General Chat

Hello Ladies :-),

It does seem an age since we last 'spoke, so to speak :-D...

Petunia, I am sending you some Quickeze down the cyber hatch... just in case you are plagued with indigestion?. If not, save them for a rainy day. I seem to have upset you re the sock comment.. , twas not my intention at all....

Fancy Princess of Essex turning one already, my time flies.. I hope she had a lovely day - and her grandmamma got lots of cuddles ;-) and photographs...

Thanks Teresa for the lovely photo, very smart indeed. Hope FTY enjoyed his birthday dinner?.. I remember my female fruit having sleep overs for her birthday :-D. I am sure they aged me, awful things. Giggly over excited girls.... Oh well, I am sure fruit has fond memories of those days. You are so right in wondering where the years have gorn :-(..

The pup has dug yet another hole in the garden... Fruit and her OH may have to concrete the whole yard to stop the digging ;-).. Pup is very proud of her efforts, Fruit was incandescent with rage yesterday :-S.. All suggestions on how to stop a dog digging will be most welcome...

OH and I are off to the big smoke this weekend to attend a work related function.. I haven't got a thing to wear :-D... I did venture into the one ladies shop here in my tiny town, nothing suitable.. I guess I shall have to rummage through my wardrobe and find something suitable. It is so easy for a male, pants and a shirt. Done !! :-P

Time to knock up a few sarnies for lunch and ready myself to face the world again.
I have great nephew turning six today. I took him shopping on Tuesday to choose his present.. It was easier than I had expected, I did have to explain he could choose one of the two things he liked - not have both.. He was very accepting of the fact. I brought the present home to wrap and he joked about knowing what would be in the parcel ;-). I shall deliver it this afternoon.

Have a pleasant evening

Happy Birthday to your great Nephew Susan, is it today as in the 14th August? He shares his birthday with FTY who is now a little older :-D

Presents get easier as they get older. FTY was as happy as Larry with the cash he received. He is saving it for I know not what but he really should think about saving for driving lessons in two years time as FTE did.

The sleep over is for two nights. FTYs mate stays in the vacant room of FTE so they all go to sleep quite quickly. I think sleepovers for Female Fruits are a more noisy affair all round. FTE was encouraged to sleep over at friends houses where the Mamas did not do shift work and were grumpy old women :-D :-D :-D :-D

We have been to the favourite roast dinner establishment and are nicely full now. FTY and his fellow fruit are watching the Devils football, England v Scotland and the score is one all at the moment.

Ah 2-1 to Scotland now :-(

I do hope you enjoy your work do. Its always nice to go out and dress up. I'm sure you will find something nice to wear at the back of the wardrobe near Narnia :-D

2-2 now, gosh more goals in one game than all season ;-)

I am minding the chickens for my Neighbour while on holiday. They spend most of the day scratching and digging in a chicken type of way. Maybe its an instinct type of things in animals. They are quite friendly and run up when I feed them or pop in to see if they are ok :-D

I think Auntie may be at Wembley supervising the half time or post match food. The poor dear is desperate for grub and may be able to have a nosh with the players later :-D :-D :-D :-D

Toodle pip for now

~~~~~~ to Auntie and Lesley

Teresa

PS the I phone is not as user friendly than the good "old fashioned" PC :-D

Ladieeeeesssss, coooeeeee where are you?

I have just looked in the chit chat café and the slimming club and you are not there :-S

I'm slinging some of FTYs birthday cake down the hatch. It is blue with the devils football player on it but it comes from our loverly family run bakery in town here and is yummy :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Teresa

I'm here Teresa:-D

Sulking and feeling sorry for myself though:-| as I got stung by a wasp this morning:-(..
..........................boy does it hurt :-( :-( :-(

#strides onto thread with a great flourish, and sits sedately on the chaise longue#

Goooood evening Ladies. First of all please accept my apologies for my tardiness in my posts of late. It was the hunger that made me doooolally, and I fear I may have embarrassed myself with my rudeness.

Firstly, dear Little Princess of Essex. Happy Birthday dear, I hope Grandmama spoiled you rotten. How soon the time flies, she must be a little cracker! By the by, how are you feeling Lesley dear? Stung by a wasp? I know the little blighters can continually sting, unlike bees. One put their arm onto the window sill in the warmer times, straight onto a wasp, and it continued to sting until I lifted my arm to set it free. My arm was red in quite a few places, the TCP came into its own, I must say. I smelt foul, but it relieved the pain.

Dear Susan, I am sure you will look lovely whatever you we!ar. Why not wear that beaded vintage dress that you showed us. You could then shimmy like your sister Kate! Your doggy is a card! Are you sure it is not moles dear? Have a lovely time dear, should you not get back to us. Happy birthday to your nephew.

Teresa, Happy Birthday to your fruit too. Never, ever suggest what to spend birthday money on dear. A suggestion will send them in the other direction. As for saving it? Not a hope! At least not with the young acquaintances I know!

Thank you for your portion of cake dear, most acceptable!

I am pleased to say we have remedied the food situation. Since coming back from your neck of the woods Teresa, dear Pat-trish-aaaaah has not managed to cook a thing. So we are enjoying[?] ready meals from St Michael. We have had Chinese, indian and Italian food so far. We have never been so well travelled!

I cannot begrudge dear Mrs Berry a jolly holiday, but we are fending for ourselves, and that is not always a good thing. I have had an invitation for tomorrow night, Saturday and Sunday, so my meals are catered for,

The gels and I are having a rubber tomorrow night, and then supper. I shall have to find my green visor again to play in. That Georgianna is a real card sharp! I somehow think the mirror behind us is a bit of an advantage, but we have to sit where she seats us.

Chasing cake crumbs around the bone china plate
Auntie Petunia

:-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S a rubber Auntie, what is that???????

I saw your double Auntie in the "chit chat" café. She was even dressed like you and shoving down cake and tea like she had not seen a morsel for a long time, dear me she was not a bit lady like not like you are ;-)

I got stung by a Bee many years ago at the local village flower show. It ached like mad for ages, I shall send a wasp trap down the cyber hatch Lesley, a jam jar with jam, water and a way in and no way out :-D :-D :-D That'll teach 'em

toodle pip for now


Teresa

Goooood evening Ladies,

A rubber is a game of Bridge dear Teresa. What did you think it was? An indian rubber for erasing figures when one does their tax returns? That was a Freudian slip dear, ignore me!

My dear friend of yesteryear a Mrs Cartwright, used to make wasp traps with a milk bottle and sugar water. The little blighters crept in, saturated themselves with sugary water, and then could not crawl out because she had put oil around the top of the bottle. One might call the RSPCW now, for cruelty to wasps, and their first cousins, the bee.

Now I THINK you are mistaken dear, about the Chit Chat Café. If it is not the Ritz or the Dorchester, then one does not take afternoon tea! And as for the bad manners, I think you will find that I am the height of good manners, and do not wolf cake, and wash it down with builders tea! Tutty tut.

Just orft for a little light supper, and a game of cards. One does not play for money dears, that would be just too, too common. One plays for favours [that way I have them over a barrel!]

Catching my coat and hat!

Have a lovely weekend Ladies, see you anon.

Auntie P.

Good morning ladies (tis here),

Tis very wet here this morning, OH has taken the pup out for their usual Saturday morning walk... There will two bedraggled creatures arriving home shortly..

I fear Mother Nature is not playing ball at the moment. More quakes in the Wellington/ top of the South Island area. My youngest sister was outside washing windows and had to hang onto the gate to stay upright :-D. They are all ok luckily.. Oh fear, these quakes make one a tad nervous. A friend felt it up here, I didn't. I keep saying I will put together an emergency kit - then promptly forget, until another series of quakes reminds me :-D.

Teresa, I have been as near to Narnia as I dare and found an old favourite to wear to our 'do'... :-(. It shall have to do. The birthday in question was the day after FTY.. Tis confusing at times. I have already had your today and am on to your tomorrow :-). Thank you for his good wishes.

Lesley, I hope you are feeling less sore. Wasps are nasty things aren't they. Our neighbour has a hedge that attracts wasps in droves when in flower, it is quite near my clothes line :-D.. Many many moons ago, I and friends tried to get a bee sting in our lunch break so as not to have to partake in afternoon sports.... Thought we had failed, the bell rang, we ran back to class and pow, I got stung.... I think the lesson was 'be careful what you wish for' ;-). I am just remembering the 'blue bags' my mama had for such things... Don't remember what made them blue or if they even worked but that was the treatment in the 60's...

~~~ to Petunia. So glad your food situation , or lack of, has been remedied. Did you have a fair hand dealt?.. Apart from snap and patience, I am a card novice.. Did you know, one can play patience on a computer ;-). I while many a minute away at work playing patience.. Luckily I have an understanding boss :-S..
I have a very dear friend hoping to visit your fair shores soonish, I shall tell her to look out for you. Perhaps Patrishha could ring the bell on the tuktuk if you happen to see friend and her OH :-). It will be her first visit to London.

I had better get a move on and get packed for our night away, have a lovely weekend Ladies and peeps.

toodle

Good evening to the Ladies in the Northern Hemisphere, and Good morning to dear Susan in the Southern! How confusing it all is!!!

I am hoping you all had a good weekend. We put off our plans for the weekend, as rain was forecast............................and then it didn't! Tutty tut, I wish they would get their predictions correct. We were going to do lots of outdoor thing, and then postponed them for a week.

As you know the next weekend will be Carnival!!!! So in keeping with the true spirit of harmony and goodwill, there are to be strikes.

I am making the last minute supervision to the wonderful costumes........such colour and music, it will be wonderful, as always. I may even limbo along with the others, should my back hold out.

Cards dear Susan, you either have the knack or not. Cards cannot be learned. I am not at all bad, but do not have a Poker Face, P-P-P-Poker Face as Madame GaGa. Just my little joke dears, but I can face it out with the rest. It is Beatrice we have to keep in check, when she has a good hand, she giggles nervously. That it why I never want her as a partner in Bridge. She also shakes as she puts her cards down, so excitable is she. I think a few Valium thrown her way will be the order of the day next time. She nearly turned the card table over in her haste to put her cards down.

Back to paid toil I suspect for you all tomorrow. While I of course will be supervising in some important capacity in the neighbourhood. Preeens.

Pip Pip All
Sweet dreams
Auntie Petunia

Good Evening Ladies

Thank you ladies my arm is much better now I still have a large itchy raised round mark that I am trying to resist scratching:-S

Thank you for the photographs Susan, I'll buy your fruits pup:-D............................... I remember the blue bags that would be slapped on a sting when I was a gal:-S I hope you enjoyed your weekend away ;-)

Happy belated birthday FTY <3......................oh the dreaded....................sleepovers ....................how I use to dislike them:-(..................have you been collecting nice fresh eggs while you have been minding your neighbours chickens Teresa?

Fresh homemade pheasant soup and Victoria sponge on offer Auntie:-) that is if you are still in need of some nourishment :-S

Afternoon ladies?? I'm in the garden listening to the combine harvester in the top feild and the hens scatching next door. I have been collecting the eggs which are very nice boiled baked and fried??.

I'm cross stitching a project which I thought was a good idea at the time just after Christmas. It's a snowman on a white background, some trees and robins. It's easier to stich outside as the light is better. I will send you a photo when it is done in the next few months/years.

I'm on the devils I phone so will sign off now and return once I'm on the naice old fashioned PC

Yours hunting frantically for the white stich on the white background

Teresa??

Why are all those ???? on my post???? its that danged I phones fault I suppose.

Tutty tut tut

Teresa

Why are all those ???? on my post???? its that danged I phones fault I suppose.

Tutty tut tut

Teresa

Why are all those ???? on my post???? its that danged I phones fault I suppose.

Tutty tut tut

Teresa

:-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S there is a gremlin in @er somewhere, either that or the radishes are repeating again

Teresa I think it's this site and not your phone:-(

Don't forget to shut your windows if the combine comes to close:-D :-| :-D

Good evening Ladies,

I hope you are safe and well dear Upsidedown Susan, I heard that there were tremors again in Christchurch. They are just finished clearing up from the last onslaught I believe. So very frightening. I trust pup is behaving itself, otherwise, off to the dog-house! I trust your weekend away was pleasant.

Radishes again Teresa dear! A combine harvester! Were they Wurzels singing atop it? You really are in the rural area are you not? The only thing we see here are the giant lawnmowers with that Mrs Ponsonby Whatsit along the road, when her gardener comes to do her! He is a strapping young lad, stripped to the waist and swigging from a bottle of soft drink, and straddling the mower. I think he thinks he is Peter Fonda from a well known cult film. I trust you have now found your lost stitch dear. Is it in the same area as the lost chord?

Lesley dear, are you as rural as dear Teresa? Do you have a local Post Office dear? My take on country living is that most little towns DO have a post office, but it is also a general store. Or am I getting mixed up with Poirot?

We have been rather warm here today dears. We have been mopping and fanning in rotation.

Hurrah, we have had a card from Mrs Berry and her brood today. One of those Bamford cards with Fat Ladies and little husbands. Something about looking for a little Willie paddling in the sea. Such Larks dears, how anyone can be offended by such humour is beyond me, and I am me!!!!

I wish you a peaceful night dears, and will let you know of my exploits when I return to West London tomorrow to help with the costume fittings!

#Cool down ya temper, cool down ya temper, cool down ya temper, cool it down# Singing in a reggae beat!

Just getting down with the kids dears
Auntie Petunia

I must say I think you look very cool in your new attire Auntie Petunia:-)

No Post Office or shops where I live but we do have two pubs:-D

Good upside down morning Ladies,

Not sure what is good about it, the heavens have opened and are giving us what for... I don't know how many times I woke in the night to the sound of heavy rain.

I have a niece moving house tomorrow :-D, the forecast is for more of the same..

Teresa, I like the sound of fresh eggs at the ready, though I wouldn't like to own the hens :-0.. I think I am a 'Townie', through and through.. A field next door sounds rather lovely though. Good luck with your cross stitch, I shall not hold my breath :-) :-). I did once try to cross stitch. I can't remember if I threw it out or my pathetic efforts are stuffed in a cupboard somewhere... Crafts and Moi are not good mates....

Lesley, lucky you, two Pubs. Are they quaint olde worlde types or modern 'inns'. OH and I would have loved the time to stop at some of the inns we passed on our drive around. We would never have got to where we needed to be if we had stopped.... Living in such a young country as ours, our historical buildings are fewer than yours... Certainly none in my neck of the woods...

Petunia, another change of garb :-). You must have one heck of a walk in wardrobe.. Lucky duck...

I am a little out of sorts ladies. My papa is unwell . I am waiting to hear the latest news... :-(. I am living on an emotional edge presently.. Please cross your fingers, toes and any extra bits you can. Ta.

Susan

Hallo Ladies,

Susan I do hope your Pa is feeling a little better, I have everything crossed including my stiches and sending hugs to you all.

We are not as rural as dear Lesley, we just live in a part of the town which is nearer the fields so to speak. We have a great many pubs, you could do a pub crawl and not have to walk many yards before you came upon one. I dunno how they all keep going :-S

Auntie I do like your outfit dear, Its a little risqué doncha think ;-) I love a bit of reggae I do. I went to see UB40 many years ago before one brother of the two brothers left and was replaced by another brother :-S :-S :-S :-S Twas at the old Wemb ber leeeee and very good they were too. :-D :-D :-D :-D I also like the reggae reggae as well.

May I say something........ Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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FTY took some GCSEs a year early. Well more than a year if you go by age group. The Fruit was 15 last week so took the exams when he was 14. It was the science, remember all the palava last year and sitting up the school and the poor teacher etc etc etc. Well that teacher went in September and a teacher of such wonderfulness came along. She deserves a bit thank you. FTY got a C in Biology and B in Chemistry :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D The real deal and the whole exam soooo. No more Chemistry or Biology any more. Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

The Fruit is taking Physics next year but they have another sooper doper new teacher who is a real Physics teacher.



I am happppeeeeeeeeeeeeeee,

The Devils x box will have to be used less however as there are 8 or 9 more GCSEs to take next summer :-|

Tootling orff for now

Teresa