General Chat

Morning all.. Hot day today but nice,,We have the A/C on which helps. We had a lovely night at the Four Seasons Hotel and had a lovely room with a fantastic view of the harbour. This morning a lovely cruise boat came in to Circular Quay, and the ferries were rushing in and out. Quite lovely. We had a great meal last night and pre dinner drinks in the bar. After dinner we went back to the bar and had coffee and I had spied a coffee that I wanted when we were having our brandy and dry and ordered it,, It was so yummy with 2 liquers in it .. Didnt need a martoonie after that. Went back to our room and watched the tennis (sad) and this morning we had a lovely buffet breakfast included in the prize. Dont need to eat for a week,,Took some pickles from our room so will send some out.. I now need a coffee so back later Love Mary xxxxx

Morning from a much cooler Melbin. Rained on and off all day yesterday, and O/cast skies today with a cool wind blowing. Jood. I see your adjusting to Vic. weather mate...lol Stinking hot one day. Freezin cold the next. Barb fell in the door at 2:30am this morning with a look of devistation on her face. Her beloved Leynton was knocked out of the Tennis, but she did enjoy watching him play, and loves her tennis overall. We are off to grandson James ( J.A.G ) 1st birthday party today. Just seems like yesterday i was announcing his birth on this thread. Wishing everyone a great day, whatever you are doing. Tony Oz....:>))

Morning Wattlers I was woken to a strange sound at aboout 6 am this morning, had to lay there for a few minutes to work out what it was........................ It was rain, not just light misty stuff, but heavy downpour Yipeee!!!!!!! Bet Barb is as unhappy as me today Tony, boo hoo Lleyton is out, I didnt see Barb at Tennis, was too engrossed in Tele to look at our thread. Oh well all I can say now is roll on footy season only a few weeks now :-)))))))))))))) Dad had a good day yesterday and he looked real well, sometimes he doesnt look too good, but he never lets on if he is not well. I didnt have a real good nights sleep last night, a too active mind I think, found out yesterday that Nan and Pops old farm is now a Bed and Breakfast place. I used to love going to the farm and would spend most of my Christmas holidays with Nan and Pop. The owners have built a guest house on the property and when they first sold the place they said the family could come and have a look anytime they liked, it is now a deer farm. I am thinking I would love to go and stay a night there to see what its like now, its been about 16 years since the farm was sold. But then Im not sure if I will be saddened by any changes that more than likely would have been done, mmmm should I remember the place as it was, or should I go and have a look???????? Trifley, probably have missed you, hope you have a great holiday. ~~~~~~ to Ducky~~~~~ those bed bugs must have been biting me last night. Hope everyone has a great day. Cheers Sue

Morning All, and hello to Linda T nice of you to drop in, what's your weather like? heard it's pretty bad in the UK at the moment well we plan a day of gardening so I expect I'll be achey tomorrow, oh dear that means I'll probably not be able to move so I'll have to sit and just do FH'ing, lol Have a lovely day everyone, safe traveling Trifley and Graeme luv Jillx

JA, still on for 10am. I've just raced back from early church and gulping down brekky as we speak!! See you then. Gwenda - hugs for Dave :) catch you all later with piccys :) I hope!! Vonny

** whispers** Morning all, pale grey sky here, drizzling, cuppa is hot, house is silent.............gonna be a great day!...................back to bed for a read of the paper....................Hz psst did I forget to mention it's been RAINING - yipee

I'm here Gwenda - just. I've been sleeping in here longer (well, I dont exactly rush to get out of bed) It was actually cold last night, cool this morning. No more rain, but greyish clouds. I DO NOT mind this cool weather!!!!! My dreams of getting a great suntan before Mudgee have been shattered :( - oh well, I can always wear neck to knees lol Happy trip to Trifley, Happy launching to Vonny, Happy 2nd or is it 3rd or 4th honeymoon to Mary, Happy painting to Laurie, Happy reunion Tony, Happy day to everyone else. (sorry) but geez I'm cold !!! Hope Mr D has been good JA. The resident siamese here (Kara) - jumped up on my lap the other day while I was sitting here, climbed onto my shoulder and thence to the back of the high chair behind me and sat looking at me in the mirror on the wall in front of the computer ! She is one of the gentlest cats Cheri has had. The others were gentle, but didn't realise they weren't contracting their claws sometimes :( I always had claw marks in me. Kara travels well down to the beach house, is quite used to the car and different houses. Shhhhh! I think I will make a cuppa before the rest wake up - and the sunday paper is sitting invitingly on the table, where the golfer put it earlier. *creeps out* Jood

Wakey wake, rise'n' shine It's lovely outside - pity the house is as hot as hades tho Trifley - enjoy your days away - eat, drink and be merry and bend the plastic a bit Mary - hope you've had a great night too Vonny - all the best with the boat launch - doubt Dave will get there as his back is playing up. Laurie - hope you haven't got painter's elbow Well it's 23 here already so not a very cool night. (((((hugs))))) for anyone needing one ~~~~~~~~~~~ to everyone Have a great day, stay cool Gwenda

Big day painting TLR's office today and worn out but just wanted to touch base. Back at it tomorrow . . . moving everything back in for business as usual on Monday! Nigh nite my friends - sleep well - sweet dreams luv Laurie

Triley -enjoy - sounds great, good to leave lappy at home and veg out - looking forward to hearing about it when you return, and not before please no sms so hot here, thinking of all firies~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ somehow thoughts of Jood came to mind lol Tennis widower not long now Fanny where are you Fluffy love hugs and thoughts come back please Mary and John, luxury and healing Vonny stilll on for 10 am ? lew lew dear send that chill to the southern lands please, Wattie must be tired looking after you by now lol Take care all, happy birthdat to Tassie's dad, Hz understand worries JA

Bag is packed, car is full of fuel and the oil is right. The sooner I go to bed the sooner I wake up and get to go! I'm not taking the lap top......I'll keep in touch by sms. 'Byeeeeeee Hugz Trifley X

Someone mentioned Kangaroo Island earlier on this thread? We went there in Nov 05 and took b-i-law from UK too. Did a Gourmet Safaris tour with Maeve O'Meara and had the most amazing time. Everything from food through to accommodation was simply just amazing. I would recommend this island to anyone who loves unspoilt beauty, amazing food, gorgeous down to earth people and not a McDonalds in sight.... Lyn .

Sorry folks - think it's only 2 and a sup Vonny - I was going to KI for my honeymoon in 1974 and it was expensive then - didn't get there cos I didn't get married and OH won't go cos he's already been with his ex - her dad ran one of the pubs. No wonder Aussies travel o/s - we are pricing ourselves out of the reach of ordinary tourists. Gwenda

Crikey - I bin trying to get the lotto results on line for 20 mins on dialup :((( Hoooray - at 8:50pm Sat 20/01/2007 2661 4 .5 .20. 24. 25. 33. ..........22 .35 Jood

Lotto numbers are: Draw 2661 4..5...20...24...25...33 suppps 22 & 35 Tony Oz...:>))

Gwenda, LOL that figures. Mary - I know you said Kangaroo island was expensive to get to, BUT I just found out how expensive :( ~~~~~~~~~~ to all others

..and watching any T.V programe he wants to...:>)) When the Tennis start in Oz. No one is allowed to change channels in this hooose. Barb just rang to say if anyones watching the Tennis, she is on Centre Court ( Molik game ) sitting next to Ozzie Cheer squad. The ones with the peaked Chinamen hats on...lol Tony Oz.....:>)))) *flicking happily threw all the 52 channels* Ps. When the footy starts..no one is allowed to swap channels ( Male Law ) section 52 of the peace code...:>))

Jood. Have emailed ya back....lol Those old dos programs can be a pain. Hope it works. Tony..:>))) * Cooking up a storm *...lol

Vonny - you need to be in Coober Pedy now - there's water, water everywhere - actually you'd need the boat from Port Pirie up. Just checking The Advertiser for something else and they were showing piccies of all the areas that have flooded. The weather map shows a big band of wet weather covering quite a bit of the country - just hope everyone gets a share Gwenda

You'll never guess, the two little girls (the old ladies) - got to ride on my ex (decd) m-i-l's gopher. Unfortunately ex has temporarily misplaced the key, so they have to be pushed around. I thought it was so ironical they were dressing up and playing old ladies, with walking sticks and then later riding on the gopher! Actually I wanted a go too, I was gonna do a burn round the dry old lawn, but ... no key :( (can just see myself in one of those complete with flat - NOT!) hahaha Ooooooh Tony - you doooo miss Barb heaps lol by the way I emailed you. Jood