Karmacat: To Infinity And Beyond!

se999

KC for making friends have you thought of book clubs, there are tons of them now, also WI for making friends locally. Not sure if you're churchy or not, but that can be a way of making local friends too through church groups. They're on my possible lists for when we find the new house

But it's OK to feel tired, you've just moved house and are busy reorganising everything on top of your normal things.

Enjoy the dancing

hypno06

^^^^^^what they all say

Look after that shoulder x

Karmacat

se999 wrote: »

KC for making friends have you thought of book clubs, there are tons of them now, also WI for making friends locally. Not sure if you're churchy or not, but that can be a way of making local friends too through church groups. They're on my possible lists for when we find the new house

But it's OK to feel tired, you've just moved house and are busy reorganising everything on top of your normal things.

Enjoy the dancing

Book clubs are a great idea - I've just been off searching online... and they're all in the town I just left I may have to start my own, that would be okay too ....

I'm not churchy, I'm spiritual rather than religious, so thats not a goer. I did find one person talking about books in HH but that was on netmums :rotfl:and as I'm not a mum.... :rotfl:

WI is also an idea. Just looking at their website - HH itself doesn't have one! But the touristy village 10 mins walk from me (which is actually *my* address on the satnav) has three :rotfl: so thats one avenue to explore. Never saw myself as a WI member, but then I never imagined I'd grow up either

hypno06 wrote: »

^^^^^^what they all say

Look after that shoulder x

Thanks Hypno! No decorating for me today, and only a little bit of sawing.

redsquirrel80

I think you know that the 'don't want to go' is a symptom of the tiredness, and maybe a bit of worry about a new thing/ new people... but what have you got to lose?

WI makes me think of Calendar Girls.. :rotfl:

OliveOyl_2

Karmacat wrote: »

I'm not churchy, I'm spiritual rather than religious, so thats not a goer. .

Me too!
But I go to Quakers, and I see that there is a series of talks at your Town Hall introducing Q's.
(I'm not really a stalker, I just know that you're near Wol in that beautiful part of the countryside)
They're (we're?) an interesting bunch and the meeting I go to in J, has been key to me feeling at home in a country where equality hasn't always been a given (to put it mildly!)

se999

OH's great aunt used to go to Quaker meetings for a long time, and really found them good.

For local things check the local freebie newspapers they normally do a list of local regular group meetings and oneoff events, also local libraries normally have lots of info on their notice boards and/or the piles of freebie leaflets.

Where we used to rent we were near Ryton Organic Gardens and they had volunteers who'd go in at regular times each week to help out, so maybe something like that is a possibility, it depends on what your interests are and what's available nearby.

Pippajo

Get those feet tapping KC!

My mum is early 60's and goes to Art, WI and U3A (University of the 3rd Age) - I teased her about being in a cult but its great.

Plus the WI mum belongs to is nothing like the old lot, its more "jam and jerusalem" style where her and her friends have been sat at the back giggling like school girls.

MrsMoo2U

Hey, starting a book club of your own sounds like a great idea. Couple of other ideas
You could invite your neighbours in for a curry and pint night or a cheese and wine if you want to be posth (perhaps have it as a housewarming or to raise some funds for the local charity?)
You could become a volunteer at your local National Trust group - they have local groups who go on trips together etc
Ramblers Assosciation? Not sure if you enjoy walking. A girl that I used to work with joined the local group to meet people - ended up meeting a quantum physicist and married him (oooo right up your street)
WI is so much more fun these days, they are all at the Freshers Fayres recruiting students. After all, knitting, cake making etc are the new drinking, dancing etc dont you know?

Now, I think that I need to take my own advice there! I am going to look up a local Tai Chi class.

gilligansyle

Karmacat wrote: »

WI is also an idea. Just looking at their website - HH itself doesn't have one! But the touristy village 10 mins walk from me (which is actually *my* address on the satnav) has three :rotfl: so thats one avenue to explore. Never saw myself as a WI member, but then I never imagined I'd grow up either
.

I, like many others, made assumptions about WI, but its nothing like my assumptions. My brothers OH is an active member of her local one, and has been for 15 years. They *do* do cake stalls etc. but have some good organised nights out etc.

Also, daft as it sounds, singles groups, supper clubs. We have a singles group that is not about dating, but about finding other people to go to things you enjoy and trying things you've never thought of.

Karmacat

OliveOyl wrote: »

I go to Quakers, and I see that there is a series of talks at your Town Hall introducing Q's.
(I'm not really a stalker, I just know that you're near Wol in that beautiful part of the countryside)
They're (we're?) an interesting bunch and the meeting I go to in J, has been key to me feeling at home in a country where equality hasn't always been a given (to put it mildly!)

That could be really interesting, actually ... one of my best friends, in London, was brought up a Quaker. And the Peace Tax Campaign, that I volunteered for, was really a Quaker offshoot - and we used the typewriter that the original manifesto for the African National Congress was typed on, by the way!

se999 wrote: »

OH's great aunt used to go to Quaker meetings for a long time, and really found them good.

For local things check the local freebie newspapers they normally do a list of local regular group meetings and oneoff events, also local libraries normally have lots of info on their notice boards and/or the piles of freebie leaflets.

Where we used to rent we were near Ryton Organic Gardens and they had volunteers who'd go in at regular times each week to help out, so maybe something like that is a possibility, it depends on what your interests are and what's available nearby.

Yep, I'm doing that - I've found a local gardening club thats a real possibility, plus a ramblers club, ooh, and a social club for unattached people over 45 .... mostly in the town I just left, of course

Pippajo wrote: »

Get those feet tapping KC!

My mum is early 60's and goes to Art, WI and U3A (University of the 3rd Age) - I teased her about being in a cult but its great.

Plus the WI mum belongs to is nothing like the old lot, its more "jam and jerusalem" style where her and her friends have been sat at the back giggling like school girls.

Oh god, I'm not going to U3A, I'm not *that* old :eek: my mum goes to that, and she's 84 :eek::eek::eek:

Thanks folks! Right, we've got line dancing, a gardening club, WI, some sort of evening class, and a couple of green links I made at events I've been to since I moved here. Okay, that'll do for now. I don't *think* I can actually do the Quaker thing - I admire them immensely, but I think I'd rather go to a meditation group than a Quaker meeting.

Oh, and there's a sports centre that has classes.