General Chat

been busy (again).

Love your D's Bridget, \i get quotes from the Dali Lama on my FB page.

The only D's I could come up with (for quite a while) were Dull and Dreary, so decided to give it a pass.
Then suddenly, I remembered DRENE the shampoo my mum used to get in the 1950's when I was a child.

Does anyone else remember this shampoo?

Still going to my exercise sessions each Tuesday.

The sessions (and the trainers) alternate - one week it is Tai Chi and the following week it is EXTEND. This is the only "E" I have been able to come up with so far.

it is all good fun, we do marching (on the spot,) as well as boxing, into thin air (which gets rid of any pent up aggression we may have), as well as singing laughing and generally having a good time.

Two of my grandsons were here last weekend. They are going to gymnastic sessions close to the Birchfield Harriers traing ground.
Had a good time watching them do all the hard work.

Family lunch today at a local pub-restaurant, it is my baby brothers 56th birthday.

Thursday today, he was born on a Thursday too.

The only down side, was that I didn't have room for a pudding.!!! :-(

The grandsons will be back tomorrow evening, so I must tidy their bedroom and sort out the curtains.
But not before a have a strong cup of coffee.

Oh. I do now recall the Drene Shampoo.....isn't it strange how one remembers!

F is going to make me think, perhaps Fun, Fudge and Friend, I will think about but we go out at about 19.30hrs as OH will be his usual Quiz Master.

We had a couple come with the agents to view our house.....agents very embarrassed as the couple came down the stairs to our home and then decided that they did not need to look as it was not for them. Now given that the agents have about 8 or 9 photos in the packs given I thought that was rather strange. I felt sorry for the agents as the couple have done this 4 times now!

High winds, torrential rain and cold weather is not in the UK it is here and is forecaste to stay for a while.....

Bye bye for now and I hope you all enjoy your day / evening.

Bridget
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Yes I remember Drene shampoo.
E is for Evening and I am looking forward to my evening meal, only a fry up but not cooked by me, it is OH's signature dish Lol!!

So, E is also for eat and edible. You can see I am hungry!!

E is for expensive, most things are getting more expensive. Especially Electricity.

I think that is the Es done with.

F is for Fat - when I was younger I weighed in at 23 and a half stone, but I was always around eighteen or nineteen stone until I had a minor stroke in 1985. I was advised to stop smoking, turn vegetarian and lose weight. I did the first two quite easily but the third not so. So I joined Weightwatchers. I went every Thursday evening to the local Scout Centre and in eight months lost 5 stone 9 1/2 lbs. Then six months later I started doing meetings of my own for Weightwatchers and continued for a further 22 years, until they retired me.

A is for apology for not being on here, unfortunately this month we have lost two of our beloved cats, Fluffy died on 1st April and Sheba five days later and our eldest Pav (who is 22+) is now a bit poorly too, OH is devastated.

I am glad to see some new names on here - well done - should be back soon

Love and prayers to all
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Gerard

Goodness Gerard you did well with the weight loss, and keeping it off and helping others too.

I am so sorry about your cats, that is sad.

We miss seeing you on here so hope you will be back soon.

Hello to you all

"Fs'

Fun. This word often pops into my mind and I recall all the FUN I hade as a child. I dare say that today would be very different.
Each year not to far from where we lived in the East End of London there would be a lot of Fun at the Circus in the local park. I wanted to become the lady who was on the Elephant and did all sorts of things such as standing on the back of the Elephant, making the Elephant sit, sleep and stand on his back legs.

Friday. In our house this was a very important day....dad was paid! Mum would walk from Mile End Road to Stratford and get the money form my dad. Then when I arrived home from school we would go shopping or if it was to late we would be up and ready to go out on Saturday when mum got home from working as a cleaner in the City of London. Sometimes we went on the bus but if we were going near to home such as Bow Road we would walk there and back. Friday meant that we could not eat meat so it was special as we would have Fish and Chips with gherkins and Lemonade....I can picture it even now.
We always had some sweets for the evening and my favourite was and still is Fudge.

Friend.
My best friend is my younger sister who lives in Bath but I do not see her very often so have other friends. My closest friend is in Norfolk and met her when I was still working in Attleborough. It is an unexpected friendship because we do not have a lot in common but we just knew from the first week I stayed in her home that we would always get together...in fact she and her husband will visit us in June to be here for my birthday!

Fudge. If you want me to be happy please give me good Fudge to eat, preferably home made......it is the truly wonderful and sometimes I put pieces of nuts in it when I make it.....problem with that is....I eat it all too quickly.
I do NOT like people who FUDGE issues because in the end issues have to be resolved.

Well now I will finish and what to see what others write.

Next will be Gs-----

Bridget :-)

Oh dear! I am all behind...

My mouse broke, so had to get another one.

Grandsons are now here, so computer is in demand. (Still it keeps them busy and quiet).

Will try to come back when they leave tomorrrow afternoon (unless I fall asleep)

My Gs, had to think hard about this one.

Grim Gribber
Slang for a: 1. A Lawyer
2. Legal Jargon
3. Mumbo Jumbo


Others. 1. Galling skins. Big breeches or loose fitting trousers
2. Galoot. 19th Century word meaning " One who is strange or foolish".


Also like, giggling, ghostly, googling.

Bridget :-) <3 ;-)

G is for Gerard and for George - the two names given to me at my christening. Gerard after my Aunt Mary's new husband and George after my Uncle George who had been killed in World War II.

The Saint's day for both is April 23rd - which is of course William Shakespeare's birth and death day.

On a less happy note, unfortunately, we have lost our third cat this month today at 9am - Pav had a good innings being 22+, but OH is devastated and I am pretty cut up myself :-(

Bridget keep up the good work

Love and prayers to all
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Gerard - I sympathise with you on the loss of your loved pets - all so closely to each other. Nothing can replace them and the loving memories you will always have of them. However, I would advise you to get another one (or more) because you not only have the loneliness without them, you will also be finding it difficult to cope at times like their feeding times - and also when you are shopping and no longer have to buy their food, etc. All of these things hurt when you are missing what you love. If you get another, as I said, it will not replace any of them, but it will occupy you both and you will still need to do the other things like shopping, etc.and it will help with the transition period of letting go and moving on with the new one/s.

Gerard,

Berona has said everything that I would have said. You must have cared such a long time and now your home must feel empty without them.

Remember the happy times and think what you could do to take on another cat and love him/her.

Saying a prayer for you and your wife.

Bridget <3

Thank you Berona and Bridget for your kind words. Fortunately for us we still have one of our lovely cats to look after us. However, Sox is fourteen going on fifteen, when he goes to Rainbow Bridge, then we will get a new cat, but at the moment we think he needs to get used to being on his own.

Gerard
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Gerard, so sorry to hear about the loss of your dera Cats. You, your O.H. and Sox must miss them.
Well done for loosing all that weight and keeping it off. I am overweight (again) but am working on my fitness levels...
This brings me back to the alphabet ( really must keep up).

E is for EXERCISE. I go to sessions once a week, the key thing though is ENJOYMENT.

We are all supposed to enjoy ourseves in the sessions ... and we do.
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F is for FRIENDS and FAMILY -

I may not be rich in mometary terms, but I am in FRIENDS and FAMILY.


Bridget, we too did not eat meat on FRIDAYS, so it was FISH and chips day.
At one time, when I lived on a (newish) mainly army, housing estate in Oxfoedshire, we had a mobile fish and fish van, thatt came round every FRIDAY.

So we lived in a cul-de-sac, ours was one of the raods that he pulled up in, so we didn't have far ro walk.
He rang a (very loud) bell to let everyone know that he had arrived.

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G is for GYMNASTICS.

Was no good at sport as a child, had bad branchitis, (so couldn't run) plus very poor hand/eye coordination, so couldn't hit a ball with a bat.

However, I wished that I had a teacher to teach gymnastics as I was quite flexible.
When given the chance to "experiment" in the gym, at my new school, I was unable to jump high enough to get onto and horse or box, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't climb the ropes.
Balance was terrible, so couldn't walk along the beam either!


:-(

However, now I have three GRANDSONS, the younger two (aged nine and eight) go to GYMNASTICS and they are enjoying themselves.

They don't know that it was a childhood dream of mine so they are not living my dreams for me.

It is the reason that they now stay at my house most week-ends, their new gym training isclose to me and they live over 40 miles away.

So GYM makes me GLAD.


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I am managing to get out and about quite a bit these days, but the downside is that I have less time and energy to spend on GR. Will try to keep up to date thoughas much as I can.

I hope that others on here are enjoying this challenge as much as I am. It certainly makes one think.
So I am thinking about the "H".

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H as my challenge!!

Hackney, Not just where I once lived but also " A Carriage of Four Wheeled and Two Horses .

Habilable: Capaple of of being Clothed.

Hallux I rememberd this from being a Nurse "Big Toe"


"A Carriage of four wheels and two Horses came to my house just as I Habilable clothed and taken to the doctor who needed to see my Hallux". Not really but I thought it was just a piece of fun!!

Bridget



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Bridget ...
Is that Halliteration? :-D

Dear friends

Please can you have positive thoughts or prayers for my only daughter. She does not want her name put on here or the reason she is in hospital. However she will be hospitalised for a few months.

Tess

Yep! You are quite correct, well spotted.

I next......

Thinking of your daughter, Bridget. I hope that she is soon on the mend and can look back at her time in hospital as a positive experience.

My thoughts are also with her children, may they contine to feel safe and loved.
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Dear Friends

I cannot say more about my daughter but all the family are in shock. Should any one want to know more please send a private message. I do not know at the moment quite how long i will not be posting.

I know you will all understand.

Bridget