Is your glass half full?

oh annodomini thankyou ...it's not too bad lol... I escape on my bike... the smell of leather clad bikers.......yuk!!!! lol bfn have a good day

Aw, biker, here's a ((((hug)))) to keep you going.

I try to get and up and start the day with glass half full...but! normaly by the end of the day someone! has changed it to half empty! but hey ho! (usualy DH)

Enjoy your lovely weekend, Alison!

ANNE just go to top of page , put cursor on last hour and Bobs your uncle , u"re there

No , Ella , I"M just a simple little woman , although I concede I know a few "text" phrases {sunshine 2 hours or so wine]

Nonu I thought you knew all the acronyms! Lol, CSL for eg. ?

still trying get the hang of postingon here!! can never seem to find the latest comments o dear must try harder!

I am probably a glass half empty type, but do try hard to be positive!!

like today OH at work and I really was going get lot done, well changed bed and must get move on and hoover dust and do bathroom, will get off here now!! lol wink

LOL , I will have to find a suitable post to use that one ,

Or BOBL, best of British luck!

Thnks Mamie {grin]

If you look under "Acronyms" on the menu bar you will find most of them Nonu. They still haven't added AFAIK (as far as I know) yet, though!

Thank you Kittylester , I am happy now , hate being out of the loop .

By the way Nonu it means 'by the way'

Thanks Anagram and Faye I hope you are enjoying the fun Jeni

It is so rare for us all to get together at the same time that this is a very special day for us all.

I am just dying to know , cannot contain my curiosity any longer , what does btw mean ? answers on a post card , or if not just post on here .

When I was looking for my flat,two years ago, I stayed in an English-run B and B near Lake Annecy. I had booked for half board because I don't drink and drive and I like a glass of wine with my dinner. It was in quite a remote spot. The first day and evening were O.K but I was astonished on the second morning to find a card from the owners saying they were going to visit their daughter in Italy and I should just help myself to any food I wanted. I didn't want to help myself - I had just spent 18 months running myself ragged looking after my daughter and her three very messy adult children. I wanted to be waited on and pampered! I left the correct amount for the time I had spent there and went and found a wonderful French hotel.

I love Parador hotels - not cheap though, even with the big discount for being elderly!
We stayed in a logis on our way to the south of France once, where the owner's wife had just left him. It was totally deserted when we arrived so we looked in the book, helped ourselves to the key and had a look at the room. We decided it would just about do (it was very hot and on a very busy day for holiday travel) and waited patiently until he arrived about an hour later. The hotel was deserted in the morning, but he eventually turned up with the breakfast bread at about 9am. I also remember one which was below a ruined chateau and had used rocks from it to hold up the bed. The water from the bidet ran along the gutter and down into the yard just where the dirty dishes were stacked.
BTW I am definitely glass half full, except in January and February...

I've dd and dgd staying. They're escaping from gloss paint fumes!
I've just had to play 'hunt the iPad' as dd had hidden it out of reach, then gone shopping without telling me!

The sun was shining here today too Alison, what could be nicer, a sunny day and time with family. D2, GS4 and GD9 months and I were watching my SIL play football, his team won and so are to be in the final in a fortnight. I will be glad to have a break from football until next year though, it is not my thing.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend, Alison. Sunshine as well - you lucky thing!

Today my cup is more than full, it is overflowing! By teatime the whole family will be here, together, 3 DSs, 2 DiLs, 1 fiancee and 2 Dss. I couldn't be happier if I had won the lottery!

Some are already here, the rest arrive later and then the first to go leave tomorrow lunchtime but for a shot time we will all be together.

Oh and the sun is shining for us too.

Well it certainly sounds like the same place. I agree that the stopover hotels here are very pricey compared to France and think that some of the chains have opened here but are not as cheap as in France. Do we pay our staff more?

It was in a tiny back street, Alison, with a wooden verandah overhanging the pavement.
I used to use those B & B hotels when I was bringing the younger children to stay with me in France - they loved the idea of the bunk over the bed. Very good value, too.
UK hotels are hideously expensive compared to France.

Kitty yes, you should be very proud. Sorry this is belated but I have been very busy.

Greatnan I wonder if that was the same hotel in Troyes that we stayed in, it certainly sounds it.

The French are very good at stopover hotels for when you just want a bed and a shower on your way somewhere. Double bed with bunk over and a cheap and cheerful breakfast. We used them a lot on our way to and from family hols in the south.