Thats wonderful news Lena
so very pleased for you
must be a huge relief for you and your family

I,m back

sorry to be gone for so long
but what a week, i've had
don,t like to moan on here
but sometimes it just needs to be done

so at the beginning of the week, son had a car accident on the M25
he is all safe and well, so thats all that really matters, and the car, well not so much,
but it is being mended , so in the mean time , i've been doing the morning work trip and he has been
getting the train back. I leave at 6.30 and get back around 10

Then we can move on to the wind and water damage, we have no back gate , not sure where it is,
i think it, just blew away, some fencing and trees have come down at the back of our property, not
really my problem the golf course people can see to that

Friday son lost his glasses, he cannot see ..... Much without them, had to ring all the local and not so local opticians for a emergency appointment, finally got one( not so local for sunday afternoon)
if there was a waves smilie, i would use it as this problem waved goodbye to my Sunday

and now My Father in laws stuff, well there is mountains of it, yes Nyannie , you're right he was more of a collector, but had a bit of hoarder in him to. So things need to be looked at very careful, after all i have limitations, i don't read or speak Arabic and my little bit of french is very poor, and some of the things, i just don,t quite know what to do with. Take one Mink Coat from the seventies
I would never wear it, it doesn't feel right to sell it or for anyone else to wear it, so what's to be done. As far as i,m concerned, the pelts should never of left the animal in the first place, just cruel
I'm going to have to think about that one

so this is just a few of the things, i,m going to moan about, i could so give you more

but i,m now going to read back
and see what you have all been up to
i,m sure you will all, make me smile

i caught a little bit of this show, very funny
this year my kitchen calender is the great british bake off, it looks to have some great recipes
for each month

hope your daughter feels better soon, they do cause us to worry
really think kids should come in packages, with warnings in BIG LETTERS on the front

Nice to see you Nyannie
give yourself time, its been a rough start to the year

i've also heard good things about this movie
must try and see it, pleased you had a good time

one of my favourite places to be
lucky you

i am also very open to a week day, i think Weds and Thursdays are my best days though, but
i can always move things around if need be

Oh georgy, wish I could do something to hehlp it. You could give the mink coat away to a charity or you could sell it on ebay. We have a man here who goes to Albania and Romania and he takes all kinds of clothes - maybe there is someone like that.

As for your father-in-law's things - why not try Bonham, Christies or Sotheby's - they have Middle Eastern specialists. You could also try University College (SOAS) in London, British Museum or perhaps Oxford or Cambridge - all have Middle Eastern Studies. They could give you advice. Try one of the auctioneers - they do give free advice. We took a map in which we thought was printed, but it turned out to be quite valuable.

Let me know if this helps.

Afternoon

I am just taking a break after doing the laundry, washing floors and sorting through four files and shredding old bank statements etc. Then a friend came for coffee and I have had 15 telephone calls since 2 pm. I never thought I'd say this, but I am glad not to talk for a while!

Anyway, once I have heard from everyone I will book the restaurant (same as last time)for the thread meet.

Some roads still closed even though floods have receded. I am so glad we didn't have major problems.

Thanks for the help Nyannie

half the problem is, there is so many interesting things, the photos alone, of my husbands family
are wonderful, and distracting, they really did travel all over the world, today i've gone through the New York ones
lots of the twin towers, would you believe.

We have found, a little book, that belonged to my husbands mum, with messages of good wishes from her young school friends, with pretty little drawings in

and evening bags beautifully beaded which i will use and keep safe, all this has been found today

so in a way, its quite fun, just time consuming,
but the pile is getting smaller

wow nyannie
you sound a tad busy
15 telephone calls

looking forward to the catch up, just a shame about the delay
silly weather, how dare it muck up the jjat meeting plans

Morning all.

Pretty misty around here.

Tackling the ironing pile and then out to lunch with a friend.

Do you think John is watching the tennis? Cannot believe the heat. I would melt in a heap!

Will send you all a PM with dates etc.

Have a good day.

Thankyou Nyannie

enjoy your lunch with friend, hope its good

my day has started very well

I had been ringing around for a local company to take some big items away
old beds, that sort of thing, altogether 10 large items. Well had been quoted some silly prices and i wanted them dumped safely in the right places. So i just rang my local council for advice or a recommendation and they were so helpful. They have a service, which i knew nothing about, so for just £50 they will take the lot away all booked for next Friday

so i,m loving my local council, so much right now

hope all have a very nice day

Well the cricket has been Very Bad
so i really hope so
with Murray at least he get to see a match win

Always good to try the council first. Salvation Army and some other charities do take furniture for free - also Freecycle.

Just got back from lunch. Water still very very high!

Looks like we will be meeting end of Feb/early March!

wow you have been busy....sounds like a real adventure sorting everything out and unearthing all these treasures....

I have no idea what to do about fur coats? I too hate the idea of using animals just for their fur, but having created it, it seems a shame to just throw it away or dump it.

evening everyone......wow you all sound so busy...

we caught up with the musketeers programme last night, and it was very exciting, and easy to watch, perfect for a night relaxing in front of the TV.


whats been going on in BB?

have we heard anything at all from our aussie friend recently? or is he still in retirement?

My council are usually last on my list, this is the first time, they have been any use
to me Nyannie

its really just old beds and mattresses, i didn't think a charity would want them

just found some bit from your homeland Nyannie
a few pretty boxed Pin cushions from a place called Magnin,

pleased you had a good lunch, not surprised the water is still high, we really need no more rain

Hello Augusta
I really don,t like them
going to send it to Egypt, one of the young family members can have it,
and they will love it

Not seen the Musketeers, or BB , but i am re watching Sherlock, they are repeating all of them on Alibi
tv

Hello all

Am reading but have been too busy to post and make any sense! Love hearing about your adventures and dilemmas though....please forgive me for being somewhat MIA.

I did watch some of the Murray - Federer match on Eurosport this morning. A deserved win by the Fed....much as I love Murray, he's really not back to full fitness yet, nor does he have the elegance of Federer.

Other than that, I go from pillar to post trying to complete tasks and chores. Some of what I'm doing concerns mum, who needs more daily support....and by way of contrast I have to go to lots of social events in my role as a 'committee wife' Things get even busier in March, as i'm working most days then, so I think you'd all best go ahead and fix a date to meet. I'll come if I can, I would love to meet up again, but I don't want to hold you back At the rate I'm going, I might make our summer meeting.....

Have a good afternoon all

Will be back soon.

Lindy xx

Oh dear Lindy

I too am getting incredibly busy - have to visit my friend in hospital, my friend who has just had serious surgery and is at home - and of course see my friends.

We are such a small thread - does anyone think we should defer until Easter time - April? I know it is a long way off but the weather should be better then.

Do let me know.

Good evening, been raining stair rods this morning and the weather is not looking good for the weekend either.
We could all soon float away.

Went to the dentist yesterday and I've got to have five fillings, two of which are in the same tooth!!
I've got two leaky ones, one broken one and two little ones that he's been watching for two years. With the exam and clean I had yesterday the total bill is almost £300!! Thank goodness for insurance, at least they'll pick up a fair bit of it. I was thinking of ordering my Paperwhite this week as well - might hold off for a bit now.

lets try and arrange a date towards the end of feb if we can? id like to see everyone...

I had a wonderful sight this morning...driving in the rain....I drove past a horse and rider ...in matching bright yellow neon rainmacks...I had to laugh the combination of both of them together looked ridiculous...!!


Ive never seen a horse in a rainmac before....it was one of those yellow blanket things they wear in the cold, but ive never seen one worn whilst they are being ridden.

I too watched Murray/Federer on eurosport, seems to be an Andrew Castle free zone this year. Agree that Andy's not yet fully fit and it was good to see Roger looking so much better than he did last year. What a transformation in his game too, really mixing up his shots and coming into the net. He is, as you say Lindy, so elegant. He's by far my favourite player. I think Murray would have had little left in the tank for a meeting with Nadal in the semi's.

I'm finding it fascinating how the current players are taking on the older players as their coaches - Murray/Lendl, Federer/Egberg and Djokovic/Becker.

Morning all

How about end of Feb then - will send some dates via PMs.

I love Federer and I am very glad that he has Edberg as a coach. I have watched Edberg at the Masters tournaments and he is as elegant as always - if a little slower. He is a master of the serve volley which Federer needs to preserve his energy. Funny isn't it though how the top players now are in their mid-late 20s rather than the wunderkinds of yesteryear.

Edberg is only going to be with Federer for 10 weeks though - I guess 2 wks at each major and then another 2 wks somewhere else. I used to love playing tennis. Rotten feet and no stability now so I could fall!!!!

Anyway, hope everyone has a good day.

Yay, have just had one or two work days freed up in March That's the way it goes, being freelance, as I am

Will PM nyannie with dates.....hopefully we'll be able to meet up soon !


PS Georgy, have you seen what Chelski are doing, selling Mata to Man U and nicking Salah from under our noses! They're not doing anything illegal, though.....think we need to get more canny off the pitch as well as on it!

I don't know how you manage to keep working so hard...as I get older work becomes more and more difficult...I just end up tired all the time, and I don't really want to go down the line of HRT etc.....

I think I just need to dose myself up on more iron!!

Id love to arrange some kind of date to meet up.....lets hope we can find one suitable