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Thanks to Tombstone's magic wand I have come back to see my friends.

I hope you're all well.

Work has been manic so thank goodness it's the summer holidays and I can just kick back and relax for 6 weeks. Woohoo! Six weeks!

I love the new look around here and I especially loved Tombstone's Welcome Back cocktail . . . I certainly needed that!

Thanks Chris. When I figure out how to do it, I'll buy you a pint in return. :):)

Let me be the first to welcome you back Rap

Hi there!

Thanks snowfire, it's really lovely to see you again.

Hiya Chonsi, it's lovely to see you again too. You must be as exhausted as I am as your school year has just finished too. Although I think you might finish a little earlier than us. However, it must be tough having to go back and teach summer school. Is that harder or easier than normal school, or just as exhausting?

Exciting times, eh? Welcome back.

Hi Rap! :-6

Nice to see you back Rapunzel! :yh_flower

Rapunzel;1324265 wrote: Thanks to Tombstone's magic wand I have come back to see my friends.

I hope you're all well.

Work has been manic so thank goodness it's the summer holidays and I can just kick back and relax for 6 weeks. Woohoo! Six weeks!

I love the new look around here and I especially loved Tombstone's Welcome Back cocktail . . . I certainly needed that!

Thanks Chris. When I figure out how to do it, I'll buy you a pint in return. :):)


I am so pleased to see you back :-4

At last - where have you been? :-6

spot;1324271 wrote: Exciting times, eh? Welcome back.


Interesting certainly. Lol. :0)

ZAP;1324272 wrote: Hi Rap! :-6


Hi Zap! :-6

Mustang;1324276 wrote: Nice to see you back Rapunzel! :yh_flower


Lovely to see your good self again also Mustang. :-6

Rapunzel;1324265 wrote: Thanks to Tombstone's magic wand I have come back to see my friends.

I hope you're all well.

Work has been manic so thank goodness it's the summer holidays and I can just kick back and relax for 6 weeks. Woohoo! Six weeks!

I love the new look around here and I especially loved Tombstone's Welcome Back cocktail . . . I certainly needed that!

Thanks Chris. When I figure out how to do it, I'll buy you a pint in return. :):)


Welcome back my friend!:guitarist

You've been missed and your jokes!

Glad your on vacation, we can play again!:yh_rotfl

Here's one more for you!:-6

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oscar;1324277 wrote: I am so pleased to see you back :-4


I am so pleased to see you back again too hunni. :-4

I hope you and the lovely Mr Oscar are well. Hugs to you both.

(Oh and head rubs for the dogs and cats and chicken nibbles to the foxes). ;0) :)

Bryn Mawr;1324279 wrote: At last - where have you been? :-6


Lol. Busy working my socks off. Its good to see you again kind sir. How have you been?

Odie;1324296 wrote: Welcome back my friend!:guitarist

You've been missed and your jokes!

Glad your on vacation, we can play again!:yh_rotfl

Here's one more for you!:-6


Mmmmmmmmmmmm pina colada, yum yum yum! *smacks lips*

I love cocktails. Delish!

Rapunzel;1324299 wrote: Lol. Busy working my socks off. Its good to see you again kind sir. How have you been?


Buzy enjoying myself recently - but then I went back to work

Welcome back, Rapunzel..................now you can let your hair down.

along-for-the-ride;1324310 wrote: Welcome back, Rapunzel..................now you can let your hair down.


Hiya AFTR, it's great to see you again.

I actually have my hair up because the temperature has just been so high for the last few weeks. Even though we've had a little rain it's still really muggy and hot.

(You can picture me with a Marge Simpson beehive hair-do now - except mine isn't blue! hehehehehe)

Bryn Mawr;1324306 wrote: Buzy enjoying myself recently - but then I went back to work


It's always hard going back, especially when you've had fun being off.

We broke up on Friday so we've only just started our holiday.

Can't get away from work though! I went to the newsagents this morning and bumped into one teacher, then went to B&Q and bumped into a second teacher in the car park. I laughingly said to my other half "I wonder who we'll bump into inside?" And guess what? We bumped into another teacher shopping with her mum. Finally, off to Sainsburys...and bumped into some students!

I thought I was supposed to be getting AWAY from them all! LOL!

Btw, apologies for this little character --> He's snuck into some of the above posts for some unknown reason. Once I find my way into the little room he's hiding in, I'll boot him back out again. Don't know how he got there! Grr!

Rapunzel;1324319 wrote: It's always hard going back, especially when you've had fun being off.

We broke up on Friday so we've only just started our holiday.

Can't get away from work though! I went to the newsagents this morning and bumped into one teacher, then went to B&Q and bumped into a second teacher in the car park. I laughingly said to my other half "I wonder who we'll bump into inside?" And guess what? We bumped into another teacher shopping with her mum. Finally, off to Sainsburys...and bumped into some students!

I thought I was supposed to be getting AWAY from them all! LOL!

Btw, apologies for this little character --> He's snuck into some of the above posts for some unknown reason. Once I find my way into the little room he's hiding in, I'll boot him back out again. Don't know how he got there! Grr!


Nearly a month off work with no contact and no reminder - a record by a country mile.

Add to that a total chill out holiday.

Going back to work sucks

Rapunzel;1324302 wrote: Mmmmmmmmmmmm pina colada, yum yum yum! *smacks lips*

I love cocktails. Delish!


We need a huge party now to celebrate your home coming!:yh_rotfl

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:-6 Welcome back Rap..

Welcome back Rap !!!! Long time away, now you've got to make up for lost time LOL (keeping within TOS of course :yh_rotfl :yh_wink )

Best news I've seen in a while. Welcome back Rap:-6

Welcome back.

Bryn Mawr;1324324 wrote: Nearly a month off work with no contact and no reminder - a record by a country mile.

Add to that a total chill out holiday.

Going back to work sucks


Lol. But ya have to think that if you didn't go back then you wouldn't truly appreciate the time that you had off.

If every day was warm but with a pleasant breeze and you spent it at the poolside with a cocktail in your hand, then, sad as it is, you would eventually get bored with that unchanging lifestyle.

Having life suck makes us truly appreciate when life is fab and DOESN'T suck.

Also, although you lived through your wonderful holiday once, you can recall the sights and sounds to mind a million times...and that makes your enjoyment of it a million times more precious.

So now you've had the pep talk, its nose to the grindystone time and time to save up for next years hol. I am also quite prepared to come along with you and tell you how much you should be enjoying it every day. All I require is airfare, bed and board and multiple daily cocktails. Not much really. :sneaky::wah:

Odie;1324333 wrote: We need a huge party now to celebrate your home coming!:yh_rotfl


I love your idea! And I especially love balloons and cocktails! :-4:-4

I would absolutely LOVE to taste a Maitai. I've seen them on TV and they look so beautiful! I am dying to try one!

The closest I get to cocktails these days is a glass or two of Pimms at the school summer fayre. Hic.

CARLA;1324363 wrote: :-6 Welcome back Rap..


Aloha Carla. Thanks for the lovely welcome, it's great to be back. :-6

G#Gill;1324365 wrote: Welcome back Rap !!!! Long time away, now you've got to make up for lost time LOL (keeping within TOS of course :yh_rotfl :yh_wink )


Oh gosh, Gilly, rules are so hard and I really don't understand them . . . *batting of eyelids in innocent wonderment*

I hope to have some fun, tell some jokes, play some games . . . or do I mean play some jokes, have some games....:sneaky::wah:

Thanks for the lovely welcome. *big grin* I hope to have fun here now that the long summer break is finally here. I also still have several boxes to unpack from when I moved here in January. And finally, as the only time I really have time to catch up with my RL friends is during the holidays I can see I'll be forced to spend quite a few long boozy lunchtimes in the pub catching up! Life is such a hardship! ;0) :)

flopstock;1324372 wrote: Best news I've seen in a while. Welcome back Rap:-6


Such a lovely welcome. More so for being unexpected. Thanks Floppy. We may have rubbed up against each other but I've always considered you a friend. Thankyou for such a lovely warm welcome. It's really lovely to see you again too. *big big grin* :-6

Peg;1324381 wrote: Welcome back.


Thankyou Peg. It's really lovely to see you again too. :-6

All these lovely warm welcome backs can make a gal feel all pink and fuzzy, doncha know.

Too much more and I might start singing. (Not a good thing! Block your ears now!!) :wah:

Rapunzel;1324495 wrote: Lol. But ya have to think that if you didn't go back then you wouldn't truly appreciate the time that you had off.

If every day was warm but with a pleasant breeze and you spent it at the poolside with a cocktail in your hand, then, sad as it is, you would eventually get bored with that unchanging lifestyle.

Having life suck makes us truly appreciate when life is fab and DOESN'T suck.

Also, although you lived through your wonderful holiday once, you can recall the sights and sounds to mind a million times...and that makes your enjoyment of it a million times more precious.

So now you've had the pep talk, its nose to the grindystone time and time to save up for next years hol. I am also quite prepared to come along with you and tell you how much you should be enjoying it every day. All I require is airfare, bed and board and multiple daily cocktails. Not much really. :sneaky::wah:


Sadly, it's cheaper for us to be on holiday than for me to be at work! What I lack if the time off work to do it

My needs are simple - a quiet canal to float on and enough spendos for food and drink. A tank of diesel will last a month and very little else to pay for.

Retire? Just as soon as there's enough to pay the bills for a while :-6

Hello Mel:-6

It's good to see you back in FG.....

Welcome Home......Where you Belong::guitarist

Not been around so dunno where u went but Welcome back (hug)

Chezzie;1326193 wrote: Not been around so dunno where u went but Welcome back (hug)


Thankyou. It's lovely to see you again. How are you? :yh_hugs

Chezzie;1326193 wrote: Not been around so dunno where u went but Welcome back (hug)I agree. I come looking for her posts when i pop on again.

Kathy Ellen;1325107 wrote: Hello Mel:-6

It's good to see you back in FG.....

Welcome Home......Where you Belong::guitarist




Thanks Kathy Ellen :-6

Sorry I missed your post earlier but it's absolutely lovely to see you again too! :-4 :yh_hugs

flopstock;1326198 wrote: I agree. I come looking for her posts when i pop on again.


Awwwww...I'm really touched! :-4:-4:yh_hugs:yh_hugs

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Edited to add:

I feel the need to write something really momentous and awe-inspiring now ... and I'm TOTALLY at a loss for words! :wah:

(Enjoy the moment - it doesn't happen often!) :wah::wah:

Im fine, enjoying the school holidays but its raining here today, slowly trying to find my way round FG, talk about extreme makeover :wah:

Its a good change but WOW!

Slowly trying to get back into the forum stuff, dabbled abit on my FB page but thats been about it....

Hope your well, did you move yet?

Yes, we moved back in January. The new house is lovely and so are the neighbours, Thank God! We moved to get away from the old neighbours who were foul!

I'm enjoying the school holidays too, although last night I dreamed I was back at school, sitting in a classroom and not having a clue what I was supposed to be doing! :-5

I guess I need to do some revision!

Next year I'm teaching a year 5/6 class and our topic for the term is Nelson Mandela.

Personally I think that is WAY too advanced a subject for 10 and 11 year olds, yet I have to teach it in a way which makes sense to them.

What do other people think?

Perhaps I should ask Spot for some advice.

How is your family Chezzie? Are you going away for the holidays? :-6

Kathy Ellen;1325107 wrote: Hello Mel:-6

It's good to see you back in FG.....

Welcome Home......Where you Belong::guitarist




awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww that one is just so sweet!

I love the mermaid and the dolphin!:guitarist

My family is great, hubs business is more steady so not as stressful, Im slowly coming to terms with missing my best mate Deb, I have her daughter often and she is so like her mum, you just have to be so grateful for what you have..

Yes we are planning a week away but when hubs isn't so busy and it like looks like a nice week (weather-wise)....Tall order, the kids want to go to a Haven type site, has to be able to accommodate the dog too..

My eldest just finished her first year in high school, im so very proud of her, she is in the top band and in the top sets, she got mostly 5's and a 6 in tests, the 6 was in Math, at the moment she wants to be a primary school teacher..

My youngest isn't so ambitious, she just about to enter her last year in Primary and wants to be a nail technician and a dog walker ...bless...

I just asked her if she knew who Nelsen Mandela was and she doesn't....Maybe they will cover it too this year.

Glad your happy in your new home Mel, great news..