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Hi all,

Will let you know when I get round to reading the book Teresa. Stavros and his son were on the Gordon Ramsay programme last evening.

Yes the air was a little blue when I realised why my skirt and legs were wet as I got into the car, I hadn't realised the silly woman had filled the hyacinth jars to the top with water, half an inch would have done for the fete. The pink flower is coming out well and smelling nice now so I have forgiven her the blunder!

Must get ready for bed in a mo. off to meet our Marilyn this afternoon if I can get the bus, o.h. needs the car as it's raining rather hard!

love to all
Lizxxx

Hi Ann, and everyone

How lovely to see this thread still going, and growing stronger.


We got back from sis-in-law's yesterday. The weather wasn't bad up north ........... it was about -20C when we arrived, but after that day it warmed up a bit, never got below about -11C at night or above about -8C during the day. That is actually quite warm for up there! There was quite a lot of snow on the ground, although we only had a sprinkling while we were there. But of course, they are all used to snow as there is usually snow on the ground from at least early November throuhg until April.

Christmas dinner was at my niece's house ...... she and her husband have just moved back to that town when husband changed his job so he could be home every night (his previous job had him away at least 4 days a week every week), and enjoy their little one. There were 16 adults and 1 little one. Niece cooked the turkey (17 lbs), and others brought everything else. We took the Christmas pudding ...... OH cooked it then froze it until last week. People also had to take extra chairs, plates, cutlery, wineglasses etc!!! Niece had 2 large tables, and a large enough area in the dining/kitchen for them to be placed end to end so we could all sit in the same place to eat.

It was a chaotic day, but fun.


I was born in Oldham, and my brother's widow still lives in Dukinfield .......... so we have been watching the weather news with interest.

OH is from Chester ................. but is most proud of the fact that he was actually born in Wales. His mother was Welsh, and went to a nursing home in a little village just outside Chester for his birth ................. it was then in Wales, but within a couple of years the border was moved and the village is now in England. Not sure if that makes him more or less Welsh!


sylvia
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Hello Maggie, thank you for popping in. I can't seem to get to grips with Facebook although I have loads of friends on there. Don't like all the additional groups and things which I find off putting, every time I 'visit' I have loads to delete

Hello Ann and everyone else too. What a good thread this is. Some of you might know me and some might not, but I've been on here since 2003. Don't tend to get on here that often now, sorry to say that I prefer facebook. I used to be on here several times a day, but the nastiness put me off. I tend to look in once every day or two now.

Better introduce myself now! My name is Maggy (bet you'd never have guessed) and I live in Featherstone, West Yorkshire. I am 50 ish !! and have 2 grown up kids (and one hubby). My son got married last month and we had a lovely day and my daughter gets married in January 2011.

Anyone who knows me and wants to add me to their facebook friends please pm me.
Maggy xx

I never did watch the Tudors Maggie, let us know if you enjoy it.

Theresa isn't it sad how quickly they want to grow up. I think TV has a lot to answer for there. Our Granddaughter is 7 going on 17!!

Hi Glossy Ann

Good on you with starting this thread.. and I see Catie on here as well - tho she hasn't been for the last few days. She could divulge all about her trip to Germany.
I will have to go back and read the pages - Liz certainly packs a lot of lines on a page - maybe will have to recommend this thread to the reading group - either that or WW's diary.

Oh and Keith where have you disappeared to Ann wants to know what you are like... sorry I did giggle... I could send you a photo of him Ann all very dapper.

Am off to do the grocery shopping but I shall return.

Perse/Norma

Hi all......made it to my sons on Christmas Day and was joined by the rest of my family. Still lots of snow around, and was very icy, as well as patchy fog,so took it steady. Motorway very quiet thank goodness.It is nice to get back to normal for a couple of days until Friday, New Years day anyway..lol
Now going to watch The Tudors from episode one...yeah!. Present from my grandaughter...and this time I am going to try to keep up with who is who...lol
Hope you all had a safe and happy Christmas and wishing you a prosperous and healthy New Year.
Maggie x

Liz, yes, I did just what I wanted to , without upseting anyone. Will look forward to having sibs and bro-in-law here on Wednesday. Somehow there just isn't the stress that goes with trying to get all the food (and everything else) perfect on Christmas day.

Your Hyacinth may not be blue, but I bet the air was when you saw the pool in your bag.

The Stavros Flatley book sounds interesting. Let us know about it when you have had time to read it.

Caz, what a great Christmas presant. I hope that your daughter's good health continues. Must be good for her daughter too.
I know that mental health issues can be really debilitating and so difficult to explain to thoses "not in the know".

Have a good time in Solihull, you have missed The German Christmas Market in Birmingham. But lots of other things to see (besides family).

Has anyone visited Birmingham Beach in the summer? Free deckchairs but bring your own bucket and spade.

Keith, when did you find out the correct day for going to the Lakes? I hope that you hadn't already put your suitcase in the car!

Ann pleased that you had a good time in M.K. and your return journey wasn't too bad.

One of my grandsons had his sixth birthday while I was there before Christmas.
He has now told everyone "I am nearly seven" While his younger brother insists - "I'm not four, I'm five next birthday"

They seem to be in such a hurry to grow up.

I loved being six, Father Christmas used to call. It really was a time of innocence.

Hello Caz, lovely to see you on here. It is so nice to have a few threads now where we can 'call in' and chat when we feel like it. Must try to keep them going. kathleen, that will be good if you can have your own PC so that son doesn't monopolise it! So pleased you got a big hug from your daughter, I am sure it will have been worth waiting for.

Good morning to you all. The sun is shining and the frost is making everyithing look very pretty.

This is my first chance to get back on here since my last post and it has taken me a little while to read all the postings since. So lovely to see new people and lots of old friends joining in again.

Jude, good to see you - over the years we have made several attempts to be at the same meetings but so far it hasn't happened. Methinks I will have to make a trip to Wales in 2010!!! I agree that age is just a number - but lately I have begun to realise how high my number is. Just can't keep up the pace anymore - so frustrating.

Will be going to my daughter in Solihull for New Years Eve - I do hope the M40 is not too bad then but it is always pretty busy. The worst part of our journey will be the M25 - always bad, back in August when I last drove up there it took almost as long on that stretch as it did for the rest of the journey - it said "delay 25 minutes" but was more than 45 minutes.
4 sons and one d-i-law will be going - and hopefully my eldest daughter as well. Those of you who know me will perhaps remember that she has had a really bad 5 years. There is good news - in January she has her 5 year check which looks like being positive and her mental health is now good as she is back on her medication. My very best Christmas present was the big hug I got from her on Christmas day - after 4 years of her not even speaking to me. We had a lovely two days with her and my g.daughter (who is now 19) as they visited on both days.

My son-in-law gave me his old laptop which my eldest son Chris has been fiddling with so that it should now work well - he is a bit of a perfectionist and is still not satisfied that he has ironed out all the glitches but I think I can now wrest it from him and start to use it - so that when he is monopolising this computer I can still keep in touch .

Hopefully will be back before then but just in case may I wish you all
A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Love
Kathleen

Hello all, I have just been reading this thread and there are so many new people, lovely, and welcome to you all.
I have been here a few years now, my name is Carole but go under Caz, I am 65 and housebound so these boards keep me going. I live with my hubby in sheltered housing and have a Cockatiel for company. I have made a lot of good friends on here which is something I never expected when I first plucked up the courage to post.

I used to sit and read the threads wishing I could join in but not knowing how I would be accepted, no need to worry though, they are a lovely bunch of people.
The boards have changed somewhat since I joined, I remember one thread that was all jokes, I used to sit and read till I was crying with laughter, it was such a good thread. We should have another one llike that, but I am no good with jokes so won't start one lol.

Now I have seen this I will pop in again, nice to meet our new ones and hello to my old mates.

Caz xx

What are you like Keith????

Sorry got the wrong day for the lakes

Its on Sat

Morning all, well just the new year to get through !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My Grandson went back to Cheshire yesterday afternoon as he is back at work today and my daughter is going to stay with a friend till the new year, my son isn't feeling to good he has a awful cough so staying away from him.
Quite nippy here this morning but at least its dry.
Hope you all have a good day, take care,

Liz, you did well for presents didn't you and your OH came up trumps with some good pressies. I love hyacinths too. We bought some late ones in a sale so theyw ill flower in the spring all being well, they are in bowls in the conservatory. Yes thanks, the journey was not too bad, freezing fog on the way there and heavy traffic on the way back. Would not have liked to have had to go down any side roads in Buckingham on Christmas Eve, they were sheets of ice by the look of it, but main roads were fine. And, yes, glad to be home and have N Year to look forward to. Daughter and her husband are coming to us, will be strange with no Grandchildren but they all have their own things planned.

Safe travelling Keith.

Hi Jean, glad you enjoyed your C. dinner etc

Had a lovely present as you know, my Rose picture,(thanks again) it's stood all the time across the room from me so I can see it, and next to it some roses from my son, his card which had roses on as well and a pink hyacinth in one of those glass jars. It's starting to flower so room should smell lovely later on. I got the hyacinth in it's jar from a fete a few weeks ago, like a dope I stood it in my bag to bring home, knowing there was water in it, don't know why but the woman who made them to sell had filled them to the brim and I didn't notice so everything in my bag got soaked, credit cards, paperwork, everything, I did swear! And it said blue on the label, and she told me it was blue, it was the last one but it's definitely pink! I don't mind what colour they are, I love them. It will go in one of the tubs outside with all the others after it's flowered.

I got a book written by Norfolk people about Norwich and a cd to go with it which will be a laugh with the accent lol and also the soldiers cd, and the Stavros Flatley How to be a little bit Greek book from my son, as well as the roses, and K got me a big box of Thorntons chocs, a Victorian style photo album, for my old family photos that I am getting more and more of from my cousin, as well as money towards some boots (am hoping the ones I like are reduced so will go shopping soon) as well as a box of notelet cards that I had shown him in a shop (as I had the album lol) He also got me Susan Boyle's cd and the Will Young hits cd, the latter was without me hinting!!! He got me one of those fleecy blankets with the sleeves in from our local shop, I had hinted about that so he got it on behalf of his son, who has to pay him when he gets back from Angola. Only started getting gifts from him the last three Christmases. O.h's Dad and stepmum sent me four flowery shower creme tubes (from M & S) there's rose, lavender, iris and magnolia so it was a very flowery Christmas - lovely!

Hope you got lots of nice things too.

Teresa, sounds as tho you had a nice time doing just as you pleased, what a lovely thought that is!

Ann, glad you enjoyed the trip and it wasn't too bad a journey, nice to get home for some peace eh?

I am quite glad it's all over tho, just have to write some Happy New Year notelets to those I missed doing cards for, if I can find the address list!

take care all

Lizxxx

Hope theres no snow
i will have to see in the morning

Hi FatherHoff,
say Hello to keswick for me. will you be eating any biscuits from Carlisle? Or Kendal Mint Cake?

I remember going to the Lake District for Easter in 1971. It was warm and sunny for the time of year, but there was still snow at the top of the higher hills. Beautiful.

Hi all good to see this thread going well
Keep it up all

anyway i may pop up to the lakes fro the day tomorrow So watch out if you live there