General Chat

Hello Everyone ,just to let you all no Llonka op went well yeaterday Peter her hubby took the children into see her,and her Dad brither and sister travelled up to see her docter said if all goes well she will be home in January in time for Daan her little boys 4th birthday
Well yesterday was so busy and very tiring Jans mum came at 11 oclock to help to do the food and stayed right thru till 8.30 the others left 9.45 ,but everyone said they had agood time i was the only one and his mum not drinking as we dont drink ,but i cant with all the medication im on had to go and sit upstairs for abit as my back was playing up and the noise was giving me headache.so did,nt want to spoil there fun so came back down later on
Mo will send you some photos when Jan puts them on pc for me he has gone to his mums but i stayed home we had snow last night ,and the other lot has,nt gone yet from three weeks ago anyway hope you had nice xmas everyone and thank you Huia for the photo and the card
Take everyone and stay safe and i would also like to thank you all being there when i needed my friends the most,i just feel now that theres apart of me missing but nothing i can do about that
Love Dutchxx

Joyce, it's good to hear llonka's op went well,and that the family were able to get in to see her.
How lovely that she will be home in time for young Dann's birthday.
I will look forward to the photo's.
Unlike you, we have had no fresh snow, but the stuff that came down last week, is now frozen to our footpaths, and is treacherous.
When I went out to help my grandaughter to her car, with her presents last night, we were slipping and sliding all over the place. I could not expect her to carry the gifts, especially being pregnant like she is.
I was so afraid she was going to have a fall, like my sons Fiance did.
Are you going to have a celebration on New Years Eve. We are going out with the family, to our local golf club. No not to play golf, they are holding two parties there, and we are going to the ground floor celebrations, the upstairs one is a very expensive do,and we can't afford that, not at £55.00 a head.
Take care babe. Love Mo xxx

Please will you keep Caz in your prayers and thoughts she has had a bad fall and will be in bed for a few days so if you could hold all calls and messages it will be much apprieciated, Thank you...

Sending love and prayers to Carole love Jean xxx

nudge for Caz

Oh Jean, poor Caz. I think we had better tie her to the chair, so that she doesn't have any more falls, bless her.
I will say an extra prayer tonight for her, for a speedy recovery. Take care of yourself Caz. Love Mo xxx

Hi Jean, how are you both today. Staying safe indoors I hope.
Us crazy pair, went out to get ourselves a second freezer today. We are fed up of not having the room in the drawer freezer we have at the moment.
It was sheer madness at Comets, I think people are buying whatever they need now, before the VAT goes up.
It was absolutely packed in the shop, but the services was excellent, I think they were expecting a lot of people and had laid on extra staff.
Roly was not amused, when I tried to help him put it into the small cupboard where it had to go. I got stuck between the cupboard door and the freezer, and could not stop laughing at the faces he was pulling trying to get me out.
Well it's now placed on top of the original freezer, and thats where it will stay.
Tomorrow, I shall go to Ic*lands and stock it up, in case we get the snow they have forecast again.

I have bought myself a lovely dark purple sparkly top and trousers, to wear on New Years eve. Thank goodness for the sales.
There was only one top left in my size, and a woman tried to grab it of me,.....tut tut no fear, not when I had got my mitts on it, guess who got it, yep me. LOL

Well girls, I hope you are all well, and hope to hear from you soon.

Special (((((((((((HUGS FOR JEAN, CAZ AND JOYCE)))))))))))))) Love Mo xxx

Adding extra special wishes for Joyce, who has just heard her son is in hospital.
Holding you in my thoughts Joyce. Love Mo xxx

Oh dear Joyce, another problem for you. Poor you and poor son. I hope that he will quickly recover.

I am home now. traffice extremely heavy all the way but no hold ups. Still snow on our drive and on the pavements here but refuse men just been. We stopped offf for coffee and to buy some groceries in Sainsburys then took us a while to unload the car while skidding on ice. Just had to reset all the clocks as they had several power cuts on Christmas eve.

We had a lovely Christmas and then boxing day went to eldest grandson's and met some of Bex's family and had lunch. thirteen adults and three young children!! Sounds a lot but it worked very well and they have decorated the downstairs very well. Just upstairs to do now but we were very impressed seeing that it was like a building site the last time we saw the house.

Caz, sending you special thoughts. What are we going to do with you? Sorry about your fall and hope you soon recover. And by the way your card eventually arrived for which many thanks.

Hello Ann, it sounds like you had a lovely time with the family.
So far we have been very lucky in not having any power cuts, fingers crossed it stays that way.
Our Dustmen are due on Wednesday, instead of Tuesday this week. I just hope they take all our rubbish away.
We can now put food scraps in our garden refuse brown bins. Ours is about half full,and they are not due till next week to collect that, and it's begining to smell. I dread to think what will happen in the summer months, if we get some warm weather. yuk fly's and maggots.

Hello to you all,
I am sorry to hear that Caz had a fall as well as the negative result from the Doctor.

I am well and had a very nice xmas at my cousins in Brisbane, it rained the whole time but it didn't dampen our spirits.
I arrived home on Sunday night and it was raining here as well ,today is Tuesday and it is sunny but there are heavy clouds building up .

I received a rext from my brother who lives in Rockhampton Queensland and it looks like they may have to leave their home as the river is rising,. in fact it is creeping into his front yard.
If it reaches the height that they are expecting it will go through his home.,which will be sad.

Joyce, you and Jan are having such a bad time I do hope things improve for you and your family, as Mo say's are prayers are for you and for Caz.

Good evening to you all,
XXXXXXX Love & Hugs Marie )()()()()()()

Jean, thank you for letting us know about Caz. I hope that she will feel better after a few days in bed.
Caz, you are in my thoughts and prayers, and hope that you feel a little better soon. We are all here for you, ready to listen and help you when need us.


Marie, lovely to see you home and that you had a wonderful Christmas with your cousins.

Sorry to hear of the trouble your brother is having, let's hope that the water doesn't go through his home. I'll be thinking about him and his family.



Joyce, sorry to hear about Michael, He's in the right place to be cared for so hope it won't be too long before he's well and back home again.



John, my brother was in hospital all over Christmas , he had his gall bladder removed by keyhole surgery the day before Christmas Eve, but they had a problem getting it out, so he had quite a bit of pulling about. Anyway, he wasn't well enough to go home until yesterday.



Ann, pleased to hear that you and T had a lovely Christmas with your
family.


Mo, also pleased to hear that you and Roly had a good Christmas with your family.

Huia, I hope you are well and that all was well with Phil over Christmas.






Love and best wishes. Sallie.
xxx


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Sallie Carole tells me you havent been to well, hope you are feeling better, and that
it didnt spoil your christmas.... my problem vertigo has been playing up and stopped us doing some of the things we had planned, but never mind soon be spring , have you done any more crafting, I have started doing the second album for my friend, was hard to settled downt to doing it my mind went blank, but managed to finally get going and did the first page.

How is the lady darts player doing , Mo, are you up and about. not sleeping it off ....lol....and how is the lovely Roly , I hope you havent nagged him too much.... it could be your new years resolution," be nice to Roly." what do you think???? Purple sparkle ... hmmm now that I would love to see any chance of a photo?

Marie glad you enjoyed your trip and the company too,sorry to hear about the fllooding hope it doesnt do to much damage to your brothers home....

Tess was the beef stew good, it smelt good from here...

Ann glad you got home safe and sound and had a lovely holiday with your family....

Love to everyone else Happy New Year.....

please remeber Caz as she hopes to go for her results tomorrow...


Love Jean xxx

A full report of our Christmas is on the 'has the heart gone out of the boards' thread.

Mo some poor people in the Stroud area of Gloucester had a power cut that lasted over all of Christmas until yesterday.

Jean, sorry the vertigo is still playing up.

Sallie if you have been unwell I hope that you are better now. Hope your brother is getting over the op OK.

Marie, so pleased that you enjoyed your Christmas. Sorry to hear about all the rain and I do hope your brother's home is safe.

Shall be thinking of Caz tomorrow and hoping she can go to get her results and is not still confined to bed.

Thinking of Joyce's son Michael.

Wet and dreary here today but at least it has washed away the snow thank goodness. Now the golf course is water logged!!!

Hello girls,
Well what a lot of posts I have had to read, it's absolutely lovely to hear from you all.

Sallie love, I am sorry to hear you were not to good over the Christmas period.
I do hope John is now on the mend. I bet you were worried silly about him weren't you.
How's Alun and the family. If you are anyhting like us ,we are only now just readjusting ourselves back to normality. It was so hectic here, especially as the grandchildren are now all becoming adults.
But it is just as I remember things when I was a child, all the family congregating at my grandmothers house.
Poor Nan, I sometimes wonder how she managed,as she had so many children herself, and then all of us grandchildren to cater for.

Cooeee Marie, nice to hear from you again love.
Thanks for letting us know about the rain in Queensland, I must ring my cousin to see if they are o.k. I did speak to her on Christmas day,but it would seem this new down pour has started to cause havoc.
I do hope your brothers home is safe. There is nothing worse than floods and fire, they cause so many problems with homes.
How are the family now. I hope your daughter is coping with her new meds.

Oh my word Ann, how on earth did people cope with having the power cut all over the holiday period.
I bet you were glad you were away, or you and T would have been feasting
on Salad, and not Turkey.
What on earth will T do,not being able to get out for his game of golf. I know he is a keen golfer. I suppose he could always take up water polo, if the golf course doesn't drain away soon.

Jean my lovely, I am always nice to Roly,I never nag him( and I don't tell fibs lol)
I took him out today, to buy him his birthday present, two yes two shirts from M+S. Being a tight wad I waited till the sales, can't go splashing all my cash can I now.
Seriously though, I normally wait and see what he gets for Christmas, before I go and buy his gifts. He normally gets enough shirts to supply a gents outfitters, but this year he only got one, bless him.
He will be 67 on Saturday the 1st January. And like most Christmas babies, he only ever got one lot of presents, so I like to treat him to make up for what he missed out on as a child.
And as for the Sparkly Purple top, well it was taken back to M+S today, as it was to big.
No-one had beeen able to try any clothes on, because they are refurbishing the changing rooms.
I was surprised that both the top and trousers were to big,as I have been really pigging out over the holiday period.
I like to think I have lost weight, but it's probably because they are putting more material into their clothes, and are coming up bigger.

I have bought myself smaller trousers,and another top, as they didnt have a smaller size in the original one I had bought.
If my daughter takes a photo, and it's fairly decent, I will send it on to you.
If it's orrible, you wont get it.LOL

I hope that Huia, Joyce and our Caz are all o.k.
Love and best wishes to you all. Mo xxx

Hello my little loves.
Just a quickie for now.
I hope that Caz got on o.k at the hospital today. and that Joyce has had some better news on her sons condition.

Well it's nearly the New Year, has anyone made a resolution, that they know they probably wont be able to keep.
I wont make any as I know I will break them. How many times have I said to myself, I am going to go on a diet, and then see a box of chocolates and dive straight in without thinking.

I hope you are all well. And that those of us in the U.K are now rid of the snow, and our OZ friend Marie has had a cessation of all the rain they have been getting.
And that our Huia, has got rid of all her little lodgers.

Well girls, I had better go and start the dinner, we have got Lamb, roast pots, sprouts, carrots, peas and mint sauce today, yummy.
Bye for now my friends, Love and best wishes Mo xxx

Hello friends. Not done a lot today although I seem to have been busy. Have made a couple of cards trying out my cropadile that OH got me for christmas and also my embossing markers. wrote a letter and a couple of letter cards and walked round the shops for the papers but that is about all.

Hope Caz got on OK and that Joyce's son is better.

Your dinner sounds lovely Mo, It is OH's turn tonight, he who only cooks with the frying pan. So it is fry up tonight preceded by pate and toast. As I have already put on two pounds and wont try to lose it until the New Year fry up will be good!

Hello girls, well I managed to get to the hospital, the snow all went yesterday apart from what's lying in the gutters and the fields. It seems that I am stable at the moment but more cancer cells are in my blood and I have little spots of it in a lot of my bones, I have to go back in a month instead of three. I have not been walking well since my fall so it was an effort today and I was exhausted when I got home so spent afternoon in bed, no change there then. Thank you all for your good wishes for my visit and for being there for me in a worrying time.
I'd like to wish you all a very Happy New Year in case I don't get on here again for a few days.
Sallie I will get round to replying to you when I can sit more comfortably.

Love Caz xxx

Thank you Caz for the update, just going to hospital is tiring but for you it must be harder than ever, so do rest lovey and we will still be here when you are up to talking again, but will hold you close and leave you in peace ....

love Jean xxx

Caz lovie, thank you for letting us know how you got on today.
Get yourself some rest now,and take one day at a time, knowing that we are all praying for you. And we will be with you in spirit next month, holding you close to our hearts.

Ann you are so lucky with T doing some of the cooking for you. Roly thinks that the cooker is just an ornament that sits in the kitchen,and that the meals do themselves, and I just dish them up on a plate. lol
Our Roast was delicious, and I have to admit, I could eat a roast dinner every day, it wouldn't bother me.
I mis-read your cropodile, for the word crocodile,and thought to myself why would you be trying out a crocodile, see senility is definately setting in.

You watch our Jean, when she reads what I have written about senility,she thought I was there ages ago. lol

I do hope we hear from Joyce soon to find out how her son is.

And I hope that Sallie is feeling a little better today.

Love Mo xxx

Morning all, Mo you took the words right out of my mouth....lol.....
dark miserable day so far, how I hate winter, I cant cope with dark nights and days , drags me down, I dont want to go out or do much of anything, perhaps one of those S.A.D. lights may give me a boost has anyone got one?

Just watched the news and the floods are awful in Australia,I hope all is well with Marie and her family

How is Sallie anyone know? we seem to be some friends missing at the moment so heres hoping we will get some info on various people in the new year always a bit flat after christmas.... so lots of love an hugs for those who are not on top form, and hope to have some laughs in the coming days..

I am off to have some brekkie and then do some more craft work on the album, so take care out there and be good.....

love Jean xxx.

Good morning all. Mo Lol!!! crocodile!!! Hmm no comment!

Caz we are always here for you, sorry the news was a bit iffy, lots of positive thoughts and ((((hugs)))) for you today. Just have a good rest now and see if you can ease off the aches and pains from the fall.

Jean I hate winter too, I find myself leaving the PC to stand and look out of the window to absorb what light I can. Crafting helps me. A light box might work, I think my sister might have one I will have to ask her.

Hope that Huia, Marie, Tess and Sallie are all OK. We will probably get going again properly once the new year is over, another depressing time for some.