General Chat

Mo, those red dots were only the little quakes that would not have been felt but were recorded by seismographs. I live just a bit south of the yellow patch, which is Auckland. We have in the past felt some quakes here, but not very big ones. It sounds as if you will have webbed feet like me, unless you wear your gummies (wellies) when you go outside. My lawn is an absolute bog with lots of small puddles where the steer trampled.

Huia.

Oh well, famous last words, we had a horrendous thunderstorm this afternoon.
A house at the back of my son got hit by lightening, and they had two fire engines there to put the fire out.
Our garden was like a swimming pool, and my potted plant are wilting under the heavy rain that came down.

Linda, hows mum and dad doing now. And how are you enjoying your retirement now.
I hope the giddy spells are under control now.

Sallie should be back with us soon, as I believe her family are going back home tomorrow.

Bye for now girls. Love Mo xxx

Hi Mo and everyone
Just had the thunderstorms. Really cooled it off.

Had a lovely weekend near Aberrystwyth. Really nice hotel, good food and beautiful views. We must have been near you Anne as we came back through Monmouth and down to Chepstow before coming home along the M4. Unfortunately it was raining when we wanted to stop for lunch near Tintern Abbey, so we ended up at a motorway service station.

Well no chance of getting the washing out today so will have to dig out the airer and dry indoors.

Hope everyone is OK

Linda :o) XxX

Hi everyone.
Many thanks for the E.Mail Huia. I didn't realise that N.Z had that many quakes going on most of the time.
It's never bought to our attention, until something drastic happens, like in Christchurch.
We are very very lucky here in the U.K, even though we Brits moan about most things, quakes are the one thing we cant complain about,thank god.

Hello Betty good to see you popping in , come back when you get a quiet moment on your own love, and have a natter with us.

Well I wonder how many of us got the thunderstorms,that were due last night.
One things for sure, we didn't. It was stiflingly hot in the bedrooms, even with the windows open.
Not a lot of sleep was got by either of us.

I hope you are are all o.k.

Love to you all, Mo xxx

Ann it's my cockateil looking at my tree or something, he always has to join in with what I am doing.

Caz

edited to say I havent found a good photo yet to use.

Hello Betty good to see you. the F Tree is obvioualy keeping you busy.

Caz, I have been trying to work out what your avatar photo is but can't Lol!!!

Hello Betty, lovely to see you on here. Joyce keeps me up to date with how you are going on as I know she does with me to you. I miss our chats we used to have years ago so keep popping in won't you.

Love Caz xx

Hi Everyone, thank you for thinking about me. Just on for a few minutes.Trying to do family tree, and keep coming up with new names. Family do not like me on here.(Computer)
Hope everyone is well.Will talk longer next time.
Thinking of you all,
Betty.

Hello to anybody looking in.

I will probably be spending a lot of time looking at the My Heritage website. The American disease has hit it. I know not all Americans are guilty of the disease, but there are so many Americans on Ancestry who do not do proper research, and now some of them are on M.H. I resent having my oldest sister married to somebody b1723. In fact the trees have her b1725, d1815, despite the fact that some of them have her father (and mine) correctly b1899 and our mother correctly named but incorrectly b1908 in Massacheusetts instead of 1900 in Hamilton NZ. The annoying thing is that on M.H. they are citing their source of info on Tui as 'Ancestry Family Trees.'

I have left a 'Memory' on their page about Tui, telling them that that is not a true source of info., rather it is a source of MISinformation. One person had removed my comments overnight, so I have put them in again. I wonder if any of them will find their way to my tree and put any comments on it?

Huia with her battle armour on.

Good afternoon everyone.
Ooooh I am going to moan now, " It's to flippin hot here again today ", I don't normally suffer with hay fever, but the pollen count must be sky high, as I cant stop sneezing, and my nose is running like a tap.
Never ever happy are we, first it's to cold, then it's to wet, now it's to hot. lol

Marie, you are such a well organised person. Well done on pulling all the arrangements together for the Hayward reunion.
I just hope that the others are grateful for what you are doing love.
It's good to hear that the singing classes are going well, and being enjoyed by all that attend.
How is the man who joined you getting along. Cor one man with all you lovely ladies, I bet he thinks he has won the lottery.

Well girls, I think I will go and find a nice cool area of the garden to sit in for a while.
Bye for now. Love to you all Mo xxx

Hello all,
Jean--------- I am pleased to hear the assestment went well and that jeff will be back home with you soon.
I have been very busy as I have received a lot of enquiries Re the Hayward Reunion,also more Phone calls all wanting information.
I am now up to date, thank goodness as I need to start on the Family tree that I will be taking to Mackay with me.
We have had 2 days of sunshine so nice, this morning we had a very heavy frost looked like snow.
My singing class is going very well, everyone seems to be enjoying the singing and the breathing exercises I have taught them :-0 ;-)
I am still having problems gettin into Genesreunited :-S
I will be off as I still have things to do before dinner :-) :-)

Loves & Hugs <3 to you all :-D Marie

It is a pity they don't do that here.

Hi all
xxx


it's been a lovely sunny day today, and pleasantly warm.


Just the kind of weather I like!


Sallie ............ Vancouver often reminds me very much of England! Especially the unpredictable weather :-D



Parliament has passed the legislation forcing the posties back to work ................ it now has to go through the Upper House (Senate), but they should be back to work on Tuesday or Wednesday.


There are huge fines if they disobey, so I don't think there will be any disobedience ..................

$1000 (ca £400-450) a day for an individual, and $100,000 (ca. £40,000-45,000) for the union


Take care



sylvia
xxxx

Hi Huia, thanks very much, I'll have a look now.

Love, Sallie.xxx

Sallie, my blog is at http://www.nzpicturesbyhuia.blogspot.com
I have now added some more pics.

Huia.

HI Girls,

Jean, like Ann I too added to the other thread about Jeff. I'm so pleased to have the good news.


Ann, sorry I forgot to mention you. lol!!! As you know I didn't mean to.
I managed to make two cards on Thursday, someone asked if I could make them for her to give to two members of her family......I'm glad that she did, as it has started me wanting to make them again. I think worrying about Jennie over the last few weeks I had lost some enthusiasm and confidence. Although I won't be able to make any until Richard and Christie goes home on Wednesday evening, but that doesn't matter.

I looked at your photos of the Lake District last night, as usual, they are brilliant.
I would like to look at Huia's photo blog, but can't find how to get onto it.




Huia, I hope that your lawn can be sorted out for you, it's so annoying when animals can get out of the field they are in and ruin peoples gardens that they have spent a lot of time and money on.





Sylvia, I read in one of the papers here that there's a postal strike in Canada.
At least you were able to send J&M an email card. Please wish them a Happy Anniversary from me.

I had to smile when you were telling us about having your waterproof coat on. It's just the kind of thing that I do....trouble is the weather is so unpredictable considering it's summer for us, it's difficult to know what to wear when we go out.



Waiting for Ricahard and Christie to arrive now, so will speak to you all in the middle of the week. Take care everyone.




Love and best wishes to all our friends on here. Sallie.xxx

I added to the other thread so will just rrepeat how pleased I am for you both.

Hi everyone, tis I...well the assessment went very well there will be a fewbits and pieces to be added to help Jeff when he comes home, such has two zimmer frames one upstairs and one down stairs, his chair is beinr raised to see if he can manage to stand up o.k. stools and a chair for the shower and to sit at the washbasin to help wash and shave....
we have already had a second bannister on the stairs, and he will have a grab rail in the shower, some other aids but after visiting last night and seeing him stand up solid as a rock, I dont think it will be long before he will be become quite independent...He is still weak and will be for some time but once he is home they reckon it will make a huge difference to his wellbeing so, my friends it looks quite close to his homecoming...its six weeks tomorrow that he went into hospital ,its flown by....I think you are up to date now, we are so grateful for your love and support, thank you all.

love Jean xxx

Hi all
xxx


It poured with rain this morning, really beating down on the skylight in the bedroom!

I went downtown to do some shopping (some big sales on :-D) .... and came home in sunlight ............ I felt rather stupid (and warm!) in my waterproof jacket!!


Tomorrow (Sunday) is J&M's 12th wedding anniversary. I've had to send them an email card as we have postal strike / lockout here, and no mail is moving at all.

They should be back at work some time next week though .... parliament has just passed back-to-work legislation, it goes next to the Senate (somewhat equivalent to House of Lords), and then it will become law.


Take care everyone



s
xx

Hello all.

I wasnt able to come on earlier as I was showing a man around the property. I had rung him to tell him that one or more of his cattle might be on the road. I had heard a bump as I was dozing off last night, about 11 p.m. but didnt get up to investigate. This morning the lawn was a right proper mess, full of holes where the animal had been. It is so soggy at present. He did find one of the animals walking down the road but the others were still where they should be. He is moving them to another paddock so they wont break through onto our property again. I just hope he will strengthen the fence. Phil and I have repaired it so many times it is not funny. I am certainly not going to repair it myself.

Must get going, it is a lovely sunny morning so I am doing a bit of washing.

Huia.