General Chat

Just a quick response, as I am really tired, have been missing out on sleep a lot lately but hope I can catch up this week and be less stressed while o.h. is on late shift, will also try to catch up with phone calls too. Need desperately to get a haircut, my usual cheapo apptmts at the training schools aren't happening at the mo, so will have to cough up more but think I can get it done, then I can do my roots, can't manage when my hair is this long, so have to get it cut and then colour it myself, have five months worth of grey showing!!!
Eileen, that card was similar to one I received, I thanked the person for it as I too had never had such a pretty one, and next thing I know this lovely lady had sent me a whole pack of them, so now I am enjoying sharing them with others too. It's a bit like ripples in a pond!

Glad things are getting done at the flat Caz and hope all goes well with the move when it happens, hope you will be able to find everything you have packed lol

Tried to ring Kathy the other day but she was out getting her fish and chip supper, so only got to speak to her son, hope her outing means she is feeling a bit better. My cold and cough is a little easier now so hope it will be gone soon.

I spent an hour outside in the garden tidying some plants and at last phoned a woman I know who has a plant sale a couple of times a year, in aid of the Renal Unit at our local hospital. I have promised her a lot of bilbergia plants, they are multiplying like rabbits, so she can split them and repot them to sell in June, she is coming to fetch them so she can go round all the pots and tubs and take any cuttings she wants and also dig out all the new little grasses and hebes that have rooted themselves, there are dozens and I would never get round to doing it so the best thing is for her to come and fetch them, it will make looking after my pots etc easier too.
K . did the first mowing of the lawn as well and he trimmed some branches from the hazelnut tree under my direction lol, so it looks more balanced now and doesn't hang over the grass garden so much, last year it shaded too many of the ornamental grasses I put in, so this year hope they will do better. The garden and being on top of a supermarket is all I will miss from here, oh and the sunrises in the mornings across the field!
I have helped design this garden from a boring patch into something quite interesting and full of different shrubs and flowers and it will look very bare if/when I take all my pots and tubs away lol

Anyway folks, better answer some emails,
love to all, and catch you later
Lizxxxxx

Quick.... did you say Liz? ha ha ha
That would take me ages these days.

I am just here to say hello and how are you all?
Joyce doing okay is good news, bless her she is missed on here with her fun... get well soon love.

I am trying to conserve some energy as I have rather over done it today.
If I told you how much I had done you would think.... and THAT has tired her?
Well YES.
See you all tomorrow and be well all of you.
Love Deanna XXXX

Deanna, thanks, I am lucky that I can still type fast but you should know me by now, my mouth takes off lol ramble ramble ramble ......

Years ago I used to have several penfriends with snailmail and I used to scribble pages and pages of rubbish, never dared read it back before sending or it would have never gone lol

Got a hair apptmt at the training school (£6)but it is 1.15 pm on Weds so will have to get up early and be ready for the off before he is ready to get ready for work lol, he hates me being around while he is preparing his pack up and his head to ride to work. Will be good to get my hair tidied and then I can colour it again and feel a bit more presentable.


Lizxx

Hi

I just got back a couple of days ago from a genealogy trip where I found out my great grandmothers school registers at Winchester Street School, Islington, now Winton School.

Ben

Hi Benjamin, that must have been an interesting trip, did you have some time off work or go at the weekend? How is work now?


Lizx

Hi Ben, nice to see you back with us. I've always wanted to see my grandmas school registers and reports, I supose one day I will.
Ann I was glad they voted Colleen off, she's a lovely person but can't skate and some good skaters have had to go before her. I like Jessica and hope she wins but I think Ray will do it, the cocky little creep, he is a dancer anyway and I heard he used to skate so has he had an advantage? I don't think this series has been as good as the others though.

Deanna I know what it is like, doing one job then having to sit down exhausted, different reasons, same result.
Liz I always pay £6 for my hair cut every six weeks, she comes to my house and is a friend but I don't get anything off for that, she said last week that it is going up at Easter 20 pence, it always does at Easter and by the same rate.

Can't type anymore,my fingers are bad with arthritis again so better keep it short. By the way, the carpets are lovely, they threw in the bathroom one for free as they had some offcuts and it is the best match for the wall colour, my sister was very impressed, I must have got something right at last. Her house always seems perfect to me down to the last detail.

Love and hugs to all
Caz xx

HI Ben how nice to have seen those records. Bet you are panning another trip now!

Caz bet the flat smells lovely of new carpets and paint. You better get in there fast or you might find I have moved in!

Liz good to see all your news

Rushing this morning!! bye xx

Ben that must have been lovely being able to search real records.
I would really love that, but I can't so I have to make do with the web... boo hoo ;-0)
Still I have had a good week with my searches. Hope you found loads of interesting family history.
Are you feeling better these days?

Liz I slowed down to an absolute snails pace after the stroke, but I am doing quite well now as you must see by the length of my messages these days.
I am doing great but I don't think I will ever be as fast as I was.... I still have days when I am searching for the letters and dare not submit anything until I have first checked it.
I am not complaining though. I am still able, so how could I complain?

And Caz.... We have to be smart about our energy... so don't over do it.
Didn't we have this conversation before?? ;-0)

Well everyone I must go and see if I have the energy to....
a) wash
b)dress
c) come back on here.... ha ha ha
I deserve it, I worked hard yesterday...

So All of you take care and I will be back to read all your messages.
Bye for now
love Deanna XXXX

Hi

Yes that is a godsend. They are very informative.

I have just left a website where someone was niggling away at a finding to do with a Coombs relative and one of the mods was backing her up and I tried to prove my point later on by starting a new post, then I got a PM from a mod saying that multiple posts arent allowed so I told them that I will be deleting my account by using that account option. I think a lot of mods on forums like to show their little bit of power they have.

Ben

Good for her, Claire, nothing like the feeling of maternal pride rising . . .
HUgs
Mary

Good for your daughter, Claire, hope she continues to do her best and make you proud, as well as make herself happy and proud too.

Hi everyone, keep putting one foot in front of the other lol and take care,
must get to bed.

Lizxxx

Deanna, you are doing wonderfully, stop knocking yourself love.

Mary, Clair (remember my cousins husband who you met) sent me a newspaper cutting, about that man who jumped into the Falls at Horse Shoe Falls on Wednesday. How on earth did he survive that!!?

Carole, do you mean jumped as in wanted to commit suicide? Or jumped in for a dare. Loads of people have done all sorts of things in the falls there, riding over in barrels etc, not all survived.

Ann
Glos

Well done Clair's daughter..
I do remember those days when Mine were at school.

Ben... I had such a find last evening!!
Searching for one member of my family.. direct line... I found so much about her and also a list of her children.
ALL on her death certificate.
I could not believe it.
The only thing is, I still don't know Where in Ireland they come from.
I think that the scribes just did not know the size of Ireland or perhaps did not understand the accents.. Whatever the reason, I am still searching for a place to start.

Liz... I have made many a journey using that philosophy... one foot in front of the other... tiring but worth the struggle. ;-0)

Well Love you and all that... but I must go back to my growing tree... ;-0)
Have a lovely day all of you.
The sun is shinning and it is even quite warm today, or am I just on a 'high' ? ha ha ha

Deanna XXX

Carole that's true, it was a suicide attempt, but he is safely in psych hospital now for treatment. No idea how he survived, seems 'his time wasn't up'. There was also an article last week from Roger Woodward who survived a trip over the Falls in July 1960, as a 7 year old child , wearing only a life jacket and swim suit, after a boating mishap up-river.
You've seen the power of the water at Niagara, unbelievable anyone could survive.

Have an unwell little girl (Em) here this morning, her cough is a bark, plus fever and sore throat. We'll keep her quiet for the day, that will make me do some clean up in the house, when I am itching to get going outside.

My tree is now a very slow process, with so many interruptions to distract me. Seems I'm specialising in brick walls.
Duty calls, catch you all later, send some sunshine please, what a dreary day.
Mary

I know from my thread a few days ago that many of you have had to practise tough love in the past.I refused to let my 45 yr old alcoholic brother stay at mine any more as did others(friends and family).He is now so low that he is homeless but still refusing to take professional help.He has 70% liver failure.
Anyway a mate of his found him mortal drunk on saturday and left him in the town centre outside a B and B and told him to book himself in there untill monday,then go to the council and declare himself homeless.Whether he did or not no-one knows as he hasnt been seen since.He also left behind the mobile phone I gave him which had numbers programmed into it for turning point etc,who would help him detox and be rehabilitated.
I know I had to be tough this time and I know he cant be helped till he wants to be but I cant sleep for wondering where he is.Doctor isnt pleased with me because my blood pressure was over 200.Got more tablets and have to go back in a couple of weeks.
When my brother was here ,I was having panic attacks again,so I know I can't cope with him.Plus dont feel its right when we have the grandchildren here.Oldest is 4 and lives with us.Youngest is 2 and I mind her most days.He was like a down and out,filthy and stinking.Had nothing but what he stood up in.Got him cleaned up,shave,haircut and some clean clothes .I have pleaded,shouted,cried,sat up listening to him blaming everyone and everything but himself for the way he is.
within a couple of days he was back to his dishevelled state.Professional advice was to give him no money and turn him away as only when he had exhausted every avenue,would he perhaps seek the help he needs.AND yet still I feel guity I couldnt help him .I feel as if I'm going to be sick when I think he might be sleeping on the streets.Each time the phone rings I wonder if they are calling to let me know he has been found dead.I know this might seem irrational but my anxiety problems always make me imagine the worst possible scenario.
I also feel so angry with him for getting to this point.He had a good job as a policeman and his own home and family but lost everything to his refusal to stop drinking.
Sorry for rambling on but I feel better for getting it off my chest
Paula

Paula I'm so sorry to hear of your brothers troubles. I remember my sil going missing, and how worried I was, lying there in the dark thinking of her, I couldn't sleep. She turned up well and had been hiding out at the sea side for three days (she was only 14). I think it gets to a point where you have to think of yourself, you can do no more to help some people. That said it isn't any easier for you to accept this is his choice. There must be something going on in his head that he can not cope with when sober. The system fails people like this. Paula try to relax and let him go. You can't help him sadly.

Mary, Clair told me about the boy falling into the Falls. The article he sent says that people who jump in can be thrown about under the water for days in the current. Hope Em is soon feeling better.

Eileen how are you doing? I have hold of your fingers and will not let go xxx

Caz any idea when you will move into the new flat?
Do you all know we are going to have a cyber house warming? As soon as Caz has the internet installed!! Just wipe your feeet going in, she has new carpets throughout! xx

Deanna, Sharron, Allison, Gail, Liz, Ann, thinking of you all xx

?????? No peps been here since me last night?

I have to take the two new young lads to work today it's about 12 miles, but to me it might as well be 120mls. OMG I am so
frightened I'll have an accident
.
See you all tonight.

Hi, I am around, just going on a webanar for transcribing handwriting. Will be back after.

Have been checking up on you and reading, so have been around, just not posting.

Gail

Hi

I am well pleased over the school registers. I was flicking through the name index at the front and saw a Coombs, Catherine so I went to the page that she was on and it was my great grandmother.

There are several forums that I am on which are very friendly. One forum wondered why I didnt post for 5 days but it was because I was away in London.

Ben