Messymascot's faith in humanity and ginger safe haven

[Terrarian]

Bright and cold again here today. Bit noisy as the RAF are flying overhead. Hope you get some good news about your Dad @anjelikaferrett . Bon voyage @jazzy . @larbert toffee your grandson will be beside himself with excitement, I know I would belol. Hope your pain is eased @Terrarian .Have a great day all.

Thanks Gwladys, not too bad today touch wood. happy Birthday to Ma Jazzy

 

[anjelikaferrett]

Good morning folks. Happy birthday Mrs J Snr. I'm not jealous at all @jazzy of your imminent holiday. Have a fantastic time. Dad is in HDU ward at The Royal. He can't have visitors but can go outside the ward to have a chat to visitors who aren't visitors.(WTF?) He's still having tests to try to identify the cause of yesterday's bleed. My brother is going to take him some stuff in today. I'll ring Dad later and see how he is. He didn't have his phone on this morning when I tried.

In other news I went to the gym last night. It was brutal! 100 leg presses working down in sets of 20 from 300kg to 100kg was a particular highlight from the PT. But no pain no gain as they say. The healthy eating has survived for 4 days so far. I am making curry tonight with coconut milk but all the calories will be accounted for.

I'm feeling very excited already for the Villa match. Goodison will be bouncing. I sincerely hope that Big Dunc tw@ts (apologies for unladylike profanity @Barnfred 55 ) the odious Stevie G from one end of Goodison to the other - both metaphorically and actually!

 

[Barnfred 55]

Good morning folks. Happy birthday Mrs J Snr. I'm not jealous at all @jazzy of your imminent holiday. Have a fantastic time. Dad is in HDU ward at The Royal. He can't have visitors but can go outside the ward to have a chat to visitors who aren't visitors.(WTF?) He's still having tests to try to identify the cause of yesterday's bleed. My brother is going to take him some stuff in today. I'll ring Dad later and see how he is. He didn't have his phone on this morning when I tried.

In other news I went to the gym last night. It was brutal! 100 leg presses working down in sets of 20 from 300kg to 100kg was a particular highlight from the PT. But no pain no gain as they say. The healthy eating has survived for 4 days so far. I am making curry tonight with coconut milk but all the calories will be accounted for.

I'm feeling very excited already for the Villa match. Goodison will be bouncing. I sincerely hope that Big Dunc tw@ts (apologies for unladylike profanity @Barnfred 55 ) the odious Stevie G from one end of Goodison to the other - both metaphorically and actually!

Don't apologise to me Anj. I've been in Liverpool for nearly a week now so I'm well used to it.? Plus I'd gladly join in with Dunc if I were still here. Was offered a ticket for the game yesterday.

 

[Barnfred 55]

Fallen a bit behind in the thread as the last 2 days in particular have been hectic and especially alcohol fuelled. So I'll probably catch up after I get back home Friday. So apologies if I haven't replied to anyone's post.

Just the one more event to go now. It's been a bit overwhelming at times but I've had a great time and so glad I've done it.

 

[anjelikaferrett]

Don't apologise to me Anj. I've been in Liverpool for nearly a week now so I'm well used to it.? Plus I'd gladly join in with Dunc if I were still here. Was offered a ticket for the game yesterday.

I contemplated going before Benitez was sacked and decided not to. Didn't really want to spend £40 plus petrol on Everton at that time. Enjoy the rest of your stay in Liverpool. Sounds like in spite of the sad things you have done, you've had a good time.

 

[Bluetintedspecs]

Morning all,

Very cold this morning here in Kent, but lovely and sunny, so decided to put on some layers and go for a walk. We have a park just round the corner from us, known as the Glades, and @Gwladysover and @Sassy Colombian inspired me to take this photo. If you zoom in, you can see seagulls standing on bits of ice in the distance.

Hope everyone has a good day x



....and here's one I took in the summer.

 

[blue1948]

Morning all,

Very cold this morning here in Kent, but lovely and sunny, so decided to put on some layers and go for a walk. We have a park just round the corner from us, known as the Glades, and @Gwladysover and @Sassy Colombian inspired me to take this photo. If you zoom in, you can see seagulls standing on bits of ice in the distance.

Hope everyone has a good day x

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....and here's one I took in the summer.

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I love the trees in winter ,great photos .

 

[anjelikaferrett]

Morning all,

Very cold this morning here in Kent, but lovely and sunny, so decided to put on some layers and go for a walk. We have a park just round the corner from us, known as the Glades, and @Gwladysover and @Sassy Colombian inspired me to take this photo. If you zoom in, you can see seagulls standing on bits of ice in the distance.

Hope everyone has a good day x

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....and here's one I took in the summer.

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That is beautiful

 

[Bluetintedspecs]

Hi guys. Bit of a rubbish day today. My Dad is ill again. My brother rang me this morning to say he had been taken into hospital by the paramedics. Same thing as last time but not as bad as last time. We've both spent most of the day trying unsuccessfully to contact The Royal for some sort of update. Dad can't ring us because there is very poor signal where he is so all we know is, in about a 30 second conversation with him, that they are trying to find him a bed.

Oh Anje, so sorry to hear your dad's unwell again. Hope he gets better soon.

 

[jazzy]

Good morning folks. Happy birthday Mrs J Snr. I'm not jealous at all @jazzy of your imminent holiday. Have a fantastic time. Dad is in HDU ward at The Royal. He can't have visitors but can go outside the ward to have a chat to visitors who aren't visitors.(WTF?) He's still having tests to try to identify the cause of yesterday's bleed. My brother is going to take him some stuff in today. I'll ring Dad later and see how he is. He didn't have his phone on this morning when I tried.

In other news I went to the gym last night. It was brutal! 100 leg presses working down in sets of 20 from 300kg to 100kg was a particular highlight from the PT. But no pain no gain as they say. The healthy eating has survived for 4 days so far. I am making curry tonight with coconut milk but all the calories will be accounted for.

I'm feeling very excited already for the Villa match. Goodison will be bouncing. I sincerely hope that Big Dunc tw@ts (apologies for unladylike profanity @Barnfred 55 ) the odious Stevie G from one end of Goodison to the other - both metaphorically and actually!

You leg pressed 300kgs ? Mighty impressed. Your quads must be screaming today.

Hope your dad gets better soon.

 

[Bluetintedspecs]

OK good morning everyone.
Breakfast made and eaten.
It is pretty cold out there with frost on the car.
So, it's mum's birthday today - 94 a grand old age and fortunately apart from being quite deaf ( but she can hear OK 1 on 1 ) and having occasional backache she is remarkably fit and well. Whilst my cousin will keep an eye on her for the next 2 weeks she lives very independently, indeed she will cook him pasties.
Given the current problems of @larbert toffee and @anjelikaferrett with their respective parents I feel so lucky.

Taking her out to lunch before final preparations.

That reminds me this is a massive weekend for @larbert toffee with his grandson having his first visit to Goodison. I hope that he finds it as awe-inspiring as I did on my first visit and that Big Dunc , the team and crowd are right up for the Villa game and get the result that we desperately need.

With a 12.30 ko it will be 7.30am over there so a big decision as to whether I find a TV showing it on board and annoy Mrs J that early into the holiday !

@Barnfred 55 I trust that the funeral went OK yesterday and that your heads not too bad today and that you have a safe trip home tomorrow.

Have a smashing time everyone. WiFi very patchy last time we were in the Caribbean so probably won't be posting much.

Have a fantastic holiday Jazzy. You deserve it.

 

[anjelikaferrett]

You leg pressed 300kgs ? Mighty impressed. Your quads must be screaming today.

Hope your dad gets better soon.

I did. I have to try (and fail) to keep up with my daughter who is an absolute beast and can leg press 450kg. 6ft tall, ginger, figure to die for. The PT wants her to train properly and enter a strong woman competition. Her response "oohh no. Everybody will think I'm a lesbian"

 

[Gwladysover]

Morning all,

Very cold this morning here in Kent, but lovely and sunny, so decided to put on some layers and go for a walk. We have a park just round the corner from us, known as the Glades, and @Gwladysover and @Sassy Colombian inspired me to take this photo. If you zoom in, you can see seagulls standing on bits of ice in the distance.

Hope everyone has a good day x

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....and here's one I took in the summer.

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Stunning pics.

 

[Bluetintedspecs]

My youngest son, his girlfriend, my mate and my Grandson are all coming down tomorrow night for the weekend for the game, my brother is also flying back tomorrow from Thailand to resume parental care duties.
Can't wait for the match now Benitez has gone, I was willing to give him a chance at first but the guys stubbornness and arrogance was his downfall in the end.
My Grandson has been told that it's impossible to get tickets but we're going to watch the match in a pub near the ground to capture the atmosphere, at some point I'll hand him his ticket.
My youngest son's first game was a 7-1 win v Sunderland anything approaching that would be brilliant ?

That's brilliant Larbs and a nice touch with the surprise for your grandson. Big Dunc will get Goodison absolutely jumping (remember the Chelsea game?), so it should be a great atmosphere. How old is your grandson?

 

[Barnfred 55]

Morning all,

Very cold this morning here in Kent, but lovely and sunny, so decided to put on some layers and go for a walk. We have a park just round the corner from us, known as the Glades, and @Gwladysover and @Sassy Colombian inspired me to take this photo. If you zoom in, you can see seagulls standing on bits of ice in the distance.

Hope everyone has a good day x

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....and here's one I took in the summer.

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Where's the one for Autumn?

Letting the side down here BTS