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no not you Pat rish aaaaah - I was just explaining to Susan-nz .... oh why do I bother?? :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Susan they are all singers who I grew up listening to, on Two Way (and sometimes Three Way) Family Favourites, who played records on behalf of all the BFPO employees and their families.

I also remember Joan Regan. And more. Sigh.

We woke to rain first thing this morning, followed by the arrival of a bitter cold East Wind. When I saw the rain I cheered from the rooftops, did you hear me? Its washed all the snow and ice away, and a dry cold wind is better than snow and ice. Mind you - it cut through my coat when I went outside to wipe the window and door sills and the patio furniture. We are promised an Eastern blast very soon, coming down from Siberia I think, so I wont be putting my winter warmers away just yet.

Dogs understand quite a wide range of vocabulary, dont they. Especially WALKIES, CHOCOLATE, DINNER, GARDEN, CATS, BATH ......... I had to spell some words out, in front of the dog.

Cats also understand a lot of our words. They just choose to ignore us.

Staff Christmas do?? I will be over in a jiffy - I can carry your handbag!! :-D :-D

CC

Henry 8th had a few Fitz's, Teresa, but of course he didnt have much success producing legit offspring, probably because Katharine of Aragon had a nasty infection (allegedly) causing many miscarriages and resulting in just Mary Tudor; and because after Elizabeth Tudor was born, the shock of seeing Henry entwined with Jane Seymour (his third wife) caused Anne Boleyn to have a miscarriage, and its said she lost a son. Naturally, this was not Henry's fault. As we all know, not long after that a lot of trumped up charges were brought against Anne, leading to her execution on Tower Green.

It didnt help the Tudor dynasty's chances of survival that many of their closest relatives were executed, as these people thought they too had a claim to the throne of England, and the monarchs felt very insecure. As a result, by the time Elizabeth Tudor died, there were no suitable legitimate English Protestant claimants to the throne left alive, and the closest was Elizabeth's distant cousin James 6th of Scotland/1st of England, the only son of Mary Queen of Scots.

I think Elizabeth Tudor and Mary Stuart were second cousins once removed. Mary was the granddaughter of Margaret Tudor, Henry 8ths sister who'd been married off to James 4th of Scotland .... I think ..... wasnt it James 5th married to Mary of Guise who were Mary Stuarts parents? Or have I missed a generation?

CC

Cor blimey,

Who the heck are Dickey, Malcolm, Edmund and Donald?..... Sorry Ladies, but I is showing me yoof :-D.

I caught a bit on the tv news about our driving dog. Must say, I always knew dogs were intelligent ;-). Why my own grand puppy has quite an extensive repetoire of words she understands, honest, she does. Mention 'shower' and she gives you the evils :-D. I am 100% convinced a way to a dogs heart is through its stomach
;-), our puppy had a carrott, some frozen blueberries and some orange pieces of me this morning, we were out of apples :-D.

CC, I discreetly :-S asked my fruit if she was going to get me the CD I am drooling over, "yes" she said and would I like it before Christmas..... "no" I said - a half truth indeed.......

Oooh, Oh has just walked in the door and I haven't even started our dinner, must dash, have a safe and happy weekend. We are off out of town for the night tomorrow, staff Christmas 'do' :-).

Toodle pip,

Susan :-)

I like Catherine as well, she is very ladylike. I have doodled and their is no extended family tree on the Middleton side however...... There is an implication that the Middletons are descended from Elizabeth Knowles who is a relative of Ann Boleyn I think and it's said that ELizabeth may have been Henry's offspring :-S. I think that is what it said :-)

Mind you I bet there are many many descendants of Henry the 8th, some who know and many who don't :-D

The mind boggles about the chicken additives :-0

Teresa

I couldnt possibly repeat what I was told, Teresa, but I was quaite disgusted. Apparently the victim ate the chicken, with the "additive", and all the firemen thought it was funny because they didnt like him.

I thought Anne Boleyn was a commoner, although she had a bit of royal blood in her veins because she and Henry 8th shared a common ancestor, an earlier king. Angus Ogilvy is classed as a commoner because he's a younger son so there was no title for him to inherit. Well, I like Catherine of Cambridge. She conducts herself impeccably. Perhaps if we wait long enough, an amateur genealogist will discover that Catherine is descended from one of the Fitz's of that King Edward wot spread his favours around very generously.

CC

Hallo Cherry dear, I too got a little frozen today out on errands. The warmest I got was when my dear Sisters two very large and soppy Alsatians came to lol all over me :-D
I'm very interested to know what happened to the fireman and the chicken ;-)q

I do not knit but can cross stitch so I can fashion a sampler :-D. I was just reading this new Royal baby Fruit will be born of a real commoner :-S Kate is the first Queen to be, in 1000 years, to have no royal blood running through her veins. I thought there was a link. I'm just orffff to doodle. Back later


Teresa :-D

Susan I am just watching Monti the dog who can drive a car in NZ it's on the BBC news. Ah bless them all at the rescue centre :-D. I doodled the Buzzy Bees, they look very sweet. I'm sure baby Wales will have one as a gift :-D
When FTY was a baby it was all Bob The Builder and when he was a toddler all he wanted was to listen and learn off by heart was Hairy McClarey from Donnaldsons Dairy. Hairy and his pals come from your part of the world as well
:-D :-D :-D

Teresa

oh my goodness Susan this is the first I've heard of the tornado and I am so sorry to learn of the loss of life and damage to property. At the same time, I am very relieved to know that you and your family are safe. Yes you are quite right, to lose loved ones so close to Christmas is very cruel, although its bad enough at any time of the year.

If this is of any help - I have bought myself the new Rod Stewart Christmas CD. It is a pleasure to listen to. Rod performed one of the songs from this album on the Royal Variety Show.

Yes our media are making much of the DJ stunt that got a poor nurse giving out confidential patient information. I bet she's been hauled over the coals. And, dare I say it - the Queen is not amused.

CC

Ohhhhh Lesley I could have done with your team of huskies yesterday morning. There are little patches of white ice everywhere, and some black ice too. I went out this afternoon to do the banking and it was one slightly warm old lady who left the house, and one Ice Queen who entered the bank. I stood in the queue and by the time I had thawed out, it was time to pound the cold icy pavement again.

I am pleased to see you are still knitting away. The orange sparks off your needles light up the evening beautifully, and I may turn the lights off. May I please suggest you knit outfits in red white and blue, because there is the possibility that Catherine may be expecting twins. If this is indeed the case, the First Child Out will be the heir to the throne, and the second child can live a Prince Harry lifestyle. What larks! No doubt a life of picnics galore with lashings of ginger beer.

Now, do not encourage Teresa to lose her rope. It was bad enough when she lost her marbles and went on to lose her cool.

CC

Petunia dear I am NOT moaning, about anything. I am simply making comments and observations. As do you.

No I dont listen to Dickie Valentine or Malcolm Roberts any more, Or Edmund Hockridge, or Donald Peers because he needs glasses. But I have found something to tear me away from the Phantom. It's called Robert & Elizabeth. Now all I need, is something to tear me away from Robert & Elizabeth.
*trills* no one gets in the family way, in the family Moulton Barrett.

*boxes up CD collection to hide in a safe place*

CC

brrrrrrrrrr *shivers* not only am I wearing the thermal lined bin bag outfit, Teresa, I am also wearing a Onesie underneath it (suitably snipped for ventilation and "personal visits").

At any rate, Petunia wont notice what I am wearing, she has been impervious to everything these last few days except practising her scales and arias. Between you and me, she doesnt seem to care that I am either roasting my legs if I sit too close to the fire, or freezing my toes off if I move away from the warmth.

Even Pat rish aaaaah has shown me some sneaking sympathy, which is remarkable given how that gel seems to detest me for some strange reason. Anyone would think I had displaced her, in her grandmother's affections. *sniffs* Hell will freeze over first.

Oh - hell has frozen over, I just looked out of the window.

Never mind I expect that FTY will "grow into" books, just like he had to grow into his school uniform. MFH tells me that the new intake each September still turn up wearing uniform clothing that they will grow into. Eventually. In a way, it is reassuring to know that some things do not change.

I dont know if Poison is still available but I do remember seeing it for sale, back in the day. You could google to see if its still being made.

Oh dear - now its two of you who are obsessed with Firemen. It must be the hoses.

When I was Sweet Sixteen, I was working in a shoe shop as a Saturday Girl, which also employed a girl from my school class. She used to hang out of the upstairs window, gazing at the firemen as the station backed onto the shop. One of the firemen waited outside the shop one day and as the girl left, he chatted her up and they started dating. She repeated a story one day which I cannot possibly repeat here, but it involved a chicken and a colleague who was disliked by all the firemen who worked with him. ;-) ;-) :-D :-D

CC

Good morning all.................

Thank you Teresa dear, I shall get Mrs Berry to take a look at the pudding mixes.
One never sullies ones hands as you know.

I shall be back later. Good evening to dear Upsidedown Susan.

Pip Pip
Auntie Petunia

Ooh Ladies, Scozz has a thread on how to make some yummy little Christmas puds. Have a look on the thread. I'm going to have a go at making them :-D


Teresa

Hallo Susan, I'm sorry to hear about the tornado and the poor people who Lost their lives, were injured and lost their homes. It makes us count our blessings and we should not grump about a bit of bad or inconvienant weather.

Ah good old Rod. I treated myself to his Christmas CD. It was on offer in a well known supermarket here for £9.00 and very festive it is as well. :-D. Our tree will go up the weekend after this one. We have had the tree for many years since FTE was a very small fruit. Every year we hum and har about getting a new one but it looks ok so when it's up :-D

FTE won't be envious of the snow when she is in Barbados on Boxing day :-D I had a list of things to put into her goodie box which we send for her to collect when she is in port here. This box includes

Jammy Dodgers
Peanut butter
Plastic knifes and spoons :-S
Chocolate milk and white
The Davinci code
Skips crips
The Love Actually DVD
And some stawberry sweets

Obviously missing home comforts ;-)

I will doodle the Buzzy bees. They sound sweet. Those DJs sound sweet. I have to say those DJs were silly but even more silly was the Nurse who gave out confidential information over the phone. It doesn't matter who phones. You never ever ever give out info.

Ah Lesley the Hill, the idea is not to stop and hope no one turns left to the village with the nice garden centre in it. This way you hopefully will get to the top unscathed :-D. My friend was in the Fire Service and still has friends who are serving. We can get them to give us a tow :-D :-D :-D

Good upside down evening,

I am far from sunning myself today. Mother nature has been a right old b...h today.

A tornado has swept through parts of Auckland leaving three dead and seven injured, some seriously. We are very far south of the city and we got heavy rains, thunder and lightening. We got off lightly by comparison... I do feel for the families of the deceased, so near to Christmas always seems so much crueler.
Lots of people are in shelters tonight, their houses uninhabitable.
It is very warm and muggy, but no sun :-P.

Your avatar looks so pretty Teresa - from one who doesn't get snow in her garden, perhaps a dusting once every twenty years or so. Imagine FTE being jealous ;-). She has forgotten how cold it can be perhaps?

I have put up our Christmas tree this evening, I must say, with a lot less enthusiasm than usual... I collect Santa's and seemed to have accumulated a great many :-D. The ones I am not so keen on (gifts) get stuck at the back of the tree ;-). The lights are twinkling away quite merrily.
I have yet to wrap any gifts. We are away overnight on Saturday and I am loathe to leave presents on display..... Call me paranoid - yep I am....

I have suggested to my fruit she might like to buy me the new Rod Stewart Christmas CD - for Christmas :-). I can hardly wait, I am still rather partial to a bit of Rod. :-D.

What about those silly ozzie dj's, harrasing the nursing staff at Kate's orsepiddle....
Oh dear, I imagine, one is not amused. :-D. You know which one ;-).
Golly, Kate can not afford to lose any weight, poor gal. Welcome to pregnancy :-D.
I did suffer but nothing like this poor gal.

I shall not bother to knit an offering for the royal baby.... I am sure you ladies are much more profficient at knitting than I.. Perhaps I could send a Buzzy Bee toy. Doolde them, most Kiwi babies are given a Buzzy Bee toy, though I bet they are now made in China...

Time to check on my dinner.

Have a lovely day, keep warm.

Susan

A Good Late Evening/Night Ladies.

You will have to give me good warning if you want me to grit the said road Theresa as I live about a mile from there, it wont be a problem I will just harness the huskies to the sled and mush mush off we will go :-D

Auntie Petunia I am more of a c-l-i-c-k-e-t-y c-l-a-c-k knitter rather than clickety clack clickety clack super fast knitter ..........................................do you remember who won the race :-)
The last time we traveled to the special hospital there were three of us not including E I think there will be the same this time..............................I paid the fare, E's mama paid for lunch and our youngest fruit kept her hands her pockets.......................................................................trying to keep the moths warm I think ;-) the trouble is our youngest is generous to fault when she has pennies in her pocket and I fear some people will always take advantage of this :-|
Oh dear Auntie don't you know E always has something pretty to look at when shes with me :-D

CC, Theresa will need the rope so I can tow her up the hills in the not so flat part of snowy Essex................................on second thoughts lose the rope Theresa we will call the fire brigade for assistance :-D

Susan please don't tell me you are sunning yourself in your newly designed garden :-| I will be so jealous ;-) as we are freeeeeeeeeeeeeezing here in the UK :-(

Auntie I don't know if onsies have a ventilation shaft or escape route :-S

Maybe a tenna would suffice for emergencies :-D

Don't sit too near the fire dear. My dearest Mama used to say that one would get mottled legs :-(

Teresa

Good very chilly evening dear Ladies. What a horrid night it is. As black as your hat and freezing fog. I am not amused at all.

I have thrown more than a few logs on the fire Cherry dear. Keep on moaning dear, and your CD collection from the South American River will follow them dear. I hear they make a merry flame. Do you still listen to Dickie Valentine dear, or Malcolm Roberts? My Mama wanted to put Malcolm into her pocket and take him home. She said she wanted to Mother him. She would go gooey watching him on Sunday Night at the London Palladium.

Teresa dear, I am not so sure about the Onesie dear. How would I, erm, visit the little girls room? Do they have an escape hatch dear? One that allows for ventilation? How strange is that your Fruit, who is lovely and warm, should be jealous of a bit of snow? She can have my fair share that is for sure.

Lesley, we shall a friendly knitting competition to make suitable outfits for the little Royal. Rail fares are a mystery dear. One price one day, another day, all different. Do they make up a number, divide it by two and multiply it by four and then recount that number to their customers? The Peter Pan hospital will be bedecked in Christmas decorations by the time you have your next appointment, so Baby E will have something pretty to look at.

I do not have joss-sticks dears, but I did purchase a Glass vase, with perfumed essence in it, and wooden spills coming out of the top. It is supposed to fragrance the room, but you can only smell it once the door has been closed at night. So now I have a decorative vase about 4 inches high, with perfumed liquid and sticks for the princely sum of £20!!!! Did they see me coming?

Burning the fronts of my legs
Auntie Petunia

Pooh,yuck, josh sticks :-| :-| :-| they were all the rage when I was a student living with other students away from home. They were very overpowering and were only masked by the smell of that other overpowering perfume called Poison. Do they still make it or did it fade away with shoulder pads and power dressing in the 1980s


Teresa