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Still supporting after DH died ( Juan et al)

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bookbook · 06/03/2018 12:47

Realised I was the one nearest the end of the thread , thought I'd better get one up and running

previous thread HERE

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84CharingCrossRoad · 22/04/2018 07:56

Can't remember if I posted before. We played it at DP's funeral and I've just been listening to it again this morning. Have my neighbours daughters wedding in two weeks time. The last time I was in that church was for my best friends daughters wedding. DP was with me. I'm hoping to do the Bubble Park in Augustbin the park near the hospice where DP died. Have hopefully persuaded my neighbour to do it with me!!

84CharingCrossRoad · 22/04/2018 07:57

Forgot to say Happy Birthday to Willow!!

Willow2017 · 22/04/2018 08:34

Thanks ladies.😀
Its a bit damp and overcast this morning but might brighten up.

Whats the Bubble Park 84?

Safe journey Selena hope weather stays good for you.

Book that's huge! No wonder its a battle to put it up, you dont do things by halves😁

Up early as usual Mrsj. Hope you get a relaxing day.

84CharingCrossRoad · 22/04/2018 09:02

Bubble Rush

bookbook · 22/04/2018 09:02

Morning all!
Well, it was supposed to be thunderstorms overnight, but I didn't hear or see them -, or I slept through them ....
Lovely and sunny at the moment.
I wish you a lovely Happy Birthday Willow - so hope it all goes well today ( particularly at work) . Sending you virtual Cake Wine Flowers and chocolate.
84- lovely song, I hadn't heard it before, but feel so sad for you about the house, and how tough life is ((hugs))
Selena - hope you have a great time in Suffolk, and the drive is nice and stress free for you :)
Chasing - have you an easy weekend with the boys ?
Yep - the cage is big :) We already have one up the same size - we got the hoops/frames for free, and DH made it fit . It was so nice to work in without bending over and breaking my back. So we looked out for another, but that size , even second hand is incredibly expensive , so DH got onto youtube (-we are a bit tight Grin )
Have a lovely day everyone

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Willow2017 · 22/04/2018 09:28

Book thank you can't have too much cake and choc😀

84 ha ha that looks great fun.

Kids havent even remembered my birthday is today. Ds2 did get me a pressie and card but still sitting in kitchen 😀 ds1 still in bed ds2 tidying up the mess on his bed.

Willow2017 · 22/04/2018 09:33

Whooooo my birthday just got better😀 Anthony Head is on Sunday Brunch. Thank goodness for london marathon or i would only have seen a bit of it on +1. My day is complete. 😚

Horsemad · 22/04/2018 09:47

Happy Birthday Willow, hope you have a lovely day with lots of 🎂🥂🍫🍾🍸🍷🍹🍺🍰 Grin

Still in bed here - was up at 03.30 for a couple of hours Hmm It's sunny outside, so will get up in a minute & get on with some jobs.

Hope everyone has a good day. Safe trip Selena!

84CharingCrossRoad · 22/04/2018 09:50

Willow I had the great pleasure to meet Anthony Head and his wife a few years ago at Discover Dogs with Wilf.
AH was VERY impressed when Wilf showed him the sign language for Vampire!!!! Grin

Willow2017 · 22/04/2018 10:03

Thanks Horse

84 i am so jealous you met the love of my life😀 such a lovely guy. Damm those coffee adverts😄 he said he was at the Welsh comic-con re Buffy yesterday i wonder if he is going to Edinburgh? Oh i would be dumstruck like a silly schoolgirl 😁
Kids would tease me mercilessly 😀

Willow2017 · 22/04/2018 10:13

Ds2 gave me my card with lovely message in it (even ds1 signed it!) and a million xxx and a cuppa in my new Minions mug (his present)😁😁

Chasingsquirrels · 22/04/2018 11:31

Wrote a post earlier and lost it.

Quiet day yesterday, then ds2 home at 7.30pm and we watched some tv.
Ds1 went to his girlfriend's on Fri afternoon and then was picked up from there yo go to his dad's. It's his D of E practice expedition this weekend so he was dropped at that yesterday morning and I'm collecting him later.
Just been out for a walk with Charlie and ds2, taking him to St George's Day parade later and will have a mooch around town, then collect him, pick up ds1 and then collect Charlie from home and go over to my parents for tea.

MrsJonesAndMe · 22/04/2018 18:31

Hello, just a quick check in on you all. (((Hugs)))) 84

Hope day was better than anticipated Willow - what cake are you baking?

Hope you've driven safely Selena

DD and I managed to plant 40 bedding plants today and swimming too! Shattered!

Waves to all the rest of you.... Oh I'm on square 8/80 so making progress 🙊

Willow2017 · 22/04/2018 20:45

Evening all.
Am shattered. Was offered a coffee when i went in at 12. Poured it away at 3😁 they were queueing out the door for 2.5 hours!
Bit quieter later pm so actually managed to finish on time by going like the clappers😀
Ergo no time to pick on me and i kept well out the way of doing stuff i could get picked on for😀😀 was quite happy to do other stuff and let the 'professionals' do salads and till etc.
All in all a good day which surprised me. Thanked every one for the present. Got a lovely bruise on elbow from clash with a plate😀 colleague who did it mortified how big it got so had to explain😀

After the wet start it was lovely but rain pm again. We didnt get the thunderstorm but 10 mins up the road they were woken up in middle of night with crashing thunder and power going off and on!

Mrsj blimey you have been busy! I dont know what i will make will have to have a think or look through my recipies. Probably nothing too fancy.

84CharingCrossRoad · 22/04/2018 22:24

Just seen Selena is holidaying in my county!!!!

bookbook · 23/04/2018 10:53

Morning all!
Windy, grey and a bit cold here
Just having a very quiet slide into the day after yesterday busi- ness :)
Have pottered outside in the greenhouse, tidied the kitchen and sorted out craft stuff.
Sat having a cup of coffee, then some ironing to tackle that got left from Friday ( hate that!)
Then after lunch off to pick up DGS and make tea at DD;s.
Horse - sounds like work is getting to you, if you are waking up in the middle of the night - hope all is well.
Chasing - sounds like a lovely relaxing day.
MrsJ - thats hard work - stiff back I bet today!
Selena - hope you are all settled in
Willow - feet up today maybe ( fat chance I suspect)
84 - I wonder if you get all sticky from the bubbles? Grin
Have a good day everyone

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Willow2017 · 23/04/2018 11:38

Morning all.
Been for food shop and my coffee. Now just need to lug it out the car and put it away (the worst bit of shopping i think)
Got some bits to put away for holidays! (Tooth brushes, make up remover wipes etc😁)

Lovely sunny day but cold wind still. Good for washing though.
Book your idea of 'quiet slide into day' is every one elses idea of 'busy'😀😀

Need to think about this cake (would have been easier to just buy one!)

Have a good day all.

Willow2017 · 23/04/2018 13:16

Oh fgs me and my big mouth. Put another load of washing out and now clouding over ominously. Will have to keep an eye out!

My elbow really sore today and have a very impressive bruise. Might mention it at gp appoint later. ( yes its the right day this time😀)

MrsJonesAndMe · 23/04/2018 14:08

Argh, just typed out a long post and lost it Angry

Hope all OK, let us know how you get on Willow We're surviving so far Wink

Willow2017 · 23/04/2018 17:33

Wwll that was fun! They only closed the damm road so had to go in huge rectangular diversion. Made it just in time though 😀 Wasnt the dr i usually see but have seen her before, had a chat and she is going to refer me to urologist. Damm. Will prob do a cystoscopy😲 Hope they use a tube of lignocaine and a bottle of valium 😀😀

Rain finally here.

Ds2 announced in car theybhadva competition with rockets at school and as they won he has to go to school for 10 to 8 next thurs to go compete in next heat in Edinburgh!
Ds1 has drama night tomorriw apparently. I will be working but if he stays after school and gets somethimg to eat in town teacher can bring him home late pm. Dammit i would like to see it. He is a good little actor always has been. Might see if anyone can swap shifts. Arghh kids are out to give me even more grey hairs😀 eyes box of dye in bathroom waiting to be used

Willow2017 · 23/04/2018 17:38

Scuse spelling!

MrsJonesAndMe · 23/04/2018 20:42

Never an easy day Willow

Well, everyone in bed so feeling a bit more zen now Grin Even managed to do some yoga earlier.

Hope all OK! x

Willow2017 · 23/04/2018 21:09

Ha ha.
Glad you are getting some relaxing time Mrsj.
Got a shift swap. I am sure ds1 will be thrilled. He didnt want me to go last time but i want to see what they are doing for exams. I never know whats going on😀

Chasingsquirrels · 24/04/2018 07:27

Hopefully had a good afternoon with dgs book.

So annoying when you have typed a post and lose it cake.

Weather not so nice as last week for your holiday Selena, but at least it is dry.

Willow the rocket thing for ds2 sounds like good fun, my ds1 did a similar thing with bridge making in the yr 7.
Good that you have managed to swap your shift for the drama. Sounds like you had a full on day yesterday, and it must feel like no progress with the doctors but it is all steps forward.

Hope work is okay for you horse and 84 is okay too.

Ds1 survived DofE weekend and seemed okay when I collected him.
I was mooching in town after dropping ds2 and watching the parade when ds1 texted to say they would be there early at 2.30pm so I scooted off to collect him only to arrive to another text saying they had taken a wrong turn and would be another 10 minutes. 20 minutes later I was just about to go back to pick up ds2 at 3pm when they arrived. Back to ds2 on time - but they had finished 10 minutes early and were all waiting outside and I had missed calls and texts from him!
So I only managed a short mooch but did get a couple of much needed bras!

I've never really been a shopper, but since John's illness and death I've retreated much more into myself and rarely go into town now (and Newmarket is hardly a metropolis!).

Home for ds1 to shower then over to my parents for Sunday roast and games.

Work yesterday and boys with their dad so a quiet late afternoon and evening with Charlie. Ds2's alarm just woke me at 7am, which is unusual as I'm usually awake by 6am atm although don't get up. So up and fed Charlie and the hens and now just having a cuddle with him on the sofa before I get ready for work.

Hope everyone has good days.

Willow2017 · 24/04/2018 08:49

Crikey Squirrels thats a lot of toing and frowing😀

Apparently ds2's thing was a car thet had to carve out of foam of some kind and guys from space centre came and jet propelled them! And clocked the speed. Ds2's team won so they are off to next heat.
They didnt realise
it was a competition at the time.

Kids off to school so am having leisurely breakfast before shower and housework. Ds1 now staying at school pm and wil go into town for tea so i dont have to take him back early later and hang around for ages. Arghh i could have kept usual arrangement with lifts and ds1 could have got bus😀 nothing is ever simple is it?
Sun shining fingers crossed it stays.