General Chat

OK, stand by your beds!! I am back, what have I missed, bring me up to speed. Ready for bed really but had a lovely week. Will write all about it tomorrow but have to catch up with things just now.

Welcome back Ann.... Good to see you safely home.
I hope your probable tan won't clash with your orange uniform!.

Don't put those cases away...seems we might be off on 'manoovers' somewhere.........

Gwyn

rust Gwyn rust. St Helier had their first ever flooding of businesses in the high street while we were there it bucketed down. We did have two sunny days though!

And I have to get these manoovers in quickly as we are off to tenerife in a week.!

Good morning Daff and all and a welcome back to Ann. We missed you and very nearly went off to Bahamas/Barry Island without you!!! Beverley is treating us all with the tenner her OH won.

Beautiful sunny day here. BC XXX

Morning Daff and troops

OK - here are your instructions for the trip of a lifetime:-

Pack suitcases - make sure you have

summer uniform (orange shorts, orange flip flops, pink cowboy hat)
Sun tan lotion (you'll need it)
Tickets (I have them)
Passport (don't worry Daff, we can get yours at the airport)
Ice-cold orange-coloured drink with lots of umbrellas in it
Sand
Sea

Then check this out:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXGgF3H4yGY&feature=channel

Play as many times as you like

Have a good holid ..... manoover

Beverley
p.s still have change out of my tenner

Ah Beverley, a stretching tenner, got any more of those hanging around. Hope I can get my uniform presentable before we go, after being crushed in my case on the flight home I have had to wash and iron it so as to be as smart as the rest of you.

BC, thank you, good to be back for a while (I think, will tell you after I have emptied cases, done the washing etc etc.

morning all
welcome back Ann stretching tenners are they better than money trees ,My last week of the holidays but I am ready to return as I am not really a homey person and i do like to catch up with the world .it is a lovely day here a little breezy but good drying weather it was very windy yesterday and so changeable
I think we have struck a balance with Gizmo he is out now at night and sleeps all day lol with all the pressies he brings me am not too keen about a cat flap .

Our Golden wedding week. This is also on Jena's thread and runs over two posts.

On the Friday before we went away, we were at our daughter’s and we all went out to celebrate our third grandson getting four A levels. Daughter and SiL paid and we had a lovely meal at a Tapas restaurant in Winchester.
On the Saturday we had a family party to celebrate our Golden wedding, there were thirteen of us (born on the thirteenth I am not superstitious.) That included my sister and our eldest grandson’s partner. SiL did us a lovely barbecue and his mother who is in her eighties had made us a lovely rich fruit cake. Daughter had then bought a Sainsbury’s sponge and iced and decorated the fruit cake. The sponge was placed as the top tier of the cake so it looked like a wedding cake, that was a lovely surprise. As T and I were sitting next to each other on the settee talking we realised that the room had emptied and then the family all filed back in and stood in a row facing us. Granddaughter (8) came over and gave me a gift bag. Inside was a CD of Love Never Dies which we thought was rather nice for the occasion. Then suddenly an envelope was given to T by Youngest grandson numbered 2 which was theatre tickets for Love Never Dies in London on 23rd October. That was a wonderful present as well. Then Next grandson gave me an envelope numbered 3 which was a beautifully designed card that had a message “Exchange me for 2 train tickets to London”. Then next grandson gave T an envelope numbered 4 which contained hotel reservations for 3 nights at the Swissotel the Howard in Temple Place, Then Eldest grandson gave me an envelope numbered 5 which had another card in which said “Exchange me for £400 spending money. Phew what a wonderful present we were ‘gobsmacked’ and haven’t come down from floating on air yet. It was a real surprise that Son and Daughter had hatched between them.
Our week in Jersey was lovely. The weather was not brilliant but we still had three afternoons when we were able to sunbathe on our hotel balcony from where we had a wonderful view of St Aubins bay right round from Elizabeth castle at St Helier to the harbour at St Aubins. We did get drenched on one occasion when we had gone by bus to Rozel when the weather was fine, just as we sat by the quay with a coffee there were a few spots of rain, within minutes it was a downpour and when we went for the bus we had 10 minutes to wait in the rain with no shelter at all. Luckily we both had raincoats

. The rain stopped while we were on the bus then started again as we got off and walked to our hotel. We looked like drowned rats when we got back. Thank goodness for heaters in rooms and heated towel rails!

We bought a 5 day bus pass which meant we could hop on and off buses as we wanted. We didn’t really visit the attractions as we had been before except for Jersey Pearl and Jersey Gold and the Museum at St Helier. Jersey gold we didn’t think much of this time, we felt it had changed from when we were there 10 years before. Jersey Pearl we went to twice. Once when we bought watches to commemorate our Golden wedding and the second time to buy me a pair of earrings. We were pleasantly surprised at how cheap the restaurant was and how good the food looked. We had sandwiches as we’d had a big breakfast and they were lovely and fresh. The museum we thought was excellent, very well done and informative especially the film. Strange to find that we were almost part of history as the film had pictures of 1957 and our first visit to Jesey before we were married was in 1958. We recognised all the old coaches and the little streets of St Helier. One thing we could learn to live without was the horrendous traffic, narrow roads and lots of cars, a nightmare for drivers especially with the buses hurtling around. The buses are very well used, always full with people standing.
On our anniversary we had a full day out then a lovely meal in the evening when I had Crab, avocado and tempura prawn to start followed by then raspberry sorbet, then half a lobster and salad with Jersey Royals followed by hot bakewell tart, raspberry coulis and icecream. (Yes I did put on weight). T had asparagus soup, sorbet, Sirloin steak and cheese and biscuits. All accompanied by a bottle of Pinot Grigio. Then we had a surprise parcel arrive from Debbie who lives in st Helier, naughty girl but a lovely gift of two pretty mugs from jersey pottery and a lovely card too, we were thrilled.
We went mostly all over the Island by bus so the tickets worked well. Then on Saturday when we had no bus pass we walked from the hotel out to st Aubin, it was a lovely sunny day and we really enjoyed the walk out and back, then we ended the holiday with an afternoon sunbathing on the balcony.
The flights out and back were trouble free and quick (just over thirty minutes), a bit bumpy on the way home as it was very windy as it had been all week. Eldest grandson met us at the airport in Southampton and we collected out car from daughters and were home just after 7pm.

Hello SM Daff X and All

A big welcome back to Ann and thanks for telling us about your celebrations. What a wonderful time you both had and what a kind,generous family....a well thought out gift.

In my head I'm already there Beverley,glad we have your OH to thank for his humongous win ;O))

Mau XXX

Hello everyone:o))

Grrrr my wave key does'nt work:o((

Waves to everyone---------- :o)))
Daff...hope you are well today??

Ann...sounds like you both had a really lovely time. Your family went to town on you both, brilliantly thought out:o))

Take carre
love
jude xx

Afternoon all and thank you Ann, for sharing your holiday/celebrations with us. Fantastic and very thoughtful presents.Now back to normal for a week and off you go again!

~~~~~~~~~ for Jude and Mau and all.

ps. Beverley I am having difficulty in packing the sand in my case. Can we not wait until we get there?

lol BCXXX

you are trying to pack it too tightly BC, if you sprinkle it in loosely it will be fine.

Hi all

Thanks for the update Ann. It sounds like you had a great time. Who need the Bahamas eh?

BC - I'll let you off taking the sand if it's too much of a problem.

Actually - best we don't take sand at all - who knows what those customs people will think it is.

*Quickly pours out the sand from suitcase*

Beverley

p.s - Mau - *whispers* - I haven't told OH yet how far his tenner has stretched. When I do I'll convince him it's all in a good cause - lol

Evenin' Ma'am,

Sorry I am late on duty - hope I've not missed the plane to the Bahamas, especially if Beverley has bought my ticket.

I have had a busy day - not helped by losing 6 trellis panels in the wind last night. Didn't realise until I had been up for 2 hours and finally opened the sitting room curtains and there they were - gone. Three we managed to salvage but we had to buy 3 new ones. All reinstated now, but a job not without splinters!

Bag packed and ready to go.

Elisabeth xx

PS Welcome home Ann, just time to wash your smalls, before you are off again! The trip sounded wonderful.

morning all sounds like you had a lovely time .for your celebrations congratulations you deserve being spoilt its a lovely day here am half way through chopping a hedge back its very woody in the middle so will be tough going .but it will be much better for being clipped back

Am I the only one fretting here? Haven't heard from Daff for a couple of days. Does anyone know if she's OK?

Or has she nipped off to Barry Island?

Or Bahamas?

No Beverly you are not alone, I am fretting a bit too but didn't want to PM her because she already thinks I am an old worry whatsit!!!

I know she had key board trouble (something to do with a glass of sherry!!) and I vaguely think there might be PC probs as well. But, but.... she did have a cold and was on stand by if she developed a temperature so, yes I am fretting and hoping if she is OK she at leasts calls in.

Please post something on here if you hear anything Ann.

Hopefully it's just too much sherry (keyboard intake) that's the problem.

Just send some positive thoughts her way - just in case.

Lol.... stop worrying!! I am ok, but have had a bit of a morning. I have a chest infection, the Doc came to the house... that was a novel experience, I can tell you. I am now dosed up with antibiotics and good old Oxycodon for achey bits, and cough mixture. So far, no really high temperature, which is good. I have been given a massive first dose of antibiotic, and then doses as usual for the next however many days. Oh, and an antifungal. Cos I get *that* when I am on antibiotics, lolol

R has stayed at home, and I have a bag packed just in case, but I think we have avoided that... Top Doctor Man phoned, and he is happy for me to stay here unless my temp goes up. There was some discussion about me going in and having an IV first dose of the antibiotic... but I have avoided that as well by having a huge oral dose. I could hear the nurses groaning at the thought of trying to get a cannula in, lol... bless them ;¬))

So please can I be excused manoovers and suchlike for a couple of days? I have a sick note *waves it around so all can see*

R is throwing me back to bed for an hour, so I shall see you later... my pc problems were down to a download, and have been sorted now... my keyboard is still tipsy though, lol... son hasn't fixed it.... but he HAS mowed (mown?) the grass he promised to mow 4 weeks ago...... progress.

Take care

Love

Daff xxxx