General Chat

Hi All,

Mo, I hope the darts goes/went well and that you won. My Mum still plays every week though she doesn't do quite as many competitions as she used to. I think it is just an excuse to get together and have a natter with her lady folk.

My 2 boys have very basic phones. If they want them upgraded it will have to be from their own pockets, so that isn't likely to happen as they spend every spare penny on their fishing gear. Matthew turned 13 recently and he is using his birthday money for fishing equipment.

Yes, it is France that we go to in the summer, but nothing booked as yet. We are off to Yorkshire (Whitby) for 2 weeks at Easter. We went to York a few years ago and enjoyed being further north, so have decided to venture even further this year. Let's hope the weather is kind to us. And, being a fishing port, we will have more fishing tackle than other luggage, I am sure. The good thing about taking our own car is that we can carry so much more.

Mo, Daniel is heading your way again. Going to the Julie Rose Stadium but not until the end of May. He is still in Cross Country mode and is away in Leeds this weekend for the National Champs, then Manchester in March for the Schools Champs. In April they move to track athletics, so it is a southern region event last weekend in April, then Hampshire Champs at the start of May and the Southern Region Champs at the end of May. I will have to start selling the children off in order to pay for these trips!!!

Matthew has given up at the moment as he is in extreme pain with his hip & leg again. More visits to the Osteopath, then hopefully a referral to the hospital. I wold like him to have a scan but not sure they will do one. I'll have to enquire.

Anyway, better be off - sandwiches to make etc etc.

DEBBIE

Hi all.
I am late signing in tonight. My how the day has flown by.
Another wet miserable day today,so once again I did not venture out.
Well we drew at darts last night, 3-3 but won the pairs 2-1. We have got three tough games coming up,all the teams are really strong players. They play three times a week in different leagues,whereas our team only play once a week.
As you say Debbie,it's a good night out for us girls,and nice to catch up on the gossip.
Yorkshire will be a long journey for you all Deebie. It's a good job the children are good at travelling.
The children will love fishing there. And it's a lovely coast to visit.
So poor Matthew,he is still suffering then. This has been going on for so long now hasn't it. I would deffinately ask for a referal for a scan,the poor chap has suffered enough.
Daniel is really into his athletics isn't he. I hope he does well in Leeds this weekend.
Do you go with him when he travels away at all.
Luke and Sophie,seem to be following in their elder brothers footsteps,
doing Gym/ Keepfit. Mind you,you are all pretty sporty arn't you. Do you still do your running as well,along with your friend.

Huia,how are you and Phil doing. I don't seem to have spoken to you for a while. Did you get all your problems sorted out with ancestry.
How's the garden looking now. Does the lad still come to clear the weeds and cut the grass.

Liz,when do you see your therapist. I know you were saying that " im indoors" could not have the car that day. Stick to it girl,it wont hurt him once in a while to go by bike.

Sallie my love how the devil are you keeping. Is Alun o.k,and Jennie has her medication been working o.k for her.

We have got two special anniversaries coming up soon. It is our wedding anniversary on the1st of march,and a very special lady we all love to bits
is celebrating hers on the 3rd of march,and thats our lovely Jean and J.

I will say good night god bless you all. Love to you all. Mo xxx

Mo, I have given up on Ancestry. I felt I was pushing you -know-what uphill. A lot of the people have not looked at their trees for over 6 months, so they are unlikely to change anything in their trees. I did start adding trees with my sister, her parents, and her REAL spouse. I added about 18 but then realised that the stupid hint comes up when somebody puts the false spouse into their tree and then people click on the hint and add my sister as his spouse. I thought of putting up some trees with him and making his spouse Medusa Snakehead but I would have had to put up about 200 trees before it would become the hint. I have cancelled the free trial before I bashed my head to a pulp.

My mowing man has moved out of the district but I have another name lined up to take over, I hope.

I went to town today and had my toenails cut. I am now a couple of kg lighter! (not to mention $60).

Huia.

ps, that stupid preview button that I never used to use is in the way.

Hi Huia, I laughed when you said you were lighter in weight and pocket cos of your pedicure! My toes nails seem to get further away every time I need them cut or maybe it's my apple shaped middle that stops me bending over lol Think I might need to go and get a pedicure myself soon if I don't lose some weight!

Marilyn, you have got your wires crossed love, it's me who needs the counselling, I am in no state to do it for others lol. I don't think I would cope with other people in such distress as some who need counselling. Thanks for the lovely words tho Marilyn xx

O.h. is prewarned that he can't have the car, but it's a nuisance as he has to work 6am to 6pm that day I think so can't get a bus, will have to use the bike even if it's snowing!
Thanks Jean, for trying to explain to Marilyn, thoughts of the cruise are getting her all in a lather!

love to everyone else, it's nearly time for o.h. to get up so I better get off here and ready for bed, ships that pass in the night, it's the way I like it lol I go up when he comes down for work.

Take care all, have a good day, hope all news is good news.

Lizxxx

Hi Liz,

Well I cant believe YOU of all people need a therapist !!

You are so level headed....... in my opinion of course .

I hope in whatever they are seeking it helps.

I obviously missed a thread somewhere .....perhaps I should join you ..LOL

Good luck Liz.....Marilyn xx

Yes, Marilyn, Liz gives excellent advice to others on these boards, just a pity she cant give it to herself.

'All the worlds queer except me and thee Marilyn, and even thee's a little queer.' An old saying, except that queer now has a different meaning!

Huia who is the only sane person around.

Hi Huia,

Lovely to see you on boards , I'm coming to your end of the world over the next 3 weeks , the south island Dunedin.
A bit too far for you to wave a hanky from the docks ..LOL

I'm a bit up to date now on all of you......trouble is I don't always pop on here enough to catch up.....you are all authoresses and I don't have time to read all your books !!

Hope you are keeping well Huia, and Everyone else on boards
must say Hi to Jean ....

Marilyn xx

Good morning everyone, this thread has been busy since I was last on here. had visitors yesterday as well as having a nasty cold so was not on the boards very much. Head feel like it is stuffed with cotton wool this morning. Not to worry it will pass.

Debbie, you are such a busy person with all your children. You enjoy them though I can tell. I think mobiles are very sensible once they start roaming around on their own but not expensive ones. There have been many cases of mobile phones being taken off younger children by the local yob element. Whitby will be great for the fishermen, nice area and lovely fish and chips!!!!

Mo you are doing well at darts, well done, good job I am not in the team I can never even hit the board.

Marilyn you are now looking forward to your next holiday, wonderful hope you have a great time. We are looking forward to Andalucia at the end of March, however, they have had 60 days of heavy rain at the moment.

Huia, it sounds as if you were banging your head on a wall with Ancestry. best to give up and know that your tree is right and theirs is wrong.

Best get on, washing machine full of towels needs emptying.

Jean, hope all is well with you.

Hi, everyone, you are busy bees, makes me tired just reading about it all...lol... Ann glad to have your cold is on the way out, of course our men always have it worse than us .....bless.....just had the hair done, so need to go out for lunch while I still look respectful. my hair is so fine and floppy sets dont last long. Ann looks to have the sort of hair I would like...so we are off out for lunch......

Debbie , we are not far from Leeds, hope Daniel has a good day...we like whitby too, although it is a bit too hilly for me now... but I am sure you will love it...

Marilyn, I will book you in to see the shrink when you get back , is any time o.k. lol have a great holiday and say hello to your niece from all of us on here...

Huia, you are a star, you made me laugh at your weight loss...lol...
that saying is well known in lancashire too...hope phil is doing o.k.

Mo, you sly old ... you never let on your wedding anni is the same day as Ds birthday how long have you been wed...easy to remember....
I have loads of bits of wool , so just bought the Jean Greenhowe little dolls book so will knit a few of them, change from being glued to the laptop day and night as J says, he is jealous really ,he wont even try to have a go, but that is probably my fault as I wont let him have a go !!!!
Its mine all mine.....off to get ready to go out for lunch....

love to you all. Jean xx

Morning All, Jean I hope you have a lovely lunch. I enjoy going out to eat (as my rotund shape will testify), but it's very rare that hubby & I go together. We are usually with the children or with our own friends. I see various girlfriends once a week and we usually end up in a Country pub somwehere having something with chips :-0

Daniel is running in Roundhay Park. I have looked it up on the web and looks lovely. When we go "up north" at easter we have a night/day in Leeds as some of the male folk support Leeds Utd and want to watch a match, so I though that whilst they were shouting their lungs off I would venture up to Roundhay and spend a few hours there.

The children travel really well and I do all the driving which I love. Very frustrating living on a little Island and not being able to go anywhere too far.

Ann, when is it that you are coming here in August? If there is anything that I can do for you in advance of your visit, please let me know. I wonder if you have chosen Battle of Flowers Week (?). Yes, the Christina is still there as I drive past it every day on my way to the Primary school at the top of the hill. Not sure what it is like, but the views are amazing, as well you know.

Off to do some cooking now. Dinner has to be made in advance as I'm going to watch Daniel play a rugby game after school.

Hope all is well with you all.

DEBBIE

Debbie we fly to Jersey on Sunday 22nd and return home on 29th so we celebrate our golden wedding there on 27th. August. When we stayed before the Cristina was fine, food was good and as you probably know the bus stop is very near into town where we could catch buses around the Island. I don't think our bus passes will be accepted there Lol!! Well I am sure they wont as we can't even use them in Wales, however it was not expensive to buy weekly tickets. Yes the views from the hotel are lovely.
Thank you for your offer, if I think of anything I will certainly avail myself of it.

Hello my little chatter boxes.
Ooooh it's so good to hear from you all.
O.k Jean,when did your spies tell you about my anniversary. I did not realise it is the same day as D's birthday.
It is our 46th anniversary. Well it should be celebrated on the 29th off February,but as it's not a leap year,we celebrate the day following the 28th.
Well I don't know,Jean's had her hair done,Huia's had her feet done,Liz is seeing her therapist,Marilyn needs a psychiatrist, Ann's got a stinking cold,
Poor Debbie is cream crackered,running round after the children. Looks like I am the only one left out. Mind you knowing Jean she will say I am the maddest nutter around. lol
Be back later to speak to you all,hopefully by then we will have heard from Sallie as well.

Debbie, its lovely at Roundhay, there is another part across the road where the aquatic stuff is ,or at least it was years ago. have you googled it it would be on there I am sure, we have had a very nice lunch in fact I am stuffed....lol....we went to a Harvester inn, it was packed with golden oldies, we didnt go until 2 so it would be quiet, but it wasnt...

Mo, you have baffled me completly. reading your post lower down It says your wedding anniv is on the first of March ...yes... now you are say its 28/29 Feb...yes which one, nutter....D s birtday is the 1st March....lol....

Sallie I would stay away if I was you, one of our friends has finally flipped do hope its not catching,...you will know who i mean....nudge ...nudge...

Hope to sort this muddle out as soon as she has had her medication....


love Jean xx

Hi Everyone,

You have all been busy having a good natter, it's lovely to hear from you all.
I haven't got time to reply now, as we have to go and do the weekly shop, but I will speak to you all later. Take care!

Love, Sallie.xxx

nooo Jean, Mo said her anniversary should be on 29th Feb but they celebrate it the day after (i.e. 1st March!)

Hi all. All these anniversaries! A lot of spring brides, except that I was an autmn one. 21st March, 1959, but I wont be celebrating this year as I feel as if I am a virtual widow. We didnt even celebrate our 50th last year when Phil was still at home as he had no idea what the date was. I might go 'somewhere' that day just in case I feel too miserable at home on my own.

I know where Roundhay is. When I was touring England with my sister and her OH we camped there for a couple of nights. When sis and I went in to Leeds on the bus Nick Berry, the star (at the time) of Heart Beat, walked past us, within an arms reach. Oooooh, my heart was all a-flutter.

Huia.

Got it Ann, thanks,Mo I apologise prof... a lot...cant spell profusely..lol...
but I still think you are a nutter but I always love nutters....

Jean xx

Marilyn, dont you go scaring all the albatrosses at Taiaroa heads, or the seals in Milford Sound (I presume that will be on the list for visiting), or any of the other wild life. It is certainly wonderful scenery. I have visited a lot of places in the South Island by road (and foot - walked the Milford Track) and we did the launch trip in the Sound out as far as the entrance. Took lots of photos. I have a painting my granddad did of Mitre Peak over 100 years ago. I am in the process of producing a catalogue of his paintings, of which I have in my care about 19. I call them the family collection as they finished up here when my parents died. I can only claim 3 of them as 'mine'. I have made laser copies of them all or photographed the ones that were too large. I have copies of about 5 that other people have and I know of another 3, so the catalogue is a good idea to keep track of them all. I will put in details of dimensions, whether signed and dated, anything else written on the back, whether framed and description of the frame. Also where the scene is if I know or think it is. And where the painting is currently held, e.g. 'a relative in England has this one' or 'in the family collection' or name the owner if they say I can (one person with 2 large ones said I could).

Can anybody think of any other info I should have? I will be putting granddads biography on the opening page, and I will also say at the end 'these images are all copyright. For permission to copy them please contact ...... ' I will set up a special email address for that. That way if we find anybody has used them without permission we can complain and demand huge payment! That would pay to get some of the paintings restored. The 2 large ones definitely need it but the owners were told it would cost about $1500 each to restore them.

I am not into 'scrapping' (as yet!) but this is my 'artistic' venture.

Huia.

Oh my lord,confusion reigns where Jean is concerned,thank goodness
Ann had got the sense to understand what I meant. I really had begun to
doubt my own sanity then.
Anyway,Mrs Jean,it's your anniversary on the 3rd of March. Ha see I know.
But you evaded answering my question, how did your spies get their information about my anni.
Come back quickly Sallie,we need someone to sort our Jean out.
Huia my love,could you go to your sons house on the 21March,so that you are not alone. Or perhaps go out for a meal with them,after visiting Phil.
I realise it will be very painful for you,and having family around you may help lessen the pain.
Going to take my medication now. You know the sort I mean,the one that sorts your brain out after being chased by a nutter>>>>>>>>Ooops Hi Jean.
Love to all. Mo xxx

Huia, Ann would be the best one to answer your queerie(sp) She is our scrapping queen,and is very good at all things artistic.