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Birthday breakfast

Post 2241

Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor

smiley - gift...and fireworks all over the USA to celebrate, no doubtsmiley - rocket

smiley - cake and smiley - bubbly and many happy returns of the day Maestrosmiley - smooch

smiley - cheershave a lovely day!smiley - cracker


Birthday breakfast

Post 2242

h5ringer

I'll give the breakfast tablecloth a good shake'n'vac while you're away smiley - biggrinsmiley - tea


Birthday breakfast

Post 2243

Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor

smiley - coffeesmiley - cakeHello Maestro smiley - smiley

I hope you're enjoying the smiley - musicalnoteProms (daft question of the day?)

You might be interested to know that Andrew is thinking of moving out - into a bedsit, although my toes curled at the addresses he showed mesmiley - groan which are in the poorest parts of Gysmiley - yuk and I am freaking out at the thought.

So today I'm taking him to the Job Centre to let them do a projection of what he'd have to live on (and also myself when I lose his benefits) if he's happy to go ahead I won't stop him, but it'll be life-changing for me as I can't afford to run this place with only my IB. Gordon may find himself with a lodger but I can't take Goldiesmiley - cat there. He's also just signed up for 3 studentssmiley - headhurts they will all be moved in by the end of the month. It's hard enough to park near his house as it is! and there'll be no more M&S special meals for two on a Saturday night for quite some time smiley - sadface

smiley - tea

Went to a partysmiley - cracker on Saturday afternoon, my sister's mother-in-law turned 75 last week. Y had ordered her a smiley - book of her life online, click & drag photos, plus add your text. The smiley - book was lovely but as I was reading it, I couldn't help but notice the spelling, grammar and punctuation errors. Sometimes I wish I wasn't such a pedantsmiley - wah

Hope all is well with yousmiley - hug


New (and old) beginnings

Post 2244

h5ringer

Seems that quite a number of my aquaintances are at life-changing moments right now. Of yours, on the one hand it would do Andrew a lot of good to be more independent of you, but at the same time I understand your concerns. However the financial impact on you if Andrew did move out is quite a concern.

Proms - there have been some delights and a few turkeys so far this year (halfway alreadysmiley - yikes). Delights: last night's Mahler 'Das klagende Lied' - first time I've seen it in live performance, the Verdi 'Requiem' and Havergal Brian's 'Gothic Symphony'. Turkeys: Roger Norrington's Mahler 9 - idiosyncratic to say the least - and Tasmin Little's lethargic rendition of the Elgar violin concerto.

smiley - teasmiley - donutsmiley - hug


New (and old) beginnings

Post 2245

Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor

Hiya Maestro (time for a smiley - redwine?)

Almost lost track here but I put on my Curator's hat just now and thought I'd stop by for a smiley - tea and smiley - donut not to mention a welcome smiley - hug

Did I mention my Mum lost her best friend earlier in the year, Edie, her hubby Joe was a Normandy Vet same as my Dad, well he just slipped away so there'll be another full-military honours funeral next Tue. I'll be taking Mum so I'll miss the Home visit we go to with Snoopy on a Tue afternoon, oh joy. It is full of people with varying degrees of dementia and smiley - erm it's not very pleasant smiley - sadface

Yesterday we spent with our Blue Cross hats on, visiting an out-of-school club giving our talk (Gordon does the talking, I work the prop smiley - dog and hand out stickers and booklets to the children afterwards) and then in the afternoon we went to the Blue Cross animal hospital in Gy, to meet the new Area Volunteer Co-ordinator for this area (the north). An hour's appointment turned into 3 hours with our local co-ordinator popping out every 20 mins or so to check on a puppy which had been strangled almost to deathsmiley - steam

At least smiley - tea and cream cakes were providedsmiley - drool


All in a spin

Post 2246

h5ringer

I think someone is playing with time. I was looking forward to this month as I get a break from Lunch Club, Scouts and Explorers. Time available to get some writing done I thought. Fat chance! I just seem to be caught in a maelstrom of activities. I'm due to pick by day and so far (6pm) I haven't had a moment to spare. Today has been taken up with installing Dad's new television - he can now watch football etc in HD.

Who's messing about with the clock?

smiley - teasmiley - cakesmiley - cheerup


The final curtain

Post 2247

h5ringer

So this is our last weekend with Auntie Beeb smiley - wah Well I'm glad to say that the new Editorial and Technical Teams seem well up to the coming task.

There is an anticipated gap between the end of the old and the go-live of the new site of about 6-8 hours so I'm not expecting to be able to login to noohootoo much before late afternoon or early evening; handy as I shall be out most of Monday at the Lunch Club.

A quick final outing then for our regular smilies in case they get lost en route:

smiley - biggrinsmiley - teasmiley - oksmiley - hugsmiley - cheerssmiley - flansmiley - cakesmiley - runsmiley - chocsmiley - bubblysmiley - goodlucksmiley - boingsmiley - dogsmiley - pggbsmiley - somersaultsmiley - coffeesmiley - towelsmiley - donutsmiley - redwinesmiley - musicalnote...

...and most especially smiley - galaxy


The final curtain

Post 2248

Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor

smiley - coffeesmiley - cake
You and me both with the "where does the time go" Mum's INR went through the roof after her course of antibiotics last weeksmiley - ermso now they have requested her back (this Wed) and next Wed, which clashed with her 'flu jab so they have moved that to Thurs morn, all extra errands to run for me butsmiley - shrug

It's her birthday tomorrow she is 92.smiley - bubblysmiley - cake
My #2 daughter is coming for the weekend but she will be visiting me & Mum on Sunday then having tea with Gordon & me before she heads back to Manchester.

smiley - towelI have been and posted on your page but haven't tried to find my way around yet. Two smileys I tried elsewhere didn't worksmiley - wah

smiley - hugsmiley - smooch
I'll see you over the other side...smiley - coffee


New tablecloth?

Post 2249

Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor

smiley - run

smiley - redwineandsmiley - cake

Nah! Have some very expensive smiley - bubblycheerssmiley - bubbly

smiley - hugsmiley - smooch


New tablecloth?

Post 2250

h5ringer

...and a new teabag for the smiley - chocolateteapot We had made 2248 cups with the old one smiley - biggrin

smiley - tea


New tablecloth?

Post 2251

Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor

smiley - laughwe need a new smiley - chocolateteapot don't we?

smiley - magicI can see the smiley - galaxy smiley at long last! smiley - boing

and smiley - pggbsmiley - elvissmiley - simpostsmiley - offtopic

smiley - coffeeandsmiley - cakejust becausesmiley - biggrin


11.11.11

Post 2252

Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor

...worth cracking open the smiley - bubbly and have a slice of wedding smiley - cake to wish Beatrice (I still think of her as smiley - goodlucksmiley - star) and Dai the Death got married today.

smiley - cheers to both


11.11.11

Post 2253

h5ringer

Hear, hear!! smiley - cheers


New smileys

Post 2254

Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor

smiley - run

smiley - petunias<--- some early breakfast for you smiley - winkeye

smiley - nur


New smileys

Post 2255

h5ringer

Aren't they wonderful. Mala has been/is doing a marvellous job - in or out of the saddle smiley - winkeye

Joined the sub-editors this week and completed my first two Entries smiley - biggrin

I was interested to see that a comment in a post of mine to the Writing Guidelines thread has now become part of the official policy. Wonder if there's a badge for that?

The Christmas treadmill seems to have moved up a gear this morning. Don't know whether I'm smiley - run or smiley - nur


New smileys

Post 2256

h5ringer

smiley - runsmiley - tea

smiley - nur


New smileys

Post 2257

Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor

smiley - coffeesmiley - cakeI agree, the new smileys are smiley - magic but I've now been advised some are by other h2g2 smiley - artistsmiley - ok

Have you seen smiley - orib I suppose that's a bookmark for subbies to remind them of things yet to do? I do use smiley - biro a lot, but I'll find orib a little difficult to typesmiley - laugh

Welcome to the ranks of the smiley - biroby the way, how on smiley - earthdo you find time, smiley - huhI've not had any spare since the launch of the new site, what with running round after Mum & Andrew (and smiley - cat) aside from the new life outside my own home, volunteering for 2 charities and such.

Luckily I am on top of the smiley - xmastreesmiley - xmaspudsmiley - crackersmiley - giftthing, good job too, I had a list as long as my armsmiley - yikes

smiley - starI just watched the Russell Watson interview with Fern, amazing life he's had...describing his near-death experience gave me goosebumps! And he did spot-on impersonations of Cliff Richard and Paul O'Grady (as Lily Savage) - he said Cliff had suggested a name-change to him (Watson Rousseau) and Russell agreed (to be nice) and the next time he saw Cliff, he was greeted with "Hello Watson!" smiley - laugh Gordon's last name is Watson so that nugget'll smiley - tickle him.

smiley - petuniasWe went to a fundraiser last night for the Pink Rose Fund organised by Annie, who is Gordon's cleaner. It was at the Marina Bar on Grimsby Docks, I had no idea there was any kind of nightlife on the Dockssmiley - yikes well it was packed out!smiley - biggrinstanding room only, and there was a group on "Blues Boy Kings" who were very good but very loudsmiley - headhurtsI am afraid I have become converted to choirs smiley - angel As we were sat with the organiser, who was selling raffle tickets, we got the job of separating and folding the copies which kept rigormortis from setting insmiley - brrsmiley - blueit was brass monkeys in there!smiley - snowman the good news was that they took £600 on the door and over £600 on the raffle.


New smileys

Post 2258

Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor

Good morning Maestro, do you by any chance have use for a smiley - winekey

smiley - laugh


New smileys

Post 2259

h5ringer

Well that one was unexpected, but none the less welcome for that smiley - biggrin

*brings out smiley - redwinesmiley - redwine*

Care to join me?


New smileys

Post 2260

Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor

smiley - run certainly, the smiley - bubbly is on ice for Skanky & Mrs Skanky, who is being induced tomorrow smiley - yikes

so I'll have a smiley - redwine with you (and pretend it's a Malibu & pineapple)smiley - drool

Cheers and good health to you and yours, dear Maestrosmiley - smooch


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