I havent been doing much. Been to work, been shopping, been on here .... not much. Anyway i knew the garden needed doing again the thistles had grew again!!!

Plus i've only got a couple of daffodils left so i knew i had to get some more and plant them ready for next year. Anyway was in tesco last week shopping and got some bulbs - not daffodils though, i got some bluebells, iris's and snowdrops - so guess what spugs doing when he comes down!!! He dont know yet - keep telling him i've got jobs for him but wont tell him what hes doing!!!

Anyway i'd got half of the front garden done, i just had to do the other half - the bit where the thistles are. So sunday started doing it. Stung left right and centre, and...

shillelagh

Maybe it is time to find a new home.
I have been a member of this forum for almost 4 years.....it will be four years on the 22nd of October.
I have enjoyed being a part of this community. I have shared things about myself, about my family and about my daily life.
I have made some good friends...some of them I have never seen, but still feel they are friends.
These friends have boosted me on my damp grey days, they have laughed with me, and sometimes cried with me.
I have experienced(second hand, I know) some of the sadnesses gone through by other members.
It has been like a family to me.
I believe that the contributions I have made to the forum have been valid and have sometimes made for interesting...

Margaret Pilkington

The problem with weight loss is that as soon as you tell someone you have lost some weight, you go and put two pounds on.
Not exactly good, is it?
So another couple of weeks down the line I have still only lost the 11 pounds.......I am not really on a diet.....well, no that can't be true, because I am trying hard to eat less and walk more.
What I really mean is, that I am not on any
'planned diet'.......I'm eating my normal meals......though I have had more in the way of salads recently......I am also trying to curb my sweet tooth.
(I have a dentists appointment in about a month....I am going to ask him to see if he can take my sweet tooth out)
When I want chocolate....I have an apple......and sometimes...

Margaret Pilkington

I was thinking about my mother today. You know how it is when you're doing something and it triggers a thought that pops into your head, followed by another, then a whole load of them?

My mum was the youngest child in a family of 8 children. She was born on 4 December 1909 at Rochdale railway station, where her father was Station Master. Her oldest brother, my uncle Frank, was nearly 16 when she was born and welcomed her into the world with the words, "Good God, another mouth to feed", which didn't bode well for their future relationship, though he was a kind big brother until he married. After that, things weren't too brilliant, he lived in Norfolk for most of my life and I hardly knew him. Mum never got over the fact...

West Ender

Laura has had 2 clarinet lessons, up to now, and she's doing well. I've had a bit of a go myself and I can hardly make a noise but she can play E and D natural with only occasional squeaks. The sight reading's coming on, too, she knows how to count a crochet, a quaver and a semi-quaver. She's enjoying it and she's keen.

If Laura has a fault, academically and in everything else, it's that she's a perfectionist. She expects to be able to do things straight away and she can get very annoyed with herself if she doesn't get it right first time. Clarinet practise means that her mum and I have to praise, constantly, and reassure her that she's doing fine.

The other day I found a youtube clip of Benny Goodman and his...

West Ender