General Chat

Hi everyone,glad you enjoyed some of your visit Fred,did you get the sausage and mash? we have had snow hail rain wind and sunshine today it kept a lot of people in doors this morming so work was quiete,and we got a lot of odd jobs done.
Going to bed now as I am on again tomorrow but only a half shift as I asked for some split shifts till after my op,I don't get as tired ,its a longer week but shorter days if you know what I mean.
We have two temp girls starting today so things should also get easier.
Hope Dorothy is enjoying her friends visit and hope Sylvia is ok as she hasn't been on for a while,
See you tomorrow.
Brendab

hi everyone it is tuesday pm I had a very interesting week-end first of all my friends son and daughter and grandaughter drove her up on saturday so we had a visit with the little on she is about 2 and a ahalf, then we went to the casino I did well I spent 40 dollars and won 250 so a 210 profit not bad, but isobelle was not well so we stopped off at the medical clininc and she got some meds for a urinary tract infection, sat eve was low key she rested and we watched some movies again a slow but pleasent day on sunday talking away, my son was to fly out on sunday to the east coast but all flights were cancelled due to bad weather in the east the same thing happened to him on monday and I have not heard if he got out to-day quite frustrating for him, on monday we went shopping one of the stores had a big one day sale so we both bought sweaters and slacks and saved a bundle, her son picked her up about 7pm it was pouring down rain leading into the storm that is immeninant as I type another further 25 cm this evening yesterday the rain was frozen in the morning so all the school buses were cancelled bu the pm was great as we went to the stores, all in all I have had a fun few days I think it helped isobelle get over the loss of her pets when she arrived home there was a big boquet of flowers from the vets office that was nice of them, glad fred had a good week-end brenda take it easy and don't over do how many more days till the op bye for now dorothy

Hi everyone,glad you had a good visit with your friend,well done on your win at the casino.!!
I bought some cotton pants at weekend but have taken them back today,on trying them on when I got home,I realised they where very low slung hipster pants and not me at all.!!So got a refund today.I will,I hope be in the hospital this time next week,after having my op in the afternoon..So I will be missing for a few days,
Of to check some names now for a while.
Brenda

Hello everyone,not feeling too good today ,was upin the wee small hours being sick etc,so called in sick today,just had a small bowl of soup ,and don't feel so bad,Just realised that our thread is one year old today,So well done all of us.!!
Brenda

Ey ooooop ,our Brenda,you can't be doin' this so close to your op lass or you will land up having it cancelled.
You now need to mollycoddle yourself and take it easy 'till you feel better.
Just looked in after finishing some of my research on the family,and nearly had a fit lol,what are we going to do with you?
i have a quiet day lined up tomorrow,those two paintings to hang in the dining room,a certificate to order,and then ,it's into the garden and get cracking.
catch you all later.Fred

Hi all,
Just a few lines to say I'm still here.
My help in the house came today. She will only be with me another 3 times and then she begins her new job. Sad for me, but nice for her. She will be in the office as telephonist/receiver of guests etc. Just the person for the job as she is very sociable
The mechanic came to repair my scootmobile but we had ordered the wrong mechanic so nother will be coming tomorrow.
This morning my granddaughter came for coffee as she had to be at the dentist nearby. She has a good set of teeth with only 1 small filling in her 25 years.
Have been trying to get away next week at Center Parcs for a midweek. I suppose it will be the last minute - throw a few things in the car and away as usual.
Tomorrow have an appointment with doctor and she will tell me whether my hair is growing or not.
I have read all your letters and thank you all for asking about me. It's nice to be missed.
Sylvia xxx

hi brenda I second fred you must look after yourself you don't want the op cancelled, sylvia glad to see you on line I hope that you manage to get away that would be nice for you, I have shovelled off the car and the plough cleared the parking lot it finally stopped snowing around 1pm, but another major store is promised for friday that is one of the busy days at the airport as spring break at the schools starts I bet many people are trying to change flights to to-morrow 300 were cancelled this morning amazing. once again I wish my sister still lived in the cayman islands for I would pop down to see her bye for now dorothy

Hi Everyone,thoight that i would let you know that i am ok today,didnot have too much to eat yesterday,must have had something which did not agree with me ,but it did give me a jolt.Trying to keep to the straight and narrow,with plain food again,its possible that the chicken ,bacon and leek casserole I had made for Tuesday tea was the culprit as it did have a little bit of melted cheese on it which was fat reduced ,I thought i had served ll the cheese to David and John but I could have had some in error.Any way ,I will not be having it again.
Thanks for being so concerned.
Taking the car for its MOT tomorrow.andmight bake some scones for my dad.!!
See you tomorrow ,brenda

hi brenda glad to hear you are feeling better as you say it was probably something that you ate. I had a fun evening I gave the children dinner after school and then took them for their final swimming lessons of this session fun was had by all, it was a clear night and the drive home went well, we turn our clocks foreward this week-end a little earlier than usual due to some new arrangement with the states so I will only be 4hrs behind you for a few weeks. off to bed now bye for now bye dorothy

Morning all,dorothy Brenda [tut tut ,cheese?]naughty lass ,that's a rare treat for us peoples ,and might have been okay for you done on a little toast and half fat as you say,but not in with a meal,too heavy on the tummy lass,as the tummy has a lot of work to do without the extras.
Strange as it may sound ,Liz and i can eat a small cheese pudding between us ,on it's own,but if we put anything with it be it roast ,or boiled potatoes ,we land up with baaaaad indigestion at best.
WoHooooo,who won £500 on the irish last night tum ti tum ti tum lol,straight in the kitty for the trip to oz in the autumn,a nice little bit of spending money.
Off to the doctors shortly for the results of my diabeties check up.
Talking of cheese again,i had a naughty tea last night Brenda,got the sandwich press out,and did two rounds of half fat cheese slices from aldi and some nice ham from same used marge on the bread before putting the sanwiches in the press.
This morning the test showed a level of 6.0 quite normal, so Fred is happy with that.
Off for my walk round the garden now,see ya later peeps .Fred.

Morning all,have taken the car down to the garage for its MOT ,which i am told is just short of £50.00,!!!when I got the post my road tax reminder was there for £140.00 which is a lot for such a little car,apparntley its the emissions!!.I had not had cheese of any discription for 6 months til the other night so I will be leaving it alone for awhile again .(might have a slice f cheese on toast when I am home after the op)
Weather damp and looking like its going to poor down.
Dorothy Our clocks go forward on March 30th I think.
Better get on with a bit of house work ,then I can either came and do some searching or watch a Dvd.
Brenda

goodmorning congratulations fred on your win that's great mine last week and yours this week maybe ohters will be lucky as well, good advice to brenda re the cheese and a good report on your blood sugar mine is usually 5.4 quite stable for quite a while now. to-day is the big travel day s school break starts they expect a 100,000 people at the airport to-day and the weather man is calling for the worst storm of the winter I ask you how much worse can it get, so I have checked the cupboards and the fridge and don't think I need to go out for anything, my son is due to fly in from the east to-day he usually gets in about 3pm so maybe will be able to land and miss part of the storm and get home before the worst of it, so I hope you all have a good week-end I plan to just read and see what is on tv, bye for now dorothy

Hi Everyone,hope your son gets back ok Dorothy,schools don't break up till the week after next here.
Hope fully I will be still off so will miss the little darlings!!!
We are supposed to be having lots of bad weather high winds etc next week,so we should batten down the hatches.!!
Its really wet at the minute so its been quiete up to now,hope it stays that way.
Have a nmice weekend
Brenda

hi brenda I gather that the storms that are playing out in canada are heading your way well all I can say is watch out, in the 51 years I have lived in this country I have never see the likes of the storm that hit us to-day and is still raging, the snow started at 10am and it is now 7pm I cant see out of the window for the blowing snow the winds are very high and that does not help it is just piling the snow up again some silly people are still trying to drive around in it lost count of the number of accidents they have even pulled the police off the highways, I shall be glad when it is spring bye for now dorothy

Hi all,
Well Dorothy and Fred it is our lottery tomorrow - the 10th of every month - so do you think I may win a nice prize?
My flat looks as though a tornado has blown through it, so must clear it up a bit today.
Will keep this short. Have a nice Sunday
Sylvia xxx

goodmorning sylvia I wish you luck with the lottery to-day the snow has stopped at the moment so I think I will wander out and see how badly the car is snowed in I may have to get my son over to dig it out the lot will be ploughed but they don't helpyou dig your car out, but the sky is blue and yes the sun is shining lon may it last. it will be a grand day for all the children who did not go away on the ski slopes bye for now dorothy

Good afternoon playmates,how are we all today.
Sorry to be late getting on here but i had a very busy morning,starting in the garden at six thirty this morning ,and then at seven thirty ,coming indoors and starting to clean the oven.
I satripped the racks out [3] and cleaned them down with a brillo pad,did dittoe with the grill pan and rack before starting on the oven linings ,with mr muscles ,followed by a brillo pad to finish off.
Last of all i cleaned the oven door ,inside and out,result? sparkling ,and ,half an hour late starting the dinner lol.
I cooked a joint of pork ,which the wife [strife] took out of the freezer last night,with home made apple sauce,home made stuffing,roast potato's roast parsnip,and green peppers.
Steamed calabrese from the garden ,last of ,cabbage ditto,and beetroot ditto.,all done with a onion gravy[out of a bisto tub lol[well ,we can't all be perfect he he,.
Fred puts it in front of the missus,who must be spoilt rotten because all she said was ,i thought dinner was going to be at 1245? it's 1 oclock,cor peeps she is 'aaard ,sniffle and there's me giving up my Sunday fishing to pander top her needs,any one want' a well trained spare hubby? lol,free to a good home ,no wages ,but bed and board ,any takes please He he.
It's okay,i will get my own back tomorrow ,she will get burned [well ] toast ,and hard poached eggs for dinner tomorrow har har
Hope everyone is having a good day,see ya ' tommorow peeps.Fred..

hi fred if you are on offer how about coming over here and amking meals for me that dinner sounded wonderful, I spent a good part of the day out in the parking lot as the car was in a mess the snow was waist high all around the car and loads on the body of the car, several of the people who live here were out doing the same thing so we all ended up helping each other the offical total was 35 cm in one day, st catherines which is on the way to niagra falls had 50cm in one day this is on top of what we allready had, a couple of the older ladies gpt quite giddy and were falling in the snow and making snow angels ( over 85 they were) some of us younger ones the 65 group just kept on shovelling then we all headed in for a good slug of brandy. hope you all have a good week and that the storm that is headed over to you is not to bad bye for now dorothy

Hi everyone,well we have had some heavy rain but seem to have missed most of the storm that was promised.
It has turned cold again today after another spring like day yesterday ,it went very dark and there were really big black clouds about in the late afternoon.
Johns car has gone for its MOT today it will be later afternoon before it is ready.
I have finished my "packing" for the hospital,but just need to get a couple of small bottles of drinks,like oj or diet coke,don;t usually drink them but it gets so warm in the hospital your throat gets really dry.
I managed to get some house and contents insurance for just over the price i was paying just for the house (buildings) so am going to cancel the old ones and get the one set up.I did feel guilty at first as my old insurers are my old employer,but they have not shown me and my old work mates any loyalty ,so I don't think i owe them any now
Might get back later tonight or first thing in the morning before going in the hospital.
See you soon,take care ,Brenda.

hi brenda will be thinking of you to-morrow I hope that you sail through it all with flying colours, glad you missed the brunt of the storm I was just reading the bbc news on line and some areas seem to have been hit quite hard hope fred and his missus are ok bye for now dorothy