General Chat

Afternoon folks sorry to have been absent again ,but I do not know where my time is going these days.
I am either at workmon the phone or writing letters about dads affairs etc or trying to keep up with the house work,mind you have let it go again as we wnt out for lunch on Tuesday and had a great time,just a pub lunch but it was good just to get out with our friends and not worry about going anywhere after.
Also got into town yesterday and had a nice lunch with my friend ,the others couldn't make it at short notice ,ome had the dentist anyway!! and got a couple of bargains in the sale at M&S.!!
Off out tonight for my best friends 6oth birthday bash,should be a good night but I have work tomorrow!!!
We are now looking for a holiday at the end of November as that is when our little group of friends should be finished with all the appointment they all have for various things.we should be nice and relaxed for christmas.!!!
Hope the boys continue to be ok Dorothy,my friend phoned a few days agp to say her dog was being ill again and is on antibiotics again as well as water tablets!!.
FRed hope LIz is ok now and you are ok at the dentist ,when are you at Cala Gran.???
See you tomorrow Take care Brenda

goodmorning one and all fred hope that liz feels better after a trip to the dentist I admit I share your feelings about going to the dentist so many people of my age who lived in england as children do not seem to have good memories of the dentist's back then. hope you enjoy your few days away, the cat's are about the same very quiet and sleeping round the clock, I have enjoyed the tennis all week but still undecided what to do about the boy's we have had good weather all week but to-day it is raining and a lovely cool breeze, my sister phoned from calgary last evening they are back after two weeks in california had a good time but a lot of driving so they are resting up at there place in canmore and there is snow on the mountain tops she tells me oh shades of what will come to barrie in time bye for now dorothy

Afternoon Dorothy,sounds as though you are a little busyat the moment.
Liz and i were going to go back up to the van this afternoon after her visit to the dentist,but we changed our minds after Liz had two teeth pulled,and is a little sore round the gish, lol.
I shouldn't have laughed at her even though it was her fault for not going to the dentist much earlier while the two teeth were savable.
She got her own back [rotton b***** by making me an appointment for next Thursday afternoon [coooooo ,mummy ],don't fancy that at all,whinge ,hides behind the computer desk he he.
Had a right to do with the computer too,did an internet explorer update ,and got a trojan for my trouble,because i had shut the security system down as suggested by windows.
Next time ,the antivirus stays open and bugger the suggestion from explorer ,lol.
The son had a lovely time in silverstone,and got back safely an hour ago after watching formula one for three days..
Everyone seems to be having a rough time at the minute Dorothy,even down to Mary off the other thread with both brothers unwell,one having had a heart bypass last week,seems he is getting better ,but has a bit of chest pain,but i reckon that's healing pains ,and he should be fine if he gets over the next two weeks,the first month being the worst.
Gonna have to go,liz needs a little tea,and i think i will get some soup out for our tea ,it being nice and soft for her..
Take care all ,see you all in a few days when we get back again.
Fred.

goodmorning it is a lovely morning for the children going back to school sunny but not too hot of course in my case it is not only the children going back to school but also their mom, she will be teaching children from kindergarten grade one and two she is looking foreward to this, I am off to the shops the belt on the vacum cleaner broke yesterday so not much housework was accomplished, plus I did not get to see murray play as they did not show it till midnight due to showing football games earlier (american football). but to-day it is on from 11am till 6pm and then 7pm till whenever on the american channels, some of my american friends have conflicting ideas on who to vote for in the november elections and now it looks like our prime minister steven harper is going to call an election for 0ct 14th I have no idea why he has a minority government but I don't think the much will change though the green party is on the up and up so we shall see at least with us it is over in 6 weeks not like the states, I hope you all have a good week and better weather for you all bye dorothy

goodmorning brenda you sound like things are coming to-gether for you sorry that you have that late shift especially if you don't like that particular library, hope that your lunch plans work out and that you have a good time. to-day is the last day of the holiday week-end so the roads will be very busy on top of the folks who went north for the week-end will be the folks who have spent the entire summer at the cottages coming back for school to-morrow so I shall stay inside and watch them go by. murray plays again to-day so I shall watch him while I am doing some housework just to prove to myself that I can multi task as the kids say. the boys are still very quiet and sleeping a lot otherwise I am not sure what is going on with them bye for now dorothy

Morning all.hope the bacon badger worked out ok Fred again it sounds delicious!!!
weather now sunny but has rained and more on the way they say.
Spent the morning phoning a few different places about Dads affairs persevered with the long wait queues and got things sorted!!!and then tried to phone my bank and could not even get an answer,was using the pay by phone line and if that doesn't answer when its all automated what chance have we got!!.
Glad you enjoyed the tennis Dorothy,haven't seen any here.
On work at 12,30 so need to have a showr go shortly..on til 8.00pm so not looking forward to this as its my least favourite library.!!
Off tomorrow so can get to meet some friends for lunch not been able to for months.,mind you she does have a chest infection so might not be able to come ,so John and I will go ourselves for a treat.
See you later
Take care ,Brenda

Hiya all ,i have had a lazy morning [for me] and have now finished getting the dinner ready to cook.
I was going to make this bacon Badger ,but forgot to bring the veggie suet home ,so have had to have a rethink,and finished up turning it into a pudding ,steamed in a pan with a pastry [with an added egg ,and sage / parsley ]combination.
I chopped the streakt bacon into small chunnks ,did ditto with the onion and potato,and fried them lightly using veg ,oil adding a little mace,pepper [fresh ground] salt & parsley.
Tried a little as i turned it into the basin and have to admit it tastes exellent ] yum yum lol.
I mixed the pastry upand just put it on top of the mixture,then put some greased greaseproof paper over the top.to keep the moisture off .
Making a suet pastry and rolling up the mixture in it ,i will try in a few weeks,using greased foil to wrap the badger in,then cooked for 45 minutes in a hot oven.
Fresh spring cabbage,carrot ,and calabreese out of the garden to go with it,and new ,and mashed potato, will do nicely,and seeing as there are only two of us for dinner ,it will do us for tea tomorrow as well.
We have the washing ,drying on the line already bearing in mind that thunder storms are due this afternoon,and i have done already ,all i need to see to outside .
Hissy has realised that we arn't going to shoot off again ,so ,is calming down a lot ,but is still following me around like a lost sheep.cor ,it's 'ard he he,couldn't even go to the toilet or the bathroom for a shave and wash this morning without her meowing and scratching at the door to be in.
Hope you are al;l enjoying your time off ,see ya later peeps.Fred.

sat evening hi brenda and fred thanks for the kind words the "boy's" are just resting and eating a small amount of the new food simon is taking the pills quite well, I agree they have given me a lot of love and companionship over the last 15yrs many memories of my mother are tied up with them, I shall keep them as comfortable as possible till the end of the month (sept) and then see what may need to be done, to-day we had a lovelyday weather wise so all the people at the cottages will be enjoying the day, I watched tennis murry almost lost then came charging back a good match, fred it sound like you enjoyed your days away and liz as well thats good take care all bye for now dorothy

Just added a long message and it disapeared,so will just say hello to you all,hoping things are going ok with Dorothy and her boys and fred and his garden am very tired as did not sleep at all last night.
Brendah

Hi all,back home for a few days now,as it's not worth going back up to the holiday park until Tuesday afternoon,after Liz has been to the dentist.
Sorry to hear that you are dealing with two unwell family members Dorothy. i know it comes to us all,but that dosn't make it any easier to cope with.
As Brenda says ,let it all go lass ,we understand ,and it's no good bottling it in,all you can do now ,is make it as painless as you can for them,and when the time comes ,relax in the knowledge that they had a lovely life ,where they were loved to bits,you will be blessed for your love and kindness.
We have had a great time so far,the weather has been pretty good,and we did manage to walk along to Newbiggen,although Liz was so tired by the time we got there ,that we had our coffee,then got a bus back.
The two large wind turbines that were put up off Blyth three years ago ,will not now be dismantled as first thought,but have been bought by a major electricity company,and new cables are to be laid ,this time in channels cut by dredger so that they cannot be damaged again.
These generators are proportedly the largest in the world ,and will provide a lot of power to Blyth township.
We were lucky enough to see them turning [slowly] yesterday as the engineers made sure that the gearboxes were still free,and working properly.
No doubt when the yanks get to hear that their wind
turbines are smaller than the brit's ones ,work will start to make sure their's are bigger than ours [ every thing is bigger in Texas ] lol.
I have been busy in the garden till now ,mowing the front lawn,doing the edges,doing the little flower border and rockery .and cutting the haulms back ,in the far tattie bin[ they are now covered with the lid] ,and await our pleasure at Christmas.
The first three boxes of kit -cat have arrived and have now been put away until December ,so the family will do nicely for biscuits and the like.
Have to go now ,and find something for the tea,but have to admit ,that the thought of a couple of pieces of fish sound good lol.
Catch you all later peeps ,hope everyone is having a nice weekend.Fred.

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friday evening 10pm well the boy's are on the new food and simon has started his antibiotics so we shall se what this treatment does they are very quiet and just want to be cuddled and that is not like sasha he is usually very independant, we had a rain storm this evening this is the last long week-end before school starts, my grandchildren went down to the school to-day they have the classsroom lists posted as to what teacher they have and who is in the class with them apparently two out of the three are pleased the youngest is not according to their mom they have managed not to get the teacher ian has been assigned before anyway he may not stay in her class long as he is being tested and would be very bored in her class, they have put this off beofre but this will give them the push to get it sone he is quite broght and needs to be encourged to explore his ptential not given anything to dowhen he is finshed the term work very quickly well have a good week-end bye for now dorothy

Hi Dorothy ,what rotten news,you can come on here and vent all you want,!!!
My neighbour across the road lost her cat yester day he was 21,but had been ill a while.And my friend came round last night and was up set about her sisters dog having to be put to sleep due to cancer.!!
So Its not been a good week for pets and there owners/carers.
TAke caer brenda

hi wed eve, well I have ot had a good day most of the cat's test results came back sasha is in kidney failure in the early stages but we may be able to control it with some special food but the vet said she can't say wether it will move along slowly or quickly, simon is also in kidney failure but not as bad as sasha but he also has a bladder infection so to-morrow starts on antibiotic's, we talked about quality of life and of course the expense as they will ned 2/3onth blood work and urine cultures to date the bill is about 400 pounds with more to come, so I had a rainy day account for a plane fare to england sometime next year if anne is still unable to visit and that is now goen, they don't seem to be in pain but not actin there self the big problem is that incontinence can become a issue I don't mind if they miss their boxes it is if they christen the furniture so I am going to try the food for a month and see how they do I am booked to go to calgary in oct and if they start to fail I can't leave the care of them to the neighbour and the family the vet said to take some time and then decide if 15 yrs of a good life is long enough and to think about maybe putting them to sleep if they do not improve, if I was a drinke I would have a good shot of brandy but those days are over sorry to be so down but I had to vent to someone, and don't want to talk to the family as I think I would just cry bye for now dorothy

morning all,hope you are all well and happy??
weather could be better but it is dry ,
On work at 2pm til and have been doing some phone calls and writting letters connected tpo Dads estate as they put it.
Not been on "word " for ages and got a bit messed up with the font size!!!
Also had to print some attachements from an email of for my sister .she did not tell me it was nearly 30 pages and it was coloured as well.
Hope your cats are ok Dorothy i am hearing nothing but bad news about pets at the moment.
Going out agian on Saturday to look at the fires and also some new curtains for the bedroom,(I ruined the others in the wash).
Need to shower and get ready for work.see you soon ,Brenda

hi well what a day I have had off with two of the children to my own doc's for 10am then took them shopping back by noon as the furnace had to be checked then at 2pm off to the vets the boys were not happy ebing there to cut a long story short they are still there having tests tot he tune of 800 dollars about 200 pounds each but there is no other way to see who has the health problem they may get home to-night (wed) by 7pm but more than likely stay till to-morrow if after all this I find it is behavoural then it will have been an expensive way of finding out they were being just plain mad with all the accidents. it is cheaper for humans to have tests anyway they are important to me so hang the expense I guess bye for now dorothy

hi tues evening took the boys ten pin bowling to-day laura was at a friends then we had luch out so it was a fun day but I came home to a bit of a mess, one of the cats had been sick in about 7 places a bit here a bit there then I went to change into the clothes I had left on my bed this morning a t-shirt and pair of pants and they were soaked in urine again not sure who did it as they are not confessing, so I have a vets apt to-morrow to see who is perhaps having a bladder problem the one cat sascha he drinks a lot and they are going to be 15 soon, so of course I will have to have tests done on the both of them heavens knows what the cost will be but apart from yearly check ups they have never cost me money before so we will see what happens to-morrow, plus in the am the water will be off all day the town is doing something lots of houses and flats without water till at least 6pm should be fun, I have the three children to-morrow as well so we shall see how the day goes, hope you had good results with your shopping spree brenda bye for now dorothy

Morning all,
fred was working Saturday,as it was my day to work,but not on the bank holiday, don't give them any ideas.... we already do some Sundays !!

Had a look round for a new gas fire as we stopped looking ages ago ,but need to get some advise so Johns nephew by marriage who is a corgi registered fitter is coming to tell us what type we need etc.
Also looked at new dining tables but did not see any I liked all to modern for me,also too big for my dininfg room.!!!
Speak to you all later,off for a shower then out shopping again .
Brenda

goodmorning maybe the weather will improve for the last day of the bank holiday it was very humid here yesterday I even put the air conditioning on I don't use it very much as I usually get a good breeze up here on the 11th floor, wehad a bad accident on the highway yesterday and traffic was backed up for 4hrs I felt sorry for the folks trapped on the highway for that long in the heat, to-day the tennis starts for 2weeks the us open and the one of u.s conventions starts so I will enjoy both, the grandchildren are getting ready to go back to school on the 2nd of sept so I will spend the day with them to-morrow and wed as lindy has to go to school earlier all the teachers are in a week earlier to set things up so we should have fun. they were all at the cottage on the week-end a last fling I think going sailing or canoeing and biking around bryan the oldest is doing well in the kayak ., fred my tomato plant has given up the ghost but I did get a good crop off it, but the green pepper plant is producing a 2nd crop not bad for one little plant I should have more to freeze bye for now dorothy

Uuuuuuup we come ,had a heck of a job locating the thread lol.
It's been one heck of a weird season here Dorothy,most of the last two months the temperatures have struggled to get out of the 60's F,and it's been very dismal,the worst August for 100 years,and thewettest on record.
The sea hasn't had a chance to warm up,and so ,the wind off the sea is chilly ,not warm like usual.
I reckon we are going to get a long winter this time,but wether it will be a hard one remains to be seen.
I was talking about putting the furniture away because it's been so wet ,we have only used it once since March,still ,there is time yet ,lol,it was nice yesterday ,we even got sun ,[yippee] but today it's back to normal,threatening rain,cool ,and yukky.
I was going to do a Bacon Badger for dinner today using some veggie suet which cooks as well as the beef stuff,but looking in the fridge i find that there is none.
I don't know,i do the cooking ,take Liz shopping and it looks like i may even have to make out the shopping list in future [grumble ,humph ],he he.
Hope everyone has enjoyed their long weekend ,but i bet that Brenda has been working again,?
Looks like time to go and get the shopping done,i need to buy some core drills from Aldi so that i can bore a hole in the kitchen walls to put in an extractor for the cooker before winter sets in,it will save a lot of steam forming in the kitchen while cooking.
Take care all.be back shortly.
Fred.