General Chat

Well, there you all weredown on page six and loads of posts since my last one. Joyce, I do so love your ramblings and could just picture Toby 'helping' you to have a clear out. that was what we did yesterday and today, cupboard under the stairs, which is actually in the kitchen, a couple of the kitchen cupboards as well, that was yesterday. Today we tackled the airing cupboard and found sheets I had forgotten we had - some of which are in the charity bag now, then we did the conservatory, a prickly job as I had three shelves of cacti and wanted to get rid of some really old ones that were past their best!

Still a few more places to tackle but we are getting there (well i thought we were until I followed OH up into the loft this afternoon. Need a skip for that lot everything including the kitchen sink.

YCaz sorry you are still in pain, also you Deanna. Hope you and anyone else suffering will see improvement soon.
Kathy lucky you having the sun, definitely a north south split this BH.
Liz, wonder why you are so tired, hopefully your holiday with the sea air will sort you out soon.
Elaine, Gill, Carole,good to see you Janet, hope the golf competition was fun. did you win?

Ann
Glos

I have felt really tired the last couple of days, and have lots to do to prepare for the holiday next week.
Hope everyone can feel better soon,
love
Lizxxx

Hi gang, I don't think any of us are feeling up to much last few days. I thought I had better come and say that I am still about and thinking of you all, I am still the same as last week with the pain so taking it easy and just being quiet.
Hope you all have a good bank holiday.

Caz xx

hello everyone

I don't feel today is turning into a good day for me, so I will just say hello and post again tomorrow.

take care
Gill

Morning all

Sorry that you are all having lousy weather .It was beautiful here yesterday sun shining people in t shirts and shorts and where was I stuck inside attending an AGM !!!

After it finished I walked around the shops for hours looking for a floor mop as mine broke the day before . Looks like people don't wash their floors any more . Lakeland probably would have had one but they were shut .

Phoned a friend I hadn't spoken to for about a year .She told me that her teenage son was a lot better ( I didn't know there was anything wrong with him) he has cut down on the drugs and has stopped trying to throttle her !!!!
His teeth have rotted with the drugs and he now has a damaged eye .Now this was the cutest boy from a very loving home an angel compared to mine when they were little .Just goes to show it can happen to any one .
Another thing shocked me yesterday a group of winos had taken over a bus shelter on the main street and were drinking their poison one even had a deck chair !! with them looking very out of it was a young girl with a toddler in a push chair .The little one wasn't strapped in and was trying to climb out .I was horrified as were other people but no one did any thing.No police to be seen any where .I felt like a coward for doing nothing but people have been murdered for interfering .
My cat brought me home a baby sparrow he didn't look injured just missing a few tail feathers .I put him in a shoe box but sadly he died poor thing . I will have to bury him in the garden when the cat is not looking .
Well hope you all have a nice day
love
Kathy xx

Hi everyone
The weather is pretty good here, I hope it is going to stay 'cos I have promised the o/h to play in a golf comp this afternoon. He hits the ball and I have to putt it in the hole!!!!!! There is a buffet and a quiz after so I am quite looking forward to it, I don't go out very often with him so It will be a change.
Love to all
Janet

Good morning all you lovely peeps.

I am going off now.
I promised myself that i would have a nice long rest from typing and see if I can get my hand well again...... gotta dream haven't I?

I came on to see if I had any mail... *and I was lost!!*
I keep have one more look to see what is what.... but I am being strong now.... I am going .

Have a lovely bank holiday no matter what the weather is like.
See you all again.
love Deanna XXXX

morning every one deanna ,carole gill,kathy,mary ,ben,caroina ,betty,ann,and any one ive forgot hope you all have a nice bank hol ,just thought id pop in and let you all no im still here looking in not realy had the time to be on here due to one thing and another but do hope you all well and thinking of you my friends hugs to all xxelaine xx

Morning everyone! Sorry I have lost track a bit as been off work last week and oh around. Hard to think with him talking !

So I'll catch up later, but well done Carolina on running yesterday.

Have a good day Carole xxx

A very good morning to all you wonderful folk on this very wet, windy and woeful Bank holiday Monday morning...lots of w'sssssssssss to whet your whotsit's xxx

That sort of play on w's reminds me of a couple more saying's which date back to my childhood.. can't believe I was a child once, can you lol.

Anyway here goes......Isn't it horrid when you're hot and in a hurry, and have to hold your hat on with your hand..............

As I was walking up Hammond Hill I saw a hare run through a hole in the hedge, and I hit him on the head with a hammer I happened to have in my hand.......

sounds a bit like I am in my second childhood again, ti's me just getting my brain into motion after not posting for a couple of days... have been busy though and don't I know it. busy like a lot of you and cleaning out cupboards and drawers, the only relic I found was the stupid ass doing the clearing out.

I am blaming this cleaning frenzy on Toby, only because he is not here to defend himself, bless him.... It all started on Saturday when my daughter was due a visit from the farrier, no not for her..for her horses and she asked me to have T who was very happy to oblige.. bowls of tea, cheese on toast for breakfast, pate mixed in with his doggie biscuits for lunch and shortbread biscuits for afternoon tea, who could refuse...

During the morning our walkies took a different route, a roundabout one which lead us to the back of my place, from this angle I thought my net curtains looked in need of a wash, windows also....that was the start of my endeavours which continued through to Sunday afternoon.
So set in a logical sequence of events, nets, windows, changing of bed, emptying unit drawers, bagging up of old clothes..am still in the bedroom!
Then yesterday it was the turn of the lounge, in between walkies of course, all furniture was moved with T catching any spiders which decided to give up on life! bereau was emptied of more junk like bank statements dating back nearly six years (yes I am a hoarder too), old christmas cards, pens which didn't work, receipts for kitchen utensils which were no longer valid, typewriter ribbons, old headed notepaper from my last address, old packet of chewing gum which T wanted but didn't get! and loads of family photographs one of which showed me holding my daughter who was about 2 years old, she is now 50.. how time flies by xx more bags of rubbish.

Today folks it is the turn of the kitchen... why the kitchen? ti's because I work 'backwards' and rediscovered items I was not sure about got dumped in there short term...Just hope the binmen are in a good mood after their holiday break because to date I have six extra bags for them to uplift...

In between all this activity I even managed to do some research for my neighbour, I have traced his step brother who sadly had passed on and am now looking for more of his family.. anyone out there that lives in or near Burnley?..xx

Sadly I do not have Toby today, this morning after seeing the rain from his doorstep he flatly refused to leave the house. don't blame him because when daughter arrived on foot yesterday they both stood in my porch dripping wet..it was a case of towels for daughter and him to help dry off a little, he does not like the rain, tough life isn't it for a dog!...

As usual folks I am waffling on and not saying anything really positive to or for you all, but you are in my thoughts and I wish you all that I wish myself xx
To those of you who have something nice planned for today, enjoy xx
To those of you in pain and with heartache, be at peace xx
To those stupid enough like me, happy spring cleaning xx

Before I get down to my chores it's time for breakfast, finish reading the sunday papers and start all over again.

Bye for now, love

JoycePxxxx

Hi Betty, hope you are ok my love.
Lizx

Gill, I know the feeling, procrastination is my middle name and I can never clear things out, it causes so much grief for me and now my partner too as I am filling his house up.
There is a programme on Channel 5 on Thursday, late, about female hoarders, I will be watching and identifying with it all I expect.
Well done Ann, for sorting out so much stuff.
Must try harder when I get back from hols,
Lizxx
Love to all, am so tired and can't go through all the names etc, please forgive me, doesn't mean I don't think about you or care.
xxx

I thought we had lost this thread -
found it on page 5 so I nudged it.

Hope you are all resting today....

except Ann as I just read is having a massive clear out .... I am overdue that in my house but just can't get motivated.

Gill

Good afternoon everyone
Horrible and wet here too, but we were expecting it as we had been forecast bad weather, (not that they are always right). Still we worked hard on the garden yesterday and it all looks lovely out there and there would not have been a lot to do today anyway. So we planned a clear out of a couple of cupboards to try and get space for the recycling boxes and bags we bought and then a tidy up of the conservatory ready for sitting out there in the summer. Having a break at the moment, cleared two cupboards and Tony is making coffee so I have popped on here.

Trouble is the sort out became more of a major job when we found the brackets on the shelves were pulling out of the wall so I have left Tony sorting that out. also found a tupperware container full of very old go bars etc so have crunched those up for the birds.

Anyway, have thrown out a lot of the rubbish of the 'why have we keep that' variety, surely there is a limit to the number of old rags we need.

We went to the garden centre and bought some plants yesterday, some bedding begonia, nemesia and a couple of others, then came home and potted a couple on and planted the rest out. Also took Tony's photo about 10 times hoping to get one that is acceptable for his driving licence (he has to have a new one in July when he is 70!!!!!)

Lunch next I guess than finish sorting the cupboard under the stairs, which is actually in the kitchen. next the airing cupboard to sort out the hangers that have been breeding and finally we have promised ourselves a tidy up of the conservatory. Phew!!
Hope your hands get a bit easier soon and all that are feeling down begin to feel better.
Ann
Glos

hello everyone

I hope you all have a nice rest today

((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))

Gill

sorry Liz that your having sleepless nights like me. Sorry to hear Deana that your not well either. sorry to hear about colleen mary. sending loves to all of you. Been up since 3am so Iam getting a bit tired now.Didnt go to bed till after 12.30. last night. after watching the eurovision, and then another program about haunted houses. love to everyone see you soon shaz

You may be right Ann.... ;-0)

I rarely eat an apple, it is probably my least loved fruit!
Eat plenty of fruit though and STILL have bowel problems.... but that is life ain't it?
Even more contrary that ME!

Ben Glad to see you back and getting better it seems... keep it up.x

Mary, your family could do with a break couldn't you?
Isn't it funny how we go through these periods of *nothing goes right*... Be over soon love,and things will all go your way for a while. x

Liz, Kathy, Sue, Eileen, Elaine, Shaz, Sharron, Gill, Betty, Carolina, Carole, Caz Y, JP, Anyone I have not mentioned... love to all, and I am going to TRY and stay off here today.

My hand very painful and this typing can't be helpful.
The weather here is awful....
pouring down. A good job we have planned to stay in today... a Bank holiday picnic is out of the question!! ;-0(

Have a lovely day whatever you are doing.
see you tomorrow.
love Deanna XXX

good morning all i do hope everyone is ok im still feeling good i do my race for life today if anyone wants to sponsor me the websit is http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/carolinadinah
thank you


love and hugs

carolina xx

Hey, Ben, so glad you got there in the end with the Roberts. Well done. Just remembered there is someone on the boards who is connected to that name, must tell her to look at your names and see if there is a connection.
Yes, ocd is a stupid illness but we can't help having it and you are doing very well in fighting your version of it, wish I could do as well with my hoarding ocd. Do you think this has helped you realise that you sometimes worry unnecessarily?
Maybe you could write yourself an affirmation of some kind based on the results of your investigations into your T.J. Roberts so you could look at it when you feel the worries coming on.
Onwards to the next relly now I guess, lots of luck and keep going Ben, you are doing well.
Lizx

Hi

I can also kiss goodbye and say bang goes any doubts to a ancestor finding doubt. Remember I had this weirdo theory that there were two people with the same name of Thomas Roberts living in two blocks of Evelyn Buildings, same age and I might have been researching the wrong one? I also had checked ratebooks, electoral registers, death records and found that my ancestor was the only man of that name living in one of the two blocks and that area of Holborn in the 1880s. I was still unconvinced about it all even then.

Well one of his daughters Elizabeth Roberts was charged with recieving stolen money in May 1886 aged 18, and she was the same age and name as that of my Thos Roberts daughter Elizabeth. Her address was given as 22 Evelyn Buildings, Dorrington Street.

Also, when my Thomas Roberts daughter Alice wed in 1884, she put his full name as Thomas John Roberts on her wedding cert and my gggran Kate Roberts was a witness. Well when Thomas died in 1889, he was registered as Thomas John Roberts aged 76 of Evelyn Buildings, Dorrington Street.

That goes to show that worrying and doubting over things is all a waste of time and it is just stupid thicko ocd illness getting in the way.

Ben

Hi all, we had a fright last night. Colleen has been complaining about her ankle seems literally for years. An Xray showd she had a piece of aneedle embedded in her heel (not where the problem is).
She always has a group of veins showing one side of her ankle, not varicose veins, just a whole mess of superficial veins. the Dr has never been excited about it.But the pain's been getting worse.
So last night I arrived home from work about midnight and she came down for me to assess her leg. Hot,red, swollen almost to the knee. So I stayed with the children while she went to the hosp ER. This Dr was very nice, thinks, she should have anultrasound of the blood vessels, thinks she has leaky one causing trouble, to be careful gave her bloodthinner in case of a clot, and she's to go back tonight and tomorrow night to be reassessed . I was anxious, thought she may have phlebitis or a clot and didn't dare wait till the morning. She didnt get home till 4am so I'm a bit short of sleep!!!
Can't think straight, but miniMary's making me breakfast - gluten free toast with peanut butter- I can hardly wait - not -
Out to the garden when we're finished.
Sending hugs where needed, back when the sun's gone down,
Mary