General Chat

Sorry to those of you who have m-i-l problems.

I looked at some fireproof safes in a shop just last week but decided they were nowhere near big enough for everything I wanted to keep safe (e.g. old books and other old family things).

Off now to reply to somebody on Ancestry who had finally replied to a message I sent him 2 weeks ago.

Huia.

Sylvia, I'm really sorry that you had to put up with so much from your m-i-l. My in-laws were not as bad as that, but m-i-l absolutely doted on Alun's sister and her OH and children.

Whatever our children did, L's always did better--we never said anything about it to our kids, but they had obviously noticed, as one day they said 'why is it that Grandma always talks about Aunty L's children and think that they are so much better and cleverer than us'. We still didn't want to poison their minds against her, so we just made light of it. That's how it was until the last few years of her life, it's a shame it couldn't have been better from the time we got married.

Relax and enjoy watching the Olympic games. Take care!

Love, Sallie.x

Sylvia, I forgot to add that One Tree Hill has been No Tree Hill for several years now as a Maori activist used a chainsaw on it and as a result it was dying, so was removed. It will eventually be replaced by some native trees.

Huia.

Hi Huia

I did know that .......... couldn't believe it when we heard about it. That attack just didn't seem to fit with our idea of its importance to the Maoris.


Mind you, we shouldn't have been surprised ........... some of our own First Nations have made similar attacks on symbols.



Hi Sallie ...... I have mostly put it out of my mind, after all she's been dead 17 years!

But it was somewhat similar to you .................. she absolutely doted on OH's sister and her children, although I have to grant that she did try hard to treat the 4 grandchildren the same when it came to gifts etc.


And you know, it's strange, but we are now looking at being in somewhat the same situation that she was in re grandchildren, but with one important difference.

Our daughter and her husband live in Nova Scotia, which is an 7-8 hour plane flight from here (that's in the air). It takes almost as long for us to reach there as it did for the in-laws to come visit here from England.

The big difference is that travel is a little easier now than it was 30 years ago, and we have more money than they ever did (ironic, considering what she accused me of!!), so we can afford to go over at least once a year and maybe even twice a year. Plus we are willing to spend all that we have and not keep it "for the next generation" which is what her generation wanted to do.

That's as long as the daughter will have us! Because travelling that distance means that we do want to stay for 10 days or 2 weeks ....... it isn't worth it for a long weekend! And "worth it" means both the cost, and the fact that we cross 4 time zones, they are 4 hours ahead of us, so jet lag also comes into the equation.


Had my afternoon coffee, and almost time to make dinner! Lamb curry tonight, using the remains of Sunday's roast lamb!




sylvia
xxx

Sylvia, the pine tree that was on O.T.H. was not a native tree to NZ, so at least it didnt have the same meaning for the Maori. Did you visit any other parts of NZ while you were here? I am hoping to go up Rangitoto some time to take lots of photos on my digital camera. I havent been for quite a few years. I was going to take Phil last year but the day we tried we missed the early boat by 5 mins and it was a 3 hour wait for the next one, so I decided it wouldnt give me enough time to get up there on my hands and knees, puffing and panting all the way. I wont be taking Phil when I go, he is now too shaky on his pins :-(((

Huia.

Almost time for me to sail up the wooden hill as o.h. sails down lol altho sail is hardly the word for him, he plonks down with the belt of his towelling gown trailing behind like a tail lol
Just want to say have a good day one and all, and take care, silly old weather in some parts of the UK but just wet, rain and more rain here.

I am hoping I get on ok with the new counsellor on Monday afternoon, the one I had a couple of years ago was lovely till she let me down lol

I also want to ask if she can find another time if someone else cancels or finishes as with Mondays, you lose the flow when you get to the Bank Hols and we will be coming into B.H. season soon!

I never made anything legal with my relationships so don't have to worry about remembering Wedding Anniversaries, but have enough other dates to recall lol

Huia, could you not find a big metal trunk to put your boot boxes of photos and such in for the time being. Someone was selling one on our gumtree site recently and it might be a way of protecting your precious things altho we all hope no fires or hazards get anywhere near you, love.

take care folks, I am off to bed...... night night lol

Lizxxx

HURRAH


the young Canadian figure skater whose mother died last weekend got the Bronze ........ she skated really well, and managed to hold her composure.

I think everyone in Canada was pulling for her!

Liz, the fires should miss us unless the wind is from the east or south east or south. Prevailing wind is west or sw. Maybe I will have enough warning anyway to throw things into the ute and take off.

I have scanned 7 envelopes of photos from my England trip in the past couple of days. About 35 or 36 in each lot so that is a lot of scanning. Havent finished that boot box full though. On previous occasions I scanned lots of very old photos and all the photos in dads 'Log' which is diary + photos + maps + newspaper cuttings. And I have scanned photos from a couple of years on a previous occasion, so I am getting somewhere. But still a long way to go. The English ones made me think of all my friends and relatives over there.

Huia.

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick look in before going out. We're off to Hobbycraft and the Range, again.

Liz, it's raining here too, not very nice at all at the moment. Never mind, it's better than having snow, at least we can get about withouut the fear of falling. I too, hope that your new counsellor will be nice and that you get on okay with her.

Sylvia, I'm really pleased that the Canadian skater won the Bronze, I' m sure her mother would have been so proud of her. Well done to her!

Huia, I hope you'll soon be able to find something fireproof for the things you need to keep safe. Perhaps as Liz suggested, you might be able to find a metal trunk somewhere. Hope you'll be able to find something soon.

Well I'm off out now, speak to you all later. Take care!

Love, Sallie.xxx

Sallie, I envy you going to Hobbycraft, as we are abit further out from Nottingham than yourself, But, what is the Range. Am I missing something
Hope you enjoy your trip
Julia in Derbyshire

Hi everyone,and welcome Julia,please come back and see us again,we are a really friendly lot.
My goodness,I thought I was the only one with M.I.L. problems. Mine only had one son,my OH,and she idolised him.
When we visited her and FIL,she would always ask OH would he like anything to eat or drink,and completely ignore the fact that I was there. When I mentioned it to Roly,he had never even caught onto the fact off it happening. So on the next visit,he was ready for her,and by golly did she get it in the earhole from him.
Even our children noticed that when they went there for tea,they were given bread and jam,whilst the cat was given a slap up meal. They have never forgotten that to this day.
Oh there was so many things,I could tell you.
Mind you my own mum was not much better. She only ever baby sat for us once, in all the time my children were growing up.
The reason for that being that she believed that they were our children,and our responsability.
But she forgot that during my early years,I was bought up by my grandparents,and my aunt.
She was very standoffish with my kids,and they never had the kind off relationship,that you are supposed to have with grandparents.
Good luck for Monday Liz.,I will be thinking off you. Lets hope they can change the day for you.
Sylvia,what brilliant news that your Canadian skater got bronze. She skated so well on the occasion I saw her. And the trophy will be a tribute to her mum,bless her.
Huia,methinks you had better build yourself a concrete bunker,by the sounds off how much you have got to protect. It will take you hours and hours to scan that amount off photo's.
A big Hi to Sallie,Ann,Marie,Debbie and all our friends on this thread.
I will be back later to chat to you all.
((((((((((((HUGS for Jean))))))))))))))

Hi, folks, I have been busy today scrapping,managed to finally get started on our friends golden wedding party, managed to get about 7 pages done, 8x8
so gets done quickly.Sallie tell us what you bought, I have just taken delivery of a set of c.d.s royal horticulture society, flowers backgrounds, boxes etc, there are loads on, so hope to print some off soon,Joanne Sheene is the seller. saw it on create n craft....once I start the crafting again I cant stop, so dont worry if you dont hear from for a day or so...

Hi, Julie nice meeting you maybe we have met before if not you are very welcome on here...

Mo, thanks for the hugs always welcome..xxx

hi, to everyone else. will chat again soon take care..

Love Jean xx

Hi Julia
The range is another shop that sells craft stuff but unlike other craft shops it sells lots of other things, household, garden, you name it they probably sell it, a department store really although ours is all on one floor. You can spend ages in there looking around.

Jean,I know I am being nosey,but how many years have you and J been married.
Now Now,stop it cheeky Jean,I know my nose is growing,but my name is not Pinnochio. lol
I know that you have told me before,but my memory is getting worse. oh woe is me.

54 54


FIFTY FOUR......FIFTY FOUR.....

I might be offline for 24 hours or more as I am taking the computer to the nephew who tried to install the AVG 9 for me. He will try it at his place. And while he is about it I will have to ask him what he has done to 'My Pictures'. All the photos I have scanned I can not rename from 'img123' etc. I used to be able to but now the computer tells me if I rename them I will not be able to access them. And it is right. I hope nephew can fix it otherwise it will be a waste of time scanning.

Right, now to turn off and unplug and head off to town.

Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye!

Huia.

Hi Girls,

It's been really busy on this thread over the last few days, which is lovely, and Mo you were thinking of deleting it last week because it was so quiet.
Now you can't stop us all from chatting---not that you want to. As you say this is a very friendly and chatty thread. Mo, it looks as though a few of us had M-i-L problems, as you said I could say a lot more, but it would take too much time.

Julia, lovely to see you on this thread, as Mo said you are welcome to join us. Hobbycraft is a bit of a drag for us with it being the other side of Nottingham and the Range is just a couple of stores away fom it. With Alun doing model railways, he's okay about going because he goes upstairs to look at all the modelling stuff. It would be nice if they opened one on the Retail Park near Ikea,then it would only be just over a couple of miles from here, and not too far for you either.

Jean, you really have been busy doing seven pages today. Well done! I couldn't get all I wanted today at Hobbycraft, so I just got some really nice buttons that will come in for another page I have in mind, some metal photo corners and some ribbon. Alun got what all he wanted, some from the Range and Hobbycraft, so he can get on with what he's working on now.

Ann, hope you are feeling better today and feel up to doing some scrap pages. I only send four Easter cards, so I think I might try and make them this year, so I'll have to make a start. I'm a bit undecided on what kind of embelishments to use, they are all for older people so I think cutie is out.

Hello to Huia, Debbie, Sylvia, Liz, Marie and Marilyn.

Love and best wishes to you all. Sallie.xxx

Huia, good luck and hope that your nephew will have no problem
installing AVG 9 for you.

Jean, I wondered how many years you have been married, but didn't like to ask. Thank you for that Mo, so both of us nosy parkers now know.

54 years,my goodness. Don't you think that a lot off people give up on a relationship to easy these days Jean.
After 46 years,I thought I was doing well.
You are so right Sallie,I am really glad I did not delete this thread. It's when it goes really quiet on here,that I begin to think that people are losing interest.
I was very good this morning. I did all my washing,the bedding, and thought as it was breezy I would hang them out on the line. Now this is the first time I have done it this year.
It was blowing lovely out there. But when I looked again,one quilt cover had blown off of the line,and landed on the fence. Oh my lord,it was so dirty and I had to wash the blessed thing again. I was so cheesed off, I had been doing so well getting it on the line by 9a.m.
We have had a flood warnings this evening for some Kent areas. Thank goodness I am not near any rivers. But my daughter lives right by a river,
I just hope they don't get flooded out.
Well Mrs Gasbag is going now. Take care everyone. Speak to you tommorrow. Love Mo xxx

Hi all

well, I had to give in this morning

..................... so I am slopping around in "home" clothes, no intent of going out, even when OH offered to come and take me in the car for coffee. I was just aching so much in so many places.

So, I spent the morning tucked into the corner of the sofa, a hot water bottle against my back, and read the newspaper. By lunchtime, I was feeling a bit less achey, so made a sandwich for lunch, and came on here. The hottie is still tucked against my back.

I have to write a shopping list later, and OH will go the bank and then do the week's grocery shopping.


We have a fire proof safe in the basement ................. it's reasonably large with 2 shelves, and holds all our important documents, plus we add my jewellery, bmd certificates that I've bought over the last few years + other important genealogy information, and other stuff we wouldn't want to lose whenever we go away for more than a couple of days.

BUT it is heavy! Even OH cannot slide it on his own, let alone pick it up.


It's raining ahrd here, which of course isn't helping my arthritis! So, the Winter Olympics will end as they began ....... in rain!!


Take care everyone




sylvia
xxx

Sallie for Easter cards for older people I stick to spring flowers, for younger one I use cute figures etc.

Jean you are 4 years ahead of us, but don't you wonder where the years have gone. Most of our nearly 50 are still very clear in my mind but they went so fast. I could do it all again!

Sylvia, sorry to hear you are suffering, hope the damp weather dries up for you soon.
Oh Mo, poor you having to wash the cover all over again, how annoying.