[CHRISTINE ANGELA BRAILSFORD]

in reply to: It's November! The Month of Thankfulness. Let's Count Our Blessings Daily. #21581

Hi All,
Happy thanksgiving to you all there,
I hope you are all are doing ok there, sorry not b een on here for a while, but so much has been going on, patch was fixed 15 days ago and he also had a dew claw taken off that had started to come off but got caught in hes fir, we had to get him done as he run off twice, the last time got realy scary, he got out of hes harness, crossed a busy road, jumped over a cemetary wall and just would not come back, stewart was with him that time and stewart went to walk away and patch went up to him, luckily stewart had the slip lead with him and put that around hes neck and brought him home, we phoned the vets the following day and they told us to bring him in 2 days later, which we did, hes over it now, just got to let things settle, but hes turning into a young puppy again,hes nipping again etc, we are going to get him a lead thing that goes over hes nose, stops him pulling so much, i think they are called halti collars, will get one next time we go out shopping, ive had physio on my heel, went four times and last week she told me she wont see me untill january 4th now, my heel is so painfull, dispite putting ice on it, ive got some sketchers training shoes with memory foam insoles and gel in them, but my heel still is realy sore, so ive made a drs appointment for december 10th to see what else can be done, may have to be referred onto a consultant or someone, its turned realy cold here now, there was a frost here this morning too, patch is just a puppy i know, he wil be a y ear old on december 31st, how this year has flown by, sorry about not mailing, but things have been so busy around here, my oven went the other week, the fan element in my main oven went, i was able to order the part and stewarts dad put the part in for us, luckily i could still use the top oven , but all is fixed now, we are having fish and chips tonight, again sorry for not getting in touch before now, hope you all have a lovely thanksgiving day, thinking of you all there hugs to you all christine

[CHRISTINE ANGELA BRAILSFORD]

in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #15517

Hi Barbara
Just thought I would mail you, as i have not done so for a while, I hope things with you are not too bad, sorry to hear you were sick there a while ago, I hope you are feeling much better now, baking! wow, you do pies, amazing, im not that good at pastry myself, ok with sponges etc, make muffins and lately been making banana bread, although its not bread to be honest, but more of a cake but you bake it in a loaf tin in the oven, im not feeling that great today, bit of tummy problems and bad headaches, went to bed early last night though, feel better than i did last night anyway, patch is doing fine our new springer spaniel puppy, hes 9 months old now, hes realy growing up fast, it was the anniversary of charlies passing yesterday, 2 yrs, i miss that dog each and every day, but ive got hes garden to tender, and i have hes ashes, still cannot open that bag with hes collar in though, that sits on top of hes ashes box, patch is nothing like charlie though! patch has riped all the soft toys up, ive had to throw them away, will have to get him stonger toys to play with, he has rope toys, tuggers etc to play with and he loves playing with tennis balls, ive started to let him off the lead up the green when no other dogs are around, we have had a lot of food issues with patch, a lot of what we had him on made him have upset tummys, but we found one now lillys kitchen brand its organic and wheat and grain free, since being on it hes ok now, thank goodness, stewarts still working at the airport in the duty free shop, hes on the late shift today, 1pm-10pm, so hes home for around 10.30pm tonight, i hate the shifts he works, but at least hes working, ive still not heard from the physio therapy about my heel spurs on my heel, been waiting since july for an appointment, i had blood clots in my right leg a while ago, ended up goign to the hospital emmergency deparment in the end, pain was shooting up my leg, turned out to be blood clots and infection in my leg, my drs just ignored me all the time, just said they will refer me for physio therapy, my heel spur is realy painfull like needles digging into my heel, hurts like anything, i just have to carry on best i can, ive tried the gel insoles, makes no difference at all, ive found a lovely comfy pair of clarks shoes i have at home and wear those now, our weather had cooled down now, its dry out side today, i took patch out for a walk this morning , will take him out again around 2pm before the schools come out and again tonight after patch has had hed dinner tonight, i cannot believe its nearly october already, where has this year gone? our strictly come dancing started at the weekend, im pleased its back on now, we have one show each year, it goes on untill xmas here, i know your dancing with the stars is on now over there, you have that gary bussey on there, he was on our celebrity big brother last year and he won it! hes had some kind of brain injury on a motor bike accident, he was not wearing a helmet they say, but hes not right to go on these shows realy, ive not done much realy this past week, been baking, im going to watch some television shows i recorded off the tv today and get patch out, i need to get myself some lunch soon, stewarts left for work now, so a long day for me, got to get the rest of the washing out on the line to dry too, take care now christine

[CHRISTINE ANGELA BRAILSFORD]

in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #15212

Hi Adele
Thank you so much for your mail tome, its appriciated, as i do know you are busy there, hows gary doing now? hope hes ok and things are improving with hes health, boy what a year its been for us quackers, most of us getting some ailment or other, be pleased when this year is over to be honest, my heel is still paining me a lot, like needles sticking into my heels, i wore some boots i got a few years ago yesterday afternoon when i went to walk patch, as up the firs where i take him is fairly muddy now, what with rain etc we have had, i put those gel heel insoles in them, and boy they were awefull to walk in, uncomfortable, i could not wait to get home to take them off and get my comfly clarks shoes on again! i threw those boots in the bin now, they went today, the binmen came to collect our rubbish bin today, the smart meters were installed today too, i made stewart get up early, around 9am, i was up at 6.45am this morning, made stewarts packed lunch for work, got patch out in the garden and did hes breakfast and then got him out for hes walk, we met up with an old guy mowing hes front lawn, he likes pach and always has a chat to us if we see him, patch enjoyed hes walk then we headed back home, the guys came around 11am to put the smart meters in, took about an hour to install them, they have given me this small screen thing, you plug it in and it tells you what you are using and how much its costing you to run per hour, even gives you your total electric and gas bill as you go along, no more them coming to read the meters, the reading goes right to the head office and every 3 months they just send you a statement of your bill, we pay direct debit each month for our gas and electric, we pay around £64 a month for both gas and electric, its been enought though as we are always in credit, in winter i dont go mad with heating, we have heaters we can use if we get cold, we have central heating too that comes on twice a day in autumn and winter, we will probably put the heating on next month, i had to have one heater on last night as it got chilly in the living room, im doing gammon steaks with pasta tonight, stewart and i like the banana bread i made the other day, stewars on late shift today, so hes not home untill 10.30pm, hate him doing lates, but hes off tomorrow and friday, shopping day for us tomorrow too, anyway you take care and thank you so much for your mail, its going to be hard sunday remembering charlie, cannot believe its 2 yrs since he went over that rainbow bridge, what i would give to see him though!, miss him so much, take care quack, quack! christinex

[CHRISTINE ANGELA BRAILSFORD]

in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #15195

Hi Adele
Thank you so much for your mail to me, appriciate it, sounds like you are busy there, that receipe sounds lovely, i did the banana bread yesterday used the mixer, it sure makes cakes so light and the banana bread was lovely,dont know why its called banana bread, its more banana cake! but its nice though, I managed to get patch out this morning, but when we got down the the firs where we walk patch it started to drizzle with rain, so we walked up one side of the firs and came home, i had to leave patch in the kitchen to dry off, as he was wet and we have wooden flooring or else he would just slip all over the place!, Ive got a guy coming today to service my boiler, hes due here between mid day and 5pm, tomorrow ive got smart meters being installed here, for my gas and electric, ive cleared out the cupboard under the stairs where the gas meter is, got to do the other cupboard today where the electric meter is kept, patch is growing up fast, hes 9 months old next week, it will be 2 yrs sunday we lost charlie, the time has just flown by realy, its wet here today, hope to be able to get patch out again today, see how the weather is and when this guy comes to do the service on the boiler, stewarts on late shift today and tomorrow, so hes not home untill 10.30pm tonight and tomorrow, i understand your dancing with the stars has started, that gary bussey was on our celebrity big brother here last year, and he won it! but he was weid on that show, never wanted to shower or change hes clothes, the other celebs had to help him shower and dress him and tell him what to do, and he goes and wins the show!! lol, i feel sorry for him on d.w.t.stars there, feel sorry for the partner that has him too! our strictly come dancing starts this friday and saturday, its on twice this week, then its every saturday, the judges award points out of 10 for each dance then the public vote and the 2 that score the lowest get to do a dance off and its up to each judge who they want to save, and the one that loses out leaves the show, we managed to go and see a show of it last year, ive applied for tickets for each show this year, they draw your name out, hope im lucky this year though, i hope you and gary are both ok there, we have cooler weather now, mostly rain!, anyway best go as stewarts leaving to go to work soon and i have to be downstairs for the boiler service guy, take care and big hugs to you from me christine

[CHRISTINE ANGELA BRAILSFORD]

in reply to: It's Fall! Let's Celebrate Cooler Temperatures and Spectacular Fall Foliage. #15176

Hi Girls,
sorry Ive not mailed you all for a while, but the time has just flown by! and there is always things to be done here, what with patch etc, hes nearly 9 months old now! how time flies by! we had to get him another crate the other week, hes outgrowing hes currant one, we got the extra large size this time, thought it would last him out ok! still got to put it up yet, its still in the box in our hallway, we will have to put it in the front room, too big for the kitchen! patch is growing into a lovely dog, he knows basic commands now and we do let him off the lead up the green area where we walk him if there are no other dogs around, I bought a whistle and clicker inone and he responds to that, he knows our routine now and hes not grabbing my rose heads like he used too! he loves to meet other dogs and people, he loves people, he has this one thing though, he rips hes toys up! ive had to throw away some of hes toys and had to sew up others, i will have to get him tough toys from now on like kong toys.

Im not feeling that great in myself realy, was sick the other week and have not been right since, think its the damm weather we have here, one day rain, rain, rain the next sunshine, ive just not felt right at all, ive still not heard anything about my physio therapy,but what with our health service., im not surprised by that one, i did get a letter from my drs surgery asking me to call them to make an appointment for a flu vaccination, which i will do monday now, my heel spur is still hurting a lot, ive found a pair of comfy clarks shoes i had in my wardrobe, so been wearing those, but what with all the dog walking my heel soon starts to hurt like hell, patch goes out three time a day now, morning, afternoon and evening time, all the kids went back to school after thier summer break 2 wks ago now, so i have to make sure when i take patch out it does not clash with the kids going or coming out of school, stewart is ok, hes still working at our local airport in the duty free shop, hes on the early shift tomorrow, so ive got to be up for around 2.10am, to let patch out, i wil then sweep and mop the floors downstairs and then go back to bed untill around 7.30am, then get up put patch out in the garden, then get hes breakfast and get himout for a walk, ive got laundry to do too tomorrow and cleaning of the house, ive taken chicken legs out of the freezer for our dinner tomorrow, im not in the mood for a lot of cooking tomorrow.

I was lucky enough to be asked to test out a morphy richards food mixer, its a lovely mixer, it would cost around £150 to buy, and i get to keep it too, so thats on the counter in my kitchen, its red in colour and ive used it twice so far, i ve had it around a week now, ive done muffins in it, i made some muffins today in fact, some strawberry ones and blueberry ones, i plan to do banana bread this coming week too, never made that before, but i thought i would give it a go.

My dad has not been the best this last week, he had some infection in hes tooth, he has to go and have hes tooth out next week, the dentist gave my dad antibiotics for a week, he has poison in hes tooth, must of been realy painfull, Gail I hope Greg is a little better with hes tooth now, im so sorry ive not mailed here for a long time, but time has just flown by, our clocks change end of next month here, they go back by one hour, i think its the last sunday in October, we had a quacker show here the other week, i just ordered a couple of quacker tops that were on clearance prices, i got the red top with the cromets around the neck line and sleeves and i got the blooming top that has embroidered flowers around the neck line and cromets on it too, i got it in pink, i was so lucky to get that top, as i wanted pink and all they had in my size was white, im not the biggest fan of colour white, makes me look pale, and then i looked and they had pink in my size, just what i wanted, so i ordered it and it came within a few days too, im so pleased with all my quacker purchases, i need to get some more dream jeans though, i realy want to try out the leggings too, i just wish we had the range you girls have there in the usa, you are so lucky with the colour choices you have there in things.

Our weather has realy cooled down here now, summers over for another year, we have no plans to go away anywhere this year now, patch is far too young to be going into kennels and this year we had a lot of expenses on our car, the clutch went back in June and that cost us £800!, it had to go on the credit card as we just did not have £800, and stewart needs the car to get to work and back, and when hes on hes early shifts he has to start work at 4am, and on the lates he finnishes at 10pm, so its difficult to be without the car, luckily stewarts dad took stewart to work and brought him home in hes car while our car was in the garage, so we have to keep that car on the road, plus what with my blood clots, i was advised not to fly for a year, so no more holidays for us this year, we did manage to go to wales in may, which was ok, we at least got to see my dad, and patch enjoyed hes first holiday, i cannot believe on the 27th september our charlie has been gone 2 yrs, hes over the rainbow bridge with all the other animals having fun! guess jean has blinged him up! im going to get something for hes garden this week, we hope to get one side of our garden turfed in the spring, so patch has more grass to play on, he loves to dig the soil though, hes a rascle, but hes lovely though, i will have to put some recent photos of him on here soon, will try and do that next week if i can, i promise i will mail here more now,im getting used to the new site, anyway best go now, im so tired and stewarts on early shift tomorrow, y ou all take care and again so sorry for the delay in mailing, ive not forgotten any of you, barbara i hope you are feeling better now, keep quacking girls! big hugs to you all there christine

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