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Oh Mandy what an awful thing to happen on Christmas Eve. I shall have to turn the news on and see whats been happening aroound here.

18.27pm.

Well,for my depressive negative reporting of late...
my gas central heating has packed in on Christmas eve :(

6.30pm

I'm here, and in the conseratory. can't see what i am typing side lights only.
Spent FOUR AND A HALF HOURS, do all the veg. gthis morning, enough to feed an army/
.just going to eat, so see you later.

Hi All
Just got back from Hospital. not good news, the next 48 hours is critical for dad. he has been vomiting and the sick has gone into his lungs , he is on antibiotics, but they have been given to him just to keep him comfortable, because of his Mental state they will not be investigating why he was sick, just keeping him warm and comfortable, so it's just a matter of waiting now,

May not get back on tomorrow so I will WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS , Hope you all have a lovely day.
xxxxxxxxx

Waiting for the news to come on to see what happened .

Oh David ,have you any electric heating ? dread to think how much a call out fee would be over Christmas .

Glad you have arrived ok Frank, what sort of journey did you have ? was there much snow about ?

Oh Fiona , i'am so sorry to hear about your dad , will be thinking of you , all the best for Christmas xxx

A very happy and peaceful Christmas to you all

Thoughts with you Fiona at a worrying time,hope your father is comfortable.

Resigned from kitchen now....i dont want to see another chestnut!!!!

Had all my hair lopped off today..six inches of it..love it,should of had it done years ago.....a bit cold around the neck though,will have to wear two scarfs when i walk to mass later! For now,a nice glass of mulled wine...

Fiona ,I will be thinking of you tonight .I just hope your Dad is as comfortable as possible.

Jill ,that is a lot of hair you have lost!!!.Very brave of you I think.Wrap up well tonight when you go to Mass.It is getting bitter out there.

David,what a thing to happen on Xmas Eve.I hope you have some other form of heating to keep the chill off.What about hot water?

Four and a half hours doing the veg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Frank that is ......I am lost for words lol

I am just going to set the table now for tomorrow .Chris is asleep in the chair,the dog is asleep in his bed,James has gone to pick up Hannah and friend from the station and drop them off somewhere to meet up with others,
so I am little billy no mates .The tv is off and it is so quiet.I can hear Chester breathing and the central heating pump !!!

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Right ,that is me done for the day.I need my bed.I can't stay up until the girls get home.I will meet Sarah in the morning.
Night Night everyone.Go to sleep otherwise Santa won't come.

Fiona I hope you manage to get some sleep tonight x

It was so funny just now , Toby came to me ,and either he wanted a wee or a drink of water , i told him oh you'll have to wait a minute, so with that he went and lumped down on his bed with his back to me ,sulking.

So i said oh, don't you love me any more ,he still didn't move ,so i then said oh well you won't have your present in the morning , and with that he shot his head around to look at me !!!! who says they don't understand lol

Well i'am off to bed too Night Night xx

Thinking of you Fiona xx

Fiona, how worrying for you. I hope your dad is comfortable now and I will be thinking of you and your dad over the holiday.

David, I was only thinking the other day that the boiler was doing overtime just now and what would we do if it broke down. Hopefully you have a gas fire/ electric heater. We know now what you want from Santa........central heating!! Hope you can get it fixed quickly.

That accident sounds awful Mandy. The poor familes too. The sock now has a heel! Just the bit to the toe to do. It is coming out bigger than I thought it would be.

Mel, we have to be 1 step ahead of these OH's don't we!! lol I stopped mine raiding the sausage rolls......told him I'd counted them and soon there would only be mine left. lol How lovely to wake up xmas day in your new bedroom. I hope you got the bed sorted.

Well, I discovered tonight that there is no xmas pud for OH! His face was a picture when I told him, but it was his own fault. I'm not overfond of xmas pud so I always get me a tiny low fat one. When I got mine I told him to choose which he wanted for himself from the selection, but he wasn't listening properly (sound familiar?) and didn't!! I'd moved on to something else and left him with the trolley. It is a good job we never have room for any on xmas day. He won't forget to get one next week! lol

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To you all and I hope you have a lovely day tomorrow and some nice pressies.

10.23pm

I came on to tell you what I have been up to today, and lost the lot.

Will try to speak tomorrow, if not:-

"HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL" GOD BLESS. I'm having a drink for absent friends.

Hi Mel & Jane and everybody

Just called in to wish you all a Merry Christmas
Its hot and we are just about to start a traditional christmas lunch, the temp is 38Deg C I bet we are all wishing we were somewhere else
Not a lot has happened since I was last here, Im still working and retirement is becoming an elusive dream, I should of been planning this
this at sixty not sixty eight
I gave up smoking eight months ago still feel like a fag, however everybody says I look a lot better for it
Another hour and we will reach a respectable time to start drinking
Take care everyone and have a great christmas

Tony
25/12/10 11:30am

I wanted to share with you on the cold christmas morning to all my good friends on GR, my sad news that my dad is now peaceful and free from all pain and stress. I received a phone call from the hospital at 6.20am this morning that he had died peacefully in his sleep. I am full of sadness but at the same time it's a great relif to know he is not sufffering any more.

GOD BLESS YOU ALLxxxxxx

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Fiona my thoughts are with you. I have only just caught up with the post of yesterday and today. I know just what you are going through at the moment. It was good that dad went peacefully in his sleep. I do hope you can still enjoy your Christmas though but know you will feel flat too. I am.

David our oven went one Christmas and the turkey had only been in for half an hour. I ended up cooking it in the micro and had never cooked anything in one before! But I managed it although dinner was a bit late that year. Hope you have some kind of heating to get you through.

TONY good to hear from you at this time of year and what a good boy to give up smoking!!!! Don't be like me and start again after a year. I even started again after 10 years!!!!!!!!!!

9.33am.

Fiona,thankyou for taking the time to let us know about your Dad.I'm so sorry ,but I think it must be a relief for you.He was in a right old turmoil wasn't he.
I hope that you all manage to get through today.I think Sofia will help you do that.
May 2011 be a happier year for you all.xxx

Oh Fiona,how very sorry I was to read the news about your Dad, my heart goes out to you at this very upsetting time particularly as it's Christmas, as you say at least he is free from all the pain and stress he has been suffering, but even so it is very sad. Yesterday wasn't a very good day here! Dysonman still didn't arrive as he is still off sick!! we are now booked for next Friday!!! OH got pretty shirty with the 'voice on the phone', however, it's not her fault when all said and done! Also had an Xmas 'Round Robin' plus photos! from my cousin (a clergyman) and his wife, plus two teenagers, who really annoyed me to the point of upset by letting us know how clever and wonderful they ALL are, both scholastically, musically, talented in every possible way! how God does nothing but shower blessings on them, and shows signs of these blessings ALL the time throughout the year!! I think they are religious fanatics!!! why do I let it upset me? I hear you say! I think, because there are a lot of people in this world who God doesn't seem top be quite so free on the blesing front, who Cousin and wife seem quite oblivious of!!!! I suspect that God spends SO much time in that household, he doesn't have too much time for the rest of us!!! As Laura said, instead of just hearing how wonderful THEY are, an inquiry as to how WE are would have been nice!!! but there you go, it's only once a year!! VERY cold here today! have already de-frosted thebirdbath but needs doing again! must take Millie! HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE.

Tony it's good to hear from you.I think we are -2 at the moment,with snow on the ground.We have a girl from Australia with us for Christmas.I bet it will be a different one for her !!

Chris is out with Chester and I have just got the turkey in the oven.I am in charge of the fire(must make sure it doesn't go out)

I am wondering what Frank was getting up to yesterday!!!!!! Trouble I expect.
No doubt I will be back later.
I hope Santa has brought you all lots of nice goodies.See you later.

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