"HAPPY BIRTHDAY"

                        

                                          

                                       LUKE 

                                             

   

                                   17-10-91                                                          

     

I'D LIKE TO WISH MY ELDEST GRANDSON "HAPPY BIRTHDAY "THIS WEEK.

 

HE IS LISTENING TO GRANDADS MUSIC HERE HE GOT THESE HIMSELF WELL!!!  THE CHEEK .HE-HE.

 

WE CAME INTO THE ROOM ONE MORNING AND HERE HE WAS LIKE THIS.

 

YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY YEARS AGO NOW WITH ALL THEM LONG PLAYING DISCS.

 

HOW TIMES THEY CHANGE AND YEARS ROLL ROUND BUT STILL TO ME HE'S A STAR.

 

AND HE'S IN MY THOUGHTS EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE NO MATTER WHERE HE GOES OR FAR.

 

                

 

FROM ONE YEAR OLD TO A LOVELY YOUNG MAN HE'S ALWAYS LOVING AND KIND.

 

EVEN THOUGH I DON'T SEE HIM ENOUGH HE IS ALWAYS ON MY MIND.

 

            

 

 SO "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" LUKE MY BOY HAVE A BLAST AND I'LL TOAST A WINE .

 

GET SWINGING THOSE HIPS LIKE YOU USED TO DO BACK IN THEM BYE GONE TIMES.

 

THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF MY LIFE THEY WERE WHEN YOU WERE SMALL AND AROUND .

 

SO CHEERS YOUNG MAN I'LL BE IN TOUCH  AND I THINK THAT YOU LOOK  SOUND.

 

I HOPE YOUV'E RECEIVED MY CARD AND PRESENT AS THE POSTAL STRIKE HAS DELAYED.

 

IF IT HASN'T ARRIVED IT WILL BE WITH YOU SOON SO DON'T GET YOURSELF DISMAYED.

 

I'LL RING UP THIS T/TIME WHEN YOUR HOME FROM SCHOOL AND HAVE A WORD OR TWO.

 

SO FOR NOW DON'T FORGET I LOVE YOU MILLIONS AND WISH I COULD BE WITH YOU.

 

GO OUT WITH THE LADS ENJOY YOURSELF AND HAVE THE GREATEST TIME.

 

LOTS OF LOVE AND MISS YOU GRANDSON FROM GRANDMA IN "MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

             

                 

 

                                          2007

 

BURGLARS FIRES AND AOL.

              

 

 HERE I AM WITH ANOTHER  STORY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED ONE DAY.

 

WAY BACK HOME ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHERE I USED TO LIVE MILES AWAY.

 

I HAD BEEN POTTERING AND DOING MY GARDEN  SO I WENT IN TO FILL MY CAN.

 

MY KITCHEN WINDOW LOOKED ONTO THE GARDEN WHEN SUDDENLY  I SAW A MAN.

 

HE HAD COME THROUGH MY GATE AND  WAS NEARING MY SHED IN THE CORNER WHEN I SAW.

 

SO I SHOUTED OUT THROUGH THE WINDOW EXUSE ME WHAT YOU LOOKING FOR.

 

HE TURNED ROUND AND STARTED RUNNING DOWN THE PATH VERY FAST AND AWAY.

 

I RAN OUT OF THE HOUSE TO CHASE AFTER HIM TO LOOK AND SEE WHICH WAY.

 

HE HAD GONE  ALAS I HAD MISSED HIM HE MUST HAVE JUMPED THE WALL.

 

HE WAS OFFSO QUICK I ACTUALLY COULDN'T HAVE DESCRIBED HIS LOOKS AT ALL.

 

SO I LOOKED NEAR THE SHED IN MY GARDEN AND COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I  SAW .

 

THERE WAS A VERYLARGE SPORTS BAG  DUMPED THERE AND I THOUGHT WHATS HE PUT THIS HERE FOR.

 

IT WAS FULL OF ALSORTS OF CLOTHING  AND THINGS WATCHES SOME SHIRTS AND MENS TIES.

 

THEY WERE ALL REALY GOOD DESIGNER  CLOTHES I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES.

 

NOR COULD I UNDERSTAND WHY HE'D COME IN MY GARDEN THESE THINGS TO DITCH.

 

MY PARTNER  SAID I BET HE'S STOLEN THEM THERES A FUTTY MATCH DOWN ON THE PITCH.

 

AND I BET HE'S BEEN IN THE CHANGING ROOMS OR BEEN HANGING AROUND IN THE GYM..

 

LOOKING IN PLAYERS LOCKERS AND POCKETS AND MAYBE THEY'VE  SPOTTED HIM.

 

HE'LL HAVE RUN UP THE ROAD AND INTO OUR GARDEN AS OURS WAS THE FIRST UP THE ROAD.

 

AND  MY WHEELY BIN WAS IN THE GARDEN NEAR THE SHED WHERE HE DROPPED THIS LOAD..

 

HE MUST HAVE THOUGHT WE WERE OUT AND WHEN ALL WAS CLEAR HE'D PROBABLY CALL BACK.

 

WALKING OFF CALMLY WITH THEM ALL IN THE SPORTSBAG I BET HE'D STOLE FROM THE PACK.

 

SO I BROUGHT THE BAG INTO THE HOUSE AND I RANG THE POLICE IN MY LOCALTOWN..

 

I GOT THE MESSAGE SORRY WERE CLOSED FOR EMERGANCY RING CITY I FROWNED.

 

I RANG THE CITY POLICE AND THEY SAID WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU MAM.

 

SO I TOLD HIM  THE STORY  AND HE REPLIED BRING THEM IN FOR US IF YOU CAN.

 

BRING THEM IN I SAID I'M ALMOST A  PENSIONER AND I DO NOT DRIVE A CAR.

 

AND YOUR STATION IS MANY MILES AWAY ABOUT TWENTY FIVE AND TOO FAR.

 

HE SAID WELL I'M VERY SORRY MADAM BUT THATS ALL THAT I CAN DO.

 

IF YOU CARN'T BRING THEM IN WE ARE TOO BUSY TO COME ALONG AND SEE YOU.

 

HE NEVER ASKED ME MY NAME AT ALL AND HE NEVER ASKED WHAT ADDRESS.

 

WELL I THOUGHT THIS SERVICE I GOT WHAT WAS DISGRACEFUL JUST A COMPLETE MESS.

 

I WAS SO DUMFOUNDED SHOCKED WASN'T THE WORD AND THE NEXT MINUTE HE'D HUNG UP.

 

I THOUGHT OF THE GUYS WHO WERE PLAYING FUTTY TO SEE WHO COULD WIN THE CUP.

 

WAS IT THERE GEAR WHICH WAS STOLEN I SUMMISED MY PARTNER WAS RIGHT.

 

ARE THE SERVICES WORTH BOTHERING WITH I THOUGHT TO MYSELF NO NOT QUITE.

 

SO I GOT OUT MY COAT AND I WENT DOWN THE ROAD WITH ALL THESE CLOTHES  MYSELF..

 

SAT ON THE SIDELINE WAS A SUBSTITUTE SO I TOLD HIM  AND HE CHECKED FOR HIMSELF.

 

YES LOW AND BEHOLD THE CHANGING ROOMS WERE ALL A TIP AND MESSED UP.

 

HIS WATCH HAD GONE MISSING SO HE ASKED IF I'D STAY  UNTIL ONE OF THE TEAMS WON THE CUP.

 

I AGREED AND AFTERWARDS THE REFEREE SORTED THE STUFF AND RETURNED .

 

THEM ALL TO THERE RIGHTFULL OWNERS SO I SAID GOODBYE AND I TURNED.

 

THE REFEREE SAID I'LL RING MYSELF TOMORROW  AND DEFINATLY COMPLAIN.

 

I SAID DON'T BOTHER IT'S AN ANSWER MACHINE AND IF YOU GET THROUGH IT'S ALL IN VAIN .

 

FOR CURIOSITIES SAKE NEXT DAY I RANG ONCE MORE TO TRY AND COMPLAIN .

 

YES THATS RIGHT THE SAME OLD RECORDED MESSAGE IS ALL THAT I GOT AGAIN.

 

ARE THEY INTERESTED IN ANYTHING OF THIS NATURE OR BURGLARS THAT BREAK INTO  OUR HOMES.

 

STEALING AND DOING WHATEVER THEY WISH IT'S BEEN EVEN MY GARDEN KNOMES.

 

I WAS REALY REALY DISGUSTED AND THE REASON I'VE DONE THIS POST.

 

IS IV'E JUST READ IN SOMEONES JOURNAL THIS WEEK THAT THERE POLICE STATION HAD NO HOST.

 

AND THEY WERE TOLD TO GO TO THE CITY EXACTLY THE SAME AS ME.

 

I RECKON  IF THIS IS THE SERVICE WE GET IT SHOULD AT LEAST BE FREE.

 

SO IT SEEMS IN SOME AREAS THE SERVICES HAVN'T CHANGED MUCH EVEN TODAY.

 

AS THEY WERE DEALT WITH IN THE SAME MANNER FOR  ALL THE TAXES WE PAY.

 

THEN LAST NIGHT I LOOKED THROUGH MY WINDOW LOW AND BEHOLD I SAW SMOKE.

 

COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY BINS I THOUGHT SURELY THIS AINT A JOKE.

 

THE BINS WERE FULL OF CLOTHING POEPLE HAD POPPED IN THERE.

 

FOR ALL THE LOCAL CHARITY SHOPS SHOES DRESSES ETC TO WEAR.

 

SO ONCE AGAIN I RANG THIS TIME TO THE FIRE SERVICE VERY QUICK.

 

THEY WERE HERE IN TWO MINUTES SPRAYED THE BINS AND OFF WITHIN A TICK.

 

THEY HADN'T TURNED THE CORNER WHEN THE BINS WERE SMOKING AGAIN.

 

SO I RANG ONCE MORE AND WAS TOLD THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER ENGINE COMING SAME.

 

WE WAITED AND WAITED THESE BINS WERE SMOLDERING SMELLING AS STRONG AS CAN BE.

 

I THOUGHT OF RUBBER SOULS ON SOME SHOES AND THIS REALY WORRIED ME.

 

AS THESE BINS ARE SET NEAR LOTS OF BUSHES AND THEY ARE ALL DRY NOW IT'S FALL.

 

I THOUGHT IF THESE GO UP AS WELL THEY'LL BE TROUBLE FOR NEIGHBOURS AND ALL.

 

WELL STILL WE WAITIED PACIENTLY AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT YES THEY CAME.

 

AT FLIPPIGN TEN PAST ELEVEN WHEN EVERYONE IN BED ARE THEY SANE.

 

SIREN BLASTING OUT TWO HOURS LATER WAKING THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

 

WHY DIDN'T THEY MAKE SURE IT WAS OUT FIRST TIME AND DO THE JOB PRETTY GOOD.

 

OH DEAR WHAT ARE THE SERVICES LIKE IT WAS TURNED TWELVE BEFORE THEY WENT.

 

AND I COULDN'T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL THEN SO ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT I SPENT.

 

THEN AOL START THERE TRICKS THIS MORNING AND DELEAT ALL THE POSTIGNS THERE GONE.

 

I THINK I AM PAYING MONEY ALL ROUND FOR NOTHING AND NOT GETTING ANYTHING FROM.

 

MANY OF THESE SERVICES NOWADAYS IT'S A MESS I AM SICK TO THE TEETH.

 

SO MY PADS COMING OUT AGAIN ONCE MORE J/LAND AND I'M WRITING TO ALL OF THESE.

 

AND NOW I'VE JUST READ THEY HAVE GOT RID OF JOE OUR JOUNALS EDITOR AS WELL.

 

ISN'T THAT JUST THE TYPE OF THING WE EXPECT FROM A -O -HELL.

 

I TELL YOU SOME FOLK ARE NOT RIGHT IN THERE MINDS SO MY PEN WILL BE BUSY YOU'LL SEE.

 

WHILEVER I'M ABLE TO STAND FOR MY RIGHTS THEY WILL ALWAYS GET LETTERS FROM ME.

 

SO NOW YOU HAVE HEARD MY STORY FOLKS  I HOPE IF YOU RING ANYTIME .

 

YOUR SERVICE IS BETTER THAN WE BOTH GOT WHICH IV'E WROTE OF IN

 

                                            "MY SIMPLE RHYME."

 

                                        

            

                                          

  

THANX FOR THIS GRAPHIC SUGAR YOU MADE IT JUST IN TIME LOL!! GO THERE SHE HAS MANY THAT ARE BRILLIANT.lol!!!

 

 

" THE FREE GIFT"

       

 

   LAST NIGHT WHILST I WAS BUSY I HEARD MY DOORBELL RING.

 

I SHOUTED TO PARTNER ANSWER THAT PLEASE TO SEE IF GOOD NEWS IT BRINGS.

 

BUT HE DIDN'T SEEM TO HEAR ME SO I GOT UP AND I WENT.

 

TO THE DOOR TO ANSWER IT AND THERE STOOD DES  MY NEIGHBOUR HE LOOKED WELL SPENT.

 

HE WAS PUFFING AND HE WAS BLOWING AND VERY MUCH OUT OF BREATH.

 

THE NIGHT BEFORE I'D HEARD HIM AND HE FRIGHTENED ME TO DEATH.

 

I HAD GONE OUTSIDE TO ASK HIM IF EVERYTHING WAS OK.

 

HE REPLIED OH! YES KATH IT'S MY ASTHMA IT'S SO  BAD TODAY.

 

WELL LAST NIGHT HE RANG FOR A DIFFERANT REASON HE WANTED TO ASK ME.

 

IF I WANTED ANY FRESH EGGS FROM HIM THE REASON BEING YOU SEE. 

 

HIM AND PARTNER JAN DOWNSTAIRS NOW HAVE GOT A LITTLE PLOT .

 

JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN AND NOW THEY BOTH HAVE BOUGHT A LOT.

 

OF TINY LITTLE CHICKENS AND HENS FOR THEM TO LAY.

 

FRESH EGGS FOR HIM TO DELIVER TO ALL HIS FRIENDS HE KNOWS EACH DAY.

 

THEY HAVE ALSO PLANTED VEGETABLES CAULIFLOWER CABBAGE AND STUFF.

 

LOTS OF FLOWERS HE'D HAD A BUSY DAY SO WHEN HE KNOCKED HE WAS OUT OF PUFF.

 

 

WELL THE STORY I DECIDED TO TELL YOU BECAUSE IT  WAS A LAUGH.

 

WHEN JAN SHE FOLLOWED HIM UP THE STEPS AND I ASKED THEM BOTH INTO KATHS.

 

I MADE THEM A NICE HOT CUPPA AND  WE HAD A NICE CHINWAG SO.

 

I ORDERED ONE DOZEN EGGS OFF THEM BEFORE THEY HAD TO GO.

 

ON LEAVING JAN SAID OH BY THE WAY KATH I FORGOT TO TELL YOU.

 

DES WAS DISSAPOINTED TODAY HE'S BEEN FEELING A LITTLE BLUE.

 

AS WHEN HE IS AT THE  ALLOTMENT AND HE GOES DOWN TO THE PEN.

 

HE TAKES HIS EARING AID OUT AT THIS TIME TO BEND DOWN AND FEED ALL OF THE HENS.

 

HE PUTS HIS EARING AID IN HIS POCKET WHILST HE SCATTERS THE MEAL OUT FAR. 

 

AS SOME TIMES THE SOUND IS FAR TOO GREAT FOR HIM FROM ALL THE PASSING CARS.

 

WELL WHEN WE CAME HOME THIS EVENING AND  HE WENT TO TAKE A BATH.

 

HE SAID WHEN I AM WASHED AND CHANGED WE'LL GO SEE OUR NEIGHBOUR KATH.

 

WHILST BATHING JAN  HEARD HIM SHOUTING JAN IV'E SEARCHED ALL O'RE.  (OVER)

 

AND I CANNOT FIND MY EARING AID I MUST HAVE LOST IT ON THE FLOOR. HE-HE.

 

WELL JAN SHE STARTED TELLING HIM IV'E TOLD YOU UMPTEEN TIMES.

 

TO LEAVE IT AT HOME WHEN WE GO UP THERE AND ALL WOULD THEN BE FINE.

 

IT'S ONE OF THE LATEST MODELS SO VERY SMALL IN SIZE.

 

SO SHE TELLS HIM TO BE VERY CAREFULL WITH IT AS IT'S HARD TO SEE WITH THE EYES.

 

JAN SAID TO ME  THE MORAL OF MY STORY WHEN YOUR EGGS ON FRIDAY I  BRING.

 

AND YOU CRACK ONE OPEN DON'T BE ALARMED IF AN EARING AID WHISLES AND SINGS.

 

NO YOU HAVN'T GOT A FREE GIFT IT'S DES'S  EARING AID  HE'S MISPLACED .

 

HENRIETTA THE HEN AT THE ALOTTMENT MIGHT HAVE FANCIED IT AND HAD A TASTE.

HE-HE.

 

WEV'E SEARCHD AND SEARCHED ALL OVER AND NO EARING AID'S  TURNED UP YET.

 

SO ONE OF THE HENS MUST HAVE EATEN IT AND SOMEONES BOUND TO GET.

 

A FREE GIFT IN AN EGG ONE DAY AND WONDER WHERE IT'S  COME FROM..

 

I DREAD TO HAVE TO TELL THEM IT'S FROM HENRIETTA'S BUM. HE-HE

 

SHE SAID TO ME IV'E BEEN THINKING I AM GLAD IT WASN'T SWITCHED ON.

 

OR OLD HENRIETTA WILL BE WONDERING WHERE ALL THE SOUNDS COMING FROM..

 

YOU SEE THE SWITCH IS FAULTY AND WHEN DES HE TURNS IT OFF.

 

NOTHING HAPPENS THE SOUNDS STILL THERE AND HE BEGINS TO SCOFF.

 

JAN SAID HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE IT ISN'T IT JUST A FARSE.

 

IF WE FIND IT AND WE HAVE TO TELL EVERYONE IT WAS UP  HENRIETTA'S   A---.   HE-HE. (EXCUSE ME)

 

THEY NEVER WOULD BELIEVE US KATH WOULD THEY NOW I'M SURE.

 

WELL THEN I STARTED LAUGHING I WAS ROLLING ON THE FLOOR.

 

OH DON'T YOU WORRY JAN I SAID IV'E FOUND WORSE THINGS THAN THAT.

 

I ONCE FOUND A FULL SET OF FALSE TEETH ONE NIGHT AND THEY WERE MOWING MY GRASS HE-HE.

 

SO NOW WE ARE ALL WAITING TO SEE WHO GETS THE FREE GIFT IN TIME.

 

AND I'LL LET YOU ALL KNOW IF IT WAS ME IN MY NEXT  "SIMPLE RHYME "HE-HE.

 

 

                                                    HE-HE-HE!!!!!

 

                                            KATH

 

" THE MESSAGE ONCE AGAIN ""

           

I DECIDED TODAY IT WAS CLEAN UP TIME LOOK AROUND ON MY POOTER AND SEE.

 WHAT I HAD ON I DIDN'T REALY NEED OR WHAT WOULD BE USEFUL TO ME.

 

SO I NEEDED TO DO SOME DOWNLOADS AND I CLEARED OUT ALL OF MY FILES.

 

GRAPHICS AND OTHER THINGS I COLLECT WERE BUILDING UP SO HIGH IN  PILES.

 

WELL IF MY POOTER WAS AN OFFICE DESK THATS HOW I SEE IT AS . 

 

I LIKE TO KEEP IT IN ORDER BECAUSE I'M AN ORGANISED LASS.  HE-HE.

 

I TEND TO BE A BIT LAZY JUST LATELY OR BUSY ENGROSED IN OTHER THINGS.

 

THEN WHEN I HAVE TIME ON MY HANDS MY FRIENDS I HEAR THAT BIG BELL YES IT RINGS.

 

AND TELLS ME IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER CLEAROUT WELL TODAY WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS.

 

I ALSO DECIDED TO MAKE A NEW PASSWORD TO BE SAFE FROM FRAUD THIS WAY.

 

WELL ONCE AGAIN  I GOT THE MESSAGE THIS I WASN'T ABLE TO DO..

 

I KEPT GETTING THE MESSAGE TRY AGAIN LATER WHICH ISN'T MUCH FUN  I TELL YOU..

 

IN THE END I WAS TIRED AND WEARY AT THE SAME MESSAGE POPPING UP AGAIN.

 

SO I DECIDED TO GO TO LIVE HELP WHAT A LAUGH !!! AS I THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH A PAIN.

 

I TOLD THE PERSON MY PROBLEMS WHICH I HAD EXPERIANCED ALL DAY.

 

HE ANSWERED TRY AGAIN IN TWENTY FOUR HOURS THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN AOL TODAY.

 

I ASKED IF THERE WERN'T  ANY PROBLEMS WITH AOL  ANYDAY AT ALL.

 

AS IF THERES A DAY WITHOUT ANY I WOULD MAKE THAT MY DAY TO CALL.

 

HE SAID WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS MADAM I REPLIED ARE YOU JOKING MY FRIEND.

 

EVERY DAY I COME ONLINE THERES SOMETHING DRIVES ME ROUND THE BEND.

 

SO I TIDIED UP EVERYTHING THAT I COULD DO  AND NOW MY POOTERS ALL DONE.

 

I DECIDED TO HAVE  A BREAK AND I'D GO AND SIT  OUTSIDE IN THE SUN.

 

YES IT'S BEEN  A BRILLIANT DAY AGAIN AND I'M NOT GRUMBLING AT THAT FOR ONE MINUTE.

 

BUT AS FOR AOL AND THERE SERVICES WELL I FEEL IT'S A BIT OF A PAIN  ISN'T IT.?

 

WHY DO THEY HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS WE PAY FOR A SERVICE THATS CRAP.

 

AND THATS MY ANSWER AND ALWAYS WILL BE BUT I DON'T LIKE CHANGES AT THAT.

 

OR I WOULDN'T BE WITH THEM I TELL YOU AS LATELY WHAT DOES GO RIGHT.

 

SO I'LL TRY AGAIN TO DO MY UPDATES MAYBE TOMORROW NIGHT.

 

I WOULDN'T CARE BUT HALF OF THE TIME THESE UPDATES ARE RECCOMENED .

 

THEN WHEN YOU DECIDE TO GO TO LIVE HELP THERE ANSWERS MAKE ME FEEL OFFENDED.

 

I CARN'T WAIT TO GET SOMEONE AGAIN IN LIVE HELP WHO I KNOW WILL TELL ME THE SAME.

 

IT'S NEVER THERE FAULT WHEN YOU TELL THEM EITHER USUALY THEY TRY TO BLAME.

 

THE CUSTOMER AND SAY  IT'S YOUR POOTER AOL  WANTS RE-INSTALLING MY DEAR.

 

OH GO JUMP OFF A BRIDGE I THINK WHEN THAT ANSWER RINGS IN MY EAR.    HE-HE

 

IF IT'S ANYTHING THAT GETS ME GOING IT'S WHEN SOMEONE WILL NOT OWN UP.

 

TO THERE FAULTS AND TRY TO BLAME OTHERS LIKE A KNIFE IN ME IT CUTS.

 

LIKE IV'E SAID SOME OF THE UPDATES ARE SENT OUT BY AOL.

 

SO HOW DO WE POSSIBLY DOWNLOAD THEM IF THE SERVICE IS NOT GOING WELL.

 

THEY CONTRADICT THEMSELVES SO MUCH IT'S LAUGHABLE TO ME AT TIMES.

 

WELL MY POOTER NOW'S RUNNING ALL FAST AND SMOOTH SO I'M LEAVING IT NOW IT'S FINE.

 

THEY CAN KEEP THERE FLIPPING UPDATES AND THERE LIVE HELP AS WELL THIS TIME .

 

I'LL GO BACK AGAIN WHEN I'M READY JUST LETS HOPE IT SAVES THIS    " SIMPLE RHYME".

 

 

 

 HAVE A LOVELY DAY KATH  ASTORIASAND.

"MY DAY OUT IN THE SUN"

 

 

        

I FELT A LITTLE BETTER THIS SUNDAY THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT MY FRIENDS.

 

I WAS BEGINNING TO THINK I WOULD NEVER GET OVER MY JET LAG THAT IT WOULDN'T END.

 

SO  I DECIDED I FANCIED TO GO OUT A RIDE SOMEWHERE IN THE  CAR.

 

TO A GARDEN CENTRE ABOUT FIVE MILES AWAY WHICH ISN'T VERY FAR.

 

I WANDERED AROUND AND PONDERED JUST WHAT TO BUY WHILST THERE.

 

I CAME ACROSS THESE  COLOURFUL CYCLAMENS AGES I STOOD AND STARED.

 

 

 

HUNDREDS ALL IN  MIXED COLOURS BUT I CANNOT KEEP THESE AT ALL.

 

AS SOON AS I PUT THEM WHEREVER AT HOME THE LEAVES THEY BEGIN TO FALL.

 

AS YOU KNOW BY NOW KATH HAS GREEN FINGERS BUT THIS IS ONE PLANT I CARN'T GROW.

 

SO I PASSED THEM BY AND CARRIED ON SAYING I BETTER NOT GET ONE NO.

 

I TOOK THIS PICTURE BELOW OF THIS  TOWER FILLED UP WITH PANSIES GALORE.

 

YES I MIGHT BUY ONE OF THOSE I THOUGHT IT MIGHT SAVE ME THE CHORE.

 

OF HAVING TO PLANT THEM ALL MYSELF INTO AN EMPTY TUB.

 

SO I CARRIED ON WALKING WITH THAT IN MIND AND THEN CHOSE TWO EVERGREEN SHRUBS.

 

 

I POPPED IN MY WHEELBARROW  ALSO TWO PUNNETS OF PANSIES AND MORE.

 

I FOUND IT HARD TO CHOOSE WHICH COLOURS AS THERE WAS  SO MANY TO EXPLORE.

 

 

 

A LARGE BAG OF COMPOST WAS NEEDED AS I NEVER USE THE OLD AT ALL.

 

MY POTS AND CONTAINERS ALL BACK HOME WERE STERALISED READY FOR FALL.

 

LOVELY HEATHERS I SPOTTED THEN PURPLES AND PINKS AND BLUES.

 

WHOEVER LIKES THESE THEY HAD A GOOD CHOISE I WOULDN'T KNOW WHICH TO CHOOSE.

 

 

WELL I PAID THE LADY AT THE CHECKOUT AND OFF WE WENT I WAS THRILLED.

 

HERE IS MY PARTNER  FILLING THE BOOT UP THE BACK SEAT WAS ALREADY FILLED.  HE-HE..

 

WE BOTH HAD A WHEELBARROW FULL UP BY THE TIME THAT I CAME OUT.

 

I HAD CHOSEN ALSORTS OF THIS AND THAT BOUGHT THEM ALL UP JUST ABOUT HE-HE.

 

 

ON THE JOURNEY BACK HOME I FELT PECKISH SO I SAW THERE IN A LAYBYE.

 

MY FAVOURITE PLACE FOR A  LITTLE BREAK A CUPPA I WANTED AND FRY. .HE-HE.

 

THIS LADIES A LAUGH AND SHE IS A GOOD COOK MAKING SARNIES OF EVERY KIND.

 

SO WE PULLED ALONGSIDE AND ORDERED ONE YES BACON I HAD IN MIND.

 

TWO LARGE MILKY COFFEE'S I ENJOY THEM MORE OUTSIDE.

 

I LOVE TO DO THIS ON A SUMMERS DAY AROUND  THE COUNTRYSIDE.

 

IT WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL OCTOBER DAY LIKE SUMMER AND OH SO HOT.

 

AFTER EATING WE TRAVELLED ON HOME AGAIN AND I GOT CHANGED TO GO AND POT.

 

ALL MY NEW PLANTS OUT INTO THE TUBS AND A COUPLE WERE PASSING BY.

 

"GOOD AFTERNOON" THEY BOTH SAID TO US AND SPOTTED THE PLANTS WITH THERE EYE.

 

OH YOUR MAKING IT LOOK SO LOVELY WE HAVE COME TO THIS SEASIDE  FOR  YEARS.

 

AND WE NOTICED AS SOON AS WE CAME THIS YEAR  HOW MUCH DIFFERANT THIS SPOT IS IT CHEERS.

 

OH! THANKYOU I SAID I LOVE TO POTTER AND IV'E MISSED  MY GARDEN BACK HOME.

 

BUT I DIDN'T START TO RABBIT ON AND GRUMBLE TO THEM AND MOAN.

 

WELL WE CHATTED THIS AND WE CHATTED THAT AS I PLANTED THE BASKETS AND SO.

 

THE TIME IT FLEW BY VERY  QUICKLY AND THEN THEY HAD TO GO.

 

IT WAS WELL TURNED SIX 'CLOCK BY NOW BUT AS THE SAYING GOES.

 

TIME FLIES BY WHEN YOU ARE ENJOYING YOURSELF AND KATH WAS FOR CERTAIN HO!  HO!!.

 

POTTING UP ALL MY TUBS AGAIN FOR THE WINTER THANK GOODNESS THATS DONE.

 

AND THE COUPLE THEY WERE A LAUGH A MINUTE SO I  ALSO HAD SOME  FUN.

 

I THEN SETTLED DOWN TO WATCH POP IDOL AS I LOVE TO SEE NEW TALENT FOUND.

 

EATING OUR LATE DIINER  Mmm  DELICIOUS THEN THE TIME CAME AROUND.

 

TO CATCH UP ONLINE AGAIN ON ALERTS AND SEE WHAT YOU ALL HAD TO SAY.

 

BEFORE I KNEW IT I WAS FALLING ASLEEP BUT I'D HAD A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

 

TODAY I AM GOING TO DO SOME SEWING SO THE MACHINE WILL BE BUZZING AWAY.

 

WHILE I MAKE A NICE FRILL FOR THE TOP OF MY WINDOW IN VOILE WITH FLOWERS GAY.

 

THEN I HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE SOME TRANSFERS FOR MY KITCHEN TILES.

 

I AM GOING TO DO CHERRIES LOVELY BRIGHT RED ONES A WARM COLOUR FOR A WHILE.

 

I FOUND A LARGE PICTURE ON THE NET AND THEN I PRINTED THEM OFF.

 

CUT AROUND THEM ALL QUITE NEAT AND PLACED THEM ON MY WORKTOP.

 

 

HERE IS ONE I HAVE FINISHED JUST TO SHOW WHAT I MEAN.

 

HAND MADE TRANSFERS FOR MY TILES BY THIS OLD PENSIONER KATHLEEN.   HAAAAAAA.

 

THERE COVERED IN TRANSPARENT  BACK CONTACT SO I CAN WASH THEM CLEAN .

 

WHEN I DO THE TILES EACH WEEK THEN THEY WILL SHINE AND GLEAM HE-HE.

 

I KNOW THE TILES ARE'NT THE MODERN ONES BUT FOR THIS OLD GIRL THEY'LL DO. .

 

AS LONG AS THERE CLEAN THATS THE MAIN THING AND IT'S CHEAPER THAN HAVING TO RE-NEW.

 

ALL MY THINGS IN THE KITCHEN ARE RED SO THEY'LL ALL MATCH AND BLEND IN.

 

MY SHINEY CHROME SUMMER UTENSILS AND THINGS ARE ALL NOW PACKED AWAY.

 

WHILST SUMMER COMES ON ROUND AGAIN AND I'LL GET THEM BACK OUT ONE DAY.

 

I LIKE WARM COLOURS FOR WINTER TIME AND NOW  IV'E JUST BOUGHT THE BIN.

 

I THOUGHT I WOULD BUY TH ELARGE ONE THEN LOTS MORE I CAN FIT IN.

 

 

NEVER A MINUTE FOR THIS MOTHERHEN I AM BUSY AS BUSY CAN BE.

 

WHEN MY KITCHEN IS SPRUCED UP AND FINISHED I'LL BE MAKING THINGS FOR MY TREE.

 

AS IV'E MENTIONED EARLIER IN OTHER POSTS CHRISTMAS UPON US ALL SOON.

 

I'MUP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN EACH DAY AND STILL HERE BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON.

 

NO WONDER I CANNOT SLEEP WELL MY FRIENDS FOREVER THINGS ARE ON MY MIND.

 

IT WORKS OVERTIME EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY SOMETHING TO DO I CAN  FIND.

 

WHICH KEEPS ME BUSY AS I DON'T LIKE TO BE BORED AND MISERABLE JUST SAT.

 

AH !!  WELL I MUST CRACK ON WITH THE TEA  HE IS HAVING SOME MUCKY FAT.   HE-HE HE-.

 

IT DOESN'T RUN TO NEW PLANTS NOW FOR THE POTS AND THE KITCHEN PAINT.

 

SO IV'E BOUGHT A TUB OF MUCKY FAT HE CAN HAVE ON SOME TOAST WHAT A SHAME.

(ONLY JOKING OF COURSE) HE-HE.

 

GOOD GRIEF I DON'T GET A MINUTE A DAY BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HELP ME.

 

TO SLEEP ANY BETTER IV'E TRIED ALSORTS EVEN MISSING NAPS ON THE SETTEE..

 

MORE AND MORE CHORES FOR MOTHERHEN NOT TO WORRY THE SAYING GOES.

 

HARD WORK IT NEVER KILLED NO MAN SO I'LL GO AGAIN WITH THE FLOW.

 

IV'E BEEN LIKE THIS SINCE A LITTLE GIRL YES MY FATHER HE USED TO SAY.

 

OUR KATHLEEN SHE IS NEVER STILL ON THE GO DOING THINGS EVERY DAY.    HE-HE.

 

SEEMS I HAVN'T CHANGED MUCH SO I'LL POST THIS ENTRY NOW.

 

IF AOL ARE KIND TO ME AND THEYV'E GOT SORTED OUT SOMEHOW.

 

SO I'LL GO GET BUSY AGAIN J/LAND ONCE MORE  UNTIL MY BEDTIME.

 

I'LL BE PAINTING AND SEWING CATCHING UP ON ALERTS AND WRITING " MY SIMPLE RHYMES ".

 

 THIS TYPE OF PAINTING WAS MUCH EASIER LOL!!

  

 

          KATH

 

 

"MY OLD PALETTE KNIFE"

 

    

 

NOW I'M BACK TO NORMAL FRIENDS IT'S DIFFICULT WHAT TO WRITE.

 

AS I DON'T LEAD AN EXCTIING LIFE LIKE I DID ON MY HOLIDAYS RIGHT. HE-HE.

 

SO I THOUGHT TODAY I'D TELL YOU ABOUT MY OLD PALETTE KNIFE.

 

THE ONE I'VE HAD FOR YEARS NOW WELL ALL MY MARRIED LIFE.

 

FIRST HAVE YOU GOT ANYTHING OLD IN THE HOME THAT YOU JUST LOVE.

 

SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T PART WITH GIVE AWAY OR WOULD NOT SHOVE.

 

IN THE GARBAGE BIN BECAUSE TO YOU IT MEANS SO MUCH.

 

SOMETHING THAT IS USEFUL AND SOMETHING THAT YOU TOUCH.

 

WELL LET ME TELL YOU NOW MY FRIENDS ABOUT MY PALETTE KNIFE.

 

MY MOTHER GAVE IT TO ME WHEN I BECAME A WIFE.

 

SOMEHOW NO MATTER HOW I TRIED I FOUND I COULDN'T PEEL .

 

POTATOES OR ANYTHING ELSE WITHOUT MOTHERS KNIFE TO FEEL.

 

WHEN A GIRL I'D CUT THE  BREAD AND ONTO EVERY SLICE I'D  TWIRL.

 

A BIG KNOB OF BEST BUTTER WITH THIS KNIFE IT SEEMED TO SWIRL..

 

THE BUTTER SEEMED TO SPREAD SO EASY WITH THIS PALETTE KNIFE.

 

I OFTEN WONDERED IF I'D MISS IT WHEN I WAS A WIFE.

 

SO WHEN I DID GET MARRIED I MISSED IT REALY BAD.

 

THEN MOTHER CAME ONE DAY AND ASKED ME WHY I WAS SO SAD.

 

I TOLD HER I'D TRIED EVERYTHING TO PEEL THINGS WHEN I COOKED.

 

AND HOW I STRUGGLED ON BUT ON HER PALETTTE KNIFE WAS HOOKED.

 

SO SHE WENT ACROSS THE ROAD TO HOME AND BROUGHT TO ME HER KNIFE.

 

SAID HERE IT'S YOURS NOW KATHLEEN IV'E HAD THIS ALL MY LIFE.

 

I WAS OVER THE MOON MY FRIENDS  I POPPED IT IN MY DRAWER.

 

THINKING GREAT I WON'T BE STRUGGLING TO PEEL THINGS ANYMORE.

 

IT'S THE HANDIEST LITTLE THING I OWN AND ITS GOT LOTS OF USE.

 

IT FILLS HOLES UP WITH POLLYFILLER  IT'S A SCREWDRIVER TO REPLACE A FUSE. HE-HE.

 

BUT NOW MY PRIZE POSESSION DOESN'T SIT IN THE DRAWER ANYMORE.

 

I HIDE IT ONLY WHERE I KNOW FOR ANY KIND OF CHORE.

 

AS ONE TIME YES MY PARTNER HE USED IT IN THE SHED.

 

FOR  SOME KIND OF A JOB AND THEN HE BROKE OFF IT'S BONE HEAD. AWWWWWWW

 

I WAS TERRIBLY UPSET AND HE THOUGHT THAT I'D GONE MAD. HE-HE

 

BUT I THOUGHT HE MEANT HE'D BROKE THE KNIFE AND I WAS REALY SAD.

 

OH !!  NO NO ONLY THE HANDLE  I REPLIED WELL THAT WON'T DO.

 

I'M GOING TO FIND A PLACE FOR IT AND HIDE AWAY FROM YOU.   HE-HE.

 

WELL IF HE BROKE THIS KNIFE I TELL YOU I WOULD BE SO LOST.

 

AS NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO IT NO AT ANY COST.  HE-HE.

 

IT SKIMS AROUND MY BAKING BOWL AND DOESN'T LEAVE A LICK.

 

OF ANYTHING ON THE BOWL AT ALL IT  EMPTIES  IN A TICK.

 

DON'T YOU THINK IT'S STRANGE HOW WE JUST GET SO USED TO THINGS.

 

AND SOMETIMES HOW SUCH WORTHLESS BITS JOY TO US THEY BRING.

 

SO MY FRIENDS HAVE YOU GOT ANYTHING THAT YOU LIKE TO USE.

 

WHICH YOUV'E HAD FOR YEARS LIKE ME THATS USEFUL AND WELL BRUISED.

 

IF YOU HAVE THEN TELL ME IN YOUR COMMENT DOWN BELOW.

 

AS I AM OFTEN CURIOUS AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW.

 

IT'S  WORTH IT'S WEIGHT IN GOLD TO ME MY OLD PALLETTE KNIFE .

 

I'M HOPING IT CONTINUES TO SERVE ME ALL MY MY LIFE.

 

I'M SURE IT WILL BE WITH ME UNTIL THE END OF TIME.

 

THIS SIMPLY PALETTE  KNIFE OF MINE THATS IN

 

                       "MY SIMPLE RHYME"   HE-HE HE.

 

 

 

"A MESSAGE FOR MY FOLLOWERS"

 

           

 

I JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS QUICK POSTING TODAY TO SAY A FEW WORDS OR TWO.

 

AND TELL MY FOLLOWERS THAT I HAVE  RECIEVED SOME  REQUESTS FROM SOME OF YOU.

 

TO SHOW YOU ALL OF MY PICTURES WHICH I SNAPPED OVER THERE IN THE STATES.

 

WELL I WILL WHENEVER I GET THE TIME AND IF AOL IS MY MATE.

 

IN THE LAST POST LIKE I SAID TO YOU ALL THREE TIMES DID I TRY AND NO.

 

AOL WERE HAVING NOTHING TO DO SO I WENT ALONG WITH THE FLOW.

 

IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED THEN TRY AND TRY AGAIN.

 

WELL THIS I DID AND BELIEVE YOU ME IT WAS REALY SUCH A PAIN.

 

IN THE END I MANAGED TO GET IT TO SAVE POSTED  50 PICTURES AND THEN.

 

WHEN I READ THE POSTING AND SAW THERE BOOB I ALMOST WENT ROUND THE BEND.

 

HALF OF MY RHYME WAS MISSING AND ONLY FOURTEEN PICTURES THERE.

 

I WAS MOST ANNOYED I CAN TELL YOU AND IT SPOILT THAT POST I SWEAR.

 

SO IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE I WILL HAVE JUST ONE MORE TRY.

 

AND INSERT THE ONES I THINK YOU WILL LIKE AND MOST PLEASING TO THE EYE.

 

YOU SEE SON TOOK OVER A THOUSAND SNAPS AND I TOOK SIX HUNDRED OR MORE.

 

I AM WAITING FOR SON TO POST ME HIS OUT ON CD'S LIKE HE'S DONE BEFORE..

 

SO WHEN THEY ARRIVE I WILL HAVE A LOOK AND CHOOSE SOME SUIT  YOU AND  ME.

 

UNTIL THEN CAN I ASK FOR YOUR PACIENCE AS I'M STILL VERY TIRED YOU SEE..

 

AT THE MOMENT I HEAR THERES A POSTAL STRIKE IN ENGLAND I FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT.

 

ANOTHER THING I WAS ANNOYED AT AS I HAD SOME GIFTS TO SEND RIGHT.

 

ONLY SMALL ONES TO SOME OF MY J/LAND FRIENDS WHO'S ADDRESSES I HAVE IN MY BOOK.

 

ALREADY MADE UP INTO LETTER PACKAGE AND THEN I DID TAKE A LOOK.

 

AT THE NEWS HEADLINES AND FOUND THIS OUT GOOD GRIEF I THOUGHT TO MYSELF.

 

I'M NEVER GOING TO GET THESE POSTED THERE GOING TO BE STUCK ON THE SHELF.

 

SO I'M WAITING NOW FRIENDS TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS I DON'T WANT THEM GETTING LOST.

 

IN THE POST OFFICE MAILING OFFICE EVEN THOUGH NOT A LOT THEY COST.

 

I BROUGHT OVER THIRTY SOUVENIERS BACK FOR FAMILY NEIGHBOURS AND FRIENDS.

 

BUT I WAS LIMITED TO BAGGAGE WEIGHT SO THEY HAD TO BE SMALL CONTENTS.

 

IT'S NOT THE SIZE OR THE VALUE THAT COUNTS IN MY EYES ANYWAY.

 

THE THOUGHT IS REALY WHAT COUNTS I FEEL ISN'T IT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

 

MY MESSAGE I SEND WITH ALL MY GIFTS IS HERE FOR YOU ALL TO READ.

 

IT'S SHORT IT'S SIMPLE BUT MEANINGFUL ENOUGH INDEED.

 

(" IT'S ONLY A LITTLE PRESENT THATS THE WAY IT LOOKS.

 

BUT THE WISHES THAT COME WITH IT COULD FILL A SET OF BOOKS.")

 

SO IF YOU RECIEVE THROUGH YOUR DOOR ONE DAY A SMALL BROWN TINY PACK.

 

DON'T BE ALARMED IT'S NOT A BOMB HE-HE AS IT'S A GIFT FROM LAUGHING KATH HE-HE.

 

AND TO SUGAR OVER THE OCEAN LET ME SAY I AM  SORRY YOU HAVE .

 

HAD TO WAIT SO LONG TO HEAR FROM ME  BUT NOT A MINUTE IV'E HAD.

 

SO IV'E SENT YOU A NICE LONG LETTER I HOPE IT CHEERS YOU MY FRIEND.

 

THIS LAST TWO WEEKS I HAVE BEEN SO TIRED AND JOBS SEEM TO NEVER END.

 

NOW I WILL END THIS POSTING AND FOR ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE THE TIME .

 

THE BOOB AOL MADE FOR ME YESTERDAY YOU CAN READ IN MY LAST "SIMPLE RHYME."

 

    

 

 

 

THANKYOU TO DEBBIE OF DeB'S DaB'S FOR THIS LOVELY GRAPHIC I LOVE TEDS LOL!!