General Chat

Hi again,

Go on Mo your team can do it! You never know some of the other team members might have a bad night, especially ' her ' that once played for the county. I'll be thinking about you!

Jean, I was a bit concerned that we hadn't heard from you for a few days, but guessed that you were very busy making cards. How are you doing with them? Sorry to hear that you all have had to put up with another noisy night from her next door. Surely there must be something that you and your neighbours can do about the noise, as Mo suggested, maybe you might get somewhere if you all complained to her landlord. I hope all is well with J and D. Sorry that S hasn't been able to fly to Portugal today, let's hope that he'll be able to go on Wednesday and have no trouble getting a flight home when he's finished his holiday.

Going to do some cards now, so speak to you all tomorrow.

Love and best wishes. Sallie xxx

Wishing you a very Happy 71st Birthday today 11th May, Marie.

Hope you have a lovely day with your family and friends.

Love and Best Wishes.

From Sallie .xxx

Marie, I forgot to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY when I first came on the computer this morning. Thanks for reminding us, Sallie. Or were you saying it to somebody else? I keep losing track of things on all the threads.

Huia.

Hi all
xxx

hurt my other leg when I was out and about on Saturday, not sure what I did, but it's sore!


so it has been a quiet 2 days for me, ice packs and rest!



HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIE
xxxx

Sorry Huia, I forgot to put Marie's name on. I just remembered about it, so thought I'd put it on here before going to bed. Very late tonight I'm afraid. Hope you are alright ! I'll speak to you tomorrow.

Love Sallie. xx

Happy Birthday Marie, sorry if my greeting is late, don't know whether I am coming or going today lol

Lizxx

Hello all, and thank you for the Birthday greetings, also the Mothers Day Greetings.
I have been to gym to exercise classes and Christine my friend who is 77 yrs made us a lovely big sponge cake which we enjoyed with our coffee after our workout., it was delicious so fluffy and light with strawberries & cream so I will have to work very hard at water aerobics on Thursday. Hi Huia I hope you had a nice mothers day and thank you for the birthday greeting Sallie you did put my name on your greeting thank you.
Sylvia sorry to hear you hurt your leg it's so easy to do.
Liz you wern't late, today is my birthday & the time here is 2-35 pm.
Liz I am sure the girl will seek out your company, because I dont think she will get much support from the future husband, he just sounds like his old man, nobody is important but them.I think she will probably need some support from you, depending on her mother, she may be ok ,& help her out, I cant see the marriage lasting.
Hi Mo, & Jean, I hope you are well and go get them at darts Mo. Jean dont wear yourself out with all the card making.
It is time I went and made myself a cuppa, yes I do also like my cuppa, no milk but 2 sugars, thank you.
Mo I am not a water baby in fact I wont put my face in the water, I was never taught to swim as we lived out west of the great deviding range, in a very dry area of the State of Queensland, the only time their was somewhere to swim was when the local creek was in flood ,I taught myself how to swim backstroke.
I need that cuppa, Love to you all Marie.
ps opps nearly forgot Debbie Hello there Super Mum I hope all is well with you. LUV Marie.

Happy Birthday Marie, hope you have a great day, the cards are easier to top up now, initially I had to fill a box so now it wont be such a rush, although I am doing a friendship album.....lol..... cant excersise so keeping the old brain box active instead.....lol.....The cake sounds delicious, any left over?

Sylvia, hope your leg isnt to painful, its easy to knock yourself then wonder when it happened , I notice a bruise then wonder were it came from....

love to all.... off to the docs this morning, hope I get some answers....

Jean xx

just got back from the docs, all due to stress he tells me, so no miracle pill, off to have lie down feel rotten...chat later....

Love Jean xx

********** A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIE. ************
I just hope I am in time for the birthday day. Thats why I sent jennie wren,
the message initially,in case I did not get here till later in the day.
Seems to me that Sallie and I are alike,in more ways than just our liking for our tea.

Sylvia,I can see we are going to have to wrap you up in cotton wool,every time you go outside.
Take it easy,and rest up a bit.

Liz even though you don't know if you are coming or going,please don't forget to pop back and see us sometimes.

Mmmm Marie that cake sounded delicious.
I also hate getting water on my face whilst swimming. It always make me think I am going to drown.
Doggy paddle and breast stroke are about my limit. Never been great at doing the crawl.
My dad taught me how to swim when we were stationed in Malaysia. It was a lovely way to cool down out there. But as I have said before,our pools here are toooo cold for me.

Jean my lovelie,did your doctor give you anything for your stress. Or are you to manage it on your own.
Mind you I am not surprised,what with the worry off D,and the noisy moo next door. She is enough to drive anyone to drink. lol

Well girls,surprise surprise, the county player was not playing for the opposition last night,at darts,anddddd we won 5-0.
The semi finals are in two weeks time,and the finals are on the same night. Oh my gosh,we are up against the big girls now. And two off our team are away on holiday that particular week,so we have got to make do with to subs for the night. NOT good.
But hey ho,I did not expect us to win last night,so who knows what will happen on the night.

Sallie you got that kettle on yet,i'm gasping.

Speak to you later. Love Mo xxx

prayers answered Mo.....

Hi all, Just calling in to let you know we are enjoying our holiday. weather has been mixed, some hot days, some cloudy and some rain. Still on average warmer than at home though. Read threough all your news, hope Jean got some help at the docs, well done Mo for the darts, I said happy birthday to Marie on her thread. Good to see Debbie, busy as usual Debbie.
~~~~~~~~~ Sallie
Sylvia, what are you like, you are accident prone, hope your leg is better now, maybe you strained it. Hi Huai, Mothers' day is very commercialised isn't it? Oh and the sponge sounded delicious Marie.

Hi Ann. It's good to hear from. I am pleased to hear you are enjoying your holiday.
It has to be a lot warmer over there at the moment,as it's extremely chilly here. And it's been raining on and off all day. Really miserable.
Thanks for the well done on my darts. We were very lucky to win.
Hope to here from you soon,it's good to get updates on folks holidays,as I am envious,and imagine myself to be there as well.
Take care,and carry on having fun. Love Mo xxx

Hi Everyone,

Marie, I'm so pleased that you had a lovely birthday with your friends. I would have loved to have a slice of the cake, it would have gone down well with a nice cuppa. Sorry about the mix up in the day of your birthday, I gave Jeniwren Wednesday the 11th, and only realised very late last night that your birthday was today ( Tuesday ). I can't swim at all, although I've had different people trying to teach me over the years, nobody succeeded, because I was too frightened to put my face in the water. Thankfully, both Richard and Jennie were not like me, so like Alun they can swim.

Jean, I hope you're feeling a bit better after having a lie down. It's a shame the doctor didn't give you something to help you. How is D doing on her new tablets? I hope she's okay with them. Jennie goes to see the Consultant tomorrow for her usual check up, so as usual I'm a bit edgy until I know how things are going. Both you and J, know the feeling well, don't you?

Mo, oh I'm sorry about the darts match! Never mind, I'm sure your team will do well next time. Yes, I think we are more alike than just loving our cuppa. You know the saying Mo, ' great minds think alike ' --- so what does that say about us both? lol. For many years Jennie and I collected
dolls houses, not a cheap hobby, but we loved decorating them and getting the furniture to put in them. A short while back we realised that if we move to a bungalow, there would be no room for the dolls houses, especially one of them, so we decided to try and sell it. We sold it on Sunday to a lady living in Middlesex so today her husband came up with a van to get it. Hope you and Roly are okay.

Sylvia, sorry to hear that you've hurt your leg, I hope it will soon get better, and not give you too much trouble. Take care and rest your leg as much as you can. Hope all is well with MJ and his mum and dad.

Ann, good to hear that both you and T are enjoying your holiday. As you said, at least it's warmer there than it is here. It's been very chilly here today, and the forecast is frost for tonight. I think I might need my hot water bottle tonight.

Hope that everyone else is alright.

Love and best wishes . Sallie xxx

Sallie love,we WON last night,not lost. Never mind,have another cuppa,it's the cure all for everything.
I bet the people who bought your dolls house were over the moon with it.
My lord it must have been humungous if they needed a van to pick it up.
I hope Jennie gets on o.k tommorrow,at the specialists. Is she coping any better on the new medication they prescribed last time.
Well my other half off great minds think alike,I am going to get ready for my bed.
Nite Nite,god bless. Love to all. Mo xxx

Hi Mo, and everyone
xxxx


So I see you have a new PM.

We are so used to minority governments over here that most of us couldn't really see why there was all this kerfuffle, wheeling and dealing etc.


Not that minority governments last long ................. ours seem to go about 18 months or so before they do something that causes them to lsoe a vote of confidence (or before they themselves decide to go to the polls to try to increase the number of seats!!).

We do have 4 parties plus a couple of Independent members in the House ..... and we have exactly the same type of government as you have, with a Governor-General standing in for the Queen.


My leg is slowly getting better ........ I think I managed to pull the muscle down the back of my thigh, but it has been awkward because it was the other leg from the one that normally causes problems. I already have an appointment with my physio on Tuesday next week (appointments every 3 weeks) ......... so I will ask him to check it out then. Meanwhile, rest and icing are slowly working.



We're having lovely weather at the moment. It got up to 20C today, it will be a couple of degrees cooler tomorrow, but the sun will still be shining!



take care everyone



sylvia
xxx

Hmmm, Sylvia. I am wondering whether it is vanilla or chocolate icing. Is one better than the other? doesnt it attract the ants?

Huia.

Hi Huia , I too noticed the (icing ) and wondered, I had a laugh when I saw it, Sylvia we have a warped sense of humour over the pond.
Huia I hope you are well it is freezing here to-day with a bitterly cold wind. Have you had any snow yet they were expecting snow on the Snowey Mountians last night, I havent seen any of the weather forcasts to-day, as I have been spending my nights at my daughers place so that she can work on her assignment till the wee hrs.of the morning.
I let her sleep in, I feed the children & get them ready for child care. I then wake her up so that she can take them there. When she does that she then continues to work on her assignments at the moment she is doing drafting and placing trees & plants into the Plan it is all part of the design course she is doing at University.
I had a lovely dinner with the family last night & for dessert we had a Pavlova & a chocolate mud cake,I had a piece of each as I love desserts YUM! YUM!

Congrats Mo On Winning the Darts you will have to scout around to try and get a couple of good player, Bribe them with SPONGE Cake.
Jean I am a little worried about you dear I do hope you are feeling better very soon.
Ann good to hear you are having a great time on your holiday.

Sylvia are you rubbing your leg with anti Inflamitory's, I use it for my aching legs and some times on my bruises.

Sallie I am forgetfull all the time I really do think we try to do too much I often forget that I havent finished a Job, I walk away to get something and then forget to come back to what ever it was I was working on.Oh Well I am the only one to rouse on myself so it doesnt matter.
Hello LIZ, how did the gardening go? the frost last night has just about finished my beans I dont think I will get any more off them.
I have some work to do so must away,
Love to you all. Marie

Hi Marie and all.

We have had a rainy day since about 11 a.m. and blowing hard, in fact the rain was being blown horizontally at times. It is quite cool but I havent lit the fire. Phil wouldnt light it in strong winds, 'just in case'. He worried that the roof might be blown away. I turned on the electric heater for a couple of hours and put on extra clothes. I am not very good at getting the fire going, and keeping it going anyway.

Huia.

Evening all.
Yes Sylvia,we have got a new prime minister, well in fact I think we have got twins. They are called con dem. It's a worry,when we see them acting together on the t.v,being soo nice to each other,when during the lead up to the election,they were at each others throats. More so Cameron
who when asked what was the best joke he had heard,he replied Clegg.
You made me wonder how the icing came into the equasion, until such time as I re-read what you had written. LOL

Marie,I bet your family are so pleased to get your help and support.
Pavlova,AND mud cake you little piggy.
You and Sallie are not the only ones to suffer from CRAFT moments. (can't remember a flipping thing ) Especially when one goes upstairs,and on getting up there,not remembering what you went up there for.
I hope it's a little warmer where you are now. Do you actually get snow then. We always think off OZ being hot and sunny,and not suffering the cold as we do.

Oh Huia,I do hope your roof is still attached to your house. Keep yourself nice and warm, wrap yourself up in a blanket as well as the extra clothes.
And leave the heating on,you don't need to get sick from the cold love.
Forget about lighting the fire, you dont want to have to go out in the cold to replenish your kindling.

Wheres my friends Jean and Sallie got to tonight.... Cooeee both off you.

~~~~~~~~~~to Ann on her hols. ~~~~~~~to Liz

See you all later. Love to all. Mo xxx