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Hi My Lovlies...


I'm coming HOME Today !!! Wey Hey :-D

Feeling much better......but cant do a marathon yet ...LOL

Going to take things really easy.......like watching telly and stuffing all my goodies that I couldn't have whilst in hospital.

As soon as I feel like posting , I'll be back to my normal self.

Got Pete running around with the hover.....I need it tidied up spick & span ;-)

Speak soon...

Marilyn xxxxx :-D

Morning all
Still too cold here.
Went to see Sebastian yesterday he has another cold, dribbles and coughing. But he has 2 more teeth and possibly more on the way.
Joshua is still away near Bognor with his other grandparents and family. Hopefully it has been warmer down there. Thankfully it has been dry.
We had snow flurries again yesterday but luckily it didn't settle.

Soooooo happy to read the anti-biotics are working for Marilyn. She might be home for the weekend.

Take care everyone

It really is lonely on here at the moment

Linda xxx <3 <3 <3

Mayo - proud of its men!

There are two kinds of Mayo men - those who are alive & those who are dead. Those who are dead sleep under the most expensive headstones & those who are alive seldom have time to sleep during the day.

Mayo men are usually recognised by the wiry texture of their hair which is normally fair & curly, if they are not bald. They have a pair of almost lash-less bright blue eyes. They may be blue but they are rarely innocent.

Mayo men are shrewd, progressive, industrious, crafty & full of guile. They are good at everything & particularly at making money. Mayo men can be separated from others by the way they stand outside pubs having a smoke with their right foot at right angles to their left foot. They call this ‘the considering pose’ & is unique to Mayo men. Away from the area, this pose will help you to recognise a Mayo man anywhere in the world.

Mayo men like Guinness mainly drinking direct from bottles. They smoke a lot. Mayo men have a great belief in the law & have almost taken over the police force. A policeman, solicitor or a barrister, unless otherwise stated, is usually from Mayo or of Mayo ancestry.

Mayo men hate liberalism in any form, red cards included. Mayo men are generally carefree with words because words are still relatively cheap but they hate big words or small words. They hate income tax, the cost of living & the cost of dying. Mayo men make great salesmen, splendid supermarket managers, magnificent school teachers, spectacular clergy & fairly honest politicians. Mayo politicians can claim their expenses as well as anyone else.

From a national economic point of view, Mayo men can be considered Ireland's most indispensable citizens, if only they would not move elsewhere! Knock Airport in Co Mayo, operating since 1985, is the newest one in the whole country.

They are very good & sympathetic bank managers. In fact, the best bank managers in the world are Mayo born. Quite unique. Mayo bank managers can be awkward sometimes but are effective fighters especially for the right to their big annual bonuses. 'Austerity' is a word they use often when discussing customer overdrafts. They are also excellent men managers, money managers, football managers & pretty good card players too.

In short, Mayo men excel in everything they do & are spectacular in the field of commercial endeavour. When Mayo men die, they go straight to Heaven - no hanging about. St Peter’s ancestors came from just outside of Ballyhaunis & it is reported that Mayo men are in full control of the Celestial Civil Service. Don’t forget to show your Co Mayo ID when you arrive at the Pearly Gates to be assured of a friendly Irish céad míle fáilte.

A free glass of Guinness for everyone who has attended a Riverdance concert, an exuberant, vibrant & vivid celebration of Irish dancing. Begorrah!

A Mayo man’s general philosophy: ‘You can accomplish more with a kind word & a shillelagh than you can with just a kind word‘.

There isn’t much else left to say. Oh yes - I should mention that Mayo ladies, who are not involved in politics, are all potential Miss Universe winners. And if you have to look on your Atlas to see where Mayo is - well, shame on you!

The End.
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PS. Aren’t you glad now you read this piece of nonsense?

Hello all

not so nice today, a bit chilly.

Yesterday we went to the Olympic park for a tour, wasn't as good as I thought it would be for the money, we went up the scaffold art tower, great view from the top but that was all, I know there's a lot of construction work going on where they are taking bits apart but I thought we would see more. After we went on the Skyline cable car across the Thames, that was good.

Hope our poorly Friendlies are feeling better




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Hi Everyone
Cold today, though yesterday was quite nice. The sun shone.

Still got the plumbers here. Working hard, but why is it one snag develops into little niggles they could do without. Main issue has been a badly laid floor, from original build. Needed levelling before flooring laid and yesterday the side panels for a cabinet are nearly an inch different on one side so had to go get a bigger piece this morning !!! Shame cos they are working really hard.
Still gave them scones this morning............ keep them sweet eh?

Hoping Marilyn is getting treatment now and improving.

Best wishes to all.

Shelly you and I should chat at night. Are you on Easter break from school? I don't normally go to bed before midnight just can't sleep.

Linda xxx <3 <3 <3

o dear no one poped in today

and here i am on my own with no one to chat to

nether mind ill chat to my self



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Hello all

hope you are all having a good weekend

thanks for the Easter card Pauline

I've turned Ami out in the field for a couple of hours a day, she went out Friday morning, I had to shut my eyes as she went galloping across the field.

Best wishes to Marilyn





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Hello all

hope you are all having a good weekend

thanks for the Easter card Pauline

I've turned Ami out in the field for a couple of hours a day, she went out Friday morning, I had to shut my eyes as she went galloping across the field.

Best wishes to Marilyn





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Hi Mo
Sorry was absent this morning. Been out to a Country Fair. It was good but oh so cold. Out at Thame near Oxford. Stayed about 3 hours lots of walking. But got chilled to the bone so came home and had oxtail soup and a nice cup of tea.
Been thinking of Marilyn, Pauline(thanks for the card) Jean and yourself Mo, through the day. We are a poorly lot. Too many on-going illnesses on our thread.

Hope everyone had a good day.
No easter eggs in this house. Got hubby a DVD of Keith Floyd cooking around the Med. So not even any to share. Haven't missed the choc to be fair. What you aint got you don't miss.

Linda xxx <3 <3 <3

Oh good grief, where is everyone today.
Marilyn will be disappointed that there is no news from us. Hope you all haven't over eaten on your Easter eggs, and are now sitting on the chair feeling yukky.
I have been good, and only had a nibble at mine... and put the bit thats left in the fridge ;-) ;-) ;-)
Will pop back later to see if Marilyn has felt up to posting today. Get well soon hunny. xxx

Hiya~~

Haven't been on here for ages,

I wanted to wish Marilyn a speedy recovery :))....

and hope that you see that light at the the end of the tunnel very soon :-) <3 :-)
Sandie.x

Marilyn, p.m sent to you. Love and hugs Mo xxx

Hi My Lovelies.....

I have just posted on Shelly's thread ...

I'm still very sick......cant see the end of the tunnel YET !!

I can only sit for a while on lappy then after about 10mins I'm knackered.

Thank you all for you get well wishes I miss you all ,, Hoping I'll be back soon to give you all more news...

Lots of Love ...Marilyn XXXXXX ............. Shelly needs all of these XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Afternoon Friendlies :-) Just leaving a gentle hug here for Marilyn and wishing her better <3

Good afternoon everyone...Dermot and his red setter, and all.

Pauline thank you for keeping us updated about Marilyn. Poor girl has been in hospital for some time now hasn't she, bless her.
As soon as she is feeling better, she will start to post knowing our Marilyn. It must be very hard for her OH not knowing for sure what the problem is.
I am sorry to hear that your back is still not right Pauline. How did it happen originally I can't seem to remember?
If the injections help then it is definately worth having them. It must be worse for you, than having a nagging toothache.

Linda, what colours have you chosen for the bathroom tiles? I bet it is looking really grand, and once the grouting is finished you will be over the moon.
You will have to put a dish out for the pennies after anyone uses the bathroom. lol

Hi Huia and Liz, I did notice that you had popped in, good to see you both.

Off to start cooking the dinner now, we are having a nice chinese meal tonight, not the take away kind I might add.

On my regular 4 mile stroll, I usually meet about a dozen or so walking to the shops, etc.

A rough summary:-

20% will acknowledge my 'good morning' greeting in a similar fashion.
20% will look at me & say nothing.
60% will ignore me & look the other way or even cross the road before they reach me.

On the occasional day I take along my Irish Setter for his exercise, there is a great change. 60% will speak to the dog & ignore me.

The remaining 40% will also make a great play for the animal but back-off fairly quickly as he likes to lick everyone. And his tongue finds its way into some strange places as he lounges around the garden.

Afternoon all, lovely and sunny here, it's not even that cold............ for a change.

I've just had a little chat with Marilyn's husband and he said she's still in hospital. She's still having problems with her breathing and still having coughing fits. The antibiotic hasn't worked as well as expected and they'll have to put a camera down her throat to see if they can find out why she's still having problems. Poor soul must be really fed up by now.

Anyway, Pete said he's taken her laptop in and she can get onto GR now. She might be too tired and weak to write any messages to anyone but she can read them. So we can all send PMs to try and cheer her up a bit.

Shelly, I'll have a look for the thread you put up and let people know that Marilyn can get onto GR now and read messages.

Mo, my back's not much better but thank you for asking. Going back into hospital (just for a day) on the 11th to get spinal injections. Not looking forward to it but it might help, so worth a try.

Hello Liz, haven't seen you for a while, hope you're keeping well.

Linda, that's good news about your brother, he's doing really well. :-)

Huia, your hair has grown back really quickly, nice photo of you and hubby.

Jean, don't push yourself too much, it'll take time to get back to normal.

Yvonne, you must be looking forward to the good weather so you can get your horse out again and see how she copes.

Didn't Stephen say he was going on holiday in April? Maybe he'll wait until he gets back to sort out his computer. If Mrs Stephen doesn't spend all his money he might have enough left to get a new one.......... new computer, not new Mrs Stephen :-D :-D

Take care <3 <3

Morning everyone
Huia it is quiet on here. I haven't been doing much of interest so have been reading but not posting.
Hope the friends who have been unwell are getting better. Marilyn are you back home yet I sure hope so as you have been in hospital too long.
Stephen is your computer still sick? You must be going away soon. Enjoy yourselves when you get there.

Well the bathroom guys are off for the weekend, at least not here but up to their necks in emergencies I guess. Shower is in , flooring down, ceiling and lights installed Tiling all but finished a little grouting to do, the cabinets for the loo and sink are half built, with a lovely heated towel rail to complete the look !! So it looks almost there just bits to tidy up and pull it all together. Long job and thank goodness we have an en-suite, couldn't have coped without it.

Weather was bright down here yesterday. Cold overnight, bit cloudy this morning. Birds are feeding like mad, guess they are nesting though it still feels too cold.

Have a lovely weekend.

Linda xxx <3 <3 <3

Nice to see you on here, Liz. It is almost 12 hours since you posted here. Where is everybody else?

Hope Marilyn will get well soon, and Jean, you take care now. Don't overdo things, that goes for everyone. Take care and have a nice Easter all of you.

love
Lizxx