General Chat

I had a lovely time with my friends yesterday. We went to a W-----spoons, for lunch and chatted ten to the dozen.

I thought that I was being good as I had salmon, jacket potato and salad, plus a little wine.

However, when I got home I felt that I had over indulged, so had to go for a lie down.

We will probably be rather busy on the run up to Christmas to meet again this year, but will see each other early next year.
We are planning to go to a performance of "We Will Rock You" next year, all being well, I am really looking forward to it.

Family members do have Hornby Double O Trains and track, but also have other engins too, there name escapes me at the moment.

They also go on full sized steam trains when possible, all over the country.

I shall have to ask if any of them (including the American Cousins) are going to Hamburg next year.

I am very proud of my (birthday) brother, he had several difficulties as a child. However, as an adult he has overcome them. He got a degree through the OU and has run over one hundred marathons. Nothing has come easy to him, he has had to put in a lot of hard work

Tess

Sallie, soryy I didn't answer you last night. Bro-in-law and his daughter and son-in-law are all members of the Severn Valley Railway.

In fact daughter had an engine instead of an engagement ring (they then had my late mums name put on it!).

Their wedding feast was on one of the SVR trains, which was really wonderful, as we steamed to Bidgenorth, stayed there for a while (so the real ale fans could drink the ale at the pub on the station) and then returned to Kidderminster. Wonderful, I shall always remember it fondly.

Tess

Tess, your niece's wedding reception sounds absolutely lovely. It's was a great idea to have it on the train, and I'm sure all the guests loved it .

Before retiring from teaching, Alun and I went to his Head of Department and her husband's silver wedding celebration on a steam train at the Midland Railway at Butterley, Derbyshire. Both her and her husband are members of the railway so had the celebration on the coach that they own---they bought one of the old coaches and had it renovated, so it was a double celebration, their anniversary and the first time the coach had been used since being renovated. It was great, we had a four course meal, while travelling on the train.


Going to try and make a few more cards now, so Ill look in later on.

Take care everyone. Love. Sallie.xxx

Just a quick hello to you all, as I am expecting my brother in a little while.
Sallie I do hope your brother will be o.k, is there anymore news on his being hospitalised.
I must not be late to my bed tonight, I have got to be up very early tommorrow. It's my MRI scan day. I will let you know if I have any news.
It's a very cold day here in Kent, and also miserable. I don't so much mind the cold,but when it is dull like this, it makes me feel like going back to bed and staying there.
Bye for now, love to you all. Mo xxx

Mo, hope your MRI scan goes ok. I had one ages ago (on my head) it was very loud, the earplugs came in useful.

Treated myself to a choccy bar afterwards, fo being a good, brave girl!

Sallie, I am going to look up Butterley on the internet (before the Strictly results program). The Silver wedding celebration sounds first class.

The station on the SVR my family spend most time at is Hampton Loade.
As well as a passing place for all the trains on the SVR line, it also has a model train track.

I think that the other engines my niece and her husband own are Roundhouse (but I could be wrong)

Tess

Mo, darlink, J and I will be thinking and praying all goes well tomorrow... sleep well...
Love Jean xx

Mo, Good luck for tomorrow, we'll be thinking about you and hoping that all will go well.

My brother is still in hsopital and he's having a scan tomorrow, so we're all hoping that all will be okay. Thanks for asking Mo!



Tess, not sure where Hampton Loade is but I'm sure that Alun will look it up on the internet. He's just read your post, and he's now got the biggest smile on his face. Anything to do with trains and he's just like a child. lol!!
I'm sure that in the not to distant future we may pay a visit to the SVR line.



I'll speak to you all soon. Take care everyone.


Love and best wishes. Sallie. xxx

Hello Ladies,

Hope all is well with you and your families.


Mo, hope all went well with your MRI scan this morning, I hope it won't be too long before you have the results.

I'm going to ring my sister-in-law later on, to see how my brother is, and if
the doctors have told him what the problem is.

I've had a cold that has now gone to my chest, so If it doesn't clear within the next few days,I'll have to go to the doctors, which I hate doing.
We have Chloe coming tomorrow to finish make her Christmas cards, I hope that I'll feel better than I do today, so that I can help her with them and she's going to stay tomorrow night, too.


Ann, pleased that you and T had a lovely weekend in London. Did you manage to do any shopping for Christmas presents while you were there?
I know that you go to Cyprus at the end ot the week, but not sure how long you go for.



I wonder if Huia is back from her son's. I hope that she had a good weekend there, and that she's alright.



Marie, are you still trying to catch up with your washing and ironing, after your holiday? Hope everything is alright with you.


I hope that all our absent friends are okay. I might have a look in later on.


Love to everyone. Sallie.xxx

Good evening all.
Well I have had my MRI scan done. Thank goodness the scanner was only up to my neck,and I did not have to have my head inside it.
It was bitterly cold when we left her early this morning.
And inside the scanner, they blow cold air over you. My poor feet were absolutely freezing,sticking out the end of the scanner.
Then my left foot decided to go into spasm,and I thought to myself they would need to start again, but fortunately they didn't.
I have now got to wait for the results to be sent to the physio therapist,and she will then contact me, to let me know how we proceed from now on.
They think it may be that part of my cartilege has broken away,causing the Bakers Cysts in the first place.
Oh well I will wait and see.

I hope you get better news on your brother Sallie. And that you start to feel better tommorrow, if not get yourself of to the doctor for some anti-biotics.

The noise of that Scanner was as you said Tess, very very loud. But they give you headphones with music piped through them, lovely and soothing,
but just not to my taste really.

Hello Jean my darhlink, not long till your hols now babe.

I wonder how Ann enjoyed her time away, cooeee Ann come and let us know how you got on.

Well I must go and get ready for darts. Bye for now girls. Love Mo xxx

Hi Mo, sorry I forgot it was your darts night. Good luck, hope you and your team will win.

Love, Sallie. xxx

Oooooops>>>>>>>creeps silently onto the thread, dont tell our Jean girls, but we lost big time at darts last night, but we did win the pairs.
I hope Jean did not lay out to much money on her bet, or it will cost me a fortune by the end of season.

Well I do hope you are all well. We have another horrid day here. I am snuggled up in front of the fire,all nice and warm and cosy. I dont think I will be venturing out today.

Take care everyone love Mo xxx

Hello all, We had a lovely weekend. The account of it is on Bridget's diary thread on chat. T had got a terrible cough, which was developing while we were in London. Hope it has gone before we go away to cyprus or he will be an asset on the plane. As it is easyjet and self seating maybe I sould get him to stand at the front of departure and cough, should get unhindered seats then Lol!!!!

MO !!!!!!!!! I put all my holiday money on you last night, now I cant go to the craft store when I get to Llandudno, what a let down.... I am keeping a tally on what I have lost up to date and its growing every week , so hope you have sufficient funds to reimburse me....lol.... it wasnt eva again who let you down was it?,
well just had the hair permed so I can go off now with head held high... I did hear that a late indian summer is down for next week , but only in Llandudno. so that will be great....lol.... take care all you lovely peeps,special hugs for Anns, T, hope you soon feel better....

love Jean xx

Ann, just read about your weekend , it sounded lovely and upgraded too , thats the icing on the cake, a lovely present for you both, it is a very long time since we were in London and no doubt completly changed now, so it was great reading you diary thank you .I love hearing about the news when you all go away. I may even do one from that place in Wales...although it wont be as adventurous as yours Ann....

love Jean xx

We couldn't get over the number of people Jean. Everywhere you went it was heaving, cafes, bars, all full, not just in the evening but daytime as well. Tourists down by the river of course, large boats on the river, all full, and it wasn't warm. Students everywhere, all chattering, very noisy. Then in the morning and evening we could see Waterloo bridge and a constant stream of workers walking across like ants. Nice to visit but no way could I work there, too used to the relatively quiet life of the sticks.

Ann I have just been reading about your full weekend away. My word you must have both been worn out after it.
You packed so much into so few days.
London is very expensive isn't it, not just your hotel, even the street vendors charge a fortune for small things like cans of coke. I believe we paid £1.50 for a can the last time we were up there.
I am sorry to hear that you and T are not feeling to good now though. There seems to a virus going around that consists of a cough and sore throat,leading to cold like symptoms.

Jean, I will have to take out a second mortgage, to repay you at this rate.lol
Eve was on fine form last night, it was the fact that we were up against a very strong team, and we could not get our finishes. The final outcome was 4-2 to the opposition, had we have been able to get the last double,we would have drawn with them,and that would have been a big one up for us. As it is, when we play them, we ALWAYS lose, tut tut I know.

I have been very naughty tonight, I have been stuffing my face with chocolates. I wish the children had not bought them for me. They must love me, rolls of fat and all. lol I can't not eat them now can I. And if I leave them till christmas, they could go out of date, so I HAD to eat them didn't I.
I know I know Jean, excuses excuses, but they were lovely.

Bye for now, love to all. Mo xxx

Yes it is the snacks that work out expensive. Two rounds of sandwiches and two coffees, way over £10.

Hi all


here I am

Had physio this morning

physio decided to try needling on my hip ......... this is NOT acupuncture


AFTER he had done it, he said that I would probably be sore tonight and tomorrow but it should then ease off ......... and he might consider doing it again next visit (3 weeks time).


hmmmmmmmmmmmm


Needling is an acupuncture-type needle pushed into a knot of muscle fibres in an attempt to get them to fire off and then relax


had lunch out as usual (sushi), bought choccies also as usual, and came straight home


Home in even more of a mess than it was ..... the cabinets were delivered this morning


Have cabinets in the middle of the living room, drawers on the sofa. Cabinets semi in place in the kitchen. More drawers in the study


OH phoned re the countertops. "Oh, sorry there's been a delay, they won't be in until at least November 4"


aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhhh



Note from OH on counter when I came home ...... daughter asked yesterday if he could pick up her husband's degree from the downtown campus of the university.

M is not going to attend the degree ceremony, and apparently they did not get what they thought satisfactory information on how well the degree would be "packaged" for going by the post.

M I think was panicking about getting a damaged degree certificate.

They were told that it could be picked up at any campus, information would be sent to that campus from the main one by email and the degree just printed off. (Actually that doesn't make sense, because degrees are usually printed on special papers etc)

OH got a pdf with a signed letter from M giving permission for "father-in-law" to pick up degree.


OH goes downtown specially this afternoon to pick it up ............ only to be told "you can't, we don't have it. They didn't ask for it to be picked up downtown". That was the note he left for me!


so he had to come home empty handed

M has to send letter or email to the main campus and ask for degree to be made available at the downtown campus.

Downtown campus say they'll have it about a week or so after that letter has been received.


On the way home, OH planned to stop by the dentist's office where he was yesterday ....... he left his temporary bridge with its 2 teeth there.

Don't know whether he did ................... he won't be home until some time between 7 and 10 pm

........ it's the orchestra rehearsal for the next student opera production. Dress rehearsals next Monday and Tuesday. Performances next Thursday through Sunday



I'm tired!!!!!





take care everyone


sylvia
xxxx

Just a quick one to let you all know I arrived home yesterday but have been very busy since. Visited Phil today. Might be out again tomorrow or next day. Must find time to tell you what I did. Off to bed now.

Huia.

Glad you are safely home Huia, look forward to reading about your time away.