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Hi all


big shock overnight


woke up this morning to




................... about 7 cm of snow at the house, more elsewhere in the city!


The temperature has risen to about 3 or 4C, but there's still about 4 cm or so of snow left on the ground ....... and I think it is going to lie there for some days yet as the temperature is forecast to keep falling until Tuesday, when it will be a high of -7C.

No forecast for further than that!


hibernation time I think!




sylvia
xxx

Rather you than me Sylvia. I'm not too fond of the snow.

I hope that you get some clear days long before spring. Otherwise it will be a very looong winter.

Crossing my fingers that your kitchen is fit for use very soon.

Stay warm,

Tess

Oh lordy Sylvia, you can keep the snow thank you very much.
Stay indoors in the warm,by the fire.
Is your kitchen finished now,only I don't recall your saying if it's done or not.

Nothing very exciting has happened today, but I felt I had to pop in to say hello to you all. Hoping that Joyce is a little better.
Take care my friends. Love and best wishes Mo xxx

HI All,

Just to let you all know that Dutch rang me last night, she's still in a lot of pain with her back, according to her scan results, the bones in her back are crumbling, so I don't know if they'll be able to do anything to help her. They had been out yesterday to a garden centre to buy a new artificial Christmas tree, so she had to go to bed when she got back. In fact she was still in bed when she rang me.Let's hope that she will feel a bit better soon.


Oh Sylvia, you make me feel cold just reading about you having snow. That's the trouble now, we are at the start of our winter, so are a bit envious of both Huia and Marie, with them being at the start of summer.
Still the seasnons come and go for all of us, I suppose.



Mo, I can see that you had your youngest grandchildren yesterday, it's lovely to have them to visit but can be very tiring.

We had Chloe from after school on Friday, until last night, it was lovely having her to stay but I didn't have a minute to myself, so I've been tired all day today.lol!
At least Chloe has finished making all her Christmas cards now, so she was happy about that. Yesterday morning she had me dancing to a couple of songs by Lady Gaga, if someone had had a camera, what a sight.lolol!!
Of course we went over to Jennie and Michael, so once Jennie knew that Chloe liked Lady Gaga, she put one of her cd's on for her to listen to. Oh what it would be to be young again.lolol!!


Huia, it always happens to us the same way, if we've been busy and need to tidy up the place, someone usually calls to see us. That's happened to us a few times over the years. Never mind, I'm sure that as long as they have a welcome and a nice cup of tea or coffee, then they're happy.

Did you go and see Phil? If you did I hope he was awake when you got there, and that he was okay.
Hope you enjoyed the visit to see your daughter and also enjoyed the concert you went to at 3pm.


Jean, how are you doing with your Cuttlebug---have you made any cards using it, yet?
The samples you sent were lovely, I need to get a few more things for my Cuttlebug, but I'll wait until after Christmas now.

Alun and I are going to buy Chloe the Sizzix Sidekick for Christmas. She loves to make cards, and is very good using my Cuttlebug, so after chatting to her mum Laura about it, we both thought that she would love to have one, and feel sure that she will use it. Anyone would think that she was my granddaughter.


Ann, have you finished the Scrapbook for your grandson yet? Sorry, I can't remember if it's for his birthday or Christmas.
Hope that you and T are both feeling better and that you have got rid of your coughs.


Tess, like you I'm not too fond of the snow. I'm always frightened of falling in it, especially when there isn't much down and it's mostly icy.Poor Alun,
I must hurt his arm, the way I hang on to it, I feel sorry for him at times.lol!


Sending thoughts to Marie and Liz, and hope that you are both okay.
Hope I haven't forgotten anyone.



Well I'm going for a shower now, as I want to see a programme at nine,
so I'll speak to you all soon.



Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxxx

Hello again girls.
I have been trying to get back on here for some time now,but the site was saying it was closed for maintenance.
My word,what do they class as maintenance, if this mess up thats been occuring since last Friday is anything to go by.

I missed you Sallie, sorry about that, but thanks for the update on Joyce.
My father in law suffered from crumbling vertebrae,and was in considerable pain as well. They put him on high strength painkillers, it only deadened the pain, but did not cure it. I don't think that even in this day and age, they can do much about it.
My son had two discs replaced in his spine,and he was only 30 at the time.
We did wonder if it is inherited,as Roly has got similar problems with his spine.

Well my lovelies, I will say goodnight god bless you all. Love Mo xxx

When I visited Phil he was eating a banana. He is a very slow eater. When he finally finished that he was given a drink of cordial or fruit juice, not sure which. The hour spent visiting consisted of watching him eat and drink!

I visited my daughter for a short time. Later on in the day I realised my backside was covered in flea bites. She has 2 dogs indoors, and I understand there are 2 cats too, though I never see them. I must tell her to do something about the fleas. It is one thing to be an animal lover, but I draw the line at fleas.

The concert was good, all French composers. The choir sang in French although it is not a language a lot of us speak. The organist was great and the sound was marvellous. The afternoon tea (at 5pm) was good too! I didnt need to cook anything when I got home just after 6.

Huia.

I forgot to say, I cant imagine what it must be like to have the spine crumbling. All my best wishes go to Dutch.

Huia.

Poor Joyce, that does sound painful.

Sallie I have finished the scrap book. He will get it at Christmas when we next see him - he is the one at Uni - but it is for his 21st at the beginning of December. I am very pleased with it.

I am sure chloe will be grateful for the Sissix sidekick. perhaps she will let you use it too!!!

Huia, I don't blame you drawing the line at fleas, oh the thought of them is awful. I'm glad you enjoyed the concert, it sounds as though you jad a lovely day, especially the afternoon. I'm all for being able to eat out, it's great not having to cook and clear up after the meal.

For a year or so, Alun and I lived in Beckenham in Kent, and the first flat we had there turned out to have fleas. Such a shame really, because it was a lovely two bedroom big flat, but of course, there was no way we would stay there with there being fleas there. So a day or two later, we moved to another one in the next road, it was much smaller but minus
the " wildlife ", thank goodness!


Mo, that's okay, I've been so tired today, that I slept a bit this afternoon, so didn't get on here until this evening.
How is your son now ? I hope he doesn't have too much trouble with it now, as he used to have.

Poor Joyce, she must be in some pain to have to go to bed, although I know the doctor gave her some tablets, but they don't always seem to work for her.

Michael also has trouble with his back. I hope his won't get too bad for a long while yet, he's 25. Well there's not a lot we can do about it, so no good worrying too much, we'll have to wait and see,

Love, Sallie. xxx

Ann, at first I was thinking about buying the Cuttlekids for Chloe, but because she like's to die cut as well as emboss, it wouldn't be any good.
She's only eight, but can use my Cuttlebug very easily and carefully, so thought that the Sidekick would be great for her.

You are very organised Ann, all your cards and now the scrapbook finished. Although I'm doing some cards, I need to be doing a lot more,
so I'd better start moving a lot quicker than I am.

I'm sure your grandson will love the scrapbook, it will be something for him to keep and treasure all his life.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Hi There , Sallie & Ann you are so IndusteriousI with your cards and albums I do wish I was but unfortunately for me its the Garden I spent all day yesterday up grading my pots, I have a Wollemi Pine,my son and daughter -in -law Gave to to me as a Xmas present in 2006, it needed to be repotted,after I finished that I decided to do all my Azaila's, it took me most of the day, some of the azaila's will eventually go into the garden but before they can I have to remove dozens of Irise's they have thrived & I now have far too many.

Hi Mo , yes I am always tired after the girls leave I have several lage tubs that their toys go in and as soon as they get here they trash the verandah were they live,
also the bookcase books everywhere , however I love them but not the mess they leave, after they have given me a kiss and a cuddle the first words are (grandma I'm hungry).
Huia I to like to stay in my night dress and gown for awhile in the morning but like Mo that is the day you get caught, when I had children and worked as well, I always made my bed as soon as I got out of it then Showered and dressed but since I retired I like to eat in my night cloths, then put the washing on and wash the dishes, then shower--- that is usually the order of the day.
Its been a long time since I have been to a concert I must try to get out at night a little bit more.
Sylvia I do feel sorrry for you all that snow , we are just in the last week experiencing summer and it is lovely, our nights are still a little chilly.
How is your kitchen going you will have to take a photo so that we can all see it when it is done.How is your lovely grandson ? will you get to see him soon I have a friend who has Skype , she uses to keep in touch with her daughter and grand children in England I also have skype on my computer but I have yet to buy a speaker and camera, I hope to Purchase then soon .
Well ladies it is lunch time for me, then I have to tackle the Ironing I have a very large basket that I have been avoiding for a couple of weeks but it is now crunch time,but before I go Thanks for the update on Dutch it is sad news as I dont think there is anything they can do for what she has only give her pain killers,I dont think science has found a way to replace our spines.
I am sorry to end on a sad note. Please eat healthy and do exercise my dear friends, Love and Hugs to you all.
I hope you are well Purple sparkley Diamond have you seen the baby?
*******Marie******

Hi all

temperatures are plummeting ..... will probably get down to about -4C here, but there is also a wind that makes it feel about 4-10 degrees colder than that.

We still have snow on the ground, mainly on the grass areas. I talked to J today ..... she said all she had seen on the news was "light dusting of snow in Vancouver". When I said 7 cm at the house, and 10 cm not far away ...... she started shouting to her husband!!

Marie ............... we're spending Christmas with them. We leave Vancouver on Dec 14 by train. Get over there on Dec 19. Have about 10 days with them, then leave on the train on Dec 29. We will spend new Year on the train soemwhere in northern Ontario. We thought we'd do something we'd never done before for NY! So about 4-5 weeks before we see him again

We have talked about getting Skype soon ...... but J&M are a bit short of money. I also heard from a friend that you needed a large amount of space on your hard drive. This computer would be fine, I have a huge amount of space on it ......... but J&M would probably have to get an upgrade on theirs.

Heard a lovely story about our grand-nephew D ............. his parents always talked to her mother (my sis-i-l) through Skype. Sis-i-l, like my OH, is half-Welsh (their mother) and Nain is the Welsh term for grandmother, so she opted to be called that. They always said to D "Let's talk to Nain" or "There's Nain" ................... so he began to call every computer, phone, cd player Nain!


Makes sense, eh?!!

OH decided he didn't want to be called Teid or Taid, which is Welsh for grandfather ..... he's grandpa.


My spine is deteriorating in 2 places, and is the reason why I get so much pain, especially round my sacro-iliac and hip into the legs area. As you say, there isn't much that can be done unfortunately.

I have been having physiotherapy since about 1997, and I swear that that plus the exercises I've been given by the physio to help strengthen whatever muscles there are, are the only reason I am still walking, and not in anywhere near as much pain as I could be.


Re the kitchen.

The plumbers come tomorrow about noon to install the sink and hook up the dishwasher. Then I think it is practically finished ...... excpt for having new doors made for the upper cabinets, and eventually getting OH to paint the ceiling, walls and cabinets.

At least, we will be able to fully use the kitchen after tomorrow .................. we'll be able to move everything back in there ............. after I've decided which drawer is going to hold what!




sylvia
xxx

Just a quick hello before I go to bed, have been thinking about you all but feeling very low at the moment. I spoke with Dutch the other day and she is down and in pain so much but hopefully when she gets her scooter she will get out a bit and maybe it will take her mind off things if she can go and see someone to talk to even if it's in pidgin English and lots of arm waving.
Am off to see my counsellor again today, it's slow going but lots of stuff being looked at and lots of tears.

Haven't seen baby E. yet but the parents are bringing her to see folk on Dec 12 so I will have to get up and get round o.h.'s father's house with o.h. I can't stand the old man, he is a hypocrite and a sneaky selfish old man but the stepmum is lovely. She is a bit peeved as we all got notes from the baby thanking us for the clothes and money etc people sent/took over. I am called Nanie Liz and o.h.'s stepmum is presumably Great Nanie ( not sure why the odd spelling as baby's Mum is quite an intelligent girl, wouldn't have expected her to get the spelling so wrong) but Great Nanie hates being called Nanny/Nanie and would prefer Great Nanna! O.h. didn't say anything when he spoke to his son yesterday. Seems the new Mum is struggling with the lack of sleep as baby isn't sleeping through the night, but Dad is back to work on a four day week so last week was the first she had to cope on her own during the day. Her family all live close and popped in most days when she was alone so hope they took baby while she rested for a bit or they helped with housework etc Baby is on bottled milk now as her Mummy got stressed with feeding her herself. She is also suffering with colic a lot. Both parents seem to be surprised that it's a 24 hr job looking after a new baby, wonder how they would have coped as I had to, on my own, 35 yrs old and no help from anyone at all, and my son didn't sleep through the night till he was 2 and a half!

Not looking forward to next few weeks, I don't enjoy Christmas with o.h, the only good bit is spending time with my son, as he will probably come here on Christmas day and Boxing day. Trouble is after cooking the meal I then end up having to drive him home as he has no transport so won't be able to relax and have a drink or several. Also means o.h will be off work more, and he has some holiday still to use so I have to put up with him around.
Roll on Spring, I hate the winter and would happily hibernate.

Take care all

love and hugs
Lizxx

Cant get use to this site thought i had added message on here,thank you for your best wishes still not well ,but had to put message on GR as friday Jans cousis wife died age 61 of cancer and is getting burird tomorrow ,i need my friends as its sad time for me with not long ago losing my daughter,but have to be there for Jan,thank you Caz for asking Jean to put thread up and also thank Jean for doing it
Love Dutchx

Hello girls.
Tut Tut Sylvia talking about sorting your drawers on here, purleeez keep it clean. LOL
Not long now till you see young MJ. It sounds like J was surprised to hear of the amount of snow you have had. I don't suppose they have had any have they.
Well now the hard work starts, putting the kitchen utensils back in place.
But it's good news that the kitchen is now finally coming together.

Oh Marie, I am so envious of your warm weather. It would be so nice to be able to get into the garden,just to tidy it up a bit would be lovely. But it's either to wet or to cold outside.
It's priceless when the little ones come to visit,and the first thing they want is a kiss and cuddle from nanny, like they have not seen you in years, bless them.

Got to go girls, it's darts tonight,and I need to go and block the drains up,and have my bath.
So I will say good bye for now. Love Mo xxx

Hi All, Mo why do you have to block the drains up???. I am off to gym very shortly and it is another lovely day to-day strong wind blowing bit irritating

Sylvia , you must be happy to have your kitchen almost finished and yes it is a big job sorting the bits and pieces and then when you do, you have to remember which drawer you put the stuff in, I have drawers for my saucepans for the cooking cutlery,crockery like mugs and dinner set then the glasse's, jugs and everyday crockery goes into cupboards.All the plastics have 2 drawers.I only have to take a step to be in range of all the cooking gear and the sink, which is great..It is wonderful that you are going to be with your family for Xmas.
You are right about the exercise, it defiinetly works also a good diet.

My friend Barbara has ostioperosis and suffers a good deal of pain but she does more exercise than I do, her hip on her left side is much higher and her spine is bad also, she has to take al ot of medication and as well she never misses her fish oil and multivitiams, however like you she is a happy person and loves her walking and exercise as well as her good food habits.

I am sure that Dutch will also bounce back when she gets her scooter, special thoughts for Dutch another blow with the death of her sister -in-law.Life can be so cruel at time((((((( Hugs & kisses Dutch)))))))))

Hi Liz you sound down , I too, am not keen on winter it is depressing , I couldn't live in England in winter it is cold enough here but at least we mostly have sunshine for some of our days, when it is not raining.
I must away time for Gym.
Love and Hugs to you all ,

Marie

Marie, whats this gym look like, you seem to spending a lot of time together. LOL Is it big and strong, if so can I join you. Is there enough of gym to round all of us.
And as for me blocking the drains up, weeell I should have had a bath on my birthday in October, but I missed it, so have now had to use a hammer and chisel to chip away all the dirt.

Jean will be very chuffed of me, coz we won at darts last night, 4-2 and 2-1.
Last week I was top average, last night I was third. Not as good as last week but better than being bottom.

It's very quiet here today. Roly had the opticians this morning,and is now at the hospital having his neck xray done. Ooooh peaceful.
I have not ventured out of the front door today,as it's once again very cold and dismal outside.

I hope you are all well.
Sending extra ((((((((((((( BIG HUGS FOR JEAN AND JOYCE))))))))))))
Thinking off Ann,Sallie, Huia, Liz,Tess and all our friends.
Bye for now girls. Love Mo xxx

Hi Mo, I too tried to get into the friendly thread it took awhile but I finally managed to get the pageI, I didn't leave a message.

You cheeky thing of course there are some lovely bodies at the gym and young too ,and yes we do have a good look especially as the walk out the door.
The primary reason for going to the GYM is to stay fit and healthy and I need all the help I can get believe me.
I hope Roly gets a good report for his eyes.I have made a very large casserole for dinner to-night and the smell is wafting into my room and as I havent eaten lunch I think I will go and eat.
((((((( Love & Hugs to Liz ,Huia, Jean, Sallie, Debbie Sylvia Tess and especially Dutch, )))))))))) and of course MO, Love Marie.

Hi all


one functional kitchen!!!

It won't get painted until after Christmas ............... it is only 3 weeks from today (Tuesday) until we get on the train to go over to Halifax!

And we have so much to try to do ........... including sending out Christmas cards and our annual letter.

It is very cold here .......... -10C overnight, high today of about -5 or -6C, -10 over night tonight, etc etc

We do get some cold temperatures in winter ....... but not usually in November, and there has been a lot of damage to plants in gardens and parks, as well as our beautiful street trees

....... many of them still had their leaves on when the blast came through on Friday. Now all those leaves, and many branches are on the ground!



take care eveyrone



sylvia
xxx

Went to see the grandchildren Sunday-Tuesday. Had a good but tiring time.
The little ones (aged 5 and 6) were talking about exercise, that they liked it, and it was good to do ." Of course", they added, " YOU can't do exercise, Nan, because you are too big"

So now I know ...
Have been to do my "big shop" this morning. Now having (or about to have), a little lie-down, as out for a meal this evening with family.

So oleased Sylvia, that you can now use your kitchen (if you want to).

Joyce, do take care of yourself. I hope that you get your scooter soon, at least it will help to keep you mobile.
Perhaps you could do with a recliner chair for indoors.

Well done all you card makers. You must be a talented lot.
'fraid that I still buy mine ready made.


Tess