"GAS CHECK TIME"

 

         

 

        

 

           

WELL THIS MORNING CAME  FRIENDS AND  ANOTHER APPOINTMENT IT WAS MY GAS CHECK TIME.

 

I WONDER WHY MINE  ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE WHEN THE WEATHERS FREEZING NOT FINE.

 

AS ALL OF YOU KNOW THE GAS IS TURNED OFF FOR THE BOILER AND ALL THINGS ELSE.

 

TO BE CHECKED OUT AND I AM SAT FROZEN HUDDLED UP ALL ALONE BY MYSELF.

 

WHILE THIS GUY HE RATTLES HIS SCREWDRIVERS AND HIS TOOLBAG HE SLINGS ANYWHERE.

 

HE DOESN'T BOTHER WHERE IT LANDS AND THE TOOLS THEY JUMP UP IN THE AIR.

 

SOME OF THESE WORKMEN HAVE NO RESPECT FOR OTHER PEOPLES THINGS.

 

AND  I DREAD OPENING MY DOOR TO THIS MAN WHEN EACH YEAR MY DOOR BELL RINGS.  

 

I JUST FEEL LIKE SAYING DO YOU THROW EVERYTHING ABOUT IN YOUR OWN SWEET HOME.

 

AS IF YOU DOI BET YOUR WIFE WITTERS ON AT YOU AND MOANS.

 

YOU SEE THIS GUY I HAVE HAD FOR THREE YRS NOW AND HE IS SENT AUTO YOU SEE.

 

THROUGH  MY LOVELY LANDLORD WHO ORDERS HIM YES HE LOOKS AFTER ME.

 

WELL WHILST HE IS CHECKING APPLIANCES I ASK WOULD YOU LIKE A DRINK.

 

YES PLEASE A CUPPA OF COFFEE BUT  NO SUGAR OR  MILK PLEASE THEN WINKS.

 

HEY DON'T WINK AT ME I THINK TO MYSELF WHEN I AM IN HERE ALL ALONE.

 

WITH YOU WHEN  MY ROOSTER IS OUT AT WORK OR YOU WILL BE GOING BACK HOME.  HE-HE

 

SO HE SMILES WITH A MOUTH THATS JUST LIKE A SETPOT I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE SO LARGE.

 

IF HE OPENED IT WIDE I AM SURE HE WOULD SWALLOW OUR  LOCAL RIVER BARGE.

 

WHOOPS SORRY I DON'T USUALY  SPEAK LIKE THIS BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LAUGH.

 

AND I AM BEING HONEST AND WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT HE'S LIKE WHEN HE SEE'S LAUGHING KATH.

 

HE THEN  SAYS OH THOSE BISCUITS LOOK TEMPTING AND GRABS ONE WITHOUT SAYING PLEASE.

 

HE SHOVES IT IN HIS GAPING MOUTH ALL IN ONE LUMP WITH EASE

 

 

GOOD GRIEF I'M NOT TALKING ORDINARY BISCUITS THESE WERE FRUIT SCONES I'D JUST MADE.

 

TWELVE OF THEM ON THE COOLING RACK FOR A GIFT NOW ELEVEN I'M AFRAID.

 

YOU SEE MARGARET AND I WHEN WE WERE IN COOKERY CLASS WE WERE ALWAYS  BEST MATES.

 

AND SHE USED TO SAY TO ME ALL THE TIME THAT MINE  THEY TASTED GREAT.

 

EXUSE ME I SAID BUT THOSE ARE A GIFT FOR MY FRIEND WHO JUST LOVES THEM SO.

 

AND NOW I ONLY HAVE ELEVEN LEFT HE SAYS WELL  I DIDN'T  KNOW.

 

WELL MY COUNCILLOR WHO USED TO CALL ON ME TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE MORE ASSERTIVE.

 

SO THE TIME WAS RIGHT AND I TOOK THE OPPORTNUITY  THIS GUY SOME OF IT  TO  GIVE.

 

I SAID TO HIM NOT A CASE OF DON'T KNOW IT'S POLITE AND MANNERS TO ASK.

 

WITH THIS  HE REPLIED OH I'M SORRY MY DEAR I WAS ONLY ACTING DAFT.

 

DAFT I SAID YOU'LL CERTAINLY BE  DAFT IF MY BOWL OF SATSUMAS COME  OUT.

 

YOU'LL BE WONDERING WHATS HIT YOU SOON MY BOY IF I AIM ONE AND IT GIVES YOU A CLOUT.    HE-HE

 

SO PLEASE GET ON WITH THE GAS CHECK WILL YOU AND WITHOUT SOUNDING RUDE PLEASE DON'T.

 

CONTINUE WINKING  AT ME ALL THE TIME OR YOUR EYES I KNOW THEY WON'T.

 

BE FOCUSING ON THE JOB PROPERLY AND I DON'T WANT YOU MAKING A MESS.

 

I DON'T CARE FOR GASMEN PASSING WINKS AND TRUTHFULLY I COULDN'T CARE LESS.

 

WITH THIS HE TOOK HOLD OF HIS SCREWDRIVER AND HE'S BANGING AND GLANGING AWAY.

 

AT THE BOILER CASEING AND I AM THINKING HE'S NOT GETTING HIS OWN WAY.     HE-HE

 

I STOOD MY DISTANCE BUT I THOUGHT TO MYSELF I AM GOING TO WATCH THIS GUY.

 

WHO ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE WINKING IT MIGHT BE AN  AFFLICTION OF  HIS  EYE

 

HE-HE. 

 

WHAT IS YOUR GAS CHECKER LIKE MY FRIENDS IS HE A BIT LEEK GEEN........  (FORWARD)

 

COS THIS ONE I DREAD HIM COMING ROUND HE'S THE STRANGEST IV'E EVER SEEN.

 

WELL I DON'T THINK HIS INDIGESTION PARTS WILL  BE FEELING TOO GOOD TODAY .

 

AS THOSE FRUIT  SCONES WERE STILL QUITE HOT FOR SWALLOWING DOWN HIS PASSAGEWAY. HE-HE

 

IV'E MENTIONED  HIS ADMIRING GLANCES TO THE LANDLORD BEFORE ON THE PHONE.

 

BUT HE JUST TELLS ME OH! HE'S A BIT OF A FLIRT BUT THERES NO HARM IN HIM DON'T MOAN.

 

SO I  TRUST IN HIS WORD BUT THANK GOODNESS HE'S GONE AND I HAVN'T TO LOOK AT THAT GAP.

 

WHEN HE OPENS HIS MOUTH SO WIDE I'M NOT KIDDING IT'S AS BIG AS A FLIPPING RAT TRAP.

HE-HE.

 

WELL I'VE  READ BEFORE THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE HAD VERMIN LARGE AND SMALL.

 

SO I'LL GIVE YOU HIS NUMBER AND HE CAN  COME ROUND AND I BET HE WILL CATCH THEM ALL.

 

IF HE LIES ON THE FLOOR WITH MY SCONE IN HIS MOUTH I'M SURE HE WILL CATCH THE LOT.

 

AND YOUR  MICE AND RATS WILL THINK OH GOOD GRIEF WEV'E BEEN CAUGHT IN THE BAKERS SHOP.  HE-HE

 

WELL  MARGARET MY  FRIEND I'VE  MENTIONED BEFORE IS COMING TO SEE ME ON SAT.

 

SO THATS WHY I WAS BAKING THE SCONES FOR HER  HAMPER WITH THIS AND THAT.

 

SHE'S COMING TO HER RELATIONS SO SHE'S CALLING TO SEE ME THATS GREAT.

 

AND WE WILL CATCH UP ON ALL THOSE LOST YEARS NEVER SEEING ONE ANOTHER OF LATE.

 

I'LL MAKE HER LAUGH I AM SURE OF IT WHEN I GIVE HER THE HAMPER  SAYING    I.

 

HAVE PUT YOU  A GAS MANS DOZEN OF SCONES IN AND ALSO A FALSE  WINKING EYE    

 

HE-HE.

 

THE GAS MAN HAS GONE NOW THANK GOODNESS ANOTHER ANNUAL JOB DONE

 

AND I'M FROZEN SO WHY CARN'T THEY DO THIS JOB WHEN IT'S NICE AND WARM IN THE SUN.

 

SO I'VE FINISHED MY HAMPER NOW HE'S GONE AND POPPED IN IT A BOTTLE OF WINE.

 

 MY  FEETS  UP AND IV'E GOT A CUPPA AND COOKIE AND IV'E  POSTED   

 

                      "MY SIMPLE RHYME" 

 

                                HE-HE.

 

         

         

 

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"A NEW YEAR A NEW DAY A NEW START "

 

        

      

YES IT'S A NEW YEAR A NEW DAY A NEW START SO I HAVE DECIDED THAT I.

 

WILL NOT LOOK BACK AND TO START NEW PLANS WHICH I AM GOING TO TRY.

 

SO THIS MORNING I WOKE AT THE CRACK OF DAWN AS USUAL AND WENT FOR A WALK.

 

WHILST WALKING MY HEAD WAS BUSY SO DEEP IN LOTS OF THOUGHT.

 

EVERYONES SAYING LOOK FORWARD THE OLD YEAR HAS GONE DON'T  LOOK BACK.

 

SO THIS IS MY MOTTO FOR 2008 AND I'M PROMISING  TO DO JUST THAT.

 

                

 

OF COURSE THERE ARE THE GOOD TIMES THATS PASSED BY SO I WILL STILL THINK BACK TO THOSE.

 

AS MANY OF MY RHYMES YOU HAVE READ IN MY ARCHIVES ARE ABOUT ALL THOSE.

 

IN MY GLOVES AND BOOTS AND SCARF AND MITTENS I HEADED OUT OF THE DOOR.

 

THE WIND WAS REALY STRONG AND GUSTY  BUT I WAS ALIVE WHAT MORE.

 

COULD I WISH FOR BUT I WAS HOPING THESE POOR FEET THEY DIDN'T GET SORE..

 

FROM THE LONG HIKE I HAD  PLANNED TODAY ALONG THE EAST COAST SHORE.

 

THE WIND WAS BITING INTO MY FACE I WAS DEEP IN THOUGHT I RECALL.

 

PLANNING MY WAY FORWARD COUNTING BLESSINGS I'D HAD LARGE AND SMALL.

 

THE SEA WAS VERY ROUGH AS I WALKED THE PROMENADE QUITE BRISK.

 

A GENTLEMAN PASSED ME  CYCLING AND A "HAPPY NEW YEAR" HE WISHED.

 

FISHERMEN COMING HOME FROM THERE HAUL HOW WONDERFUL WAS THAT.

 

A FANTASTIC FEELING KNOWING THERE SAFE AND THEY ARE SAILING BACK.

 

FROM A LONG HARD NIGHT IN THE COLD AND THE DARK BRINGING US LOBSTER AND  FISH.

 

WHICH I'M SURE YOU ALL LOVE TO TASTE MY FRIENDS WITH A PORTION OF CHIPS IN A DISH.

 

THE SEAGULLS SQUARKING LOUDY AS THEY FLEW ABOVE ON THERE WAY.

 

I LOVE THE EARLY MORNING IT'S THE NICEST PART OF THE DAY.

 

SOMETIMES THE FOG HORN BLOWS  MESSAGES OUT TO THE SHIPS TO WARN. ......

 

OF THOSE TREACHEROUS ROCKS WHICH THEY HAVE TO DODGE SO THEY DON'T COME TO NO HARM.

 

I SAW SOME CHILDREN PEEPING FROM A LIGHTED WINDOW TOO.

 

ALL DRESSED READY TO GO FOR A RIDE  ON THERE BICYCLES PROBABLY NEW.

 

WHICH SANTA HAD BROUGHT CHRISTMAS MORNING THEY WERE UP EARLY READY TO GO.

 

I BET THERE MUMS COULD HAVE LAID IN LONGER IV'E BEEN THERE SO YES I KNOW.    HE-HE.

 

 

               

 

BY THE TIME I CAME BACK WAVES WERE LASHING THE HARBOUR ALMOST FIFTEEN FEET HIGH.

 

THE FOAM SHINING  IN THE LAMPLIGHT AGAINST A DARK BLUE SKY.

 

THE LAMPS WERE STILL LIT AS THEY DON'T GO  OFF UNTIL AROUND ABOUT EIGHT.

 

SO I DON'T MIND WALKING EARLY MORNING IT'S WELL LIT THE BEST TIME  IT'S GREAT.

 

WELL I'M HOPING WHEN I GET USED TO THIS IT BECOMES A HABIT WITH ME.

 

AND I'LL PROBABLY FEEL MUCH FITTER THEN AS IV'E GOT QUITE LAZY YOU SEE.

 

WHEN YOUR SAT AT THE COMPUTER FAR TOO MUCH ON YOUR BACKSIDE EVERY DAY.

 

THIS IS HOW YOU END UP LOOKING AND I DON'T LIKE ME LOOKING THIS WAY. HE-HE.

 

                 

 

     

WELL J/LAND YOU KNOW ME BY NOW AND IT JUST  WOULDN'T BE LAUGHING KATH.

 

UNLESS I GAVE YOU IN MY RHYME A GIGGLE OR A GOOD LAUGH.   HE-HE.

 

FROM THERE I WENT TO THE DOCTORS AND GOT SOME NEW TABLETS YIPPEE.

 

LETS HOPE THEY DO THE TRICK MAKE ME SMILE AGAIN  INSTEAD OF FEELING WEEPEE.

 

SO NOW YOU KNOW WHAT ONE OF MY PLANS ARE I'M HOPING IT WORKS OUT FINE.

 

AND I'LL CATCH YOU ALL ANOTHER DAY WITH ANOTHER OF " MY SIMPLE RHYMES "

 

 

HE-HE-HE    7AM.   OFF I GO TOMORROW LOL!!!

 

THANKYOU FOR ALL YOUR KIND COMMENTS AND E. MAILS AND SUPPORTIVE WORDS IN MY   LAST POSTING.THEY WERE SO MUCH APPRECIATED YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!.

 

   

 

(Thankyou to Sugar for  the lovely bracelet she made me for my Christmas gift

2007

 

THURSDAY MORNING SO POPPED BACK TO SAY NOW IT IS SNOWING GRRRRRRRR.

 

"HAPPY NEW YEARS DAY"

    

              

        Thankyou to Sugar for this lovely graphic.

 

A "HAPPY NEW YEARS" DAY MY FRIENDS YES I'M BACK AGAIN.

 

I'LL MAKE MY MIND UP SHORTLY WON'T I BUT IT IS SUCH A PAIN.

 

TRYING TO KEEP AWAY FROM J/LAND WHEN IN FACT I KNEW.

 

I WOULDN'T BE MISSING LONG WHEN I RECIEVED SOME WORDS FROM YOU.

 

THANKYOU FOR YOUR KIND SUPPORT I 'M NOT REAL WELL BUT I.

 

JUST THOUGHT FOR STARTERS TO THE NEW YEAR I WOULD GIVE IT ANOTHER  TRY.

 

I DIDN'T WANT TO REALY MISS IN SHOWING YOU ALL THESE FEW.

 

CHRISTMAS SNAPS I'D PROMISED SOME FOLKS I WOULD SHOW THEM TO.

 

MY CHRISTMAS WASNT THE BEST IV'E HAD BUT NO WE'RE NOT LOOKING BACK.

 

I'M TOLD BY MANY  OF YOU  TO LOOK FORWARD SO COUNT ON ME NOW JACK.

 

ADVISE I'M ALWAYS GRATEFUL OF SO I AM DOING JUST.

 

WHAT LOTS OF YOU   HAVE TOLD ME TO I REALY THINK I MUST.

 

IF ONLY ONCE A WEEK I POST AT LEAST I'M STILL AROUND.

 

AND NOT WONDERING WHAT YOUR UP TO IF I DON'T TREAD ON YOUR GROUND.

 

SO I HOPE YOUR CHRISTMAS WAS HAPPY FRIENDS AND I HOPE YOUR NEW YEAR TOO.

 

WILLL BE FULL OF CONTENTMENT AND HAPPINESS EVERY BIT WAY THROUGH.

 

I DIDN'T GO OUT LAST NIGHT I WAS SAD BUT THATS IN THE PAST NOW FOLKS.

 

AND I DID HAVE  A LAUGH VIA E. MAILS AND GOT SENT A FEW GOOD JOKES.

 

SO ALL IN ALL IT WASN'T THAT BAD AT LEAST I'M NOT SICK IN BED.

 

AND I DIDN'T GET DRUNK SO TODAY I HAVN'T GOT AN ACHEING HEAD.

 

I WAS TO GO TO THE CEMETARY TODAY BACK HOME 80 MILES.

 

BUT I COULDN'T MAKE THE JOURNEY SO INSTEAD I DID IT IN DIFFERANT  STYLE.

 

WHERE I'M LIVING NOW BY THE SEA WAS MY MUMS FAVOURITE PLACE WHEN ALIVE.

 

SO I WENT TO THE HARBOUR AND SCATTERED THE FLOWERS ON THE OCEAN OUTSIDE.

 

TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN MY MOTHERS BIRTHDAY SO THATS THE REASON FOR THIS.

 

SO NO WAY WHATEVER HOWEVER WAS I GOING TO MISS.

 

TAKING THE FLOWERS WHICH I HAD BOUGHT AND I DO EVERY NEW YEARS DAY.

 

WELL NOW THATS ALL FINISHED AND DONE WITH NOW I HAVN'T MUCH MORE TO SAY.

 

ONLY HERE BY MY SIDE IS A GLASS OF SHERRY THE FIRST DRINK IV'E HAD THIS TIME.

 

AND I'M TOASTING TO ALL MY FRIENDS IN J/LAND WHILST WRITING THIS SIMPLE RHYME.

 

                      "HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE GOD BLESS YOU ALL."

                               

                                   HE-HE .

        "HAPPY NEW YEAR"

(   aol pictures wouldn't work grr  ).

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GOODBYE I AM CLOSING MY JOURNAL"

   

                        

    

WELL FRIENDS A BIG DECISIONS BEEN  MADE BY MOTHERHEN AT THE END OF THIS DAY.

 

GOODBYE I AM CLOSING MY JOURNAL AND WHY I DON'T WISH TO SAY.

 

IV'E ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF WRITING IT AND ENJOYED EVERY COMMENT IV'E HAD.

 

AND IN ALMOST TWO YEARS I CAN HONESTLY SAY I ONLY GOT ONE THAT WAS BAD.

 

I HAD A VERY NICE CHRISTMAS TIME I GOT LOVELY GIFTS GALORE.

 

A NEW MOBLIE PHONE AND LARGE STERIO SPEAKERS FOR MY COMPUTER AND MORE.

 

CHOCOLATES PERFUME AND TOILETRIES EARINGS AND NECKLACE TO MATCH.

 

AND A NEW SMALL GARDEN ORNAMENT TO POP IN MY LITTLE PATCH.

 

I DID MY BEST TO PLEASE COMPANY WHICH I DIDN'T EXPECT AT ALL.

 

THEY TOLD ME THEY REALY ENJOYED THEMSELVES EVEN THOUGH I MISSED THE BALL.

 

IT ALL TURNED OUT SO WONDERFUL SO I COUNTED MY BLESSINGS AGAIN.

 

THOUGH I DO SEEM TO HAVE DEVELOPED AN ACHE IN MY SHOULDER THATS CAUSING ME PAIN.

 

I DON'T THINK IT'S FROM THE COMPUTER LIKE BEFORE AS I HAVN'T BEEN.

 

ONLINE THAT MUCH THIS CHRISTMASTIME IT JUST HASN'T BEEN MY SCENE.

 

I WILL STILL CONTINUE TO READ YOU ALL WHEN I GET CHANCE NOW AND THEN.

 

SO I WISH YOU " A WONDERFUL PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR " FROM KATH YES OLD MOTHERHEN. HE-HE

 

GOOD HEALTH GOOD LUCK LOOK AFTER YOURSELVES I DON'T KNOW WHAT ESLE TO SAY.

 

ONLY THANKYOU FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS AND KINDNESS WHEN YOU HAVE  PASSED MY WAY.

 

YOUR A BUNCH OF FANTASTIC  PEOPLE I'VE  MET AND I KNOW I WILL NEVER  FORGET.

 

THE DAY I JOINED J/LAND ONE APRIL MORNING WHEN I CLICKED ONTO THE NET. 

 

DRINK UP AND TOAST TO 2008 AND WHO KNOWS MAYBE SOME OTHER TIME.

 

I MAY START ANOTHER NEW JOURNAL BUT FOR NOW NO MORE "SIMPLE RHYME" .

 

           

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"CHRISTMASTIME 2007"

                           

 

                                

WELL CHRISTMAS ONCE MORE  IS ALL OVER FRIENDS  I HOPE YOU'VE  ENJOYED IT SO.

 

I HOPE YOU KISSED ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS UNDER THE MISTLETOE.

 

PRESENTS OPENED THANKYOU'S SAID AND BLESSINGS FOR WHAT YOU RECIEVED.

 

NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE GIFTS WERE  IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS I BELIEVE.

 

WELL NOW IT'S ALL OVER SO QUICKLY FRIENDS WE HEAD FOR ANOTHER  NEW YEAR.

 

I HOPE YOU SOON GET BACK TO NORMAL WITH A BANK BALANCE THAT YOU DON'T FEAR.

 

HERE IS A PICTURE ON CHRISTMAS MORNING OF SOME  GUYS WHO WENT FOR THE DIP.

 

IN THE COLD NORTH SEA FOR OUR LIFEBOAT FUND I GAVE THEM A GREAT BIG TIP.

 

IT WAS FAR TOO COLD FOR MOTHEHEN BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO MISS THEM ALL.

 

RUN DOWN THE BEACH AND INTO THE SEA AND GAVE CREDIT TO AGED AND SMALL..

 

DON'T THEY LOOK OH SO FUNNY I LAUGHED TILL MY SIDES DID ACHE.

 

HAPPY I REMEMBERED MY CAMERA SOME PICTURES FOR TO TAKE. HE-HE.

 

 

BUT  CHRISTMAS EVE  DIDN'T WORK OUT AT ALL LIKE WE HAD EARLIER PLANNED.

 

BECAUSE THE ROOSTER CAUGHT  FLU WHILST OUT SHOPPING AND ENDED UP A SICK MAN.

 

SO CHRISTMAS DAY EVENING  COLD AND

FOGGY ROOSTER THOUGHT BEST TO WRAP UP.

 

AND STAY INSIDE AND DRINK SOME  HOT TIPPLES FROM HIS NEW ROOSTER CUP.  HE-HE.

 

OUR  FRIEND HAD BOUGHT AS A LITTLE SUPRIZE CAPPUCCINO WAS HER THOUGHT.

 

BUT ROOSTER  THOUGHT DIFFERANT AND FILLED IT UP WITH HOT LEMONADE ANDPORT HE-HE.

 

GOOD GRIEF I THOUGHT I WILL HAVE TO WATCH HIM OR HE'LL BE DOING  A WOBBLE.

 

DRINKING ALL THAT IN HIS NEW ROOSTER CUP AND COUGHING INSTEAD OF A GOBBLE.   HE-HE

 

 

 

SO I WAS SAT  DOWN A LITTLE DISSAPOINTED AS LIKE I HAD MENTIONED YOU SEE.

 

I HAD MISSED THE CAN CAN BALL CHRISTMAS EVE ROOSTERS COLD PUT PAID FOR ME.

 

I FLAPPED MY FEATHERS AND FELT SO SAD THEN WHILST ROOSTER RESTED I HAD.

 

AN IDEA OF MY OWN SO I GOT OUT THE BAILEYS AND DECIDED IT DIDN'T TASTE BAD. HE-HE

 

YOU SEE MY  FRIEND  BOUGHT ME  A CUP TOO WITH MOTHERHEN ON YES IT'S SWELL.

 

SO I THOUGHT WELL IF ROOSTERS IS FULL OF PORT MINE CAN BE FILLED UP AS WELL.

 

 

 

WHOO-HOO I WAS BEGINNING TO ENJOY MYSELF I THOUGHT BAILEYS IS GOOD FOR HENS. 

HE-HE

 

BUT I THOUGHT DON'T WOBBLE OVER MOTHERHEN OR YOU MIGHT GET SENT TO THE PEN. HE-HE

 

AS THE EVENING PROGRESSED I FELT BRILLIANT I WAS CLUCKING  ALIVE AGAIN.

 

STRUTTING MY STUFF JUST LIKE A YOUNG CHICK WHILST ROOSTER WAS LAID THERE A PAIN .

HE-HE.

 

I PUT ON MY FAVOURITE MUSIC AND I KICKED MY LEGS UP HIGH.

                              

 

                  

 

NIBBLED ON THIS AND A BIT OF THAT A SAUSAGE ROLL AND SOME STAND PIE.  HE-HE

 

OH YES A MUSHROOM  VAUL-A VAUNT I DON'T MIND ONE OF THOSE.

 

OR TWO OR THREE I WAS REALY STRUTTING WHILST ROOSTER LAID  WIPING HIS NOSE.

 

HE WAS SNIFFLING AND MOANING WHILE I WAS MERRY  I WAS REALY WELL ON MY WAY. HE-HE

 

I THOUGHT TO MYSELF IV'E WAITED ALL YEAR FOR THIS WONDERFUL CHRITSMAS DAY.

 

WELL THEN THINGS SEEMED TO FEEL DIFFERANT MY EYES WERE ROLLING ABOUT.

 

AND I COULDN'T FOCUS PROPERLY AND THEN I HEARD ROOSTER SHOUT.

 

HE SAID LOOK IT'S TIME FOR BED NOW YOUR CUPS RUNNETH OVER YOU SEE.

 

WITH LOTS OF BAILEYS ALL OF THE NIGHT NOW YOUR COMING TO BED WITH ME.

 

I AM NOT RISKING LEAVING YOU HERE ALL  ALONE ANYTHING MIGHT HAPPEN AND THEN.

 

I'LL PROBABLY GET UP TOMORROW TO FIND A LEGLESS OLD MOTHERHEN.

 

SO OFF WE BOTH WOBBLED  AND SNUGGLED UP AND WE WERE BOTH OUT LIKE A LIGHT.

 HE-HE

 

I'M GLAD MY DIGITAL CAMERA WASN'T THERE I BET I LOOKED  A RIGHT SIGHT.

 

BOXING DAY BROUGHT ME COMPANY OF AN UNEXPECTED SIX.

 

I WAS REALY HAPPY AT THIS MY FRIENDS BUT WAS ANGRY I FORGOT TO TAKE PICS.

 

THEN THURSDAY MY YOUNGEST SON CAME ALONG WITH PARTNER AND WE WENT OUT.

 

FOR LUNCH FOR A CHANGE AND I REALY ENJOYED IT THEN ALL ON A WALKABOUT.

 

SHOPPING FOR WHATEVER IN THE SALES I GOT A FEW BARGAINS TOO.

 

THEN I CAME ONLINE WHEN THEY HAD GONE HOME AND THAT LEFT ME FEELING BLUE.

 

WHEN I READ  THE NEWS IN AN E. MAIL FROM A FRIEND OF DEAR WARRIOR KIM.

 

SAYING KIM HAD LEFT US ALL SO ALL  I THOUGHT OF WAS HER FAMILY AND  JIM.

 

MY HEART WAS BROKEN AND SO I CLOSED DOWN AND MY WAY OUT OF RESPECT.

 

I DIDN'T HAVE HEART TO COMMENT YESTERDAY  SO ALL MY ALERTS I'D REJECT.

 

WELL FRIDAY TODAY I HAVE BEEN THE SAME WITH OTHER THINGS TOO ON MY MIND.

 

A LITTLE INSPIRATION FROM A J/LAND MEMBER AND COUNTING MY BLESSINGS I FIND.

 

I AM FEELING A LITTLE BETTER NOW SO I'VE ACTUALLY FOUND THE TIME . 

 

TO SIT HERE AND READ AND DO THIS POSTING ANOTHER OF  " MY SIMPLE RHYME".

 

      

                

 

             GRAPHIC BY DONNA OF D'S DESIGNS THANKYOU.

 

 " I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL BLESSED CHRISTMASTIME"

 

 

 

      

 

"MY CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO J/LAND "

 

 

 

                 MERRY              CHRISTMAS          EVERYONE

 

 

MY CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO J/LAND IS FOR JOY GOOD HEALTH AND PEACE

 

TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU I  HOPE THIS DOESN'T CEASE.

 

YOUR STOCKINGS BE FILLED WITH LOTS OF  LOVE- HUGS - GOOD NEWS AND FUN.

 

THAT EVERY MINUTE OF YOUR CHRISTMAS BE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY ONE.

 

TRY TAKE TIME OUT TO PLEASE SOMEONE WITH A HUG SAY A KIND WORD OR SO.

 

GREET YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIONS WITH A KISS NEATH THE MISTLETOE.

 

AND DON'T FORGET THE CAROL SINGERS  IF THEY ARE DOWN YOUR WAY.

 

SAY THANKYOU AND ASLO WISH FOR THEM " A HAPPY CHRISTMAS DAY".

 

ANOTHER YEAR I HAVE  TRAVELLED LIKE SANTA ROUND EVERY PLACE.

 

IV'E ENJOYED ALL YOUR STORIES HAPPY OR SAD IN YOUR LITTLE SPACE.

 

MY OWN REQUEST FOR MYSELF TO SANTA IS FOR GOOD HEALTH TO CARRY ON.

 

TRAVELLING ROUND THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY WHERE YOU ALL COME FROM.

 

SOMETIMES THERE HAVE BEEN TROUBLES AND FOR SOME THERE HAVE MANY BEEN TEARS.

 

BUT WITH ALL OUR PRAYERS PUT TOGETHER  WE HAVE  OVERCOME HEARTACHE AND FEARS.

 

GOOD FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS IN THIS WORLD ARE HARD TO FIND WE KNOW.

 

YET THERES SO MANY GOOD ONES IN J/LAND AND I JUST LOVE YOU ALL SO.

 

YOU HAVE MADE ME A DIFFERANT PERSON IV'E LEARNED MANY NEW THINGS TOO.

 

MOTHERHEN MIGHT BE A PENSIONER BUT  YOU NEVER STOP LEARNING IT'S TRUE.

 

THANKYOU FOR BEING WITH ME THIS YEAR IN MY BAD TIMES AND MY GOOD.

 

YES I KNOW THAT I AM CRAZY AT  TIMES BUT I DON'T THINK THAT I COULD.

 

LIVE ON WITHOUT BEING FUNNY AND GIVING YOU ALL A GOOD LAUGH.

 

I ENJOY WRITING ALL MY FUNNY TALES  AND I HOPE YOU'VE  ENJOYED  LAUGHING KATH.

 

THOUGH LETS NOT FORGET WHAT CHRISTMAS SHOULD BE AND WHAT IT'S ABOUT J/LAND.

 

KEEP THE NEXT TWO LINES IN MIND ALWAYS REMEMBERING THEM FIRST HAND.

 

"A LONG TIME AGO IN BETHLEHEM" SO THE HOLY BIBLE SAYS.

 

MARY'S BOY CHILD JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY ".

 

                                 

                        

 

I HOPE THE WEATHER IS KIND TO YOU  AND SAFE JOURNEYS AS YOU GO YOUR WAY.

 

IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING    TO FRIENDS AND RELATIONS ON ANY OF THE CHRISTMAS DAYS.

 

THANKYOU FOR ALL YOUR INVITES INTO YOUR HOMES THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.

 

AND THANKYOU FOR ALL YOUR LOVELY COMMENTS YOU HAVE ALL PLACED HERE.

 

THANKYOU TO ALL THOSE GRAPHIC MAKERS SO TALENTED WHO DO PROVIDE.

 

US ALL WITH SO MANY LOVELY TAGS TO SHOW IN OUR POSTS WITH PRIDE.

AND THANKYOU TO ALL OUR MANY CHEFS WHO EACH DAY TEMPT US WITH THERE FOOD.

 

ALSO THANKS TO THE TRAVELLERS IN J/LAND WHO OFTEN MAKE ME BROOD.

THANKYOU TO TO THOSE WHO SHOW US THERE FURRS   I LOVE EVERY ONE OF THEM.

 

EVEN IF AT TIMES THEY  CAUSE HAVOCK AND YOU  OWNERS LOTS OF MAYHEM.

 

THANKYOU TO ALL YOU GARDENERS SHOWING ME ALL YOUR BLOOM.

 

SPRINGTIME WILL BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT ROUND THE CORNER SOON.

 

THANKYOU TO ALL THE MANY OTHERS WHO WRITE LOTS OF LOVELY WORDS.

 

GIVING ME  INSPIRATION MANY TIMES IN THERE  VERSE.

 

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MALIKA FOR THE PROBLEMS SHE'S SORTED AS WELL.

 

FOR ME WHEN I HAVE NEEDED HELP AND GOT ANGRY WITH AOL.

 

THANKYOU TO RUSS FOR THE SMILES HE GIVES EACH MORNING WHEN HIS ALERTS THERE.

 

FOR HIS ARTISTIC TALENT WITH OLIVE AND MR PEAR.

 

WELL I COULD GO ON FOREVER BUT WHERE ELSE CAN I FIND  ALL THIS.

 

KNOWHERE ON EARTH I DON'T THINK SO YOUR POSTS I DON'T LIKE TO MISS.

 

J/LAND HAS BROUGHT ME ALIVE AGAIN AND YOU HAVE ALL MADE ME SEE.

 

THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL SO A GRATEFULL BIG THANKYOU FROM ME. 

 

THEY SAY YOU CARN'T CHOOSE YOUR FAMILY BUT I KNOW YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS.

 

AND I HOPE THE ONES I HAVE CHOSEN HERE OUR FRIENDSHIPS WILL NEVER END.

 

EVEN IF YOUR ALONE THIS CHRISTMAS THINK OF US ALL  AND YOU'LL FIND.

 

YOU ARE NOT ALONE AT ALL REMEMBER YOU HAVE EVERYONE HERE WHO ARE KIND.

 

IT'S ONLY A VERY SHORT HOLIDAY AND THE TIME WILL PASS  BY SO QUICK.

 

SO TRY TO KEEP SMILING AND SAY A FEW PRAYERS AND THAT SHOULD  DO THE TRICK.

 

A VERY "MERRY CHRISTMAS" MY FRIENDS TO ONE AND ALL FROM ME.

 

YOU HAVE FILLED MY HEART WITH JOY BEYOND WORDS ONCE AGAIN I'M LAUGHING HE-HE.

 

I THINK WE HAVE GOT TO BE HONEST AND SAY AT TIMES WE DO GET TIRED.

 

TRAVELLING ALL THESE MILES EVERY DAY ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR RETIRED.

 

IT DOES BECOME QUITE HECTIC AT TIMES WHEN YOUR OLDER BUT WHAT WOULD WE DO.

 

IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE ME AND I DIDN'T HAVE YOU FLIP ME IT WOULD BE  A - TA  -DO .  HE-HE.

 

I WOULDN'T KNOW IF I WAS ON THIS EARTH OR FULLERS AND I WOULD SURE MISS.

 

YOU ALL SO VERY VERY MUCH SO I'M BLOWING YOU MY CHRISTMAS  KISS

HE-HE.

 

I AM SENDING YOU EACH A TINY GIFT BOX INSIDE IT NO PRESENT AT ALL.

 

IT'S JUST FULL OF MY LOVE WHEN YOU OPEN IT UP TO BOUNCE OUT AT YOU LIKE A BALL.

 

WRAP UP STAY WARM DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE BE MERRY AND HAVE A GREAT TIME.

 

I AM HOPING TO CATCH YOU BEFORE THE  "NEW YEAR"  BACK HERE WITH " MY SIMPLE RHYME"

                                       

                                      

     

  "   A  VERY  MERRY  CHRISTMAS  FROM  OUR  HOUSE  TO  YOURS "

 

                    GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS ALWAYS.

 

      

     

 

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"KITCHEN CLOSED"

 

     

IT'S NOT GOOD NEWS FROM MOTHERHEN I HAVE TO TELL TODAY.

 

THE LAST FEW  DAYS FOR ME YOU SEE HAVE GONE WITH A BANG I'LL SAY.

 

I WAS HOPING IT WAS GOING TO BE CHRISTMASTIME WHEN EVERYTHING WENT WITH A BANG.

 

PULLING CRACKERS ETC BUT ROOSTER JUST NOWS A VERY SICK MAN.

 

YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED LAST FRIDAY  EVENING WHEN HE WAS MAKING THE TEA.

 

THE FRIDGE IT SMELLED AWFUL AND ALL WAS NOT RIGHT  IT HAD GONE WITH A BANG YOU SEE .

 

I KNOW I SHOULDN'T BE LAUGHING HE-HE BUT I THOUGHT OH GOOD I'LL GET  NEW .

 

BUT ROOSTER WAS IN A DIFFERANT MOOD AND HIS FEATHERS FINALLY  FLEW  .

 

WHAT WITH LIGHT BULBS AND NOW APPLIANCES WHY DON'T THEY MAKE THINGS TO LAST.

 

I REPLIED CALM DOWN NOW ROOSTER YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FLIPPING FAST.    HE-HE

 

WELL THEN CAME SATURDAY  AFTERNOON  AND I PUT IN SOME STEWING STEAK  FOR TEA.

 

WHEN I LOOKED AT IT HALF AN HOUR LATER THE OVEN HAD GONE DEAD     HE-HE  .

 

THE THERMOSTAT WOULDN'T LIGHT UP AND SO I GOT JOHN MY NEIGHBOUR DOWNSTAIRS.

 

HE'S A SEMI  RETIRED ELECTRICIAN SO I THOUGHT HE MIGHT HAVE SOME SPARES.

 

WELL HE TESTED IT ALL AND THE ELEMENTS HAD GONE GOOD GRIEF I SAID LOOK AT THAT..

 

THE FRIDGE WENT FRIDAY TOO JOHN ROOSTERS FEATHERS WILL  DOUBLE FLAP..

 

WHEN HE COMES HOME FROM SHOPPING  TO THIS NEWS THE OVEN HAS  NOW GONE.

 

BUT IF HE STARTS CROWING LOUD AGAIN  I WILL TELL HIM TO WALK  OFF  THE PROM.  HE-HE.

 

WELL ROOSTER CAME HOME SO I TOLD HIM THE NEWS HE SAID OH! GIVE ME A BREAK..

 

I'VE BEEN STARVING ALL DAY AND I  WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT STEWING STEAK.

 

SO HE GOT JOHN TO DISCONNECT THE OVEN  AND WE TOOK IT TO THE SPARE ROOM.

 

I WENT TO TOWN YESTERDAY  TO CHOOSE NEW ONES DELIVERY IS THURSDAY AT NOON.

 

SO NEW FRIDGE NEW COOKER ARE SORTED EXPENSE WE COULD DO WITHOUT.

 

WE'LL BE HAVING JAM AND BREAD NOW THIS CHRISTMAS   INSTEAD OF RAINBOW TROUT..   HE-HE

 

WELL THEN LAST  NIGHT  I HEARD  SHOUTING AND WHEN I LISTENED AGAIN .

 

IT WAS  ROOSTER CROWING HIS HEAD OFF SHOUTING OH! THIS IS  A PAIN.

 

LOOK HERE HE IS YELLING OUT LOUDLY AS I WALKED THROUGH THE KITCHEN DOOR.

 

A GREAT BIG PUDDLE OF WATER TRICKLING ALL OVER THE FLOORHE-HE..

 

THE FREEZER HAD GONE WITH A BANG AS WELL I KNOW  IT SOUNDS HARD TO BELIEVE.

 

BUT IT'S TRUE FRIENDS IT'S SOUNDS UNBELIEVABLE SO I SAT THERE CRYING AND PEAVED.

I MOPPED IT ALL UP BUT THE GOODS WERE STILL SOLID SO JOHN CALLED  UP AGAIN.

 

HE LOOKED AT US BOTH  AND SAID I'M NOT SUPRIZED YOU BOTH  ARE GOING INSANE.  HE-HE

 

I GATHERED THE GOODS AND PUT THEM IN MY  SECOND FREEZER QUITE QUICK.

 

BUT I STILL NEED ANOTHER TO STORE EVERYTHING SO I HAD TO GO OUT  TO PICK.

 

ANOTHER NEW FREEZER  THIS MORNING FOR MYGATEAUX AND ICE CREAM AND  STUFF.

 

AND ROOSTER HAS GONE TO WORK TODAY WITH THE LIP DOWN AND THE HUFF.  HE-HE

 

SO JOHN SAID WELL ALL THREE APPLIANCES WE ONCE HAD A YEAR LIKE THIS.

 

MY WIFE SHE WAS TERRIBLE ALL CHRISTMAS NOT EVEN A CHRISTMAS KISS.   HE-HE.

 

SO AT 10AM THIS MORNING FREEZER ORDERED I HOPE THATS THE LOT..

 

OR I'LL BE CLUCKING  AND ROOSTERS  A GONNA COS HE'LL END UP IN THE POT.

 

FOR MY CHRISTMAS DINNER AS I CARN'T BUY NEW ALL THESE AND TURKEYS AS WELL.

 

AND THE DELIVERY BETTER BE ON TIME TOO AS  JUST LIKE  AOHELL .

 

THEM HELPLINES THEY GIVE YOU IF THINGS DON'T ARRIVE  YOU CAN GUARANTEE THERE WILL BE. 

 

A MURDER IN TOWN THIS  CHRISTMAS EVE IF THEY DON'T KEEP THERE PROMISE TO ME.  HE-HE

 

SO NOW YOU HAVE IT MY J/LAND FRIENDS WHAT LUCK I'LL GET NEXT I DON'T KNOW.

 

AT THE MOMENT I CARN'T HEAR NO CAROLS PLAYING FOR THE ROOSTER  DOING NOWT BUT CROW.

 

NOT TO WORRY  I STILL HAVE MY  KETTLE FOR NOW AND A CUPPA THAT TASTES REAL FINE.

 

AND I'M LETTING HIM CROW COS MY POOTERS STILL LIVING    AND I CAN STILL WRITE 

 

                   "SIMPLE RHYME"   HE-HE

 

 

 

                                                      

 

                

     

   " DON'T MENTION FLAT APPLIANCES TO ME MOTHERHEN I'M FLAT "

 

        " FLAT BROKE"

        HE-HE HE !!!

             LOL!!!