General Chat

goodmorning brenda anne just phoned from bury and she was saying the weather was very nice, have fun washing the car I am watching the ryder cup and of course rooting for the european team the commentators are slanted very much on the americans side, I see that nick faldo is getting quite a roasting in the english papers , nothing much new at the moment laura had a good check up yesterday with the doctor and can do without the crutches so that is a good thing I think that I am going to have a quiet week-end bye for now dorothy

Hi everyone
Haven't dropped by for well over a month. The seasons are changing and spring has sprung here in NZ. The weather is changeable high temperatures somedays and low the next. Today it is overcast but thankfully no rain. We are getting use to lighter mornings but next weekend the mornings will be a bit darker as daylight saving begins with the clocks moving forward an hour. Daylight saving period was extended last year by about three weeks.
I am not sport fan but I thought I would share what has got those avid sports fan excited over - the Warriors Rugby league team won another game in the knock-out round, the Silver Ferns netball team are tied at one all in their game against Aussie. Mind you I do like to see the rugby in the province where I live in on a winning streak.
Goodness its 5pm and I hear Gayle setting the table for tea, must go then. Till next time. John

Morning all,hope you get better very quickly John,spring should hopefully give you a lift to help the healing process.
Not feeling too good myself this morning ,having just been Hissied ,good style lol.There i was walkinh through the hall two slices of toast on a plate,thinking good thoughts ,when walking past the stairs ,the bag launched herself at me from five treads up,landing round my neck,like a stole.toast went one way and plate 'tother.
I am sitting here now still having palpitations lol,Hissy knows i am not pleased,'cause she shot off back upstairs and hid [little baggage] she will wait for her breakfast now lol
I spent an hour last night putting office 2007 onto the puter ,now all i need is the knowledge as to how to use it,i was getting a little fed up with people sending me messages and pictures that i couldn't open,so i hope this cures the problem
We will be going back up the van tomorrow afternoon,after i get the lawns done for the last time this season,he he ,i was too busy using the new toy yesterday to clean the car down,but hey,this thing will save me £10 a month,and it will be useful to do the van down twice a year as well.
I have just downloaded my piccies of Morpeth and some of the flood damage ,a couple of them show where the river breached the banks and covered the bottom end of the town,heck,i'm glad i wasnt there ,it must have been horrific.
My grandson want's to wear his gt grandads medals at his wedding ,so i am going to have to see if i can get copies of them for him,seeing as my mum,in a confused moment gave them to her grandson,instead of me.
I have earned three myself for service in the middle eat ,but if i want them ,i have to pay to obtain them [ruddy cheek],so i won't be bothering,,i can think of better things to spend £ 250 pounds on.
Nothing special for dinner today,chicken out of the freezer ,along with some stuffing ,so it all needs to go into the mic',no need even for the main oven[pity in a way,Fred likes his roasties lol]
We had two veggie pork pies for tea yesterday,made with quarn,and herbs ,they tasted very nice i must admit,but i wouldn't pay full price for them at £1-40,a little pricey methinks .
I have also shut down my lineone addy owing to the junk thats coming through on iot these days,and have opened another on tiscalli,so i will be sending the addy out to certain peeps over the next week.
That's it for now ,time to start on the veggies for dinner..
Have a nice day all.Fred.

Evening all,did intend to come on earlier but am feeling really tired today ,slept fairly well last night as well for a change.
Had to go over and sort something out at my Dads for my neice,called at my sisiters while I was over there then when I got back it was time to get the dinner on and had no time to wash the car.Might do it Tuesday,as i am am not in work till 4pm/Lets hopr the weather stays ok
Hi John really glad the spring has sprung for you,we seem to be having an Indian summer but really we should have had a summer first.!!
Good news about your grandaughter Dorothy,guess where i am going Friday ??? no prizes mind.!!!
Brenda

goodmorning well I am recovering slowly from the loss of the ryder cup I finally put the mute button as the commentators just got on my nerves, had dinner last evening with the family lindy cooked a turkey and andrew was busy getting the pool ready to be closed up for the fall/winter, oh brenda lucky you going to you the market on friday, actually we are forcast to have some temperatures in the middle 20's this week but cold at nights the leaves are starting to change a little bit , my pepper plant on the balcony has sprung into life again lots of flowers and small peppers, I brought a large bag of tomatoes home from the families garden last evening they have had a bumper crop I shall make a sauce with them and freeze it for the winter evenings bye for now dorothy

Well we still have a bit of sunshine her but it isn't as warm as it was.
The new fire is installed and looks great,seems like it will be very cosy for us.
Still trying to book a holiday for the end of November,will keep you posted.
Have decided to do my christmas cakes again this year,used to do about 6 a year gave them away to people ,but stopped for a while,but thought I would have a go again.
On work at 4-8pm and need to get some house work done ,but must admit I am feeling a bit under the weather with a sore throat and tight chest!!!
Will have to have a hot toddy tonight ,purely medicinal !!!!
Brenda

goodmorning just a qucik visit I am off to-day down to brampton to take a friend out for lunch it was her birthday at the beginning of the month but this is the first time we could get to-gether another friend is joing us as a surprise, the weather is sunny and a little cool good for driving down that 400 highway but if I leave at 10 am it will not be too busy, I want to leave to come back about 3pm to miss all the rush hour traffic normally I would stay over but don't want to leave the boys over night anyway it will be good to see my friends as the winter makes it hard to get to-gether, brenda hope your cold goes away quickly I guess fred must be away for a few days bye for now dorothy

Aftrnoon all,hope you have a good visit with your fiends and the surprise visitor goes wll.We have a chilly overcast day here today.Sorry about the typing but I am on a special computer at work for the visually impaird and it has a covr ovr th kyboard with largr letters,but you have to press really hard to get them to work. Not working tomorow or saturday so will hopefully gt to Bury on one of the days.How hav the boys ben Dorohy,hope they are rsponding to the treatmnt and new food. Going for a cup of ta now befo i get back to work ,se tomorrow ,Brenda

hi brenda yes we all had a good visit yesterday and the surprise guest went over well, went to a small cafe we always used to go to had a good meal and laughed over all the crazy things we used to do and all agreed that none of our children would ever be told about it all , lets just say that in our 30's we had good harmless fun , the boy's are asleep as I type they have just had breakfast they are finally eating the new dried food and seem to be allright at the moment they do sleep much more than they did, and sasha the more independant one just stays glued to my side if I sit down not his usual behaviour, so I shall just take it one day at a time, hope you do get to bury if you are passing the cheese stall the lancashire with garlic was wonderful I did bring some bag with me it was vacum packed so I thought it would be allright, since then I have learned that maybe customs would have had a fit, oh well you live and learn nice fall day again to-day sunny and still warm rain in the forecast for the week-end, going down the highway yesterday the tree's are really startin to turn the colours around here in the fall are so beautifull mother nature at her best bye for now dorothy

Morning all ,here we are again ,home from the van and rarin'to go lol.
Liz is alrerady looking to go and buy some celery and bacon bits ,yes ,youve guessed it ,the tomato's are ready and it's soup time again.
Seems we are going to have lamb chops for tea which will go nicelly with the green beans [french] out of the garden,along with some cabbage and carrot, ditto.
Good old genes came up trumps again for me just after we got home ,Fred is a very happy Bunny ,having now got the barnes family link between chesham ,bucks and oz that i have been looking for [yippee],now all i need is the link to Canada too ,which i know is there.
I will have to do a little digging to find out which ship the family went out by,and exactly where they settled.he he ,that should keep me busy for a while on these coming dark evenings .
,off to hang out the washing now that the mist has finally lifted,
Hope everyone is starting to wind down for the weekend,fred has to dig the recipe out for the missus ,ready to start the christmas fare,starting with the Cake,which she usually does ,a nice ,well moist variety that i prefer [in small slices because of the old diabetes lol].
Fred.

goodmorning glad to see you back fred and busy as usual sounds like you will be having some good soups in the freezer, maybe you will get some nice weather for the fall we had a great week with sunshine but to-day it is dull and overcast and rain is on the way so I shall pop out to the shops soon and get the week-end paper and that sould be all this week-end. while I was pleased to hear about the new baby in the family I recieved one of those phone calls you don't like to get, another cousin in england phoned to say her grandaughter ged 29 had died she lived north of me in port elgin with her dad and two other sisters my cousin did not know the cause of death she was found in her bed, she had fought her way back from an alchol addiction and was doing well for the last three years back at college and seemed to be over the hump her dad is very upset needless to say. on to happier thoughts I hope that brenda made it to the market yesterday and had some fun hope you all have a good week-end bye for now dorothy

Hiya,yes Dorothy made it to the market and had a really nice day.Weather was great had lunch at the deli place near the market Katsouris i think it is called ,my friend was really impressed.
Wehave had alovelly day weather wise as well,today and guess what Fred we are on lamb chops as well but had to but the green beans and new potatoes
Must go and check the tea,see you all tomorrow.brenda

goodmorning glad to hear you made it to bury brenda and had a fun lunch with your friend, after raining all day yesterday to-day it is coolbut sunny and I can see for miles the hills that are usually far in the distance seem very close to-day a good day for a walk. I had dinner last evening with the grandchildren while their mom and dad had dinner out and some adult time, they lead such busy lives with the children jobs activities etc that once in a while they need to go out alone and catch up with each other, hockey season has started again for bryan and as usual he is excited about it, the three of them have started the swimming programs again, laura was to start tennis till she injured her knee and Ian is doing volleyball, he is not doing hockey this year he prefers to be in goal but at his age they rotate the position , andrew is also having a year off from being a trainer and just wants to be a dad and watch from the stands, and lindy plays ball hockey on a ladys team very busy people, plus when the snow comes it will be ski-ing and snow boarding gosh I am exhausted reading all this, for myself a good book and wtching from the stands does it for me well I think I shall pop off for a walk while it is so nice but first I will ring anne in bury and see what she is up to to-day bye for now dorothy

Hi Everyone,well the sun went away agaimn yesterday and we have had two miserable wet days.Not good for gardening or cleaning cars which is what we did intend to do today,have also spent days on pc trying to find a holiday where we want to go at a price we can afford and time when I can go.
Have a few errands to do today so will be going out shortly might go for fish and chip lunch as I am going to a Weight Watchers club tonight ,we all need to get weight off.
Hope you had your walk Dorothy and enjoyed it .
Speak to you soon ,Brenda

hi everyone well it is a rainy day over here so a trip to the library is planned but I also think I will bring in some things from the balcony ie. solar lights lamps and fireflies and suns and moons all solar they look so nice at night also time to clean the chairs and small tables and put them away for the winter. hope that you are able to find a trip soon brenda. I guess I have to sort out what I am taking to calgary I have bought xmas gifts for chris and wayne and will leave them there rather than mail them so bye for now dorothy

Evening all from A very wet miserable and grey Manchester,think it is time toput the central heating on,this room is getting really cold.
Well we finally found a holiday so we go eight weeks on Friday on Nove 28th. Its for two weeks and its self catering .
Have a couple of other thinks to look forward to before hand ,my sister 50th party and my friends daughters wedding.,so need new winter outfit for that.
But weight has to come off first.
Going to get a drink first so see you tomoorow. brenda

hi brenda so you have booked a holiday where are you going I have to agree the weather is starting to turn cooler we have had rain and cool weather for the last day or so, to-day as I type it is gray and raining again so I was going to wash the chairs on the balcony but not to-day I guess the pepper plant is going mad full of flowers and small peppers not sure why. to-night is the debate in the U.S between the vice predidential candidates the tv. channels are full of it plus our leaders are debating as well but not much ionterest in that they are rather overdhadowed. to-morrow I can vote in the early vote and the place is just down the road from me so I shall pop on down, I get annoyed when people say they are not going to vote or can't be bothered just a pet peeve of mine, I read in the bury times that the house next to the one I grew up in is for sale for 190,000 pounds I could not believe it, while they are over a 100 yrs old and with big rooms it is still 2up and 2 down with additions I always go by when I am over and they look in good shape well looked after but 190,000 sounds a bit far fetched to me thats almost 400,000 dollars and that would buy a 4 bedroom detached over here ah well times do change see what happens when it rains I never know when to stop nattering bye for now dorothy

Hi all,just a very quick hello today as i am busy scanning photos of my sister to print out and put up round a room where we are having her surprise party.There are over 26 pictures to scan and then print out two or three times..
waether still miserable ,see you all tomorrow.Brenda

Hi all,
Where are you going on holiday Brenda?
My holiday is drawing near - November 20th to Spain.
Yesterday I went to my first craft class run by our local handwork shop. I enjoyed some new company.
I've persuaded Johan to come with me tomorrow to a recently opened large handicraft store.Who knows what he may be tempted to buy me?
well I've been a good girl, so I may get rewarded!!!!
Yesterday evening I had my granddaughter in for dinner. It's always a pleasure to have her, and have to look twice to see if it really was her. Her hair is now platignum blonde and she'd borrowed boy friend's coat, so was unrecognisable.
The girl with whom she shares the house is in Australia for six weeks, so she is a bit lonesome. The current boy friend lives so far away - and that costs money.
See you tomorrow
Sylvia xxx

Hi all,after a very busy day i have a couple of minutes before Liz and i start packing.
Off to carla gran early tomorrow morning.
Have a nice weekend all,normal service will be resumed in two weeks [unless i find an internet cafe down there ] lol.Fred.