Comments on: Sunsets http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/05/31/sunsets/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Mon, 21 May 2012 12:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/05/31/sunsets/#comment-8041 Grannymar Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:42:26 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1142#comment-8041 Chris We had long hot summers and no talk of Global warming :!: Chris

We had long hot summers and no talk of Global warming :!:

]]> By: chrisb http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/05/31/sunsets/#comment-8038 chrisb Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:19:54 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1142#comment-8038 I don't think babies spend the same amount of time out doors these days~ like you it was certainly something I did some 40 yrs ago. We had better summers back then! I wish Elly and George much happiness in their new home :) I don’t think babies spend the same amount of time out doors these days~ like you it was certainly something I did some 40 yrs ago. We had better summers back then!

I wish Elly and George much happiness in their new home :)

]]> By: kenju http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/05/31/sunsets/#comment-8016 kenju Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:08:20 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1142#comment-8016 Love the cartoon! Love the cartoon!

]]> By: steph http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/05/31/sunsets/#comment-8010 steph Sat, 31 May 2008 23:56:21 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1142#comment-8010 :lol: :lol:

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/05/31/sunsets/#comment-8005 Grannymar Sat, 31 May 2008 20:19:56 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1142#comment-8005 Baino With , Steph, your goodself and yours truly, we have enough to start a 'stony broke' group! Well... Steph wants to be a groupie! Baino

With , Steph, your goodself and yours truly, we have enough to start a ’stony broke’ group! Well… Steph wants to be a groupie!

]]> By: Baino http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/05/31/sunsets/#comment-8002 Baino Sat, 31 May 2008 20:09:44 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1142#comment-8002 Hope the move goes smoothly. I want to move but dread the thought of packing! One of the joys of living here, apart from the lack of frost and condensation on windows - is sitting in the garden on a summer's evening or dangling our legs in the pool because it's too hot to venture inside. Our sunsets are dramatic to say the least. Large black gum trees against an orange sky. Steph, if it's any consolation . . I'm stony broke too! Hope the move goes smoothly. I want to move but dread the thought of packing! One of the joys of living here, apart from the lack of frost and condensation on windows - is sitting in the garden on a summer’s evening or dangling our legs in the pool because it’s too hot to venture inside. Our sunsets are dramatic to say the least. Large black gum trees against an orange sky. Steph, if it’s any consolation . . I’m stony broke too!

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/05/31/sunsets/#comment-7999 Grannymar Sat, 31 May 2008 17:37:12 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1142#comment-7999 Charmed ~ I remember driving from Stranrear to Glasgow when Elly was a Uni. The ferry left Belfast at 2am and it was wonderful having the roads to myself and watching the world slowly come to life. Firstly I met the Bread delivery lorries and a little later the milkmen working their way through the villages. I arrived at Elly's door at 7.30am wide awake. Steph ~ I hope the nappy bucket was empty :lol: Nick ~ Condensation-soaked windows or frost on the inside was the norm years ago, hopefully we are not going back in that direction. Charmed ~ I remember driving from Stranrear to Glasgow when Elly was a Uni. The ferry left Belfast at 2am and it was wonderful having the roads to myself and watching the world slowly come to life. Firstly I met the Bread delivery lorries and a little later the milkmen working their way through the villages. I arrived at Elly’s door at 7.30am wide awake.

Steph ~ I hope the nappy bucket was empty :lol:

Nick ~ Condensation-soaked windows or frost on the inside was the norm years ago, hopefully we are not going back in that direction.

]]> By: Nick http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/05/31/sunsets/#comment-7997 Nick Sat, 31 May 2008 15:58:59 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1142#comment-7997 True, it's hard for anyone to afford their own home these days - especially one that's big enough for mammy's bed! It was difficult enough a few decades ago. It was only after I hooked up with Jenny at the age of 34 that between us we were able to buy our first flat - a jerry-built box with condensation-soaked windows during the winter! Finally moved into a house eight years ago.... Hope Elly's move goes okay. True, it’s hard for anyone to afford their own home these days - especially one that’s big enough for mammy’s bed! It was difficult enough a few decades ago. It was only after I hooked up with Jenny at the age of 34 that between us we were able to buy our first flat - a jerry-built box with condensation-soaked windows during the winter! Finally moved into a house eight years ago….

Hope Elly’s move goes okay.

]]> By: steph http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/05/31/sunsets/#comment-7994 steph Sat, 31 May 2008 12:03:43 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1142#comment-7994 Grannymar, 24 years ago this B/H weekend, we moved house with our first baby. We were moving from a large comfortable semi-D into a small wrecked dormer house which had no carpets, no curtains, no double glazing, not even light fittings. We were stony broke having sold off everything we owned (including our much-loved self-converted VW camper van) to pay the deposit and hadn't enough left over to even buy a tin of paint. Our friends all mucked in to help on the day of the big move, one borrowed a truck, another lent a trailer and between us we managed to transport everything. While partying with our friends afterwards, our new doorbell rang for the first time. It was a Garda from the local police station. He was returning our nappy bucket which had fallen off the trailer en route through the village and had somehow been traced back to us :oops: Now all these years later, we're still stony broke but we still love what has become our much-loved HOME! I wish George and Elly every happiness in their new home. I think I still have the nappy bucket in the attic if they ever need it! ;-) Grannymar,

24 years ago this B/H weekend, we moved house with our first baby. We were moving from a large comfortable semi-D into a small wrecked dormer house which had no carpets, no curtains, no double glazing, not even light fittings. We were stony broke having sold off everything we owned (including our much-loved self-converted VW camper van) to pay the deposit and hadn’t enough left over to even buy a tin of paint. Our friends all mucked in to help on the day of the big move, one borrowed a truck, another lent a trailer and between us we managed to transport everything. While partying with our friends afterwards, our new doorbell rang for the first time. It was a Garda from the local police station. He was returning our nappy bucket which had fallen off the trailer en route through the village and had somehow been traced back to us :oops:

Now all these years later, we’re still stony broke but we still love what has become our much-loved HOME!

I wish George and Elly every happiness in their new home.

I think I still have the nappy bucket in the attic if they ever need it! ;-)

]]> By: Charmed http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/05/31/sunsets/#comment-7990 Charmed Sat, 31 May 2008 09:44:54 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1142#comment-7990 Sunsets and sunrises. I can never tell the difference. One follows the other, which came first? Does it matter? I reckon the thing to remember is that the sun will always set and the sun will always rise - aspects of our lives end and other aspects begin - and life goes on. Meanwhile, its nice to celebrate the transition points. Wow, philophoical for a sunny saturday moring or what? Congrats to Ellie, wishing her the very best in her new home :-) Sunsets and sunrises. I can never tell the difference. One follows the other, which came first? Does it matter? I reckon the thing to remember is that the sun will always set and the sun will always rise - aspects of our lives end and other aspects begin - and life goes on. Meanwhile, its nice to celebrate the transition points.
Wow, philophoical for a sunny saturday moring or what?

Congrats to Ellie, wishing her the very best in her new home :-)

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