Genealogy Chat

Ah peace & quiet - a little calmer today (at the moment)

Managed to sneak my two new fluffy bunnies in tot eh house woth out him noticing - arranged them with the others on the sofa - only give away is the 2011 on their tummies - let hope he won't see them.

Had a strange message from someone doing a tree for a friend - asked for a copy of my tree (which ashamed to say is not up to date on GR or the other system (Hangs head in shame) it is on paper.

I have two different families with the same surname - not that common really - however one is East & one is West - which does make it easier.

He has given me a potted history - but the 1st & 2nd btance belong to East tree & 3rd & 4th branch belong to West tree - however his tree has then all in the big tree. How very confusing -

I have just asked him to check the children for me as i think someone may have mixed them up.

Well i look forward to the next message

Have to head back to the work front now

Take care all

Glad you still have a romantic streak left in you Frank! Your wife is a lucky woman..........or so you keep telling her I bet!


I do like cuddly toys I must admit......but know my limits. I have an orangutan on my bed along with a Meercat in a red smoking jacket....the tv advert one! The front bedroom has some 3 teddies on a shelf and a couple on the bed. Then, of course, there is Shaun the Sheep, but we won't go there!


Arm is fine thank goodness. Wish my internet was. Today they promised it would go back on in the next 24 hours.............sigh.


There was a dreadful accident in the area at the weekend.....a 14 year old girl was killed when the car she was travelling in crashed on a country lane about half a mile from us.

It was early on Sunday morning and she was with 4 boys in a car - they were relatively unscathed apparently. I just wonder what a girl of that age was doing out with those boys at that time of night/morning!!

Even when I was 18 I had to be home around 11pm.

I go down that lane regularly and it is sad to see the flowers and soft toys left in her memory.


Well, another long day.....Tuesdays and Wednesdays are v.full with school runs etc......half term next week and I think I have a day or two off!! They're good kids though.




Love. Cx

Anne,

That sounds just like our house with the cuddly toys except we had packed them all away when the kids left home.
.........until I started pulling everything out of the bedroom to start decorating and bag after bag of rubbish went out.

We only had a clear out last year so where does it all come from??

My OH casually suggested that we should send some of the toys etc to the charity shops.

Whoooops.......... oh no mum, you can't do that........ it's our childhood !!

So when they are both present (chez nous), we are going to have an "if you want it take it" clear out and perhaps regain some cupboard space, loft space etc.

................even if we have to ship it to the States :))

Who said "In your dreams"

Very good Frank

Cynthia glad the arm is ok - wish we had a Lakeland near us - i like their things.

We had a visit from Cathay Pacific (year of the Rabbit) so i have a fluffy cuddly bunny on my desk, who is sitting next to my fluffy cuddly tiger (from last year) who is by my china cat from a few years ago & near my cuddly fluffy Elephant from the De Crillon in Paris.

We also have a few desks with cuddly cows, Koala's, camels and a few other assorted cuddly toys. I also have a spare bed room couch full of loads of assorted cuddly animals. I am so soft i can't get rid of them incase someone throws them out.

My beloved OH - was so cheesed off with them all - he went & measured up our hall way (we have a large drop at the bottom of our stairs which goes from floor to roof. He went to B & Q and bought some MDF & Perspex and made two very large cupboards - he set up the loft ladder & secured them to the wall - with sliding perspex fronts. he then got all the toys out & sat them in the cupboards for me. So I see them when i walk down stairs. Only trouble is - they are now bursting at the seams.

So i started putting them on the couch in the spare room again & that is now full & I am banned from bringing more home. so i keep some in the office - but when he is out in the evenings - I sneak a few home & hide them among the others & he won't notice. sometimes he says i am sure there are more of those toys now - I smile sweetly.

We also have a load of soft toys around our computer at home now - this is his fault - some are my OH's - his car was called Taz - so I bought him a cuddly Taz from the warner Bros cartoons. I won a cuddly Parrot & put him on his shoulder. He bought me a cuddly St Bernard, who has a mini cuddly Teddy & mini Elephant with him now to keep him company.

Virgin started new flights to Delhi - so i acquired a cuddly elephant to sit with the dog, who has a cuddly tiger on his back & a baby cuddly bunny on his lap & so on.

I also have a cuddly spider & cuddly crab sitting on top of my computer screen at home. I could carry on - but have managed to send everyone to sleep now.

Well back to work - I need to sort out my desk.

Take care all

Anne, I'm up to my elbows in wallpaper strippings so it's not exactly condusive to a romantic clinch.
Mind you, it is quite sticky going so she would never get away..............

Cynthia you old romantic, you know the way to a man's heart.

My love is like a sparking plug
that's newly cleaned in June
and when your dainty foot is down
the car is in fine tune.

And then the seat, that's where your ass
so deep and cushioned lies
just try to keep it in top gear
till all the hills run by.

XXX :))

Welcome back Sue, good to have you with us again. Get all the rest you need to recover.


Valentines cards? You must be joking. OH is not of the romantic nature whatsoever...........well, he was when we were courting of course, but that soon wore off! I mean, why spend money on red roses when the car is due to be serviced..........see what I mean? lol


Actually, Wayne, I don't mind McD's occasionally. They do a good icecream and OH likes their milkshakes.


My arms is fine thanks Anne, am going to look at Lakeland to see if they have something which will help - I find my pans do slide around a bit on occasion.


I think the docs visit went okay. She goes back in 3 months and has to do more exercise with her leg muscles.


I phoned my ISP this morning and was told that my internet was to be reconnected at 6.30 this evening. I waited until 6.40 and tried but could only get my home page and couldn't do any searching or read my emails. Not sure what to do next. May try later or wait till tomorrow. Am back to using the dongle meantime!



A shame about the party but maybe when the weather is a bit better????


Love to all. Cx

Welcome back Sue - have a good nap

Cynthia - hows the arm today? Hope your Dr's meeting goes well. Careful how you open your door - watch out for all the envelopes

Guess Sylvia & Evelyn have the same problem too many cards

Wayne - sounds like us - McDonalds or Kentucky sounds good to me.

Robert - i guess your shell is full of Valentines goodies

Frank - nearest IKEA to me is around a 2 hour drive in either direction - haven't even see a catalogue - I may look at the website one day - when I have a freee moment or 2. Did your OH smother you in flowers & gifts?

The party idea seems to be a damp squib - so I will forget it all

Well I better go back to work as its extra busy with late flower orders & the odd restaurant .

Oh well keeps me in a job

Take care all

Hi Sue


welcome home

I also find jet lag is worse coming home, no matter whether we've been to the UK and Europe or Australia .......... that means for me it isn't the direction.

It's almost as hard for me to recover from flying home from J&M's, a 4 hour time change, as it is to recover from flying home from Europe, an 8-hour time change. They're the same direction, flying east to west.


some people say it is worse flying east to west, others that it is worse when flying west to east.


Personally ................ I think it's coming home!


When you are going away, you have different things to do, you have to try to fit everything in, you're excited ........ and I think this makes it easier to forget about the jet lag.

When you come home, you're getting back in to the old routine, mundane things to do, like the washing, ironong, cleaning the house, etc ................. and your body feels that you can relax much more



take care
s
xx

Hi Everyone

Jet lag !! it has been terrible this time ,I still feel grogey.

I got in at 7pm Sat night so after the three hour drive to Busselton I got to bed at midnght slept antil 12 miday Sunday but when I tried to sleep last night I just could not drop off so I was awake most of last night .
Hopefully I can get it sorted tonight,it is usualy a four or five day thing .

Frank you are right flying to the Uk it was ok when I got there but coming home is totally different.

My holiday went well ,as I said the Funeral was a very sad affair,my Aunt and Uncle had a wonderfull marriage so devoted to one another he is so lost without her but he has a very large family that are taking wonderful care of him.

I have a truck load of washing waiting for me to start so I had better get to it,thankyou all for your kind thoughts and comments and I will be back on a bit later when my brain is working properly.
Suex

Hi everyone again
IKEA sounds like a recorded message.

"start the car"advert.

I ventured to our massive location in the big smoke and was so disappointed with what was on offer I just went dry.
on leaving the rabbit waren store I just happen to look over and see about 20 plus people lined up with a heap of broken merchandise, asked one bloke what was the line up for and he said "oh that's the returns for replacements" and stated that the line was mild compared to some days.
Well that really topped it off, never to even look at the rubbish ever again.

They must have a massive recycling program in place.

Well it's Valentine's Day here and I just might take my Mrs to Mac Donalds or Kentucky Fried. nothing flash for this bloke, or i could get a take away and sit at a park bench near by!! or I could just forget about it full stop as I am a non believer in the whole setup.

Robert you can knock on my door any time as long as you bring a Stout with you.

Ok that's it

Wayno.

agree, method in your madness


...... as long as they don't like it enough to stay!!


we really like Ikea!


The sofa bed that J&M slept on is an Ikea one ........ we took the mattress from another bed sofa (not an Ikea one), and added it to the Ikea one. It made it a lot more comfortable.



and when you get wise ................. there are short cuts you can take to avoid having to follow those arrows all the way round the store!


at least there are in the Ikea we go to.




I always like to have a look at the area that our store used to call Scramramadam .............. otherwise known as the sale area!



There was a time in the 80s, I think it was, when I wouldn't touch Ikea with the proverbial barge pole ................... they had been really good, but then non-visible areas (eg backs of drawers) suddenly seemed to be made out of cardboard. Very cheap looking, and not long-lasting.


Fortunately, they've improved a lot since then


and their children's section is wonderful! They have some of the most fantastic, well-designed well-made toys for the most reasonable price that I have seen for a long time!

Almost all our sheets and duvet covers are now from Ikea




s
xx

Sorry Cynthia, forgot all about you and your chicken .............scary stuff.

In future make sure the chicken is dead before putting it in a roasting tin, then it won't move about and jump off the cooker !! :))

Seriously though, be careful.

Sylvia, there is method in my maddness as when they have gone, we will be able to move back in and my OH will stop moaning about the state of the bedroom.

Anne, no Ikea in Brighton? ........... they are really good but like I said you are forced to follow a one way system through the whole store so there's no chance of missing anything.
Looking at their stuff online doesn't really do credit to the merchandise so it is well worth taking a morning to wander slowly round.

Can you tell that I'm henpecked...............

Ikea is the one place where our Frank has to stay on the straight and narrow as he follows those arrows around. Good thing too!


Arm is fine thanks....good job the sink was nearby. I've gone off cooking even more now!


We used to have a sofa bed for our visitors too Sylvia. Very easy to set up but not suitable for a long stay really.


Taking daughter to see consultant rheumatologist tomorrow. Let's see what he has to say about her aches and pains.


Bye again ~~~~

Hi all

pork for us tonight


Hope the arm is OK ,C .... do please take care!

Anne ..... not sure where we'll be on the wedding day. It isn't a holiday over here, hardly makes the newspapers to be honest!



eeeeee our Frank, tha's reelly going to town for th'lass!


We didn't do anything like that when ours came home for 5 weeks last year

Opened the sofa bed, put a second mattress on it, and that was it!



Mind you, kiddo wasn't moving around by himself, so we didn't have to child proof.


you know, if you make them too comfortable, they might stay longer! :)))




s
xx

Cynthia - hope the burn isnt too much trouble

Nice to have you back with us Evelyn - hope Ron gets better soon.

We had Chicken today as well

Never been to IKEA Frank - sounds like somewhere to avoid

Robert - we always use travel lodges when we have to pay - but not as cheap as yours

Had a few success stories on the FT front today - so may be on a winner for a change

No-one taking me up on the Royal Wedding day Virtual Party then

Take care all - see you tomorrow

Sue, what is the jet lag like from UK to Australia as I know when we come back from America we are drained for a couple of days so I can't imagine how bad it must be after 24 hours........
It's no problem going over there but the return journey is always just horrendous.

Just had our valentine's dinner......... a £20 three course meal from M&S along with a bottle of Macon Villages.

Very nice but I've earned it as I've spent the weekend emptying the bed room with a view to redecorating for the visit of our daughter, her husband and our grand daughter.
Keeping the furniture but new colour scheme as it was the kids' room before they left home and we reclaimed it . Isn't it lovely when you finally get the big room back.
Anyway that's the wardrobes and cupboards all decanted to our (large) hall just to seek out a new carpet and wallpaper and wait to see what our daughter thinks...........
We were at Ikea this morning getting high chairs and plug safety covers etc.
Don't you just love Ikea which forces you to walk all the way through the store before you can escape !
Mind you, they do have some nice stuff and very reasonable.

Wonder what's for afters........... :)

Hey Cynthia,

I'm presently with Virgin Broadband but looking to move ot BT soon as it's cheaper and includes free calls.

Last year we lost our broadband connection and after being assured by our Indian help center that there were no problems with the service, I assumed it to be our modem so popped out to buy a new one and just to be sure I bought a new cable.
Set it all up and............... no connection.

Back to India who suggested it was my BT phone provider's fault and that they should check my phone line ?


Hello.......... I'm on that same line phoning you in India. ....... didn't seem to make any impression.

Two days later online at my daughters, I discover that Virgin are indeed having problems in my area and are working on it ........... that took five days in total and their response when I contacted them?
I can't help you, phone the help line in India again............ aarrghhh !!!

By the way, I hate talking on a phone......... I just go blank.

Do take care Cynthia, dont let the chicken get you. I have a chicken in the oven at the moment so will be cautious when taking it out to baste it and will learn from your experience.
My son has lived in Scotland for about 40 years and now has quite a Scottish accent, when we go to visit him and his wife it takes me a couple of days to get used to the accent though I almost need an interpreter to understand the real locals, I must add that they are all very nice people that we have met.
Just going to visit said chicken so cheerio all
Evelyn X

I am getting excited waiting for the Scottish 1911 to be published

Hi everyone, just been catching up with what everyone has been doing and it was nice to see Evelyn popping in for a moment.



I know what you mean by the Scottish accent Wayno. Sometimes, when Scots are interviewed on tv, I look at my OH and ask....."What did they say?" I do like it, but when the accent is very thick, it's really hard to understand.


Somehow, I really can't see our Robert leaving his cosy little shell even for the delights of NZ - he's much too settled where he is.


It's been very wet and windy here today - probably my fault because I had the car cleaned on Friday......lol


I am still having difficulties with my ISP - I am getting all sorts of notifications about my first order which was cancellled and nothing at all about the new order.....!! I hate phoning up as I am sent around the houses from this agent to that.....and most in India!


Had a lucky escape at lunch time when the tin with the roast chicken in it started to slip off the top of the cooker. I reached out to grab it and got hot fat all over my arm. Straight under the cold tap and then some burn cream and all is well.......whew.!





Love to all. Cx

Nothing wrong with Travelodge Robert, we stayed at the one in Weymouth rather than stay with relatives, dont see the point in paying more than one has to, though we have never managed to get such a reasonable price as you .
The weather here is horrible at the moment, pouring with rain, good for the gardens but not good for going for a walk, however we can do that another day.
Ron has to see the eye specialist again on Tuesday, no doubt he will be given more drops, surprised he hasnt washed his eyes away as he has used so many bottles of them, as long as they help with the pain he wont complain.
Take care everyone love to you all
Evelyn X