General Chat

To walk Phil I have to stand in front of him, take his hands, get him to stand on the count of 3, then walk backwards as he shuffles around the room. At least he doesnt move too quickly, so I have time for a quick glance over my shoulder occasionally to make sure I am not going to bump into anybody or thing. I must do it more often. He doesnt seem so sleepy these days, so maybe it was the heat in summer, or perhaps the itching was keeping him awake at night and he needed that daytime sleep. If he is over that, then that is good.

Huia.

Hello All, sorry i have been off the boards for so long, but I have been very tired, and I have needed to have a bit of a rest, I have not been able to get to sleep until the wee hrs of the morning so I have had to sleep longer some days i havent been awake till 10 am,I think I have been trying to fit too much in to my days.
I have read all the posts.
Huia , it is nice to know the itching is getting better,the wood heaters were so much better than the open fires we had the heaters in several of our homes, when it was lit for winter it was kept going untill it was full of ash then I would clean it all out & start again we always had a nice warm house in winter. I now have ducted heating electric as my home is smaller, it is very convenient and I find it good heating wise, except that the cost of electricity has risen so much.

Hi Liz, sorry that things are not going well for you all.
I fear the future of the girl who is pregant to your OH's Son ,she is in for a very bad time especially if the child turns out to be autistic and the chances of that happening is almost certain. I pray for her sake it wont be.

Hi Sallie, I am fine just tired I need a quiet holiday away from the cold,if I could afford it I would go home to Queensland and visit my brother & sister -in-law, but money is short and with the trip to Italy in Oct. I have to watch every cent I spend.
Hi Mo ,how are you and Roly, it sounds like your Son is getting himself into a bit of a pickle also,what bad timing to get pregnant when she had just found a job,havent they heard of birth control??we can't put all the blame on the girl what was your son thinking of,he has already had 2 children so he knows how & where they come from.
How is D going? Mo did your Bottle Brush survive the snows?? Our weather is cold , with frosts but when the sun pokes it's head over the Blue Mountains the frosts are soon gone and the days are beautiful especially when we dont have the cold southly winds. I have been doing some knitting for a charity that supplies premature babies with beanies for their little hairless skulls,so I went and sat out in the Sun and knitted a beanie,the Sun was very warm on my back, I had to keep changing my position as it started to burn my skin.

Debbie if you are looking in Hello to you and family.

Ann I hope you are enjoying your holiday.

Marilyn which part of the world are you now in, I wish I had the money to do what you are doing,good luck to you my
friend enjoy it while ever you can.

Sylvia,stop trying to chase all those good looking fellows, with their oh so nice butts,tripping over the walkways like that is not good for you ,get yourself a nice young Physio and ogle his butt .LOL bye the way did your husband actually get the veggies cooked?
I hope I have included everyone in my greetings if not I will let you smack my hand.
Oops Jean & J, I hope your break away from your Loud inconsiderate neighbour helps you to feel better and that you both come home ready to take on this thoughtless neighbour.

Love and Hugs from over the pond oooooxxxxx Marie.

Hi Girls,

It's a beautiful day here, so I'm thinking about sitting on the patio where it's shaded, to make some cards.

Huia, it was nice for you to be able to walk Phil around the room, and it was also good for him to move about, albeit slowly. I thought you meant a woodburner, we've never had one, just the coal burning open fire, but it was lovely to sit and watch the flames, such a cosy feeling. Now, it's all gas for us, so it doesn't feel the same anymore.

Marie, lovely to hear from you, pleased to hear that you are alright, apart from feeling tired. It's a shame you can't go and visit your brother and sister-in-law in Queensland, I'm sure the holiday would do you good. Never mind you might have a good win on the Lottery, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you! Just hoping that you feel less tired very soon.

Liz, oh dear I hope things will turn out well as regards the new baby when it arrives and also it's mum. I just hope that OH's son will be supportive, because once the baby arrives his girlfriend will certainly need more support than she seems to be getting at the moment.

Mo, how are things with you and Roly on this lovely day? Alun and I are going down to see Richard and Christie for a few days next weekend, so it would be nice if the weather will stay at least like this. I don't mind it a bit cooler, as long as the rain keeps away.

Well, I'm going to make some cards now ready for both Jennie and Janet's birthdays next Saturday. I'll pop in again later.


Love, Sallie. xxx

Hi everyone.
Huia,your holiday breaks are very similar to OZ arn't they.
We don't get a day off to celebrate the queens birthday though. Most are bank holidays. But many shops stay open,to encourage us to go out and spend. Not this household though,we are that tight,that we squeek when we walk. lol
Glad that Phil is o.k. I hope your son does get up to see you at the weekend. It's nice to have a bit off company isn't it. Especially family.

Sallie,thank goodness they have sorted out Richards bill. Even though it is still a lot to have to repay. I hope they have agreed to take small repayments from him.
They have no idea,how hard it is for people to get back on the right footing,
once they have been landed with a debt like this. More so as it was not their fault.
I am sure you will enjoy your weekend at their house. Are you travelling down on the friday.
Oh I have just thought,we will miss your daily input.

Liz,I can't believe how much has changed,re pregnant woman. Son 's fiance had to go to the doctor today. She had not passed water since she got up yesterday morning,and was in quite a bit off pain,in the lower abdomen.
The doctor checked her urine sample,and said there was no problem with it. But he has sent a sample away,to see if there are any other complications.
They queeried the midwife situation again,and was told to ring the midwifery service again during the week. If they have no success he would sort it out for them.
Why could he not have done it anyway. Stupid system if you ask me.
He has given her folic acid to take,and told her not to worry,it's her body getting used to the fact off being pregnant.
I can remember going to ante-natal classes with my first child. I can only assume that this is what the NCT course is about for OH's ,son's ,girlfriend. Cor that was a bit long winded to explain. Cant we call her something else. Naughty naughty Liz,no not stupid cow,thats not a very nice thing to call her. LOL
I know what you mean about about the memory loss by your OH. Roly is the same,and I do believe the brain problems that they have both had,seem to go a long way in explaining things. It's so frustrating at times
I know. More so when they think they are always right.

Hi ya Marie,lovely to hear from you.
I was annoyed with my son initially,when I found out that his fiance was pregnant. But she has been on the pill a long time,and the doctor changed her pill. So we can only assume she fell,during that time.
I think he should have tied a knot in it a long time ago, but there you go.
My bottle brush is still alive,but is not doing very much at the moment. Thank goodness we did not have as bad weather here as other parts off the country.
It has been a really hot day here today. But probably not as hot as you have been having.
Don't you go worrying about not getting up till 10.00am. Your time is your own to do as you wish. And not getting to sleep till late,is probably the reason this has been happening.
Good luck with making the beanie hats. I am sure they are very welcomed by the hospital.

Well girls,I am talked out for now. So I will say bye for now.
Take care one and all. Love and best wishes Mo xxx

(((((((((((((((hugs for Jean))))))))))))))

Hi all

Huia .... we have a similar wood burning stove at our cabin. It has a glass door, and puts out a tremendous amount of heat. In fact, we have to keep our bedroom door closed during the evenings when the fire is lit, otherwise the bedroom gets too hot for us to sleep. We then have to open the window wide ......... which seems a waste, doesn't it??


At home here, we have an wood-burning open fire in the living room that we can light to bolster the central heating, or to have that lovely open fire. Half of the house is heated by blown air central heating, from a gas furnace. The other half (basically the rooms we built on 30 years ago) are heated by electric baseboard heaters in each room. The electric heating is more expensive than the gas ....... but it is compensated for by the fact that we can heat each room individually as needed.


I do hope that the two pregnancies go well, and any problems turn out to be in the imagination and not reality.


We call our holidays Stat or Public Holidays ............ stat being short for statutory (decreed by statue or law).

And we have a variety of them ...... some are Federal Stat Holidays, applicable all across Canada, most of them are provincial only.

So tomorrow, for example, is a Federal Stat holiday for every province except Quebec ........................ and by law the old Royal Union Flag has to be flown over all Federal buildings, military establishments, etc., as long as there is a second flag pole in place ........ that flag can never replace the Canadian Flag. A Royal Salute of 21 guns will sound in Ottawa and each provincial capital at noon.

Quebec does have a provincial holiday tomorrow, but they call it the National Patriots Day.


New Year's Day, Good Friday, Canada Day (July 1), Labour Day (first Monday in September), and Christmas Day are all federal statutory holidays.

Easter Monday, Thanksgiving (second Monday in October), Remembrance Day (November 11), and Boxing Day are holidays mandated for federal employees, and are also provincial statutory holidays in most provinces.


Each province has its own provincial stat holiday ..... BC Day is on the first Monday in August. That same day is also a holiday in many of the other provinces, but is called different names in them all.


Sallie ...... thanks for asking. The leg is slowly improving, as I do my exercises 3 times a day, and put my legs up against the wall behind the bed head afterwards. I think I'm about back to where I was 10 days ago ............. slowly slowly! Must remember not to hurry for the bus, or across the street.


MJ seems to be doing well, or so we hear. Had his 2 month check-up last week ...... weighs something over 12 lbs, measures about 23" ......... so "normal". He had his first shots, cried a little bit, but then settled down to feed, and seemingly has not had any reaction since (touch wood!).. His gas and fussiness in the evenings also seem to be easing off ............... so they are getting more laughing baby and less crying/screaming baby.

I'd suggested a couple of weeks ago that fennel tea might help ......... this was then reinforced by the German-born nurse who gave MJ his shots, and another mother sitting in the clinic (who said it was particularly helpful when she ate Indian curries!) ..................... so J decided to try it. It is almost impossible to buy "pure" fennel tea over here, it's nearly always mixed with other herbs ........ the one I have is fennel-and-passion-flower. So, we'll see if that also helps the fussiness.



s
xxx

I can't get over how things have changed since I had Jennie. Chloe's mum Laura, had a baby girl two weeks ago, tomorrow. The hospital was so busy that they sent them home two and a half hours after the birth, I had to stay in bed for six hours after both of mine were born. I also had the midwife call every day for ten days, but Laura only seen her midwife once in ten days, and that was when she took the baby for a check up at the surgery. I'm not sure if that's the way for everyone now, or is it just Derbyshire Health Authority.

Mo, they've agreed that Richard can pay £40 a month until the bill is paid, at first they told him that he had to pay £80 pound a month, which was more than he could afford, so it's better than it was. I'll more than likely take the laptop down to Richard's with me, although I know Saturday we'll be out most of the day, but I'll look in if I get a chance.

Sylvia, Jean, Ann, Debbie and Marilyn hope you are all okay.

Speak to you all tomorrow!


Love and best wishes. Sallie xxx

Hi Sylvia, just missed your post. So pleased to hear that your leg is improving slowly but surely. As you said you'll have to be careful when you hurry for a bus or for any other reason. Take care!
It certainly sounds as though MJ is doing well now, his mum and dad must be thrilled to see his smile and to know that he is thriving. Hugs and kisses to MJ!

Love, Sallie xxxx

Yoohoo, where are you all? It is almost 24 hours since Sallie posted.

We had a cold wet day yesterday. It was supposed to be stormy, but the met man says there is more to come :(((
It is still a bit on the cool side, but then winter is on its way so I can expect more of that.

Huia.

Hi from Tenerife

I have been reading but not posting, sort of dipping in and out. Weather not so good the past two days, cloudy and cool again but very pleasant. Good to read all your news, when are Jean and J back anyone know?

Hi All,

Huia, I've been busy making birthday cards today, so haven't had time until now, to look in. I have to get them finished in the next day or two, as I've got a busy few days ahead, from Wednesday on. The weather is still lovely here, but the weather man says it's going to get cooler, I just hope we don't get rain over the weekend, Alun and I are going down to Richard's on Friday, and they've got a couple of outings planned for us. Do you know if your son still plans to visit you over the weekend? It will be nice for you to have his company.

Ann, lovely to hear from you, it's nice to know that both you and T are having a lovely holiday. I'm not sure where Jean and J have gone to or for how long. If I remember rightly, I'm sure J has got an appointment at the hospital very soon, but there again I might be wrong. Just wondering if Mo is playing darts tonight, she usually does on a Monday night. If she is, let's hope her team will win.

Well I'm going to have a cuppa now, speak to you all tomorrow.

Love and best wishes. Sallie xxx

Yes we are having a great time and it doesn't seem possible that we only have 4 days left. we have just been to the local restaurant and shared a portion of canarian potatoes with mojo sauce followed by spaghetti carbonara for me and spag bol for T plus half litre of red wine, then we came back and had an amaeretto while T watched the football.

Hi all


lovely to hear from you Ann. Glad to hear that you are having a good time.


It has been really chilly here ........ 5 or so degrees lower than normal during the day, and cold enough to put on the central heating in the mornings.

It was a holiday Monday today, Victoria Day, celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. OH got up, turned on the heating, then came back to bed for 20-30 minutes. I waited another 30 minutes!!


Hope you are all well.


sylvia
xxx

Phil has an appointment at the Super Clinic Dermatology dept. tomorrow so I will go with him and one of the carers. With a bit of luck I might find out what causes my itch, since I am sure I caught it from him.

Our son doesnt know if he will be up at the weekend, it depends on the weather. There are big storms on the way and it is not nice driving in bad weather. There are some idiots out there who drive so carelessly, taking no account of wet roads or strong gusts of wind.

Huia.

Hello girls.
I posted on here last night,when I got home from darts. But the blooming
thing has gone AWOL. I posted right after Ann,really cheesed off about it,as it was a long post.

We lost at darts last night,but never mind. We all played like right plonkers,
can't blame anyone for our losing,not even the poor reserves,who had not played all season.

I cant believe you have been gone for four weeks Ann,and that you will be home in a few days. It seems to have flown by.
Have a safe journey home,see you when you are home.

Huia,have you had the storm that the weather man forecast.
Good to here that you and Phil are going to the super clinic. It seems that
Phil cannot be completely clear,off whatever was causing the itching,or else they would not be sending him there.
At least you can get yourself checked at the same time,to make sure that you are both clear off it.

Brrrr Sylvia,you are making me feel even chillier,in your description off your OH putting the heating on. I certainly don't blame you for laying in bed till the house warmed up a bit.
Fancy you having a holiday to celebrate Queen Victoria's birthday. We don't celebrate that ,how unpatriotic this country is. No celebrations for our Lizzie,or Vicky's birthdays.


Hi Sallie,Liz ,Debbie, Marie and off course our Jean.
I will pop back later tonight. Bye for now. Love Mo xxx

Mo, I wont be getting checked at the Super Clinic. It is by appointment only, sometimes we have to wait a long time for an appointment, but at least if I know what Phil has I will know what I have and can go back to my doc if I need to.

Right, better wash the dishes and get ready to go out.

Huia.

Off course you are right Huia,if they diagnose Phil,you will know what it is,and can then get treatment yourself from your own doctor. Come on Mo engage your brain,and use it.
Now get out in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans. ( thats a cue for a song I believe ). Lol
I hope you find Phil well when you see him.
Nite Nite love, enjoy your day over there.
Love Mo xxx

Well, Phil's appointment wasnt with dermatology, it was with orthopaedics. Last year (Sept or Oct) he broke his pelvis and they wanted to check that it was all ok now. The man didnt even inspect him, just asked how he was doing and the carer told him he was quite a bit better than when he had first gone to them in October. We were in and out in less that 5 mins! I am still none the wiser about our itches, but the treatment the doc gave me is working, I think.

Phil was awake when I got there just before midday. He had fed himself his breakfast and drink this morning, but I had to shovel his lunch into him. He didnt eat it all, or drink all his drink.

Time I lit the fire and got dinner.

Huia.

Good evening everyone.
Oh Huia ,I am pleased that Phil's pelvis has healed pretty well. But what a shame he did not see the dermatologist. It would have cleared up any doubt about what was causing the itching,for you both. But at least it's not so irritating for you now.
I did laugh at your explanantion,off having to shovel his food into him. Was it a shovel you would use in the garden. awwww poor Phil,bless him.

Well girls,we were out in our front garden very early this morning.
Our son's car had been parked on the drive,since it caught fire in January.
But he was lucky enough to find a buyer for it on Monday.
When it went,we found that it had leaked oil all over the drive. So Roly decided he would use the pressure washer on it. But to no avail,the darned oil would not lift. So off we go to B+Q's,and get a special detergent
that SHOULD remove oil.
First thing tommorrow,Roly has got to go through the whole process again. Providing it's not raining that is.
We then decide we had better cut the hedge between our house and next door. It's their hedge,and not really our responsability. But as our sons car had been parked so close to the hedge it could not be cut by them.
At least when we cut it,we do it properly. Not like next door,who only tickle the leaves,and it's cut to them.
The people who lived there before,were so good,and kept it so neatly trimmed.
But the new family are not gardeners,and have not got a clue.
Still you know what they say. If you want a job done properly,do it yourself.

I hope you are all well. Love to you all. Mo xxx

Hi, everyone, think I better do a bit of explaining, we havent been away we both felt as though time out may be a good idea, especially for me, I have been to the docs, as I have become very low and stressed, so now It would seem I have depression, so I have some tabs and hopefully will buck up soon, but I am going to have a break from here and when J gets this weekend out of the way if we can find some where to hire a cottage we will have a week away...so thanks for all your concern and love... I will be back....

Love Jean xx.

Hi our Jean. Good to see you. Come back as soon as you are feeling better. You know we are all here for you,but will not pester you,as you need time to mend yourself.
I hope all goes well for J. And that you both find a nice place for a little you time.
God bless you my love. Take good care off yourself. Love to you both.
Mo+ Roly xxx