General Chat

Yeah - we do and we still don't sign them though it's obvious. He usually gets someone at work to write mine. Pair of old softies stil,l though not a great pinky hearts couple. Not into the cutesy teddy bear lines. I'd rather perhaps look round the garden and see something coming into winter flower to remind me of an occasion.

Do you still get ittle surprise gifts for each other at other times for no apparent reason other than you felt like it?

Nah , he's tough as old boots.

Do you send Valentine cards..?

I'm quite happy with spiders - my OH doesn't like them though. My problem is squirmy things like snakes worms, slugs, and caterpillars. Got attacked by a green one in the kitchen the other day . Would have been brave if no-one was around but I had knight in shining armour at home to rescue me.

Is there anything you have to rescue your OH from?

Most of it, still piles where peeps have shovelled onto their gardens to clear drives.
Do you like spiders ?

They're green, but they're not posh - had them for years. I like some of the colourful ones you can get now. Best we could do when my kids were little were ones that had frog eyes on them. But adult ones were all plain.

It was a lovely day yesterday. Has all your snow thawed now?

no!!! it wasn't, still thick on the ground today.

What colour are your wellies?

we have it bad here in Herts, it started last Thursday evening, 6 inches fell that night. Another lot fell on Saturday and today.. traffic chaos everywhere.Took my son two and a half hours to drive into work this evening, usually takes 50 min.

Do you think the snow will be thawed in your area by xmas day?

They seem to have sales before Xmas now , but I expect there will be loads after, but I hate the queues.
Asda have already had sales and I've bought quite a bit already.
I tend to buy wrapping paper and cards after Xmas in the sales.

Have you had snow ? We had about 6 inches this so hubby took my car to work, it's better in the snow than his.

No, I plan to do as little as I can that day.

Have you ever been able to buy a genuine bargain in the after Christmas sales ?

We were lucky on Saturday and bought 2 boxes of crackers from Homebase reduced to £4.99 original price £19.99 which no way would we have paid.

No, still a few pressies to buy too!

Will you be out shopping on Boxing Day?

I like both if fresh... so I'd say chicken pie ( need the calories this weather)

Have you wrapped all your Xmas pressies.?

Iv only ever had male dr's,,and they are always ok,,


What can i have for my tea tonight? Chicken Pie or Salmon?

No...( but I had one BT does that count .lol)

Dizzie Lizze, I would rather go to the dentist than the hairdressers!!..lol
I will doing my cards tomorrow:)

Do you have a better reaction with your male or female DR ( I've had 2 children and no problem with either.. the male is a bit more grumpy tho..lol) ?

Yes I have two grown up daughters oldest is 29 , youngest is 22, every Christmas I fill a stocking for them, and daughter no 2 still wants a chocolate advent calendar,
This will be the first year that daughter no 1 will not get a stocking as she and her OH and my 3 month babygrand daughter will be away for Christmas visiting the other grandparents,
But I have decided to carry on the tradition and fill a little stocking for the baby to take with them.

Another tradition we have in our family and it started with my mum when I was little was that every year we would buy a new Christmas bauble for the tree, one year mum & Dad went to visit American relatives who were living in Germany and they bought back a lovely little Hansel and Gretel shaped house, another year daughter no 1 went to Paris with a friend and bought me a bauble with the Eiffel tower on one side and Christmas Greetings on the other.

I received 3 Christmas cards today. have you got any yet ?

Absolutely petrified. I was sent to hospital for a general anaesthetic once for removal of a wisdom tooth which was supposed to be routine, but the dentist didn't want to do it herself for me as I was always so nervous and it would take longer than any other treatment I'd ever had. Actually it turned out to be the right thing because afterwards they said they'd had to remove a little of my jaw bone. Took 6 weeks to recover from that. Now I always wonder what's they're going to say I need, but nothing like that since thank goodness.

I have just put an Advent Calendar (with chocolate - but a proper nativity one) in my son's bedroom for him to come home to. He's 24 and back with us for a while, and I'm disappointed I can't get one to my daughter in Sheffield. I'll be lighting the advent candle tonight and I still do Christmas stockings for them - I've added daughter's boyriend to that and think that'll only stop when one of them provides a grandchild, though hopefully not too soon.

Do you have little family traditions you don't give up?

A false tre but its so big my lounge looks like Sherwood Forest,,


Are you nervous of the dentist?

No , but as I always have to check what I have from last yr. I intended to to check how many I had to buy this week and write them.
But I always buy speciality one's for close family so I have those to buy yet .
It is only my sister that lives abroad.

This may have been asked before...Do you have an Xmas pine tree with roots( we always did as children).. one is still growing in my dad's garden... one without roots or a false tree..?

I don't have any children anymore as both my daughters are grown up and one has a baby of 3 months. , I still make a christmas cake but tend to buy a christmas cake frill and silver floral decoration from Sai*****y's to place in the middle,

I have just finnished writing my christmas cards, and wil be posting my cards to relatives abroad tomorow, Have you wrote your cards yet?

No not yet but I live in hope,,,







What do you think I should put ontop of my christmas cake?

On Mum's side the family is large and hard to keep track of. She was one of 7. There was one Aunt who couldn't have children, then we go all the way up to an Uncle who had at least 14, the family lost count around then. They had 2 houses knocked together. This summer was our silver anniversary and I contacted as many cousins as possible to come. It turned out to be quite a reunion for everyone. Funny thing is I'm finding it harder to work on Mum's side of my tree than Dad's who was adopted before records were kept. But once I got breakthrough on his Mum and Dad, that sides really blossomed on my tree.

OH however is one of 2 brothers, their Mum had one sister who also had no children, and their Dad was an only child as grandfather left grandmother soon after he was born. Luckily his work colleagues made a good turnout at our do so he didn't feel so overwhelmed by my lot and he was amused to meet some of my madcaps. He has discovered his Mum's cousin living in Spain through GR but he and his family weren't able to come unfortunately.

We've visited the family in Spain and my daughter visited a family on my side in New Zealand.

Have you managed to track anyone far afield and met them?