What I did today.

Mine called it the plooter and I think his parents sometimes still use the word - he doesn't, not at the advanced age of 7.

Far too sophisticated, 7, anno.
Glad to hear you DD is seeing the consultant on Wed absent
Sunny day has turned grey here. I did a run to Oxfam (remembering my giftaid labels) this morning. 6 bags of books and one of clothes.
Bit of a mooch up Stony Stratford high street and managed to buy an adjustable roasting rack. A clever device i was envying in my cousin's house recently. Holds the roasting object aloft for better browning and so you have more room for roasting veg beneath. It even goes kind of vertical so you could cook a chop vertically of you wanted. Cool!

Gracesmum : Oh dear - I thought it was funny!

Ompinter in our house.

gracesmum, glad the news was allright this morning. Hope things continue to go well

ga, yes, you did remember correctly

Have learned how to cut'n'paste!!! [sound of champagne corks popping].....am in a state of shock.

We can look forward to lots of links now crimson

Just back from Edinburgh where Marielli, Elegran and I met up with Notsogrand who was visiting with her daughter. Had a lovely natter and a delicious lunch before waving Notso off on the airport bus. Thank you 'girls' for a lovely day.

This may make all of you with husbands that you complain about, feel that they aren't so bad after all!

My son and DiL had a Halloween party on Saturday night. It was fancy dress.
My ex turned up dressed in a track suit, with rude t shirt, dark glasses and large fake cigar!
He had pictures taken with my dgd aged one, screaming on his knee, and dgs aged 9 pulling a scared face (pretending).

Sick b*****d!

Gally glad you had a lovely meet up.

Ella - that is truly awful! No wonder he's your EX!

Delighted to hear that you enjoyed the Edinburgh gathering. Wish that I could have joined you.

Gally - you beat me to it! It was lovely to meet up with Elegran andNotso (she'll just about be on her way home now, I think). Hope we can manage to organise another meet-up soon - and get some more of us together.

Glad you enjoyed your meet up.

Been so busy the last few days so not lurked about on GN much but seems it was a rotten weekend for some, hope you have good news and peace of mind soon.

How lovely that there was a "mini-gathering" in Edinburgh

Must now go and cook the evening meal, been busy all day in the garden and getting the utility room cleaned and sorted out, ready to paint tomorrow!

Unpacking after a lovely holiday, during which I kept a lurking eye, and thoughts for all you gn-ers.

Becoming more than a little concerned for my son and family as they live right in the path of Hurricane Sandy. No news so the internet connection must be down, and as we've no mobile connection is the village........it is very frustrating. Will be jumping in the car soon to drive to the nearest place in order to text (and hopefully to receive one) ......which is about 2kms away in the middle of a triangle of grass in the middle of nowhere. It usually works there! Need to be dexterous holding torch whilst texting.

Just wish I had not managed to be late for the meet-up by getting the resaurant we were going to mixed up with the (closed on mondays) one we were not going to and having to sit on a bench outside it to phone Gally and ask "Where are you?"

Reminded of the joke about the Vikings.

Rowboat with a lone Viking in it pulls up to the beach somewhere on the East coast near Whitby. Shout (do your own Yorkshire accent) from Viking to peasants gathering mussels, "Have youse been pillaged today? Raped?" They say, no, not today, so he rows away.

Pulls ashore further up the coast, shouts to women collecting seaweed "Have your huts been burned today? Anywon been ravished?" No, no attacks today, he looks worried and rows a few miles further up, pulls into the shore, asks monks shepherding their sheep, "Anywon been by today to seize your valuables? Anywon been murdered?" No, they have not. He is really worried now, rows off into the distance muttering anxiously "Ah wunder whyer the lads have gone!"

Marelli sorry I keep putting an i in your name - it just happens!

Elegran

Butter whereabouts is your son? Mine is in northern Virginia, near DC. He skyped earlier today and said they were expecting heavy rain and 60mph winds and might lose a few tiles off the roof but the house wouldn't fall down! Hope yours is safe, but don't worry if you don't get a text as they might not be getting through x

Glad you had a good time butternut and hope you hear from your lot soon.

Thanks Jess.
janeai - My lad's in N.J. - just west of Cape May. No luck with the texts earlier this evening. Nice to hear your son feels confident. Saw pics. of the NJ coast this evening and it looked pretty lively. Still, they're a resourceful lot so am sure they'll be ok! [hopeful smile]

Elegran - I bet you felt just like that Viking.....thank goodness it wasn't raining!

butter good to see you back, I hope you enjoyed your holiday

Poor elegran text me when she thought she was locked out of the restaurant but I was driving and it was 40 mins later when I replied, so I hope she didnt have long before she found you all, I was that I missed it.

glass, Gally went to find Elegran, and they seemed to be back in no time - in fact, Notsogrand and I were blethering away so much I hadn't even known Gally had gone! (Sorry, Gally)!

I am pleased gally found elegran the thought of her still wandering about Edinburgh and missing the chat would be terrible.