General Chat

HA HA HA 'burglar aLlama' he is quick Ann.

Poor Lewis Mandy, he's just got over one thing and now it's a nasty cough, poor thing. My word he's looking a big boy to carry about in the latest photo and looks older than his age. I thought about Lewis when I read Frank's post about his hair being all fluffy after being wet. I bet Chelsea won't be wanting to have her baby tooth out!

What a shock it would be to have a mouse jump out of your shopping! :-0 Then there would be the tricky job of getting it out of the kitchen as well! :-0

The swelling around my eyes has nearly gone down now and it's stopped itching, but the rough patches show up more now and have gone a reddish brown. It still looks as if I've had a black eye! I put some moisturising cream around them today, but I have a feeling the dry patches are becoming scabs. :-S It's a good job my glasses hide some of it.

I hope Hannah will be on the mend by the meal on Saturday.......nothing worse than not being able to taste a lovely meal. We saw the trailer of that film when we went to the cinema last week Jane and thought it might be good. It hasn't arrived here yet.

Liz is hoping to be back on the thread tomorrow. Poor Ian has been poorly a couple of days, feeling unwell and with a high temperature so they had the duty doctor call and see him. She said things are much better today but they both feel washed out and need a good sleep.

Love the Cake Ann :-)
Love the pic of Lewis too Mandy:-) ..He was probably thinking "Oh I can't be bothered to smile.I'm so tired" .His hair has grown so much !!

What a pity Chelsea has to go to the hospital about her teeth.They will most likely look to see if hanging on to Baby one will cramp the new one coming through..Hannah had to have loads out to make room for Adult teeth.
Dinner done and all cleared away now.So I will see if there is anything worth watching on TV.I think Chris might be off to bed soon as he has painted all day and is feeling the effects :-S..That shoulder of his :-(

I have to take Fitz into town in the morning to pick his OH's car up.Then we will be off to Northampton for lunch and cinema ...I think the film is called "A strange Life"

Evening all,

I'am here :-D just been catching up with lots of jobs .

Happy Birthday to Hannah oh it's rotten having a cold on your birthday still she has a few days to get right so she can enjoy her meal out with her friends .

Happy Birthday to OH Ann ,you had a nice lunch ,it sounded really tasty and you still made room for a little pud :-D :-D

Son and DIL came this afternoon ,it's the first time she has walked down to here on a school run, she has really been quite sore and had some big lumps come up near her scar but they have now gone down , i got a smile from Lewis this afternoon ,he's been poorly with a chesty cough, the doctor thought it was just a virus .

I gave son and Chelsea a lift to the dentist this afternoon ,Chelsea has an adult tooth coming through and it's not pushing the baby tooth out properly ,the adult tooth is slightly twisted so they are sending her to the hospital for them to have a look and see if it should be left or if they should take the baby tooth out .

I expect you will be glad when tomorrow is over Mel, then hopefully you will be all sorted with the dentist appointments .

Oh i'am just watching the news and seeing some one had a mouse delivered with their shopping !!! it was in one of the shopping bags and hopped out in the
kitchen !!!!

Are your eyes better Ann ? i like the 'burglar aLlama' :-D :-D :-D

What a great day.I have had the patio door open.Plus a few windows.Hopefully that might have got rid of some of the smell of gloss paint :-D....
Just as I sat down here I looked up and saw a little face looking in at me from the windowsill under the feeder...The Squirrel :-| :-|..it did look funny but scarpered as soon as I made a move :-D

Oh Gill I would love a camera box :-D..Maybe I could put it on my birthday list later this year :-D :-D..I hope you manage to get it put up soon..Can't help on how far away it should be though.I imagine just somewhere high enough and quiet and safe.
Fingers crossed your car will pass the MOT second time around.

Ann what a lovely meal you both had..I like the sound of the main dish :-D

Burglar Llama :-D :-D..Love it Ann.he does come out with some gems doesn't he :-D :-D

Hannah has a stinking cold.So good job she isn't going out tonight for her birthday.The girls are doing a Birthday Meal at home.On Saturday though there are 10 of them going out for a meal to celebrate her Birthday so hopefully the cold will have cleared up by then.

Frank of course we are best friends.I would still like to pay for postage though (even though I know you won't let me) :-D..I kept saying it was a Catch up box didn't I ..On Demand it is of course.
Gill I often watch catch up things on my laptop in bed.But sometimes it is better to see certain programmes on a proper big screen.

Oh Mel I will be thinking of you tomorrow having your teeth out.Hopefully if they are so loose they will just slip out easily .I cannot bare that impression thing in my mouth and all that gungy stuff..It makes me gag terribly,and then like Ann said how horrible it is when the dentist tries to get the darned thing out ..It feels like it's going to take all the teeth with it :-S :-S :-S..I get quite panicky when I have had to have impressions done.

I have given our shower unit a good clean this afternoon....The muck that came out from the runner bits was totally GROSS.Made me feel quite sick....It just goes to show I need to do it more often.

I have washing still out that needs to come in so better get it in now.I bet it is damp now though :-S
Still no Mandy. Cooee Mandy !!!!! are you there?

Afternoon all

Thanks Mel for your kind offer I've PM'd you the details.

Your Leek Pie sounds nice Frank. I like your excuse for not doing the washing :-D :-D :-D Maybe you could ask Ros to show you then you can surprise her next time. That was nice of you to offer your On Demand Box to Jane. You are a good friend.

So you'll be up and running again soon Jane with lots of catching up to do with all your programs. I watch catch up on my laptop sometimes but mainly just record the programs and watch them straight off Sky.

Glad to hear you're getting your new gnashers tomorrow Mel :-D :-D I bet you can't wait after all this time.

Off to watch call the Midwife and Mr Selfridge I recorded now.
BBL

Afternoon All,

What a lovely day today for OH and Hannah's birthday........Happy Birthday to Hannah :-) I got OH one of those tiny gift cakes with a bear picture on top (we don't eat a lot of cake so a big one would be far too much!). I also got a couple of alphabet candles, two 'Gs' for him and put one in each paw of the teddy bear picture on the cake. lol. Well he was so chuffed with it and has lit the candles and made a wish already!!

Lunch was delicious. The pate starter was 'main course' size, a slice each of smooth and coarse pate, salad, piccalilli and warm crusty olive bread. We both had the ham hock in a cream and mustard sauce to follow, but decided to share a home made morello cherry cheesecake for desert as we couldn't manage a desert each. Afterwards we popped to a garden centre nearby and I got him an extra pressie, a book on Johnny Cash from the Wo*ks that he saw and fancied. Now he's gone off to a meeting and after he's off to a footie match with one of his pals.

Frank you have set me off and I must have a root through my seeds and start planting a few, those Snapdragons I bought recently to start with. We've decided to go and get the slates for the birdboxes tomorrow. Some waterproof sealant should stick them on ok after I've cut them to size. Gill, I've seen those camera boxes advertised and think one would be brilliant!! :-D I hope you manage to sort out the wire on yours.

I'm glad you are now 'bezzie mates' with the new neighbour Frank after the wobbly start. It's good he knows about your stroke, it means he may be a bit more tactful in approaching things in future which can't be bad. I think it is a great idea for you to enrol on that site where Hannah will be sharing the dogs. It means you would have some doggie company at times but no bills or full responsibility. I might even have a look myself!! :-)

It's good the impressions at the dentist's are now done Mel. It always feels as if they will squidge the stuff down your throat, then it's like a tug of war to get the thing free from your mouth. OH has suggested you get a Llama to protect your chickens and Bantams from the fox. He said it would be like having a 'burglar aLlama'. lol :-)

I don't want anything towards postage Jane, we are friends, aren't we ???

Had a nice shower, and dried my hair with the hairdryer. IT'S GONE ALL FLUFFY. I will have to put water on it to get in controlled !!!

I had some more snowdrops arrive this morning. They are for Ros's M & D grave. I have already got a box of crocus. So it will brighten up the grave in the spring time. I will just rake back the chippings, put in the bulbs, and cover them up again.

What a beaut of a day as KIM would say. :-D :-D :-D My T shirt was quite damp when I took it off to shower. The washing basket looks quite full. I don't know the settings on the machine, or I would do a load and get it out. That would have given Ros a surprise..
LEEK PIE tonight I had it on the simmer for a good hour and half. Only need to transfer to dish and cover with Pastry. Potato's done and ready to boil when we are ready for dinner tonight.

So the rest of the afternoon, it all MINE Will watch a bit of NAT GEO and see what's on catch up.

Here I am Frank..Sorry I missed your call.I was out and about and then picking Fitz up from a garage where he has had to take his OH's car.She has his today.

Thanks so much for the offer of your On Demand Boxand the info.I will get James or Chris to check once more and see if they can get this one going .If not I will take you up on your kind offer.Just let me know the cost of postage ..I'll let you know the outcome :-D

Can't stop now but will be BBL again to catch up on posts :-D

Frank I think I hsould get my new gnashers tomorrow. It is only the bottom set. I still have the good top set.

Well I am indoors now. I have set THREE trays of tomato seeds all different varieties So Neighbours will be well stocked up after we have used what we need.

Spoke to the neighbour who's head I bit off the other day. I apologised to him and explained how I am since my Stroke. He quite understood, and we had a good old chin wag. I have given him several lengths of 3" x 2" for the repair to HIS FENCE, and some 2" x 2" for nailing to the fence. I also managed to lift the Rotavator over his fence as he has a patch that needs doing. So all jolly good pals NOW !!!

Jane Information for you. The cable you need is called an EITHERNET CABLE. One end goes in the ROUTER SPARE PORT. There are 4 available the other end into your SKY BOX. If the router is in another room then use the ON DEMAND BOX which is wifi receiver.

As I said I have a box which you can have, and it's got a cable with it.

Glad the dentist went well Mel. When will you get your new gnashers !???

I will have to go back and read Gills post I must have missed it.

I only had Frank's post to read after reading Gill's on the previous page.

When I went to post I got the Error page the first time I tried but it went on the second attempt. :-D

Afternoon all and evening Kim,

Back and had my impressions and went to Li*l and now I can't move anything in the fridge or it will all fall out!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HANNAH AND G AND HOPE YOU BOTH HAVE A LOVLEY DAY <3 <3

Suns out here and it's quite mild out and I forgot to turn the washing machine on last night and this morning so it is chugging away now.

The chickens wondered what was up when I let them out really early this morning. No moaning when I went in the run at all. Still not letting the bantams out during the day. They only come out for a hour in the afternoon before going to bed.

Nice to see Gill got on ok with FMP at the weekend. I had never really used the site before and could'nt really get my head around it in the time given but did look up a couple of things.

Hav'nt caught up with all your posts yet so I will do that now.

Morning all Evening Kim,

AND WHERE ARE YOU JANE ??? I have just phoned you. !!!

I missed Martin Clunes last night. as It was football down the pub. Might get it on catch up this afternoon.

I will be at the pub Sunday, as Ros is going down to Harvey's. I will see what they have on the Menu and eat down there, with a couple of pints and a football match I will be set up.
Home Alone today "SHOPPING" I am going to do a bit in the greenhouse and might sow my runner bean seeds in pots and see what seeds I can set in trays. Will keep me out of mischief.

Hope all went well with the Dentist Mel.

Happy Birthday to Hannah and Ann's OH. Enjoy your lunch Ann. <3 <3

Beautiful morning here, Sunshine and white fluffy clouds. No wind, so it should be warm out.

Will get showered when I finish in the garden/greenhouse.

Morning all

Weather here is sunny but still quite cold.

Happy birthday to Hannah and Ann's OH <3 Hope you enjoy your lunch today Ann. Is Hannah doing anything nice for her birthday today Jane. Hope you enjoy your meal together at the weekend

Glad to hear your car passed it's MOT Frank, ours failed, something to do with the emissions. OH is going to take it for a good run tomorrow then take it back to the garage to see if it worked if it did then we can get the other two things fixed and hopefully have an MOT again.

All this talk of bird boxes, OH and I treated each other to a bird box with a camera inside for our Anniversary in January, so we are now trying to work out where to put it to keep it away from the neighbours cats. We have a very long garden but the lead for the camera is only 10 metres long. By the time you bring it indoors to attach to the TV it doesn't leave that much for outside and I don't want it to close to the bungalow incase it puts the birds off using it.

Does anyone know how far away it needs to go. I might have to get an extension for the lead.

I've been very busy on FMP all over the weekend. Thanks Mel for letting us know about the free weekend. I managed to find some relatives in Canada and some in Ireland, plus a 2nd wife I knew nothing about for another relative. The only problem was, the time ran out before I had a chance to check out the last two census returns for a couple who had 6 children. I managed to find 4 of them but when I tried to find the other 2 it had gone past the free time by 2 minutes. I was so gutted. Never mind I will just have to remember to find them next time the census's are open again. I only needed to check 1 or 2 more census's.

I saw on the news last night that one of the dogs at Cruffs had been poisoned and had died. The owners don't think it was any of the other dog owners, although I'm not so sure. Apparently there were 6 cases of dogs being poisoned. How could anyone be so cruel. I must admit I'm not a dog lover after being bitten by one when I was three, but I'd never harm a dog and once I get to know someone's dog and know it's not going to bite, then I'm ok. I just get a bit nervous around dogs and I think they sense it.

I've just noticed I've got some messages on Genes so I'd better go and read them.

I've been in contact with a few people over the weekend which is how I've managed to find the Irish family. One member gave me access to her tree but only had names and places with no dates so it took me a while to find them all. She is made up as she has access to my tree and can now fill in all the information I found.

I hope FMP was helpful to anyone else on here who used it.
BBL

Morning/Evening All
Good luck at the Dentist Mel...That reminds me I must ring mine and make my hygienists appointment.

Happy Birthday to Ann's OH and my Hannah today.I hope you have a lovely lunch Ann.Looks like it is going to be a nice sunny day :-D :-D

Just sitting in bed having a cuppa while Chris is in the shower.
I do hope we hear from our missing friends on here today.

It sounds like there is a loose connection somewhere Jane if the power's gone......it's not the fuse in the plug that's blown is it? Yes I have use O*ay for years too and have had no problems with it. It used to be Oil of U*ay didn't it. I only got this other sort as it had better sun protection! Apparently it's the chemical that prolongs it's shelf life that is causing the problem and it's in some other make up and in household things too. I haven't tried Cliniqu* makeup and usually use Maybel*ine mascara, but had left that off too the last few days, in case it was that.

Oh Mel, what an ordeal with your teeth, but thank goodness they are nearly sorted now. Hopefully then they will give no trouble for a long time.

That was awful that lovely dog being poisoned. I hope they find out who did it. We saw that lovely puppy outside the Co*p again today, still full of beans and making friends with everyone, OH included!

I hope to finish a bracelet tomorrow from a pattern the lady gave me when I went to the house bead sale. I'm doing it all silver and it looks like one of those flexible metal straps for a watch. :-)

Had my shower and am now going to relax and watch a bit of telly so saying night night.

May not be on here untill l;ater tomorrow after dentist and shopping.

No Mandy or Liz today?? Hope they are both ok.

Dentist early tomorrow and then a follow up the next day to have two teeth out.

Hav'nt you been watching Martin Clunes in Arthur and George, where he plays Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?