General Chat

Evening all

from a gloriously wet wet wet Adelaide, we have had over 52mm in our backyard since thursday..... it bucketed down on Anzac day.....one of the best yet, no one minded.......

Congrats Mary, well done, do you get parole yet.......hehe

Well we have had round one with the council, its not an outright no.......however there are still many hurdles to jump through. We are being classed as category 2, which means (i think) that the neighbours all get a say as to what they think of our plans..... the cheques are in the mail hehe

Anne has been accepted to 'volunteer" at Iona for 6 weeks, she will be away for 8 weeks altogether, with a great opportunity to spend a few days in Wales researching her family......I get to stay home and go to work.......however we have booked to go on a tour next May to the Holy lands and Oberamagau and then to UK for up to 8 weeks......heavenly

Hope every one else are travelling well, (((((((hugs)))))))) to all....


June CG now known as duck feet hehe xox

Marie from B/hurst, Hello everyone, how nice to hear you all had a great time at the meet i will be at the next one, ( God Willing) I have just read the last 2pages lots of news ,Pearl sorry to hear you have to move, I do hope your knee is better.
Mary congrats on your 49th anniversary. Lara,Gwenda ,HZ ,Shaz,Sandra,Lewella June and JA on the limestone plains also the Border Reiver, Tony last but not least Badger nice to see all your names on the posts I hope i havent missed anyone. HZ I have family in Castlemain I lived there for a number of years I used to play the Organ for the Catholic Church, my son was married in one of the churches at Maldon.I liked living in Castlemainand I especially loved Bendigo, it is all a bit sad now because of the Drought.
I must go as my daughter has arrived with my lovely grand daughters .~~~~~~~hugs to all~~~~~~~~~ Marie

Congrats to Mare and John wow 49 years
Lew and Tez many blessings wished for your wedding day from Moi and I know from Wattlers all and for much joy and happiness
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JA

Hi everyone back to see how you all are,i hear you mary,just a different system over there i reckon,here ,the doc's and nurses ask you if you have a cold,they don't assume you are okay.
My missus is working her ticket this morning grrrrrr.
I came downstairs early to re water the front lawn to make sure that the feeder had gone in and took my cuppa outside with me so that i could sip it while using the hose[the oz laid back style you know ] lol,finished out front and went round to the back to continue the jobs ,putting the feeder on the back lawn.
By this time it was 7 am time for a refill ,and take the boss her cuppa up,turn the news on when i come back down and hear that it is supposed to rain,so i think ,bonzer,i can put the hose away which i do,and then have a quick check to make sure i havn't missed anything.
Great stuff ,i walk into the lounge to turn the lappy on to see the missus on the work station,and then i hear the dulcet tones[aways a sign of impending trouble] he he,,she says ,can you connect the puter to the printer please ,before you do anything else..
Fred groans ,because to do that i have to go into her harddrive and remove all of the programmes for the earlier printer ,before i can install the new hewlett packard all in one.sigh ,gonna be busy for an hour at least ,before i can get on line,after i have reinstalled for her ,and created an account .
Oh well,it's done now ,and she is as happy as Larry printing photos like they are going out of style,lol,next words i will hear are ,can you take me to get some more ink please ,i have run out.
I ask you fella's ,what us mere males have to put up with grrrrrr.
Catch you later all,Fred

Happy Wedding Anniversary to Mare and John and Happy Wedding Day to Terry and Me :-)))

Hi everyone ..seems like it was a good time had by all at the Minni meet down south..Haven'T heard of a crook one yet...

June BB Hope you will join us in the other place..Some great pics of the lunch..

Fred.. I don't think the doc knew that I had a cold when I had the jab,,It was only just coming on and just got worse a few days later..Still coughing a bit but it is slowly getting better..

It is our 49th wedding anniversary today and we are dining in the restaurant with the Residents Committee as it is our end of term , and just before the new elections, so we always have a nice dinner to celebrate.. It just happened to land on our anniversary so we are killing tow birds with one stone,,Got lots of champers to toast us..so should be nicely nicely by tonight...hee hee hee...

Merle How are you lovely...busy moving I presume..Hope you are getting some help..hope the knee is improving ..

June CC I suppose that you are working hard..How is the house going...

Tony had a great find for his tree ..lucky butter,,, I have got so many brick walls I ended up ordering lots of certificates hoping that some would give me some clues..It was a good idea as one line I thought was mine now isn't,,a marriage I didn't know had happened,,and a person I thought was dead is now alive,,hee he he..so it is so easy to make a mistake..Found a tree on Ancestry with one of my rellies in it and that is incorrect,,Proves he hasn't sourced his facts..so many names are the same it is easy to make a mistake..

Well got daughter from Canberra coming for the weekend so better go do some of the dreaded..

Have a nice Anzac Weekend all..

Love Mary xxxx

Hiya peeps old Badger is back to wish you all a special Anzac day next week,and to say i still think of you all.
Mary ,if your doc' gave you a flu jab while you have a cold ,he want's shot with s***,no wonder the jab made it worse,the doc's over hear will not give the jag unless you are totally cold and sniffle free.
The wife has found a few piccies of Missy and Hissy together as kittens,so i will be having a close look at them as soon as i find out how to export them from the Hewlett Packard printer site.
Such a nice day here that i think i may very well go and get the dusting done ,then take the lappy onto the patio and soak up the sun.
This afternoon i have to go to the foot clinic ,and from there it's down to B&Q to find some of the bedding plants that are such a job to grow from seed.
Catch you later ,have a nice day ,Fred.

Hi everyone
Hi June from BB , Yvette and I had a lovely lunch with June on Saturdayand really enjoyed ourselves hope June did too.
we are at a horrible supposed resort its the pits but heads will rollover it I am telling you as its a blasted cheek that RCI the timeshare exchange people have it on their books getting off soap box now
We are on our way to Canberra for Mikes reunion for his battalion and we will be able to have mini meet with Gwenda and Dave, Vonny and John and Loz and TLR
Good on you Tony for your discovery of descendants but you might cause a family to be in shock when they discover your family secrets lol
Hello to all off for tat ta's Mike's actually taken me somewhere don't faint no golf till this arvo

so love to all Lara

Hi everyone..Been off with a bit of flu or a bad cold take ya pick..not feeling the best..Had my flu injection and it seems to have made it worse..

Managed to get John a disable parking sticker today so that will make my life a lot easier,,I nearly pass out pushing the shopping trolley up the hill in the car-park at the shops..heart goes haywire..and John is not able to help so this is a lot easier for me..

Merle How goes you girl.. When are they moving you .. Hope it is a nice place and you are happy there..and not to far from Noeline..How is the knee.. are you swinging a golf stick yet...

I am not having to cook dinner tonight as we have a dinner in the dining room tonight,,Greek Night so hope it is nice..I like anything that I don't have to cook,,,I not silly...

Hope all are well..

Love Mary xxxxx

Good Day All,
I hope you all have a nice easter - I'm spending mine with the daughter and five grandchildren (the other three are supposed to arrive tomorrow).
Sorry to hear you're having to move Merle - I know you were dreading the possibility.

Best wishes to All
Ian

hello sorry for being awol just can't seem to catch up enough to have more time to post on two threads but will try harder .
Merle darlin lovely to hear from you thinking of you often I do hope that knee is getting better now it's sad to have to move but just think smaller place less work , you take your precious memories with you in your heart so you are not leaving them behind dear. Hope you do get to meet Sandra when she is there she is lovely lady .

We did all have lovely time in Bendigo and I did do some research while i was there too while Mike and Rob were golfing and caddying Shazz and I went to Buda House in Castlemaine it is alovely place sorry must go friend arriving to take me out not ready oh oh love to all Lara

(((((HUGGLES))))) to you Merle,

Don't forget, I'm not disappearing - I can be found on other wattler threads and the sandpit!
And if you have already messaged me on here I can reply to you. (I think)

Love,
Vonny

Hi everyone I think I have got back to normal...well as normal as can be..
Have got things organised for Easter so that I don't have to go near the shops again..Oh so crowded....
Merle what a bummer about having to move,,but think of it this way..less housework..I hope..so that should be a bonus if nothing else..Do hope the knee is improving.. it has been a long time so it should be getting a little batter each day..try not to play football with that leg...Love and Hugs...xxxx

June Glad you had a nice weekend also..a beautiful part of our country also..

Heather.. Looks like we cast the spell on Colin..He is a hooked Wattler now...hee hee hee...

Life is back to my quiet time again..Might see if the daughter in Cranberry is home for a weekend soon and might see if I can get John down there for a few days..Perhaps if I drive he might be happier...it would be lovely to see the grandies again...

Well wishing you all the Blessings of Easter and if travelling safe driving..Mind the idiots on the roads..there are lots of them..

Lots of love Mary xxxxx

Hello,

We did come home from Bendigo, but I coulda stayed another week!

Grateful thanks to our hosts Heather and Colin for introducing us to the gracious city of Bendigo. We were charmed. OH will come to any Wattler meet I suggest in future, so I plan to attend many more!

We were impressed by how dry central Victoria is, driving down through Violet Town and back through Shepparton. We managed a side trip to Castlemaine (where the Arts Festival injected more than a bit of humour into the grim surrounds of the Prison on the Hill) and historic Maldon - a town not unlike our local Yackandandah for its gold mining connections. After returning home I reread some FH and re-learned that gggfather was a tailor in Maldon for 2 years between 1855 and 1865, I had forgotten. The view from Mt Tarrangower would be spectacular on a clear day, it was a bit smoky when we were there. We were also very impressed by the Chinese Museum in Central Bendigo. The pub tea at the Boundary Hotel on "meet and greet"night was excellent, and we more than catered for ourselves on Saturday at the Wilsons, and a great time was had by all. We hope we celebrated the upcoming marriage of Tez and Lew in a memorable enough fashion, how nice of the gnome family to attend! Bendigo's Sunday market was Really Big! And lots of Wattlers went!
When we met for a bbq tea at the Caravan Park on Sunday night, the most surprised person was the Country Fire Authority member from Eaglehawk who turned up to accept our fundraising cheque, the result of our raffle to which many wonderful Wattlers donated. When we handed over $1050, Barry the Firie got a bit emotional, later we learned that the Vic government will match our effort so the brigade gets $2100
towards their new command vehicle. Well Done US !!

~~ Vonny, was nice having you here!
mwah to Merle - yes I second Lew, Mary and John have found their lifestyle move to be a great boon and I'm sure you will also appreciate "simplifying". Good Luck !

June, Happy Birthday in retrospect, how did the celebrations go? Like you, we are having blissful weather, but Hume Weir is only 3 %, we HAVE to get rain this winter.

Also Sandra, how did your SA trip turn out?

Blessings to everyone for Easter, take care on the roads!
We will be having some half days off, nice to slow down a
bit.

Hz

Hi everyone, Happy Easter to you all. Glad to hear a good time was had by all in Bendigo. We had a great few days in the Blue Mountains-a lovely way to celebrate birthdays. Thank you all for the good wishes.

Thank you for the offers of help with my 'brick wall', but it is a problem with a g.grandfather who didn't want to be known, or found!

Weather has been wonderful here in Batemans Bay, hope it continues.

Cheers, June

G'day all. We had the most fantastic time in Bendigo, so a huge thank you to Wilson and her hubby Colin.

Pleased to hear that the knees are coming along, Merle. Don't worry about moving. I think our Mary thinks it was the best thing she did. Hugs to you and Watilda xxx

Hi people, I havent been able to get on here either. I've updated my windows so hope that helps. Hope you all had a great time in Bendigo all of you. Ser Tones, may I have a copy please?
Ahhh Vonnie, never to hear your dulcet tones again doesn't bear thinking about.
Hi Ian, the bleedin knee behaves for a day or two then gives me gyp again. No sleep last night and the darned thing has given me grief all day. I'm dreading going to bed.
Got me walking papers last week. I'm to be banished to a pensioners unit. Ah Me. Have to get a certificate from the doc to say I may need a carer in future so I can have a two bedroom one. I go a lighter shade of pale every time I start trying to sort out what I can and can't take with me. A lot of my materials will have to go. Also some furniture so finally took Himselfs clothes to the op shop. That was hard but its done now. I can't bear to leave here, its been 31trs kin this house but I keep telling myself it's just a houseand I'll make a home again in the next one.Sometime this yeari'll be on my way. Sandra, where will you be in WA and how long will you be here. Love to hear from you.To all you other beloved peeps my luv. I'll try to get on more regularly. Luv Me
Dammit, now I can't submit the bleedin thing.

Good morning :)

just letting you all know that my subscription runs out in a couple of days and I am not renewing although I will stay as an ordinary member so will be able to read and accept messages.
I just won't be able to post.

So love and ((((HUGS)))) and send me a message if you need to ask anything

~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vonny

hello all,

as Mary said - a wonderful time at Bendigo. Merle, so glad the knee is now behaving a bit better. it was so good to catch up with Lara and Hubby and see him finally being able to play golf :)

Wilson and hubby arranged such great venues at Bendigo. Most enjoyable.

June BB - hope it was a wonderful birthday bash for all concerned.

~~~~~~~~~~ to all

Vonny

Hi everyone We are all home by now I think...A fantastic time was had by all and we have to thank Wilson and her OH for looking after us so well..
The weather was perfect and all the food and wine just great..I ended up going down with Lozzy and TLR and had the bestest time I could have,,We made good use of the showroom of SPC and Ardmona at Shepperton for all the fruit and other wine and groceries they sold and came home with a good array of items..wish we lived a bit closer to it all...it was so cheap...
The weather was perfect and it wasn't till we got back to Sydney we struck rain and blackouts and dreadful weather so I stayed another night with Lozzy and came home the next day when the rain stopped..

If anyone would like some pics of the meet let me know and I will send them..

All in all.. a fantastic weekend..

Lots love Mary xxxx