Lisa D: Crikey what a week we have had here. A big storm and winds of 210mph in Blackpool. 80 to 90mph where I live. 16 people killed with things falling on them. Floods. My mam has roof damage and a fench blown down and smashed. They have given snow for us for tomorrow.

mybirthdaysoon: LOL!

"Snoopy": Your welcome!

"Snoopy": Ok I did it and I just knew I was gonna have trouble trying to grasp what it was called on the phone lol but I got it eventually.
There are different types, the two she got in her catalogue are Beris Thunbergii and Atropurpurea both prickly. She got hers from the garden center.

"Snoopy": I,ll do it in a few minutes I,m a bit slow lol!

Foxy Lady: That means we,ll probaly get it soon!

"Snoopy": Crumbs! I forgot, I will ask my mam in a bit as soon as she is awake. She likes a little respite from all us kids on the Sat lol! I,ll give her a tinkle!

"Snoopy": Yes but I can,t think what the heck it is lol! I will find out, my mam has them so she will probably know.

BerniceC: I just got my claws cut not long ago!

BerniceC: Crumbs! Would,nt you be cooler still if you had your long hair cut?

☼ajtgirl☼: and Foxy crumbs I did,na like the sound of that! Sounds like SuperCat to me!

Foxy Lady: Bet it can,t outswim the Alligators!

Foxy Lady: Oh good! Does it like water?

☼ajtgirl☼: Oh well you will do just as well, dead or alive the Alligators are not fussy!

☼ajtgirl☼: Don,t worry about Foxy we can just throw her in the moat too and give the Allies a special treat.

☼ajtgirl☼: I already created enough mice and still donno how it happend but I could lead a cat or two to the water even if I could,nt make them drink.

☼ajtgirl☼: I suggest digging a moat arround the house and planting it with Alligators. An English man,s/womans castle is their home!

Foxy Lady:

Foxy Lady: AWWWWWWW! Lol!

"Snoopy": You need Thunderburgers, they are nice and thorny and will grow in shade, they take a while to grow but you can get em planted in Feb and with any luck the rain will help! They can grow a few feet high and they spread well too.

NewYear is soon: I thought it was rather a good deal myself lol!

How about 10-1 you give me ten quid if I win and if you win I give you ten crumbs?

NewYear is soon: Maybe we should take bets on it that it both happens on the same day.

NewYear is soon: COOL! When is your birthday lol!

NewYear is soon: In wet and windy Staffordshire shivering in my little hole.

Storms kill one as more bad weather forecast Saturday December 30, 02:13 PM

LONDON (Reuters) - High winds and heavy rain battered parts of Britain overnight and a woman died when a tree was blown onto a caravan in Staffordshire.

Forecasters on Saturday predicted more stormy weather after a short period during the day when the wind and rain will ease off.

With gusts of up to 80 mph expected overnight and into Sunday it is possible some outdoor New Year's Eve celebrations, such as firework displays, will have to be cancelled on safety grounds.
The dead woman, who was 18, was killed when a large tree fell on a caravan at a site in Cheadle, police said.

Two other occupants of the caravan, a man and a woman who were both 19, were not hurt when the tree crashed to the ground shortly after 5.00 a.m.

The Met Office said strong winds will come in two waves. The first on Saturday afternoon and evening will particularly affect parts of eastern and southeast England as winds gust up to 80mph in places.

"The second period of strong winds will come during New Year's Eve," the Met Office's Web site said.

Parts of southern Scotland, northern England and Wales and Northern Ireland will be the most severely affected, casting doubt on the traditional Hogmanay celebrations in Edinburgh.

In 2003 bad weather forced the cancellation of many celebrations. Up to 100,000 people who had gathered in the Scottish capital were disappointed when the celebrations were called off just one hour before midnight on New Year's Eve.

The Highways Agency has warned drivers to take extra care because of the weather. Rain and spray could reduce visibility and increase stopping distances by as much as 100 percent, it said.

"Motorcyclists and drivers of high-sided vehicles are asked to be especially vigilant," the agency said on its Web site

Foxy Lady: I never thought I would ever prefer this site to iyt as I have always been a real die hard iyt fan. Iyt sucks! Am I allowed to say that lol! Actually both sites have got great things going for them but at the moment I prefer this one.

I see iyt are down again. But this time there is actually a notice on the first page saying they are having difficulties.

Foxy Lady: Eh? Did someone say cheese? Yummyyy!

Foxy Lady: I hardly watch the tv myself anymore, too much doom and gloom. I prefer a good DVD and a Pizza!

Foxy Lady: Thanks very much!
It has been colder. It dropped to below zero suddenly November I think it was. Climate change is affecting the coast here. On one side of the country the coast is receding and on the other side it is gaining. I forget which side is for which.
I see the President has decided to do something at last because of the Polar bears.

The weather is always a good topic when one can,t think of anything to say oh yes I know, All the best to everyone for New Year!
Anyway why on the weather topic thought you might like to check on the weather where I live lol.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/weather/forecast/index.shtml

BerniceC: Well errr I would but err I have to go somewhere you know how it is, err I best get going sorry about that see ya!

BerniceC: I enjoyed the garden pics and reading about it.

BerniceC: I find that lettuce actually keeps fresher in a plastic bag in the fridge if I add a little water to the bag and keep it wet it last longer too. If I don,t use water and just put it in the fridge it will go rotten.
As Foxy said, you are damned if you buy in bags and damned if you don,t.

Foxy Lady: I would think it was more of a risk to buy un bagged vegs because lots of people go to the toilet and never wash their hands.

ajtgirl: More pics? More pics of what? Once you,ve seen one tomatoe you,ve seen em all lol!

Foxy Lady: You should,nt have too it takes you straight there, unless it is because you use webtv. Did you create the account and see the photos?

Mousetrap: I am just playing about with this to get used to it. I added a view of front garden but the front belongs to downstairs.
Took that link off here as I added a pic of myself at a request of someone and I,m sure you do not wish to see my ugly mouse mug as it is not pretty lol so the link is now as below

Foxy Lady: Hiya! Unfortunately I have an aversion to sending pics in e-mail lol and I have not got a link to send to you or Groucho either, I could just post it here if I had.
I will work something out.
Thanks very much!
Okey dokey lets see if this works

Foxy Lady: Mary Mary quite contary oops!
Still getting tomatoes but not half as many as last year. If I knew how to post a pic of the garden via a link to here I would. Anyone any ideas how to do it?

ajtgirl: I believe Cotton is the best thing to grow in Texas lol! Oh and Peacon trees!

BerniceC</b>: I love that pond! I could paddle in that!

My tomatoe plants are doing well! So are the slugs crikey! They are quite big! The tomatoes I mean not the slugs.

Foxy Lady: Lol! That is very kind of you!

Foxy Lady: slow me the way to go home.
Please don,t say that word!

Foxy Lady: I,m not sure at the moment, there are a few tomatoes on but the plants look as though they don,t know weather to give up or not, I hope they don,t snuff it!