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Had an early night and a good nights sleep so feeling ok to day. weather dry but not sunny ,still looks like rain ,so the washing will be in doors.At work at mo ,see you later with a bit of luck. Brenda

Had an early night and a good nights sleep so feeling ok to day. weather dry but not sunny ,still looks like rain ,so the washing will be in doors.At work at mo ,see you later with a bit of luck. Brenda

evening all,feeling thestrain abit to night am very tired so will be hopefully getting an early night. Glad your weekend went well Dorothy,and you are home safe and well/ Sylvia,I am not sure I am doing as much as i used to do ,everything seems to take longer than it did,that might be why i am tired!!! Hope Freds visit goes ok ,must be so hard,!! see you all Tomorrow.brenda

hello brenda I am back from the week-end away and yes I had a very nice time several early birthday gifts that were very much appreciated isobelle and I watched a lot of moive we rented them and on sunday night stayed up to watch the tennis match from hamburg it was not on till 11-30pm so it was 1-45 before we got to bed but it was worth it as roger won in fine style. thne to today I had lunch with another friend and then headed back up the highway it was clear sailing on my side but bumper to bumper on the side returning from up north, lots of fireworks going off to-night for the may 24th celbrations and the cats do not like it.I have just watche corrie on the computor but have not got the 8-30 episode as yet so I will have to go to bed not knowing what happened to freddie!!!!!. fred glad to hear that you will be able to see your sister sooner than you thought, I am sure that it will not be an easy visit but yet good for both of you in the long run. well bye for now take care all of you dorothy

Brenda, I just do not know how you keep going. You cram so much into one day. Sounds like I used to be, but cannot do it any more. Today I did last bit of ironing and tidied up sitting room then went out on my scootmobile to the shops. It was lovely and sunny so thought I'd better get out. Tomorrow I have Johan's sister and brother in law for a few hours so won't be able to get out. Will keep this short as still want to tidy up my craft room. That is the trouble with living in a flat you can see into every room from the hall. I have a large square hall. Sylvia xxx

doing my late stint at work so can only say a quick hello to keep us from slipping down .where is everyone,hope they are having a good time. Brenda

.sorry about the nudge,just couldn't find us. Worked Saturday,it was not really busy so we managed to do some jobs we can;t do normally when we are open and there are only two of us.becuase it was slow it went very slow if you know what i mean. Had to do my shopping after work but did not need much luckily but it was still getting on for 6.30 when i got home. Had a chilled ready meal for tea it was ok ,it had been recommended by some one but I don't think i will bother again.Put two lots of washing on ,and then put it on the line to dry today .Some things i put on the clothes horse/maiden. Did not sleep well ,so was up early put the washing out ,cooked some bacon sandwiches for breakfast,went for papers ,dropped my son at his other grans,came home vacuumed the living room,but had such a headache by then had to stop..Had a cuppa ,and a headche tablet.which did not do amny good,so went to bed for half an hour .which seemed to do the trick, After getting dinner ready went to see my dad,sorted some papers out for him and made a phone call for him (he was having trouble with his hearing aid). Came home cooked rest of dinner,had dinner but was feeling so tired went to bed again for an hour.Got woken up as my sister called to show me some wedding pictures which was great, Went to bed at 10.30 slept for a couple of hours ,now i am wide awake !! Hope Fred has a good trip down to see his sister ,must be so difficult doing something like that.will be keeping you and your sister and family in my thoughts Fred,Safe journey. Dorothy hope you had a good jpourney to your friends and a nice visit, Sylvia could me me and you for a few days ,see you later Brenda

nudge ,to find us.

Hi Sylvia,sorry to have left you on your own for a few days ,but i have been a bit upset what with one thing and another. Liz managed to get us a last minute booking for a caravan park in Mablethorpe ,near Louth ,so that we can go down to see my sister without imposing on my brother in law ,who for obvious reasons needs space at the moment to come to terms with the impending loss of his wife. I will be able to see her for three days at least,but we have to come back Friday,to get ready to go back up to southernness on friday afternoon. I have been keeping myself busy over the past couple of days getting the garden sorted ,getting the hedge trimmed ,the lawns cut,more potting on done,and putting the low growing roses into the borders. The combi is in now,up and running and we now await the arrival of the sparky to fix up the wireless control panel,but we have already sampled thje hot water ,and radiators [utter bliss] and the son phoned this afternoon to ask if he can come for a bath lol. We hope to be down to Louth by about four oclock ,in time to go to the local cake shop to find a lardy cake to go with the tea ,very naughty of me i know ,but i havn't had one for years,and i'm sure a piece taken to my sis on Tuesday wouldn't come amiss hee hee,Jerry hasn't a sweet tooth so he never buys her that sort of thing. Well ,that's it for quite a while peeps,but i need a few hours sleep to get ready for the longish drive tomorrow [today] i mean . Take care all ,see you a week Sunday ,take care ,and be good.Fred.

Hi all, Am at a loss whether to write something or just nudge. If I nudge will be called 'the secret nudger', but doesn't really bother me. Anyway there is very little news to report, lovely sunny weather. Not much more than a nudge really. Have a nice day. Sylvia xxx

Hi all, Well guess where I have been all day, began at 7.00 am? In the kitchen of course. I have baked 3 9-cereal loaves of bread, made a large whisked non-fat sponge which I have frozen in until I want it and then it is ready to fill with tart filling and whipped cream. I have also made a Dutch apple tart. Tired, not really. Been more tired shopping. The weather has been super again albeit a cold wind. I washed my hair early on as my hairdresser is on holiday. My neighbour Annemie came down and put some rollers in. I usually blow dry my hair, but rollers is ok for a change. Am going to do some more of my cross stitch now. Who knows may have it ready for my daughter's birthday next month. Sylvia xxx

hi well the long week-end is under way they are expecting a million cars to pass through on the way to the cottage country muskoka area . I see a steady stream of cars of boats and cars going by on the highway I shall be setting off in the other direction shortly to see my friends I should have a good drive down. again fred thinking of you and yours take care dorothy

Last off ,first on,hope everyone is ok .Have a nice weekend Brenda

Fred i am so sorry about your sister,can understand you not being your self,like Sylvia says you will find the strength to get througth it.My love and positive thoughts to you and your sister. Feeling tired tonight as I was on 9-5 and again tomorrow.so i am off to bed (before i snap at John again ,like Sylvia said earlier ,we do things like that when tired. love Brenda,

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Hi all, My thoughts will be with you Fred and may you have the strength to bear up to your sister's illness. Cancer is really the main illness which people are dying from these days. We have had a lovely warm sunny day today. In fact too warm for what we did. First of all we took some boxes of clothes etc. to the recycling shop and then looked around the shop ourselves. Always come home with some secondhand books! Lots of children there as it is still holiday time so it was exhausting. We then went on to a large supermarket, and here too masses of people with children. Oh, I was so tired when I came home. Johan was also tired and started making nasty remarks to me so I told him if he was tired then he should go to bed and not take it out on me. I was also tired and still had the dinner to cook! Anyway he must have realised what he had been doing and has been ok ever since. It is amazing what you can say when you are tired isn't it? Have a nice evening. Sylvia xxx

Hi all, My thoughts will be with you Fred and may you have the strength to bear up to your sister's illness. Cancer is really the main illness which people are dying from these days. We have had a lovely warm sunny day today. In fact too warm for what we did. First of all we took some boxes of clothes etc. to the recycling shop and then looked around the shop ourselves. Always come home with some secondhand books! Lots of children there as it is still holiday time so it was exhausting. We then went on to a large supermarket, and here too masses of people with children. Oh, I was so tired when I came home. Johan was also tired and started making nasty remarks to me so I told him if he was tired then he should go to bed and not take it out on me. I was also tired and still had the dinner to cook! Anyway he must have realised what he had been doing and has been ok ever since. It is amazing what you can say when you are tired isn't it? Have a nice evening. Sylvia xxx

hello fred so sorry to hear your sad news you will be in my thoughts I hope that your birds can give you some solace kind regards dorothy

Morning friends and visitors from all over the world who may drop in..Sylia my pal,when johan finishes his book,will you tell us all what the title is please ,because i for one would like to get hold of a copy,it should prove most interesting to read. I may not be around much for the next few days peeps ,because iv'e had some very bad news concerning my one and only sister in lincolnshire. Her hubby phoned as we came in the door last night with the news that she is in hospital with terminal cancer of the spine ,with many secondary growths throughout the body.and they give her about six weeks . I am now going to see if i can get down there for a couple of days to say my goodbys,but i aint very cheerful at the minute as she is the last surviving member of my close family,apart from my children.and much loved missus,this couldn't have come at a worse time considering that Liz's only older sister has lukemia ,and isn't responding to treatment ,very well,although she is only living a couple of miles away and we can visit her any time. I can't even go down this weekend because of the combi being installed today,and the sparky coming on Monday to finish the electrics side of the installation. Going to go now ,and try to cheer myself up a little by watching my birds come in for their breakfast. Have a good weekend all of you ,and be good .Fred.

Keep up the good work Fred and you never know you may be knighted by the queen. Shall I nominate you? You can then wear your best suit, but you'll have to have a wash as well - LOL. Had a quiet day today, making some more cards and doing some cross stitch. I did some household chores - well who else is going to do them? Fred doesn't live near enough to me! Johan is too busy writing his memoires that I can barely talk to him these days. Tomorrow we are off into town with a couple of boxes of clothes and linen for the recycling shop and then do a little shopping. Must have one or two things in the house in case of extra people dropping in. Next Tuesday my sister and brother in law are coming so will make a big pan of soup and have nice fresh bread rolls with it. They won't want to stay for dinner as it gets too late for them as they live in the eastern part of the Netherlands. Next Thursday my granddaughter is coming for dinner. She just phoned me up that she is free that day and is going to the dentist and her dentist has his practice beneath these flats so it is very convenient. See you tomorrow. Sylvia xxx