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so, so busy!!! From
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(403 days old)
Wow, doesn't time fly? We have been so busy this year, with Barry being area president of Moose he has been visiting lots of branches in the southern area. We don't get paid anything at all, expenses … more
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busy lives again From
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in Life is soooo busy!
(477 days old)
After Telford came the Moose southern area President's evening. This is what all our dance lessons had been for. Steve Spellor was the singer and he was/is amazing. We started the dancing with our hun… more
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great guest house From
mintola
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(548 days old)
I forgot to say that while up in Telford we stayed in a lovely guest house, it's called Willow Guest House and is in Wellington. Our room was very comfortable the owners were the most friendly ones w… more
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a fantastic weekend From
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(552 days old)
We had a great weekend, we left here on Friday about 7 am, we stopped twice along the way as we weren't supposed to be in the guest house until after mid-day, we got there about 20 to 12 in the end a… more
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Holiday of a lifetime - for us! From
mintola
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(581 days old)
Well we have had a busy few months. On Tuesday 4th March 2008 our friend knocked our door at 5.30 am, he and his wife were taking us to Gatwick airport. Barry's email pal had sent us air tickets and b… more
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All change! From
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(625 days old)
Well so much has happened since I last came on here!! Our son and his fiancee moved out on 1st February, after almost 2 years living with us they finally got this lovely 2 bed flat just round the corn… more
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my tooth!! From
mintola
in Life is soooo busy!
(700 days old)
In September, while out at a meeting and dinner, I was eating a lovely pork chop when I felt a bone, hubby said, can't be a bone, they are boneless chops. I said, trust me I have one! I took it out an… more
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nearly Christmas! From
mintola
in Life is soooo busy!
(710 days old)
3 weeks tomorrow and it will be Christmas! Last year's was very quiet, none of our kids were with us and it wasn't the same! We've just put the decorations up, normally it's about the 26th November bu… more
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quick break From
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(737 days old)
We had a very quick but hectic break away last week!! I was so excited (as always) that I woke up at 3 am, I stayed in bed until 3.30 then went down to do a drink and get the flask ready, packed the s… more
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Christmas is coming!! From
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(757 days old)
Well for some reason, lay in bed last night I decided to work out how many weeks it was until Christmas, it was 10 weeks to the day!! Do I care, am I worried? No not at all, because as always for the … more
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Happy 1st anniversary Gurkha Sandford! From
mintola
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(780 days old)
On Saturday 22nd September 2007, we were very priveliged to be invited to the first anniversary of the Gurkha at Sandford. we arrived at 10.30 and filmed a little of the inside as we discovered that s… more
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busy, busy, busy From
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in Life is soooo busy!
(829 days old)
Why do we always seem to be so busy in one go, then have nothing to do for weeks and get bored?? We travelled up to Norfolk on Friday to fetch Barry's daughter and grand-daughter, what a nightmare jou… more
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great holiday From
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in Life is soooo busy!
(841 days old)
We just had our first holiday alone, the 2 of us, no kids, nothing!! The first night we stayed at the B&B in Calais, we like to go there to see Alain, he's become a friend of ours and hugs and kis… more
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nearly holiday time again!! From
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(860 days old)
It's been a while since I last wrote on here again!! We've had a lot of things going on. Kelly had an accident in her car 2 weeks ago, that was the scariest day of my life! We got a call from some man… more
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totally confused From
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(955 days old)
I have been trying to log in here again and kept forgetting my info, just found the book with it and it was as I thought, I entered it, then it said wrong info, so I did a different password and it to… more
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long time no write..... From
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in Life is soooo busy!
(990 days old)
I can't believe how much time has passed since I last did anything on here! We have been very busy, Barry's email pal came over from Florida, that was a great visit. We had a lovely holiday in… more
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great easter From
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(1300 days old)
We just had a fantastic week! We went up to see Barry's daughter on Easter Sunday, we hired a caravan until Friday so that we could give Mandy her space, Kelly and Alex went up there Saturday night an… more
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slowing down for a while From
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(1314 days old)
Well after a very hectic month of playing around with Ancestry, my time is up!! I received 2 more certificates, the birth of Henry, confirming his parents names, and also his parent's marriage certifi… more
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waiting and waiting..... From
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(1333 days old)
Here I am again, I was so annoyed the other week, I decided to ring the GRO to find out what had happened to Barry's dad's certificate, the money had gone out the bank but nothing at all. I was told t… more
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success!! From
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in Life is soooo busy!
(1349 days old)
Well my auntie and cousin have both sent cheques for £10, what nobody knew (and probably still don't at the moment) is that I'd already sent for the marriage certificate. It came through on Thursday a… more
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still searching From
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(1354 days old)
I've been given some leads from Rootschat site and I'm trying to follow them up but to be honest without those certificates there's not much I can do. I need to find out this guy's father's name then … more
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still researching From
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(1358 days old)
I have joined genes connected and rootschat now, still hoping for more info on my ancestors. I think it's about got to the stage where I have to consider buying certificates, then starts the dilema!! … more
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researching family is addictive!! From
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(1367 days old)
Wow, my 2 weeks ended yesterday actually they end on Thursday but I got the chop yesterday! Oh well, the stuff I found was absolutely amazing, I saw all these different census' from various years, I f… more
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another interest! From
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(1381 days old)
I had an email from ancestry.co.uk the other week saying that for the first time the Births, marriages and deaths index was available free!! So I started with myself, something easy that I knew the in… more
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all change!! From
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(1390 days old)
Well last Sunday they moved into their flat. It was hard work moving stuff out of here and then up to the flat which is up a couple of flights of stairs! Luckily it didn't rain and we managed to get i… more
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My daughter's moving out!! From
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(1405 days old)
Just before Christmas Kelly and Alex looked at a flat in an old manor house, they filled the forms in and waited, and waited, with Christmas it took longer than expected but finally this Tuesday (3rd … more
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Happy New Year!!! From
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(1411 days old)
We had a New year's eve party last night, we invited the usual 3 couples to join us and we did a murder mystery party, only this time we just had a buffet, not a dinner. Everyone dressed up as they we… more
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it's all over From
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(1415 days old)
well here we are, in between Christmas and New Year. Kelly and Alex came back with a real Christmas tree on Christmas eve, they were giving them away at the shop down the road! So we put th parasol li… more
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nearly Christmas! From
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(1420 days old)
I thought I would just add a quick one here before the Big Day arrives!! We're all ready for it here, the tree has been up almost a month now and is bulging with gifts and they're not all under it eit… more
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Happy Christmas!! From
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in Life is soooo busy!
(1428 days old)
Phew, what a hectic month this is! We went to Calais last weekend (9th December) with our good friends. We were delayed 2 hours getting on the tunnel so it put everything out for the time we had there… more