My husband died in my arms on the 2nd May (2009) - what happens now?

Yes Sue I wasn't taking any chances with her lol!!  Photos are fab Lynne but you have ruined my mystery now (just kidding lol).  Shattered after the long drive and busy weekend so going to have a cuppa and very early night.

G xx

Sorry Gayle ha ha , you cant hide now , enjoy your cuppa and give your special boys a hug from me xx

Sue, how can you blame a poor innocent computer for your typos. I would never blame my flippin comp coz it would probably get up and walk out of the door. hehehe.(it would be sick of being in trouble with all the typos I make).

Gayle and Lynne, glad you enjoyed the meet up. It's good to talk and I bet you did tons of that (in between knocking back the booze) lol. I hope Birmingham is still standing.

Bren, will you go to the cathdral in Montreal it is so beautiful. I loved it.  Glad you are feeling a little better.

Manda, Lesley, Rosemary, Judi, Dave, (sorry I know there are more but names evade me) I hope you are feeling a little better as the weekend comes to a close.

Love and angel hugs x x x patricia x x x

i was there with you, lynne, and i was ready to jump in and save you if you fell.

napoleon xxx

Hi everyone.  I have been catching up on your posts for the past hour.  Gayle & Lynne - the photos on FB as great.  Glad you had a good time and now I will recognise you both in Mach xx

Janninajill I am so sorry to read about you losing John.  Take care of yourself and I will watch out for you posting again.

Helen I bought a new sat nav a couple of weeks ago and used it for the first time to go to Becky's this weekend .  I know my way there but that is a good time to use one for the first time to see if it does like you think it should!!  I am really impressed with it.  My other one was 4 years old and thye have come on so much.

Sue my 'more' button doesn't work either!!  You sound a little more cheerful which is lovely to hear.  I hope it keeps up.

Patricia I am so glad to read that the belated meal for Jennifer's 30th went well.  Sorry you were upset afterwards ((((((hugs)))))).

Judi - loads more snow eh?  No more here so far and that is how I would like it to stay even though I have bought a sledge now.  I will happily wait till next year to use it!  Oity about the hat - we should think of something to wear for the meeting even though we will probably recognise each other anyway - it would still be fun.  Maybe we can carry a flower or something?

Hi Fiona - sorry Darren hasn't found work yet.  Maybe there is still a chance.  I know you will look forward to seeing him sooner but he is having a wonderful experience so it would be nice if it could continue and he could get to see more of Australia.

Lesley & Manda I hope you are both feeling a bit better this evening.  I am so sorry you have been having a hard time.  I think I was very lucky to get away to see Becky & Declan this weekend as I was heading down the same black hole as you two after selling Chris's van on Thursday.  I haven't thought about it since Friday evening until I got home this evening.  Seems strange coming home and it not being on the drive.

I have had a lovely weekend with Becky & Declan.  Our Lebanese meal was lovely on Friday and it was 2am before we settled down for the night.  Becky, Declan & I went for a nice walk for a couple of hours on Saturday afternoon and got some nice coffee & hot chocolate while we were out.  Then Becky cooked us a lovely meal in the evening and we drank a couple of bottles of wine.  We had a bit of a go on the wii this morning and then I set off back at lunchtime.

I like the idea for the book Rosemary.  I will have a think and then as I have never done anything like that before I will ask you somemore questions to see if I have the right idea.

I'm glad that you have your dog sorted out ready for your trip Bren.

Well I had better go and unpack.  Take care everyone else - Dot Quill, Dave.  Ailsa xxx

Glad you had a good weekend too Ailsa , roll on march xxxxx

One suggestion for recognising one another - carry a penguin!

simples.           

napoleon's human xxx

I always miss the obvious Sue!!!  However having missed the obvious I do have a handy little penguin I will carry with me on the 13th March so everyone will know I am one of us!! xxx

Great pics on FB, you are right Lynne, no-one will make the change for us, you are so brave. Having said that my family think I am brave for meeting you all in March, it is not something I would normally do, I used to panic about going into Manchester alone! Now I am going to meet people I have never met before and at Christmas travel to America alone!

Ailsa, I'm glad you had a good weekend too. I think I have felt a bit better today. I have not done much but have been to Rachel's and feel quite calm.

I managed to get my cleaning and ironing done today and also used my hair straightners, yippee no more Mrs Mophead!!!

Anyway I am off to bed to read my new book, Dewey a true story about a cat! I started a biography about John Thaw last week, he died of cancer in 2002, the book was written by his wife Sheila Hancock, I only managed the first couple of pages before I was in tears, so have put it away for now. Maybe a tearjerker is not what I need right now!!

Ah, well, weekend over, back to work tomorrow. Have a good week everyone. Love Lesley xx

Have a good week, everyone. Feeling much more positive today -let's hope we all start to pick up the pieces and start living a little.

lynne, hun, you are absolutely right - life will not come to us, we have to get out and grab it by the whatnots.  Time for this penguin to sstop whingeing and get living!

Love and hugs to all

sue xx