Genealogy Chat

Arthur I think 70 years is platinum

oooo wrong spelling but you will know

thanks for good wishes and to Cynthia

sally w <3

Congratulations Sally to you and your OH.

Anne impressed by your in-laws' longevity - what is the term for 70 years married - I do hope they achieve it.

Some good news - problem with PC appears to be a memory problem and not a virus. My nephew gained access by removing a memory card, but unable to extract info before it froze. New memory cards due tomorrow.

Have embarked on a feeding regime for the cats where food id weighed - Vicky is a fat storer and is 2lbs heavier than her sister. I weigh out the food in two bowls. I give half the daily amount in the morning and half in the evening. So far they have co-operated and not tried to eat from the other's bowl.

Vicky surprised me on Saturday when she brought in a very large mouse - dead. This is a first for her. Nicky is the hunter and rarely kills the mice or shrews before bringing them into the lounge. Perhaps the restricted food awakened her hunter instinct, although she did not attempt to eat the mouse.

Hope everyone's medical conditions improve.

Hi everyone........it's been ages since I was on here...... :-(


My word, there was some news to catch up with though.....what with Anne's worries about little Shadow; Arthur building a greenhouse and the kittens now celebrating their 1st birthday. Poor Sue and her computer probs but a lovely baby to cuddle. Then we have Sylvia with her OH's ear probs and Sally celebrating her 49th wedding anniversary.....(many congratulations to your both.) Quite a mixed bag of events indeed.



I have had a very hectic few days what with our wedding fayre and everything....all I seemed to do was go, come in, go out, come in etc It all went off very well and the hard work was so worthwhile - just for the sheer camaraderie it generated.


I have relaxed today by doing a load of ironing! :-D

Meanwhile, keep well everyone and love to you all. Cx <3

Happy Thanksgiving - enjoy the day

My in-laws had their 68th wedding anniversary in June - they have had 2 telegrams from the Queen - waiting for the 70th now

M in L is 90 next year - 70th wedding anniversary in 2015 - F in L is 95 in 2017

So a few celebrations in order over the next few years

Hi Sue, and eveyrone


Anne ...... you'll work something out xxxx


Sally ......... Happy Anniversary xx

A little late, I know!

We celebrated our 46th in August.

I also do not know where the time has gone. I don't feel that old!!



we're having some lovely Fall weather ............. sunny and cblue skies, but temperatures in the low teens, and getting down to 6 or 7C at night.

We've also had some cloudy periods, and a little rain ............. but nothing like the terrible we had while daughter was here!



OH's ear is still weeping after being "scraped" on Tuesday morning, so we have it slathered with an ointment called Polysporin ............. it contains 3 different antibiotics plus an anaesthetic, and is what the doctors use



Tomorrow (Monday) is Canadian Thanksgiving ........... we're not going anywhere or having anyone in, so there will just be the of us.

To be honest ......... we're glad to be on our own, and not rushing off or rushing around for people coming here. We've been so busy recently!

OH picked up a turkey breast from the butcher yesterday, he will roast that. I'll make sage and onion stuffing. He MIGHT make sausage meat stuffing.

We'll also have all the usual fixings, plus a sweet potato casserole that I love.



Take care everyone




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Congratulations Sally - I hope you many more happy years together

We had our 15th this year - 2nd time for both of us - we have been together for 21 years now - time flies so quickly it does not seem that long

You voiced my own thoughts about cat napping - it would be such a worry not knowing where he went if we lost him.

The area they now live is a lot more expensive than my area so I don't want them wanting to take him away from here as they don't think its good enough for him.

Just don't know what to do for the best really.

Take care all - have a good weekend

hello all

Tabitha what a shame about shadow I would not let them know where you live because it will worry you in case they hang about to grab him

thanks Sylvia for asking my oh is getting on allright he is going to hospital next week ...I am sorry to hear your troubles al the best to her

nearly all seem to have some problem is it an age thing

yesterday was my 49 wedding anniversery

it does not seem that long

sally w <3

Tabitha

Cannot recall when you said owner's visit was to take place, but hope all goes as it should. She obviously did care for the cat or she would not be bothering now, but it is in the cat's best interest to stay with you.

My PC died on me the other day - now using laptop, but do not have contact details for friends and some members of family. Had meant to export addresses etc to my laptop, but am world's worst procrastinator. Did not keep a paper copy !!

Hoping a friend who is a computer whiz can extract info from my hard drive. As time goes by you realise so many other things that are importantand may be lost for ever.

Also, the washing machine has broken - think it is the PCB. Not that old and only used for light loads at regular intervals for last 3 years. Hoping engineer's visit will fix it for a lot less than a new machine.

thanks for the explaination Sylvia - I was getting confused - hope your OH will get better soon -


Sue - my SIL is the same & hates cats using her garden for the loo

The owner has said she did not want him back if he has settled with us - & wanted to check out the house to make sure he is happy & well cared for.

Thats what I am not happy about - would we have taken him to the vets for a check up & jabs if we did not look after him or if he had not settled with us.

He is very settled & does not really want to go out for longer than an hour & if he had his way would sit on our lap all day & night.

You would like Shadow as he is not interested in birds - he sits & watches then & they seem to walk all round him - one even landed on him the other day & he didn't move (that was a magpie) - he is not sure about them -

Now if the Squirrels get in the garden - he is off like a rocket - he hates them for some reason. he is not happy when other cats get in the garden either and stalks them till they jump over the fence or wall. Then he saunters back & sits & washes while his eyes sweep the garden for any other feline movement.

His favourite spot is on the window ledge with the window open. Then he can launch himself off & chase what he wants. Trouble is its getting too cold now for us to sit with the window open all the time. At night if he pops out it hard to see him return unless he yawns or yowls as its very dark & he is a black cat. I knocked him off the window sill by accident.

Oh well back to work take care all

Hello Friends

My last week has been very busy what with Computer malfunctions and the like .
I downloaded AVG Tune Up it did cost me but it was worth it .
My Computer is now back to new again and quite fast considering it is Window XP,I am very pleased.

I can't get my smiley faces back though.... don't know what happened with them, I have contacted Genes but to date I have not heard anything from them .

Always had my Compatibility off for the tree and on for the boards ,it still works on the tree but not on the boards so ....i just don't know what to do .

Sylvia ...so sorry to hear about your friend ,I do hope no matter how long she has left that it is full of good times and lots of love and she gets her treatment ASAP.

Saying goodbye to friends is also so hard ,we have just had the same happen to us ,my friend is going away for Christmas this year as she does not want to be in the house without her Neil..... this year it will be too hard for her.

It sounds like you have had a hard couple of weeks and you need a good rest.

Anne sorry but I do not like Cats very much, I much prefer to have birds around my garden but I can understand your hesitance in not wanting the old owners to take him back ...for your sake I hope that does not happen to your newly found cat.

Reese I hope you are keeping well.

Cynthia keep up the good work you are doing on the Boards.

Sally hope you ar keeping well also.

Josie pop in when you get the chance.

Lots of Love to you all.

Suex

Hi Sue, and everyone


Anne ................ that is hard to decide what to do, isn't it?

Can you arrange to be at the vets when she comes to see the cat?


Daughter's husband gets "overloaded" when there are people around, and he can't control what is happening. He then disappears for a walk, or tries to control. I think there are autistic traits there :-(



Today (Tuesday) was the "putting to rest" of our friend who died a couple of months ago

ie, burying the urn containing his ashes.

It has taken time to organise, because the widow wanted them to go into the ground in the Garden where we all worked.

It went really well. The weather was beautiful and sunny. The spot chosen was in a quiet but accessible area, and everything was ready to pop the container into the ground. There were 6 of us, plus the Director and Assistant Director, and we all took turns in putting some soil back into the ground.

A few tears by the widow, but I think she is doing as well as can be expected.

We are going to stay with her for Christmas, and hope to also get over there in the next 4 or 5 weeks, just for a couple of days.

One of the long time friends, who had moved up north 35 years ago, arrived rather unexpectedly this weekend, so he was able to attend.


I'm very tired now!

OH had to see the dermatologist in the morning before the putting to rest ................. and ended up having whatever-it-is on the tip of his ear scraped off :-0

By dinner time, I noticed red marks on his shirt and cardi :-(

so now we're trying to stem the seeping flow.

It should scab over in 2 or 3 days.

He SAYS it did not and does not hurt :-0


what a day!!!



take care everyone




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Oh Sylvia how sad - I wouldn't dream of starting up another thread for someone

At least she is going to enjoy herself for a few months - I hope it all goes well & she gets as much time as possible.

I am confused - I think I missed something on another posting - why is your daughter worried about the effects people have on her OH

Our Vets and some friends do not think we should have the Ex-Owner round as it may upset the cat & I don’t particularly want her to come to my house either.

The vets & Pharmacy think if she really wants to see him she should meet at the vets - my OH said he is not happy with that as she could take the cat & basket home with her - its a bit of a nightmare.

I want him to have his jabs ASAP - and he is putting on weight - he is not a very outdoor cat now

I don’t know what to do for the best

I would really miss him if we lost him - i know i have only had him for 3 months but he is such a sweet natured cat - even if he does get us up during the night.

He got cross with us the other day & went & jumped in the middle of his litter tray - scattering it around a bit & then stood there looking at me & started kicking it out in all directions - did a bit of a huff - jumped out & ran up stairs - left me all the litter to clear up. Little devil didn't use it at all.

Hi Sue, and everyone

Arthur ................ how the time has flown!!

I hope you enjoyed your weekend away.


Tabitha .................. I hope Shadow's ex-owner is happy with how he now looks, and leaves him with you. xxxx


to bring you up to date ...........


we had a great week with daughter and grandson. Everyone was really relaxed, and enjoyed the visit. Daughter was more relaxed because she was not worrying about any effects people might be having on her husband!

They left on Friday evening, and we are back to as much like normal as we ever are!!

it was great to have them, and we did some interesting things with the tiddley!


OH's sis-i-l is not in good form ...........................

her trip down here showed that she does have metastazied (??sp) colon cancer into some lymph nodes.

Treatment .................... can only be chemo. because the nodes are too close to important organs for radiation.

Her choice was .........

....... no treatment and about 1 year to live

....... chemo and an expected life span of 2-3 years, or possibly to 6 years.

She has opted for chemo ..................... but is not starting that for about 5 weeks, to give her time to do some things she's always wanted to do ............... including an all-girls visit to Hawaii with some friends!!

She currently feels very well, and is trying to enjoy life while she can. She was told that it would make no difference if she left starting chemo for 2-3 months.

I am only posting this on "my" threads, so please no-one start any "be sorry for Sylvia" threads!


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Hi Arthur

Well she lives a few miles away - in a lot beter area - I am worried she will think its not good enough - but he chose to live with us & seems very happy - and we are prepared to look after him and the vet fees.

Insurance is so expensive for older cats

Little terror wont talk to the OH at the moment only wants me - OH was in a bad mood all day yesterday as our BT line has died. They told him they will charge us if its an internal fault - so he was well wound up. We have had no phone line for 2 days now & no internet.

Be interesting to see what they find - we think they have disconnected us to set up an Infinity line for a neighbour - I cant see the point in paying extra for something we dont use very often as we dont tend to download a lot.

He wont like us on saturday as we have the day at the outlaws & he took ages to speak to us last time.

I think he got the Black Burmese from his father - his coat is very sleek & shiny & so soft

Take care all

Tabitha

Does Shadow's original owner live locally?

As he is half Burmese he should have a good number of years still to live. Mine are half Burmese and half unknown.

Vikki, now aka Podge, is nearly 5kg, whilst Nikki is 4.2kg. One stores fat and the other burns it - I recognise the fat storing problem!!

Hope the owner recognises what a good job you have done and that he is happy with you.

Arthur

Gosh how time flies - 1 year already Arthur

Cynthia let me know if you want a copy of my wedding photos 20 years apart.

Reece lovely to hear from you again

Glad you had a good time away Sue & Sylvia

We had the week off last week & good weather too we were very lucky & got a few days out - but also had things to do in the garden

Our little Shadow is still with us - so we bought him a basket to take him to the vets for a check over.

Horror of horrors they found he had a chip - I think I was about to cry & OH was in shock too.

So they called his “Owner” he had been missing since April 2012 & he found us in June 2013 - goodness only knows where he has been - well at least we know a bit about him like his real name & he is 10 years old now.

His owner wants to come & visit to make sure he is fit & well – & then she will sign him over to us as he is obviously happy with us but she wants to see for herself how he is - I have to admit I am very apprehensive about her visiting.

Wish i had a video of me trying to get him in the Cat basket & the Yowling all the way to & from the vet & in the Surgery – five attempts to get him shut in & a little black paw trying to undo the locks all the time.

We are not going to call him by his original name - we tried it a couple of times & he still does not answer to it.

He is half Burmese & half Ragdoll - No wonder he has a pathetic yowl. He also wakes up at 1am every morning & wants to play or
sleep with me on the pillow.


Must go work calls Take care all

Sylvia

My nephew has put decking on the brick supports from the old shed. We have assembled a 12 ft x 8 ft greenhouse that has been in my carport for 6 years.

He has designed and nearly built a 12 ft x 7 ft shed to replace the old one - will be glad to get all my garden tools in one place.

Still to do is build a base for an Access frame, a wall to support an area of the garden from slipping - I live on a hill. He is also building a wall in front of a retaining wall in my 'sunken' garden. the previous wall spalled as the previous owner had not used engineering bricks.

I am hoping to clear all the brambles and weeds before the winter sets in.

Away in Scotland. I am attending a discussion weekend in Grantown-on-Spey. Speakers from around the world will be talking on plants. It is a really wonderful social occasion. Driving up with my best friend on Thursday.. Back home late Monday evening.

My nephew volunteered to look after my cats - they were born one year ago on Monday.

The boards have, indeed, been quiet lately so I think quite a few are elsewhere!

I've been busy what with one thing and another. I had so much ironing today, that I feel I have flattened the Himalayas..... :-D


One thing that has kept me occupied for quite a while, is preparation for a wedding fayre we are having at church. I've been borrowing and scanning old wedding photos and it's been really interesting. How fashions have changed over the years!!!


Anyway, I just popped in to say a quick 'hello' to everyone. Hope you are all okay.

Love, Cx

Hello Friends

I have been very naughty of late but things have been so hectic what with one thing and another.

Grandaughter moves into her house today finally found a house to rent and it is nice small but enough for them until they can save enough for a deposit on a new house to buy .

We have the grt grand daughter with us today ,little angle just feel asleep in my arms ,she runs around everywhere now so cute.

The weekend is going to be busy with moving all her furnisher ......stored at my house by the way so we will be glad to get our games room back .

Sylvia it sounds like you are going to be busy with your house full I hope you have a great visit with everyone ...I love it when the family is all together.

The Boards are so quiet I don't know what is happening but Genes has gone downhill lately,maybe they should have left well alone and not made so many changes also they should have stopped all the trouble makers of trying to take over the boards ....one I have not seen or heard of for quite a while.

Hope you all have a wonderfull weekend <3

Suex :-D <3

Hi Sue, and everyone


I'm going to be at sixes and sevens for the next 10 days or so.

I have no idea when I will be able to get on here.

Sis-i-l arrived about 8 pm esterday evening, went for a biopsy this morning, then leaves about 6 pm Friday evening

We then have to set the room up for daughter and grandson, whose plane arrives at 11:30 pm that same evening

Other friends arrive at about 11:30 pm Saturday evening ............. so we have to set up the hide-a-bed in this room, where I have the computer.

They'll leave after lunch on Sunday

Daughter and grandson leave on Friday evening next week.


sooooooooooooooooooooooooo .........................


if you sees me, you sees me :-D :-D :-D


Take care everyone



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