"YABBER-LINER" - ALL ABOARD

I strive to saintliness! :wink:

Sing like Madonna hun and you'll be just coco! :wink:

youse not alone gal on the SS Yabberliner. From a2k I know Clary down in Totnes. And have a very good friend in St Columb Major...small world eh?

...and through this amazing medium have just been chatting with friends from Guisborough currently in New Zealand and Canajuns in California. I just go round in circles on my bicycle.

...and Round The World on a ship too. It is a small and wonderful world. How cool is that

Good morning all - 6.30 ish am here and have to take mama for blood test this morning. Good morning Steve, Tulip and captain. Thanks for photos Izzieliz - looks like you had a lot of fun with the gang. You don't need lippy wwwom - you look great - thanks for photo of garden - that's a lovely idea. Steve just got to say I think you must be nuts - FORTY KILOMETERS !! Sheesh. You must love it. Bet you enjoyed your breakfast.

Hey Indeedee Girl

Happy Monday morning to you and Oz. Hope all was good at the winery and you enjoyed yourselves. Yep - good time here too. Love 'n hugs to the MaMa&PaPaDD. Great to see you so early hun. x

Yeah Izzieliz - lovely meal - looked after us very well. Another lovely day just starting here but we have smoke everywhere. Because of still winds and low humidity they are burning off all over the state and we have that awful smell that reminds us of bush fires and smoke like fog. Being going on for a few days now and they will continue to burn off while weather conditions are good. BTW - a dingo is a machine like a small front end loader. I actually had fun running it. How's the tootsies after all that tabletennis??

DDXX and I must have woken up about the same time (now don't get any ideas) after having been to the wineries yesterday, again just purely co-incidental. A great day, and here we are ready to sail again.

Amazing what our great crew get upto around here, happy to see our Captain on her feet and playing table tennis with the WW and kids, fantastic progress Izzie even thoug it wore you out. Quality time for both of you. Thanks for the photos.

Lovely picture of BlackTulip's garden too, what a great idea having a special spot for your late husband, its close and he'll never be forgotten. We have something similar in our garden with a number of Rose bushes tenderly cared for by my wife.

JPB, pleased you liked Osibisa, very rhythmical group aren't they, were very popular in the Disco days. Did you listen to "Yothy Yindi" the Australian Rock group on Rockhead's music thread?

Happy sailing crew wherever you are.

Oh how I could say something about the dingo ...... nah - I'm on my best behaviour right now Really gotta go shine my halo - it's gotten a little tarnished lately :wink:

The "toots" are OK actually thanku - I have very little feeling in them - to the point where I don't actually know if I am damaging them - but they were protected in MaMaIzzies trainers (ugh) and I was rooted to the spot and not moving around very much (it was sooooo much fun tho - loved it).

My ankle is more of a problem right now as I have no arches and having been in plaster for 2 months, that's the main cause of not being able to walk (albeit penguin-fied) without pain. BUT - it really is coco. REALLY. Much better than I expected - and to be honest - my "wanting" to do "normal" is what's getting me up and about - it's been a long 2 months laying around and not running around - I just want to "do" now - fatigue is my biggest issue (the joys of Lupus )

Happy Days tho - each day will get easier - gotta do the physio (3 x day) and back to see the surgeon in a few weeks to discuss the left foot probs. Hopefully - the toots will be a lot more "settled" by then. Toots crossed!

It really is GOOD hun - I'm doing well and intend to keep going



edit: posting at the same time - GOOD MORNING BEAGLE

Good morning eagle - hope your day at winery was as good as mine.

Izzieliz - lupus?? I have only known one other person to have it. Don't know much about it. Is there different severities of it?

Hey Indeedee - yep, SLE has many different levels of severity. I'm one of the very lucky ones so no worries here at all

Hi Izzie and ddxx, great day yesterday, sat outside at the winery, which is situated near the top of a hill, overlooking the vineyards and the sea. Marvellous meal washed away with some white liquid. :wink:

OMG all this smoke. It is causing people with asthma a lot of problems. Looks like we are still not going to have rain for a few days yet. Well just returned home from taking mama for blood test. This mermaid is having her tresses cut this afternoon so a bit of "me" time coming up. Sounds like missy's party went off well.

Ship's Log

Well, it's been a busy week and the Aussies have already started their Monday. Happy Monday to the World.

This week we travelled from Kerala (ooooh vegemite - where are you little one - we miss you) to Rome and had an extra special party Ben Hur (B'en Here) style. Thanks crew for making it such an enjoyable voyage. It was great to see our TTHun Beautiful One back on board ((((xox)))) for a quick crew - sending her lots of love right now. When in Rome - our BEAgle became I-Clawsh (he'd had a few chardies) and pecked us all on the cheek and our PINKbaby roam-e-od in and roam-eod-away again. Great to see his cheeky face on board. Romeo Romeo - wherefore art thou: Romeover here when you are able.

I took on climbing aboard a different Ship's Log this week, stepped out into the paddock and have since moved on to "routing" a spot by the Table Tennis table with WW and the kids. Excellent time. Thanku WW.

Our Stormy became a Gorgeous Intelligent Thinker at the start of last week - hope she is feeling better now and has recovered from her head cold. Hope to see you soon girl.

We had new crew this week with our CyclingBoy from Britain (how fit is he a?) and it is a pleasure to welcome him onboard our ship for a yabber around the world, on ?'yer bike or off it. Happy to have you here Stevie.

Our Tai-Chi had a birthday today - so many, many happy returns to her and all good wishes and lotsa love for your year ahead. And our Missy's Professor also had a birthday and a Dixie-party - well done Missy as always for always coming up trumps. Hope that FQsis had a wonderful Ball at Stratford Upon Avon and that some pics will be raspberrying their way over. PICS GIRL PICS

Our crew has been jet-setting and for those who are back - glad you're all home. For those still travelling - take care, be safe - we miss you and we hope to see y'all soon.

Now onto Sunday's ship's business….. "toot tooOOOOooooooot" - blowing whistle.................

SHIP AWARDS!

"THE DON'T-EVER-LET-?'EM-GET-YOU-DOWN" SUNDAY SHIP'S AWARDS GOES TO OUR RainKeeper for shipping us all the fab photos and tunes, pizza and beer, JPB for being JetSetting Lady and Flowers4Spring and RH-DJ for always watching over and giving us Driving Miss Daisy which still makes us laugh out loud. Thanku all and well done :wink:

x 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chin-Ups go to…


TTHshoulder-hurt - believe in "you" hun - always here
BidRed and his poorly back - you're a Dude
Stormy, Alex, RH-DJ and CyclingBoy - keep leading the cheers
WW-WOM - keep going hun - walk into work with head high and ears closed
Indeedee - sending lotsa wind and rain to blow smoke away and water plants
Kicky - poorly iPOD
Oh and our Alex again - happy days whilst redecoration of bathroom and gardening! Chin up matey :wink:

Insomniac watch commenced

Crew - you are the very Best

Good Night Sweet Friends... :wink:

Right captain -insomniac watch started. I will be on board for another hour or two then off to the hair dressers. Way overdue - look like a poodle that needs a clip.

Nite Missy - sleep well Dixie-girlfriend x

Night missy. Yabber to you tomorrow.

OK - mental picture going on here -

are you Round and Fluffy



or Square and fluffy




or Pink and Fluffy with a Rainbow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Oh girl - I reckon you gotta be the third one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!