General Chat

evening all,I have received the email and been able to open the photos Dorothy ,they are really wonderful.
sorry about simon but you are right in your thinking. Been out and about today so am tired,
Hope eberyone is ok .take care
brenda

Morning all,back again after a few family problems ,nothing serious though.
Back to normal fare at last ,and i used the new slow cooker last night and threw mushrooms,shredded cabbage,grated carrot, chopped turkey breast and a few cocktail sausages in ,a pint of chicken stock,leek ,onion ,and course pepper and sea salt in ,and cooked it for three hours.
That's dinner for two days in advance so i still havn't got round to making the Bacon Badger ,so i will keep that in mind for the weekend when the grandson will no doubt be here .
The loss of the veggies is the luck of the draw and a sever winter Brenda ,we will not let it put us off ,because the pottering round the garden is keeping me mobile,and when spring comes round ,Liz will be able to get out into the greenhouse and see to the seedlings and tomato's.
Watch what you are buying for a while ,now that the contaminated eggs ,and foodstuffs have reached Britain even mayo' salad cream ,cakes and pasties arn't safe for the young ,and pensioners to eat at the moment,when will the producers learn that you can't get animals and poultry to eat animal by products with impunity,but this time it's Germany ,and Holland failing to moniter their food products properly.
I have the first of those safety cameras for the car set up ,and it's working well,so i will set the other one up at the weekend for the back end of my battle wagon,all in all ,with the extra capacity cards for the recording i spent £120,but it's well worth it for the peace of mind,the cameras ,ordered from China came via Oz,and only took a week and two days to reach me despite the lousy weather,a lot faster than our internal mail which says a lot for the Royal Mail.
Hope you get back to see your film Dorothy,and ,by the way ,the sweet potatoes sound nice ,i may give them a go instead of the way i usually do them in the oven.
Time to go and clear the car of hoar frost so that i can go and get the wifes perscription from the docs ,roll on next week when they say it will be a lot milder here ,i will believe it when i see it,pity help the poor souls sleeping rough again ,Catch you all later ,Fred.

goodmorning hope all is well with you and liz fred and glad to hear that the winter will not put you off your veggie gardening, I must say those camera's in the car sound like a very good idea I know that some of the cars over here have a gadget that allows you to see behind the car in a wide sweep when backing up very handy to spot children and animal that can be in your blind spot as you back up. I spent a quiet day with simon yesterday he di not eat hardly anything and I have just tried three differant things this am and only a mouthful would he take so I am not looking foreward to noon but the time has come as he is not passing much and sleeping most of the time, but we have had 18 wonderful times to-gether. brenda glad you were able to see the photo's the rockys are amazing and to think that christine can see a lot of the views from the condo in canmore it is amazing first thing in the morning as the sun come up over the mountains really is gods country bye for now dorothy

Evening all,its been snowing here again today ,but it was only small smattering and was disolved in no time,and changed to rain pretty quickly.But we are still supposed to be having more,just hope they are wrong.Hoping to go up to Bury tomorrow hope the weather is dry ,don;t fancy the market in the rain,but the shops will be ok.
Have a few birthday cards and presents to get for my great neices who will be one and two next week! .It doesn,t seem like twelve months since Amelia was born or two years since Grace was.!
I use my slow cooker a lot for doing chops and braising steak and brisket etc ,had not thought of veggies,might give it a try ,Fred,
hope it was ok today(well as ok as these things can be) with Simon,Dorothy you have been in my thoughts.
Take care
brenda

hi its 8-30 friday evening and I am sitting here feeling quite sad and lonely the place seems so empty I keep thinkin g that I see simin walking across the carpet I guess I am just feeling sorry for my self, it went well though andrew and I stayed with him while he was sedated I left before the final injection, the staff were very good the ones who had looked after him before with sasha came in to say goodbye andrew elected to stay with him till the end, though he was wearing a red ski jacket and his eyes matched when he came out, it looked like he had lost a lot of sight since sunday so I do know that I did the best thing for him , so andrew brought me home I declined an invite for lunch so we will have lunch next week when things are not so raw, I thought it was very good of andrew to stay to last as they lost 2 animal last year rocky the dog and calico the cat, everyone has been so kind to-day I have recieved several phone calls from friends my sister and anne, I think that I am rambling on too much, brenda have a nice day in bury on saturday I hope that it does not rain for you goodnight from me dorothy

Happy New Year to all - 2011 has begun well - hot summer days plus a few wet ones thrown into the mix. Nothing happening like the floods in Australia or the snows in the UK and Europe. I think the States also have extreme weather conditions too.
We had a quieter Christmas inasmuch that we didn't go to the farm as my brother and his wife's family were all in Wellington so they went there. Christmas day for us was with Craig and his girlfriend, Mum and brother. We had a shared Christmas dinner at the Sallies - the first time our corps has done something like that for the congregation. Mum initially didn't want to go to the dinner thinking it was the free community dinner which was on the same day. In the end she really enjoyed herself. Craig's girlfriend is deaf so it was challenge trying to comprehend what she was saying, the two actually meet at a deaf gathering a few months ago and soon became a couple.
I mentioned the weather as hot - today it is hot - and I don't like too much heat as too much heat makes me queasy. Can't wait for cooler weather.

Morning to all ,and a Hi,to John ,nice to see him adding again,and have to say ,i know how he feels about heat ,he he ,the first time we went to Cyprus for Sean's wedding ,it was so hot that i didn't go outside much that week 35c plus is more than i can take now ,although i used to love it in The middle east ,but ,of course ,i was a looooot younger then ,lol.
Hi Dorothy ,it is hard yes ,but you couldn't let Simon suffer any longer,and you did the right thing ,in giving him the peace he was longing for.
He had a wonderful ,loving home ,as much as any one ,or pet can ask for.
I will tell you what i told our Edith,the best thing you can do after a few weeks ,is go to a rescue centre and give another cat ,or dog ,the same as you gave your other two cats ,a new loving home ,for the rest of their life.
Yep ,my car is fitted with a reversing camera ,that helps reversing in tight spaces,it was added by Nissan before i took delivery of the vehicle,i asked for a warning signal to be fitted too ,only to be told ,they are illegal in Britain ,for fitting to cars and small vans.
How stupid can the authorites be, ANY device that adds safety should be allowed ,i am sick and tired of stupid people who walk behind my car despite knowing that the reversing lights are on still persist in cutting across the parking lot right behind me ,ruddy morons that they are.
Any way ,the camera's that i have fitted rercord all that's going on ,in front of ,and behind the car as soon as the engine starts,so any daft Bu***r who does stupid things like that ,and causes an accident ,can't put in a bogus claim for damages and get away with it,the video footage is admissible in court,which makes them think before causing an accident with a claim in mind.
What a change here this morning ,yesterday it was minus 10c overnight,and last night there wasn't even a frost ,and the sun is shining ,,at least ,i think that big yellow ball in the sky is the sun ,he he ,that long since i have seen it that it could be anything ,lol.
We have the other meal of the stew that i did yesterday for dinner ,and i already have the bacon out for the Bucks Bacon Badger,for dinner tomorrow ,i may even go really posh and add some sausage meat ,and dries sage to the mix,something nice and warming for a cold day,and seeing as it's aan oven dish ,i will do a full Sunday veggie roast as well ,parsnip,Tatties,Onion [red],And sliced sweet peppers and sweet potato,so any one coming ,you have 25 hours to get your butts here ,he he.
I Am going to have a quick look out back to see it the ground has thawed enough for me to check on my parsnips ,catch you all later ,Fred

goodmorning a little lake effect snow this morning but it should go away soonI hope as usual fred your menu's make my mouth water 25hrs to get there well I suppose in this day and age it would be possible to fly over and arrive in time(don't I just wish). looking at the time it is about 2pm your time and brenda hopefully is having a browse around bury market. good to hear from john and allhis news sounds like they had a good christmas, fred if and when I am ready to have another pet I would get a rescue animal but as I was so used to having two as I find they are good company I would look at getting 2 who have been to-gether in a family, but I am going to take some time over this decision, the australian open is coming up around the 16th I think a friend of mine has asked me to come to brampton and stay with her so we can watch it to-gether so I think I will consider this andrew would drive me down as the family as yet are not keen on me driving that far alone I am sure that I can do it but the strokes I had have made them nervous ( no ill effects as far as I can see) and isobelle's son would bring me back, I appreciate the concern but do value my independance and I would not drive that far if I felt I would put the other drivers on the highway at risk anyway I shall think about it isobelle and I do love our tennis. bye for now dorothy

hi Everyone,just a few lines as i am feeling under theweather ,hope i am not coming down with a cold or anything.DorothyI di get to Bury and enjoyed a browse round,Not much going on ,on the market think the stall holders are on holiday at this time of year. managed to get what i wanted from BHS in the sale so did ok.The rain started when we got home so that was good as well. Hope you have a good time watching the tennis with your friend ,being together sounds a good idea.Nice to hear from John glad they had a good christmas,hope his wife is doing ok
.Enjoy your meal fred,but i am sure you always do.
Going to bed now with my Horlics .see you all soon
take care ,Brenda

goodmorning the snow is on the way so they say just a few flurries at the moment and I do believe the sun is trying to shine, sorry that you are not feeling well brenda wrap up and lots of fluid, glad you got to bury yesterday I guess the stall holders do deserve a holiday now and then. I think that it will be a quiet sunday for me I shall get into a book and paly some music. andrew is taking bryan to aruba at the end of the month they were planning to go shopping yesterday for sandals and new bathing trunks also andrew is planning on booking a half day deep sea fishing trip aloong with 2 of his friends who also had the trip adwarded to them it will be an experiance for bryan andrew has done it before. I see that my sister is getting dumped on in calgary with snow and very cold weather she will be glad when march comes and they go to arizona though after the shooting yesterday maybe she will be a bit nervous. she has a birthday coming up on the 10th of feb. and is not happy about being 64 as I told her what is your problem you are still 5yrs younger than me and look at lindys mom 72 and still ski-ing and down hill at that age is just a number well get well soon brenda bye for now dorothy

Morning all,feeling a bit better still headachy but not sneezing as much,have a few errands to do today,so will be out a while.
No snow but wet and miserable ,typical Monday morning !!!
Hope you enjoyed the lazy day yesterday Dorothy, my friend does that quite often on a Sunday, mind you she is still working,so she sees it as a necessity to wind down not a treat.
Hope the lads enjoy the shopping and the holiday sounds great.
We have been looking at some holidays but there is not a bargain to be had at the minute unless we go in the next few weeks which we do not want.Our friends are talking about going on a cruise later in the year but I am not keen .Hope Fred and Liz are ok ,not sure wha the weather has in store for them.
Better get dressed and out on my errands.Take care ,Brenda

goodmorning well the snow has passed us by but the toronto area had quite a bit glad you are feeling better brenda colds are miserable at this time of year as jan. seems such a gloomy month, yes I enjoyed a lazy day yesterday lots of music and I read 2 books made myself a nice meal for dinner(5-30). will pop out to the stores to-day it is clear and the sun is shining so you forget it is cold. nothing special on this week I may put some photo's in order in a album I have been putting that off for quite a while. andrew mentioned going out for lunch one day this week if he works from home so that will be a change. must say I slept in till 9am to-day I have not done that for a long time as both cats would wake me at 7 to be fed so very strange without simon. but it will get better I know, hope fred and liz are ok maybe they are busy at the moment if the weather down fred's way is good he was going to get out in the garden I think he said. bye for now dorothy

Just put thread up on GR as today is Sylvia van Oostens birthday and i no she comes here Brenda on your site ,and she has,nt been very well as late
Happy birthday Sylvia have agood day
Love Dutch en Janxxx

Just looked in on this thread before going out ,luckily.
Thanks a bunch Dutch for the info on Sylvia's Birthday,and i will say Happy Birthday Sylvia ,have a nice day.
I couldn't send her a card Dutch because i have no email addy,so ,thanks again.
Fred.

tues evening happy birtrhday to sylvia hope she had a great day, I was up early this am as the tow oldest grandchildren were not feeling well so of I went to keep an eye on the two of them handing out lots of fluids and advil soup etc also gave me the chance to take over a pile of laundry I do so enjoy the big washer they have even washed the parka I went over in it was covered in simons cat hair after the visit to the vet I did brush most of it off but it didit good to have an extra wash and dry, andrew came home early about 2pm after a meeting at head office and tool over hopefully they will be abck at school to-morrow, the car was covered in a sheet of ice took me ages to get it all off must have been a little rain last night and then the temp. dropped really low so not really hungry but it is 6pm so I shall go and have something light bye for now dorothy

goodmorning from a cold and dull morning in barrie I was reading in the paper that manchester is one of the top 20 places listed in the world to visit that sounds great nothing too much new over here the teen grandchildren went back to school yesterday so they must be feeling better, january is such a slow and cold month that I don't feel like doing much but the tennis will be coming on the 16th so that is something to look foreward to, the floods in australia are horrible to see the weather in the world seems to have gone mad, hope you all are well bye for now dorothy

Hi Dorothy ,yep the flooding is now starting in other countries as well, Brazil.Malasia , and Mexico to name a few,even in oz the rain seems to be heading towards Melbourne now ,God help them ,there seems no end in sight at the minute.
I heard that the worlds magnetic north pole has started to move towards Russia at the rate of over a metre a year,which means that all the birds ,fish and mammals that migrate by the magnetic fields are going to get confused and land up lost ,many miles from where they wanted to migrate to,and this may also effect the worlds weather to some degree ,the world does look to be going all to hell.but ,according to the powers that be ,like the ice age ,it has all happened before.
I have managed to get out in the garden this A M and pull the last of the kale for dinner,and i even managed to pull one of the Parsnip .which seem to be sound ,and so are the tatties in the barrels,so it looks like i only have to buy a Swede at the end of the month for my burns supper,every thing else ,like the Haggis are in the freezer.
offnow for a nice soak in the baath before making the tea ,so i will catch you all Later ,Fred.

Hello everyone,could have sworn i had beeen on in the past few days,but ,I coild be wrong,Have not been out much as I still felt a bit off earlier in the week,Now i feel ok the weather is hossible wet and miserable.and so grey!!!
If Sylvia is looking in hope you had a good birthday ,and feeling better.
Think you are right Fred ,the world is going crazy,hope it sorts itself out soon.Its mother nature showing she isstill the boss.!!!
Wanted to go to the lowry centre today but when its wet its ususally crowded as it just a big shopping centre and dry so people just go there .
Might just leave it and do some window shopping on line!! with a nice cup of coffee.
Dorothy it will take time to get over Simon ,if get over is the right words. I stiill look for our previous pets now and again and I am sure i see or hear them about the place at certain times.
Have a few outings next week so will be busy
Have been looking for a holiday in late april /May but the prices are still high will have to wait a while.and see how they go.,
Fred ,glad you are still getting an harvest from your veggies,hope it continues.
Going for that coffe now and then will have a look see at some of the other sites for a few things ,Brenda

goodmorning from a very snowy barrie we have been dumped on over night and it is still coming down so I am weighing the pro's and con's of going out for the week-end paper I shall see if it stops this afternoon, but there will be a lot to move off the car once again but I suppose it could be worse, my sister and husband went to see the king's speech in calgary last night and both enjoyed it very much, keep on feeling better brenda I think that I may go to isobelle's next sunday for the week as andrew has to go down for a week long meeting and can drop me off as no -none seems to want me to drive that far I think that they are fussing over nothing but what can I do anyway I shall be able watch the last week of tennis with her so we shall see , andrew will come home on the friday and then leave for aruba on the saturday but isobelle's son would bring me home in the sunday anyway I shall keep watching the snow flakes and hope that they stop soon bye dorothy

hi another snowy day not much in the way of visability in my part of town apparently we have had about 145cm so far this winter and more to come. getting ready for the tennis to-morrow getting the house in order and a few snacks made ahead. the oldest grandson was out yesterday snow boarding with his friends yesterday and had a great time, the ski hills around me are doing a great business. going to phone anne shortly and see how things are in bury hope you all are well bye dorothy