Hi Gail, Dino and CynB

Gday June, how goes it today? Feeling a bit better I hope. Sure hope hubby is!

Gail I have been OK for a week but Hubby still having some problems. Someone suggested banana smoothies so I will get some bananas tomorrow when I shop.
We painted the lounge room a couple of years ago, all but the small alcove with mirrow and glass shelves. It has been that way ever since so More...

Sounds like a typical bloke, June

Sending you a cyber back rub June.
When my sister and I went over to Adelaide in December when Mum took ill, she and I went through the unit like a dose of salts! Mum has a collection of paperweights in a half-round glass fronted cabinet and they had become very dusty. She and I spent More...

Gday Mary

Hi Mary.
Gail, I have so many antiques and ornaments and they are nearly always dusty as I find other things to do rather than housework!

Saw your comment on parents page. Gath has gone back to the beginning of the photo rotation so we are seeing photos that have been around for many years and been seen many times..

Hi Mary and June. I've been out shifting the hose. The birds are having a wonderful time because it is so dry. We have bore water, so no water restrictions.

8 pages in only a few days! It's amazing what a faster page can do....

Hi all, SA4 has made us chatter a lot more hasn't it. I see that there are many different variations on shepherds pie all sound lovely. I normally top the potato with cheese before putting in the oven. And it does freeze well so I normally make two large pies and freeze one fr later when I'm feeling lazy (which is quite often

I have just looked at the weather forecast for the easter weekend Looks like we are going back into winter, we have snow forecast. Last year we went to the beach on Good Friday, think this year I will have to turn the heating on high.

Good morning all! A little snow last night and now it is pouring rain. We had to chip some of the ice on the driveway so we could get the cars back into the garage. There was a 4-5 inch ledge in the middle and it was hard to get up and over it. It was like driving up onto a curb, a slippery More...

All...
Just passing thru....glad I've eaten - all this talk about food. I had an appointment in the city at 6pm tonight and when I got home at 8.30pm wongerful son had dinner cooked!!!
I have never been into Shepherds Pie made with anything other than cold left over More...

Gail...did you note that ...that 'W' word.....arghhhh!!

I'd love to try the sheperds pie because it sounds like it has all of the ingredients I love. The only problem is the kids. They don't like their food to touch each other and I don't know where they get that from. I'll have to think of something different for when all of the kids are home. D1 More...

Hi Bean....bye Bean!

Hi Bean, Hi Stella.... bye Bean
I know what you mean about car repairs our 'luxury' car is in the garage right now. Needs a new alternator(which cost £150/$300 approx) and the cost of labour will be on top of that. This is three weeks after it costing us £500 for servicing and MOT, More...

Hi Brenda,
Our petrol went up today to $1.40 per litre. We could get it for $1.32 yesterday. It always goes up on Wednesday , then slowly drops down and up again the following Wednesday. Still much cheaper than UK.

Bean, we always had sheppards pie and rissoles made from left over cold meat. The meat grinder screwed onto the end of the table and the cold meat fed into it as you turned the handle.
Rissoles made with mince never taste like those my Nanna made.(We lived on a farm with three generations and my grandmother did all the cooking)

Off to . If I am not asleep by the witching hour I might make it back to do the puzzles.
Night All.

Hi June, how are you?
Petrol here fluctuates in price all the time, but never ever goes down below the previous lowest price. Fortunately these days most of my journeys are local ones so I get away with filling the tank maybe once every two to three weeks. A few years ago I was traveling up and More...

Sleep well June

Thanks Brenda.

Brenda, gas is about $3.45/gallon. The biggest problem here is that you NEED a car to do anything. Unless you live near a city, there isn't a lot of public transportation and most people drive 30 or more miles one-way to work and then you have to drive to the store, sports, etc. We needed our More...

Brenda, is your son back from NYC? Did he have a good time?

Coffee and tea and chocolate available from the cyber magic pot, come share a cup!

Sudokuland!!
The only sun I shall get today is my avatar! It is a dull and grey breezy day today, with t- storms just west of us, so More...

Stay safe MizT! Enjoy your coffee and eggs!

Hi Stella, I think I have lost a post into cyberspace. I answered your question about Andrew. He got back from NY last Thursday. He enjoyed thoroughly enjoyed himself even though it was a bit chilly.

Hello All....have a great day where ever you are.

MAMACITA, love your chair, that one looks comfy. does it swivel?

Rain has gone, no severe weather this time, not here, but with history like this had, it is good to keep a watch on it. Lots of flooding in other areas after this storm, I hope all our friends and family are safely out of More...

Cloudy and dreary here, too. Our gas is $3.20/gal. I ate just before I got here or I would be very hungry, indeed.

Dino, I'm concerned about the Tibetans and praying for them, too.

I wish our petrol was cheaper, I've just worked out that ours is nearly £5 a gallon which makes it roughly $10 in the US, but I have just remembered that a US gallon isn't as big as a British gallon so will have to work it out again so comparison is fair. $8.17 US dollars a gallon

Hey, I found the new SA page. And look, even my chair is here.
Nice to see some new people here.
Still busy. Yesterday I rearranged my bedroom. I'm happy with the results. Looks bigger now.
Sears phoned and my new upright freezer has arrived. I told hubby I was tired of digging in the More...

our Petrol. at my local Petrol Station yesterday was 133.5cpl, today it is 147.9cpl (just over $1.47)

Had to cue up for the showers this morn, just like camping ..
had to wait for #1 son to finish, and he took his time!!

Hi Rena, glad you found the new meeting room..

Hey Mama, like your chair

sent you an email yesterday, hope you received it.

Stella, with your kids not liking their foods touching ( #2 was like that as a toddler), makes it hard to make casseroles/stews.
I usually make one almost once a week here, specially through Winter.

The worst thing about petrol prices is that most people run more than one vehicle - as Stella said a lot of us don't live near adequate public transport. There's only 2 of us in our household and we run 3 vehicles. Our business is a truck (diesel 1.45/litre - 1000 litres per week). Can't park More...

That was rude of me -



Coffee and cake anyone?