and a man was in, about 65 or so, stating that he just wanted to get out the house because "the wife" was hoovering and he couldnt stand the noise !!! I turned and glared at him, but managed to keep my mouth shut but i was mad 
Just to say Joyron, i was at the shops for my 3rd visit today getting last minute cards for those i had forgotten and a man was in, about 65 or so, stating that he just wanted to get out the house because "the wife" was hoovering and he couldnt stand the noise !!! I turned and glared at him, but managed to keep my mouth shut but i was mad
and a man was in, about 65 or so, stating that he just wanted to get out the house because "the wife" was hoovering and he couldnt stand the noise !!! I turned and glared at him, but managed to keep my mouth shut but i was mad 
Joyron, that's what friends are for, if you can't blow off steam to us we would be pretty poor friends. Christmas is a lovely time of year but can be very very stressful, and yes particularly for women. So let it all out honey 
for you Joyron
for you Joyron
Thank you El Loro and Skylark. It's nice to get a little bit of sympathy from others when there's none forthcoming from those close by!!! What makes me sad if we put all this effort into making Christmas a special time for those we love and it grates a bit when you realise nothing is going to happen as you expect!! I've already warned No.1 son that he may not get Christmas dinner tomorrow, it all depends on how hubby feels when he wakes up in the morning.
If needs be I will let tomorrow pass us by but I intend having a really good day with the grandchildren on Sunday. If hubby cannot cope with it then he can just take to his bed and stay there!!! Oh dear, I'm on my soapbox again - sorry !!
If needs be I will let tomorrow pass us by but I intend having a really good day with the grandchildren on Sunday. If hubby cannot cope with it then he can just take to his bed and stay there!!! Oh dear, I'm on my soapbox again - sorry !!
Thank you for your kind words Squiggle. You were posting at the same time as me. The one good thing to come out of this whole mess is that I get the chance to talk to my lovely buddies on here as hubby is tucked up in bed!!
Tell him in no uncertain terms Joyron, away to bed and stay there, best place for him. Dont let it ruin your day. You are not feeling well yourself and its draining. Try tonight to take some paracetomol, have a nice bath and have a sleep. Dont let him ruin the day. Dont give him any attention and he may, hopefully realise what a selfish person he is being. I understand about hyper grandchildren, i have one myself and i know you need all your energy 
Thank you for your kind words Skylark. Unfortunately when I try and tell him that he's not the only one feeling unwell he just says - "If you felt as bad as I do you wouldn't be able to do what you've done". Therefore I cannot feel as bad as he does. I will be away to my bed shortly. Hopefully I will get to sleep through the night. Last night I got woken at 1.30 am with a request that I push the button to put the hot water on so that he could have a shower; as he was soaking wet from having a high temperature!!! Perhaps that shows you what I have to put up with.
I am more perceptive as i can say, Joyron...i read your posts everyday
Check the will and the life assurance Joyron and take it from there....
Sent you a PM Joyron x
Thank you Skylark. I have replied. Going to sign out now and get to bed. Will hopefully catch up with you all tomorrow, although I'm sure you will all be much too busy to come on here!! Sleep well. Much love.
I will pop in, take care Joyron, and feel proud of the work you have done , i will say a wee prayer for you tonight xxxx
Oh here is Baz with her Christmas trees 
Well done Baz, i hope you have a lovely Christmas 
Well done Baz, i hope you have a lovely Christmas 
Merry Christmas All All the Best in 2011
All the Best in 2011
Good morning everyone, hope this Christmas Day is everything you want it to be Thank you Baz and Marguerita for your Christmas wishes 
Thank you Baz and Marguerita for your Christmas wishes
Good morning everyone, how did your Christmas Day go?
Good morning everyone 
Squiggle and others, my brother did arrive here on Christmas Eve. I had warned him in advance that here, that night and Christmas Day would be exceptionally cold so he came prepared. It's likely that the two nights were the coldest in Gloucester for many years. Church in the morning, but numbers were well down due to the cold. Back home, we opened our presents. I cooked lunch, and we had a pleasant day.
Boxing Day was of course on a Sunday, so back to church I go. In church terms, it was the fear of St Stephen, the first martyr. So the service was based on that, so apart from singing Good King Wenceslas, there was nothing Christmassy about it. There were 30 people in all, which for the main Sunday service in my church was the lowest number I can recall in the plus 40 years I've been going there.
My brother is here but has to go back to London Wednesday afternoon as his library re-opens on Thursday.
The thaw has started here in Gloucester. It's a slow thaw, but it's the first time temperatures have gone above zero for quite a few days.
Squiggle and others, my brother did arrive here on Christmas Eve. I had warned him in advance that here, that night and Christmas Day would be exceptionally cold so he came prepared. It's likely that the two nights were the coldest in Gloucester for many years. Church in the morning, but numbers were well down due to the cold. Back home, we opened our presents. I cooked lunch, and we had a pleasant day.
Boxing Day was of course on a Sunday, so back to church I go. In church terms, it was the fear of St Stephen, the first martyr. So the service was based on that, so apart from singing Good King Wenceslas, there was nothing Christmassy about it. There were 30 people in all, which for the main Sunday service in my church was the lowest number I can recall in the plus 40 years I've been going there.
My brother is here but has to go back to London Wednesday afternoon as his library re-opens on Thursday.
The thaw has started here in Gloucester. It's a slow thaw, but it's the first time temperatures have gone above zero for quite a few days.
Good morning everyone.
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas, although I notice that Joyron's home was hit by illness.
I'm afraid I was unwell over Christmas, and spent the day in bed. I feel like Christmas passed me by, this year. Anyway, I'm on the mend now.
Thank you to Marguerita, Baz and Velvet for their Christmas wishes and, of course, to the Buddies.
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas, although I notice that Joyron's home was hit by illness.
I'm afraid I was unwell over Christmas, and spent the day in bed. I feel like Christmas passed me by, this year. Anyway, I'm on the mend now.
Thank you to Marguerita, Baz and Velvet for their Christmas wishes and, of course, to the Buddies.
Good morning everyone, I am glad the thaw is setting in for you EL, as it is here. Yogi so sad to have been ill over Christmas, and you say Joyron's home was hit by illness? Oh dear, hope you are on the mend now Yogi and I hope all is well now with your family Joyron. Catch up later have a good day.
Good morning So sorry you you havent been well Yogi, hope you are feeling well today x Joyron hope you got thru the festivities, have sent you a message x Hi El glad your brother made it x Hi squiggle, hope you had a nice time x We had a nice time, the wee one loved all her presents, my daughter worked so hard and made a lovely meal. She wouldnt let me help but i did all the pots! Over indulged on chocs, feel rather ill today, wont be eating much today, toast and lots of water for me!
So sorry you you havent been well Yogi, hope you are feeling well today x Joyron hope you got thru the festivities, have sent you a message x Hi El glad your brother made it x Hi squiggle, hope you had a nice time x We had a nice time, the wee one loved all her presents, my daughter worked so hard and made a lovely meal. She wouldnt let me help but i did all the pots! Over indulged on chocs, feel rather ill today, wont be eating much today, toast and lots of water for me!
Good morning Yogi , I'm sorry to hear that you were poorly over Christmas . I think that a combination of stress over getting ready for Christmas and the cold weather seems to result in a higher level of illness in the general public at this time.
I noticed that your picture you posted on Christmas Eve seems to have vanished, at least on my computer. So I took the liberty of reposting the picture in the posting I made immediately after yours.
, I'm sorry to hear that you were poorly over Christmas . I think that a combination of stress over getting ready for Christmas and the cold weather seems to result in a higher level of illness in the general public at this time.I noticed that your picture you posted on Christmas Eve seems to have vanished, at least on my computer. So I took the liberty of reposting the picture in the posting I made immediately after yours.
Reference: Squiggle
and you say Joyron's home was hit by illness?
I was referring to Joyron's cold and Mr Joyron's manflu cold.Reference: El Loro
I noticed that your picture you posted on Christmas Eve seems to have vanished, at least on my computer. So I took the liberty of reposting the picture in the posting I made immediately after yours.
Thank you for that El Loro. I noticed this morning, that it had disappeared but my poor old brain couldn't cope with reposting it.Skylark, I'm glad your family had a good Christmas - even if you did end up with the washing up.
What a silly billy I am Yogi, of course the manflu and Joyron's cold, I hope they are both feeling much better now
Afternoon everyone. Sorry to hear you have been ill too Yogi.
Christmas has been pretty grim in our house. Thankfully No.1 son and my wonderful grandchildren have kept me going. I feel absolutely awful but just seem to be able to keep going. Don't know how!! Hubby is still "dying". Fortunately we managed to persuade him that we didn't mind if he retired to his bed, so at least that cloud is off the horizon for the moment.
Will catch up with you all when I can. Glad you all managed to have a good time.
Sorry to hear you have been ill too Yogi. Christmas has been pretty grim in our house. Thankfully No.1 son and my wonderful grandchildren have kept me going. I feel absolutely awful but just seem to be able to keep going. Don't know how!! Hubby is still "dying". Fortunately we managed to persuade him that we didn't mind if he retired to his bed, so at least that cloud is off the horizon for the moment.
Will catch up with you all when I can. Glad you all managed to have a good time.
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I feel absolutely awful but just seem to be able to keep going. Don't know how!!
Woman power Joyron that's how. Hope you start to feel better soon, shame it had to be over Christmas
Morning Lashing rain here, but at least the snow has almost gone. Love to Joyron Hope you feeling better Yogi xxx
Lashing rain here, but at least the snow has almost gone. Love to Joyron Hope you feeling better Yogi xxx
Not a bit of snow visible this morning, hooray! Its trying to rain but there's also a bit of blue sky showing. I am enjoying the leftovers, turkey and stuffing sandwiches yum Hugs for Joyron and Yogi, hope you are feeling better today
Hugs for Joyron and Yogi, hope you are feeling better today
That's better! Just given the car a thorough wash and polish, topped up the windscreen reservoir and vacuumed the inside and wiped all the surfaces. A solid hour's work but just what me (and the car) needed. Nice to be outside without freezing off your wotsits. Nice new avatar Skylark, ready for the New Year? I see the site is the same old same old you did not provide a comment! 
Oh yes I did you silly thing!
Oh yes I did you silly thing!
It's ages since I had the you did not provide a comment! notice come up when I tried to post a reply. But I do know that when I load a forum page, if the bottom of the page stops without showing the powered by Hoop.la sign, then although it looks as if I can still post a reply, it doesn't work, so I just refresh the page before opening the Post Reply box.
Hi squiggle, youve been busy! Yes i have my flag up for Hogmanay I have my granddaughter today and she is running rings round me, have put a DVD on for her till i get a cuppa 
I have my granddaughter today and she is running rings round me, have put a DVD on for her till i get a cuppa
Afternoon everyone.
We had some rain overnight, so the majority of the snow has gone. There are still a few icy patches to look out for, otherwise things are much better.
I'm feeling a lot better today and thank you all for your good wishes. (I don't think my brain is working properly though, as I keep doing dyslexic typing, so forgive any spelling mistakes please.)
Skylark, it sounds like your little granddaughter is keeping you busy.
We had some rain overnight, so the majority of the snow has gone. There are still a few icy patches to look out for, otherwise things are much better.
I'm feeling a lot better today and thank you all for your good wishes.
(I don't think my brain is working properly though, as I keep doing dyslexic typing, so forgive any spelling mistakes please.)Skylark, it sounds like your little granddaughter is keeping you busy.
Hi Yogi, thats the little horror darling away ! I took her for a bit of a walk with the dog to burn some energy, but its so wet and horrible. Hope you are feeling better today x
Good morning everyone
Yogi, I'm glad that you are recovering. I'm more than capable of dyslexic typing, sometimes swapping 2 letters around, or typing the letter next to the one I meant to type. I caused a certain amount of amusement on a thread some time ago when I typed "a" instead of "s" in the word "test"
Joyron, I hope you are feeling better
Yogi, I'm glad that you are recovering
. I'm more than capable of dyslexic typing, sometimes swapping 2 letters around, or typing the letter next to the one I meant to type. I caused a certain amount of amusement on a thread some time ago when I typed "a" instead of "s" in the word "test"Joyron, I hope you are feeling better
Good morning everyone, I too hope that Joyron is feeling better and am glad that Yogi is recovering now. Just been watching a lovely programme about Harry Secombe, lovely guy, sadly missed. Hope to catch up later.
Good afternoon everyone, from foggy Scotland. Squiggle and El.
How did I miss that typo?
Squiggle and El.Reference: El Loro
Yogi, I'm glad that you are recovering . I'm more than capable of dyslexic typing, sometimes swapping 2 letters around, or typing the letter next to the one I meant to type. I caused a certain amount of amusement on a thread some time ago when I typed "a" instead of "s" in the word "test"
How did I miss that typo?
Good morning El Loro (and everyone else of course, not leaving you out ) it was a bit foggy in the night but a lovely clear morning now.
Headline in the paper this morning, 1 in 6 will live to 100. Would you want to live to 100? I wouldn't
) it was a bit foggy in the night but a lovely clear morning now. Headline in the paper this morning, 1 in 6 will live to 100. Would you want to live to 100? I wouldn't