General Chat

Good Morning Berona,
I was becoming quite concerned about you. Even suggested you might knock on my door any moment waving your red dancing shoes at me.
They don't have any decent dances in these parts, only barn dances.
We would have to hit the high spots of London, I hear the Savoy Hotel has a first class dance band.

Yes, I am mighty relieved that Allan is back.

Tec.

Hi Diane, I don't know why I slept so long - probably the aftermath of Monday's visit by my 2 y.o. grandson. I love them dearly, but I usually take a while to get over their visits! Talk to you more later. Pleasant dreams!

Just think of the kind of cruiser we could have Tec, if there really was gold in them thar hills! Unfortunately, though, when the front gardens were dug, all that was found was builders' rubble - remains of the old house which used to be here. Oh well, patience is rewarded. Back to buying tickets!

Bye Sue......Enjoy your day,
Bye Allan.......Don't work too hard,
Goodnight Diane..........Leave the neighbours in peace,

Tec

Never mind Berona, Maybe they will discover one of us is sitting on an oilfield. There was a goldmine near here, but closed now. The Queens wedding ring was made from Welsh gold from that mine. Shame the gold seam doesn't run as far as my house.

When we get our cruiser, you can sail past your son in his new boat and wave at him from the top deck.
Shout down to him ,
"Call that a boat - look what mammas got" Ha Ha

Tec

Well, I suppose it's my own fault that everyone has gone and left me. I'll pop in now and again to see if anyone has joined us. Night, Poms - sleep well - and g'day downunders - avagoodone!

Oops - thought you had left me Tec.

Yes, my four children all have boats. Daughter's family took delivery of a new one at the weekend, and couldn't launch it because of the wet weather. It wasn't the boat they didn't want to get wet - but themselves. Finally managed to get out in it on Monday and their 6y.o.took to the skis for the first time, so they had a thrilling day. They sent me a video of him skiing and he looks great.

But yes, OUR cruiser will dwarf all of them put together!

Bye Berona, Enjoy your day whatever you do,

I'm off the bed now - busy day tomorrow

Goodnight
Tec.

Good night Tec. Sleep well. Talk to you again tomorrow.

A Genealogist's Prayer

Lord, help me dig into the past
And sift the sands of time
That I might find the roots that made
This family tree of mine.

Lord, help me trace the ancient roads
On which my fathers trod,
And led them through so many lands
To find our present sod.

Lord, help me find an ancient book
Or dusty manuscript,
That's safely hidden now away
In some forgotten crypt.

Lord, let it bridge the gap that haunts
My soul when I can't find,
The missing link between some name
That ends the same as mine.

Author Anonymous

Genealogy Pox Warning !!

(Author Unknown)
Very contagious to adults.
SYMPTOMS:
Continual complaint as to need for names, dates and places. Patient has blank
expression, sometimes deaf to spouse and children. Has no taste for work of
any kind, except feverishly looking through records at libraries and
courthouses. Has compulsion to write letters, swears at mailman when he
does not leave mail. Frequents strange places such as cemeteries, ruins and
remote desolate country areas. Makes secret night calls, hides phone bills
from spouse, mumbles to self, has strange far-away look in eyes.
NO KNOWN CURE!


TREATMENT:
Medication is useless. Disease is not fatal but gets progressively worse.
Patient should attend genealogy workshops and subscribe to genealogy
magazines and be given a quiet corner in the house where he/she can be
alone.


REMARKS:
The usual nature of this disease is..the sicker the patient gets, the more he/she
enjoys it!!

Hello all :-))

From a still very wet, cold Victoria!!
Who's nicked our sun, and where is Spring!!!

I'm waiting very impatiently for the mailman to come, hope his bike doesn't break down or worse still get bogged!!!

I hope everyone has a lovey day/or having pleasant dreams:-))

Carole xx

Hi all, just popped in to say I'm still around some of the time.
Saturday- visited a friend, we did nothing all day
Sunday- visited a delative- about 75-90 minutes drive (each way) but, considering it was a long weekend, very bearable (SueM and other cornstalks: near Woy Woy).
Monday- much as Saturday.
Tuesday- work. I did read the messages on Aussies only.
No PMs from Tec. He doesn't need support from me, he can manage his staff quite happily without my assistance.
Tuesday evening- Sydney Opera House, Cosi Fan Tutte. Modern production, in English. A great night.
Wednesday- work
Wednesday night- sleep desperately needed.
Just a comment on Cosi. It was written in the days when women were perhaps not as highly regarded as they are now. One review I read of it attacked it, on the grounds that the producer / director didn't change the ending. Really. What next- rewrite Romeo & Juliet so that they all live happily ever after? Rewrite Julius Caesar so he doen't get stabbed do doesn't have to say et tu Brute?
Sorry. Will have an early night tonight. Will catch up on some recorded TV and have a shower I think.

Good morning,
It has taken me a while to read through and catch up.

I can't remember when i last posted,given the fact that my daughter had my internet connection all the time she was here.

I am not sure if I said that the family finally forced me to visit the doctor on Monday morning. I can't remember the last time I went, it must have been two or three years ago. I was all apologetic for wasting her time, but she promptly gave me some antibiotics for my raging chest infection.I am still having dreadful coughing spasms, but hopefully that will pick up soon.

Yesterday is all over now. I was fine for the early part of the day.Lots of people gathered at mums house during the morning, I had ordered a buffet from the local deli,so it was nice to catch up with before we had to leave. I must admit that when the hearse pulled up outside the house, I couldn't stop the tears because I didn't want her in there.

The service was very nice. I had printed out a person report about mum form my family tree and added lots more info to it. I gave this to the priest who was doing the service when I met him last week. He used this to give a lovely address about mum. Later in the service my sister gave a tribute from the family,where she talked about what mum had meant to us. It was very nice, although it was interrupted when the priests mobile phone started ringing. Of all the people who needed to remember to switch their mobile phone off,you would have thought that the priest would be first on the list.

Afterwards we all went back to a local hotel for yet another buffet. Everyone came,so it was nice to be able to chat to all the neighbours and the relatives who had been able to travel. sadly at mums age their are very few remaining relatives and those who are are too old to make long journeys.

The core family then went back to the house and we stayed there until mid evening when all the various parties had been ferried to train stations or had set out on their way home.

So all in all it was a good if rather sad day.

Hello Linda, Good to see you posting on here again.

I'm so glad you finally got to the doctor and got some antibiotics. Naughty girl - you should have gone sooner. However, take the whole course of tablets and you will soon be back to normal and able to cope with everything. You still have a lot to do with the clearing out of things, etc. but take your time - get better first.

Don't forget, we are here for you, so don't hold back if you feel like talking about anything. We're good listeners!

Take care.

Hello all. Just doing a little research and thought I'd drop in for a couple of minutes.

Nice to see you Colin. Cosi Fan Tutti at the Opera House. What a lovely evening that must have been. Do you go to the Opera House often? Of course it shouldn't be changed or rewritten in any way - the whole gist of the story would be lost. Was the attacker suggesting it should be changed to suit the modern way of thinking?

Linda you must be exhausted being so ill at a time when you need all your energy. You should be on the mend now you have antibiotics. I often think the person we've lost may feel some kind of satisfaction looking down on all the friends and relatives sharing memories and laughter. Sadly when they have lived to good age so many of their old friends are gone.

Sue xx

Edit - Berona posted while I was typing but I agree - we are all here if you need to talk anytime.

Good morning everyone. Its been ages since I posted in here but I have been having Computer Problems.
I hope you are all keeping well. It is much colder here this morning so I think we can safely say that the winter is on its way now. I can't believe that Xmas is just around the corner again. (whoops! ) Is that a naughty word? Lol
Have a nice day/night with what ever you are doing. xxx

Hi All and Hi Linda,

It sounded like a lovely service for your Mum - pity about the Priest though! At my Mum's funeral, my youngest was 4 and when the organist finished playing, he applauded her. We reckoned Mum would have found that very funny!

Try and rest up as much as you can Linda and get yourself well again.

Cheerio to everyone else also.

Hi All
just a quick pop in to say hello

Carolee, loved both of the pieces you posted so true,

Colin good to see you, would love to have a weekend like you just had lol

Linda, I'm glad all went well yesterday and you all shared some good memories of your mum, now it's time to slow down and take it easy and get yourself completely well hun take care of yourself Luv Diane x

Hope to catch up with you all later


Diane x

Hello Diane,
slow down sounds good but unfortunately it is nor likely to happen. I went to mums house today because another estate agent was coming to give a valuation.It sounds bad, but we need a written valuation to go along with the probate forms.
I did more clearing out, sorting things into bags for the charity shops , plus keeping things aside which the family may wish to have, plus other bags of rubbish. I was just looking round my own house and thinking how much junk there would be to get rid of here as well.
I am not stripping the house bare,far from it, on the surface, it will look just as it always does, I am just going through the deepest recesses of the drawers and cupboards removing the things which have been put away "just in case"

Poor OH has the worst job, he is valiantly tackling the garage and sheds. Dad believed that a man could never have too many sheds and he packed them to the gunnels. It is four years since dad died and OH has been plodding away since then, but now the need to empty them is more urgent.

Good evening all Poms and good morning to the Downunders.

Looks like a fine sunny day coming up here....a nice day to take my weekly drive and drop in to the fruit market.

Carole - those were good posts - and so very true. I have been researching on and off for years and have finally learned to limit myself as far as time goes - but still haven't learned to stick to one branch. Just as I think I am following one branch well, I usually get an email concerning someone in another branch, and I'm hopping from one to the other again, getting names and dates mixed!