Hi Muggy, how are you today. I'm fine apart from the weather, it's blowing a gale and is very cold and wet.

I've had a lazy day in with my book, nothing could have tempted me out today. I haven't got a dog to walk!

Hopefully the forum is sorted out now.
Take care

Hi gaslamps. Lucky you, having a lazy day! Don't blame you though. Unfortunately, I don't sleep too well even when I've had loads of exercise, so I probably wouldn't sleep at all if I had a lazy day. Enjoy your weekend.

: Hi Muggy, how are you today.
Poor you having sleep problems, I can imagine that must be awful, thankfully I don't have that problem.

By the way how are you getting on with 'The Charmer' have you managed to finish it yet?
I read that and I thought it was ok but I have read better! At the moment I am reading 'Run for Home' by Sheila Quigley, it is very good and I have trouble putting it down LOL

Hi Gaslamps. I'm fine thanks. I have actually finished "The Charmer" and like you, have read much better - can't see what all the fuss was about it! I've just started reading "Oystercatchers" by Susan Fletcher and am enjoying it. Apparently, she also wrote "Eve Green" which was winner of the Whitbread First Novel prize and also a Richard and Judy Book Club bestseller. Hope you are keeping well - speak to you soon. Take care.

Hi Muggy! Hope your well today.
Have a great week-end take care

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Originally posted by Gaslamps:
Hi Muggy! Hope your well today.
Have a great week-end take care

You too Gaslamps. Beautiful day here today in North Lincolnshire - hope it's decent where you are!

Hi Muggy, hope your well. Did you have a good week-end. Mine was OK mostly spent getting ready for my holiday LOL still, nearly there just three days to go.

I haven't had much time for reading either, although I did finish Sheila Quigley 'Run For Home' which I thoroughly enjoyed. I also found time to but two more books to take with me
Take care - speak soon

Hi Gaslamps. Just read on another thread that you are going to Tenerife for a week. Hope you have a great time and get to read loads of book. Will speak to you when you return.

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Originally posted by Stars Don't Fall:
Hallo. I am new here which is clear because this is my first post. The book mentioned above "How Will I Know" is quite a tear jerker and brought me back to liking Sheila Flanagan.

hi Stars Don't Fall (great name!)
welcome to the forum!!

yes, that book was a tear jerker...i do like Sheila o Flanagan..i have Caroline's Sister waiting to be read..
i have a whole pile of books waiting to be read...i just haven't had a lot of time or energy to read anything these days..
chat soon...take care xx

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Originally posted by Muggy1:
Boysmama, where are you? I haven't heard from you in ages. Please contact!

hiya Muggy!!! i am BACK!!!!
i am so sorry that i haven't been on for a while..
i had problems with my pc...my partner changed the hard drive on it..and it came back with a different wallpaper background..and i no longer had any desktop shortcuts!!!
so, of course..it has taken me a while to get back to 'internet normality'..
so, here i am...i hope that you are ok....
i still haven't read anymore books..i just don't have the time or the energy to do any at all...
i have a big pile of books waiting to be read..including a couple on the R&J book list...
oh well..i will get there eventually..
at home, i have been trying to de-clutter..and i have had to be VERY ruthless..lol..
there have been many trips to the rubbish and recycling centre..and to the charity shop too...
and i don't think that i am finished either...lol...phew!
oh and i have a mountain of ironing that i have yet to get through...
my mum usually helps me wit that, but we are not speaking at the moment..it is all silly stuff...but it is also stuff that has been bothering me for years...
not to worry...i guess it will be sorted out soon...
anyway, how are things with you? hows your hubby and your doggy?
do you see anything of your former moggy resident these days?
the weather has been ok just recently, but it has been very foggy today...
oh and it's half term..and my two are sitting in front of Cbeebies at the moment...lol..
i will have to get them out for some fresh air soon...!
hope you are ok...
chat soon....take care xxx

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Originally posted by Gaslamps:

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Originally posted by Muggy1:

Hi Boysmama and Gaslamps. Hope you are both well. Sounds like you had a pretty horrible Christmas Boysmama - hope your boys are now fully recovered! I'm still ploughing through "The Charmer" - don't seem to have much time to read these days since I've inherited the dog! I have read one or two of Martina Cole's novels Gaslamps but I found them rather too violent for my taste, although she's an excellent authoress.
We had a beautiful day here yesterday in N. Lincolnshire but it's very cold and very windy here today unfortunately.
Speak to you soon. Take care.

Hi there Muggy and Boysmama, hope your both well.
I don't know what is going on with this forum!! I come on most days, but this is the first time I have seen this post I would have replied sooner. I am also having problems posting - keep getting the message 'Internal Server Error' It's very frustrating when you have typed a post and then it can't be posted I hope this one get's through LOL

hiya Gaslamps!
hey! i hear you! i had the same INTERNAL SERVER ERROR thing constantly coming up...
i complained to C4 and it was sorted out...i don't even know why that it kept coming up with that! i thought that i had posted something that i wasn't supposed to..lol..
then i had problems with my pc..which is why it has taken so long to get back here...
how are you doing? what are you reading these days?
has anyone started on the latest booklist from R&J yet?
chat soon...
take care xxxx

ah! gaslamps, i didn't realise that you are away...i hope that you are having a great time in Tenerife....
chat soon..
take care xxx

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Originally posted by boysmama72:

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Originally posted by Muggy1:
Boysmama, where are you? I haven't heard from you in ages. Please contact!

hiya Muggy!!! i am BACK!!!!
i am so sorry that i haven't been on for a while..
i had problems with my pc...my partner changed the hard drive on it..and it came back with a different wallpaper background..and i no longer had any desktop shortcuts!!!
so, of course..it has taken me a while to get back to 'internet normality'..
so, here i am...i hope that you are ok....
i still haven't read anymore books..i just don't have the time or the energy to do any at all...
i have a big pile of books waiting to be read..including a couple on the R&J book list...
oh well..i will get there eventually..
at home, i have been trying to de-clutter..and i have had to be VERY ruthless..lol..
there have been many trips to the rubbish and recycling centre..and to the charity shop too...
and i don't think that i am finished either...lol...phew!
oh and i have a mountain of ironing that i have yet to get through...
my mum usually helps me wit that, but we are not speaking at the moment..it is all silly stuff...but it is also stuff that has been bothering me for years...
not to worry...i guess it will be sorted out soon...
anyway, how are things with you? hows your hubby and your doggy?
do you see anything of your former moggy resident these days?
the weather has been ok just recently, but it has been very foggy today...
oh and it's half term..and my two are sitting in front of Cbeebies at the moment...lol..
i will have to get them out for some fresh air soon...!
hope you are ok...
chat soon....take care xxx

Hi Boysmama. So pleased to see you posting again. Thought you'd gone off us! Sorry you're feeling under the weather - I'm sure you'll improve when the sun starts shining and the temperature rises. My hubby and dog are fine, thanks - I'm still walking him three times a day (the dog I mean, not my hubby!) but it means that I don't have to diet any more - my weight has been stable for about 6 weeks now which is good, as I do like my food! I've just started reading "Oystercatchers" by Susan Fletcher - quite a complex book but I'm enjoying it at the moment. Apparently she is the author of "Eve Green" which was the winner of the Whitbread first novel and also a R & J Book Club Bestseller. Will let you know how I fare when I've finished it. Like you, I don't seem to get much time to read these days but at least I don't get bored. Look after yourself.

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Originally posted by Muggy1:
Hi Gaslamps. Just read on another thread that you are going to Tenerife for a week. Hope you have a great time and get to read loads of book. Will speak to you when you return.

Hi Muggy and Boysmama! hope your both well.
I had a great holiday thanks for asking. It was quite cloudy a lot of the time and we did have one days rain , but we still enjoyed every minute

I have recently discovered Sheila Quigley. She has only written four books so far. More to come I hope lol - have you read any of her books?
I have read 'Run for Home' and I am now reading 'Bad Moon Rising' and I thoroughly recommend them. Although they are crime they are not as violent as Martina Cole.
How is your reading going?
Bye for now. Take care xx

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Originally posted by Gaslamps:

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Originally posted by Muggy1:
Hi Gaslamps. Just read on another thread that you are going to Tenerife for a week. Hope you have a great time and get to read loads of book. Will speak to you when you return.

Hi Muggy and Boysmama! hope your both well.
I had a great holiday thanks for asking. It was quite cloudy a lot of the time and we did have one days rain , but we still enjoyed every minute

I have recently discovered Sheila Quigley. She has only written four books so far. More to come I hope lol - have you read any of her books?
I have read 'Run for Home' and I am now reading 'Bad Moon Rising' and I thoroughly recommend them. Although they are crime they are not as violent as Martina Cole.
How is your reading going?
Bye for now. Take care xx

Hi Gaslamps. Pleased you enjoyed your holiday. I don't think I've read Sheila Quigley but will probably give her a go when I've finished reading Oystercatchers. Speak to you soon.

Hi Muggy! Hope your well today.
How is your reading going. Who is the author of Oystercatchers? and what type of book is it. What is your taste? As you know I like a bit of crime LOL..........but I do have quite a varied taste and like a change now and then.
Take care speak soon

hi muggy and gaslamps!!
it seems i have left it a while before posting again....ooooppps!!!
sorry!
thanks for your good wishes...you did make me chuckle with your dog walking comment...does hubby not get out for walks then....;D
i am ok now...although i am worried about my eldest boy..he may have slapped cheek, but not sure..

i have managed to read 3 books in the last 2 weeks or so...
the forst one was In her Sister's shoes by Sinead Moriarty..
a great book...it was one of those that has you laughing one minute and tearful the next..
it is set in Ireland..one sister had gone off to london to seek fame and fortune..the other stayed at home to be a wife and mum..
it is the homely sister that becomes ill..and the other sister has to come home..it is an easy read...it took me 2 days! but then one of those days was Mum's Day!
i have also read The Chocolate Run by Dorothy Koomson...a very good book..took a bit longer to read...and it did get me yearning for chocolate on many occasions..lol...
that book is about a girl who gets closer to her male friend..and they...well....they get on extremely well etc...
but...they are both commitment phobics....there are a few twists and turns etc....
then i read, In Search of Adam by Caroline Smailes...
this is a bit of a pyschological book...about a 6 year old girl who discovers her mum on the bad..having committed suicide..
the little girl is deemed as strange...and she goes through some awful things...
all of the questions do get answered eventually..with an inevitable ending...
but there were times when i just felt angry because this was a little girl who had to deal with such adult things on her own...with consequences, of course...


gaslamps! glad you had a great holiday...
hope you are well....

i am surprised that i have managed to make time for loads of books....but i have had a few late nights..lol!!

take care xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

i meant bed....lol..not bad...
i didn't proof read my post before posting...oops!

Hi Boysmama, good to have you back. Sorry to hear about your little boy, I hope he's well very soon.
I haven't been on much myself lately, I have had big problems with my pc - have been without it for over a week..................
You don't realise how much you depend on it until you haven't got it do you LOL.
Your doing well with your reading - they do sound like very good books, I have already made a note of them lol.
In have just finished Sheila Quigley's Living on a prayer, It was ok, a little bit slow not as good as the other two. I am still looking for her last book 'Every Breath I take' it's proving difficult to get hold of I'm going to try on 'that auction site' lol

Bye for now take carexxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Originally posted by Gaslamps:
Hi Boysmama, good to have you back. Sorry to hear about your little boy, I hope he's well very soon.
I haven't been on much myself lately, I have had big problems with my pc - have been without it for over a week..................
You don't realise how much you depend on it until you haven't got it do you LOL.
Your doing well with your reading - they do sound like very good books, I have already made a note of them lol.
In have just finished Sheila Quigley's Living on a prayer, It was ok, a little bit slow not as good as the other two. I am still looking for her last book 'Every Breath I take' it's proving difficult to get hold of I'm going to try on 'that auction site' lol

Bye for now take carexxxxxxxxxxxxx

lol! no worries! i got them all off the shelf at Tesco..lol! i haven't read anymore since though...i do have a pile of them to read...some of the R&J booklist...i will get around to them eventually...
sorry to hear of your PC problems! i agree..it is a dang nightmare when it goes wrong...although i do actually get more housework and reading done during those times....lol!
thanks...my boy is much better now...it is me who is down with a cold now...:S oh well....

hey! muggy! where are you? hope you are ok....
take care xxxx