General Chat

Get back to the Loo Mandy!! lol.You WILL remember lol
Nothing on Hannahs house .It has now been reduced a fair bit again and gone in the January sale !I still don't expect anything.3 years now!!!!!!!.

Still light here and I am going to corn the chickens, a bit late!!!!

16.24pm.

Jane ,you'll have to let me know how you get on with the Casserole in the slow cooker , its ages since i used mine ,i carn't remember what i cooked in it , i do remember thinking what will we have if its not cooked lol

Not going out to sisters tonight i feel all shivery and cold ,so we'll stay in the warm .

Three weeks in India !! well now's the time to go while she's young with no strings , any news on the house sale ? David carn't seem to sell his either,like Frank says ,maybe in the spring things will pick up.

There was something i was going to put on here that i thought of when i was sitting on the Loo this morning lol now for the life of me i carn't think what it was !!! what is it they say retrace your steps !! lol

4.24

Oh Billy Bunter!.I used to love him.Am I right in thinking he had a high pitched silly laugh?

Mandy I am always frightened of using new gadgets and things.It was Chris idea to get the slow cooker.My sister says she uses hers all the time as she is out at work 3 days a week.I have decided to do a casserole in it tomorrow ,not today now.I don't feel like doing much today,so I won't lol.
Just wrapped a couple of pressies for `James for when he gets home on Monday.I think this is the first year he won't be here for his actual birthday.

Hannah was saying that next Christmas she and Sarah(the Australian) are thinking of going to India !!! for 3 weeks.She has found a company that do an organised trip.It looks great ,but exhausting.Oh to be young again lol
I remember when I was 18 and had my first Christmas away from home and family.I was working in Athens as a Nanny .........I was so homesick .it was awful.I can remember New Years Eve when I went to the main Post Office to ring home and Mum and Dad had their party in full swing.All their friends queued up to wish me a Happy New Year and all I could do was sob down the phone lol.I was soon back to normal though.It was just hearing their voices.
Cup of Tea time I think .
15.00

Afternoon everyone,
We have blue sky and sunshine here today ,but its still chilly with the wind .

Fiona, i'am glad every thing went off well yesterday ,and it must have been lovely to have Sofia there to put smiles on peoples faces on a sad day, i'am sure your dad was looking down and smiling too.

Frank, i suggested to Liz that she post the fishy ice cubes through the letter box !! naughty arn't i lol

I've made Lasagne for our tea tonight ,i've got a slow cooker in the back of the cupboard ,i think i've used it once !! DIL uses her a lot for Stews and it always smells lovely when cooking .
I've also got a steamer in the cupboard and thats only been used once too.
My throat is a bit dry today ,and i've got a bit of a cough ,hubby's throat didn't really come to anything, so i think he's passed it to me !!
1.58

Afternoon All,

13.56

Glorious sun here, so I shall be off out for a walk somewhere soon I think. OH has gone to the match at Redditch.......not a place with much for me to do so I waved him off!!

Sounds like your dad's funeral was as good as it could be Fiona and I think you have done him proud for a long time.

We get a lot of those sorts of phone calls too, despite being ex directory. Loan people, surveys, slow broadband......they all get short shrift now!! I tell them to put whatever it is about in the post and put the phone down or just leave it off the hook for a while. It is a real nuisance when they ring when you are in the middle of something......which you usually are.

We stumbled on an old film while we had a cuppa in bed this morning. Black and white and part way through, but we had a look anyway. Well, how can you resist with a title like 'Fun at St Fanny's' !!! lol It was made in 1956 and we were surprised to see Peter Butterworth, Stanley Unwin (doing his funny words even then!) a young Billy Bunter and Ronnie Corbett playing a schoolboy!! It had all the classics I had forgotten like someone nearly swallowing a fish in their glass of water, someone peering through the cut out eyes in a painting on the wall........it seemed to happen often in the 50s, 60s. lol

Mel, our surgery doesn't even have those sprays, nor our dentist either. I have seen them in some public toilets though. I carry a bottle in the car to use when I'm out. I had a letter from the surgery yesterday......one of the study results.....have to go and discuss my lipid levels. They are the same as they were a few years ago, but I suppose intervention is sooner these days. What they did say at the hospital was that the finger prick tests they do at supermarkets at times aren't as reliable (I had a good result from one of those last year!!). I can hear the words DIET and EXERCISE already.

How awful for that person to be in such despair to do that Jane and dreadful for the driver too.

Hi Frank
Hi Jane
Yes Jane it was nice to see that people who belong to my church who remember dad and there was his neighbours and day care centre staff and staff and residents families from the care home too. also other people who live in the surrounding streets to dad who remember him passing up & down and stopping to chat on one of his many walks. and there was a few of my friends from work and church , also as I said before my mums relations from Glasgow were there, who wanted to pay there respects to uncle Edwin.

Hope Hannah will be ok. we have either coughs or sneezes in the family, I have been taking flu med to keep it away these past few days, but if I come down with a cold now its ok.

Fiona I am pleased it all went well for you yesterday,and to have lots of people there must have been heartwarming .Often when an elderly person dies there are not many friends still around to mourn them,and I always think that is so sad.
Blue sky here now,in fact it is incredibly bright.No snow.I thought you were in for more Fiona.Good job it held off until after the funeral.

Poor Roz Frank.I suppose being stretched out is more comfortable for her.Would you care to come and flick your duster around my place while you are at it ?

Hannah has woken this morning with such a bad headache it is making her teeth hurt.She needed to go to the bank to speak to someone ,but was not well enough and didn't have a number to ring the branch ,so I went in and got someone to ring her here.What would they do without me eh???? lolol

I think I will try and cook something in the Slow cooker.I haven't used it yet.But first I need to find the book to tell me what to do lol
BBL

12.45pm

Fiona, so pleased that everything went to plan. Now with a bit of luck to can get back into you routine. We always have things in the wrong place, so don't worry about that.

Ros said there was quite a bit of SNOW in Rutland, but we didn't see any here. Very overcast and damp here today, they promise us sunshine tomorrow, but I won't hold my breath !!!!

Contacted BT and my number is on the list, to not receive these calls, so the system dosen't work.

David. JAN/MARCH are the worst months to sell houses, you will see a change in the spring, when everywhere looks nice and green, and a bit of warmth in the air. Everybody will want it !!!! you will have to put the price up then. Keep your chin up. !!!

What a great idea Liz, putting fishy ice cubes through your neighbours letter box, She will never know. I once saw on TV where a divorce was taking place, and the house being kept by the husband. The wife went round all the curtains and put PRAWNS in the linings. With the heating on you can imagine the smell. (HAVE YOU GOT A KEY ????) We are a nasty lot ain't we!!!! but will stick together.

The weather is calling me a liar. The sun has just come out.!!!

Goodmorning or afternoon or Hello where ever you are in the world.

It's a beautiful sunny morning here very cold, and snowy we had about 3 inches last night, luckly we were all safe in sound in the house when it started.

Thank you all for your kind thoughts yesterday, the day was a very long one but once the limo arrived it was ok. the Chapel of rest was full and and a lot of people carried on to the crematoriuom (sp) , I have done my dad proud. it was a lovely service and many kind words were spoken from everyone. we had about 25 people that joined us back at the hotel for tea.
and SIL brought Sofia to join us and she kept busy toddling around the tables for kisses and hugs which kept every one smiling.
It was good to see mum relatives. but unfortunatly my cousins from England could not make it, but I have spoken to them on the phone this morning.
So I can now relax ,

Frank, hope Ros is more comfortable today.
OH took his mum home this morning and won't be back till later this afternoon, so I am tidying up and sorting out where every thing is , over the last 2 weeks odds & ends have not been put back in the normal places and the house was upside down.
lunch time
BBL

11.30am
Morning at last, taken me half an hour to get a web connection.

Jane, that is terrible, when I worken and lived in London, that was a regular thing. Throwing themselves under the electric train around the system. Must be very hurt people who do that. (in mind) You just don't know what tips them over the edge.

Ros, Was in a lot of pain last night after sitting around the Hospital all day and in the cars, she was pleased to get streached out on the sofa last night and relax. I got dinner, washed and dried up. I have made the bed this morning, will have a quick Dyso# round and flick a duster here and there. and thats me done.

I have had about 7 calls from these Johnies about surveys. I just had one from "the Accident Bureau" same type of Foreign voice I told him to P### OFF.

I going to contact BT again in a minute. They have already told me that these calls souldn't come to my number. BAH HUMBUG.!!!

I would have beat you to the first posting if I had'nt taken the time to read all my emails this morning.

Well I have togo down the shop for my first Saturday paper in weeks. I have missed my giant crossword in the Mail. I have Mondays paper for the answers which mum used to keep and I used to ask her if I had it right. It was a great help but OH won't do that for me.

11.12

Morning All,

We have sunshine for the first time for ages. Big fluffy white clouds and everything looks a lot brighter today.

Sheila thanks for the emails. I tried but could only get a house with a white front door.

Frank how's Ros today? Not in too much pain I hope.

11.07am.

Morning All.
Am I first up??It is dark this morning with a chill wind.I wasn't out for too long with Chester.Chris is having to be at work for the Flu Clinic .
Just off down the garden to feed the birds

10.39

Home at last.There were some very fed up looking people that got off the train.
Off to bed now .
Night Night xx

I have never been successful using a toothbrush on Chester,even those that you sick on the end of your finger.He just won't keep his head still lol

Mel as you say it is terrible when someone does this .It won't be just the family of the person,but the poor Train Driver who will be traumatised,maybe never be able to work again.

Sorry you have been let down yet again David with someone not turning up to view.I suppose at least they cancelled first so you won't be hanging around waiting for them.

Sheila,poor little April and Sheep.I'm surprised the man thought she wouldn't notice that it was a different one.

I know what I would like to do to that Grandson of your Neighbours!!!.That was terrible of him to do that.I hope that leg of yours soon feels better.It must be frustrating having to rest it all the time.

I think I will have just one more cup of coffee.I don't want to be up and down to the loo all night.I haven't even had my drop of wine tonight !!!.Maybe I will have a glass when I eventually get in later.

22.23

i LOVE DIRTY DANCING MY FAVOURITE FILM SORRY IT LATE NITE NITE

Night Mandy.

Jane thats awful in the new year as well. Thats going to upset some family. Poor things.

Oh dear Mel,i don't know how you'll sort which Alice is which , apart from buying certificates .

Raining here still, but not as hard as earlier .

Will say Night Night now ,see you all tomorrow xx

i'm watching Dirty Dancing yet again!!

21.46pm.