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Willow500 Wed 23-Mar-16 13:53:42

A work colleague asked my husband what we were doing over the holiday and he had to admit we don't have any plans. There is currently a supermarket ad on tv similar to the Christmas ones showing a family all getting together to have lunch which makes me sad as we no longer have that. Years ago when parents were alive and our sons lived nearby we had lovely get togethers with much laughter especially when my granddaughters arrived on the scene. Now we are on our own and find it difficult to find something to do that doesn't involve shopping or housework when we have time off work. As i work from home it's all too easy to switch the pc on and answer mail which annoys my husband intensely! What plans do you have for the long weekend.

hulahoop Sat 26-Mar-16 16:12:15

Sorry predictive text took over (God will be busy I think ) should say grandaughter and I hats Monday x

Bellanonna Sat 26-Mar-16 16:18:20

hulahoop grin. I did wonder.....

Tegan Sat 26-Mar-16 16:36:45

No Ann...its the SOs holiday home...he's letting me furnish/dress it.Just bought some boats....little wooden ones not real ones...am also ironing bedlinen..something I never do at home.

annsixty Sat 26-Mar-16 16:47:17

Oh that sounds good. a real interest for you.
Incidentally it is lashing down with rain here, the first time for ages. That has spoiled Rasyter plans for a lot of people.

pompa Sat 26-Mar-16 17:15:04

As our car broke down Thursday, our weekend plans have been upended.

Daughter is coming to stay for rest of weekend tomorrow and leaving Gson to stay with us. (We were going there for the week) Hopefully car will be fixed Tuesday.

I have a gig at the Museum of Power in Maldon tomorrow with my ukulele group, not sure that the rain, wind and cold forecast is quite what we hoped for an outdoor event. Luckily I can get a lift there. So if you fancy coming along to hear the greatest ukulele band in Maldon (we are the only one) come along.

Greyduster Sat 26-Mar-16 18:01:15

Good luck with that, pompa (you may have your tie your hat on!).
Hope it goes well. My step GS has just started playing the uke - he's pretty good! It seems to be an instrument that is growing in popularity.

rubysong Sat 26-Mar-16 18:25:45

Have a great time at your gig, Pompa. We had a ukelele band for our WI party and they were very popular and soon had everyone singing along.

rosesarered Sat 26-Mar-16 20:22:10

Do you do 'when I'm cleaning windows' pompa ? smile

Coolgran65 Sat 26-Mar-16 22:01:51

We never head anywhere on Bank Holidays, dh hasn't the patience for the excess traffic.
And for the first time ever we have no family for dinner on Easter Sunday. Young 'uns are going glamping and taking their bikes for some off road tracks. We shall thoroughly enjoy the quiet smile

oldgoat Sat 26-Mar-16 22:13:25

OH and I are spending the weekend in our little campervan in County Durham. The rain is lashing down and the wind is making the van rock from side to side. Should be an interesting night!

pompa Sun 27-Mar-16 00:14:45

No I don't do "When I'm cleaning windows", that's women's work. smile

Willow500 Sun 27-Mar-16 06:27:37

Well to fill the time in yesterday we headed off to White Rose shopping centre in Leeds as we've never been - bought an outfit for an upcoming wedding (note to self do NOT put on any more weight before August!) and several Next nail polishes (currently sporting 5 different nails trying to decide which I prefer), devoured a Thornton's chocolate bunny in the car (note to self - remember previous note!) and ended up in Ikea in the usual one way procession though the store telling each other what a daft idea this was! Just to mix it up a bit we backtracked with the trolley against the flow to get a tape measure but left with no purchase. Today we're staying home!! grin

pompa Sun 27-Mar-16 07:04:34

Sun is up sunshine, for a while anyway, Bit hung over after a 50th wedding party last night and a very late night/early morning.
Looking forward to good gig today, DJ, last night played a lot of the songs in the two sets we are playing, so got some singing practice in.

Izabella Sun 27-Mar-16 13:54:21

Ooooooh trifle. Sounds wonderful

pompa Sun 27-Mar-16 14:12:34

First set went fine, and then the rain came, turned the field into a mud bath.