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I've had a lazy day today...pottered in the garden (the real one) and generally mellowed out. Hope the weather holds for tomorrow...last day of holiday:-1

Oh...forgot to say...my soon to be daughter in law came round. She is expecting a baby in October. I felt the baby move....a magical moment.



Can't wait for babys arrival :-6

Oh that is a happy thought Bez! Babies! Life's blessings!

I am glad it is a sunny day here, and I got my walk in during 6th period today...................

My little boy is in Tae Kwon Do classes and he passed his first belt cycle, so he gets his new belt tonight. It is white with a yellow stripe. Some schools go straight from white belt to yellow belt, but this one has more belts for them to earn. He's six and very excited. When he passed his testing, mommy cried.....WE worked really hard! Yellow belt is next and then white with a green stripe, then green, then white/orange, then orange and after that, I've lost track.....I think purple????

Kathy wrote: My little boy is in Tae Kwon Do classes and he passed his first belt cycle, so he gets his new belt tonight. It is white with a yellow stripe. Some schools go straight from white belt to yellow belt, but this one has more belts for them to earn. He's six and very excited. When he passed his testing, mommy cried.....WE worked really hard! Yellow belt is next and then white with a green stripe, then green, then white/orange, then orange and after that, I've lost track.....I think purple????


Bless him...who does he practise with ?

Bez wrote: Bless him...who does he practise with ?


We have some of the forms, kicks, blocks and hits on a tape that he can watch after class. That way his dad and I can make sure he is practicing the right way. I've learned a little bit but not enough to do anything with it. I can shout "UTZ" really loud though!

Another happy day today...been to a lovely place called Borde Hill gardens...old house in beautiful surroundings. This is the last day of my holiday...need to catch up on boring stuff like housework tomorrow ughhh.

spending Sunday with my daughter...there will be lots to tell you about when I get back.



Happy weekend

It's Friday!

I spent today with my daughter in Brighton. We went to a Buddhist meeting and met some wonderful people.

WE had a coffee, walked along the seafront in the sunshine and talked and talked....simple pleasures, but worth a million dollars....

Your a special lady Bez ! Blessings !

I was complaining about the cost of gas and medical bills and my weird food cravings the other day and when I got up The Boyfriend had sneaked $50 under my cell phone with directions to buy weird any snack food I wanted and "extra love" for myself.

Later in the day I opened a fortune cookie and it said that a romantic and financial gift would surprise and delight me. How true! :-4

actionfigurestepho wrote: I was complaining about the cost of gas and medical bills and my weird food cravings the other day and when I got up The Boyfriend had sneaked $50 under my cell phone with directions to buy weird any snack food I wanted and "extra love" for myself.

Later in the day I opened a fortune cookie and it said that a romantic and financial gift would surprise and delight me. How true! :-4


How 'Spooky' and what a wonderful fella you must have....

WOW! how old is the group?

From the look of things, they'd better build the 6000 seater with a removeable back wall for future expansion!

tmbsgrl wrote: Yesteday when my family and I went to church..We learned that we have already out grown our brand new building that seats 2,000! They already have a buyer for it.. It will be a high school. We are looking for a huge 100 acre property to put our soon to be new church! I am so excited! They are going to build it to seat 6,000! WOW! I just think that is so great! YAY for Radiant church in Arizona!!! :yh_worshp :yh_pray :yh_love


This is wonderful news. ....good luck with looking for another site

:-6

Sitting here, sipping some home-made lemonade my husband made yesterday...........

Got an unexpected check in the mail..................

Had a good and busy day at work.....................

Enjoying my little visit with you all, here, at the Garden...:-6

My 'soon to be daughter in law' came round tonight. she is expecting a baby in 4 weeks...I put my hand on her tummy and the baby kicked...sure he/she was saying hi....magical :-6

Bez wrote: My 'soon to be daughter in law' came round tonight. she is expecting a baby in 4 weeks...I put my hand on her tummy and the baby kicked...sure he/she was saying hi....magical :-6


That's lovely. Pass on my best wishes to the lucky couple Bez!!

Ah today is such a good day after yesterday.



I'm just gonna do my happy jig.

Guys and Gals.....My new grandchild (no 5) arrived yesterday evening ....a gorgeous little boy called Lewis weighing in at 8lbs 4oz....his mum who is only 5' tall is tired but well and I went to see them all tonight. This is her first babe and my sons 3rd. I can't tell you how happy I am tonight...new babys are just so precious and such a gift.

To top it all, when I got home Minks's postcard had arrived. A great picture of Calgary...what a wonderful place it is with the snow capped mountains in the background.

I hope you have all had a wonderful day like me.... xxxxxxxxxx

Bez wrote: Guys and Gals.....My new grandchild (no 5) arrived yesterday evening ....a gorgeous little boy called Lewis weighing in at 8lbs 4oz....his mum who is only 5' tall is tired but well and I went to see them all tonight. This is her first babe and my sons 3rd. I can't tell you how happy I am tonight...new babys are just so precious and such a gift.

To top it all, when I got home Minks's postcard had arrived. A great picture of Calgary...what a wonderful place it is with the snow capped mountains in the background.

I hope you have all had a wonderful day like me.... xxxxxxxxxx


Red letter day for you hun that is awesome news, now tell me when the xmas card makes it ahahahahaha

Awwww a new baby is so precious Glad to hear mom is doing well too.

Congrats! What a wonderful, wonderful day!

Congrats Bez

Hi,

Today when I came home from work at 8pm I had to work extra late, my son made me dinner and swept the kitchen floor.

-He has never done either before, wow what a beautiful ending to a long day!:-6

jasmund wrote: Hi,



Today when I came home from work at 8pm I had to work extra late, my son made me dinner and swept the kitchen floor.



-He has never done either before, wow what a beautiful ending to a long day!:-6
See what wonders lay ahead, Bez?



Congrats to both of you, ladies.



Me? I had a good but noneventful day, then got home and found a gift from Bez! Thank you so much!

Saw my 'little cowboy' today...he is sooooo gorgeous. My son is self employed and today is the first whole day that he has been able to spend with him since he was born 6 days ago...no paternity leave for those who work for themselves. Family and friends are out to 'wet the babys head' tonight......men only...many hangovers tomorrow !!!

I woke up feeling stronger and I'm going to continue to do so each and every day from now on!



pssst....Congrats on the little cowboy..babies are such blessings.

A good day then and the start of many good days to come :-6

I know some of you will think I'm mad, but I've had a really good day today.



I've let the housework go a bit lately beacuse I've been feeling a bit 'blue' and let all the christmas stuff stress me out.....anyway, I got up early, put on my happy head and 'blitzed' the house from top to bottom and now it sparkles...

At 12 0.clock, my little angel, baby Lewis was parked with me while his mum got on with some Christmas shopping....he slept (as babies do) had his bottle and a kickaround on the floor and settled in my arms while I watched 'the Snow Queen' which was really quite sad (happy ending though). In a minute I'm going do a pile of ironing and then watch TV.... sounds all very mundane, but I like 'normal' on a Sunday...it's kind of satisfying somehow.



Hope you've all had a great day...:-6

1 more week until Christmas!

:)

Make sure you get some early nights Santa...it's a busy week for you.....oh yes....don't forget you 'alka seltzer' on Christmas Eve ....all those mince pies and 'other treats' can play havoc with your digestion. We all want you to enjoy Christmas Day with the rest of us.

This is one of the best threads to keep alive. Hopefully I'll have something to post here in a few days.

Accountable wrote: This is one of the best threads to keep alive. Hopefully I'll have something to post here in a few days.


Oooohhhh....a mystery...or is it....Good luck Acc !

http://www.tasgreetings.com/lotzahugs.htm

An Irish Letter

Dear Son

I'm writing this letter slow because I know you can't read fast.

We don't live where we did when you left home.

Your dad read in the newspaper that most accidents happen within 20 miles from your home, so we moved.

I won't be able to send you the address because the last Irish family that lived here took the house numbers when they moved so that they wouldn't have to change their address.

This place is really nice. It even has a washing machine.

I'm not sure it works so well though: last week I put a load in and pulled the chain and haven't seen them since.

The weather isn't bad here. It only rained twice last week; the first time for three days and the second time for four days.

About that coat you wanted me to send you, your Uncle Stanley said it would be too heavy to send in the mail with the buttons on, so we cut them off and put them in the pockets.

John locked his keys in the car yesterday. We were really worried because it took him two hours to get me and your father out.

Your sister had a baby this morning; but I haven't found out what it is yet so I don't know if your an aunt or an uncle.

The baby looks just like your brother....

Uncle Ted fell in a whiskey vat last week. Some men tried to pull him out, but he fought them off playfully and drowned.

We had him cremated and he burned for three days.

Three of your friends went off a bridge in a pick-up truck.

Ralph was driving. He rolled down the window and swam to safety.

Your other two friends were in back.

They drowned because they couldn't get the tailgate down.

There isn't much more news at this time. Nothing much has happened.

Love, Mum

P.S. I was going to send you some money but the envelope was already sealed.

School vacation starts when school lets out on Friday!

The day started badly...got up late...headached...typical monday. Then....guess what...I discovered I had an extra day before Christmas. I had it in my mind that Friday was Christmas Eve ...I checked my Outlook Calendar at work for todays meetings and there it was CHRISTMAS DAY IS ON SUNDAY.

When I got home I had a letter from Belfast, Ireland. Inside was a Fukusa. This is a special 'wrapper' about the size of a ladies handkerdhief (remember them) which the Japanese use to wrap 'special' things in. They are made from soft material, sometimes silk and we use them to wrap round our Juzu (prayer beads), these are then kept in a purse made out of soft material. This was a lovely gift from a lovely lady I met on a Buddhist Forum.

My son is popping in to see me soon and bringing little Lewis, so today has really turned out to be not so bad after all.



:yh_star

Far Rider wrote: wow I was about to accuse you of breaking the rules and putting bad stuff on this thread... nice save...



each day I come here and want to post something but the grinch in me wins out and i leave... just wanted to say nice save! im leaving mow before something nice comes out!


Well the picture of the little one is more than NICE....he's adorable. who is it Far ? (sorry if you've already answered this question)

I needed some "Happy Stuff Only" so I popped in here for the first time. What can I say that's happy???.....Thinking.....thinking.....



Ooh I know!!! I didn't shoot my shrink today when he told me that, thanks to me, he'd be able to afford that new yacht!! Incredible self-control, wouldn't you say? Yay for me!! :sneaky:

Believe it or not, baby Lewis is now 9 weeks old....he smiles, gurgles and does all the usual baby stuff.... all his checks have been good and he's had his first jabs.....where does the time go ????

Oh, he's so cute!:-4

chonsigirl wrote: Oh, he's so cute!:-4


He's my little Angel chonsi....I have 4 other granchildren (eldest is 15) and 2 step-grandchildren. They are all truly loved, but a new baby is always special.

Bez wrote: Believe it or not, baby Lewis is now 9 weeks old....he smiles, gurgles and does all the usual baby stuff.... all his checks have been good and he's had his first jabs.....where does the time go ????
Beautiful baby, Bez! :-4