General Chat

hi good to hear from sylvia the flowers you bought sound beautiful what a good idea to dress up the house again. I wish you well on your birthday it sounds like you are going to be very busy, brenda it has rained all day over here but it is washing some of the snow away. I have to go out tomorrow so I hope it clears up bye for now dorothy

Evening all.just going off to bed and thought iwould see who was around,Nice to see you Sylvia,hope you have a good birthday,good idea to combine the visitors,and also about the flowers i sometimes put up new or different photos to brighten up the room when the christmas decorations comedown.
Was\ on a "roll" the other day with putting people on my tree but I had to keep stopping and going back to recheck things tonight so not a happy bunny.
See you tomorrow.
brenda

Hello Everyone,

Belatedly Happy New Year to you all, sorry not to have been around for a while but this computer is on it's way out I think. We've had so many problems and it is now so slow it really takes too long to get to the stage of adding messages.

Anyway Chris is sorting out everything he needs to build a new computer so hopefully in a couple of weeks we should be up and running. Just got to make sure everything is saved that needs saving, don't want to lose anything that is important or cannot be found again.

Fred, life does send you some challenges doesn't it - still you live to tell the tale with your usual good humour.

Brenda, hope you get the date for your op soon, it seems to be a long wait. Hope your Dad is keeping well.

Dorothy, just reading about the weather you have been having gives me the shivers - don't do cold!!!

Sylvia, hope you have a lovely birthday. It does sound as though it is going to be a lot of work for you though so do take it easy.

Hope everyone else is well and hope that I will be able to join in a bit more when it doesn't take so long to get this infernal machine to work. grrr !!!

God bless
Love
Kathleen

Afternoon folks,cold and sunny here agin,but it was wet and wild last night.!!!
Having a problem with our Virgin?ntl security and the mouse agin so won't be here long.Nice to see you kathleen,
love to all Brenda

Hiya,its still very wet and windy here,went to town to met a friend this morning but we stayed in the shopping centre as it was too wet to walk outside.
Going to Bury with my sister tomorrow,well hopefully we are ,depends on the weather.
Had a lot of matches on the hot matches this week but not had any that are connections yet.
Hope you are all ok .Take care love Brenda

Hi all,
Just a few lines as I don't suppose I'll have time tomorrow.
Well a funny day for me today. Johan had been having a nose bleed for a couple of days and yesterday evening our granddaughter Linda took him to the emergency surgery. Well they put a prop in his nose but this didn't help. Johan ended up sleeping in a sitting position in a chair all last night. I phoned the doctor this morning but she said he had better go to the ear, nose and throat specialist. So my neighbour took him to the hospital this afternoon and I went out shopping on my scootmobile to get some more shopping in the house.I wasn't sure whether I would be cooking a meal for Johan or not tonight, but when I came back I found Johan home againl
Linda has borrowed our car for a couple of days so Johan cannot go out if he wanted to.
Now will see you all on Saturday again.
Sylvia xxx

goodmorning from a wer and windy barrie more snow on the way to-night apparently. brenda hope you get to bury to-day for your shopping trip, nothing much new at the moment over here just some of my friends having health problems with there pets and waiting for test results, for me I am looking foreward to next week the tennis begins in australia I am so looking foreward to it. I hope that sylvia has a great birthday I am going to have a lazy day to-day and do some reading it is too wet to go out bye fornow dorothy

Hiya,had a good day shopping today,managed to get a carigan for work,not exactly the one I wanted but the price was right and as they get pulled ad things like that at work I don't want to pay too much.Also got a great bedspread makes the bed and the room so much more comfy.!!!My sister got some underwear and a bag for work,I got some lovelly fresh veg from the market and then a BBq chicken for tea tonight I have heaps of ironing so did not want to be cooking as well.
It was cold but dry so we did not do too bad weatherwise.
Have a good birthday weekend Sylvia,enjoy your visitors.
Hope you are nice and snug Dorothy,
TAke care love Brenda

Goodmorning
Brenda sounds as if you had a successful shopping trip
A lovely morning here have just been up to Local Farmers market raspberries for dessert today! not a lot we need as garden is producing well But I do like to have a look and usually meet up with someone for a chat Margaret

hi brenda sounds like you had a good shopping trip you certainly got lots of goodies yes I am keeping nice and warm no snow as yet but lots of rain. anne called this afternoon to say her daughter in law had the surgery by key hole in turkey this am and all went well, but she has picked up hepatitis the better kind from they assume the cottage hospital in russia remember I said the european hospital in russia was closed for the holidays!!!!!. had afternoon tea with some of the ladies to-day did not expect to go but ended up popping in for a while, well now to see what is on tv for the evening bye for now dorothy

Happy New Year to all - a bit late with the greeting and only 12 days have gone from 2008. The news the world learnt yesterday (11 Jan) was the passing of Sir Edmund Hillary, TV dropped some programmes to pay tribute to him. I was cruising around the various Sky channels and saw tributes there also, even the presidental events gave way to Sir Ed. Some people will be wondering if the History channel had third sight when it screened the Everest climb last eveing - oddly it was scheduled back in December when their magazine was sent out. Sir Ed's family have agreed to have a state funeral for him which will be screen on TV next week.
Just heard from Craig and he says that will be coming for a visit at the end of the month.
Coffee break coming up so I will catch you another time.
John

afternoon all,just finishing our lunch break.and having a cuppa before the next onslaught of kids and borrowers.
Out tonight at the "do" for Johns neice who is off to NZ next week,they are loking at the possiblities for emigrating there.
See you tomorrow.brenda

Hi all,
Well I had a fantastic birthday yesterday. The biggest surprise was when my daughter walked in with an old friend of mine. I had told my daughter on the phone that I would like to see this friend, but this friend is 82 and although very fit and active doesn't like driving too far. We have spent so many holidays etc. together. They used to have a house in Spain and we've had many a laugh there. Her husband died a few years ago. My daughter picked up my friend and took her back again in the evening. Anyway, I had an extra one for dinner too. I made a casserole of pieces of chicken wrapped in ham, pieces of tomatoe between the chicken rolls and then placed in a large foil dish (can be thrown away after), with a herb sauce and topped with lots of grated cheese. I did French garlic bread and cucumber salad and a lettuce and tomatoe salad to go with it. Oh, we had homemade tomatoe/vegetable soup first and followed by apple strudel ice cream.
I had around 30 birthday cards and lots of telephone calls. Johan's nose was the only problem as he had been to the ear, nose and throat specialist who had put a prop in his nose to stop the bleeding. Johan had a long black thread hanging from his nose which was a little unsightly! I helped Johan take out the prop this afternoon and the bleeding has stopped.
Tomorrow have two sisters in law and two brothers in law, ex son in law and new wife and grandson coming. I have baked 3 cakes today and a large pan of soup again. Not sure who will stay for dinner, but they can at least have soup and bread rolls.
I have sold all the cards I have made, so have to get down to making some more cards as soon as possible.
Am feeling a bit tired now, so will close for now.
Sylvia xxx

Hi Everyone,glad you had a good birthday Sylvia,hope the next visitors are good as well.
Had a nice time at the party last night,Johns neice is going to the north Island in NZ to Duneden I think thats how its spelt.
Have a lot o do today ,things seem to cartch up on me faster these days.
Take care ,Brenda

goodmorning sylvia glad you had a great birthday and enjoy all the rest of your company quite a week-end you have had, brenda it sounds like you had a fun evening as well, to-day is tennis day for me but not until 8pm our time I am so looking foreward to it. so far the promised snow has held off though it is supposed to snow all week,with all that anne has going on in her family I am still hoping that she will come over for a visit this year this time last year I was planning my trip home, and it was a wonderful trip . nothing else new at the moment the winter is a slow time of year for me. bye fornow dorothy

Goodmorning Brenda and all
Dunedin is in South Island Ashburton so perhaps they are going to NI as well
Beautiful time of year for a visit lets hope they like what they see Although immigrants Miss family most do settle and love this place
Kiwis arent a bad lot :)

Hi all,
Just had my last visitors go and can now relax. Yes, I had a very busy birthday and am really knackered but happy. Even my dear grandson and his girlfriend came today. He is such a busy lad as he is still learning to be a cook, and with one day a week at school is busy. Any of his free time is for his girl friend. Even his mother moans she doesn't see him enough. So I am really privileged.
See you tomorrow.
Sylvia xxx

Hi everyone,had a busy day off ,taking Dad to the hospital for his check up,due to a couple of clerical errors we ended up there from 1pm til gone 4.30pm.i finally got home at 5.30,and was shattered ,the roads we came home on were not busy like I expected them to be at rush hour but part of the way we were going opposite to the traffic.!!
Glad you had a good weekend Sylvia,and had some nice visitors.
Margaret i will try and find out exactly where Danielle is going I am sure its the north ,but they mentioned Dunedin ,and we had seen a BBC programme on tv last week about people moving doen under to OZ and NZ and Dunedin was in it.

Be back tomorrow
take care ,Brenda

Hi Brenda,John,Sylvia,Dorothy,and everyone else lol,sorry to be missing for so long ,but it's been a frenetic two weeks and i have been out half the time.
Everything seems to be calming down ,and i have been having a read of this ,and other threads i frequent.
Sorry i missed your birthday Sylvia,but i'm glad it went well ,and it does sound as though you had a good day.
I am back to normal now ,as much as can be expected, what with Liz keeping springing suprises on me ,the latest being new doors for all of the kitchen units and drawers just after i put up new wall units on the far wall next to the window.
I have now moved the new microwave over that end of the kitchen too ,leaving thje other main wall to hang the new brackets on ,ready for the dish washer which is still in the shed.
The son has promised to come down to help me lift it into place ,it being a little heavy for me to do on my own.
Once this is done ,to all intents and purposes we have a complete ,new kitchen,just in time for Fred to go out in the garden to get started on this years planting lol,no peace for the wicked he he.
I used the new slow cooker yesterday to cook a rabbit hot pot ,which was lovely,and therte is enough left to put two meals down in the freezer for another day,must sat though ,that the cooker is exellent for any tough meat ,the rabbit was so tender ,it fell off the bones.
Getting back to normal now peeps ,all the rich food gone ,and back to my rice salads ,ordenery salads ,and sarnie teas, the main meal being dinner times.
Today i am doing either mince ,dumplings and roast potatoes ,with cauli'& carrots,or cottage pie with the same veggies ,but without the roasties.
I tried Jamie Olivers roast tatties over christmas ,and liked them so much ,i do them that way all the time now ,nice and fluffy and awfully tasty.
Must go now ,and start these doors ,or i will be in trouble with the boss.
Catch you all later.Fred.

Hi all.just a few lines as we are having the pc security updated by NTL.so don't want to be on long incase I get cut off ,shouldn't do but you never know/.
Weather still miserable and wet here,but at least we have not been flooded.
Fred your missus knows how to keep you busy!!must try that with John.!!!
See you tomorrow,but not sure what time.
Brenda