General Chat

Hello Dear Friends Thanks to all for compliments on chrissy decos, although our house tends to be a little meagre compared to some of the homes we visited on a our trek of the night, boy some of them are so amazing, winner of last year and neighbour across the road from him must be in competition with one another as they have put up more lighs and displays than was there last year, their street is one of the best Thank you to my wattler friends for making my night another memorable one, but then with such a great bunch I wouldnt have expected anything less, peeps you a just the best bunch of nutters anyone could wish for Lara, glad to see you arrived home safe and sound, lady you are one delightful, crazy, entertaining character to have at anyone partys, so glad to have found you, its such a shame about so much smoke, those poor devils, hopefully they will all be fine for christmas, lets hope it abates soon and that it returns to normal Now Ducky, what can I say about this little ball of fluffy down, to put all you other crazies in the picture, our dear Fluff apparently suffers from the dreaded asthma, but never fear because our Printheth was there to keep a watchfull eye over her, firstly our Loz bought Ducky her Ventilun, (one packet of smokes), secondly her Nebulizer, (one ashtray in the shape of a small aluminium bucket) and then preceeded to settle her down with same, now what cna you reply to that but perhaps to say, just as well we have the Printhth looking out for us all LOL, anyways Ducky I hope you are feeling a little after all that special attention by Nurse Printheth and you are feeling much healthier by the time you touch down in QLD hee hee Lyn, ooh wah, who I managed to lose on our chrissy light trek, leaving her to find her own way home in the dark , (who arrived with her OH, and also in tow her Lovely quiet BIL Terry, and her beautiful son Daniel), having met the gorgeous daughter Jess on having Thurs, a BIG THANK YOU for the helping hand of supplying us with your culinary delights, scrumptious tasty sausage rolls,says she who never even got to sample one as they disappeared as quick as handing them out, tiniest morsels of quiches I have ever seen, which I learnt this time to snavel 6 and gobble them down before placing others on the table and most of all that platter of beautiful greek delights, hee hee, which I got to keep some, YUM And Lastly but Definitely not LEAST, our Printheth, who I might add, tee hee, (ask the Loz about the kids and her feather boa),heee heee and TLR for making MINE and ROBS night a truly memorable one and for the kindness that they relay to all and each they encounter, YOU are One AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL COUPLE to have ever been placed on this earth and I thank God that I have the grace to call you my FRIEND, for the friendship you extend to all and the hospitality that you both also share, MWAH, XX we loves ya both Boy cannot wait until next Feb, to see this crazy lunatical bunch Tony have sent you mssge re newest addition, welcome to the world darling Jack, whoops thanks Tony, (late as usual, Shaz) he he Shaz

Pickles sent Sandra. it is HOT here today. The gutter party looked very upmarket - even had tables and chairs over the road I noticed :) To hot to do anything - I might read! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vonny

well its 'after noon' and the wind is picking up a little, but I havn't been outside to test the temperature, I'm just hoping everyone down south is doing the right thing and leaving to a safe place if necessary, or well prepared. It's pretty nervewracking. Hope Lara gets home safely - it's not so smokey up here as it has been and y'wonga will be fairly good. I am going on ancestry to keep my mind occupied! ~~~~~~ Hz

Goooooood Morning...:>))) Nuther hottie down in Melbum. Laurie. Thanks for the piccies mate. Lots of happy smiling faces, and good fun by all. Its truly amazing to see such freindships growing between a great bunch of people from all over the country.Just looking at the photo's one would think that we have known each other for years, and some of us have never met. Shazz. Your chrissy lights and decorations look great, and what a fantastic window display. Sarah and i took off for the local Scout hall to buy our christmas tree this morning, and purchased a nice shaped 7ft Pine tree. Sarah and mum are decorating it today. We have always had a pine tree, and buy ours at about this time of the month, as they dont last long in the hot weather.Apart from them dropping pine needles all over the place, we like the smell of the pine. Off to visit new grandie ( Jack ) this arvo, as daughter and hubbie arrived home yesterday. Have a great day everyone, and best wishes to all who are under the weather. catcha ron. Rudes.......praying for rain.

Good morning Waffling Wattlers. . . thought I had better get in before the afternoon invades the day. The Gutter party last night was a lot of fun, thanks to Shaz & Rob for inviting us. We had a feast, good cooker Aunty Shaz . . . and Lyn too . . . Lara went home with a little box of Greek sweets for Mike, to compensate for the fact I forgot to get him some of the best French Vanilla Slice in existance. The light display out Shaz's way is unbelievable . . . Shaz has an amazing collection of christmas ornaments and decos . . . wouldn't like to be storing them for 11 months of the year. Shaz led us on a trek through the neighbourhood to check out the displays, lost poor Lyn there for a while . . . but I think all accounted for in the end. We sort of took over the gutter - and the path - and the park - and the road . . in fact the neighbourhood . . . teeheee Not much sleep around last night . . . TLR had something wrong with his mouth there for a while he just kept looking at me like he was in pain and this strange sound was coming forth sounded like ssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. teeheee He dinny like my singing me thinks !! Up at 4.45 to get Lara to the airport for her 6.15am flight - back to bed and no contact with day again till after 9am. Leisurely brunch on the balcoonie . . . and now just an ease thru the day until its time to take the Ducky to the airport at about noon. (woops thats only an hour away) Not really happy with the Ducky going home like she is . . . very chesty, not getting a whole lot of oxygen! But you cana keep a good Wattler down as the old saying goes!!! No rest for me this arvo . . . have to do a bit of a h/wk and get all the little things up out of the way before Mag & the two little boys arrive tomorrow (friends from Jakarta) Glad you all had a good time in Canberra yesterday - thanks for the pickle Von . . . that was lovely that you got two generations of my family . . can't wait to meet them myself. Well best go see if I can help the Ducky . . . think I'm needed to sit on the poor overflowing case !! teehee Hope the smoke (and of course the fires) disappear, Lara has sms'd that it is very heavy smoke on the drive to Yarrawonga from Melbourne. Catchya Later luv Laurie

Hi everyone :-) *waits while everyone checks numbers* hehehe ;-))))))))) Thanks for the piccies, to everyone who's sent them, will look at them when I get time enough to save them to my puta and back them up onto my cd at the same time. I didn't do that with the others and lost them when my puta threw a tantrun :-((( *slaps hand for being so silly* Anna I saw you reply to Gwenda, about the cat, before I saw Gwenda's post and for a moment thought you were talking about me lolol Couldn't imagine what I'd done me been angelic and all ;-))) Special waves back to Vonny ````````````````````` Hope everyone is ok ((((((((((((Hugs))))))))) to all who aren't. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to all Catxx

Morning Wattlers, Thanks for the pics laurie, looks like you had a grand time at the gutter party and Shazz the deco's looked wonderful. Vonny can I have some of the Canberra lunch please, I still have plenty of mb's. Gwenda. sounds like the mussels were good,shame about the prawns tho. I have put all our pictures in a Wattler file and then will put on a disc for safe keeping. Hope your not getting too smoked out down there. Very overcast and humid in the Gong but no rain in sight. Have to do some H*******K so have a great day what ever you are doing Cheers Luv Sandra in the Gong

Moooorning all Thanks Printheth Lolly for the pickles - ab fab! Loved the gutter party - wow! what lights and decos! And you all looked very much at home sitting in the gutter! When are you going home Ducky - I'll bet you've had a fabulous time. Hope the cat comes back to get its present Gwenda. Ungrateful wretch. Hope the winds don't fan the fires today. It's overcast here and we even had a few spits of rain when we were doing our morning walk. Come on down and fill our tank!! Have a good day everyone. No pills needed here today thankyou Dr. Lew. X Anna

Morning all from sunny and hot Canberra. Thanks girls for a lovely lunch and great company.. I hope we made Sarah and family welcome as they are lovely . Thanks for the pickles all but I cant see them from here so will have to wait till I get home on thursday.. I will then be able to send you guys out some also. OH not to good, must have been the long trip down in the car as sitting for that long with only one stop dosent do him much good, It is taking him 2 days to get back to normal as I think he is a littl better today. Hope he is as I want to take him shopping for some retail thereapy, Ill tell him he needs the exercise..lol Hope all are well and will try and get back later tonight.. I take it we didnt win anything on lotto as I cant see a big exit of peeps so better luck next week. Lots of love MAry xxxxx

MORNING WATTLERS, oops,sorry to shout. Are special pills required for the party wattlers this morning??? Gwenda, has 3C come home yet? Naughty puss. Well, what a marvellous bunch of photos. Looks like everyone had a great day yesterday. Hope the fire situation eases in Victoria. We're still covered in smoke here. Not very pleasant. Off to get some brekky Love to you all HRH Dr Lew Lew xxx

Thanks for the pickles one who would like to be a Queen - looks fun Hi HZ, smoke sounds nasty -pray for all fighting fires today and all those towns. Brandy - hope 3 C comes home, four days is a long time. Mr D has only been gone overnight and I am concerned Let's know what is happening Morning everyone else. Must be off to do things before it gets too hot JA

''whispers' good morning everybody, i'll try not to wake anybody up, just jumping on computer while it's free and wow what a lot of wonderful pictures thank you so much, fabulous to see the parties in full swing, and such a good time had by all ! i still don't understand about the police station - did trifley have to sign in every day lol ! i have never been to a gutter party but now i catch the drift and i might steal the idea as it looked so much fun and the decorated houses are gorgeous. we had our smoke go south yesterday mid-morning (sorry diyjude!), and luckily there's not been much wind. that could change this afternoon, we'll keep our fingers crossed for everybody affected.catch up with you all later when you're awake! mwah ~~~~~~ Hz

Morning Wattlers, Back on page 6 and its 7.13 am so wakey, wakey you lot of sleepy heads Hope everyone has a nice relaxing day and there are no sore heads after so much revelry yesterday. Thanks to Laurie & Sue for piccles. Had such a big lunch yesterday I didn't need tea but had to have a nanna nap and still nodded off watching telly - gosh aint middle age fun - pmsl If anyone finds a cute tortie & white cat with a pink collar and bell wandering can you send her home - 3C has been missing for 4 days now - apparently she went awol while I was away in Sept too - her 4 days are up so can only hope she comes back soon - just when we bought her a Chrissie present and all - how ungrateful can you get. Off to straighten hair and finish getting ready for work, catch up this arvo Gwenda

No tony just coke Well OH is cracking the whip, have ta bring Santy in for the night and off to bed , spoil sport just when I was ready to settle for the night with a bottle lol. Catch all you good folk tomorrow. Cheers Sue

lol..Sue Do you have cream in your Jim Beam? I would...lol Barbs avin a Baileys, and I'm avin a Morris Muscat...:>)) In a neat little town they call Belfast Apprenticed in trade I was bound And many an hour of sweet happiness I spent in that neat little town Till bad misfortune befell me And caused me to stray from the land Far away from my friends and relations To follow the black velvet band Her eyes they shone like the diamond You'd think she was queen of the land And her hair hung over her shoulder Tied up in a black velvet band Well, I was out strolling one evening Not meaning to go very far When I met with a pretty young damsel She was selling her trade in a bar When I watched, she took from a customer And slipped it right into my hand Then the Watch came and put me in prison Bad luck to the black velvet band Next morning before judge and jury For our trial I had to appear The judge, he said, 'Young fellow The case against you is quite clear And seven years is your sentence You're going to Van Dieman's Land Far away from your friends and relations To follow the black velvet band' So come all you jolly young fellows I'd have you take warning by me And whenever you're out on the liquor Beware of the pretty colleen They'll fill your with whiskey and porter Until you're not able to stand And the very next thing that you know You're landed in Van Dieman's Land

Yes when I say have Raspberries and cream. I actually have Cream and raspberies as there is alway more cream, have ta drown the food in it :-))) Ok Im going back outside to sit on my fence and look at my lights with my guests and drink my Jim Beam See you all tomorrow

Over in Killarney, Many years ago, My mother sang a song to me In tones so sweet and low. Just a simple little ditty, In her good old Irish way, And I'd give the world if she could sing That song to me this day. Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Hush, now don't you cry! Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, That's an Irish lullaby. Oft, in dreams I wander To that cot again, I feel her arms a huggin' me As when she held me then. And I hear her voice a humin' To me as in days of yore, When she used to rock me fast asleep Outside the cabin door. Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Hush, now don't you cry! Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, That's an Irish lullaby

and cream....:>)))....... LOTS ta......hee hee Rudes..:>)) ps. when someone says to me. Would you like some cream....i say....... LOTS

Yes rudees :-) and you missed the best item CREAM :-)))))))))))

annnnd as soon as he can talk, i will be Knighted..ect, ect Sue ( Tassie ) Thanks for the pickles mate. I couldn't help noticing you had... Plum Pud, Pavlova, Trifle, Jelly,Cheese cake, Fresh fruit salad.....Yum ( all my favourites ) Rudes...:>)))