The daily, Monday 30th July 07

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morning all

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNIE AND POSHPAWS :j hope you both have a lovely day

its dull but dry here, picked another 4lb of blackcurrants yesterday, now on the hunt for jars although i have a great big glass sweetie jar i can use
am going to the library later then will have to wash the car, the field was very muddy where we have to park the car at the car boot, kyle and i got toys and books for the boys but nothing for ourselves

hugs to all xx

scuzz

Morning All

Happy Birthday poshpaws & annie

Back at work again. Did the speedway on Saturday night, which was very exciting and nice to receive some extra cash. Had a lovely weekend with sis and BIL coming over for dinner yesterday

Got a chocolate twist thing in the microwave heating up for breakfast:D

Got a busy week ahead - very packed diary which is great. Hoping to have another angel card reading and also treat myself to a massage

Well best press on with some work. I'll probably post again in a bit

dlb

Good morning all.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ANNIESTAR AND POSHPAWS, hope you both have wonderful days,anniestar enjoy your pampering (((())))

Well we have clear blue sunny sky here, actually feels like summer is here at last, a lovely fresh breeze, washing already on line and wm on again, which it will be for most of the day. Have loads to do today as we are off on hoilday on friday so aimming to get everything ready by Wed so i can give the house a good clean before we go on friday evening.
I have washing and ironing piled up and after the anniversary/birthday party this weekend the house is in a tip!! Still have the bbq to clean but it was well worth the mess, we had a fantastic time, and i want to say a huge thank-you to crazychick for all her help and appologies for singing on the patio after you went home, hope i didnt wake you up.!!

Have a wonderful day everyone.
Donna
xx

Essex-girl_2

Morning All

Many Happy Returns Anniestar and Poshpaws

Yes its sunny here too!!! Will put a load in the wm in a mo. Just about to pop into bath. Will emprty dw clean kitchen and walk dog then out early to go to the pictures to see The Simpsons movie - we are going off peak so is cheaper. Followed by chinese buffet lunch so will only need sandwhiches for tea tonight!! So a good day alround.

Will try and get my paperwork done tonight so can head for the beach tomorrow, also need to pop out and get oh's cards and wrappings for wednesday.

Just feeling so much happier coz its sunny - hope it lasts at least till September.

Have a great day whatever you are doing.

Feel sad to hear about Mike Reid - grew up with him on Runaround - 67 is no age.

mrs_mix

Morning everyone
:bdaycake: :bdaycake: happy birthday to Anniestar and Poshpaws
not been about for a few days a combination of being busy and depressed
but getting over thay now
today I have to go shopping at various places so running about I need to get an emergency appointment with the vet as I think the dog has another ear infection
and I also have to get ds1 his birthday presents for his 16th birthday on wednesday
I have washing to do but will be able to hang it on the line as the sun is out
have a good day everyone
:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: to all
pam xx

AussieLass

Hello everybody,

Happy Birthday Annie & PoshPaws :beer:

Had a lovely day yesterday. Went to the markets in the morning where we got fruit, veggies & more plants. Went to friends for lunch and the afternoon. DH told them last week that I became a vegetarian a few months ago and he has become one too. Anyhoo they decided to make a special lunch for us. Curried chicken & rice. :rolleyes: Oh well. The thought was there.

Today been busy doing the house out & out in the garden. DH starts work tomorrow. It will be quite odd being home alone. We have been together every day for practically 10 months now. I'll probably be walking around like a lost sheep. I use to be like this when the kids went back to school.

Hope you all have a nice day and the weather sounds promising. Byeeeeee

[Deleted User]

Good morning chums and a very Happy Birthday to Poshpaws and Anniestar
:beer: :bdaycake: :bdaycake: :beer: and anyone else who is celebrating today
Well guys the sun is shining and the sky is blue and long may it last I am going up to Barnehurst just outside London today for the day to visit my DD's in-laws .
DD and family are in Devon for a week, so I said I would visit them as they like to see a cheerful face, they don't get around as well as they used to. He's 77 and shes 71.So we will sit and chew the fat all day and eat far too many cream cakes and laugh a lot about how absurd life has become and how much it has changed since we were young.;)

As I said on yesterday's post, I had a great time walking around Covent Garden, although I found that the mixture of smells a bit odd. When you walk past a soap shop the smells emenating from there are wonderful ,then you walk a little further and suddenly your nose is taken by something quite different .
I wondered if perhaps the local coulcil in their wisdom decided to spray the drain covers with a bit of 'eau de 18th century drain'. It smelt very whiffy, and it seemed to come from all of the draincovers in the area .Perhaps it is meant to add atmosphere, and an ambience to the surroundings .I'm surprised there wern't a few dollops of horse dung around as well:eek:
It smelt like very old smelly veggies to me .But luckily there were quite a lot of lavender stalls around which helped to overcome it .I can see how people would have posies of flowers under their noses back then, I bet the lavender girls were very popular on warm days .:rotfl:
The street performers were excellent and very entertaining. :j
We had a walk through the vestibule of the Royal Opera House and looked at the posters .There were quite a few queues for tickets .Mostly it seemed of large German men wearing leather shorts with HUGE thighs (Memo;must remember to stop looking at men with huge thighs at my age:eek: ), also it seemed there were quite a lot of even larger Americans with their wives, and lumpy children queing for seats .The lumpy children looked totally bored, and not in the least bit interested in hearing 'the fat lady sing' at all;)
I wonder why as British tax-payers subsidise the opera so few english people actually seem to want go .I guess it is a way of bringing in the tourists to London, but if the ticket prices had been a bit lower I wouldn't have minded going. I know very little about opera but I assume as it's been around for so long there must be something good about it .It interests me to find out what .I do enjoy light classical music and I am open minded enough to try something different ,but not at those prices though. I suppose its perhaps because its very expensive to stage with all the costumes ect.ah well I can always listen to a cd.
On the bus back to Victoria Station I noticed that Red Ken's ideas on reducing the congestion in my fair city doesn't seem to be working .There is the most awful congestion in Leicester Square with those darned three wheeler bikes.I know he wants Londoners to get out of their cars and onto their bikes but it just isn't practical as London isn't Amsterdamn .You can tell I am an ex-taxi driver can't you.:D
We saw some great sights on Saturday and there is no doubt that people watching from a pavement cafe is the greatest free entertainment in London. My sis-in-law doesn't know London very well as she was brought up in Oxfordshire so she really enjoyed herself .Her eyebrows were going up and down like a fiddlers elbow at times .:rotfl:
Coming down Whitehall on the bus I was pointing out various things to her of interest.She didn't realise that you could no longer walk up to No 10. or even walk into Downing street anymore . Whitehall itself is one of the most beautifull streets in London .When you get to the bottom and on your left you have Big Ben, and on the right Winston Churchill, still not turning his back on Parliament as he promised.
It makes you feel quite proud to be British. (Churchill I discovered, by way of my genealogical researches is a very distant relative about ten generations back and across. My husbands GT, Gt, Grandfather was married in St Martins-in-the Fields in Trafalgar Square, in the mid 19th century He was a Churchill from Woodstock .Not the big house though, one of the slightly poorer relations I think .The Churchills fortunes seemd to fluctuate over the years .Never trickled down to us at all though.)
If you ever get the chance to come to see our lovely capital use the No 24 bus it takes you to almost all the main sights of London for £2.00 far cheaper than the £20.00 plus that the tourist buses charge.
OS wins through in the end .Well guys it's time I got a wriggle on and had my coffee and wholemeal toast .After my blow-out Italian lunch on Saturday it's back to the boring food again. Normality is back on the menu. I hope everyone has a nice day and that the sun is shing where ever you are, <<hugs>> to those who are feeling down, and big smiley faces to the rest of you .Although its Monday morning , its still only four more days till the week-end
Look after yourselves and I'll see you soon.
JackieO:D xx

tired_mum

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNIE STAR & POSHPAWS:bdaycake: :bdaycake: hope you have a lovely day
Jackie O have a lovely day with in laws
Aussie the lunch sounds like the sort of thing my mum would do!
Mrs Mix hugs to you
DLB sounds like a good time was had by all
Pen Pin hugs to you hope you feel better and enjoy day out with DD
lovely and sunny here in Essex so will get some washing on to put out when i get back from having the tow bar fitted need to pop to the bank to pay a cheque in and get some school wear bits
hugs to all who need them have a good day

anniebooklover

Good morning everyone

and a very Happy Birthday to anniestar and poshpaws! Make sure you pamper yourselves today girls.

Well, back to work for me today. I haven't seen my boss in a fortnight so I know that he will be glad to see me and give me too much work so that his desk looks clearer. :rolleyes: Just as well I got so much housework done yesterday as I will probably work overtime today.

No idea what's for breakfast as I was so busy cleaning and tidying yesterday that I forgot to go and buy bread and milk. Probably have some fruit. Dinner will be chicken in a white wine sauce with baby potatoes and cabbage and broccoli. No idea what I will be having for lunch either. (Must get better organised now that I'm back at work)

Have a marvellous Monday whatever you are doing. xx

Peem

Morning tout le monde.

Sunny Sun here! Yay.

That means it's picnic time for me and the kids today. Meeting a friend and her kids - so that should keep them happy for a bit.

I'm in the middle of stripping beds at the moment, and boiling eggs.

Happy birthday PoshPaws and AnnieStar - enjoy yourselves.

Right - off to finish beds, write list and then drag kids round the supermarket.

Take care all