Genealogy Chat

Hi all
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lovely to see you, Josie, but sorry to hear about your job. Hope a new opportunity turns up quickly.


Glad to hear that you enjoyed your little holiday, Anne. Friends of ours used to live in Bracknell, and we always used to stay with them before leaving the UK on various trips back. In 2001, I stayed with them while OH went off to do some work, and they took me to Windsor for the day.

I'd been before, but it was lovely to go with "locals" who went there reasonably often. We did do the Castle tour .................... it was very interesting, but very tiring!

Mind you, we did get "stung". Both the woman and I needed new batteries in watches. We went into the first jewellers that we saw, didn't appear to be anything special ...................... batteries must have been gold plated though!! Mine was at least 3x the price I would have paid over here.

They've since moved to Devon, so we get the country visit now when we visit them! We stayed with them in 2008, and they took us to the Eden Project .................... as well to several lovely old pubs way way out on the moors :))))))

Hope all goes well tomorrow Cynthia


Sue ......... you haven't mentioned those neighbours .............. have they moved??


Reese ....... do hope you enjoyed your visit to see the grandchildre




take care everyone



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Hi Everyone

Sylvia

They are still there but have been a lot better ,they are all moving out in about three weesk so I have been told.
I did bypass the realestate agent and went to the owners to complain,they did not know anything had been going on as the Estate Agent did not tell them so I think they are well and truely in it.

Nice to see you back Josie and sorry about the job,I hope you find another soon .
We in OZ also loved William he is so like his mother,how proud she would have been if she was still with us.
I really do think Kate will be good as well only time will tell and if they rest of the Royal keep there noses out of there relastionship,Esp Camila how is her form crossing off friends of Dianas that were invited to the wedding.
I just can't stand her ,over here if Charles becomes King after Elizabeth OZ will become a republic going by the resent polls.

We had a wonderfull weekend and we have finally had a bit of rain with it ,it is still raining now .

Have the OH home still waiting to start another Job,he is in the building trade and he has to wait for the plumbers to finish so he can start the tiling.

Doing my ironing today .
Drop in later.
Suex

Morning all - thought we were going to have a bit of rain today - but it seems to have passed - sun shing on the rooftops - as viewed from the dungeon window today (can't see the sky from here - just the odd garden wall - bird life as it sits on the high wall in front ot the window - the odd mateing ritual - rooftops and the odd vision at a window or two) At least we do get some light here.

Just nibbling on my lunch - large dish of Strawberries, Raspberries & Blackberries - had breakfast at 4:00 this morning as was up early - again - so thought it must be time for a mid morning snack and nibble on the lunch - its 8am now. By the time lunch gets here I will be wanting dinner.

Off out with the girls tonight - in theory we are going Japanese if they have room & can fit us in as its non reserved tables. Used google translator for a few words in Japanese, for a bit of a laugh - Arigato denshi meru no
Kon'nichiwa

Kangei to tanoshimu

In that case I think we should go to Pompoko and get an education and its cheap - it will be fun if we can get a table on the night

Sayonara

She sent it back to me as follows:
smart arse - find that in Japanese! (I did find the translation for her)

youve got too much time on your hands!

If its too busy we will pop round to Wagamamas or Giggling Squid which cost a bit more.

Well better do some work instead of chatting.

Hope all goes well with the hospital Cynthia.

Did you like the Eden Project Sylvia - would be interested in your thoughts.

Are you going to have a big party in 3 weeks Sue?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ waves to Robert - keeping very quiet at the moment

Long time since we all had a good party

Will pop back in later if I can - at the real lunchtime

Take care all

My oth Anne flags and everything.
Suex

Hi Everyone

I suppose you are all getting ready for the wedding ,Had a long day today so I can watch the whole wedding tomorrow.

I have even made the meal for tomorrow night.

I am off to bed catch you all tomorrow.

Thinking of Diana tonight.

Suex

Hello again,

That's me back in the land of the living and on holiday for ten days as my daughter, son-in-law and grand daughter are over from America for a wedding........ no, not that one although it's on the same day.
We are baby sitting as the celebration is out near Loch Lomond and they willl be able to enjoy it a little better without worrying how their daughter is doing!

Just made it in time with the DIY as having finished the bedroom and added the finishing touches ( Ikea easy chairs and table, purple lamps, pictures etc) the bathroom sink washer went and try as I might, I could not separate the tap pieces and ended up having to remove the whole sink to gain access to the nuts holding the taps on............ even the screw fixings had rusted so some brute force was required!
We now have two new taps and more importantly, a working hot tap.

This was the first meeting of our grand daughters since they were tiny babies and our Scottish grand daughter greeted our American grand daughter by giving her a breadstick and promptly grabbing it back .......... she's not tight, just economical with her gifts ;)
True to form, she was not jet lagged at all by the flight over and went off to sleep at 9.00 pm to awaken at 5.00 am.

DOOOHH!!

They have all gone off to town with my wife and our girls going to pick a dress for the wedding while our son-in-laws hit the pub for some male bonding.
I'm just having a wee rest as for the last few weeks I have been constantly on the go so thought I would enjoy this little bit of peace and quiet after I've done the dishes and hoovered up all the baby detritus that is part and parcel of grand children..... aaahh.

Anne, glad to see you enjoyed your break and don't forget to fill us in with all the details, both good and bad.

By the way, the weather up here in Scotland has been glorious for the last week as it's more like July and looks like carrying on in similar vein into next week.
My daughter came over with all the Scottish holiday neccessities such as rain coats, wooly jumpers, rain cover for the buggy and they are off out in shorts and T shirts.
Mind you this is the first time in six years that they've come over without having cold wind and rain!!

Hi all


so glad to hear from you Frank, and to hear that you finished all the work.

Enjoy their visit!



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Hello Everyone,
My Laptop has been repaired so I am back online once more.
I have watched the Royal Wedding and thought Catherine looked absolutely wonderful what a gorgeous dress, WOW.I think and hope that they will be very happy together, much happier than his parents ever were.
How wonderful the bridesmaids looked as well.
I thought of Diana and how proud she would have been of William, I bet I wasnt the only one to think that.
Must make some coffee as I am very thirsty then I will start packing as we are off to France on Monday , we have company tomorow and Monday so wont have much free time then.
Lots of love to everyone
Evelyn XXX

Glad you've finished all that work Frank.....you must be worn out.......enjoy the grandchildren - they grow up so quickly. Bet you weren't very pleased at having to dismantle the sink....... oops.


Hello Evelyn good to have you back online again. I thought the whole wedding day was fantastic. They both looked absolutely fabulous. I thoroughly enjoyed everything.....crowds...ceremony...processions etc.etc.


Did you notice on the procession from the Abbey to the Palace, that every time William saluted, Kate bowed her head in respect. What a lovely gesture. I am sure they will make a super King and Queen when the time comes.



Mind you, there were some weird and wonderful outfits weren't there? I reckon some of those hats must have been glued on! I felt sorry for the two daughters of Prince Andrews. I felt they looked like a couple of pantomime dames to be honest. Whoever is responsible for advising them on how to dress needs a good talking to.


Well, Robert, did you enjoy it too? Hope you have a tv in your shell!



Soon got back to reality by doing a pile of ironing.........lol

Love to all on this special day. Cx

Yes Cynthia I did notice that Kate bowed her head and thought it was a lovely gesture. To me they really do seem like a love match.
I totally agree about Andrews daughters, they look like figures of fun, I wish someone could give them some good advice.
I thought Kates Mother looked fantastic and didnt her Father look proud

The Wedding was wonderful.
Loved Kate's dress similar style to Princess Margaret's Dress.

Could not get over how old and decrepit Charles has become, he looks nearly as old as his Father.

I agree the 2 Royal Princess's outfits were shocking.

Bon Voyage Evelyn, enjoy your stay in France.

Nice to have you back Evelyn - safe journey to France on Monday

Hope you have fun with the daughters & grandkiddies Frank

I agree with you about Beatrice & Eugeni - hadn't thought of the pantomime dame image - the blue outfit was awful & the very high heels.
Camilla looked lovely in both her outfits and it was nice to see how well she gets on with the queen & prince Philip. For a change the wessex's let little Louise out in public - its about time. I liked Posh's hat, love to know how it stayed on & Tara PT's as well.

Didn't the queen & princess royal look miserable during the service - but were full of smiles before & after.

Some of the music was very miserable for a wedding, I was so please they had traditional hymns & Jerusalem.

Wonder where they will go for the honeymoon, i loved the old Astin Martin.

Well its saturday morning at 8am & i am at work today. Lets hope it stays very Q**** as not in the mood to be rushed off my feet today - had a bad night & feel very sleepy.

We had a fantastic lightening storm late last night - it lit up the whole room several times - but the thunder was very low key - lots of heavy rain - cheered up the OH - esp if its warm & sunny today - the grass grows so quickly. I think he would love to dig it all up & cover it in paving slabs & timber.

Our garden is on what use to be an old reservoir for the workhouse, its very bumpy & steep in places, also downland grass - its needs terracing but we don't have the wherewithal to do anything with it at the moment. If you dig more than 5 inches down you seem to hit chalk, no matter which part of the garden you are in.

When we first moved in & OH dug out the area for the shed all we found were bits of broken milk bottles & schallop shells and pieces of bike. He had to dig a long way to remove the old washing pole, found spokes from the wheel, then the tyres, then the wheel of a bike. Our neighbour offered to help as there was a very large concrete slab, as they managed to pull it up the bike frame came up with it & the remains of a spring bedstead. Our neighbour took it & put it up to secure his back fence to stop the kids over the back climbing over.

Even today we still find a few bottles & shells if we dig up the back of the garden.

My mums lilac is blossoming - such a funny bush - the year she died it stopped blooming - so OH thinned it out & it refused to blume for 5 years. The year we got married it bloomed for the first time since the year before she died, & has bloomed every year since. Very strange.

Mum was given that bush in 1967 & it use to live in an old sink unit on the roof terrace at our flat. We transported it in a bin liner to our old house in 1971 & planted it in the garden, when mum moved to this house in 1978, it had 3 bin liners & was in the back of a van. My ex planted it at the back of the garden for her & took some clippings & made a second bush at the other side. It never stopped flowering until 1992 - neither of the bushes flowered. My oh threatened both of them he would dig them up - so I don't know if it was his threat or our marriage that started them both off again.

Well its 8:30 now, still no calls better try & find something that looks like work to do, for when the others arrive in a few mins.

Take care all - will try & pop in over the weekend

Hello Josie and Anne.........I remember Princess Margaret's wedding vaguely. She was a beautiful woman in her time.

There have been a lot of comments about the similarities between Kate's dress and that worn by Princess Grace of Monaco.....now there was a beautiful woman indeed.


I thought Princess Anne looked a real misery to be honest. The Queen does tend to look solemn on such occasions....I've noticed that before.



Oooh thunder and lightening.....so jealous but sorry you had a bad night Anne. The lilac bush sounds lovely.


~~~~~ to all. must go and change the bed now!

Did the thunder & lightening affect you that badly Cynthia - he he

Getting fed up now - playing games on the chat site as well now

OH well into this Lost Families thing on ITV now - he is very very interested in it - makes a nice change to find something he likes on the TV

Hi all

we watched the 2 hour special on tv in the evening.

Lovely dress, and her sister also looked gorgeous. Harry seemed to appreciate that :))

I've also noticed that the Queen usually looks very solemn, and even sad faced, at all the weddings.



Got a really bad cold ... it's all been on my chest for the last 3 days, had no voice this morning, now I seem to be getting the runny nose bit


not happy!



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That's the baby sitting over................

Put her into her cot at 10.00pm and she awoke sobbing away so old soft touch grandad picked her up and nursed her off to sleep again.
Tried the cot again placing her on her front this time but with the same result so we gave in and took her in beside us.
OH was out like a light while I was kicked punched and head butted by this little bundle of joy who was fast asleep but doing a good job of taking over my side of the bed............. I ended up with 12" of bed and my grandaughter lying at 90* to me kicking away happily.
At least she slept which was more than I managed!!

Then today we had all the friends up for afternoon tea with Pimms and Cava which was very civilised and went off well.
Tomorrow it's the turn of the family for afternoon tea and Pimms, Cava etc so we'll have to pray that everyone gets on without falling out........... I have six brothers and sisters!

Off to bed as I'm exhausted.

Hi Everyone

I have had no internet for the last two days,some sort of clich they are telling us .
I am all back together now.

What a great wedding I must admit Evelyn I cried I just felt so sad that Diana was not there and we had to look at Camilla playing the Mother roll.
With her behaviour over the years it is a wonder they even let her into Westminster Abbey.

Cathrine looked wonderfull and so did all of her family I even think they outshone the Royals ,her mother was stunning as was her sister and her father just looked regal himself.
I was surprised to see her brother too he was wonderfull not a foot wrong.
I hope they go on and live a wonderfully happy life together just so long as the firm keeps there noses out of there business,somehow I don't think William will let that happen he seems very protective of her,maybe if Charles had helped Diana there would have been a dfferent result with there marriage
I think the firm is responcible for most of the parting of the ways of a some of there royal weddings over the years.

Ben laden gone but I think we are in for a lot of upevil in the comimg months,a bit skarey.

Anne the Lilac s over here are beautifull but mostley they are in tree form,I always wait for them to bloom it is a spectactular sight.

Sylvia

Sorry to hear about your cold and hope it quickly disapears,we have our winter coming so I suspect there will be a few colds around us too.

OH back to work after a long Easter break just waiting now for all the holiday makers to go home and we get our town back to ourselves,I know that sounds nasty but it really gets so busy in Holiday times,we can't even do our shopping in peace.

My Eyes are coping with the Glucoma drops and I think I can feel the presure going down already ,they do feel a lot fresher or is that in my emagination.

Better get on with the housework,have a lovely day everyone.
Catch you all later.
Suex

Frank - Big gold star for being a great grandfather - still shouldn't take her into your bed very naughty. Hope she slept in her cot the next night.

Sylvia - have a nice hot toddy do you good

Evelyn hope you have a good time in France

Sue nice to know the drops are working - we tend to have day trippers here all the time - worst thing about being a well known seaside town.

Whats happened to Cynthia - have you tied yourself up in the bed sheets

Very peaceful couple of days off - all we want to do now is retire - no chance of that in the near future. More like work till we keel over at our desks, just to pay the bills.

At least the wind has gone now - little bit of sun today. I long to move - i would love a nice little house in the country. OH said thats fine as long as there is a very good bus service or you are still fit to be able to drive. i would love to try it though while still young enough - its no good when you are a lot older really. then you want somewhere peaceful but near to at least a grocers.

OH well you can but dream - one day we will the lotto - hopefully before we are too old to enjoy it.

Take care all - will try & pop in again later if i can.

Arrived safely in France.
I am enjoying my retirement I worked till I was 72 so feel I have earned it.
Yes I thoroughly enjoyed the Royal Wedding but also feel that Camilla must be a hard faced creature to show her face in the Abbey, why didnt she get a convenient dose of flu?most of the world would have appreciated it.
Going to get ready to go out for lunch,whoopie no dishes to wash, oh happy me
Love to all
Evelyn X

I know where Cynthia is - Playing around on Evelyn's thread & making FBG get the rolling pin out.

I am not going to be brought into the great Camillagate situation - It was lovely to see the boys & Prince Philip all chatting away to her in the Abbey. At least she keeps well away from the press & not invite them in for personal chats.

Enough said i am going to crawl into my own shell - its a Diana free zone (couldn't stand the woman) - decided I am going to join Robert (opposite end of the country though) as its safer.

Take care all