Just back from a lovely relaxing weekend away near brighton. We went to Amberley park yesterday, full of old radio and TV historical memorabilia (akaJunk) my OH loved it

And we have a brand new fast broadband, that DS doesn't seem to like that much...so its taking ages to get on...hopefully now ive done it once, all will be ok!

Who else is watching the motor racing?

Dogs insurance is ridiculously expensive, as are vets bills.....its all a game isn't it......

Morning all

well i went to worthing, i,m always around the west sussex area these day, well since
my parents moved. Its a bit like having a holiday home down there

When the weather is nice, thats where i head to.

please to hear the dog is on the mend, not watching much tv at the moment, so i think i,m missing a lot of good shows.

i,m not doing any housework while the weather is good, i,m only doing it on rainy days now. I,m not missing out on the sun shine, as the winters seem so long now.

we were awful Lena

So a big well done and good luck for the final

and we could of so easily bumped into each other, so very near to my mum
pleased you had a lovely weekend

Good morning, sun's still shining yay!!
Sounds as if we all had a good weekend.

O/h home today, working so many extra unpaid hours due to new opening times and lack of staff they have to give it back in time off. Honestly if he hadn't gone to a four day week I'm convinced he'd have been working the equivalent of five and a half days now. On the plus side he keeps having extra long weekends if he can take the Thursday or Monday off.

Still chucking stuff out (tip and charity shop) in preparation for hopefully moving later this year. Tarting the house up is taking longer than it should - we seem to take one step forward and two back sometimes.

I spend any odd moment scouring Rightmove, Prime Location, Zoopla, etc to see what's around. Seriously thinking about a move to the Isle of Wight (or Wiggit as it's affectionately known here) and possibly dipping into savings and buying something a bit bigger and renting a bit out as holiday let. Hmmm, decisions, decisions.

Not so far from me, I'm in East Sussex, the other side of the South Downs.
'Oh I do like to be beside the seaside'.......well at least when the sun is shining.

Thanks georgy, we're going to need it.

We weren't much better. Got through by the skin of our teeth and couldn't help feeling sorry for their goalkeeper - he'd kept them in the game with some great saves - which no one will remember after that howler.

Going to have to do so much better against a rejuvenated Aston Villa. I still struggle to understand some of Wenger's team choices (changing a winning side for such an important game) Did he just underestimate Reading.

Giroud should've been in the starting line up, good strong player, which we needed - did you see the SIZE of some of those Reading players?

Really hoping he puts Ospina in goal for the final, Szczesny frightens me to death at times. Unfortunately I fear he'll stick to his guns and keep him as Cup goalkeeper.

One last message to the BBC......PLEASE ditch Shearer for the final. He has the biggest chip on his shoulder....you lost to us in the Final .......get over it!!!!

testing

I'm testing too.

It has taken me 2 days to get this far. Don't think DS likes my broadband..

Hi, am I the only one who's not having any problem getting on the thread?
Seems to be fine here.

So, how are we all, good I hope?
Have had a relaxing day today, should have been doing the ironing really and the vacuuming. Oh well it'll all still be here tomorrow........unfortunately

So now you decide to show my testing
would,t show when i posted
errrrrrrrr D.S

Evening all

At last got back on.......

hope all are well, i had a little accident ...... i slipped of the kerb ...... twisted my ankle
and wrenched my back...... so i'm a bit sore and bruised.....

so i,ve been resting in front of the cricket..... well whats a girl to do

While we are ditching people could BT get rid of Michael Owen to .... its the grating..... whiney voice..... its so very annoying

i agree also really felt sorry for the Reading Goalie......... its just one of those things

well I have got on eventually, wonder what has been wrong

strange sort of time at the moment, everything feels a bit of repetitive cycle. I had a lovely day out on Monday, which just reminded me that there should be more to life!!

I love Worthing, we went on the pier there, at the weekend, into a lovely art deco style restaurant. Beautiful.

Ive cut the grass, taken the cuttings to the dump, oh its been pretty busy and exciting here.

Moving sounds fun Lena, what kind of house are you going for?

its so annoying...... think M was having trouble also ..... not very long ago

These should not be done.......... when the sun in shining

I love sitting on the worthing pier in the sun........just watching the world go by

Lena move does sound fun......... its just finding that right place ...... and i think you just sort of know...... when you see it

Hi, are you still having trouble logging on? Still working fine for me.....let's hope I'm not speaking too soon.

Have you all been out enjoying the sun? I've been slacking again today.....two days in a row......this is NOT good.
It's only going to make my life harder tomorrow, I shall be moaning then about having so much to do.

Trying to catch up on tv that's been stored on the planner forever and a day. We usually get about fifteen minutes in and then my o/h's chin hits his chest and the snoring (that an hibernating bear would be proud of) starts.
So, I make a noise (coughing loudly usually does it) we rewind, get just past the bit where he nodded off first time and the snoring starts again.

I rue the day he bought that Stressless chair.

Well, better go do some washing up before I add the dinner stuff to it (Jacket potatoes and quiche tonight, followed by syrup sponge and custard)......and this is why I'm not losing weight.

Have a good evening everyone.

Now you see I started that last post about forty minutes ago.....
since then I've part nuked the spuds before putting them in the oven to go crisp on outside and fluffy inside, stopped Twinkle from sliding along the bottom of the sofa using her claws (she's wrecking the fabric) whilst trying to entice sofa slob Misty into chasing her round the house, got the washing in, put the foxes egg out and changed into jogging bottoms cos my legs were chilly in my cotton trousers.....
went to post and ..........
internet connection had gone down

I'll catch up on posts in morning as my little hippo has nearly finished wallowing in his bath and will be ready for his dinner.

AT LAST!!!!!!! It has taken me all day to get on to the thread. Not happy

Twinkle sounds hilarious Lena - I am just trying to make a mental picture of everything.

My 30 lupins arrived this morning so spent the mornin potting them up. Really cold today!

Last Leg is on tonight - my favourite program!!!

Friend coming tomorrow to do some drawing - such fun. Will go to the gym at the crack of dawn so back for 10 am.

Busy weekend.

Funny things are happening so I am logging off.

Plea to DS - please fix things. It is awful to try and log on -

(On hands and knees grovelling). . .

i,ve stopped with the nuking of the spuds
i just shove them in the oven these days with a bit of olive oil and lots of salt and pepper
and leave them for a hour

sofa slob and twinkle sound a right pair, as for the little hippo .. you do have a way with words

i,m still flat on my back with one leg in the air , stupid kerb, I've gone and trapped a nerve


so hubs is in the kitchen or it might be take away ......... again

sounds like you have a lot on

enjoy your drawing and lets all hope the grovelling works

Augusta ........ M........ thankyou for the life on my candy crush phone


only just seen in....... didn,t know you could do it....... shall send you one back......
when i work out how to do it

Thank goodness its Friday, time for a long glass of white wine!!

don't worry about the life on candy crush, im not sure if I knew how to do it either, strange things just happen!!

Hopefully this is a lazy weekend, time to catch up....so I can get on here and chat properly...

Hi to all, a day later than intended.....best laid plans of mice and men.

How blooming cold is it today? I'm not sure where that wind's coming from but I sure as hell know where it's going!!!

Popped out in the garden to discuss plan of action for tarting it up and nearly froze to death, heating cranked up and cuppa to thaw out.

O/h's been on roof of conservatory and discovered flashing is falling apart, so that would appear to be the reason for leak which has blown the plasterboard on inside wall. Confident he can replace and repair which has saved on the enormous cost of a new conservatory, not something we really wanted to have to do.

Having a weekend off from decorating and decluttering, we have tickets for the theatre tomorrow night. Going to see Ghost Train, which was written by Arnold Ridley (Godfrey from Dad's Army) when he was in his twenties. He was inspired after being stranded for a night at a railway station in Bristol.
Also bought tickets for Mousetrap, not till June but they're selling fast. Went and saw 'And Then There Were None' with Paul Nicholas last month which we thoroughly enjoyed.