General Chat

11.24am

Everything will be fine Mel, don't you worry.

Was up at 5.10am this morning. Ros said I had a terrible night. thrasting arma and legs around. She hardly sleept.

Haven't looked at lizard yet Jane. I'll see what I think. We had great crested newts at Gayton. in the tiny front pond.

Afternoon All,

Good luck with your x-ray and the results Mel. Hope all is well.

Jane, might it be a smooth newt? They have orange spotted tummies too. We had a pond full at my previous house and there were quite a few here till OH re-housed them in the summer. They hibernate in the winter........are you sure it is dead? lol

What a cheek as you say Liz. Sounds like they are trying to save themselves cost by you providing them with official paperwork about the boundary that you have had to pay your solicitor to obtain. Good for your solicitor giving them short shrift. lol

You must be worn out after all that thrashing around in the night Frank. Were you dreaming.........running away from a bull or something. OH thrashes around when he has dreams about being chased, has been known to jump out of bed!!

OH will be back soon.....better get ready to do the jobs!!

Afternoon all,

Been sunny here but now we have some really black clouds about .

Mel, hope you get on ok this afternoon ,i'am sure it will be fine .

Jane, i don't like Lizards, i hope you put it in the outside bin and not your kitchen bin , if it has gone into hibernation it might wake up with the warmth of being indoors !!!

Pouring with rain now !!!

Whoops !! nearly forgot the time 1.46pm

13.50pm

My print has trebled in size, don't know why. but does seem strange.

Jane I think that looks like a common newt. Great crested has what it says.!!!

Liz, I can see I will have to get the LADS together and come and do some sorting out !!!!

Ann, I feel like a wet week. and my right side is aching like mad. Ros has gone off to the shops, and to visit a friend who is off work today with a sore throat. Hope she don't bring it back here.!!!

Making a Lasagne for tea tonight. Haven't had one for a long time. Garlic bread sounds good with it. Must ring Ros to bring in a French Stick.

A Beautiful day but cold very sunny .The dogs enjoyed the walk.
Hope I am on right page for today. Good luck with xray Mel!!!

Nigels gone out of the jungle .Not my hero anymore but in a way cannot blame him.

I wish Frank!! Sorry to hear you don't feel too bright, hope it doesn't last. I liked the uploads, thanks, Ticket Collector! Why didn't I think of that!!! Must take Millie!

So I only have a Common Newt or Smooth one eh! I thought it might have been a Posh one lolol.I do hope it was dead though as the bin is going out tonight !!!!.I nearly stepped on it as it was literally right outside my back door.
I won't be around much more today as our friends will be he soon .

I am waiting for a call from the vet as Chester is having a lot of bother with his legs today and I can't give him his usual medicine as he is on the steroid tabs.The vet is going to let me know if he has another kind of painkiller I can give,and if so I will have to in and pick it up.
Thank heavens for having the car.I remember poor Dad having to get the bus each time with the cats,and them yowling their head off all the way there and all the way back again.Dad looked a right wreck by the time they got home lol

Just heard from friends.They are on the M1 and will another hour.

18.50pm

Evening one and all,

Jane hope your evening goes off well tonight. What did you expect an emperor Lizard !!!! Only the best for you eh. LOL

How did we do then Mel, Everything O.K. ???

Just had my Lasagne, Salad and Garlic bread. SMASHING !!!! enough for tomorrow, if we fancy it. Cling filmed it up and put in the fridge. Will have to see.

I have sat and written all MY christmas cards today. Ros has just about finished the rest. All christmas presents now bought. so we can relax, I bet you all have it to do. !!!

19.24pm

You are sooo right Frank, still all to do!! We don't have many pressies to get, mostly vouchers and the children in the family are all grown up now. I must get down to doing the cards though. Glad you have been taking it a bit easier today, hope it helps the aches. Thanks for the chuckle at your e-mails. Imagine having the nerve to install that ticket machine and keep going back to collect from it for all those years!!

We got the towel rail in the kitchen re-fixed and and the bathroom door now has a handle that doesn't fall off!! We thought we'd have to get a new one as a circlip was broken. I got some special pliers off the internet for about £3, OH got a good circlip off one of the old handles and hey presto, mended at a fraction of the price of a new handle.

OH has gone off to his first school governors meeting. He seems to have lost some enthusiasm.........could it be that there was a footie match he wanted to go to tonight??

Yes, how are things Mel?

Watching a bit of tele now.........may BBL

7.23pm

My word Frank you are organised ,i might get my cards done this weekend ,and wrap a few pressies .

The christmas tree has gone up in the town and the light's are being turned on this weekend ,we might go up and have a look if its not to snowy !!!!!

Where's Mel ,i hope she got on ok .

We've had some really heavy showers this evening .

7.50pm

Frank finished most of my cards today to, I've only got to do the close relatives cards , I write them out and then put a christmas photo of Sofia in, making sure I get my oversea's ones done . I have 6 cards to go to America, 1 to go to Italy. usually post them sometimes during the first or second week in December.
cost a fortune these days for stamps too, need to go to the post office and collect a few at regular intervals and then it's not a big amount of money all at once. I hate it when you have to stand in long queues because everyone seems to be posting there cards all at once.

Mel how did it go this afternoon was it ok!!

evening all---xxxx
Just Tea break--house still a tip --but getting there -----
Mel hope all went well to-day lol
Sheila how's jessica doing following Dr order's??

Poor Frank you do have a bad time don't you ??? tell the truth you were
looking for that ''REMOTE'' Again ha ha xxxxxx funny emails lol

I' will have to make a dash at end of month for Xmas gift's haven't had much time---Should have had Mandy make me a cake--just a bit to far to send----

Just came to mind---when kid's there was a woman made her living by
''CHAPPING-UP- FOLK'S ---Or Knocking -up-((((no-get your -mind-out-the-gutter) ha ha ????

8.21pm

Thats a new one on me SHIRL, What does that mean. I'll give you looking for the "REMOTE" cheeky devil !!!!

Wish I had thought of that ticket machine idea, could be a millionaire by now.

Getting the christmas tree in with all the box's of decorations for the tree and lights for tree and outside windows. They all come in from the garage 1st week in December. Ros moves furniture around to clear "HER" corner for the tree. We have had it for years. It all clips in to the TRUNK the branches go into slots to make the shape. cost over £100.00 20 years ago. but worth every penny £5.00 a year and still going strong. I bet it will see me out !!!! I think Ros has five sets of lights to go on it. The decorations,we have collected over the years. Some were her Mothers. and the Fairy she says is over 60 years old. Put a twig up my ar## and I could go up there out of the way.!!!!!

I was wondering today why so many of my socks have holes in the toes......I look like Steptoe or the tramp in Bootsie and Snudge!! I think I know why now. OH wears black socks too??? He always puts the socks away after they are washed and I bet he's been wearing some of mine. It always seems to be just me that needs new socks............no wonder with his big toes poking holes in them!! lol, lol

Will say night night now, watching the jungle again .

Night Mandy
Night All
XXXXXXX

Just popping in quickly before I fall into bed.Had a lovely evening with our friends ..............I'm going to be a surrogate Grandma!!!!!!!! in July.Saw the 10 week scan picture,just a little blob ,bless!
I picked up Chesters new pain killers earlier,and I think he looking a bit spaced out now lol
Catch up again tomorrow...Yes where is Mel ? Hope the X Ray went ok this afternoon.
Night Night xx

Morning All
I have just had a right laugh here reading the posts from last night.What with Ann and her holey socks and Frank in his place on the top of the Xmas tree.......Ouch!!!
Chris is having a bit of a lie in and Chester has got back in his bed ,so I am sat here with my first cup of tea .I was watching the squirrel hanging upside down on the Lilac tree with it's paw stuck down the inside of the bird feeder pulling out the seeds!!! I shall have to try and think of somewhere else to hang it.

I hope Mel is alright after her trip yesterday. Coooee MEL!!!!!!!!!

A very frosty morning here. 8,31

When I'm calling you ooo ooo.

Yes I am here and everything went ok yesterday except they had the road closed to the hospital in Bideford. Had a job to find it had to go back to Meddon St. and turn up it and take a small side road only big enough for one car at a time and then turn right again and right again. Told them there were no Diversion signs but two up the street and they said the works people were supposed to put some up.

When I got there I only had to wait a minuet and a lady called me in. I had to strp to the waist and put one of those awful gowns on. She put me against the machine and told me how to stand with my chin on a thingy and my elbows pressed forward. Then she said take a deep breath and hold it, and that was it. I was getting dressed in the changing room and heard OH ask if there was a Melanie in here. Then off we went! It took longer for us to walk to where he had parked the car than the actual xray toook to take!!!

Then when we got back we had a visitor but on turning into our crossroad there was this huge artic lorry trying to turn round driven by a girl. OH said I hope she was'nt the delivery driver for the light we ordered. She was as it was on the doorstep when we got back!!!! There was no way she was going to get that huge lorry round our crossroad in one go, she must have had to do about a hundred shunts to get it round the corner as the only way she would have got it through was to go back through Black Torrington to the main road.

After all that we cleared out the study for OH to start in there so I did'nt have time to come and look at your posts.

Anyway I shall not know the results till Friday......................

House in even more of a mess today but I did throw away a lot of clothes out of the wardrobe in the study. They would never had fitted me now!!! Mostly size 10s and 12s.

OH is trying to fit a light at the moment and keeps turning the leccy off so I am plunged into darkness as it's dull and raining today.

Oh forgot the time!!

9.28am.