Daydream thread continues.....

Alexelisey

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

May 2013 bring you plenty of laughter, happiness and health.

We lunched at 2pm with roast turkey, potatoes, parsnips, butternut squash, carrots and peas with pigs in blankets and stuffing with chestnuts. For dessert we had home-made pear upside down cake and cream. Daughter is now doing a buffet tea for 7pm but is stressing over it and it's winding me up. I've done my bit and I'm meant to be relaxing! :rotfl:

Tomorrow we're going to my parents for the day so I only have to drive the 80-odd miles each way, then back to work on Thursday... boo hiss... oh well.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

SAM:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

what is the weather forcast for the next few days in your area? ( roughly what area)

fingers crossed your house will be ok....

not nice th be worrying about that, at this time of year ( or any time of the year)

alfie_1

hope uv all had a great day

I HAD A SCRUMPTIOUS DINNER AT MA AND PA'S....:D

NOW SAT BY THE FIRE, TIN OF QUALITY STREET, DOGS EVERY WHERE ....PRACTISING FOR TOMOROW...;)

HERE IS A PIC OF THE "RIVER" RUNNING THROUGH AND OUT OF MABELS PADDOCK....:(




and my garden....:(



ive got mabel on the driest ground but have an evacuation plan.... des res at my friends place....:)

lostinrates

Oh goodness, if that's your garden Alfie.....then what's it like at the front? Glad mabel has a plan.

And sambucus, do you have an emergency place to go? Friends, family?

Sambucus_Nigra

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

SAM:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

what is the weather forcast for the next few days in your area? ( roughly what area)

fingers crossed your house will be ok....

not nice th be worrying about that, at this time of year ( or any time of the year)

Midlands. Forecast rain. We are between 2 rivers and the garden backs onto a canal. Flood warnings on both rivers. Yay.

Ho humm! If it starts getting bad on the field then we'll move everything upstairs. Luckily we have high ceilings.

House has been here since 1880 and it's flooded before. And survived.

Sambucus_Nigra

lostinrates wrote: »

And sambucus, do you have an emergency place to go? Friends, family?

We'd be evacuating the oldies in the road first...half of the people on our little bit if paradise are over 70 so we'd be sorting them out before we go anywhere.

I'm sure it will all be fine.

lostinrates

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

We'd be evacuating the oldies in the road first...half of the people on our little bit if paradise are over 70 so we'd be sorting them out before we go anywhere.

I'm sure it will all be fine.

Of course, ip am sure you will help others, but after that, while the house dries out?

I think the best plan for dreamers is to plan for the worst and hope for the best. Having lived in places where things like hurracanes are standard, and having a parent from earthquake area, I am happiest when I have plans of what I would do....even though we rarely need them. It's the things one hasn't planned for that are frustrating and nightmarish.

Speaking of which......dh and I are thinking if trying to have a bath now.....the thing has stayed over sixty all day and the house is warm so...worth a go!

Sambucus_Nigra

lostinrates wrote: »

Of course, ip am sure you will help others, but after that, while the house dries out?

I think the best plan for dreamers is to plan for the worst and hope for the best. Having lived in places where things like hurracanes are standard, and having a parent from earthquake area, I am happiest when I have plans of what I would do....even though we rarely need them. It's the things one hasn't planned for that are frustrating and nightmarish.

Speaking of which......dh and I are thinking if trying to have a bath now.....the thing has stayed over sixty all day and the house is warm so...worth a go!

We'd probably get the camper filled with food and clothes and head for dry land!

Luckily - we do own a camper van. And we have plenty of family and friends around and about who would put us up.

Not that it will happen. It will all be fine. She tells herself. Whilst looking worriedly out the front window 50 times a day.

alfie_1

all good wishes SAM....sure you will be safe...:)

i had to jet wash all the path etc at tha front of the house to shift the mud etc. then broomed the water out of the gate....

it dries up then overnight its back...:mad:

but nowhere near the danger others are encountering...:(

iv just ate the obligatory home cooked [mum]ham sandwich:o
xmas cake is winking at me but im resisting.....so far..:rotfl:

did anyone watch paul o grady's battersea dogs program....oooooooo i want em all.......:D
id have all the oldies,3 legged,blind ,deaf and daft if i had my way.....;)

Davesnave

Oh dear, it seems some of you are suffering more than we are now.:( The river here is back within its banks again.

However, the week's forecast for the Midlands is somewhat better than it is for Devon or alfie's area.

I think we shall be letting the hens back into the other part of their orchard, which is drier. There may be no crisis, but it's not very pleasant for them, wading in mud.

Totally puddinged-out. It's taken most of the day & evening to prepare, cook and eat Christmas Dinner, with a 5 hour gap between courses.