General Chat

Mo, I put off the mowing man when the steer got in and trampled all over the lawn. It was so boggy and pock marked, but it is not so boggy now so I will give him a ring in a couple of weeks about starting again, since the lawn is also starting to grow with the slightly warmer weather.

I had been thinking yesterday about possibly doing the Christmas concert with the choir, but I dont think it would be wise as I will miss one practice when I am in Chatham Is. and as I am going to be a candidate in the election (November I think) I will possibly be too busy for choir.

Jean, thanks for your comments on my blog photos.

Huia.

Hi Everyone,

First of all thank you all for your anniversay wishes for today, also thank you Ann, Joyce and Jean for the anniversay cards, they are all beautiful.


Jean, we still haven't got our internet back but as soon as we do, I'll pm you.


Huia, pleased that you enjoyed your son's visit, it was nice for you to have his company for a couple of days.

It would be nice if you rejoined the choir so that you can do the Xmas concert with them. You'll really enjoy going again once you start.

Glad that Phil was okay when you visited him last.



Ann, glad you enjoyed your wedding anniversary.I'll have a look at your photo blog as soon as finish on here.




Mo, glad to hear that your granddaughter is alright after the dog.

As you and the others said, couples have to work at a marriage, some couples these days aren't able to do that, for some reason or other.

Good to hear that Lilly has her first tooth at last, bless her.



Sylvia, nice to hear from you. I agree parents should not have to contribute to a son or daughter's second marriage.
Hope all is well with J and her family.



Caz, I'll pm you as soon as our internet is working again. I had hoped it might be tomorrow but with it being the Bank Holiday there won't be any hope of that.



Well ladies I'll say bye for now, speak to you all soon.



Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Thanks for the annivesary wishes Sylvia and Mo.

Quite a nice bright day here today, we have just popped round the garden centre for coffee and now I am sorting out for the holiday.

Sylvia sorry to hear of the death of Jack Layton, it sounds as if he will be sadly missed.

Huia, nice for you to spend time with your son, especially as you got your gardening done as well.

Happy anniversary Sally hope you are enjoying your day.

Well good morning, afternoon, evening to everyone.
Sylvia, I was talking to S, the bride to be, and she says she is going to a bridal salon this week, to try on several different gowns, to see what suits her. She is then going online, to places like E.Bay to find and buy her dress.
From what I can gather, they intend to do the catering themselves, huh, guess who will get dragged into that, yep Joe Muggins here.
I don't mind helping out, but she does have some family here in Kent, but the rest are up in Scotland, and I get the impression that she wont be inviting her mother. ( quite a history there from what I can gather ), but will be having the Scottish side down for the event.
Oh I just dont want to get involved in family politics, and will just do my bit, for my sons sake.

Huia, it's lovely to hear that you have had a good weekend with your son.
Plenty got done out in the garden as well, now thats a bonus for you love, as it's a big job for you to manage on your own.
Doesn't the man who used to come and do your lawn come anymore.?
Wouldn't it be lovely for you to be part of the Christmas concert, you do so enjoy your choir singing. You should try to do it love, it will give you another outlet to enjoy yourself.

I must go now, so I will leave you all with my love and best wishes. Mo xxx

Yes, I looked at your photos earlier Ann. I have now added more to mine.

Huia who will be off to bed soon.

Happy anniversary Sallie, if I am not too late.

I had a lovely weekend with my son. We did a little tidying up of the garden and he mowed the lawns, which hadnt been done for some time. We also relaxed and chatted. He took me to visit Phil yesterday. He left here at midday today to go to visit his sister who had to have her dog put down a few days ago, with prostate cancer. Son hadnt seen her for some time. When he had left I had lunch (he had decided to buy something at a bakery) and then got changed and went into Papakura for a choir concert, of Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle. It was very good. Some of the choir members want me to go back to sing in the Christmas concert. I am undecided.

Huia.

we spent 2 hours this morning watching TV


the Leader of the Federal Opposition Party died on Monday, of cancer.

The federal election was only in May, and Jack Layton had led his party to a record (for that party) 103 seats in the federal Parliament. The House had one "sitting" of about a week in late June. Two weeks later, he announced he was taking a leave of absence to battle a new cancer (he'd fought prostate cancer about 18 months ago).

He was a wonderful man .......... even if you did not like his politics!


He was given a State Funeral ...... lay in state in the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa for 2 days, then in Toronto City Hall Friday and Saturday morning. Then the Memorial Service ...... ecumenical, blessings from First Nations, Anglican, Jewish, Asian ................ lots of music and singing, and laughter.


He'll be sadly missed ............. he brought civility back into politics!



RIP Jack Layton





sylvia
xxx

Mo


if a couple say they never argue, and agree all the time ............. I immediately think that one of them is a doormat!


We all know that marriages have to be worked at, continually ........ and we all reach our own version of a happy marriage. What we think of as happy, might not be what someone else thinks it should be!


But then, there are times when an end should be called to the marriage, and it is better to separate.


My personal feeling is that parents should not be expected to contribute to a second marriage!

J inisted on paying half of the costs of her marriage ....... and she had never had a permanent job at that time. She graduated with a Master's degree in May, and they married in June. But she saved up, made two of the bridesmaid dresses while a friend made the 3rd one, kept the wedding small, and had a morning wedding with a luncheon, not a big splashy evening do.

She was going to make her wedding dress, but she and I went to a bridal salon for the "experience", and she saw just the dress she was imagining ................. it was officially a bridesmaid dress not a bridal gown. It cost just under $300 (or about £125)!! Needless to say, I bought it for her right there and then!

We did it all for around $8,000, which would be just under £4,000 at that time.



sylvia
xxx

Hi all
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only just managed to get on here!!



Belated Happy Anniversary wishes to Ann
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Happy Anniversary Saliie
xxxx





sylvia
xxx

Good evening everyone.
Firstly may I wish Ann and Tony a happy anniversary. I am sorry I am a bit late, but better late than never.
So nice to hear you had a good time at the tall ships, and that you enjoyed your meal, even though it was a little long in arriving.

Sallie, I hope you and Alun have a lovely anniversary tomorrow, thats if it is tomorrow, but if it's today please forgive me for getting it wrong.
Did you, or have you planned anything really special to do.

My grandaughter is fine, after her experience with the dog. We still don't know the outcome of the police taking J's statement.
My daughter is away in Bognor Regis at the moment, and J is at home alone, as she had to work today. But she is almost 19, and can take of herself fortunately.

We went to visit baby Lilly and her older brother and sister today. She has eventually cut her first tooth, and she keeps sticking her tongue out over the tooth, it must feel very strange for babies, when they cut the first tooth.

We also found out today, that our son is intending to get married next August.
I just hope they don't expect us to fork out a fortune, as we paid half for his first wedding.
It's to easy these days, for couples to walk away from a marriage, without trying to work things out.
But I suppose it's better to separate if there are children involved, and there are continual arguments, as happened with my sons first marriage.
Many of us are witness, to how long marriages can last, if it's worked at.
If a couple tell me they never argue, or fall out occasionally, I tend not to believe them.

Right enough of my waffling.
Take care girls, love to you all. Mo xxx

Photos of the tall ships in Gloucester docks on my photo blog.

Just thought is it Sallie and Aluns wedding anniversary today also. I have it down as the same day as Anns, I sent a crd at the same time as Anns, so I will say happy anniversary to Sallie and Alun hope you ahave a lovely day....Just had a look at last years and its tomorrow....

love Jean and Jeff xxx

Happy Anniversary Ann and Tony, sorry I didn't know or you would have got a card.
I haven't been on for a few days owing to my fall, knocked me up a fair bit, the worst bit was having to miss my appointment at the hospital, got a new appointment through for the back end of September.
Mo how is the little girl now after her dog bite, I hope it doesn't turn her against dogs. My son had a bad scare when he was two, we were in the chemist and an an Irish Wolfhound came in and stood behind us, well he turned round and the dog was a lot taller than him. After his eyes travelled up it's legs to his face, he let out a shriek and ran round to the back of me, he didn't like dogs much after that but is ok with them now.
Nice to see you back Sylvia, my goodness it was cold up there wasn't it, I don't mind the cold though, it's the heat that I can't cope with.
Hope everyone is keeping ok.

Love Caz x

Thanks for anniversary wishes and thanks for the card Jean, very pretty as usual.

I hope I am not too late to say happy anniversary to Ann.

Son arrived and we went out to lunch then we visited Phil. He didnt really look at us. When we came back we went over the hill to look at the daffodils.

Huia.

Happy anniversary to our Ann and Tony, heres to many more....

love Jean and Jeff xxxx

Good evening to you all.

Sallie, I visited Phil 2 days ago in his new place in a different wing. He was much the same as usual. I didnt stay very long as our son will be up here today and will take me to visit Phil again.

The sky is clear and the sun is shining, so a lovely day at present. I must go as I want to take some stuff to Hunua before Son gets here.

Huia.

Hello Girls.

Nice to see a few of you back on here. At the moment I'm at Jennie's using their internet.....hoping they can sort ours out when they come to see to it in the week.


Sylvia, it certainly sounded as though it was cold at the cabin, especially for this time of the year. Pleased that you and OH enjoyed yourselves there.

It's been raining here on and off all day, and it's also been quite chilly with it.


Jean, yes I received your pm, but with one thing and another I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to answer it, but I will answer it as soon as I can.

Hope that you and Jeff are feeling better now. You certainly have been very busy making cards, you put me to shame.

I had a look at your cards on Ann's blog last night, they are lovely as usual.




Ann, glad you got the cards e-mail okay, just sorry I was late in sending them.

If I won't be able to get back on here before you go to Tenerife, hope you and T will have a lovely holiday and take care.


Wishing you and T a Very Happy Wedding Anniversary for tomorrow. Hope you both have a lovely day.



Caz, I hope you are feeling better after your fall, thinking about you.
I also owe you a pm, so as with Jean.I will send you one as soon as I can.



Huia, how are things with you? I hope everything is alright. Also hope all was well with Phil when you last visited him.



I wonder where our Mo is today.....hope her granddaughter is okay after the dog bite.



Well I'll say bye for now, hope to speak to you all again soon.


Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Hello Mo, Sallie, Ann, Sylvia, Jean and Joyce. Some of you have been missing for a while. Nice to see you all back.

Huia.

Whoops Ann, got that one wrong, It has been so hectic in our lives of late no wonder I get it wrong lost track of time...lol...

~~~~~~~~~~ to Joyce and Jan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
love Jean xx,