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Night Night xx see you all tomorrow

We will set a new trend lol
Night Night everyone.Just realised that bl***y alarm will go off at 5.30 in the morning.

I can just see you trotting off for a walk in the morning with Chester in his shrunk sweater lolol

Casserole was very nice Mandy.I just can't believe it was cooking for 10 hours !!!! and turned out fine.
I.m looking at the jumper ,and Chester !!!!! I doubt he would keep still long enough for me to get it on him lol
I shall be off to my bed soon I think.Chris has gone and Hannah has been gone for about an hour and a half.I'm not sure she will be fit for work tomorrow ,but knowing her she will struggle on.

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Still think that jumper would look better on Chester!!!!!! now.

Yes Anne please post some more.

There are three of us on this thread that have lost parents last year.

Our Maureen being the first to lose her mum, then myself, I lost my mum in October and then our Fiona lost her dear dad.

Lets all hope for a better 2011.

I enjoyed Lark Rise and although OH moans about it he sat and watched it with me!!

21.07pm.

Hello Anne,your very welcome to join in, we chat about all sorts on here .

Frank !!! i hope you saved up when you were young !! all the expense !! what will go wrong next .
what was the casserole like then Jane ? would you cook it again?

Hello Anne .You are not butting in.You are welcome to join in.You are right in what you say.My Mum passed away nearly six years ago ,and my Dad in 1987.
I don't cry when I think of them now ,just have a smile and a laugh when I remember the funny and happy times.They were very special to me because they adopted me.
It is awful when we lose parents,but sadly it's all part of life.
Thanks for joining us .If you have any childhood memories to add here please do.

I'm glad you feel happy Frank.You will be floating on a cloud of Red Wine in your flooded Kitchen lol.Sounds like both you and me are a disaster today lol
I think Chris has chilled tonight .He hasn't had any alcohol for a week but I think has made up this evening lol.He is talking a load of tripe and getting on my nerves now !!I just want him out of my hair and away to bed.
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Excuse me butting in on your conversations. My parents died just over 10years ago and suddenly I was the only member of the family left. I was lucky with a wonderful husband to help me come to terms with the loss ( my parents died within a year of one another ).
Now we have a wonderful granddaughter and another one due in March and, although I still think of my parents constantly, it is with affection and not just grief. Time does help to heal and the generations move on.
Hope you begin to feel better soon Fiona.

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Jane, I have said it so many times, it's about time you listened to me "YOU SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DO THINGS ALONE " you are dangerous. !!!! What a mess of a good jumper. POOR JAMES.

Conrad and Jan, arrived about 3.30pm. I did a nice joint of beef. When dinner was over I went in the kitchen to clear up and thought I would use the dish washer. BAD IDEA. It flooded the kitchen and blew all the electrics in the house. Something else this year. When will it end.!!!! Conrad looked on the web. and found that it would cost about £140.00 to put right. I can buy a new one for that money.

I have enjoyed a nice bottle of J P Chenet. shiraz. and feel quite happy with life.

A friend who is off to Florida Tues morning rang to say her washing machine has eaten a sock, and blown up.!!!! She has bought round two baskets of washing. So our machine is on till about 9.30/10pm. She will call back later to collect it.

Fiona, so pleased that things are getting back to normal by next weekend, I am sure you will be sad for a bit yet, but time is a good healer. I still think of my Dad most days and thats been 53 years on the 30th. So it nice to have good memories.

Going to watch "Out of Africa" now. might pop back in later, if not good night GOD bless to you all.

He wouldn't get it over his head now Mandy lol.Just watching Larkrise.I hope it livens up a bit .I always find it too slow.

We need a photo of him wearing it lolol

Mel I need to get a piccie of James holding the jumper up against him lol
Liz thanks for the tip on carrots !!!!!I will remember that next time.Have just put the gravy in ,so it will be dished up in about half an hour whatever the carrots are like.I find it very strange that it doesn't all bubble like it would if it was done in the oven.I suppose I will get used to that.Hannah hasn't felt like a 'proper' meal,and has just had a couple of crumpets.So that will mean there is a spare bit of chicken and veg for me to freeze ,and that will be another meal for James to take back with him next week.

I shall watch Country File on Tuesday evening on replay.

Just dishing up

19.10pm.

Oh gosh have I just had a laugh!!!!!!!!!!pmsl.........................................

I did that with a mohair scarf of mums the other week. Thought I would wash it and put it in with some washing on a 40 wash. Big mistake it would hardly go round my neck when it came out. Laughed then too and flung it straight in the bin. It had gone soooooo hard too.

It looks to me as though Chester has his eye on it for himself. it should just about fit him Jane.

Just about to finish the roast dinner and yes we have beef tonight.

Looking forward to Lark Rise tonight and taping the whole series.

18.57pm.

Forgot to say Jane, I usually par- cook carrotts in the micro-wave,as they always seem to take longer than other veg to cook. Now I tell you!! sorry!!! OH watching very noisy War Film,lots of blood and thunder, VERY noisy music! over in 10 mins, then Country File, should be quieter!!!

I did feel guilty Mandy as James bought it himself.But I think he will be happy with the new one.I even persuaded Chris to buy him a shirt to go under it.
It sounds like you had a nice trip out to the coast today.I get so jealous every time you go lol.I just really miss the sea.(as I say every time !)

The carrots still feel a bit hard in the slow cooker !I will give it a bit longer and then add some Bist* to thicken and rich it up a bit.The mash is cooked and just needs reheating.The joint of beef I cooked earlier is so tender.I'd rather have that lol.But it will be nice tomorrow.I have sliced it up and there is enough for another 2 meals for me and Chris and some for James to take back to Uni.I will freeze his in gravy.

Fiona ,I'm glad the sun was shining today for you to go to the cemetery.As you say once your Dad's Ashes have been interred on Friday you can look forward to the New year.How long ago did your your Mum pass away?

Oh dear Jane!! what have you done , at first when i saw the photo i did wonder if you had stretched it , then i thought no she's shrunk it lol

Put it at the bottom of his pile of sweaters then when he tries it on say" well who's put some weight on" lolol

Or you could give it to Chester to chew up ....then say... well if you will leave things laying about lol

I didn't even realise it was in the machine Ann.So yes it was too hot.We were in stitches when I found it.I had tears streaming down my face ,then started to cough and was nearly sick lol
Chris has just ordered him a new one (couldn't get the same blue though).So it should be here before he goes back to uni next weekend.

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