Welcome Skybird Regé-Jean Page must be prepared to do a lot of cleaning and fetching-carrying - and get blamed for anything which goes wrong. Do you think he's up to the task - he looks a bit too ornamental to me 
Oh, he also might have to fight Jeeves for the position and Jeeves is a black belt (at least he is until he cleans it).
Jeeves has been our faithful retainer for a long time now so old Regé will have to sign on for the duration and absolutely no photos.
If anyone is in touch with Marydoll give her my (our) love. I guess she's there now until all the restrictions cease?
Okay, here's the project. I'm going to change my GN name and I'd like something a little more inventive than GubbinsGran and the like. Put your thinking caps on please 
Mamissimo Did you hear News from Nowhere today?
They talked about exchanging a glut of ruddy rubber beans with local farmers' morning sticks.
It's a BBC Cymru production
Well hello. Had such a job finding you all again button in the end! Like the new sofas and chairs but maybe some footstools? Panache So pleased your man was able to rest peacefully. Will do him so much good and you too.
Just had a trip to our river. The sun was shinning and we watched a few fishing boats go out to the Wash. So peaceful.
Hi Lobstars,
I have wifi back. The man came out essential to get grammaretto back online
He found the problem. My DIY skills were such that I had removed various cables and returned one into the wrong hole.
However, he was kind and not patronising and is in the process of getting me a much better deal on my broadband/phone package so I may end up paying only 2 bills instead of 3.
What is to be your new name BL? Mamissimo has started the ball rolling.
Moana, means water in Maori but you are not at all wet.
Kai is food , on the other hand 
that could work...
Then there were some girl names you would have liked Gubbins to be named if it had been your choice.
Lovely photos of blue skies in Norfolk Jan
You do get wonderful skies there because it's so flat
I also hail from Norfolk on one side of the family. The intrepid gt grandmother who went to NZ was from a Norfolk family on her father's side.
I am so glad Panache and her DH had a decent night's sleep.
I have run out of hot chocolate. Jeeves where are you???
I turn my back for a second and Grammaretto sneaks in behind me.
So pleased your wi if is working. It’s pretty essential normally but in lockdown it’s vital. Sounds as though you may get a better deal out of things anyway. that’s what DH and I say about Norfolk too. No offence Nfk and Jan
That's a beautiful, peaceful picture Jan thank you for sharing - I can imagine being there and watching the seabirds, something I once did in Norfolk many years ago.
And footstools are a brilliant idea, can we ask Jeeves to get some and a few recliner chairs too? Mr Doodle might manage a recliner -then it can gently tip him out without effort.
Cherry Talking of saucey bottles...we have a liquid here called Purple Death. I've never tasted it but looking at the price tells me it's popular only for the label (see pic), or perhaps cleaning engine parts.
I like the big picture windows in this new place, ideal for bird watching. I'm looking for your flocks of small, white gulls Doodle.
And well-done for choosing voice-operated AI central heating.
I can foresee just a few wee problems as someone shouts "Turn down heating" 10 minutes after another lobstar has yelled "Turn UP heating" but if Jeeves puts enough cognac in the hot chocolate it should solve that.
Mammissimo as always, you had me laughing; is a polymath someone who learned their times tables parrot fashion?
Nortsat I like Botis but I think the other lady is better named FLATUS at the moment.
Nfk I followed one branch of my ancestry right back to the 1300's.
Purists wouldn't agree because the line cannot be proven. However, we have an unusual last name and he came from the same tiny village as the rest of the inbred clan and was registered to pay John of Gaunt's Poll Tax.
I very much hope he was one of the rebels.
Oh Panache bless your heart, what a wonderful post. I am unbelievably glad your darling is able to get some rest and you also.
It must have taken such a weight off your shoulders to know at last your long, hard fight has been successful. 
Skybird Young Regé-Jean may not be one of our factotums but I'm sure you'll find a use for him 
Hee hee.
I dug out my "onion holding safety device" in the hope of avoiding more unkind cuts. We'll see.
I'm going to try and walk up the road this morning. Having zero exercise is getting to me so I must make an effort.
Send Jeeves to find me if I'm not back by tomorrow...
I hope all those who haven't yet found us are well.
Thinking of you all come back to us soon.
No need to send Jeeves, I'm back.
He's getting very keen Missedout trying to give you the kiss of life - glad you settled for the brandy
Nfk don't let the jigsaw beat you. I'm not a jigger but aren't there pieces with knobs and sockets? I think they may have different shapes.
Would it help to lay out those pieces in categories then only those which would fit that configuration? Large knobs need large sockets and so on.
Don't forget you'll need a darkened room to lie down in and Jeeves's brandy ministrations afterwards.
Grammaretto - you may have something in those 2 ideas. kaimoana is seafood and I LOVE seafood.
Mammissimo my bf Jane used to grow olives on her organic farm near my other house.
When it came to sending off the harvest for processing, she was told her batch would go in with those of other non-organic growers and what would be returned to her was an amalgam of all.
She was upset on 2 counts: that they couldn't have their own pure, olive oil back and that there were no facilities for processing organics.
That's 12 years ago now and I wonder if anything has changed?
Who processes your olives?
Cherry the pot Grammaretto made is bound to be female, it has lumps
te potiki means the youngest child - I haven't seen the film so I don't know the context - but as I am the elder of two sisters, it wouldn't work.
Why do I want a change? Just for the sake of it I suppose. My DH used to laugh at me when he came home to find the sitting room totally re-arranged every few weeks.
Love of change was one of the reasons I planned to buy a camper can when I retired. Being stuck here is hard work for my gypsy psyche. "Thursday's child has far to go."
Doodle do we have some interesting, cosy boxes and baskets in our new home, for all the lovely cats?
My son rang for a bit of a chat and it seems young Gubbins needs the help of a chiropractor-osteopath. They knew something was wrong when they put her in the baby seat to go shopping and she screamed until she could hardly breathe. Poor wee soul.
I am assailed on every corner by the horrific noise of lawn mowing machines and nasty, diesely fumes.
This is my idea of hell - but they have to do their job.
The Puzzle. I am progressing but the different shades and tones (which were nicely organised for a brief spell) are infuriating. Still, it's good for me to learn to look for those little nuances of tone! I think my rate is about the same as yours Missedout. I shall have a good go at it today and sort out the shades - again.
After talking to DD1 last evening I've decided not to look at the family tree and avoid the 'puter during 'working hours'. She said that with four of them all on various tablets and laptops their internet is so slow she can no longer video conference but has to turn the screen off. It hadn't occurred to me that our Sky wi-if going so slow yesterday and dropping out occasionally was due to all the school children doing their lessons on line!
I do hope young Gubbins gets the help she needs to get straightened out Bradford. I think its amazing what can be achieved now compared with how things were when we were little. Doing this family tree and looking at all the Census returns has really made me think about how fast our lives have changed. And - Kaimoana is a lovely name. Seafood. Lobster. Very apt. It has my vote..
West Norfolk is lovely Jan, there seems to be so much more s p a c e! We often head that way for the birding and DS comes up to Hunstanton for the kite surfing. I'm way to the right of you, sort of north of the Broads towards the sea. Undulating countryside and quite high up for this part of the world, just right for catching that breeze from the Arctic!
I live in hope that while I've been dillying around posting this Panache has been on and said that they've both had a good nights sleep.
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