General Chat

Ah, well that explains it Ann.

BTW I forgot to PM you about seeing your new blog. Does it cost anything to have a blog?

Huia.

Mo, I forgot to explain about the Family Participation meeting. It is a quarterly thing, where family of residents can all go along to hear what the owners have planned, and can comment or ask questions or make suggestions. They have been trying to get an all-plastic wheelbarrow for the residents to use in the garden. Alterations are being planned to the building to make more room and we were shown the plans, plus the materials that will be used for curtains and bedcovers and chair covers when they redecorate. All that sort of thing. They put on a bit of a spread for us, which I use as an early lunch! Beautiful muffins, but they had been spread with thick butter and later that afternoon I started to feel a bit 'off'. I cant seem to eat butter or cream these days, get this slight feeling of nausea. :(((

Huia.

Hello Girls,

Huia, I sympathise with you for not being able to eat butter or cream.....I haven't been able to butter and cream( especially cream) for about 14 years. I also can't eat white bread, if I do eat it, I suffer quite a bit of pain for days. So I just stick to brown bread, although I would love to be able to eat freshly baked white.

It's a good idea that the owners of the Care Home, include the family of the residents in the plans they have to improve things for them. It sounds as though it's a very good Care Home. I'm sure it makes things a lot easier for you knowing that Phil is being well cared for.



Danni, Joyce's granddaughter, is still in hospital, she was hoping to go home today, but the results of her blood tests are causing some concern.....so she has to stay in until the doctors are satisfied with the results. The trouble is, I think she put her mind on going home today, so she is getting herself into a bit of a state.......she's very tired and crying a lot. I hope that she will be able to go home soon, as I'm sure she will feel better in her own home with James and their baby son.

I hope you are all okay.

I'm going to make our dinner now, and then I hope I can make a couple of cards, but might look in later.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Huia no it doesn't cost anything to make a blog. I will send you the blog address.

Thanks Ann, I had a quick look. Maybe I will put up a blog of some of my photos some time, when the novelty of the 'new' GR has worn off :D

Now then Sallie and Mo and anybody else who doesnt have an avatar, get busy and put one on.

Huia.

We wont push Jean to do it yet, it might make her too dizzy. It is probably bad enough for her to see all of ours on here.

Huia.

Hi Ladies,


I'm pleased to say that we got a bit of good news last week, Richard's girlfriend Christie has found a job. Yesterday was an introduction day, and she starts the job on Monday. We are all so thrilled for her , as she's been out of work since that young man hit her, while working for WeightWatchers in Maidenhead.

She will now be working for Capita in Maidenhead as a junior accountant, so she's pleased, as she's already passed one accountancy exam and would like to get some more qualifications and experience. I must admit she's very quick working out the financial side of things.





Oh Mo, I like the photo you have on here. You are clever putting that on yourself.....I wouldn't know where to start, I think most of you on this thread know by now, how computer illiterate I am.lolol!!

I'm still waiting for Alun to put the photos of my cards on Ann's blog.....I keep reminding him, but at the moment I'm afraid he's so engrossed with doing his train layout.
Hope all is well with Roly and the rest of your family. It can't be long now, before you become a greatgrandmother, can it?

Mo, how is Lily getting on? I hope she's alright. Sending her lots of hgs and kisses.xxxxxx





Sylvia, hope your few days of ME time went okay. Also hope that you have fully recovered from your cold.
Is your OH back at home now? Sorry, I know you told us, but can't remember when you said he was due home.

We haven't heard anything about MJ lately, I hope he's okay. Also sending
him lots of hugs and kisses.xxxxxx





Jean, hope your exercises are going alright, and that you have started getting used to doing them with no side effcts, or at least with hardly any at all. Thinking about you and sending you lots of hugs and positive thoughts.
I also hope all is well with J and D.





Caz, I hear you went for a scan on Thursday, but the scanner wasn't working. You must have been very tired, what with hanging around at the hospital and all the effort involved of getting there and back home.
I hope you have now got over your tiredness and feeling a bit better than you've been. Thinking about you, and sending you lots of hugs and positive thoughts.
Ann, as you probably read at the beginning of my post, I'm still waiting for Alun to put the photos on your blog. I'm hoping that he will do them later on today. At the moment he's doing his layout, I don't mind normally, but it's starting to get to me now that he still hasn't sent the photos as he promised he would.
Hope that both you and T are okay. I bet you don't have to wait so long for T to do any job that he's promised you he would do.lol!!




Joyce rang me earlier on, she doesn't sound too bad, but said that she had trouble getting out of bed this morning because of the pain of cramp
and her back. Although she's cheerful enough, so that was good.





Marie, how are things with you and your family? I hope you are feeling better to what you were and are able to get out and about now.




Huia, hope all is well with you, and that all was okay with Phil when you last visited him.

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Tess, I hope that you are alright, and still getting out and about okay.




Liz, I hope things are all okay with you. We miss seeing you on this thread.



~~~~~~~to Linda and Jude, I hope that both you and your familes are well.





Saying hello to anyone that I might have missed out.





Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxxx

Hello girls, look at me, all prettied up as a fairy.
Luckily my son came today with baby Lilly, so I asked him to do things for me.
I have yet to add who and where I am searching though, but will attempt to do that later.

I have been a busy bee today, cleaned all through the upstairs. And have got round to doing a job I dont like to do, and that is scrub all the wall tiles in the bathroom.
It is tiled from floor to ceiling, so no mean task at the best of times, so it gets done once in a while, but not as often as it should really.

We have had another glorious day here today, but we had heavy rain first thing this morning.
The plants in the garden, were looking very happy afterwards. Luckily we don't have a hose pipe ban at the moment, so they get a good watering each night, but theres no beating good ol rain water.

I hope that everyone is feeling o.k today, and not suffering to badly with the dampness that does affect our joints.

Huia, I am surprised Jean has not got her avatar up yet, coz she's such a quick learner at how to do things, whereas me, I am a real ficko where the internet is concerned.

Got to go and start to prepare the chinese for dinner tonight, so I will speak to you all later.
Love and best wishes to you all. Mo xxx

ooooh hi there Sallie, you must have posted as I was typing.

Huia, if you want any photos put on my blog e mail them to me. It is meant for anyone to add photos.

Sallie, Where on your computer are your photos stored? It may be that I can talk you through sending them to me. If you can find your way around GR you can do that. Don't assume that you will be unable to do it.
T is pretty good if I want him to do something (unless he is out at golf.).

Mo, I thought you were clever putting the photo on yorself. lolol!!
You have been busy today, our bathroom and downstairs toilet tiles need
doing, but they'll have to wait until I feel like it. Old age doesn't come by it self , unfortunately.LOL!



Ann, Alun's just come in and I've shamed him into to sending the photos, at last!


Would it be better to put them straight on your blog, or e-mail them to you first. I don't mind which.


Thanks for the offer to talk me through it, I might be glad of your help another time though. I'll watch what Alun is doing this time and see how I get on.lol!!


Love to you both. Sallie.xxxx

I don't think you can put them on the blog although if you are able please do. If you can't you need to e mail them to me.

Sallie, your lovely cards are on the blog.

Just had a peep at them Sallie, they are great, I am struggling with the exersises, the doc said it will go worse before it gets better, dread doing them the after effects last quite a while but needs must so I will carry on with them,.......
I am waiting for D to do my avator as I havent a clue how to do it just need to decide what pic to put on..... so watch this space...

Mo I thought your pic would have been an artist (painter)....lol....

Huia , do put your pics on Anns blog, they are so good,

Marie are you feeling better ? I do hope so .we love to hear from you .
~~~~~~ to Sylvia ~~~~~~~

to all our absent friends, do come and say hello. and anyone else too.you dont have to pay to join us but you may want to pay to get off.....lol....

back soon I hope love Jean xx

Ann, all my photos are now on your blog, although a few of them are the wrong way round. Not sure if we can turn them so that they are the right way.


Jean, glad you like the photos of my cards, I'm not too happy with some of them though. I'm on "stop" at the moment, but I'll start soon as I have a few caards to make. Lately, each time I make one, I say to myself that this will be the last card I'm going to make.

I hope you can carry on with the exercises and that your diziness and sickness will soon go.


I'll speak to you all soon.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Back again,

Huia, thank you for the train photos, we only checked our e-maiks today.

Alun was delighted to have them, he is wondering what gauge the model engine is, as it looks a good size.


Thank you once again.


Speak to you soon.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Hi girls, I can't put an avator on, don't know how to, I can find my own photos but not how to transfer them. Plus I can't find the already done ones. Sallie it was a tiring day on Thursday, we were sat there most of the morning and as you know I can't sit properly with my back. The machine did break down and we were all sat there in our gowns, apart from me I have been told to dress in clothes with no zips or anything metal as it takes me ages to get undressed then dressed.
I agree with you about Joyce, she was laughing a lot this morning, she sounds a lot happier apart from her leg, I wish she could get something done about the cramp.

Need a cuppa so will be back later.

Love Caz xx

Hi Caz,

Like you, I don't know how to put a picture on here either. I'm afraid I'm not very computer literate....can only do certain things on it, but after that I haven't got a clue.lolol!!

I know it's very tiring hanging around in the hospital......most of the time that Jennie has an appointment they are usually pretty good for time, but the odd time, for whatever reason, her and other patients are kept hanging about for a few hours. When that happens she's really tired when she gets home.
It's good that you don't have to change into a gown to have the scan, I'm sure that having to change would only make you more tired.


I'm hoping yhat she's alright, because today her Crohn's is playing up...just hope it isn't the start of a flare up.


Yes Caz, it was nice to hear Joyce laughing a lot today. Let's hope that there are no more problems for her for a very long time, at least.



Well, like you earlier, I need a cuppa now, so I'd better put the kettle on.


Speak to you tomorrow.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Sallie, well you mean they are on my e mail, they are not all on the blog yet because I can't do them until tomorrow as I am a bit tired right now. If theya re the wrong way I think I might be able to turn then so don't worry.


To put a photo on here. Go to your account and log in. You will see the blank 'head', near it you will see the word 'change'. Click on that, then click on 'file' this will take you into your own files, click on the file where your photos are stored on your computer ('my pictures or whatever), click on the picture you want and upload it as per instruction. When you go back on the board it should come up within a few minutes.

Sallie, I am afraid I have no idea what gauge the engine is. My gt uncle used to have model railways under his house. I loved visiting him. He never worked for the railways as far as I know, but 3 of his brothers including my granddad did. I must hunt out some postcards I have of the Raurimu spiral, probably about 1915-1920. The Main Trunk line goes round, though a tunnel, round some more and over the top of the tunnel, to gain height. It is near Mt Ruapehu in the middle of the N. Island.

Huia.