Good morning every one ,the sun is shining ,the birds are singing and the washing is blowing gently on the line... . .Maurice is back at work after three days off ,he's back to do three days ....Ishould have gone into the office for a 'news letter' meeting today,but because my back is aching,I rang Karen and explained ...I was forgiven ,because I sent her the account of the Energy and Effiency day I attended back in March ,the rest of the team will peruse it before it goes off to the printers .She wants me to do an item about me being blogger of the week on AOL UK,but I can do that the same way ...Idid it in word then filed it and then attached it to an email ,no big deal !well it is to me I cant believe how clever I'm getting ! I thought of the old quote 'Old soldiers never die,they simply fade away '....likewise ...'.Old Managers never die they open a journal '.....
Sweet little graphic ! look at the shadow! My signature today is appropriate.,sent to me by my dear chum Ally in Norfolk....When Maurice is on nights they often see Mrs Fox out looking for food for her young,on occasions they have seen Mr Fox too,and recently ,they have been delighted to catch sight of the three babies, though Mum keeps them a safe distance away,The Mum is becoming very tame ,The men share their packup with her ,One of Maurices colleagues,who had'nt seen them before asked ....wonder what they like to eat?Maurice ,told him ...Oh they love glacier mints !....foxes of course ...when the penny dropped he called Maurice a couple of words lol It was actually Maurices new colleague ,who took these pictures ,poor Maurice he's been trying for weeks ,watching out for them on the camera s at work ,but they managed to evade having their pictures taken ...Then Chris comes along and catches them first time ,Thanks Chris ,
I'm wondering if the new Ram will be delivered today ,if that is the case I shall have to keep it tethered ,until Glen can ,do whatever he has to do with it in the computer !.....Kate rang late yesterday morning to say they had arrived ,safely and though misty it was lovely and warm !...and I collected the wool from Huntingdon and got some ink,we had them refilled,not done it that way before its certainly cheaper ,will see how we get on with it .Well I guess thats all my news today ...So hoping you are all enjoying some sun shine,I will take my leave ...With Love
See what Imean Thankyou Ally xx
.We did brave the elemements and went to St Ives,as you can see I wore my hat and was pleased I did ,it kept me dry...As you can see I posted some pics ,of the family on Sunday ,just casual ones as we sat round the table chatting ,I missed Mathew ,dont know what he was doing ? I should imagine they are there now ! ...And Jean and Pete are back ,Jean rang me yesterday to say what a great time they had ....We enjoyed the drive to St Ives(where we met a man with seven wives the seven wives had seven cats....How many were going to St Ives ?)Remember that one ? Though I dont think the tale was refering to our St Ives in Cambs ,more the one in Cornwall I think .We arrived found somewhere to park outside a shop selling Electric and gas fires and surrounds Maurice was delighted to compare the prices,with what ours had cost to make .There were loads of stalls as it is usual on a bankholiday,but due to yet another downpour many were covered over ,but you know me ,not to be detered I managed to find a skirt I liked and a Margarite tree sorry about the spelling ,you know a daisy tree !,she looks lovely in the tub my Brother John made us at Christmas and I will of course take a picture later.Maurice bought a couple of cv's by Irish singers.We are hoping to go into Huntingdon today ,I need some more ink ,for the printer and a few weeks ago when we went I bought some wool, was making a cardigan only to find I was about two 50grm balls short, so the last time we went, armed with a ball band and length of the wool (well its more like ribbon really)Iwas disapointed to find they had run out the assistant went to look out the back ,and as she came back empty handed she told me not to despair ,she took my phone number and rang the next day to say she had located some in Birmingham ,then a couple more days to say it was now in the shop,what a lovely experiance of good customer service I had to share it with you,In my experiance if you enquire about an item you would like but it isnt there ,the reply is "If its not on the shelf/rack ,we havent got it ".....Well I'd better stop nattering and get ready to go ..Hope you all have a lovely day ...
Bye Bye with love Jan xx
a good bank holiday Monday .... PS its spitting with rain !!
Hugs to everyone for making yesterday so special....I couldnt believe the responce...I had comments ,not just on yesterdays entry but on ones going back...I had emails,the printer was begging for mercy ,its never worked so hard ....I got so many IMs..of course if I didnt know who from I didnt accept ...but will always answer an email ,or welcome a comment...yes I even got a couple of negative ones,which made me laugh at the content if only they knew !....As I said I (perfect timing Jan) had gremlins ..couldnt post graphics ...the ones I had on earlier entrys disapeared...I refused to be fazed (you dont believe me do you lol)..Glen next door, had read my entry ..came round in the evening saying Iam not going till this computer is right ...and he didnt, he was here three hours ,he ordered some more rams on site?...(isnt a ram a man sheep?and Maurice has cut the grass!) he did some thing with the hard drive apparently every thing was on C,which was little and not alot on E,which was bigger ,am I making sense?apparently the C is like a little shed with everything crammed in, I cant tell whats in there ,and the E is like a warehouse,with not very much,so he sorted that all out,He is such a lovely young fellow,nineteen handsome and clever ...and whats more he is patient,he looks at me sometimes when I ask a question as if to say ....well I dont like to imagine,but he does understand my addiction with my computer and my journal ...and everyone should have a Glyn liveing next door,I realise how lucky I am ,I know I'm embarrasing you but I cant help it ....Thanks mate.....Maurice is in bed after working his third night ,so we are going out later,Hopefully to see Kate and Martin and the boys who go on holiday early Tuesday morning,.....Jean and Pete will be back from Ireland tonight ....If you care to click on to chat and community I'm still there then, click your voice Jean ! ....I know we all see our picture on our side bar,but its a strange feeling seeing it on that page ,even weirder when it was along side George Gallagher lol.......So as ever,with love and I hope you all have a happy bank holiday and a Blessed Sunday
Thankyou Angel for the lovely graphic today xxxx
Good morning, everyone I hope as Donnas graphic suggests you have all had a peaceful night...and not been kept awake by the heavy rain! Maurice who is now in bed, worked last night ,and informed me it has rained all night long .... 
I shall soon have to buy some new candles for this cake !! 
As always lots of Love from ... 
Jan xxxxx
I joined the ladies and gentlemen, last Wednesday, when we all set off on our mystery trip, I sat on the back seat with my friends Shirley and May, Our tour guide for the day was Ernie, who introduced us to Gary, who we were instructed not to call driver! We went through a few villages, and then turned of, and through to St Ives in Cambridgeshire, Of course we were all speculating about where we were going! ” I think we’re gooing to Duxford said Shirley!” We don’t wanna goo there, that’s for Blokes”… Over on your left is a village called Trumpington and in the church, there is the biggest collection of brasses in the country, Ernie pointed out the church tower at Duxford also way over in the distance, on we went past the Duxford turn off….phew! Then May announced,” bet we are gooin to Ely Caffedrul ! “Now I thought, oh great I would enjoy that, the only thing is, after the meeting where we had played Bingo and I had a little moan to you all, and told you I was to go on the mystery trip, Barry Oddbodkins had teased me in a comment saying we were to go to a mammoth Bingo session in darkest Ely!!! He’s going to have a field day with this I thought!…...But no! On we went down the A1 towards Cambridge and this was when the tour began, with Ernie pointing out Girton College tower way over to your left, originally built for Ladies… we turned of the A1,On to Saffron Waldon and our attention was drawn to over there on the right are the laboratories ,called Genome campus where DNA was discovered…on we went now through many charming old country villages, with Ernie pointing out the church spires, which were square ,with a smaller spire
With Thanks to Donna for my signiture and lovely graphic today 
Thankyou to Donna for my lovely graphics today ,Donna is in my side bar ,pay her journal a visit ,and hear about her life ,she likes Hockey, when shes not producing super graphics to enhance our journals/blogs 
Look what Sugar sent me....a baby Scooby,though I am ashamed to say there is no way he would sit there with those dear little Kittys,he hates cats and try as we might, we cant convince him otherwise, he was in kennels a year last Christmas,when we spent Christmas with my son ,we told the owner of the kennels 'he doesnt like cats','Oh we'll change that said he'! ...Scooby still doesnt like cats ! 
Did anyone see ,as well as Laura's journal ,Rachel (WrigleyRachel)was also featured yesterday ,with tips on how to lose weight ,its quite scary really we dont know who is reading our journals ,so we had better be on our best behavior and make sure we all have our clean pinnys on and a clean hanky too.And talking of big brother ! did you see any of it on it on T V last night....WELL.....! Just as a matter of interest its raining here !
I have put the butterfly on here because, I seem to be flitting from one subject to another here today ,who said that ...'nothing new there then' !! ....I heard you ,You'll be old one day lol .Actually its quite good fun as you get older you can get away with all sorts ,but I'm sorry ,Im not going to tell you about, it you will have to wait and see lol ;>)...Anyway I hope you all have a happy blessed Sunday ,With Love....
O'er its started !..... I have just been to visit Laura,In Scotland a young Mum of five ,whose aim is to get fit on her bike ,I dont have to give you her link,she is on the AOL welcome page and I enjoyed her journal and have put her on my alerts and favourites,though have to say Laura ,you aint gonna get any freebies from Halfords ,lol even though I do agree with what you are saying ! 
Good Morning ,every one I didnt get an entry done yesterday,,,,,,,, The day ,as some do ,just flew by,,,,,I was busy in the morning I read a few more emails ,I did Maurices pack up he's on another six night stint,,,,I got myself ready and I was picked up by Karen ,the tenant participation manager ,and we joined some more people who are on the committee,It was more to finalise the fun day the company are putting on for the tenants ,and it sounds alot of fun ,the main feature is to be a reenactment of the civil war by the Sealed Knot Society,I was talking to Brigid,who says her friend plays the part of a merchants wife and does the most amazing 'black embroidery' intriguing I will be checking that out.,,,and passing on what I learn about it in due course .The second item on the agenda was of course the news letter ,and since I had told Karen my news about being featured as a silver surfer ,she wants me to do an item on that ! ie what a manager does when she retires ,and because I went to the energy saving day,,,yes you guessed it ! ,,,,,,,Today is the day I go off to Oakham ,with the guys and gals (sound like Jimmy Saville !)at the over sixties club .Oh before I go on ,I have a big apology to make to Oakham ,I am afraid in my last entry I moved Oakham into the next county ,,,,,Oakham is of course in Rutland ,and I should have known better,,,,when my son Derek finished agricultual college,he got a position on a farm at Burley,On The,Hill , just outside Oakham,and his claim to fame was being the youngest farm foreman in Rutland ! He has now gone on to do greater things ,working for the Thames water board,managing the transportation of sewage from one end of the country to the other !,,,,,,,,,,I,m getting side tracked here I was telling you why I didnt post yesterday,I came home,from the meeting in time to have a cuppa with Maurice before he went ,,dealt with some more emails ,then Donna and I were emailing each other on and off all evening ,about some graphics for next week ,and as usually happens she is giving me inspiration from her lovely graphics....remember the Relax one I did about 'my time 'when my children were little, and how I found relaxing in the bath ,gave me much needed space ,,,,,,,,,In between all this I was answering alerts ,then had a nice long chat ,to Jeannette (travels) Ifinally cleared the emails ,,,,,and at about eleven o clock I was ironing work shirts,you can tell where my prioritys lie emails then shirts lol ,,,,,,,,,And so dear friends I am now going to prepare for my day out,Hope you all have a lovely day ...with love from 
Thank you Sara for this lovely sig xx 
May 16,1967.is the Birthday of my youngest ,and you've all heard about our Kate ,in fact she often comments on this journal ,as Kgermanshepherd .She is having so much trouble at the moment with her back ,and today has an appointment,for some physio ;and usually after she's been for a couple of days, is in alot of discomfort ,she is going on holiday in two weeks so we are hoping she will soon get some benefit from the treatments .
