General Chat

Hello everyone, sorry you have felt alone on here Dorothy I have looked in to see what news of Brenda's father. If you speak with her again please pass on my condolences, thankfully his passing was peaceful.
Have not posted as I too have suffered a loss, my brother died very suddenly on Friday afternoon. As there has to be a pm and inquest not sure when his funeral will be.
In the past 5 weeks have lost two friends and a cousin I was very close to and now my heart doesn't feel it can handle any more sorrow.
Will be back but not for a few days.

Pleased to hear Liz is so much better Fred - take good care of her and yourself.

Love to all
Kathleen

Hi all,
Now I know why it has been quiet on here. Nothing but misery. Poor Kathleen, having to lose so many dear friends in such a short time. Never mind, Kathleen, I'm still around if you want a shoulder to cry upon. I'm also hear to listen.
Brenda, hope the funeral goes off ok.
And, those of you who have sick friends or relations may you have the strength to carry on and bear the loss.
Weather not very nice at all, in fact pretty miserable.
See you all tomorrow.
Sylvia xxx

Hiya Sylvia,Catherine,nice to be back Lol,normal service is now resumed.
Lizz is home,i picked her up at four this afternoon,and bought her straight back,to her fireside chair.
She has now been fed a stir fry,i have made sure she has had all her tablets ,and have packed her off to bed.
Some people fropm rthe C O P D unit from the R V I are coming to see her tomorrow regarding further treatment which will be ongoing for a while,but they have already told her that if she feels ill in the future ,not to bother going to the doctors ,but to get in touch direct to them at the hospital to get treatment,or ,if she is really bad to go direct to the hospital.
I am now off to bed myself ,where i reckon i will at last get a good nights sleep.
Take care all. Fred.

hi fred glad to see you have liz home and things can get back to normal I have my friend here and we are going shopping etc and yesterday we went to the casino and I won I spent 60 dollars and won 295 so a profit of two hundred an 35 dollars needless to say whenthat happened we left, it will come in useful as I am buying a small freezer bye for now dorothy

Hello everyone,its just gone 3.30 but I can not sleep well at all at the moment.,so thought i would just update you.
Have finalised the funeral arrangements ,it will be Friday at 1.30 pm at the local Crematurium,and everything has been done as per Dads wishes.
We still have such a lot to as to notifying people,something gets added to the list daily.!!
Glad Liz is home and you are back to normal Fred.
So sorry about your brother Kathleen,and the other recent losses you have had to bear.
Thank you for your support Sylvia.
And finally it was so nice to hear some good news Dorothy,well done.
Thank you all for your very kind words of love and support.
Brendaj

hi brenda good to hear from you sorry that you are having trouble sleeping but in some ways it is to be expected having the arragements in place will bring some comfort to you will be with you on friday in thoughts and prayers, again please do take a little time for yourself remember what I told you on the phone cry when you have too and the rest take care dorothy

Hello everyone,can not sleep again,but thats nothing new.
Dads funeral was today and if i say so myself,he had a good turn out as they say.It was a nice sunny day ,but not too hot.The flowers were so beautiful,and the messages really lovelly.
The service was just has he wanted and the so was the music,which went down well.It brought a smile a chuckle to everyone,which again was what he wanted..
See you all soon Take care ,brenda

Morning peeps ,from a coolish Newcastle ,where there is a funny looking yellow thing peeping out from behind the clouds lol.
Up with the larks this morning ,watering done housework finished ,dinner to prepare next ,then out into the front garden to carry on with the replacement of the beading on the sides of the caravan.
I started it at eight last evening ,and was suprised at how quicky the old skills came back,the beading not being much different from the curtain walling rubber inserts i spent so many years doing..the long side of the van only took at hour ,start to finish ,not bad for an old codger he he.
Think it's t0ime to start using the veggies in the garden,i hsave some lovely calabreese ready,some summer cabbage ,carrots ,early kale ,and herbs like parsley rosemary,sage ,dill ,chives ,ect.
loads of Green tomatoes too Edith,so i am catching you up at last.
I was glad to here that the funeral went well Brenda,and ,at least now ,you can start getting back to some semblance of normality,and your dad is now with his loved ones that have gone before,into a far better life.
Off now to get the veggies prepared ,then off outside again to carry on with the van before the rain comes back.
Hope you are all having a good weekend.Fred.

Morning all,dd get some sleep last night but nature called and then I was wide awake!!
Have spent a few minutes replying to a few emails,and letting a few more people ,mainly old work friends know about Dad,They may know from the notice we had in the local eveing paper ,but some will not know my maiden name.
Will be going back in work on Tuesday ,I am not rota'd to work Monday,which is just as well as my brother and i have an appointement with my dads bank,to try and see what we need to do.
Fred I must o missed you saying you had a new van or is this your sons which you are parking on your drive?
Hope the weather dries up today have loads of washing to do,mainly towels and sheets which I like to hang outside if I can.
Have a nice Sunday,speak to you all soon.

You take it easy Brenda,you have had a load of problems laterly what with your health ,and then dad,you need to slow down a little until you recover.
Yes ,the van is my son's but i think we will be sharing it a lot,so i think it's only fair to pay our way,we paying this years stay in Sandy bay ,and Martin paying for it to go to Eyemouth in the spring.
I have found out how to work round it now as regards the gardens and mowing ,so the van can stay on our drive over the winter instead of putting it into storage,saving a fair amount of money.
We have plans abroad to go on holiday as a family next year ,using both the van and the awning .
The idea is the son towing the van,and us following behind with the trailer ,with all the gear in,stopping off at a couple of sites on the way,and spending a full two weeks in Cornwall,before heading home.
Stephen and family are off to carla gran in two weeks ,so Liz and i will go down to his house every two days to see to Finnie[their cat] and they will do the same for Hissy while we are away.
Finnie is a lovely grey and white ,with startling grey eyes and a nice temperant,i thing he is a cross persian but i czan't be sure.
WEe are well into our veggies now ,the only thing not ready are the sweede and the tatties.
The greenhouse is doing well ,we are going to be innundated with peppers and tomatoes,along with corriqander rosemary and the sage ,i think i will be doing loads of soups this autumn and winter.
As you ,the weather is a washout [pardon the pun] it hasn't stopped raining since last night,and we have three of the grandchildren here. no sea side today i'm afraid mso it's out with the playstation and other puter to keep them busy.
Time to start dinner now,roast chicken and pork meddailions ,stuffing ,cabbage ,calabreese ,sweede ,carrots ,roast and mashed potato,followed by a rhubarb crumble and custard..
Hope everyone is having a great weekend.Fred

Hi all,
So you may come to Europe next year Fred. Will we see you in Holland? What about a tour of Holland or Holland and Germany? You could smuggle Hissie in your van, I'd love to see her.
Not much time today, see you tomorrow.
Sylvia xxx

goodorning all from a sunny but a little cooler corner of my spot in barrie I am back after taking isobelle home and spending three days at her place, brenda I am glad that things went as well as you hoped at the funeral you did your dad proud I hope that you will be able to sleep better soon glad you do not have to return to work till tuesday, isobelle only sleeps about 2hrs a night she has a real problem with insomnia and the doc's can't seem tohelp her, we watched a lot of the olympics cheering for canada and england about the same. it seems I have just had breakfast when I read fred's meal plan for the day and it always makes my mouth water the new van sounds great fred you should have lots of lovely trips in it, I don't think I have anything planned for this week but you never know what turns up bye for now dorothy

Hi from a very wet and cool manchester.John went to play golf today and got really wet,even with his waterproofs.!!
Got some things sorted at the bank the main thing is getting the funeral paid for,,which is all we wanted to do.dad was not a one for having Bills hanging around.
Had plans for a nice cornbeef salad for tea ,that is now changed to oven fish and chips as its gone so cool.
All this plans for holidays ,will be loking for a late bargain myself soon,
When are you at Cala Gran fred ,hope we can get together ,???
watched Cananda in the horse trials dorothy they had bad luck.
Hope you get to see Fred next year Sylvia,
Have to go and set the table now.see you all tomorrow

hi brenda glad you are able to get some things sorted sorry about the weather you do seem to be getting a lot of rain we had a terrific thunder and lightening storm last evening(mon) with lots of rain but this morning it is a little brighter , yes it was bad luck with the horses but a silver is not bad we are starting to take some medals, though I am off the opinion that any person that makes it to the olympics is a winner in my book just to get there is a great achevment, had delivery off a small chest freezer yesterday so that I can put some things aside for the winter in case it is as bad as last winter then I don't have to worry about going out, the rowan tree's are loaded with berries and folks say that is a sign of a bad winter!!! nothing much on this week just watching the olympics and doing some tidying up and thinking about the trip to calgary, till would prefer to come to england so will continue saving who knows maybe next year I can but hope. I think that the family will wait till july to come over lindy's sister said it would be better than xmas , as they will be returning to canada in august for good I think she just wants help with the packing could be wrong well time to get the day started bye for now dorothy

Hi everyone,have a slack minute at work for once so taking a few minutes to see how you all are.Just had a real heavy downfall,some poor borrowers got drenched just coming from the car park!!!
We have been invaded by wasps and the pest comtrol man is spraying the nest as I type!! We have to keep all the windows closed and the back doors,if they come round the front and come in that door we are in trouble.and might have to close the library.!!!
Getting busy now,see you tonight .Brenda

hi wasps I do not like hope you get the problem solved brenda sorry about all the rain to-day is nice warm but not too hot off to get a haircut to-day not really exciting but fun. to-morrow have a lunch date one of the local resturants have a free coupon for the lunch buffet so three of us are going you just pay for the tea or coffee, looking out for local produce to put down into the freezer for the winter I am not like fred I don't grow enough but did get 4 peppers off the plant and two m ore coming along off to do some laundry bye for now dorothy

No sleep again tonight ,did sleep last night but nothing yet tonight ,
Hope you enjoy the lunch dorothy,Have arranged to meet a friend next Tuesday for lunch but it will not be free...
Might try a hot drinking chocolate ,see if that helps me sleep.
brenda

Up with the larks this morning i did get some sleep ,but it was very fitfull,and it seems as though i woke up every few minutes.
It looks fine outside at the minute ,but i don't hold out a lot of hope for a dry day,he he.
I have a lovely head of broccoli in the back garden,earmarked for todays dinner,and some big frankfurter sausages left from yesterdays hot dogs,so i think i will try them in toad in the hole,with a few carrots out of the garden too,and see what it tastes like.
The only thing i am having to buy at the moment is the tatties ,and that can't be bad..
Time to run up your heating you brit members,it's no good leaving it until the last minute to find you have problems ,and freezing your butts off waiting for an engineer to come out,something tells me ,we may be inline for an early winter the way things are going.
Now that my boss is fully recovered,and bearing in mind that we have a ruddy great parasol in the shed,i think it's time i fired up the B B Q before the rot sets in,i fancy some morsels of corriander and lime mackeral,bits of marinaded lime and ginger chicken,a few sausages ,a burger or two,along with a nice jacket tattie[done in foil].Instead of bread buns ,we now tend to use pitta pockets and ready cut pitta bread,much nicer to slip a bit of salad stuff into ,along with the meat ,or fish.
We tend to go for the oz style B B Q ,,laid back and casaual,lasting about three hours,cooking a little at a time ,and having a few cans ,so easy with a gas burner using oak chippings for the taste.
I must get the recipie for the little side dish the son cooked up last time we had one at his place,slices of potato,cooked in a mild curry sauce with shredded carrot and sliced cabbage in.i'm sure he used some corriander leaf and lime juice as well,all i know is ,it went down very well.
Well ,time for a cuppa ,and then off for my walk,stick at the ready ,to see if i can stir up some wild life in the fields lol[or ,i could stir up some wild life upstairs] ,also with my stick he he ,don't think i had better though ,'er upstairs wouldn't be best pleased,neither would Hissy lol.
See ya later .Fred.

Really love hearing about all your cooking sounds yummy ! We had a very nice fine day today 18c but better not be fooled another cold front due up the country tomorrow
More snow than ever this year on high country But days are getting longer so Spring shouldnt be too far away
Margaret

Lunch time in work and outside it is coming down in buckets,good job I did not put any wasjhing on before I left.
Here till 8pm and hope this rain keeps most people in doors.
Fred I do not have a break till 4 and you have me drooling.only have a chicken sandwich.for my break But john is doing lamb steaks and little roast potatos and cauliflower for when i am home at 8pm
Hope you don't get too much snow Margaret,but your spring is nearly here like you said we do not seem to have had much of a summer, and the christmas cards are in the shops!!!
Take care Brenda..