Hi Summer, as long as you enjoyed it, i suppose..... 

Hi skylark, I did I'm only 100 calories over today, I can live with myself How are you tonight? Any word from the family re your granddaughter?

Granddaughter is fine, thanks for asking, just a cold.You never know with kids, what it can turn into, but all is well x
Have you had a good day ?  

Yes thank you, busy but pleasant enough, I did a good workout after work, my back popped & cracked a treat! I'm glad it's not more than a cold, but a cold is bad enough the poor thing. I'm miserable when I have one What's your plans for the weekend?

Nothing exciting Summer, getting my son,s passport organised. He wants to go off to Amsterdam with 10 friends in December. I am hoping its for the architecture  

yes, I'm sure it's for the architecture I don't suppose you could hold up his passport application..? hehe

I am letting him go, will need some nerve tabs tho in that week 

He'll be fine, safety in numbers and all that I think we'll need to worry about you that week though! How long is he going for?

5 days and  4 nights , not paying for breakfast, waste of time dont you think? 

hi skylark yogi and summer

Hi Ros  Are you a happy bunny ?

Lol absolutely! He'll be asleep at breakfast time I hope he gets to see lots of the city, I hear it's a wonderful place Hi again ros

A very happy bunny - arden and maisie next

Haha that's the spirit ros

I'm signing out shortly so sweet dreams & happy weekend to you all

Goodnight Summer, sleep well 
Going off too, i love Saturday mornings, i can have a long lie in, a luxury these days !


Goodnight Ros, Yogi, squiggle,El, Joyron and all  

Goodnight Summer, sleep well.

 

Good result tonight, Ros and Skylark.

 

Skylark, is this your son's first holiday without you?

Middle son has been to Amsterdam with a crowd of friends. They had a great time and no problems.

Goodnight Skylark, hope you get a long lie - with no seagull early morning alarm clock.

Hi Yogi, was just off there, but yes, its his first holiday, Its the place that worries me, with my daughter,s probs . But he has been warned so many times, but i am sure he will be fine. 
Chat tomorrow, thanks Yogi  

He's a sensible lad, he will be fine. Sleep well.

night yogi and skylark skylark i am a worry wort - you can't help but worry but i bet your son has  a brilliant time

We should start a club for worried mums.

Goodnight Ros, I need to go to bed now. See you tomorrow.

Good morning everyone

 

Just to let you know that I haven't been squashed by any falling satelites and somehow I doubt if any of you have either

 

It's a lot cloudier today than the last couple of days, but the bulk of the rain is expected to the west of where I live.

 

Skylark, I hope your son enjoys his holiday in December

good morning I'm excited It's 3 months until my favourite day of the year! yes, Christmas eve El, I just heard that most of the satellite burned up coming through but some debris is believed to have landed in Canada. I'm glad it didn't land on you

Good morning everyone. Sunshine and showers this morning.

No satellite debris landed here either, all is well.

Hope the seagulls didn't give you an early morning alarm call, Skylark.

Are you at work today, Summer?

 

Good morning everyone, has a quick look round for satellite debris no all seems fine  

 

Glad your granddaughter is on the mend Skylark, your son will be fine I am sure he's a sensible lad and hopefully with a group of like-minded friends.

 

Summer its one of my favourite times too  'Twas the Night Before Christmas and All Through House......'

 

Have a good day everyone

Good morning Squiggle.

I'm on Chapter 18 - it's one of those books you want to read in a day. I am being very self-disciplined (not like me) and sticking to a few chapters each day.

 

Last night, I was watching TV in bed, with the lights off. Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye I saw a movement. It was the biggest spider I have ever seen.

As you may know, I am petrified of the leggy ones and yelled out for assistance. Unfortunately, the only other person at home at that time was youngest son who is also a big scaredycat doesn't like spiders.

However, after giving himself a serious talking to "I can do this! It's only a spider!", he entered the bedroom, armed with a pint glass and a piece of cardboard and persuaded the spider to get into the glass (it was as big as the diameter of the pint glass).

I couldn't let him splat it on the wall, or it would have made a big mess on my cream wallpaper.

We opened the window on the top landing and son threw it out. He felt very macho and pleased with himself afterwards.

I hardly slept a wink all night, worrying that there might have been some relatives of the giant spider still crawling around. Spiders are evil.

Its a lovely book I am glad you are enjoying it, if you're like me its one of those books you will never forget.  Your son was very brave its sounds a huuuge huuuuge spider but the thing I have found (now that I can be a big brave thing with my spider catcher) is that the poor things are terrified, much more scared than we are, so please never splat them just let them go and find somewhere else to live

Morning xx 
Oh Yogi spiders  
I know my son will be fine, i should "chill out" more, as he says  
I have been on the Inland Revenue site for the past hour , looking to see if Medical Retirement money is taxable, all i can say is . Still no further forward, giving it up for now before i get a migraine . 
Glad we all survived the satellite debris 

I tried to click on the quote icon and hit the "report" one instead. Your "don't splat the spiders" post was nearly reported to the mods.

 

^^^^^ They will have to promise never to darken my door again - and I'll need it in writing.

Only kidding, I'll get Mr Yogi to put them outside - he is well hard.

I hate when Mr Yogi gets anything from the Inland Revenue - he always passes it on to me to deal with. It's all gobbledygook to me.

Gobbledygook indeed !

 

Planning on making lentil soup today, got everything ready and no lentils    Away to shops, catch  you all later  

Catch you later.

Yes I'm working today yogi, just having a spot of lunch I'm glad your son plucked up the courage to evict the spider, I'm quite happy to do that now but it took some practise to get used to it lol

Skylark, how frustrating! I hope popping to the shops isn't too inconvenient for you

Enjoy your lunch and hope you only get nice clients this afternoon.

I don't think I could ever catch and release the spiders, I really am petrified of them.

It's a job for Mr Yogi.

I'm glad that I didn't get reported   Are you sure you're not just after company on the naughty step?

 

Skylark I hate it when that happens (running out of things when you are making a recipe)

Maybe.

Skylark, by Medical Retirement money, I assume you mean a pension from the NHS. The standard rules for firms pensions are that you can take out a tax free lump sum at the start of the pension. The ongoing monthly pension is taxable. For typical firms pensions the tax free lump sum can be up to 25%, but that may well be different for the NHS.

 

State pensions are taxable.

 

State incapacity benefits are taxable after the first 28 weeks.

My mother didn't like spiders either. I don't mind them at all - I just let them scurry into my hand, cover them with the other hand so they don't escape, carry them outside the house, and gently release them. I don't like harming any insect. If a fly or wasp or bee flies into the house into a room, I shut the door, then open the window and wait for it to fly out.