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Morning Dizzi.

I used to listen to 5 Live during the night when I had problems, it had the same effect. Started listening then after a few minutes I'd be asleep. I'd wake up to them talking about a different subject then off to sleep again, heard lots of starts to discussions and endings of other discussions but never a discussion all the way through :-)

Didn't see the sun once yesterday, today it's sunny but the wind is very blustery and we're getting the hibiscus flowers ripped off the hedge. :-( It's 17 C so you could be warmer than us today. :-S

HI PAT,
I LISTEN TO MUSIC DURING NGHT SO I CANT HEAR WHATS GOING ON OUTSIDE,THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF SHEDS BROKEN IN LATELY,DOWN OUR STREET A SHED WAS BROKEN IN AND CONTENTS ENDED UP ON EBAY,SO DID POLICE THEY GOT THEM,
SLEPT A BIT BETTER LAST NIGHT REMEMBER MIDNIGHT THEN 6 AM,STILL TIRED ,,,LOL

Morning Dizzi :-)

I know the feeling. I didn't sleep properly for years, it made me feel like a Zombie. Used to go to sleep ok but kept waking up every hour or so never got any quality sleep. Thought it was the menopause as that's when it started. Turned out I had sleep apnoea. That's been sorted so I'm ok now. You have my sympathy because I know how you feel because of sleep deprivation.

We had a young man, born in the village I last lived in, who liked to acquire other people's property. He got a short prison sentence for steeling from ours and the next village. He decided he'd better live in a bigger place so he wasn't known when he got out of jail. What he forgot was it was policed by the same station as his home village. Burglaries went up in that area so the police pulled him in and searched his place. No stolen things there. Last time he'd hired a garage and kept the stolen items there until he could sell them. The police questioned him for a little while then let him go. He thought he'd got away with it, so confident was he that he went straight to where he had stashed the goods. Problem for him was the police were smarter than him and put a tail on him. He was caught when he opened up his new rented garage. Last I heard he was still in jail. Some are so stupid but we must be thankful for that as that's how they get caught.

You don't know the Hatton Garden heist people do you? :-D They may have a few pounds to share. :-)

How did you get on at the auction place?

WE WENT TO HAVE SOME TOYS AN SUCH VALUED
TO SEE IF ITS WORTH SELLING BUT NOT MANY WERE
WE HAD 2 REMOTE CONTROL ARMY TANKS ABOUT
FORTY YEARS OLD,2 ORIGINAL FRANKLIN MINT DIE CAST MOTOR BIKES STILL N BOXES AND PACKING,THERE NICE IF ANY ONES MAD ON BIKES 1,INDIA & 1 BMW,
AN A LOAD OF OTHER STUFF
THEY KEPT A BAG OF BOXED DINKY WAR STUFF THERE
VALUING THEM,BUT WHAT WITH COMMISSION THHATS A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY GONE.

MORNING PAT,HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD TIME LAST NIGHT,YOU MUST HAVE I BEAT YOU UP THIS MORNING LOL,
HAVE FUN

Morning Dizzi, :-)

Had a good time last night. I was up early, I did some washing, very cold putting it out. Temp was only 12C and there's a biting wind. I then watched qualifying in the formula 1 from China before opening my laptop.

We are now listening to Treasure Hunt from Radio York and having a cup of tea. It's very quiet at the moment as it's Easter weekend here. Tonight at midnight it's bonfires and fireworks, tomorrow it'll be non stop eating for the locals.

Looks like you had a warm day yesterday as you easy beat us but looks different today. Wish it would warm up here we're all complaining about how cold it is.

Shame you haven't found something worth a small fortune to auction but I hope you hear some good news on what you left there. :-)

MORNIN PAT
AT THE MOMENT ITS A LOVELY SUNNY MORNING,HOPE IT STAYS SUNNY A BIT LONGER LIKE FIVE MONTHS,
WELL WHERE ARE YOU OFF TO TODAY OR IS IT RELAX TODAY AND PARTY TONIGHT,LUCKY B#GGER,,LOL HAVE FUN ,

Morning Dizzi :-)

Went to bed at 1 am. Didn't go out last night. I'm afraid the bonfires were more like bonsmoke as we had 2 big downpours during the evening. Bangers all went off though.

Up just before 8. The 3rd lot of washing now in and two lots out drying. It got down to 8 C during the night so only 14 C at the moment. Cold breeze again.

Have watched the Chinese Grand Prix. Very much a parade for the top drivers. Poor Jensen Button is not in a very good car at the moment and he had a little bit of a bump.

Have upstairs to do today as our visitors return Tuesday evening and may want to bring things back tomorrow. That's why I'm washing today

Out this evening as there's entertainment at the club.

Two lots of friends on holiday out here are going back on Tuesday so we're having a bit of a do tomorrow night.

It's hard to keep up but we manage it :-D.

HI PAT,
YOUR HAVING A WHALE OF A TIME,ARN'T YOU EXHAUSTED
I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ABOUT SMOKEY NIGHTS WE USED TO TAKE THE CARAVAN TO A CAMP SITE THAT ALLOWED LOG FIRES,IT WAS GREAT SITTING ROUND A LOG FIRE WITH FRIENDS BUT THE NEXT MORNING ALL YOUR CLOTHES STINKS,
WELL ON USUAL GP RUN ,FORGOT IN FACT I HAD FORGOT I HAVE A BREATHING TEST THIS MORNING TAKES HALF HOUR THIS AFTERNOON AT THE LEG CLINIC,DARN'T FALL ASLEEP IN THE WAITING ROOM AS I SNORE TERRIBLE LOL
CAATCH YOU LATER,

Morning Dizzi :-)

Hope all goes well today with your appts.

I start to flag in the afternoon but then I get 2nd wind. They are all such good company that it's late before we realise it.

Had a good night last night. Tonight it's the going away do for Gerri and Alan and Paul and Nicola. There's going to be 11 eating but a couple are coming in to have a drink with us prior to us eating, they have a small child so it's a drink then back home with daughter.

Russ and Brenda will be back with us from tomorrow after they take Gerri and Alan to Larnaca airport. Russ and Brenda go back to UK the middle of next week. They return early June to dog and cat sit for a friend so we've got a few weeks before it starts up again. They are staying until September then.

Bedding out on the line and now I've got to do the ironing from yesterday :-(

Oh well, can't all be party time - can it? :-D

FIRST VISIT TO GP'S I HAVE GOT CRONIC LUNG DISEASE
BACK NOW FOR 2ND APPOINMENT XXX

Have 3 friends with that, 1 just has to be careful when he has a cold that it doesn't go on his chest. Another has a few bad days a year, the other is on lots of medication and is always saying he's got problems with his breathing.

Seems to be a general term with a huge range from those who have very little problem to those who are on oxygen.

Hope yours isn't too bad. x

MORNING PAT,
WE FINALY GOT SOME DECENT SUN, LOVELY AND BRIGHT
OH HAD ANOTHER SORT THROUGH BA GOT HIS OLD TRAINS
TO TAKE TO AUCTIONS,HAD A WORD WITH DAUGHTER ABOUT IT,,WE HAVE GIVEN GRANDSON SMALL BITS BECAUSE AT HIS AGE HE RESPECTS HOW OLD THEY ARE BUT THESE ARE ABOUT INCH MAX AND CAN KEEP THEM IN HIS BEDROOM,TH E REST OF THE STUFF IS DAUGHTER WOULD ENDING UP PUTTING IN GARAGE ,THEN RUBBISH BIN ,SHE HATES CLUTTER BUT WHEN SHE LIVED AT HOME SHE WAS A MEGGA UNTIDY,GOT TO GO TAKE CARE XX

Morning Dizzi :-)

OH's aunt told us after her husband's death when she was in her mid 70s she was decluttering as she kept everything. She had OH down as executer and it would be up to us to dispose of all that was in the house - they didn't have children. She only had a very small house and downstairs was kept very neat. Lots of ornaments about though. She died in her mid 80s. I would have hated to see the place upstairs before she decluttered. :-D. There were 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a sitting room and a kitchen that's all. It took both of us 5 days to clear out upstairs. We then went back home and returned for the funeral. Told all those who came back to the house after the funeral they could have anything they saw as a memento of her. They all took, except 1, an ornament. The lady who didn't was her gardener and she went out to the garden and took a couple of small plants and some cuttings, she asked us first if it was ok. The ornaments left and the complete dinner sets then went to a charity shop.

Many other things had already gone to the charity shop. The house was sold to a young man who was just starting on the property ladder. He had no furniture or crockery so we left him some really old fashioned furniture and all the remaining pieces of crockery left over from incomplete sets, all very old but it would do until he could afford to replace them. We did ask him, if it was still in good nick, to donate the furniture either to social services a charity which he said he would do. He was very grateful for the help.

I think you're right in what you're doing, things we cherish may mean nothing to whoever is left. If you can turn them into money to use for something else all well and good. With OH's aunt's possessions I thought it was awful throwing so many memories away but they weren't our memories. OH went through hundreds of photos. Most were thrown away as they were pictures of scenery etc from holidays. The family pictures he kept.

We have moved quite a few times and we always have the great throw out each time, trips to the charity shops and the tip. We all collect so much. I started giving away lots of paperbacks but for some reason they all came back when they'd finished reading them - they didn't want the clutter either. :-

It's hard to do but OH has a rule - haven't used/worn it in 5 years out it goes.

Hope you do well in your sale. :-)

HI PAT
FATHER IN LAW DIED 17 YEARS AGO HE ONLY HAD A ONE
BED FLAT BUT ENOUGH FURNITURE FOR A SIX BED,HE HAD KITCHEN AND LOUNGE ,IN THERE HE HAD 3 DINNING ROOM TABLES AND CHAIRS ,IN KITCHEN 2 TABLES AND CHAIRS YOU HAD TO CLIMB OVER ARMCHAIRS,IT WAS AWFULL BUT NOT DIRTY JUST CLUTTERED TOOK A MONTH TO CLEAR BACK LATER TO TELL MORE,XXX

Afternoon Dizzi :-)

Friends back here again. They've just gone out. Went shopping very early this morning as I was the only one up. No one in the shop, straight round the supermarket and home in 30 minutes. All stashed away before anyone up.

Out tonight, local tavern, had a Chinese last night :-D

Weather warming up 22 C today, had breakfast outside on the front patio. Wind still a little coolish but not nearly as strong as it was. Will soon be summer. :-)

MORNING PAT,WHEN ALL YOUR FRIENDS HAVE GONE HOME DO YOU FEEL IT'S TOO QUIET ,DO YOU MISS THE HUSSLE AND BUSLE,
I HAVE 2 FRIENDS BOTH IN VERY FIT 70's,THEY GO ON HOLIDAY TOGETHER AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR,ONE IS A EARLY RISER LIKES TI GET UP AND OUT FOR THE DAY,(LIKE ME) THE OTHER IS A NIGHT OWL BED WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SLEEP TILL MIDDAY,COMICAL TO IMAGINE ALWAYS ONE OF THEM TIRED,ONE LIKES WATER SPORTS,OTHER CAN'T SWIM SUCH DIFFERENCES BUT THEY HAVE BEEN GOING ON HOLIDAY TOGETHER FOR 30 YEARS PLUS AND BEEN ALL ROUND THE WORLD ,
AND HAD SOME ADVENTURES,

Afternoon Dizzi :-)

Yes it all goes quiet. At first you think peace at last then it's not another night in ;-).

They come back the beginning of June so it'll only be quiet for a few weeks. Lots of times the phone rings and someone will be on the other end saying they've booked their flights to come and see us then it's all change again. :-S

We enjoy having people. We do lay the law down - we do not go visiting tourist areas all the time. They have to get a hire car if they want to do the tourist bit everyday. Can you imagine week after week going to the same areas to do a tourist tour talk and not be paid - I don't think so. I am not cooking every night, we've plenty of restaurants and we share the bill.

Seems harsh at first but all our friends have had no problem with it. We did it because we know someone who invited lots of relatives and friends out. They took them all around the island doing the tourist bit and started to hate the place. They catered most nights and spent a fortune each summer on food, drink and petrol. They went back to UK as they'd spent too much here :-S

Our idea works and we have a great time, or is it our friends and relatives are nicer people and don't expect us to be at their beck and call. :-D

HI PAT,
LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE IT SUSSED JUST RIGHT,YEARS AGO 8 ADULTS AND 1 THREE YEAR OLD BRAT WENT TO ALGARVE,JUST ME AN OH FROM ENGLAND THE REST SCOTLAND,INC THE PERSON WHO BOOKED THE VILLA WE ALL STAYED IN HE ALSO BOOKED A CAR FOR US ALL TO USE ,,,,,,NOW 8 ADULTS 1 KID,HE BOOKED A FIVE SEATER,,ONE JUST ONE CAR AND REFUSED TO UPGRADE ,CAUSED A LOT OF PROBLEMS HE WAS FRIENDS OF MY SCOTTISH RELLIES WHO WAS WITH US,THEY WERE NOT FRIENDS WHEN THEY RETURNED HOME,

Morning Dizzi :-)

We've been here nearly 10 years so if we hadn't got it sussed perhaps we'd be on our way back to UK :-(

We have friends who several times went to the Canaries with neighbours. He started to get really fed up. The neighbours were like shadows, everywhere they went or just even if they just stayed by the pool the neighbours wanted to do the same. The neighbours expected our friend to hire and drive a car for them all. The neighbours both drove but wouldn't drive there and as our friend wanted to hire a car to see the place they'd just go along and so didn't need to help pay for the car or petrol.

The neighbours started looking again for their hols with our friends. OH told friend to book a holiday fast. Our friends had always wanted to see Australia and were now in a position to go, so they booked it and neighbours were told. They were OK with it as it was seen as a 1 off. Next year the neighbours started looking again to go with our friends. Then 1 day the female neighbour started arguing with our female friend. Our friend didn't know what she was going on about so walked away. They haven't spoken since. Friend's still bewildered, she doesn't know what it was all about but they don't have to think about hols with them anymore, they both regret ever going on hols with the neighbours.

It's best to do your own thing during the day and enjoy the evenings together. It gives you something to talk about. :-D