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25-02-2008, 06:38 PM
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 Sorry been lurking - Please don't compost me! Hi All, I am sorry but as the title says, I have been lurking about here! I have had some big family issues which started Christmas day and have been getting worse by the hour  So I just did not feel I had much to add to the posts although a few have made me laugh!Anyway I am back and plan to try and catch upp with you all. Gardening wise has not had a great start either, greenhouse blow down and frame sheared in several places. The nice manufacturer has now sent a replacement at a reduced cost  But it will be April before I can get it built, late start again this year for me.Good news: A very nice neighbour offered me her daughter's shed a few weeks back, saying it was virtually new AND last night her Grandson with the help of a flat bed truck and 6 friends delivered it to me!! I didn't ask them to they just did it, it was so kind and really made me think about the positives not the negatives. So I know have a very posh looking double door shed with lots of windows to play in too (when I get it built that is  )Belated Happy Birthdays etc to you all and I hope to catch up soon. Mandy x
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25-02-2008, 06:43 PM
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| Lovely to see you back Mandy, though I'm sorry to hear of your trials and tribulations I hope things are betterr for you from here on in
__________________ http://thankyouforthedays.blogspot.com/ In the woods there grew a tree And a fine fine tree was he |
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25-02-2008, 06:44 PM
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| Hiya Mandy, glad you're back. Sometimes it's just not the right time to post, but still good to visit the Vine now and again for a bit of 'sanity'.  
__________________ All at once I hear your voice And time just slips away Bonnie Rait |
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25-02-2008, 06:46 PM
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| Welcome back. Hope your issues are sorted soon.
__________________ Bob Leponge I dont live in a pineapple but I am trying to grow one |
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25-02-2008, 06:48 PM
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| Thanks Seahorse & MuckDiva, Think I need all the sanity or insanity of the vine Happy gardening, the nights are getting shorter Mandy
__________________ No mater when time you set out, you always get there at the same time |
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25-02-2008, 06:51 PM
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| Hi Mandy, good to hear from you again - hope the changing seasons brings a change of fortune for you. You continue lurking, it'll put us all on our best behaviour!
__________________ Manda. "Wouldn't it be nice For maybe an hour To not have a care." |
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25-02-2008, 07:03 PM
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| Welcome back Mandy, been a wonderin where you'd gone! Hope everything is getting better for you and yours, dont worry about posting, do it as and when you can and remember you are in our thoughts!
__________________ Blessings Suzanne (aka Mrs Dobby) 'Garden naked - get some colour in your cheeks'! The Dobby's Pumpkin Patch - a blogspot work in progress! Last updated 26th November2008 - more new piccies! |
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25-02-2008, 09:49 PM
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| Good to see you Mandy Bummer about your greenhouse, but Yay! for the shed!
__________________ Sarah “Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?” “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” |
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25-02-2008, 10:31 PM
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| Thought we'd lost ya', MB, welcome back to the family.
__________________ http://www.weltaf.co.uk/ I you'st to have a Chocolate Labrador, but he sat by the fire and MELTED! |
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25-02-2008, 10:36 PM
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| Nice to see you back Mandy
__________________ Shortie "There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding Carter |
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26-02-2008, 12:07 AM
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| Welcome back Mandy - and yes the nights are getting shorter here in the north!
__________________ ~ Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway. ~ Mary Kay Ash |
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26-02-2008, 02:32 AM
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| Hey Mandy! Good to see you, and I'll hold you to that Hazel Hen too, when you're ready!
__________________ Hazel www.hazelandjanesallotment.blogspot.com update Tues 02/12/2008......End of year report!..... |
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26-02-2008, 10:00 AM
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| Thanks everyone, Feel better already chatting you lot, Don't worry Hazel, you will have your virtual hen. ( I will send you pics so you can chose who Hazel will be) The coop is built only took 2 months! but the run is still to be started. I have a supplier ready and waiting but I think it will have to wait until early April My Dad is moving to Turkey and I am working full time on that just now! Thanks everyone, Mandy
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26-02-2008, 10:08 AM
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| Good to hear you are feeling better Mandy, as the others have said sometimes we all need time out and just read but not post - hope all smooths out for you
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26-02-2008, 10:12 AM
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| Nice to hear from you again Mandy. Your new avatar is a hopeful one too - big sign of spring! Good to know you've got good neighbours. If you can't keep posting, keep reading! Love from Flum
__________________ Earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated November 30th - Mr Stinky's Excellent Adventure (and a Christmas Cake) |
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26-02-2008, 10:14 AM
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__________________ A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/ - Updated 30th November http://tickers.baby-gaga.com/p/dev036pr___.png |
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26-02-2008, 10:15 AM
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| Mandy, I know how you feel, I have been 'away' for a while due to family stuff, I know it's not easy, but it is really good to have you back. I wish you well- recovery takes a while. there may be ups and downs but you will get there - baby steps to start your journey back. pm me for chat if needed at anytime. love and hugs Sue xx |
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26-02-2008, 10:22 AM
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| Glad to have you back Mandy. What lovely neighbours you have isn't it a shame that these days we feel so suprised when somebody does something good for us just because they want to? We should all try to be good to each other, spread the love!
__________________ Imagination is everything, it is a preview of what is to become. |
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26-02-2008, 03:18 PM
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| Welcome back Mandy - and hope this new season is a new start for you and yours. We're here for you if you need us.
__________________ Life may not be the party we hoped for but since we're here we might as well dance  |
