General Chat

Hallooo,

Firstly happy Ruby Anniversary to Aunties friends and to Lesley's MOG :-D :-D :-D :-D

I'm very hot but I do not seem to suffer as my fellow toilers do. I have been hot on and orff for such a long time with the M word that it seems second nature now ;-)

Ah the road Lesley, I think ECC have some excess money. Last Sunday when it was 28 degrees the road off the A12 heading towards the Station there were workmen laying gravel and......tarmac :-S :-S :-S :-S The cars were tracking towards the A12 and I waited 40 minutes trying to get to paid toil. Then blow me down they have started on the road to yours now!!!!! My poor car must be stone chipped by now. I could have done with baby Es paddling pool to cool my feet by the end of it.

FTE used to like paddling her toes on the beach at Frinton when a baby :-)

Where is this craft shop. If the road continues to be dug up I could nip in when I'm waiting in the car.

Susan our garden looks a little crispy round the edges. A nice shade of brown seems to be the colour of the grass. It was a boiling hot day when we married. Very much as it is here at the moment. :-D

Auntie dear make sure Wills has the helicopter at the ready for your dash to where the new Royal baby is born. Now is it to be born in the horspiddle or at its future Grandmamas ;-)

Orff now to await the coach from France delivering FTY

Teresa

Teresa the rumour is the tearooms and craft centre are to go into a pub/restaurant that closed recently :-( as you are heading to paid toil look to your left if/when you ever get held up at the traffic lights as you enter my village you should see it :-)

Has FTY been on a Parents Get Lost holiday in France?

Auntie Petunia my very best wishes are being sent to your friend on their ruby wedding anniversary also to Teresa and Mr Teresa I hope you have a wonderful day. <3 <3 <3

Happy Sunday Susan x

Good afternoon Ladies,

What a lovely time we have had so far, we have been up and down the Eiffel Tower, another boat trip along the Seinne too.

We have shopped, prayed and taken in some culture in the Louvre. We are plum tuckered out.

We are being taken out for a treat tonight by Georgianna, courtesy of Mr Georgianna who booked the tickets for us in London. Apparently we are to visit the Red Windmill in the heart of Paree. We cannot wait.......................I shall report back tomorrow, and let you know how educational it was.

Dressing as only I know how.....................

Auntie Petunia

Morning Ladies,

Thank you Lesley for your Sunday wishes :-).

Since Friday, Wellington and the top of the South Island have been bombarded by earthquakes...... :-D. Friday morning was 5.7, last night there was a 6.2, there are continuing after shocks, scaring the living daylights out of the people in the affected areas. I have a sister and her family in Wellington. They are ok, a few things have fallen over in the quakes but no damage thankfully. My Mama and Papa were leaving Wellington last Friday and felt the first big quake... I hope things settle down very quickly. The central city is closed this morning for safety checks on buildings etc... Freaky stuff..
We didn't feel any shakes but one was registered in our district !!.

Petunia, how was your evening out?. To your liking I trust ;-).

Happy Birthday to Mr Lesley, tis the 22nd here. Monday which means off to work I go... hey ho hey ho :-P.

Have a pleasant evening.

Firstly, happy birthday to Mr Lesley, many happy returns dear.

Well yesterday was the Tour de France finale, and of course our chap won. What a spectacular summer we have had so far in the sports stakes.

Our lads knocking the willow are going great guns too. How wonderful to have winners for a change.

Well, now let me tell you about the Red Windmill! As you know Mr Georgianna booked the tickets for us, and got us a table right next to the stage. It was very small and dark in there, and to be honest reminded me of The Good Old Days with Leonard Sachs as Master of Ceremonies. There was indeed a man with a top hat introducing the Terns.

When all of a sudden a troupe of Can Can gels rushed onto the stage. Whooping and screaming and swishing their skirts up and down. Oh dear, as you know I am teetotal, but the others had a little tipple or two, and were quite merry. Suddenly Beatrice sprang from her seat, and jumped onto the stage, and began to kick her legs up and lift her skirts. She then turned and lifted her skirt at the back, and showed her btm!!!! Her directoire knickers for all to see. I could have shrivelled up and died.

The audience far from booing her off, encouraged her, and she took centre stage. Let us say it was car crash viewing. Eventually she collapsed into a heap in the middle of the stage. She was carted off.

Next came the show girls. All feathers and no vest!!!! Whatever next? My head was aching by this time.

Clever old Mr Georgianna eh? He would never have got to go if he had told us it was The Moulin Rouge. How naïve were we?

Back to the George Sank dears, and we will be heading out for the last time tonight. We are going to the top of the Arc de Triomphe to look at the city twinkling below us.

Tomorrow..............................off to visit George and Francine and dear little Valentine. We will set off early and be there by dinner time.

Pip Pip
Auntie Petunia

Cooeeeeee,

Auntie, Auntieeeee, are you there, are yu inside or outside the horspiddle and have you any info on a name yet.????????

We were there but were travling home on a very hot tube after seeing the wonderful exhibition of Mr D Bowie at the V&A. FTY was dragged er I mean encouraged to see and read everything but after a couple of hours was getting hungry. I tutted a lot and said that when I was ready I would leave. OH was also a little hungry but did not moan, as if anyone would dare!!!

MY dear OH and I went to the wedding in London on the Thames on Saturday and stayed my dears at the Athenaeum Hotel in Mayfare we had an upgrade on the upgrade and had an apartment. It was lovely. When I am rich and famous I will stay there more often :-D I did pass Penhaligons Auntie and am sending cyber lavender water to one and all. We wander to the Palace but although the Worlds press was there no activity took place. I did hope that the baby would arrive on our anniversary and that of the Ruby wedding couple but never mind. Mr Lesley now share his birthday with the Royal Prince instead :-D :-D :-D

Susan, I do hope all is well in Wellington and your Family are ok. FTE visited Wellington and it was one of her favourite places.

FTE succumbed to the nasty virus of D&V she was looked after very well and her room was high cleaned and she was in quarantine but is much better now.

Lesley, that's a bit of interesting news about the tea rooms/craft place. There is parking etc which is good. Many years ago they did a good roast when it was a pub.

Orff now to get out in the sunshine :-D OOH just seen Carole and Mike nipping in to see the baby :-D :-D :-D :-D


Teresa

Good evening dear Ladies, we are wending our way along a narrow street in a very pretty town in the south of France. I can see the Boulangerie in front of us, and I can see Francine's parents sitting outside, sipping on the old vino...................

Susan, I think our threads may have crossed dear. I do hope you and yours are safe and well with the thunderings in your islands. We had a tremor here last year, but nothing compared to yours. There is something weird happening in your corner of the globe dear, typhoons, tsunamis, and earthquakes. There must be a fault-line somewhere.

Teresa dear, how lovely to stay in that Hotel. I have had tea there a few times. Nice carpets and furnishings dear. I also told anyone who would listen it was your anniversary dear, and they sent their good wishes.

I do hope your dear gel is better. Very messy having an upset tummy!

Did you pass by Motie Towers dear. I know you missed your opportunity to meet me dear, but Pat-trish-aaaaah and Mrs Berry would have given you a warm welcome. I trust Pat-trish-aaaaah has been shaving whilst I have been away, that would scare the horses should she not.

But back to the plot...............................we are being beckoned into the shop, and apparently there is an annexe for us to stay in. How rustic it looks! I do hope it does not leak water, or catch fire.

They are very welcoming however, and have given us an hour to collect ourselves and wash and brush up, then it is dinner time. We have not seen dear little Valentine yet, he has been put to bed, but we can peep in on him later. There is so much catching up to do.

Beatrice is surprisingly quiet after her disgrace last night! No doubt a little chardonnay will loosen her tongue again. We will water it down after the second glass. The gendarmerie are a little too vigorous here, and we would !]

The sun is going down over the hills dears, and we will be sitting outside in the enclosed courtyard eating.

What a lovely world this is.

Getting soppy in my old age!
Auntie Petunia

Good Evening Ladies.

Susan I do hope things are getting back to normal in Wellington, what a relief there were no reported serious injuries.

Wow it sounds as though you had a fantastic weekend Teresa ..................... will you still speak to us when you are rich and famous:-D I sincerely hope FTE is much better <3

Yesterday we had E's three month check at GOSH, all went well and we don't have to go back until December :-D

Ooh La La Auntie Petunia it sounds as though you are C'est de la balle................
................... I hope that translates to having having a ball :-D

Lesley x

Good evening ladies,

You have been a busy bee Teresa. How nice to get an upgrade upgrade.... What a nice treat for you both. Tell me, did you throw all the 'toiletries' in your case?. I know of a relative that used to take all the sachets of tea, coffee etc :-(... What I was supposed to do with them all I don't know... Hope the bride enjoyed her special day. Nothing quite like a wedding,

unless of course you are in France going to risqué shows :-D.. have your sensibilities been offended Auntie? and are they over it now ;-)..

Glad little E is doing well Lesley :-). I wonder how many times a night dear Kate is having to get up to her wee man??. I did pick the Louis but feel George is rather a 'big' name for a baby. No doubt we will get used to it.

Fruit and I took the pup for a walk this afternoon along our new route, blow me down, three large lab type dogs behind a fence, ran up the length of their section barking menacingly at our pup. Our pup was less than impressed. I did speak to the owner and ask if his dogs could get out, he assured me no :-D..

We are off out to dinner at friends on Saturday evening, we ladies are sharing the cooking of a belated mid winter Christmas dinner.... YUM !!. Turkey, my favourite :-). I can taste it already.. We are to be five couples for dinner. Good food, good wine and lots of laughter, just the ticket :-)

Toodle

Why Petunia,

you have changed - again :-)

:-D There you all are :-D :-D :-D :-D

When I am rich and famous Lesley we shall all have tea at the lovely hotel ;-) ;-)

Susan, your poor pup, I think he has a dog radar for all the undesirables about. I am like that with cats, I am severely allergic to them and their allergens but as soon as I'm out and about they make a bee line for me :-S

FTY is out today, tis a birthday outing to a paintballing thingy. Keeps him off the devils x box though :-D

Auntie dear, are you in Mr Ts tardis, I am sure it was you I saw with the popular press perched on a lamp post trying to see Prince George of Cambridge ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)
The new outfit is....er.....nice. I do feel perhaps Mr Gok may be able to help you with a new style however.

Yours dashing orff to catch the rays

Teresa

~~~~~~~~~~~ to Cherry if she is looking in :-D

Peers into looking glass with distain, wipes perspiration from brow, and flour from nose!!!!

Hello dears, I hope dear Susan is well after her tremors, and that Teresa and Lesley are keeping the East Coast county under orders.

Oh dear, what a week we have had....................remember I said that as we arrived that Francine and her family, apart from dear little Valentine, were setting out the evening meal for us? And very nice it was too.

Unfortunately they had eaten at lunchtime too, and apparently had a dodgy whelk, or some such shellfish. Hence they all had food poisoning [or should I say poisoning? Titters] for four days.

I must say that running a boulangerie is not as easy as we thought. All that mixing, pummelling, and stretching of the dough is like doing a work out with that naice Ms Fonda. Jolly hard work, and going for the burn.

Talking of burns, all four of us genteel ladies have managed to burn our arms putting the bread into the gigantic ovens. All that heat and steam. Our hair has suffered from fatigue as well as our arms.

We take it in turns to look after Valentine, and as he is now toddling, we are running ourselves ragged.

If this is what dear Mrs Berry and her daughter Holly have to put up with everyday, perhaps I should pay them more than the minimum wage..................

As you know, the French do like to purchase their bread fresh, and visit the shop at least twice a day, which means that we are constantly standing in pools of water! I did not know that the body could dispose of Evi@n at such a rate.

Waving an oven glove in your direction...................

Auntie Petunia

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D Auntie, are you doing paid toil dear?????? :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D


I would help dear Auntie but you know how I do so hate cooking. I am used to the heat what with the M word and working in very warm conditions on a daily basis.

Now as for dear little Valentine you do not need to run yourself ragged. Do what any good mama does. Find the dear little chap a comfy chair within your line of site and tune in to the French equivalent of CBBCs :-D I'm sure that Bob the Builder, the Tweenies and Telly Tubbies have all been dubbed into French. This will keep him amused for hours and you can keep to your daily toil. A couple of bread rolls will keep him from chewing on things and fill him so full of carbs he will sleep all afternoon ;-)


Tuttty tut tut, I do feel Mrs Berry and Holly need more than the minimum wage. £10 is usually the hourly rate ;-)


Your diving for cover


Teresa

Morning Ladies,

I have woken to a gloriously beautiful morning - white as white with frost :-D... thank heavens I don't have dentures ;-).. The birds are currently happily feasting on the remains of my breakfast.

Petunia, what an experience for you, baking the bread not just eating the bread, I shall think of you as Henny Penny, there is a children's story I remember, everyone wanted to eat the bread, no one wanted to help make the bread... I trust you are recovered from your efforts?. I must say, there is nothing quite so nice as the aroma of freshly baked bread :-).
Not so much of a holiday for you all, you are living the life of a woofer :-D... no, not a canine :-\.

A 5.4 quake this morning at 1.05 am, 12 km's deep hit the central North Island... We are too north to feel any of the quakes so far. Very unnerving for the people in the affected area. :-(.

I am not sure where my morning has gone, I am sure my clock is on fast forward some mornings... I had best get my skates on and rattle my dags ;-) ;-).

Toodle pip

Hello to those that are to hot and those that are to cold.

Oh dear Susan more quakes:-( you must get far more than we hear of :-S

Auntie I can only give you a tiny piece of advice.................................................... ........................................................................................................................ be afraid very afraid ..................................................................... of the wasps:-D

Teresa I hope your return to paid toil wasn't to painful or to hot :-D

Frost Susan? I hope you have your thermals at the ready ;-)

Paid toil is very warm Lesley, Its the situation of the building I think with very little airflow. We have loads of fans for everyone who resides with us :-D

What has happened to the roads between my house and Sainsburys? There is nothing but gravel towards your end. The car is covered in stone chips :-( OH is busy polishing them out on a weekly basis. It was hard the other evening driving home in the rain, no cats eyes or white lines to be seen anywhere!

Hope all is well with baby E, It is a bit cooler for the little ones now which is good. Some can get very fretful in the heat.

I have a new phone, I'm the proud owner on an I phone. OH FTY and FTE said it was a better option. I can get free Viber to text FTE which is free with wifi. I haven't a clue how to use it and am awaiting instruction from FTY once it is charged :-D

My dear old Blueberry with be popped in to the draw with all the other old mobiles, you never know they may be collectors items in years to come.

Teresa :-D

Auntieeeeee, are you there or been driven to the brink of chewing off your nails with the teletubbies who seem to be on a loop. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Smooths down dress, pushes hair delicately over ear, and composes one's self.

Good evening dears, I am pleased to report that everything is now back to normal, Francine and her family are now back in charge of the shop and the baking, and George is ferrying us, and dear little Valentine around the valley and showing us the sights, in the manner in which we are all accustomed.

Susan dear, you must count your lucky stars dear, there is definitely something afoot in your corner of the world. All those shudders, big waves, and fires. Not to mention the humungous spiders....................... But I am pleased that you and yours have not been affected.

Teresa and Lesley, I am fascinated by your accounts of living in the wilds of the country, all those unmade roads, it reminds me of being here! I shall ignore your humourous comments Teresa dear, I know you mean well, and there is no need to dive for cover.....................my aim if better when you are standing!

Lesley I do hope little E is well, and the visits to the Peter Pan hospital are proving beneficial. She must be blooming in this warm weather. Little chubby legs with a hint of colour from the sun are almost edible!

I am totally lost with this talk of mobiles dears, I have my windup Bloooooberry, and it suits me very well. The hamster in the wheel does the recharging most nights, but when it sleeps, we take turns to crank the handle.

Telletubbies dear, is that the ones in brightly coloured suits, who talk rubbish? If so, then yes, we have watched it in French. Unlike the Magic Roundabout that WAS French, and then translated into English by dear Emma's Papa.

We are heading back to town now dears, we have had our fill of Chateaus, wineries, and vinyards today. Beatrice has let herself down again........................

I am VERY disappointed.
Auntie Petunia

oooh dear, what has Bea done now Auntie ?????

Dear Emma's Papa, was his name Eric? I did so love the Magic Roundabout when I was a small Fruit :-D What it was about? I am still trying to work out. I also liked playschool and in later years Tizwas. I was never a fan of Miss Rosalyn and Romper room. She never called out my Sister and I when she was doing a role call of names at the end. I also was not a fan of Swapshop. We louvvvved Tizwas. Mama did not :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D


Sorry I was lost in youth there for a moment.

I was on some more unmade roads today across the boarder to Suffolk, not far from where we live. FTY and I have been doing the Aunt/Uncle/Great Aunt/Great Uncle visits for the last couple of days. We have been a very good Niece and great Nephew. FTY has been fed two hourly so is a happy Fruit. FTY has hollow legs and is growing upward and not outwards. Mrs Berrie may like to sling some grub down the cyber hatch to supplement our food stocks :-)

Auntie dear, you may like to get your hunters on. There are some very lagre puddles about which may be heading your way.

Orff now for feeding time.

Teresa

oooh dear, what has Bea done now Auntie ?????

Dear Emma's Papa, was his name Eric? I did so love the Magic Roundabout when I was a small Fruit :-D What it was about? I am still trying to work out. I also liked playschool and in later years Tizwas. I was never a fan of Miss Rosalyn and Romper room. She never called out my Sister and I when she was doing a role call of names at the end. I also was not a fan of Swapshop. We louvvvved Tizwas. Mama did not :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D


Sorry I was lost in youth there for a moment.

I was on some more unmade roads today across the boarder to Suffolk, not far from where we live. FTY and I have been doing the Aunt/Uncle/Great Aunt/Great Uncle visits for the last couple of days. We have been a very good Niece and great Nephew. FTY has been fed two hourly so is a happy Fruit. FTY has hollow legs and is growing upward and not outwards. Mrs Berrie may like to sling some grub down the cyber hatch to supplement our food stocks :-)

Auntie dear, you may like to get your hunters on. There are some very large puddles about which may be heading your way.

Orff now for feeding time.

Teresa