General Chat

Good morning all :) Daughter dragged me out at 8.30 tis morning and I bin shoe shopping :) And I bought 4 pairs of shoes!!! Wow, never done that before!! I also bought her a food processor as a combined chrissy/birthday prezzie, so she was very happy also!! And all before 10.30am!!! Glad you are back home Laurie, safe flight Jood and can't wait to see the clothes Lew Lew :) ~~~~~~~~~~~ have a good day everyone, Vonny

Morning Wattlers, Nice and wet in the Gong, had a dry day yesterday so got washing done (how mundane that sounds) lol if the rain keeps up will have 10ft grass. Mary sorry you won't be at Mudgee but then John's problen is more important lets hope it will fix the problems. Merle, you are a case, you do make me laugh with your words. Jood have a good trip home. A friend won some tickets from the local paper to see the movie Queen which we saw yesterday, it was not bad, sad but also some funny bits in Have a cold virus lurking at the back of my throat and has given me a cough b****r hope it dosent hang around for long. Hope you all have a good day what ever you are doing ~~~~~~~~~~~ to all~~~~~~~~~~~~ catch you later cheers luv Sandra in the Gong

Morning all. Woke to find that rain had fallen overnight - don't know how much. The sun is struggling to shine through the clouds which were grey all day yesterday. Maybe the cyclone has gone through up north, havent caught up with the weather news yet. Mary, I bent my plastic so much, I'll have to take a cleaning job or something :(( Seems like I am flying home on a smaller plane, just 3 x 3 seats across. I came over on a 3 x 4 x 3 seat plane. I went in on the net to change my seat allocation should I not like it, as I did when I came over, and am quite happy with the seat they chose, especially as the two seats next to me were empty!!!! One last cappuccino from my bil for morning tea, and a quick bite of lunch and we will be heading off to the airport for flight at 2.05pm. See y'all tomorrow morning most likely. Enjoy your winter shopping Lew. Love to all Jood

Morning all.. Seems not bad outside so hope it turns out for a good days cricket for those going. Dont mind if the poms win this one as I feel sorry for them,,lol Laurie Glad you got home safely and enjoy home,,, Joodle Welcome home today isnt it.. Hope you had a good flight and the arms didnt get to tired, its a long flight..,,,,lol Lew Have a good days shopping.. Dont bent the plastic to much... Must away and feed the OH so back later, Love Mary xxxxx

Morning Wattlers, just rescuing us from page 6 before I toddle off to Sydney. ~~~have a great day~~~ HRH Dr Lew Lew xxx

Good evening Wafflers . . . Honey . . . I'm HOME !!!! Have just read 6 pages . . . and can't remember a thing teehee Just know I have had a good laugh . . . and found the box of Darrell Lea Dark chocolate Ginger in the fridge and given it a nudge as I read! We had a long trip back from Rockhampton today . . . We went looking for TLR's gtgrandparents grave in an old cemetery in Gudalga - went 4 wheel driving up the cow paddock, then in the rain we trappled thru long grass till we found them . . gave the headstones a bit of a clean up so we could get some good pickles and TLR was so pleased . . . he was like a kid in a candy store. I had to tell him their story all thru . . . there was gtgrandfather Benjamin Bladerson and his with Elizabeth (nee Bates) beside them was their son Benjamin and his wife Annie. TLR is really getting the hang of this!!!! We got heaps of photos from cemeteries around Rocky of his grandparents and other rellies graves - he spent yesterday afternoon doing lots of maintenance at the cemetery and placed a concrete surround and pebbles around his fathers rose bush at the crematorium. I think he has caught the bug . . . teeheee Thanks Ducky for keeping us entertained via sms's on the long trip . . . I had better get off here and get some shut eye or I will be playing catch up all day tomorrow. So nigh nite - sleep well - sweet dreams luv Laurie xoxo

Evening all We have had lovely rain all day - 35 mls in the rain guage last time I looked. Plants are loving it - especially the new ones I put in on Tuesday. And the tank is full! Mary - sorry you aren't able to come to Mudgee but if they can help John with his pain that has to take priority. We'll meet again - don't know where, don't know when, but I know we'll meet again some sunny day. Darling daughter has just started at the McGregor summer school at our local uni - 2 weeks of music making and they've made her lead flute in the flute choir so she is quite chuffed! It's full on every day culminating in a huge concert for the public on Friday 12 January. 150 music students attending and there are others doing visual arts, drama, music theatre etc. 500 people attending altogether from all over Australia. It's a huge annual event here. Good luck with your long johns etc Lew! Don'tcha love the latest addition to the Royal Palace - the young Prince has chosen very well. All very regal I must say. Are you home Laurie - I think it was today you were returning so hope the weather hasn't been too bad for your trip. Yvette - glad the new job is going well. I'd best do a bit of rolling around on a fit ball myself after the Christmas excesses! It will be a case of a blob on a ball! See you all tomorrow. XX Anna

Hello Merle Vonny is right you should get a lend of a video camera and do your exercise routine on your ball in front of putor and if Himself can stop laughing long enough so he won't make the video shake get him to take a video for the funniest home video show and then with the thousands of dollars you win you can fly across to meet us all and listen here girl if this very overweight not so little duck can get into a pair of bathers you most certainly can I have given up worrying what other peeps think now I just do what I want and butter them who would be critical, noone is perfect got to go again and do some FH, love to all c u tomurra Lara

Lara - here's your thingy - uhmm what was it you asked me for? Oh yes, Power Point http://www(.)microsoft.()com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=428D5727-43AB-4F24-90B7-A94784AF71A4&displaylang=en <copy and paste this> Vonny - its farrrrrrrrrr tooo late now, but I would have helped you with that choccy ginger no problems at all :(( They say its good for you! <or was it just ginger p'raps?> tee hee Merle - you are soooo funny. Do be careful of those round balls, my sister's physio recommended she do some exercises on it for some problem she had, she fell off it and did a lot of damage to her knee. My daughter has one for her pc. I hate them. So Fanny pray tell me who are these two virgins in the pretending eh???????? You referring to me'n Lew? Can't be Tony, and I can't think who else??? lol Yum - Tony, tell Barb thats my fave drink, baileys and ice - I can drink them like milk shakes, but I'd probably finish up on the floor after the 5th or 6th lol I wrote to the Debbie today to see if she was coming back - this was her reply: Jood Found new chat room so i don't know if i will come back ot not but i will see how things go, the one i found is much faster than the one in genes and i have sent them en email about the 'copy' part of genes reuinted and told them it should be removed Deb I dont know what she means about copy part and I can't remember if she was the one from Nth NSW or the Island off Brisbane Coast. Mary, I will be soooo disappointed if you don't come to Mudgee, but we have to get John better, dont we? Jood

OH Merle .. I just love ya,, you are good for my healing chemicals to.. if laughter is the best medicine as they say.. Hope the leg is healing and the infection is dissapearing.. Lew.. The trip sounds lovely and it reminds me of one Tim Bowden did to the Antartic for the ABC.. You should have a fantastic time..We definately want lots of pickles, please,,,,, Heather... perhaps later in the year we can have a meet in Albury, something to think about... Well I am off to bed.. Daughter arrives from Orange tomorrow for a quick visit on her way to Port Stephens for a holiday..with the family...will be the first time she will have seen inside the unit since we bought it, She has seen the outside so it will all be new to her. Nite Nite all see ya in the morning. Ducky Big Hugs..xxx Trifley Glad you are spoiling yourself this week,, Have a martoonie for me..lol Love Mary xxx

Maybe but he was doing all the laughing dammit seec you all tamorra lol you know who

Merle, they tell us now that laughing releases all sorts of good healing chemicals. You should work up a comedy routine :) LOL Vonny

Hi Wattlers, do you seriously believe I even own a pair of bathers? You'll see why when I figure out how to work the' printerthingy.Double showers don't seem to be considered a requisite by dept of housing.Only rich peeps have those.You should have seen the performance this morning. I got an exercise ball for chrissie and was seated on it in front of the puter cause I'm told it helps get the fat off the high diddle diddle.Was quite comfy too but the came time to get off it with one leg under the desk and the unbending one stuck out at right angles. Ended up slipping non too gracefully backwards onto the floor then pulled myself up by the side of the bed. And what was himself doing while this was going on I ask? Choking with laughter till the tears ran down his face. He'll get his. This elephant has a looonnnggg memory.

just found a mag. article re going to the antarctic. bath and bed time night all yvette x

Evening All, don't actually go to Sydney until the morning, so I'll let you know how successful the clothes shopping goes then, Vonny. Mary, I have to buy all those clothes, but that's okay because it can get down to minus 14 in Mudgee over winter, so they won't go to waste. I'm sailing to the Antarctic, Heather, and we hop on zodiacs (small inflatables) and travel to shore to play with the penguins and seals. I'll make sure that there is lots of pickles, don't worry. Haven't seen Happy Feet yet, but might have to do so before Departure Day. You and Dave are booked into the Mudgee Tour Lunch on Sunday 18 Feb, Gwenda. Details to follow. Well, I'll be off the air tomorrow, so will catch up on Friday. Love to you all HRH Dr Lew Lew xxx

Thanks for the list Tony. Lara, you are too kind :) Well, somehow I managed to waste today - but I did use the clothes line at last :) We want a piccy of you modelling the clothes, Lew Lew :) Oh dear - those dark chocolate coated ginger things are stalking me AGAIN!! cuwl Vonny Hz, my daughter bought me TWO boxes!!!

Evening All, Well, I expect all the choccy coated ginger has all gone by now Vonneeeee!, but DD15 made Chocolate Fudge Brownies tonight so I’ll have one or three of those before the night is out!! Last night OH and I were so tired we were both in bed by 8.30 pm, so tonight I’m feeling perky for the first time in ages, I might possibly manage to read all my X’y cards and letters!! Have managed over the last few nights to touch base with all the family – NZ, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sth. Gippy Vic and my Melb bro has already left for 3 wks in California, he and his wife were almost blizzarded in bushwlking on Mt Anne in Tassie just before Christmas right at the same time the fires were happening on the east coast – gosh, no wonder I’m tired, I can hardly keep up with the immediate family. Mary, all the best to John facing surgery, this is good news because the medical imaging these days is amazing, and they clearly know what they have to do. I can’t get to Mudgee either, so we’ll all sob in our beer together during February!! Trifly, do have a virtual choccy fudge to celebrate a ‘good’ week, there will be many more….. Lew, are you actually going to walk around with the penguins or just fly over them?? I haven’t seen “Happy Feet” yet but perhaps it would put you in the mood?? Hope a big ice shelf doesn’t break off right under you !!! LOL – you could end up off the coast of New Zealand!! Lol a lot!!!! Can’t wait for some piccy’s _ I’ve never met anyone who’s actually BEEN to Antarctica, so I wait with baited breath for your descriptions. PS can you bring back a spare iceberg because my garden could do with some fresh water – we got about 26 spits the other night, how about you Lara, any better in Yarrawonga? Really I’m just about over this drought, and I’m not even a farmer. The sky has clouded up and we’ve had lightening and thunder, but no actual WETNESS…… OK, icing has set on the brownies – I’m making a cuppa and then indulging…. ~~~~~~to all, Mwah, Heather

Hi Lara. We are hopeing that this op will fix Johns problem,, 97% success rate if it IS the problem, but there is nothing else they can find so we thought we might as well go with it and hope for the best.The sysmtoms fit the bill and the specialist is happy about it and thinks it is the problem,,but we wont know until after the op. What is Tiger going into hospital for,, Hope he is OK.. Lew Did you get the clothing you will need for the ice time.. Can you hire it or do you have to spend a fortune buying it all..What will you do with it after if you have to buy it.. Go every year to the snow and the antartic to get some use out of it..lol Certainly not clobber for Queensland.. Yvette So glad the first day at the gym went well..They are lucky to have you.. Thanks for the lotto list Tony,, I had misplaced my previous one.. Love Mary xxxx

hi, did find my sneakers, actually have quite a large collection of them. went for tataas with girlfriend, coz feral won't go for a real walk with her. + he went fishing all day miles + miles out to sea. caught a very nice tuna which I have skinned, cut up, cooked, frozen, given away etc. It woz bigg. work is extremely pleasant. lovely people and ladies only venue. don't look like a sumo in my uniform and no one cares if ya do. still feeling a bit nervous about it. hoping i do the right thing. coo, lew, I always want to go into paddy p's and kathmandu, but poss. keeps walking past. I could get lost.lol. do they have an online cattledog? methinks I need a cuppa, should track down the last of the bailey's too before poss. does. love Yvette

Good Evening all, Mary at least they have found the course for all John's Pain but gee it's taken long enough , and darn if it stops you coming to Mudgee but it's more important for him to be right again what a relief that it's something they can fix. Mary and you go to the next big meet we have . Yvette hope it went well today, and do you want a lend of my sneakers hon? sorry to say they are still gathering dust under the bed hehe Jill is it really that cold? You should come to lovely Yarrawonga , its lovely here at the moment, just perfect temp. Tony will it mean that genes actually want us to get in touch with them Vonny oh well if its confession time forgive me Wattlers for I have too succumb to temptation and eaten lots of chocolate over the past week ,but Vonny surely you can eat as much as you like girl with a body as good as yours why worry lovie go for it will talk to you all later on love Lara