Weekly Flylady Thread 10th November 2008

Pink_Fairy_2

Valli wrote: »

Wow Pink - your username (surname bit IYSWIM) is (almost) in there as a surname! I thought they were all convicts! Then I put my specs on!:rotfl:

Eh? :huh:

Not one of those surnames is in my family AFAIK...

***Pink sighs with relief***:rotfl:

Valli wrote: »

~~~Shakes head sadly as has no facebook requests and a guessable nickname~~~
realises is twp as was mixing up Yahoo and facebook. What's the facebook group called?

PM me and I'll add you! (128 MSE Friends!)

Soappie - it's great. Those are very old fashioned "Lion-tamer" tunics for The Salvation Army Bandsmen. They were in Warrington (now Cheshire, but formerly Lancashire) which is where my father was born. Grandad worked for GWr and moved for a shilling a week (5p to you Flybabies) pay rise, from Bath, but we also found out recently that my grandmother's parents were from Southampton, not Bath as we thought! Did you see my post last week, or week before about DB's trip "oop North"? He visited a cousin while there on business. I'd spoken to her after an aunt died (not her mother) and she said she had a case of "stuff" that would probably end up in a skip when she went as she didn't know anyone who would want it. I told her to hang on and one of us would be there. In amongst that is a photo of my father aged approx 13 weeks! And a photo of my grandmother about 10 years old with the rst of her family at the time.

Ther will be more pictures added if anyone else cares to look. You never know - there may be a relative or two out there!

froddington

Valli wrote: »

It occurs to me, Froddy, that she could have lied about her age to appear YOUNGER than she was (so Grandad didn't think he was marrying an old crock IYSWIM) and that is why birth cert was hidden/missing. I constantly lie about my DoB for much the same reason :rotfl: or to appear older as I said...I love a mystery, me.

That makes sense! I can see why her birth records could be difficult to find (lied about age, records destroyed in the war(s), etc.) but not why her death doesn't seem to be registered either! I am intrigued and determined to find something! My aunty gave me some info before she died, and also a photo of my grandma - I'd never seen one before. My dad is not so useful :rolleyes: - when my aunty gave me the photo, he said 'oh yeah, I suppose she'd be in my wedding photos too!!' And he's hopeless with dates for anything, so no hope of any new info from him

soappie

Pink - I'm v. close to Southampton so if there's anything you want looking up or photographing let me know - I'll be more than happy to oblige.

Blimey, it's like the Bronx here at the moment. Sirens going off every which way. But, as the washing up and S&Sing of the kitchen is done, I guess I'd better crawl into my bed and sleep.

Night night all.

Valli

Pink - the surname FAIR is on the surname page...

I'm a Lancashire lass too...might have mentioned it before.

msgnomey

Gonna try hard to fly this week

last week was a washout with work being so mental IYKWIM

Mags_cat has been round with some delicious gingerbread cake and has promised to email me the recipe, lets just say if she ever offers you any say YES!!!!

So here goes nothing!!! (Except my messy house)

Monday Marvels - kitchen and dining room
level one
Clear and wipe work surfaces
clean the drawers and filters in the WM
hoover LR carpet (guests this evening walked in mud all over it grrr)
Level Two
Sweep and mop floors
Clean the oven & hob
deweb these rooms
Level three
wipe table and get out a new cloth if needed
Clean out your grottiest cupboard!! It doedn't need to be like that
Empty and clean out your bins!
Extras

1. HHI
2. binbag dance
3. empty out the cutlery drawer and make it clean and twinkly
4. S&S the fridge (done today and the freezer was done by OH)

Pink_Fairy_2

Thanks Soappie. I'll bear that in mind. We didn't know we had any links to that area at all, so it was quite a surprise.

Valli - I see what you mean. Sorry!

I have to go now as DS wants to borrow my laptop as his is playing up.

Night all, with hellos, hugs and get well wishes as appropriate. Lil_me, was it you who had such a bad night last night. I trust tonight will be more restful, hun.

Sleep well and God bless x

johanne

may sound weird but have you thought about swapping her names around if she had a middle one? Just my grandads death and marriage certficates said different things!! His death was registered as "thomas reginald ****** " but his marriage one said "reginald thomas ****** " was his name... but he was always known as tom.

toochoosey

right all i need to work out now is which friends on facebook are mse cause i have already added friends of friends so dont recognise all names!!!!!!
thnk i added all on there please feel free to add me if you wish!!!!!!!

SarahShattered

Me too Tag...Very irritating.

I forgot to go back and view Valli's row, I started reading it earlier pre-ruck, (I'm stalking you Valls) :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Thanks for the friend adding/requests.. Love Facebook me!

My poor DH, he's worked his little stinky socks off today. Idle harridan that I am, have spent most of the day faffing around on here and Facebook. He's just gone up the road to buy bread for DD3's packed lunch - cos when I got there, the freezer was bare! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
And in sensible female fashion, rather than ask him to get me chocolate, and then be irritated that he got the wrong thing.... I requested a flake and a bag of dorritos! Been too long since dinner!
He said "what's wrong with the chocolate you've got in the cupboard?"
Silly man, nothing of course... I just don't want that chocolate! S'not rocket science is it!

Valli

johanne wrote: »

may sound weird but have you thought about swapping her names around if she had a middle one? Just my grandads death and marriage certficates said different things!! His death was registered as "thomas reginald ****** " but his marriage one said "reginald thomas ****** " was his name... but he was always known as tom.

Clever girl! I knew someone who was really shocked when he got his birth cert out to arrange his wedding - he thought he was called Peter Charles - his birth cert said Charles Peter - and at least 2 of my female cousins (who live near Flower) use their middle names. S' a shock when you fiind out during the wedding (me that is...) I never knew she was called Jeanette:rotfl: (lives in Benfleet Flower)