General Chat

Haven't found the sellotape. Asked son about it days ago, he denied all knowledge.
To-night, around 9.30pm, as he was heading out to work he says "I Think that the sellotape is in the box on the bottom shelf of the new shelf unit" I didn't have time to moan at him before he "walked out the door"

Have looked in the box, (the top layers anyway. Haven't found the sellotape (yet) but have found the christmas cards, left over from last year! As well as quite a few things from my kitchen.

The box by the way, is one for my family history research (and nothing else).

Had already done some crawling, and managed to get back up, so quite pleased with myself.

Will be shopping early tomorrow, and will get some more sellotape then, just in case I don't find it in the lower layers of the family history box.

Off to bed now.

Thanks Berona, hHappy Christmas to you and your family, and to all my cyber-family on here.

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I know the feeling when you have something which has a place of its own, then isn't there when you want it. Happens to me a lot........LOL

Whilst I'm here - don't know how busy I will be or how busy YOU will be, so I will take this opportunity to wish you all the very best for the Christmas season. Wherever you are, whoever you are with, I hope you all have a lovely time together.


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Tess, have you found your cellotape? Or are you still rolling around the floor looking for it? Or unable to get up?

Glad you had a good time at the party anyway, sounds good.

Had a wonderful (and energetic) time at the party.

It was in fact the last of my exercise sessions of this year.

We celebrated by taking food, having a secret santa, dancing (a lot), and playing games like, pass the parcel, and egg and spoon (or in our case a small potato and spoon race).

Rather over did it with both eating and dancing but enjoyed myself.

Tired wehn I got home - the Ring and Ride bus driver had seven passengers, he seemed to choose the long (or possibly wrong) way round when going from house to house. So was on the bus for nearly an hour and a half on the return journey.

Still recovering yesterday, so didn't come on here.

Have managed to order some more Christmas presents this last two days (yes, I know that it is very late). So feeling a lot happier now.

The only cost to me for the party was for the food I took, the present I bought and 60pence each way bus fare on my special bus. So quite a cheap do really.

Tomorrow, I shall be searching for the sellotape (I reckon that I have got at least two rolls of it somewhere.
It does have it's "oown" place, but isn't therte. There is also the little cupboard where it "lived" previously, it isn't there either.
Tommow I will be attempting to crawl around the floor, to see if it has rolled under anything.
Please keep your fingers crossed for me as I'm pretty hopeless at getting down to floor level and crawling round.
I am also not all that good at getting back up again.
Luckily, no-one will be watching (or listening to) my struggles, so I won't embarrass myself!

ooh a party, hope it was enjoyable Tess. No parties or 'dos' for us this year except for last Thursday when we went out for a Chinese meal with a group (28 of us) from the seniors section of the golf club. Had a very good evening. But we are very much stay at homes (never thought I would say that), these days, used to go to the big golf club Christmas 'do', but got fed up with it, always the same, music so loud you couldn't talk. And it got expensive too. So we choose not to go these days.

Will try to get back on here later today. I'm waiting for the R 7R Bus to take me to a party!

It's a very strange feeling to know that someone thinks you are dead.

I have been doing my four branches of my own tree and one direct one for my OH's tree for about twelve years now - on and off. I have a rest when I hit a brick wall, then I might get a contact, and off I go again.

I did find that another person was born with the same birth name as mine - and only about three years before me, too. I never met her, but my daughter once met the husband. He was actually my third cousin and apparently he and his wife were fifth cousins. Whether that makes me her fifth cousin or not, I don't know because I have never come across her in my research (well, not yet, anyway).

One time, I was looking at the tree of another GR member, and found myself on there - shown as dying in 2002. I checked and found that the other one had died in that year.
Since then, I found that others have copied, so I am dead on a few family trees. I do let them know when I see it but it doesn't make me feel any better. I'm not ready for that yet!!!

I am feeling very tired, so will say Thank You to all whooshed here in the last few days.

Re the "death of my OH" apparently there is a German coupleb living near by who have the same names as 0H and me and it is this person who really did die. If I new them I would send a message of condolence but we have never mett them.

Feeling ver tired today so good night to you all

Bridget

Have been busy this last couple of weeks .. and that means that I have been well :-)

Deieded that the curtains in the newly painted room looked rather grubby, so tried to tsake them down to wash them.
That was the plan anyway, but the reality was, the curtains stayed on the curtain rail, no matter how hard I tried to unhook them. Even tried sliding them off the end of the rail... the end resultwas curtain and rail fell to the floor!

Had remembered to take the stewing meat out of the freezer to have a nice warming stew the next day.
All went according to plan till I realised that I was all out of parsnips... Stew just does not taste the same without parsnips. (IMO)

Had a few other mini-mishaps like those above, luckily my bad memory has now kicked in and I don't know what the mishaps were. This means that I can't dwell on them. (Big smiles)

I have a lovely sister and brother-in-law, bro-in-law came round to fix my curtain rail for me. The brackets had snapped in two.

My very knowledgable brother, knew of an old fashioned hardware shop nearby, they stocked the exact brackets I needed, so problem solved.

At last I got organised enough to phone in my order for Christmas gifts, to a catalogue that I have often used. Around six of the items I wanted were sold out! That will teach me for leaving it so late
Have now been looking on the internet to seeif I can get them from somewhere else (Including an "Isle of Lewis Chess Set").


I am hoping to go into Birmingham city centre tomorrow to get some things there. Unfortunately I can't get my special Ring & Ride Bus, so will be attempting to travel by ordinary bus.
That means that I won't be able to get anything heavy or bulky. If town is very crowded, I will have difficulty too. So keeping my fingers crossed.

On Friday I went to last of the (six) Deaf Awareness Workshop Sessions.
HAve had a good time, meeting new people, having a laugh and learning something new.

Still trying to go to my weekly exercises too. (but have missed a couple recently).

Basically, all is good in the House of the Fidget.

Hope that everyone else is well.



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The friend must have been suprised that you were your normal smiling self when you answered the door to him Brisget.

At least he can spread the word that your OH is alive and well.

I don't know of anyone else this has happened to, it must be a weird thing to happen.
I vaguly remember though that some famous man (I did say vaugly) read his own obit in a newspaper, and responded with an "advert" saying "Rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated!"
Or perhaps this is just one of those (untrue) stories that ciculate from time to time

Will try to get back for a chat tomorrow.

Gerard

I am also watching the cricket as I walk in and out of the sitting room......good so far.

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Ooh new page!

I am watching the cricket from India too - great game it is too!

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Gerard

This is true!
Last night around 8pm our house bell buzzed. We were not expecting anyone so I went to the top of the house and found a male friend looking very distressed. I let him in and as we started to walk down the stairs he suddenly stopped and started to cry.
He said" oh Bridget , I am so sorry and shocked to hear that Peter died during the week,"!
Now my husband is alive and well so I was quite shocked at what our friend said. We went in the house and there was my husband watching the cricket on TV. I thought our friend was going to collapse.
We learnt that a restaurant owner whom we know had told him and his wife and several other people. He wanted to know if I would allow him to be at the funeral.!

Our friend then looked very shocked!

This is the second time that my husband has had this experience, I hope there is not another. So far this morning, it is only 08.45 hrs here, and our phone has been ringing asking "is it true that Peter died? "

Isn't it strange how this happens? Has anyone else had a similar experience?

Right now my husband is still alive and watching the Cricket from India.

I wonder what "news" I receive today?

Bridget



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Good morning and thanks to everyone who has posted on here in the last few days.

Yesterday I helped a friend with her family tree and that was very interesting especially when a decendent was a Sir and honoured by his place of living but I cannot find any connection re her mother! Oh well, I will keep trying.

In the mid afternoon I suddenly started to feel very cold and could not stop shivering.....the house is warm so it wasn't that. Then I became very tired and could not stay awake, I had an extra number on and a big wrap but still shivered, eventually feel asleep, awoke after an hour or so and felt dreadful. OH had to go out as he is a quiz master and about 20 people would be attending........so I got ready and went with him. The shivering had stopped but I felt so tired. However did my best to be chatty and our team won by 6 points so that was fun.
Came home, fell asleep, woke this morning and am back to normal.....hope it doesn't come back.

Something old. I have the compleat christening outfit used for the first time by my grandmother so well over hundred and ten years ago. It was hand made and comprises of the bonnet, the long dress embroidered and all in white, a underdress, with the tiniest neck and the ribbons, which meant that no buttons were needed. And a shawl. Just remembered that there is also beautiful knickers with lace around the legs. It is kept in acid free paper but is to small for any of the babies in my family. Not sure what to do with it as none of my children want it..

Something new. Books and more books! Oh has bought a book for me, secondhand, called The Shoes of The Fisherman. It is about he first Pope from the Iron Curtain. I only got this yesterday so haven't started reading it yet, but looking forward to start this evening.

Something borrowed. Mmmm. The only thing I can think of at the moment is the BBQ borrowed from a friend who then left Spain and went back to the UK and left the BBQ behind, so we still use it!

Something blue. My blue ring, bought for me by my husband when we were in Italy, 10 years after we married. It is a little tight now but as l am loosing weight I soon will be able wear it again.
PS. I wonder what I will get for our 20th anniversary this year.....


Bye for now

Bridget

Sorry to hear about the death of your former boyfriend Tess, one of the things I hate about getting older that we lose so many friends and family. And it always seems to be just before Christmas too.

I know that feeling Berona, of having to cross people off the list, and the dilemma of choosing an appropriate card for the partner/family left behind.

I have sent one or two fewer cards this year because of the cost of postage, but was lucky as I did have some stamps bought at the old price before they went up. However next year I shall have to prune further which is so sad because I love making and sending, and receiving cards.

I have just decorated our Christmas tree, I love finding all the old and very old ornaments. I have one fairy on top of the tree who is relatively new, about 8 years old But I also have a small fairy that used to sit on the top of the tree, she is 52 years old and was our first ever fairy after we got married. She is put on the tree just below the newer one. I call her deputy fairy. :-)

This year we definetly are sending less Christmas Cards, some because they are no longer with us, other reasons being due to the expense, so send our own messages re email...no one, so far has has not thought what a good idea.

Have someone at the front door so will be back latter

Tess - I know how you feel. It more or less marks the 'end of an era' - or gives you that feeling, anyway. This happens more and more as we get older.

Yesterday, I got out my cards and my list of names and addresses for them - and once again, I had to cross off two names and make notes on others where two of them have now passed on and another has this year been diagnosed with cancer....I have delayed doing my cards because it is no longer a pleasure when I have to cross names off.

Oh Tess please accept my condolences re your former boy friend, we all recall the people we went out with before choosing the extra special one.

Bridget

I am a little sad at the moment.
Just recieved a phone call to tell me that an ex-boyfriend (we "courted" in 1966), has died this morning.

We had gone our separate ways, both marrying other people. (His marriage was successful). but he always held a special place in my heart, as he was my first love.

It was his birthday yesterday and he died this morning.

It also brings back memories of last December, when a dear cousin died on her 69th birthday. Since then there have been so many times that Ihave wantd to phone her so that we can have a good chat.

My son should be home from work soon, after feeding and watering him I shall cease the chance to go into town. It is a milder day today, and who knows what tomorrow will bring.

Gerard
I have sent you a message re family. I am truly delighted to see you back with us.
West Ham, my team are doing OK and that pleases not only me but also my OH, he has supported them since he was around 11 years old.

Tess, I hope that you manage to dispose some of your old paperwork etc.....I keep threatening this but end up keeping more than I have thrown away.........any tips on how to be strong about this would be fantastic........and would give me more space in my house........and delight OH.

Sunny here this morning and the sky is blue and the trees are swaying quietly. Jet & Joe are sleeping and OH is listening to The Archers, well I am also listening whilst I write this message.

Will write something old etc in a couple of hours. Any ideas about another subject?


Bridget