General Chat

Mo I am just trying to imagine what sort of person lights a bbonfire in the strong winds we have been having. And certainly your son should tell his landlady.

Sallie, yes it is a pity that we are away in April for the meet. Although it is a bit of a way from here we would probably have got there.

Where in wales do your ancestors come from Sallie?

Keep searching Huia!!

Well, sometimes, just sometimes I wish I had an OH who wasn't a Mr Fix it!!! Today he decided to fix my car alarm that is a specialist very complicated alarm. We think the alarm battery need renewing and that is flattening the car battery. So he takes bits apart, finds a broken wire, tries to solder the wire but the solder is no good so he shorts out the alarm so while it will lock the doors etc, it has now imbolised the car and the car is going nowhere. So now we have to find somebody who will come out to the car. Great!!!! Well done T (who is definitely NOT in my good books today!)

Sallie, yes I am going to the London meet. I have never been to one before,and I am looking forward to it.
I'm going to drag Roly along with me,as I don't much fancy London on my own.
I just wish we could all meet, it would be so lovely. But OZ and NZ is rather a long way to go for a meet. lol let alone this country.

Hello Girls,

It's very, very quiet on here, only Ann and Huia yesterday. Where is everyone gone?


I've had a cough and cold over the last few days, although it hasn't stopped me from doing anything. I haven't been out, but I've been doing some jobs that needed doing and also made some cards.


Ann, sounds as though you managed to get what you needed to in Cheltenham yesterday, and a couple of bargains besides.

It's a shame you're away for the Abergaveanny meet, it would have been nice to have met you, and possibly T as well. Never mind, there might be another meet somewhere, where we can both go to.



Mo, hope all went alright with baby sitting last night. I am just wondering if you are home by now

Talking about " meets , you have one in London that you are going to, aren't you?
Have you been to one before, or is this your first time?


Huia, sounds as though you are doing okay with your family research on FMP, I feel quite envious.
Welsh ancestors are not the easiest to find, with so many families with the same names. I wish my grandmother's ancestors had been a bit unique and called their children different or unusal names, and not stuck to the naming patterns that was traditional in Wales for many years, at least with a lot of families. It can be very difficult to find whose who, especially with a name like Jones.



I've just had a call from Joyce, she sounds alright, but still suffering from cramp, I'm afraid.
She seems to be enjoying herself at Liverpool, but think she was disappointed that her granddaughter and her children couldn't meet her as planned.
One of her children wasn't very well, so they couldn't travel up to Liverpool from S. Yorkshire. It's a good while since Joyce has seen them all.

She goes home to Holland on Tuesday.

I'm going to do some cards now, so I'll "see " you all later on.

Love to everyone. Sallie.xxx

Hello girls,
Sorry for not posting yesterday, but we were looking after the grandchildren last night.
I took my lappy with me but could not get on the net.
All three grandchildren were typing away on theirs,and poor little me,just had to sit and watch. Oh so frustrating.

Ann, you are so lucky with your M&S bargains. We have only got one store local to us,and I nearly always seem to miss the sales. Or when I do get there,the size I want has all gone.
It was like the purple outfit I bought for the new year. I bought what I thought was my size,and they were to big,but they hadn't got them in the smaller size. Oh well, thats just my luck I suppose.

I believe I told you all,about my son's noisy neighbours. Well the latest episode is, that they set my son's fence on fire yesterday,by lighting a bonfire right next to the fence.
Fortunately they put it out. We have told him to inform his landlady, as they certainly don't want to have to replace the fence panel,when they do happen to move.
And that they should also write it down in the noise diary that they have to keep now.

Well we have another very cold windy day here in Kent. I just hope that spring hurries up and gets here.

Has anyone heard if Joyce got to Liverpool o.k.

Well my lovelies,I have to go for now.
Take care of yourselves. Love and best wishes to you all. Mo xxx

Ann, I have just been looking in briefly at the threads but not adding as I have been hot on the trail of ancestors and their descendents on FMP. It is not always easy as names are mistranscribed or a person keeps changing their first name or y.o.b. or p.o.b. or gets carried away by a UFO. When I have finished I will have a lot of names to add to my tree in the hopes of finding some relatives on here, probably 3rd or 4th cousins.

Huia.

Well!!!!! What happened today people? Not a single post from anyone.

Sallie, I don't make too many Easter cards either but I am going to have to make and send them early because we will be in Tenerife for easter.

went to Cheltenham shopping today, bought a few things in M&S including a pair of walking trousers for T in the sale so he was pleased. Also bought a pair of pretty butterfly sparkly earrings for my sister for her birthday in Pastimes.

Ann, don't remind me.lol!! To be fair I don't make many Easter cards., but I like to make some for the three children that I'm close to, and five adults.

Glad that the prize giving didn't last too long, and that you enjoyed the meal.
Did T receive his prize, I bet he was pleased and proud to get it.


We are just waiting to hear from Richard, Christie's grandad was taken into hospital today, suffering from pneumonia, so we are waiting to see how he is. I hope he'll be alright as he also has heart problems.

I'll say goodnight now, and sleep well.

Love, Sallie.xx

I didnt clean the verandah as the instructions on the container of stuff say do not use if rain is expected within 12 hours. The other stuff I used last year I think I had to wash off after application. I have done the washing and the weather seems to be turning fine so I have hung a few things outside, but need to keep an eye on things in case the misty rain comes back. Just about lunch time now.

Huia.

All those march birthdays and then it will be Easter cards Sallie.

It wasn't too bad this evening, the meal was quite good, roast pork, mash and red cabbage with carrots, and cauli then apple pie and coffee. The prize giving only lasted an hour and a quarter so not too bad.

Hi Huia, it looks as though I just missed you, hope you're alright. Be careful you don't slip on the verandah, for goodness sake, as it is easily done. Take care!

Mo, like you, I don't know when I last hung the washing on the line to dry, I shall be glad to see the spring coming, at least there will be a chance to dry the clothes out then.


Speak to you all soon.

Love, Sallie.xxx

Hi Girls,

Mo, this is the first and only viewing we've had, so I'm not building up my hopes. It's almost a year since we put the house on the market.

The bungalow that we liked was sold about 7 months ago, I still look at it as we're on the way to Jennie's.... it was a good size with two double bedrooms, which would have been ideal. Never mind, I'm sure we'll see something else that we like just as much.


It's been blowing a gale here today too, but it has stayed dry, I hope that it will be dry tomorrow, so that I can get the washing dry.

I'm not going out at all tomorrow, I have a few jobs to do and I need to make a few more birthday cards.....between family and friends, we have a lot of birthdays in March, so I need to make a start.


It's very quiet on here, I wonder if everyone is okay......well, apart from the ones we know about.

Mo, I'm going to have a nice cup of tea now, I think it's an addiction with me , now.

Love and best wishes to you all. Sallie.xxx

Hi there Huia.
Mind you don't slip over on that verandah,if it's that slippery out there.
I have forgotten the last time I was able to hang my washing outside.
My house is starting to look like a chinese laundry. I think I should change my name to the Dohbi woman.
How is Liz doing now, is she any better. I know it's coming up for the anniversary of the loss of her daughter, bless her it must be so hard for her.
Speak to you again soon love, take care. Love Mo xxx

Mo, you should have tried walking backwards, that would have got you there quicker, one step forward and two back.

Strange weather here. Yesterday I couldnt decide if it was low fog or a light misty rain. It is the same today. I might take the opportunity to clean the verandah which is getting slippery again. Then I will do some washing and hang it up indoors. Better get on with it or the day will be over before it has started.

Huia.

Hi there everyone.
I hope Ann and T enjoy their meal tonight,and that the noise from the Rugby followers doesn't spoil the night for them.

My goodness Sallie, I am surprised that no one has snapped your house up yet.
But then the housing market has slowed down a lot hasn't it. Fingers crossed that these viewers like your house.
You will have to start looking for another house yourselves, if they do like it.
As the one you liked very much the last time round, has probably been sold now.

We waited till this evening to go and get our shopping,hoping that the wind would drop.
But alas no, it's still blowing a gale out there.
Trying to push the shopping trolley down to the car, was a fete in itself.
One step forward and two back,it fair took my breath away.
I am just happy to back in the house again.
Tomorrow night we are baby sitting for our daughter again, she is of out for the evening.
I will take my laptop with me, so that I can speak to you all.
Hope you are all well. Love to you all. Mo xxx

Ann, have a good evening out at the golf club. It will be nice to have a meal at least, even if you aren't too keen on the rest of it.

Speak to you tomorrow. Take care!

Love, Sallie.xx

goodness we are quiet on here today, everybody must be busy. As I said yesterday I wont be on this evening, got the pleasures of the golf club. I bet it will be noisy round there too as people congregate in the bar to watch the 6 nations.

Ann, that's what both Jennie and I thought, most people like to view within a couple of days, but this will be a week, the estate agents let us know on Tuesday afternoon.

Of course, Alun and Michael think that they are prpbably not living in the area, so that's why they are coming next week.

I don't know where they live, the estate agent didn't tell Alun that when he spoke to her.

They are also coming when it's dark, which I thought a bit strange too, I should think it would be better in the daytime. Maybe it's just me thinking that way.lol!!

All the houses we've sold in the past have gone straight away, but this is the first one for this house.

Lov, Sallie.xx

Not very eagar though are they Sallie, next Tuesday? Or are they coming from another area?

We once sold one of our houses to people who arrived to view at 1pm on a Sunday without an appointment. We ate our meal at lunchtimes on Sundays then and din't have a dishwasher. The kitchen was full of dirty pots and pans and plates as we had just finished eating. I was feeding our 13 month old son so you can imagine the state of the high chair and the house still smelled of cooked vegetables from the Sunday roast. They also paid the asking price.

Hi Ann, just missed you. Well done on making some cards over the last couple of days. Yes I have so much stash myself, so I mustn't buy anymore for a while, as I won't have anywhere to store it.

We have someone coming to look at the house next Tuesday evening, so I'm trying to keep it tidy, as Jennie told me, I can't keep all my craft stuff about when they come, as if I would.lolol!!

Well they will be the first lot that we've had to see it, and it's been on the market for almost a year. So we shall wait and see, I'm not holding my breath though.lol!!

Mo and Sylvia, thanks for letting me know about the vaccine, Alun isn't bothered about having it at all, it was just me worrying about side effects.
I'm not due to have mine for about eighteen months yet and as I've already had pneumonia once, I will deffinitely have the vaccine. It took almost three months before I felt completely better, it was awful.

I agree with you Mo, your brother should phone his son or the hospital himself to find out how he is.....or it would be nice if he went to visit him,


Sylvia, hope it isn't too cold for J and her family and that the snowstorms won't go on for too long.


Ann, not long seen your thread from last night. Yes we watched the last one of Midsommer last night, it's one (or was) of our favourite progammes. It's such a shame that John Nettles have left it, not sure that it will be the same from now on.


Love, Sallie.xxx