El, those plays sound like a marathon! I think the nativity would be lovely, although I too wouldn't want to be in a huge crowd

He says he is - although he did when I mentioned I had referred to him as my baby on here.

Lol of course he'll hate that! Tell him his hair looks gorgeous when it gets a bit curly and he'll really be impressed

My tired eyes are demanding I close them, sweet dreams yogi I'm pleased your son is back safe & sound Night night all

   

Goodnight all, sweet dreams x 

Goodnight Skylark and Summer, see you tomorrow.

Good morning everyone

 

Fair weather at present, but the weather deteriorates this afternoon here for the next week.

 

Yogi, well done on the laundry

Good morning everyone. It's very overcast atm. Showers, turning to light rain in the afternoon is forecast.

 

Thanks El, now I just have the ironing to tackle.

 

Got to go feed my middle son's fish later today - I'm not saying he doubts my fish-feeding abilities, but apparently he has left me written instructions!

Morning 

Not a pleasant day here, damp and humid 


 Yogi, i am sure you will manage ! 

Good morning everyone, damp as well here but thank goodness that we don't, so far, have the humidity.  I hope it's not unbearable Skylark.

 

Yogi well done on the laundry and tbh Skylark and Yogi with all this rain the windows would be dirty again in no time.

 

Good luck with the fish feeding Yogi, I do hope he hasn't trained the fish to give him signals when he gets back if you did something not quite the way he does

Yogi, do you have to weigh each fish before and after feeding to make sure you give the right amount of food ?

 

I've just been out shopping and have noticed that on some trees the leaves are starting to turn yellow - autumn's on its way.

Excellent point about the windows, Squiggle.

Re the fish situation, nothing would surprise me!

 

El, I'll let you know if there were weighing scales involved - and Skylark, thank you for having faith in my fish-feeding abilities.

instructions to feed fish! I love it I really hope there's a diagram too!!!!! Ooh yogi, if there isn't already, draw a diagram on the instructions and hand then back to him Good morning all It's a damp, overcast morning here and 6am certainly felt like autumn this morning I'm very much looking forward to the new season, and I used to dislike it. I am indeed a changed woman I keep forgetting its a bank holiday, what are all your plans? El, when is your brother coming to visit next?

Summer, the weather here over the bank holiday weekend is not good with Saturday and Monday both looking as if they are washouts in the Gloucester area.

 

My brother won't be coming here until the end of September partially because of the Olympics/Paralympics resulting in staff leave being curtailed. He would have come in mid September, but that would have clashed with the vicar's final service followed by a do which my brother wouldn't be interested in being at.

 

It seems like ages since he last visited, even though the weeks are flying by. I hope he is still having a good summer

My fish-feeding mission is accomplished.

The instructions were as follows:

Please sprinkle in two pinches of food, and add water from the jug to the tank (the jug, complete with room-temperature water, was sitting next to the tub of fish food). Easy, peasy!

 

   Did you have a wee chat with them when you were there? 

Yes:

"Here, fishie, fishie"

"Who's a good boy then"

 

"No, that's bad - just you wait until your daddy get's in, then it's down the plug hole you'll go"

What are you two like?!

No, I most certainly did not chat to the fish.

Yogi, we believe you

Lol yogi!

 

And I believe, that you believe me, El.

Summer.

Summer, that is brilliant!

Summer, that's great

 

  

Ha ha ha so funny Summer

glad you all liked that

I'll show it to my son and his fiancée, when they get back home.

Want me to do a message for them..?

Depends what you're going to say.

Whatever you choose yogi lol have a think- we take requests I've got to go get some sleep, sweet dreams for now and I'll see you tomorrow Goodnight all

Goodnight Summer, sweet dreams.

Good morning everyone

 

It's been raining overnight, it's stopped at present, but a lot more is expected today. At present Sunday is the only day which is relatively dry, Monday is heavy rain for a large part of the day, Tuesday and Wednesday thunderstorms. May start to get drier after that.

 

I'm off to go to the bank and do some some shopping. Have a good day whatever you are doing and I hope the weather doesn't wreck your plans.

 

Good morning It's raining here, and it's chilly. I chose the wrong day to a) wash my hair and drive to work with it wet b) wear a short sleeves top and c) leave my coat at work No worries though- the car heats up fast and I have hairdryers at work El, I hope your shopping trip goes smoothly, buy us all something delicious

Good morning everyone, great idea for a welcome home message from the fishies Summer

 

Happy shopping EL, waits hopefully.

 

Don't know what the weather is doing in your area everyone, but I hope it's a good day for you all

Good morning everyone. Rather overcast here today.

Squiggle, what a good idea to have a Welcome Home message from the fish.

Summer, not a great start to the day. Never mind, things can only get better.

I wonder whether El is heading to M&S food hall?

I have big H here today (only daycare not sleepover), so I am on guard.

Afternoon x

Hope Harvey is behaving ! 
Having a bit of a lazy day, lovely  
Catch you all later x 

I only got routine things while I was shopping - the weather has been poor so I wanted to get back quickly before it got worse. As I type this, there have been a lot of thunder and very black clouds close by but not overhead, not the day for going out for a walk in the countryside.

 

When Woolworths closed down, the Gloucester store remained empty. After some months, M&S announced that it was taking over the store to replace the 2 existing small branches (1 was food & women's clothes, the other was men's and children's clothes). That was welcomed by people as good news, and the store finally opened a few weeks ago. I generally shop in Cheltenham so haven't seen it. I have known one of the assistants in the Cheltenham store for over 40 years as he lived close to where my parents lived. Three weeks ago one of the other assistants told me that he was working at the Gloucester store to try it out as it would be slightly more convenient for him.

 

Yesterday when I was talking to a client, she told me that there had been a lot of letters to the local paper complaining about the new store. It seems that they have one of their cafes there which is taking up floor space resulting in even less choice than what was available in the 2 old stores. Today I saw that the assistant was back in the Cheltenham store, and when I talked to him, he was not impressed with what had been done in Gloucester. I think I will continue to shop in Cheltenham

What a shame that the new store has not lived up to expectations, El.

I guess the café must bring in plenty of cash as they have given over a lot of the available floor space to it.