OS Daily Monday 25th June 07

donny-gal

Evening All

Happy Birthday Pooky 21 again?

We off to France too third week of August, Two week at Les Abrets, and then a week on the Somme. Les Abrets is in the Rhone-Alps region, between Lyon and Grenoble, but closer to Chambery. DH is a WW1 nut so going around there again with some friends who haven't been. I like the area though, very pictureque and good food to be found.

Pen-Pen I heard the rain first around 4 am and agree it hasn't let up since. Due to carry on until the early hours. DH just bailing/baling? some water which is sat on our front garden (raised beds with crazy paved base) as we are down a little from the road. It should be OK, but just being careful. Many had it much worse. We have been here 34 years and never seen anything close before.
DG

dlb

Evening all.
Well we are well a truly stranded, Chesterfield is completly under water!! Iv never seen rain so bad, i left the house at 3.45 to take Father in law home a hour and half later i had only got about half a mile, rivers burst all over town roads shut cars abandoned, so father in law is staying over night because there is no way we can get him home!!!
So just about to have a bath and hope the rain stops as if it doesnt i cant see school being open tommorow, and dh took ages to get home from work and we dont think he will be able to get tommorow!!

csarina

Its pouring with rain here too and has been since just after lunch.....we are lucky we are on the top of a hill, so the water runs down from us, plus we are on the top floor.........

We have a visit planned to the allotment tomorrow, if its raining we will not go, but I will have to go sometime to dig some spuds, I think the strawberries will have had it.

The dresser arrived safely, DD emailed just after 5pm to say that it was in place in her sitting room and DGS's toys were in a crate in one cupbaord, and she had put her plates etc up, I know it will be appreciated and the children will look after it.

Just finished our supper, watching the news, I do hope all of you are safe and sound from this awful weather.................the pictures on TV are horrific.

Take care every one...............

grannybroon

Thanks Twink!

GB!!!

lil_me

Scuzz - big hugs

Pooky - Happy Birthday!

Hugs to those with floods and anyone else who needs one. It's not stopped raining here but luckily our village is on a hill, some houses nearer the fields get flooded but I am lucky as my house is up high with steps both sides. I may however end up on call later as we are one of a couple of 4x4 owners up here, falling trees last time (VERY windy here aswell as rain) and the roads in and out get bad, one has a small river running through which bursts over and covers the road so buses etc are stopped and the other it comes off the fields and drains can't cope.

Assignment started but must do more tonight! As usual I've been putting off again.

grannybroon

Hi again

Managed to skim through a bit tonight but now feeling very tired - I think it is this waiting for the phone call thing from our dear DD. Taking Thursday off to go over and at least take boys off her hands for a while. DGS1 has various things on at nursery etc and if I can help with the collecting etc it will certainly help.

Scuzz - sorry darling but you are too important. Please, please think of yourself and finish with him. The rest of the posters saying the same thing! Your health is being seriously affected and he isn't even being supportive. Have you family who you can turn to?

PPeng - hope chicks are thriving. Have you any more yet?

Pooky - have a lovely birthday.

PPincher - are you OK?

Sorry to hear about flooding in your various local areas. dlb - it sounds particularly bad around you. Hope your house is safe. I must say I always feel flood damage must be just awful - it seems to cause so much damage and long term consequences.

Anyway, you all take care. Kyle - hope things OK with lo tonight.

Love

GB

grannybroon

PennyP - you must have been typing same time as me. Just say what you feel is necessary. How much support does your Mum give you, given your illness and difficulty?

Are you and your DD not true relatives too (I hope I haven't missed something here and saying too much!) I just feel your distress coming over here.

Being adopted my only true living relatives are my dearest children and grandchildren so hope I haven't put my foot in it.

Take care, sweatheart. PM me if it helps.

GB xxx

grannybroon

PPincher

No you are not heartless and I can see you don't see your Mum very much as it would be very obvious to her that you are not at all well.

I don't want to be further thoughtless with my comments, however, my Mum has always been rather selfish (and turned very bitter when my Dad died some 25 years ago). My kids, to be honest, don't have time for her - my DH saw through her first time he met her. As soon as I go to visit (always it involves the old heart strings from her and you must stay more than one night etc etc! Sorry, I have work, my garden - but neglected just now - my house, husband, children and grandsons and tbh my time and contentment is more important than my Mum.) I am afraid I harden my heart as most of the time she is just not interested in my family life. When I thought I was miscarrying with my dearest son 29 years ago it took her a week to pop down to see me, and she didn't even work! (for Heaven's sake, she lived in Edinburgh and I was only 40 minutes away!).

I have huge hang-ups here and the only one who talks to me properly about it is my DD as she has totally seen through her Gran! MY DH won't even discuss her because he gets so cross about what he sees as emotional blackmail. And yes, after all this time I make excuses for her. I must have got some good genes from my birth parents because I have had my spells, but I don't think I am deliberately a
bad person. From personal experience I feel terrible if I think I have hurt someone unintentionally and then spend days (and nights) re-running what happened and see if I can put it right. I know my Mum never has known when she had hurt me. Apart from one occasion I lost the plot a good few years ago and didn't speak to her for a year and also walked out at the same time - going to my MIL who picked up the pieces before I was able to drive home.

Anyway, I am getting rather maudlin now so time to finish. Not the drink, honest as I haven't really had anything because I want to be clear headed for when our new arrival is here!

You and your family take care. Do think about you. I sometimes feel I get a bit too caught up in problems but do you know something, I don't think I have expressed such true feelings since I started posting here. Perhaps we can say things on this site that we don't always voice personally to those closest to us.

Love to all

GB xxx

Penny-Pincher!!

grannybroon wrote: »

PenPincher

No you are not heartless and I can see you don't see your Mum very much as it would be very obvious to her that you are not at all well.

I don't want to be further thoughtless with my comments, however, my Mum has always been rather selfish (and turned very bitter when my Dad died some 25 years ago). My kids, to be honest, don't have time for her - my DH saw through her first time he met her. As soon as I go to visit (always it involves the old heart strings from her and you must stay more than one night etc etc! Sorry, I have work, my garden - but neglected just now - my house, husband, children and grandsons and tbh my time and contentment is more important than my Mum.) I am afraid I harden my heart as most of the time she is just not interested in my family life. When I thought I was miscarrying with my dearest son 29 years ago it took her a week to pop down to see me (for Heaven's sake, she lived in Edinburgh and I was only 40 minutes away!).

I have huge hang-ups here and the only one who talks to me properly about it is my DD as she has totally seen through her Gran!

Anyway,

You and your family take care. Do think about you. I sometimes feel I get a bit too caught up in problems but do you know something, I don't think I have expressed such true feelings since I started posting here. Perhaps we can say things on this site that we don't always voice personally to those closest to us.

Love to all

GB xxx

Thanks so much GB. That really means alot and I know where your coming from:D I'll be ok.

Thanks for the hugs.

PP
xx

Miss_Cinnabon

Hi all

penny p take care, dont let your mum get to you, thinking of u, hugs

Grannybroon u sound like my kind of person:D i prefer people who say it like it is, mum included! guess thats one of the reasons i dont get on much with dh's family, as soon as i met them i saw right through them, dh has only recently saw them as i see them:rolleyes:

i cant stand people who are nice to your face and then stab u in the back when u are not there, have had experience with that so has mum, wont go into detail though about it, best left in past and all that.

Still to make mums hobnobs:D

Susie