Sandra and OH after lunch, they said no but it's only fair and I couldn't eat it all myself I'd feel guilty.

I've managed to find another child for one of my relatives who moved to Canada this morning and his wife and child. Unfortunately the grandchild was killed in a car crash. He was only 17 years old.

I'm off to enter them onto my tree now before lunch and the F1. Hope you enjoy your football Frank and everyone else has a nice day too.

That's kind of you Mel. Not sure that much spoiling will go on in this house!! 'L' has taken elder granddaughter to an important gymnastics competition, the other two are with their Daddy this weekend, but we shall see 'L' tomorrow, so no doubt we'll get all the gossip and anything else then 'M' and his partner have gone to visit her mother who is a widow and in her nineties!!!
We're having roast lamb today which should be lovely particularly after last weekend's fiasco!!
Horrid cold day, the wind's like a knife! so the weeds will have to get on with it!
We've more things to go into eBay, so I think sorting and seeing to that is today's job!

Morning all and evening Kim,

Dull here today but dry.

Hope you all have a lovely Mother's Day and are spoilt rotten.

Morning all, Evening Kim. "HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO YOU ALL"

Ros had a lovely card from Conrad and another from Jan which was to "MY NEARLY MUM" How sweet. She was on Skype this morning having a chat with her, and Conrad telephoned from Spain. To say the least madam is well pleased.

She has to be at Harvey's by Noon for the football. I now understand Lara and her boyfriend with her baby are going there also. So a real family affair.

I will get showered and shaved and walk down to the pup about 1.15 pm. K.O is 1.30 I can get something to eat while the match is on and be home again by 4.00. Then a quiet afternoon with the paper, book or T.V. I won't expect Ros Home before 7.00 or 8.00.

Hope you "GIRLS" have a nice day whatever you are doing. Enjoy your family !!!

Thanks Gill.xx

Good night all see you in the morning.

Sorry to hear you don't get anything for Mother's Day Mel.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

I know I'm not your daughter, but I thought this might cheer you up. Keep a smile on your face you've always got us lot.

It's been a long day so I'm off to bed now. I've PM'd you my email address Liz.
Night Night

Just off to bed for a read. Good night all, sleep tight.

You must be so pleased Gill ,a light at the end of the tunnel after all the bad luck you've had recently ,fingers crossed one of the two viewers from today will make you an offer on the bungalow

Ann, that was bad of the doctor forgetting to tell FIL to stop his tablet ,poor man i hope he soon feels better .
Fancy them getting rid of the microwave after you bought it for them .
Did you see the little crochet lamb in the Wom*ns weekly this week? i thought i might make that for Lewis for an Easter present .

Great sponge Mandy. I could just go a slice of that.

Florentines look good too Jane are you going to put chocolate on the bottoms.

That's really good news all round Gill , I'm so pleased your car is ok, it's a real pain when they play up. I haven't got your email address so I haven't been able to send you a pic of my mother's day loot! If you pm it to me I can then send you anything that might be of interest.
My S.Father used to be great at mending broken toys, I would just leave whatever it was on the bench in his workshop, and a few days later it would reappear mended as if by magic!!! I inherited a lot of my uncles toys, (my mother's younger brother) he was 15 years older than me and quite a lot of his toys had been stored in the garage. A milk float (a brilliant dolls pram) a Fort complete with soldiers and Indians, which was a present from an aunt who'd married an American and gone to live there. A Noahs Ark, a tricycle even a big rocking horse, which my G.Grandfather had given to my mother and her elder brother in 1924!! That finally went to the local hospital, where I expect the children loved it.

O Gill you have had a good day with the two viewings and a fresh freezer on the way and the car passing it's emitions test. You will be all set to go when Michelle comes next month.

Ann I do that with my ears too if they itch, just under the lobe and wiggle the old finger about to get right down inside to the itch.

I don't get anything for mothers day as I don't speak with my son.

I always cooked a sponge on one middle shelf but turned them round after a few mins as my oven was'nt level, it tipped back a bit. This new one tips forward a bit but I hav'nt cooked a sponge in it yet.

Pasta for dinner tonight and I must get it on.

Evening All,

I know exactly what you mean Jane and the itching is awful! I do that with my tongue at the back of my throat as well and also rub each side of my neck below my ears as the itching seems to go down there too!!

No fused glass course today as I got a call at jewellery class yesterday to say the tutor is ill. It's been re-booked for the 18th April now.

Mandy that is a beautiful sponge, so nice and evenly risen too. I started by cooking them in the oven side by side, but changed to one on each shelf after them burning one side! I used to do lovely sponge puds in the microwave with fruit in the bottom. They rose beautifully and only took a few minutes, but didn't brown but that didn't matter with lashings of custard on, the taste was still good!

We visited MIL yesterday. At last they'd been to the doctor again about FIL falling and his BP was still very low. No wonder, as the doctor said he'd forgotten to tell him to stop taking one of his tablets last time they came!! Hopefully he should feel a lot better soon. OH also asked them where their microwave was. (the one we bought them a couple of years ago to make life easier!) I think MIL had forgotten we had bought it for them as she said they'd got rid of it! OH asked what was wrong with it and MIL said nothing, they'd given it away because they couldn't get on with it and were too old fashioned.

Well, what a good day you have had Gill, things are looking up for you aren't they! Good news on the car, the viewings and now you have a new freezer.

It was bedlam with all the traffic in the village this morning with people shopping for Mother's Day! OH was chuntering they should ban it when he was trying to find somewhere to park! lol. When I called to get a magazine later the lady who serves who I know well has a good idea for the day. She said they got fed up with going out for a meal on Mother's Day as it is always dearer (rip off she said!) packed and service is slow, so now they book the cinema for the family and have a buffet ready to come home to afterwards. Someone in front of me in the garden centre yesterday paid £99 for their Mother's Day present (garden ornaments).

Mum didn't like flowers or plants, preferred them in the garden. She used to say just get her a card. In her bay window that was halfway up her stairs she had a lovely arrangement of artificial flowers and one year I sat and crocheted a cream 18 inch circular mat to put under the vase. I think that was one of the few times she was really pleased with a present.

I remember my Hobby Horse that my Dad made.It was a beauty ..Oh Liz you have brought back a few more memories now ..He also made a Garage,Dolls House,Go Cart,Stilts,Rocking Horse,Puppets on Strings ,and I'm sure there is more....He must have spent hours and hours in his garage making all these wonderful things for me

Frank ,I think Ros might need a Brolly too tomorrow..It's a bit hit and miss with the rain .But better safe than sorry

Afternoon all

All the presents the mum's are getting, how lovely. Sandra bought me some flowers the other day and said she had something else for me tomorrow. Michelle said she'd got me something but it's glass so she's going to bring it with her next month. She did send me a card which Sandra has and is going to give it to me tomorrow. We're all very lucky aren't we.

How low can people get, stealing from a grave. That poor woman, how must she of felt visiting her parents grave to be confronted with that. Some people have no shame.

Sorry to hear your ears are itchy Jane. Hope they get better soon. Your new dress sounds nice and such a summery colour too. Hope you have a lovely day tomorrow with Hannah.

Great news the car emissions test went all the way back to normal so we don't need a new exhaust after all. There is just rubbers on the exhaust and a back break hose clip, which is only going to cost £50 and once the little jobs have been done we'll have an MOT on Tuesday.

I'm so pleased, we can take Sandra out for her birthday now without having to borrow mum's car and we can also run Michelle around to see her friends when she visits next month.

I had some more good news with the viewing. When the viewing was booked the couple weren't in a position to buy, but when they arrived today they told me that they were under offer. Well, they were negotiating with their buyers. They seemed keen on our place and kept talking about all the changes they would do.

Our kitchen and bathroom aren't very big so they were talking about knocking through from the bathroom into Sandra's bedroom to make one big bathroom and to have an extension built onto the existing kitchen to make that larger too. They said they had been looking at the plans of our bungalow online and once they saw the property they could see how all the work could be done.

They were really excited and the lady apologised to me saying that she shouldn't tell me of how she was going to alter our home. I didn't mind as we had already thought of these things ourselves over the years, which I said to her and they left happy.

While I was near the end of the viewing my phone rang and it was the Agent. I asked if I could ring them back in 10 minutes which I did and it was for another viewing. I said I could do it now as the couple had just left. I think it took the Agent by surprised but he organised it and within 20 minutes the next couple were here. By then OH was back from the garage so I didn't have to do the second one on my own.

They only put their property on the market yesterday but were also keen because of the transport links around here. The lady works in Liverpool and there is a direct bus to Liverpool at the bottom of our road which the lady was really pleased with as she doesn't drive.

So all in all we're had a really good day .

And to top everything off Lewis Hamilton got pole position for the F1 race tomorrow. I'm so happy after all the bad luck we've had lately. I think it's the first time I haven't felt stressed for quite a while now.

Mum's just rang, her neighbour is giving a freezer away and she's said I can have it. The draws broke on ours so it's needed replacing for a while, now we don't have to buy another one. Today is just getting better and better.

Children have always done well in our family on the present front Frank! Adults a bit less as so!! My parents and grandparents always gave me what they could, which wasn't a lot just after the war as there wasn't much to have!! My Granny was a great improviser making dolls beds out of shoe boxes complete with bedding, dressing dolls, even turning a girl teddy into a Scottish boy, complete with tartan trews and a tamoshanter!!!!! (spelling?) I remember her making a very natty hobby horse, out of a bamboo cane with a stuffed sock for a head, complete with button eyes and a bridle and reins!! She made lots of toys and clothes including knitting! I'm afraid Im no good at all with my sewing needle, but I do.like knitting and am not too bad at it. 'L' is very good at sewing and soft furnishings and an excellent cook, so she has inherited what clearly bypassed me!!! Later on things improved as more goods came onto the market. My parents were always very generous to our two children, as Ian and I try to be to our three grandchildren. Yes it is what grandparents do, at least I think so!

The sun was so bright on the rail of the hostess trolley that I couldn't see a thing. Ros had to draw the curtains at the back. It's a beautiful sky out there at the moment. I am sure it will lead to a frosty night.

I have told madam to wrap up warm tomorrow, as she is going to watch Lewis play football before going either out to lunch or back to Harvey's.

There must be a lose connection in the overhead light fitting as the bulbs keeping going out then on again. Once you touch them they are fine again for an hour or two. We only have them on when Ros is sewing.

Off to Ebay now, as I have to find something for Martine's birthday (SMELLY) stuff.