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We have a very cool old house, works well in the summer but costs a fortune in the winter!

Ha...JB says that all the time 'just drifting'

Buddy freezing in that bedroom now ..................... heaven !!! :-D

Dea Xxx

Evening All,
Had GD today and again tomorrow but the s**t has hit the fan literally!
No 1 son (who is still in house) bought a staffie pup while we were on holiday a few years ago. No 2 son (GD's Dad) doesnt want it near her so up to now No 1 has been staying at his girlfriends the night b4 we are on duty and the dog stays there for the day.
All been hunky dory but now her poor Mum is starting chemo next week and the girlfriend is throwing a strop doesnt want the dog there (despite the fact that she was here when my OH was going through his chemo and no probs.
Now I have to say we cant watch GD unless we go to theirs but that suggestion went down like a lead brick in the past.
From past experience think they will ask DIL's aunt and it makes me upset that they would rather do that than us going to theirs. :-(
I feel that Im damned if I do and damned if I dont and I know that the boys are going to have words no matter what happens.
The really annoying thing is that the dog is brilliant with kids and that we have always had a dog since kids were small.
any suggestions aaargh!!

Kennels, or a 'dog walker type service' Linds !!!!!!!!! - Get the yellow pages out and make sure that No 1 son pays ;-)

Dea Xxx

I guess the best thing is, to keep it practical, pragmatic and not personal

Dea problem is No 1 son wouldnt agree to his "baby" being put into kennel he is fed up having to "move out" every week when he and the dog stay here :-(
We werre trying to help No2 save money and also to spend time with GD me fears its a case of "never the two shall meet" problem is I can see No 1's point BUT it is No 2's daughter so his rules and if No 1 would try saving he would be in his own house by now but its not easy and his partner isnt helping she has a strop every so often and causes problems where their is no need. I know she is just worried about her Mum esp as she lost her Dad just over a year ago.
Me old mam used to say "nae wee faces nae big problems" thing is she would have sorted them out in a jiff :-)

I can understand both sons' points of view - I am not a 'doggy person' myself but can quite understand people having affection for them but, on the other hand, you hear such tales about dogs savaging children, even those that appear to be quite harmless, or at the very least passing on infections etc., so I can also understand why son No 2 does not want to take that chance.

Don't see why you can't look after GD at their place though ??

Hope you get it sorted Linds Xxxxx <3


Dea Xxx

Linds...you dont leave enough white space/paragraphs in your text

....its hard for me to read, being dyslexic :-S

Oooh Linds....wot a tangled web we weave......hope it all sorts itself out peaceably.......... :-S


Just watching the end of Lewis......brill stuff.....and then bed.....


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thanks everyone will just have to hope for the best problem is I can see both points of view :-)

Gins - I will space my posts out a bit more <3

Thanks, Linds x

oops


didn't post earlier :-(

Good morning everyone
xxx


breakfast is ready



Fresh fruit salad with vanilla yoghourt


Porridge with chopped up dates, bananas, and maple syrup (other fruit selections over there >>>> )


Selection of cold cereals


French (eggy) toast, maple syrup, Golden syrup
Caribbean Banana Fritters


Toast (sourdough, rye, white, whole grain, 100% brown, Hovis, gluten free),
hot cinnamon rolls,
croissants,
Danish,


bacon & cheese quiche,
mushroom quiche,


Full English

The Railroader - 2 eggs any style, 2 buttermilk pancakes, 2 slices bacon, 1 slice of ham, toast

The Continental – choice of assorted chilled fruit juices, hot oatmeal or assorted cold cereals, toast or fresh-baked muffin

stirfry (chicken,or vegetarian),

Chicken Karage (Japanese deep fried chicken pieces)

Veggie Wrap (Fresh Tomatoes, Basil, Roasted Peppers and Feta Cheese)

chicken or vegetable samosa

Turkey and Bacon Club Wrap, with tomatoes and lettuce on a whole wheat tortilla

Pulled Pork Sandwich – BBQ’d pulled pork on toasted Kaiser roll, garnished with sautéed onions


cheesy potato patties
home-fried potatoes with garlic and bacon


Potato, dill and cheddar soup


blueberry gingered lemon muffins,
almond crumble peach muffins,
morning glory muffins,


raisin scones


jams, jellies, marmalades, Nutella (hazelnut spread)


Tea, coffee, juices


(some extra bacon, turkey sausage or sausage patties, eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms, sliced baby golden beetroot, Maple baked beans, olive oil, in the hidey place to cook up for the very hungry ones!)





enjoy
xxx



s
xxx

Life is a bit topsy turvy at the moment


it's graduation week at the uni ......... 23 graduation ceremonies between Wednesday morning this week and Wednesday afternoon next week ( 4 every day except next Wednesday),

........... and OH goes to every one of them


Plus there is an extra one this year ........... late afternoon next Wednesday.


The "black mark" on Canada's history is the fact that all Japanese living in Canada were moved to camps well inland after Pearl Harbor. It was thought that they were "dangerous" and could be spies.

Not one was ever even suspected by the police, and most were 3rd and 4th generation Canadian. But they lost all their belongings apart from what they could carry with them ......... houses, fishing boats, land etc etc

There were 76 students of Japanese descent at the uni in 1942, and they not allowed to continue


Next Wednesday afternoon, all those 76 are going to be granted certificates to recognise their time at the uni ................... many are now dead of course, as they were all born in the 1920s.

The Canadian government issued an apology to the Japanese community about 5 years ago, and that opened the way for this ceremony.




s
xxx

Linda


that's quite a problem you have there!


I think we can all see both sides, but there isn't an easy solution unless d-i-l would allow you to go to their place to babysit.



s
xx

Jonesey

...... and anyone else who might have a suggestion!


I have a question for you re probate

This evening I found OH's grandmother and grandfather in the Probate collection.

There were 2 probates for his grandmother

She died in 1931, and there was a filing in 1931 and then another in 1932

First ................

Name:
Probate Date:14 Aug 1931
Death Date:14 Aug 1931
Death Place:Westmorland, England
Registry: Carlisle

From image:-
........ died 14 August 1931. Probate [granted] Carlisle 11 September 1931 to the said (husband), retired farmer. Effects £3118 10s
Further Grant D.R. Carlisle 23 September 1932

Second ..............

Name:
Probate Date: 23 Sep 1932
Death Date: 14 Aug 1931
Death Place: Westmorland, England
Registry: Carlisle

From image:-
………. Probate [granted] Carlisle 23 September 1932 to (son), student. Effects £3285 3s 10d
Former Grant D.R. Carlisle 11 September 1931



Have you any idea what Grant D.R. means??


There is one suggestion that OH had ............

................. his mother had a lingering illness, and had money in her own right. She is supposed to have left some if not all of this to her only child to set him up in business. The son turned 21 in August 1932.

Would this have been set up in a trust that was not declared in 1931?



any help welcome!




s
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I am being nosey here...

Linda why does D-I-L now want you to go there and look after your GD.

I only have lovely son-in-laws and they don't mind if children are at my place or theirs.

Neither have dogs.. but I am nice to the cats..

Sorry that you are on the "horns of a dilemma" here and understandably want to have peace reigning all around.

Persie :-S


However I am not :-S about food Home fried spuds with garlic and bacon.. we haven't been having potatoes lately with his diet.. so that would be lovely... :-) :-)

Good morning Sylvia and Persie (stranger) <3

Please leave some of those lovely potatoes for me Persie, I need them to go with my bacon & cheese quiche, mushrooms and bacon :-D

Are you still on that diet ? - How is it going?

Sylvia - can't the world be a cruel and stupid place sometimes? It is very nice that there was an apology and that these certificates are now being issued but it is all far too late. These actions not only completely changed the lives of those unfortunate people and there families, but all the future generations they might create.

Dea Xxx

Morning Sylvia,

I do not know but I suspect that "Grant D.R." is just an abbreviation for "Grant of Representation". It might have a Latin base as do many legal terms.

I have seen more than one entry for the same persons estate in the Probate Calendar previously. Mostly the second entry shows a variation in the value of the estate. Maybe additional assets were discovered and in order to release them a second grant of probate was required.

In your particular instance as to why the first grant was made to the husband and the second to the son. It might be due to the fact that as a minor in 1931 the son, who may have been named as his mother's executor, would probably have been legally unable to be granted probate due to his age.