evening all 
I hope you're keeping hydrated and can rest up while you recover. Get well soon 
I'm glad you enjoyed your walk, Summer. Was the weather nice for you?
PB was fine, and enjoyed her trip to the park and a quick trip to Tesco. She loves being in the trolley and swings her legs and sings and jiggles about, as we go round the shop.
DiL said PB hadn't slept well last night - maybe another tooth on the way? She started to get a wee bit grumpy in the half hour before DiL arrived, but that was because she isn't allowed a nap at that time (otherwise she won't go to bed until very late) and she obviously fancied a kip.
She's been sleeping through the night for ages but she wouldn't go down until 10pm (ish). DiL has been trying to get her to go to bed a bit earlier, therefore no naps after her dinner at night.
It's so good when you get decent weather for a walk. Did Bramble enjoy herself?
does like like bedtime? 
she liked sniffing around new places does like like bedtime? she liked sniffing around new placesShe likes bathtime before bed.
Oh no, stinky Bramble!
Did she pong really badly?
A dip in the stream was a good plan.
Grocery shopping tomorrow and some ironing.
I ought to see middle son and DiL on Friday or Saturday. Youngest son said he might pop up on Saturday and Dil said she and eldest son and PB would pop in on Sunday.
What are your plans for Easter?
I hope you sleep well x I'm heading off too. Goodnight Summer, sweet dreams.
Night owl hugs for Moonie and Ros.
Interesting article today in my local news website about the local foodbank.
http://www.gloucestercitizen.c...57-detail/story.html
My church is one of those which supports the food bank and the manager mentioned in the article gave a talk about it in our church hall a couple of days ago.
seems to be a massively growing problem - it is very worrying and very sad
I'm heading off too. Goodnight Summer, sweet dreams.
Night owl hugs for Moonie and Ros.
night yogi
Good morning, everyone. Weather is wet and windy.
El, I hope you are feeling better today.
On BBC Breakfast, they were discussing ways to encourage teenagers, particularly boys, to read more. I found it depressing when one woman said that reading is seen as 'educational' rather than something to do for pleasure. I can't imagine a life without books/my kindle app.
Grocery shopping and ironing are on today's To Do list.
Have a good day, everyone.
Good morning everyone
I am feeling better now than I was Thanks everyone
It's blue sky here at present but it's forecast to cloud over by late morning. Friday and Saturday are forecast to be sunny here but the weather changes later on Sunday and becomes unsettled. So for people who want to go out over the Easter break, tomorrow and Saturday are looking a lot better than Sunday and Monday. (but the Met Office could be wrong 
)
Ros, I agree that the rising use of foodbanks is a worrying problem. The situation for people who need foodbanks would be a lot worse if there were no foodbanks. The Trussell Trust is based on this:
Good morning everyone, a little bit grey here this morning disappointingly. It is especially disappointing if we are to get rain over the Bank Holiday Weekend for all those people who have been at work during the recent lovely weather.
A wonderful organisation The Trussell Trust (my maiden name by the way) as in Trussell not Trust 
With the cheering news on the TV last night that wages are now rising faster than inflation hopefully it is an improving situation for working people. It has been a long haul but hopefully we are turning the corner.
Enjoy your day everyone
To anyone interested in astronomy this news on the BBC website is exceptionally fascinating:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-27056698
Hi everyone
Sunny but very windy here. Not much gonna get done today
Yogi, glad your cuddleometer is topped up and that PB enjoyed her trip to the park. The swings are always a favourite 
*imagines PB riding in the shopping trolley jiggling her legs and singing* 
Sweet, glad you enjoyed your walk with your SiL and Bramble. Hope she didn't eat anything she wasn't supposed too 
Bramble! norty gal. Rolling in stuff you shouldn't 
El, pleased to see you're feeling better now
Squiggle, hope the weather improves for you
Have a great day everyone 
To anyone interested in astronomy this news on the BBC website is exceptionally fascinating:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-27056698
I love that they've named the new moon, "Peggy".
To anyone interested in astronomy this news on the BBC website is exceptionally fascinating:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-27056698
I love that they've named the new moon, "Peggy".
What I find extraordinary is that, as the rings and main moons of Saturn are thought to be about 4 billion years old, astonomers are potentially witnessing the birth of a new (though very small) moon in our lifetime.
To anyone interested in astronomy this news on the BBC website is exceptionally fascinating:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-27056698
I love that they've named the new moon, "Peggy".
What I find extraordinary is that, as the rings and main moons of Saturn are thought to be about 4 billion years old, astonomers are potentially witnessing the birth of a new (though very small) moon in our lifetime.
It's exciting, isn't it?
It seems that my very very local junior rugby union team (about 500 metres from where I live) are in the semi-finals of the junior vase tournament. They are playing Battersea Ironsides away on Saturday. Whichever team wins will be in the final at Twickenham in early May.
I wish them well on Saturday.
I'm falling asleep so I'm going to sign out.
Goodnight and sweet dreams to Summer, Moonie and Ros.
I hope you've had a nice day Nope, plenty of sport on Sweet
I'm glad your day turned out fun even though hectic
yeah hot cross buns 
night lovely yogi summer moons
Good morning, everyone. The sun is shining.
Hot cross buns for everyone on Good Friday.
Pics don't work on my ipad so I've done a link instead.
http://uk.images.search.yahoo....q..l/ceQ&fr=ipad
Have a good day, everyone.
blue skies & sunshine here too I looooove hot cross buns! I like them either toasted or as they come, m&s are my favourites 
Good morning everyone, lovely hot cross buns, thank you Yogi, Summer and EL. It's a brighter morning than yesterday and the wind seems to have dropped a little, it was a very cold wind yesterday. We are promised a lovely day tomorrow and then it all goes downhill
Have a great day, whatever you're up to today, a blessed peaceful day
Fasting is quite common in various religions as a form of self discipline. Fasting isn't just not eating, it can also be to abstain from eating meat in this case. In Christianity, that's to signify Jesus sacrificing himeself on the cross to save us all. It is believed that this took place on a Friday. In the Roman Catholic church, catholics would not eat meat on any Friday. Although that is the preferred practice amongst catholics, it's only mandatory on Good Friday. Anglicans also generally abstain from eating meat on Good Friday though I don't think it's mandatory.
It's almost time for me to have my lunch.
Fish and chips
I think my MIL didn't used to eat meat on all Fridays, and most definitely not on Good Friday Enjoy your fish tea tonight, Summer.
We are also having fish for dinner tonight.
I did loads of housework while hubby cut the back lawn and power washed the patio and path. Then I went to the garden centre to get some grass seed - there are a couple of large bald patches due to the bad weather and the two dogs plodding over it. I also bought four new fish for the tank, they are rummynoses.
Trivia facts relating to Easter.
According to the Met Office weather forecaster on television yesterday it's more likely to snow at Easter than at Christmas (not that there's any chance this year). I don't know if that's true or not but that's what he said.
Easter Day falls on the Sunday following what is called the Paschal New Moon. The Paschal New Moon is based on the ecclesiastical lunar calendar and is the first ecclesiastical full moon after the spring equinox (March 21st). The ecclesiastical lunar calendar is based on rather complicated calculations formulated hundreds of years ago as an attempt by the Christian church to work out when full moons would be. The ecclesiastical full moon cycle is only an approximation to the actual moon cycle and can be up to 2 days out. This year the first actual full moon after March 21st was Tuesday April 15th and that's why Easter Sunday is this coming Sunday.
The Chinese New year starts on the first new moon between January 21 and February 21. So there is a vague mathematical link between the start of the Chinese new year and Easter Sunday. The number of days between the two averages out at 49 days when Easter is early and 77 days when Easter is late.
Watching a repeat of Lewis - I need my fix of Lewis and Hathaway.
I hope you have had a good evening. Goodnight all, sweet dreams.
Night owl hugs for Summer, Moonie and Ros.
sweet dreams to you all xxxxFasting is quite common in various religions as a form of self discipline. Fasting isn't just not eating, it can also be to abstain from eating meat in this case. In Christianity, that's to signify Jesus sacrificing himeself on the cross to save us all. It is believed that this took place on a Friday. In the Roman Catholic church, catholics would not eat meat on any Friday. Although that is the preferred practice amongst catholics, it's only mandatory on Good Friday. Anglicans also generally abstain from eating meat on Good Friday though I don't think it's mandatory.
It's almost time for me to have my lunch.
Fish and chips
we never EVER ate meat on Good Friday in our house and I have kept it up - easy for me a s a veggie I suppose - but it makes me feel better anyway
Watching a repeat of Lewis - I need my fix of Lewis and Hathaway.
I hope you have had a good evening. Goodnight all, sweet dreams.
Night owl hugs for Summer, Moonie and Ros.
night yogi - you spend far too much time with bazzy
EL thank you for that - I didn't really know how Easter was calculated - I LOVE Easter
summer adore that owl
And now the big news - there's a new series of Lewis currently being made. Hathaway is now an inspector, he's struggling with cases and coaxes Lewis, now retired, to help him. Clare Holman and Rebecca Front return as well.
The format of this series is 3 stories each told in 2 one hour episodes rather than 3 two hour episodes.
http://www.itv.com/presscentre...s-lewis#.U1IiZ1fq9nE
Good morning, everyone. Weather is dry and bright.
The rummynose fish have survived the night, so fingers crossed that they will be okay.
I need to get some extra compost for the raised bed today, so another trip to the garden centre is required. I should have bought it yesterday but I forgot.
Have a good day, everyone.
And now the big news - there's a new series of Lewis currently being made. Hathaway is now an inspector, he's struggling with cases and coaxes Lewis, now retired, to help him. Clare Holman and Rebecca Front return as well.
The format of this series is 3 stories each told in 2 one hour episodes rather than 3 two hour episodes.
http://www.itv.com/presscentre...s-lewis#.U1IiZ1fq9nE
YAY!!!!* runs round the forum like an excited 3 year old*
El, you have made my day!
Good morning everyone
Some blue sky here but cloudier than yesterday.
Summer, I'm better now than I was, thank you
I'm glad to hear that, El.
I bet that's a relief for the locals.
Good morning everyone. EL I am so glad you're feeling better, it's just such rotten luck that the timing prevented you and your brother enjoying the Easter weekend together Have you re-scheduled yet?
Making the most of this beautiful weather before the rain starts again tomorrow afternoon.
Enjoy your day everyone
The murders in Lewis can be outside Oxford itself. The real murder rate in Oxfordshire is an average of 7 a year. As a typical series of Lewis might consist of 3 stories a year, that would work out at 2 murders per story if Lewis was the only inspector dealing with murders.
Midsomer Murders murder rate is a different matter but the deadlist fictional place could be Cabot Cove (Murder She Wrote).
Squiggle, I think my brother may come here late May. We'll exchange Easter Eggs then.I'm treating myself to a M&S extremely chocolatey curl cake which I'll start tomorrow. I can't find any images but it's very chocolatey with white chocolate curls on top.
Sounds yummy, El.
Squiggle, I think my brother may come here late May. We'll exchange Easter Eggs then.I'm treating myself to a M&S extremely chocolatey curl cake which I'll start tomorrow. I can't find any images but it's very chocolatey with white chocolate curls on top.
Sounds yummy, El.
It does - yum!
Had visits from middle and youngest sons today.
Hi Summer, the weather has been lovely here, too.
Yes, both sons and their OHs are fine, thanks.
No, I didn't get to the garden centre before they came, so I shall go tomorrow morning/early afternoon, as eldest son, DiL and PB are visiting later on.
will PB be dressed as a bunny?!! it travels from west to east will PB be dressed as a bunny?!! I have no idea but I'll let you know.
it travels from west to east How do you know when it is due to pass?
She's getting a Thornton's white chocolate rabbit and a furry toy rabbit from us and Milky Bar eggs from her uncles and aunties.
Aww what a shame - stupid clouds!
Thanks for the link, I'll check it out later.
Haha, I did choose the fish but they were on Fish Police son's list of fish I was allowed to purchase.
Oh yes! And an order in which I should buy them.
Some species of fish don't get on with others, and some big ones bully little ones, so you have to buy the little ones in a shoal as there is safety in numbers.
what's next on his list? what's next on his list?I'm allowed to buy a small shoal of neon tetras during the week and he will get me a pair of something (forgotten what) next weekend.
No, she'll see them tomorrow. I think she'll like the neon tetras when I get them, as they are colourful.
I think it's a pair of dwarf gourami fish that son is getting for me, but I could be wrong.
He knows quite a lot. He now has a cold/salt water tank and some of his fish are fabulous. His FiL is a real fish expert and has helped and encouraged him.
That's it! I had a pair before and they were great. As soon as I opened the lid of the tank they would swim straight up to the top as they knew it was food time.
Evening Buddies
Nice fish Sweet
Evening Moonie. I read your post in the Crib, sorry you are having lots of bother with your boiler and leccy.
oh no! What's the problem? oh no! What's the problem?They get on well together and it's nice to have a shared interest.
Evening Buddies
Nice fish Sweet
Evening Moonie. I read your post in the Crib, sorry you are having lots of bother with your boiler and leccy.
Hi Yogi fankoo
It was more a matter of a little water but a mess on the ceiling and the water running down the lighting fixture really. Oh and having to wait for 3 different council workers to come in
Sorry, my ipad is out of power and the charger won't reach onto my bed, so I need to sign out. Goodnight Summer and Moonie, see you tomorrow.
Hug for Ros.
Evening Buddies
Nice fish Sweet
Evening Moonie. I read your post in the Crib, sorry you are having lots of bother with your boiler and leccy.
Hi Yogi fankoo
It was more a matter of a little water but a mess on the ceiling and the water running down the lighting fixture really. Oh and having to wait for 3 different council workers to come in
I hope they sort it out quickly for you.
Goodnight again.
Evening Buddies
Nice fish Sweet
Evening Moonie. I read your post in the Crib, sorry you are having lots of bother with your boiler and leccy.
Hi Yogi fankoo
It was more a matter of a little water but a mess on the ceiling and the water running down the lighting fixture really. Oh and having to wait for 3 different council workers to come in
I hope they sort it out quickly for you.
Goodnight again.
Fankoo Yogi
I hope you sleep well have a lovely Easter Sunday and hopefully I'll see you all tomorrow night
