General Chat

Finally here :-D.Janice arrived at 11.30 ...Since then we have had the company of Fitz and have spent the last 4 hours sat around the table having dinner.Needless to say a bit of wine has gone down .Fitz has just gone.Chris is just finishing off loading the dishwasher and Larry is getting in all Janice's things in from the car.So we still need to do packing !!!!.I think I am just about done .Just toiletries and the last odds and sods to go in the case.Must do my nails tonight ,and check my wallet with all the important papers ,passport etc are in place :-D

I will try to get back later.

1001 cleans a big, big carpet for less than half a crown :-D :-D :-D

Afternoon everyone,

It was nice and sunny here this morning but the rain has now started ,we have managed to get a few jobs done in the garden .
We went out to lunch with the family and Jake and Chelsea came home with us for a while then we took them back home , we stayed and had a cuppa and a cream scone with them so we won't want any thing else to eat today .

It's very quiet on here today ,i expect Frank is getting his computer sorted out and Jane is busy packing ,i hope the antibiotics have helped Janice so it doesn't spoil her time away .

Hubby has just said are we having any thing to eat !! best see what i can find in the cupboard .
BBL

Oh has just gone mad and told me to put this on here.

What could you get cleaned for less then half a crown?

Yes William I watched Murder on the home Front Thursday night. Did'nt spot what you did but did wonder about the forensics bit. Quite enjoyed it though.

Did you apart from the mistakes?

Jane, I thought you would have to hold your nose when you drive through Trumpington :-D

No Frank today so far???

Did anyone watch Murder on the Home Front last Thursday? There were at least two mistakes that I spotted, I hope they got there forensics for the period correct. There was a scene which included a London bus, but it was a Routemaster which didn't come into service till well after the war. Also, during an air raid, the heroine said they were 'being bombed by the Nazi's - what we actually said was we were being bombed by the Gerry's.

Also looking forward to Mr Witcher tonight, Olivia Colman is hardly off our screens these days.

O here I am as it took me to the right page.

I am going to watch Mr Whitcher tonight. I saw the first one a while ago.

Morning and evening,

Having trouble getting to the last page this morning.

When does Janice arrive Jane?

Dry here but cloudy might brighten up a bit if we're lucky.

Jane you should have told Janice to swill and hold a drop of whiskey over the abcess. always works for me. My doc won't give us antibiotics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My sister has an abscess on one of her bottom teeth :-S.Chris will do a prescription for some antibiotics for her.So I will be whizzing off in the morning to get the tablets.
This must be about the 6th time she has had a tooth abscess the day before going on a holiday :-S :-S.Thank goodness Chris can come up TRUMPS.
William...there is that word again :-D...I always have a little laugh when we go to Cambridge and go through Trumpington :-D

Blue sky here again after yet another Hailstorm... Dishing up my Chicken Pie now :-D

William I am alright with the Dartford Bridge as it goes up and then over and down.I don't like the tunnel at all.We had to go through that each time we went to see james when he was at Kent Uni.I think the Severn Bridge is worse as it is so long and flat !

It's been a funny day weather wise.Black as your hat a times and looking stormy ,and then it goes and we have a bit of blue sky....Now it is black again :-S

I have just made a Chicken ,Lemon and Leek Pie.Aren't I good :-D.It smells good and it's not in the oven yet .

It's HAILING :-S :-S and coming down the chimney.

Have got my passport,train tickets, Hotel Booking and Euros all in a wallet and in my bag so at least that bit is done.Usually it is Chris who does all that ,but it's down to me this time.I get in a bit of a flap separating out going tickets /inbound tickets,and making sure they are apart from each other so I won't get them mixed up.I've sorted out some clothes but thing I might need to put a couple of long sleeved tops in as it doesn't look too hot in Lille.I'll do the packing part tomorrow sometime.

Hannah was supposed to be coming for the night tonight but she has an Interview at 8.30 on Monday morning somewhere .Herts/Beds/Essex Health Authority for a 3 year Clinical Training Course,so she needs to prepare.Then a week on Wednesday she has another interview about a PHD at Kings.I know she has been trying for years to get on a Clinical Training.So she is going to be a bit stressed I reckon.I think the PHD one is kind of in the bag,but if offered a place at the other she may well take that.

I hope Maureen is having a grand time at little Harry's Birthday bash :-D
It is Amelia's 3rd birthday on Monday.She is still a tiny little thing.Janice will be missing that ,but I'm guessing they will be celebrating today.I wonder if Janice has packed her case!!!.....oh she is on the phone ....BBL

MANDY you could try putting vinegar on the scale as that should shift it.

No good moaning about the rain Mndy when you said you could do with some. Sound to me as though your wish has been granted.

I never like Weetabix even from a child and I think it was because they go pappy.

It is cold here in the wind but the sun has just come out now it will be going down!! :-|

Have cleaned another kitchen cupboard today. It is surprising how dirty they get round the cooker. A bit of Cif soon cleaned it up but I had to stand on the little steps to reach the top and now I have backache.

Fiona hope the weather is better for you tomorrow and you can get htat shed in place.

Rain has stopped play :-S i have been potting up a few pots with plants , went to get a plant out of the tray and there was a huge toad in with the plants !! :-S i had already taken one plant out and never noticed it ,it must have been hiding in the tray !! :-S :-S

The sky is black as your hat i think we're in for some more , i heard some thunder too.!!

Frank, have you been reading my breakfast menu? Weetab*x is exactly what I did have - we have a pestle & mortar here and I even gave it a bashing before the warm milk went on. Needs be as must.

Frank you have also lived my dream, to visit the Grand Canyon, sounds a bit bonkers from someone who says they don't like heights, eh? I think the nearest I'll ever have got is when we went to visit Delabole quarry in Cornwall one time. We were staying down at my late brothers caravan in Padstow, a foggy day left us wondering what to do. I suggested visiting Delabole visitors centre. We arrived at the car park by the centre, parked up against a wall, then looked over the wall. Carmel said "That's it, I'm off this idea.". We were looking into this vast hole in the ground, completely unaffected by fog, with a huge dumper at the bottom moving about like a tiny Matchbox toy. That was the end of that jaunt.

Jane, I can't say tunnels bother me. Maybe it's because (and Frank is probably the same) as a lad living around London, we would often use the Blackwell Tunnel to get to south London areas. Further up is the Dartford tunnel which I've often used to get into Kent. Anyone travelling the M25 will also know that there are several tunnels along there. I think the reason they don't bother me is because I quite like driving in the dark - but of course tunnels are well lit anyway.

What a liquorice allsorts day it is out there. Cold wind, heavy showers followed by immediate sunny spells, crazy :-S We have just been as far as our local M*rrisons for a few essentials, so that's it for today.

Jane, myself - and others were saying about the subject of farts always seeming to provoke humour - but I'm thinking of naming our house (after the American millionaire of course!) Trump Towers :-D

Catch you all later

Still raining and gone cold, put on heating and grabbed a jumper BRRRRRR :-( hope so Mandy the rain has not stopped OH potting a few plants in the back porch :-D

Afternoon everyone,evening Kim,

Lovely sunny day here ,there were a few puddles about when we got up so we must have had rain in the night but i don't know how much ,i will have to check the water butts and see how full they are.
Washing blowing well on the line but i'll have to keep an eye out as there's black clouds looming !!

William sorry to hear your having problems again, and poor Carmel too, i suppose breakfasts are easy as you can have the cereals soaked with milk, it's the main meals that pose a problem for you.
I'am not good with heights ,hubby has no problem with heights ,he's been doing it all his working life ,he just walks on the tiles on a roof like he's walking on the ground !!
I've never been through the tunnel ,and i'am not sure i would like it being so closed in !!

What a nuisance its raining Fiona and just as your OH wanted to get the shed moved too,maybe tomorrow will be a better day so he can get it moved into place.

We have been to Homeb*se and got some patio cleaner to see if we can get rid of some scale marks, Toby will wee near the little wall and i hose it down every day but the water is so scaly it's leaving it all white as it drys out !!

Afternoon Everyone
What a chilly day.I have just put the heating on :-0 :-0.No rain as such (yet) I think it is to come.

Frank we are going by Eurostar.I know Janice has done the other train with their car to France but neither of us have been on the Eurostar.
William I am exactly the same as you on the Severn Bridge !! I think what makes us feel like that is the side of the bridge and all that wire work ,plus the central barrier flashing past.I feel dizzy and also am scared I'm going to crash into the side.I grip the steering wheel so hard and my heart is in my mouth .But as soon as I'm the other end all is fine again :-D I dislike Tunnels in the car for the same reason.I prefer to close my eyes (NOT when I am the one driving of course) :-D.If we go anywhere where it means driving through a tunnel I get Chris to drive.It must be something akin to Vertigo.

I need to get to Tes** as they do lovely Rustic Chips in the chilled bit and I want some for tomorrow .Just hope they still have some.

BBL

No Moving shed today, non stop rain getting heavier too :-| :-|

Morning All and Evening Kim,

Been raining here and the sky is sloudy.

Dos'nt make you want to do anything.

Did anyone see the program on Pride and Predergist (sp) the Ball yesterday night? It was very interesting.



Forgot to thank William for the pics yesterdy. Frank too love the pics of the procupine which is an American hedgehog.

Ann and Gordon should be there by now if they left early. Hope they had a safe journey.

Done it again wrote the post and did'nt post it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!