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[G J (Gaff to my friends)]

Huge congratulations to you both!!

[Kath]

Oh, huge congrats! Cake! Celebrations!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Hi.

Dave and I got married today.

:D"

[G J (Gaff to my friends)]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Hi.

Dave and I got married today.

:D"

Are you still in Thailand??

[Jim]

G J (Gaff to my friends) wrote: "Patti (baconater) wrote: "Hi.

Dave and I got married today.

:D"

Are you still in Thailand??"

I suspect they're a damned long way from Gretna Green ;-)

[Alicia]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Hi.

Dave and I got married today.

:D"

Best wishes - and congratulations to lucky Dave.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Was a bit windy to sit outside for too long reading, but did finish the book I started yesterday and started a new one, so can't complain. Just a bit of washing up to finish, and figure out what to have for tea. Just booked my flights to Jersey.

[Will]

Just think, Patti an honest woman at last...


Brilliant news though. Especially for Dave!


I seem to have lost a lot of April. What happened to it?

[Kath]

Morning. Just off out to buy more sunflower hearts for the garden birds. They can't half shift 'em.

[Jim]

Kath wrote: "Morning. Just off out to buy more sunflower hearts for the garden birds. They can't half shift 'em."

Eldest daughter feeds birds and she commented on just how fast they can go through feed

[Jim]

Will wrote: "Just think, Patti an honest woman at last...


Brilliant news though. Especially for Dave!


I seem to have lost a lot of April. What happened to it?"

If I were you I'd check on ebay, See if somebody's nicked it and is trying to sell it on

[Benjamin]

Congratulations, Patti!

Morning, everyone. Hope you all had a good long weekend.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Woke up at 5.50, so feeling a bit tired and got a twitchy eye. Weather has gone a lot cooler today and very overcast. Think I might be allergic to work, am coughing and sneezing more than I have all weekend.

[Lindsay]

Congrats Patti!!

[Alicia]

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Woke up at 5.50, so feeling a bit tired and got a twitchy eye. Weather has gone a lot cooler today and very overcast. Think I might be allergic to work, am coughing and sneezing more than I have al..."

Common allergy - makes a whole bunch of people miserable.

[Kelly]

Congratulations, Patti and Dave!

Been a long day - don't know if I'm coming, going or meeting myself in the middle!

What a lovely change to be off work when the weather is gorgeous, and go back to work when it turns dull and rainy.

[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

Just home from Folly Farm. Long day out with grandson. I’m worn out but happy.

[Jim]

Yesterday it was almost pleasant to work in the cool :-)

[Will]

Lynne (Tigger's Mum) wrote: "Just home from Folly Farm. Long day out with grandson. I’m worn out but happy."

We took K's grandchildren there a week or so ago. LOT of walking involved, but a lovely day. (Today, in contrast, seems overclouded and cool)

[Kath]

Village fish and chip lunch today. I'm on the team - don't have to cook it but we set the tables, butter the bread, make tea, wash up etc. It's always a bit of fun.

[David]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Hi.

Dave and I got married today.

:D"

Congratulations

[David]

As some of you have already noticed on Facebook, like Patti I was also at a wedding.

In my case, I was getting my eldest daughter married off.

[Kath]

David wrote: "As some of you have already noticed on Facebook, like Patti I was also at a wedding.

In my case, I was getting my eldest daughter married off."

An expensive excercise, as I recall. Best wishes to both the married couples.

[Jim]

Kath wrote: "Village fish and chip lunch today. I'm on the team - don't have to cook it but we set the tables, butter the bread, make tea, wash up etc. It's always a bit of fun."

events like that can be :-)

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Lucy randomly woke me up at 5.40 this morning, not sure why. I at least managed to get back to sleep. A lot cooler here and thunderstorms forecast, which might be a good thing, as there are now 6 moorland fires, so rain would help put them out. They are saying some were deliberately set off, which is so sad. Was really windy last night, but that seems to have gone. Had another incident last night, had just set off at a set of traffic lights when a puppy ran in front of my car, luckily I was going slow enough that I could stop and the person behind me didn’t hit me. Foot is very sore today, not sure if it’s swapping back to boots after wearing sandals all weekend, or the extra walking going to and from my neighbours house.

Hope your daughters wedding went well David. Enjoy your fish and chip lunch Kath.

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

Kelly wrote: "T4bsF (Call me Flo) wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Hello, apologies for radio silence. I am almost at the end of a massive project that is taking every hour I am not at the day job, or the few hours I manag..."

Thanks Kelly - Unfortunately I will miss the Battle of the Flowers as I'm not there until the 16th August and only there for 4 days, with the wedding being taken up with one of them. I've been to the underground hospital and tunnels on Guernsey and that was interesting and I'd heard that the Durrell Zoo was good too...... so, hopefully, I will be able to give either one of them a visit.

[Pam]

Congrats Patti - made an honest man of him! ;-)

[Jim]

Pam wrote: "Congrats Patti - made an honest man of him! ;-)"

Or at least a husband, which is approximately the same thing :-)

[Kath]

And happy birthday to Patti too.
Shopping. Got to eat. Then home to play at writing.

[David]

Kath wrote: "David wrote: "In my case, I was getting my eldest daughter married off."

An expensive excercise, as I recall. Best wishes to both the married couples.."

Thanks.

They got the venue cheap. Her mother taught her well about the importance of a bargain.

[Will]

Morning all.

I seem to be writing again, which feels odd after time off for being ill

[G J (Gaff to my friends)]

Will wrote: "Morning all.

I seem to be writing again, which feels odd after time off for being ill"

That’s good news, Will (the writing, not the being ill). I’m still finding my brain after finishing The Cull, but summer hols are coming, so hopefully I’ll get back behind the keyboard proper and get some serious words down again soon!! It’s surprising how tiring it can be.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Had to get to work early today for a 2 hour health and safety meeting, was actually quite fun. We had a bit of heavy rain last night, but not that as much as forecast, it appears the fires may be out, but the road closures were still in place this morning. Had a bit of rain on the way to work this morning, and looks like we might get more today. Got to remember to put the recycling bin out tonight, neighbour normally does that!

What a shame you’ll miss the Battle of Flowers Flo. Happy birthday Patti. Glad you are writing again Will.

[Kelly]

well! what kerfuffle (is that a real word?) No wifi at home day 3 days so laptop is for writing only. not that I've done much! I use my phone for FB, Twitter etc but just realised how easy it is to get Goodreads. not sure I like layout on the mobile.

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

Congratulations Patti and Dave.

[Kath]

Eh up! Am I first here this morning? Nothing in my diary and that continues over the weekend. I can please myself. I naively thought that was what retirement was all about. Instead I find it just puts you at the top of the list for people wanting 'volunteers'.

[Will]

Kath wrote: "Eh up! Am I first here this morning? Nothing in my diary and that continues over the weekend. I can please myself. I naively thought that was what retirement was all about. Instead I find it just p..."

At a call for volunteers take one pace backwards, I was always told by my dad

[Will]

G J (Gaff to my friends) wrote: "Will wrote: "Morning all.

I seem to be writing again, which feels odd after time off for being ill"

That’s good news, Will (the writing, not the being ill). I’m still finding my brain after finis..."

It is hard work getting to a word count regularly. I've no idea how Jim manages it, with everything else he has going on

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

So glad it is Friday, really tired, mainly thanks to Lucy, was just dozing off at 10.30 when I heard her making a funny noise, looked at her to realise she was going to be sick, so chucked her off the bed! Then she kept mouth chewing, which she used to do as a sign of being sick, but now does it to get my attention! Didn’t work last night, I shut her out of the room, for the first time ever. Unfortunately it didn’t quite work, she kept scratching at the door so was still awake at 11.30. Then she started fussing to come in at 5am. Told her she could if she was good, she walked all over me, jumped down and started mouth chewing again, so kicked her out again. Probably should have just given her a treat, but told her to shut up and go downstairs instead. Going to the tip after work, then some food shopping on the way home. Has started to rain, and the wind is getting up a bit. Noticed on the way home last night that there are a lot of dandelions around, don’t recall seeing that many before.

Hope you get your wi-fi sorted Kelly, tip for GR on a mobile is to request the desktop site, then it looks the same – I click a button at the top of the screen to get that option. Am sure someone will find something for you to do Kath.

[Jim]

Kath wrote: "Eh up! Am I first here this morning? Nothing in my diary and that continues over the weekend. I can please myself. I naively thought that was what retirement was all about. Instead I find it just puts you at the top of the list for people wanting 'volunteers'. ..."

I have decided never to retire, I couldn't cope with the work load!
Travelling north to a wedding

[Alicia]

Kath wrote: "I naively thought that was what retirement was all about. Instead I find it just puts you at the top of the list for people wanting 'volunteers'. "

Responding to previous requests for help is likely to get you new requests. My guess is that you're well known as a giver of many skills and interests.

You have to find your balance between spending all your time on yourself, and all (plus money) on others. It is so nice that you have the wherewithal to help - may that continue forever.

[Patti (baconater)]

Thanks for the good wishes.

We went out with friends to celebrate last night.

My husband is a bit broken today.

[Alicia]

Hope he mends quickly, with the help of his new wife.

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Urgh, had an early night last night which resulted in being awake at 4.30! Got back to sleep but Lucy wanted breakfast at 7.30. Eventually got up at 8, fed all 8 cats and tried to go back to bed (Lucy had beat me there!), but couldn't sleep but feel tired. Weather is rubbish, so think I'm going to finish decluttering the kitchen, go to the charity shop and might wander to Lidl.

Hope you haven't broken Dave too much Patti!

[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

It’s a bit wild and windy here. The wind in the night was very strong. It made the roof tiles chatter a lot and it’s stripping the new leaves off everywhere.

[Kath]

Morning. My damson has lost leaves too. That was from the violent hailstorm of Thursday evening. Blimey it was heavy!
Just had our little walk. It's jolly cold.

[Will]

You've only had a husband a day or two and you've broken him already?

Is there a warranty claim involved?

[M.T.]

Hello everyone, my email alerts are broken. I don't get them any more. Hence my rather more sporadic presence.

Morning all! ;-)

MTM

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Quite a good day, got my errands done (charity shop didn't want old fashioned suitcases though, so need to go back to the tip!), bumped into a friend, got back just as it started bouncing down! Did one of the things in the kitchen, decided to leave the other two till tomorrow or I might have nothing to do! Glad tomorrow is my last full day catsitting

That's annoying MT

[Kelly]

WiFi is sorted - yay. Friend is here and is just doing something else techie to get a wider wifi reach. (To my husband's shed!!!) Actually, it is so I can kick him and his xbox out of the study and into his shed.

Patti, is Dave mended yet?