General Chat

I am pleased to read that some of you were able to get together and see the people that we all feel we know so well.
I do hope that Jude's friend is not too bad, I met Jude 18 months ago and she is so friendly.
Well it is another lovely day in the south east, though it did rain overnight. Much needed by the look of the garden. We are just back from a 5 day holiday in Scotland and I must get out and sort the garden over the next few days.
I am retiring at the end of this week so will be in a new stage of my life. Need to think about what to do with my time and do some things I have never tried too.
Have a lovely day everyone

Linda :-) <3

Gi all, Tess I was sent to the pain clinic as FM is very painful but more to do with Rhumatism than arthritis. They talked me through it and put me on morphine, it does help a bit.
I have just had a phone call from Liz, she is coming up to see me this dinnertime, it will be lovely to see her, and what a surprise. Liz Sally and Dutch phoned yesterday from the meet so it was lovely to "join" in with them even though I was woke up from a deep sleep.
I had a bad fall this morning and hurt my bad hip so not going to pick my glasses up this week, they can wait.
Can't sit much longer so will leave it at that.

Love Caz xx

Sorry to hear about your fall Caz. I hope that your hip soon feels better. Have a great time with Liz but don't wear yourself out.
I don't blame you, not going for your glasses at the moment. They won't disappear if you have a leave it for a little longer.

All for now,

Tess

Hi Everyone,

Caz, just as we finished eating our Sunday roast, Joyce rang to let me know that Liz was with you, it must have been a lovely surprise for you.
It was lovely to speak to you on the phone yesterday, but sorry that you were woken up.

I hope that you'll soon recover from your bad fall this morning and that your hip is not too painful. Just rest and take care.




Sylvia, hope you are feeling much better now. As you read the meet went well, there was so much to say to each other, that we didn't stop talking.lol!!




Huia, it's such a shame that we live so far apart , it would be really nice if we could meet up with all our friends on here.

My friend Janet, goes to have her toe nails cut, I think every six to eight weeks. She pays about twenty five pounds to get them done. I can still do my own at the moment , thank goodness......but for how much longer that's the question.lol!!

Hope all was okay with Phil when you visited him last, and that he was able to respond to you.



Ann, hope you and T are enjoying your week at Dorset and that the weather is good for you. Take care and hope the rest of the week goes well for you both.




Linda,nice to see you on here again, pleased that you and hubby enjoyed your holiday. Scotland is a lovely place. Alun's niece is married to a Scotsman, They have two little boys, and live in Pitlochry. Alun's sister and bother-in-law live in Yorkshire but they also have a house in North Berwick that they use quite a bit. Brither-in-law has suffered from Alzheimers for seven years, since he was fifty eight, so Lynda finds it nice for her and hubby to spend time there.

Yes, Jude is a very nice and friendly person, it would be nice to meet her again sometime. I received a pm from her this morning, she's thankful that she visited her friend yesterday morning and that she her friend recognised her.



Tess, lovely to see you back on here, we all miss you when we don't hear from you.



Mo, it looks as though you and Roly enjoyed your time with your three grandchildren yesterday. You are lucky, I wish that Alun and I had some, but at the moment I can't see that happening------I think if we do have any
I'll be too old to play with and enjoy them.lol!!

Alun and I are going to visit Richard tomorrow until Wednesday night, so might not be on here until Thursday . I have an apponitment at the doctors on Thursday morning, I'm slowly coming off my medication, but have noticed that I'm fine on the days I don't take one, but depresssed and anxious on the days I take them. So have to go and sort it out.


Jean, hope you, J and D are okay. Have you made any more cards lately?

I have some to go on Ann's blog, but with her being away and with Jude being in Derbyshire' I'll have to wait at least a few days. There's no rush anyway!

I have to go on Thursday afternoon to pick up the hearing aid for my other ear. I just hope that I can cope with wearing one in each ear.




Marie, hope you are a lot better and that the scabs from your cold sores have now gone.

Is there anymore news about your granddaughter's scan yet? I hope it all goes well and the results are good.


Joyce, if you are looking in, have a safe journey back to Liverpool tomorrow, and then home to Holland on Tuesday.


Well everyone, I might speak to you all later or tomorrow before going to Richard's.



Take care.



Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Ooooh, Sallie, a bother-in-law and a brither-in-law. I dont have any of those, just a couple of brothers-in-law.

I am trying to decide whether to visit Phil this morning before I go to work in the hospice shop, or visit him tomorrow.

I get my new hearing aids on Friday, the in-the-ear ones. I hope I like them better than my current ones.

My current avatar is of All Saints church at Dilhorn, Staffs. It has an octagonal tower. My Bettany line came from Dilhorn.

Huia.

Hi Huia, I saw the mistake I made in the spelling, was going to change it, and then forgot about it.lolol!!

I hope your new hearing aids will be successful for you this time-----I had an in the ear one, but it kept falling out, so decided to go for inand over the ear type. If you know what I mean?

The church in Staffs looks nice, I'd like to see it, with it having an octagonal tower.


Hope all is well with Phil when you visit him today or tomorrow.


It's very quiet on here today, I wonder where Mo and Jean are.


Well speak to you soon.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Sallie, there is no difference wearing two aids to wearing one. You will cope fine.

You can send me the photos as usual and I will add them for you when I can.

Hi all
xxx


sorry to hear about your fall Caz, hope you feel less pain from it soon. xxxx


Linda ........ you will soon begin to wonder how on earth you found the time to work! Enjoy!!


The weather is rotten here ... rainy, and chilly enough that we have the heating on in the house again! And tomorrow is a Stat holiday!


Sallie ..... I'm feeling much better, thank you. It has left me with little energy though, and i soon get tired. Amazing how much it took out of me!

I did do the right treatment though ....... stayed in, drank lots of water, kept warm, etc.


Like Huia, it would be so nice to be able to attend meets with people. We did manage to get back to England for a Friends Reunited meeting back in June 2008, held in York. I think OH enjoyed himself meeting all these crazy people .......... especially as he wasn't the only "partner". It lasted 3 days, so we had plenty of time to chat.

Then we drove up to the Heversham area and traced some of OH's dead rellies (in the graveyard), and found the house where his grandmother was raised.


Have no idea when our next trip to the UK will be, though. We had intended going to Australia this year, but have postponed that trip, hopefully only until next year.



take care everyone

sylvia
xxxx

Morning folks, sorry I havent been on for a bit, just overtired, and still haveing the odd dizzy spell but nothing like before...
Sallie I havent done any crafting for well over a week, I did however manage to take a huge bagful of cards to our local hospice so have lightened my load of card stock, still too many. though it seems a bit pointless doing many more at the moment...

We have been trying to get a break away but the places we want to go to are all booked up , so we will try again after the bank holiday.... June may be a little quieter....

The meet went well it seems, and Joyce had a great surprise when Liz turned up... so that would have lifted her spirit.... sorry to read about Judes friend and pray she is getting better by the day....

Sylvia sorry you havent been too well hope things improve for you...
love to Marie and Huia,

Tess it was lovely seeing you back with us, time just rushes by these
days and before we know it seems ages since we have a good chat...
it was good to read what you are up to...

Mo where are you hope all is well with you and Roly, always in my thoughts...

Caz sorry to hear about your fall, hope today is a better one for you...

Linda, I am sure you will find lots to do and wonder how you managed to do everything before ....lol.... enjoy you new time out and do what you want to do....

well my friends time for more exersises, they take up quite a lot of my time, so I will see you all later

love Jean xxx

Morning folks, sorry I havent been on for a bit, just overtired, and still haveing the odd dizzy spell but nothing like before...
Sallie I havent done any crafting for well over a week, I did however manage to take a huge bagful of cards to our local hospice so have lightened my load of card stock, still too many. though it seems a bit pointless doing many more at the moment...

We have been trying to get a break away but the places we want to go to are all booked up , so we will try again after the bank holiday.... June may be a little quieter....

The meet went well it seems, and Joyce had a great surprise when Liz turned up... so that would have lifted her spirit.... sorry to read about Judes friend and pray she is getting better by the day....

Sylvia sorry you havent been too well hope things improve for you...
love to Marie and Huia,

Tess it was lovely seeing you back with us, time just rushes by these
days and before we know it seems ages since we have a good chat...
it was good to read what you are up to...

Mo where are you hope all is well with you and Roly, always in my thoughts...

Caz sorry to hear about your fall, hope today is a better one for you...

Linda, I am sure you will find lots to do and wonder how you managed to do everything before ....lol.... enjoy you new time out and do what you want to do....

well my friends time for more exersises, they take up quite a lot of my time, so I will see you all later

love Jean xxx

I read somewhere that there are only 5 churches in England with octagonal towers. When I went there the church was locked, so I asked at the post office/store where the churchwarden lived. She was doing school lunches at the time but when she came home she very kindly took me down to the church and showed me through it. She even took me up into the belfry. Must have thought I was batty enough to go up there.

Huia.

Hello to all my dear friend's <3 I have just read 3 pages of post's :S

I wont remember half of what I have read but let's see ;-)

Caz what wonderful news I do hope it B--ger's off too.

Joyce, I am green with envy as Huia also said about you being able to meet some of our friends, I hope Jude's friend is recovering .

Sylvia, you must have got a chill from all the changer's in the weather up your way.
Mo, congratulations on winning, well done and I hope Jean won some money on you, no wonder you were tired after all the gardening and playing with your Grandchildren sound's like you had a lovely day.

Ann I wish you good weather for your break.
Sallie, stay well my dear..

Linda you will fill your day's to overflowing, you will wonder how you can manage it all. Have a lovely retirement. I havent stopped smiling since I retired 7 year's ago.
My lips are ok again and I feel well,also my knee is much better.
I spent Thur's ,Friday and Sat. gardening got most of my Daffodil's in plus some polyanthus & primulers also a number of winter Veggies.

Sunday I was too tired to do anything much , I typed up a Program for the Hayward Reunion and to-day a list of the Invitations I have sent.

To-morrow I have to go to the hairdresser for a trim., to-day has been very overcast with the cloud's down very low not as cold which is a relief.

Jean it is pleasing to hear your vertigo is getting better keep up the exercises :O
I must go =I <3 to you all :D Marie
Ps Huia I am sure the concert must have been wonderful, I love Mozart<3 Marie

Morning all, ooh heck my hip is painful this morning, will have to be more careful and try to fall into a chair, lol. I have a lovely bruise though. I had a great afternoon with Liz and her oh, a good couple of hours of non stop chat, she is just like on here and is lovely, K took some photos of us but I haven't looked at my e-mails yet to see if they have arrived. Sallie, Liz rang Joyce to say "guess where I am" so seemingly Joyce got straight onto the phone to you. Liz and K set off home so I had a lie down but couldn't get comfy and got up again, they had a long journey ahead of them so I hope they arrived safely.
I have to be at the dentists at 3-45 and it is blowing a gale and pouring down here, it is only at the top of our street but I hope I get there in one piece, that the wind hasn't blown me over, my sister is going with me so I'll be ok.
Can't sit much longer so speak later.

Love Caz xx

Hi Girls,

Lovely to see you all on here, as it was very quiet yesterday.


Huia, Sylvia and Marie, as you all say it would be lovely for us all to be able to get together for a meet. I'm sure we would all need more than
5-6hours though, with all that we have to talk about.lol!!


I haven't heard anymore from Jude, I think Vic, her hubby is coming up to Derbyshire today to take her home. Things don't sound too good for her friend though, but I'm sure Jude will let us all know she has any news.



Caz, hope all goes well at the dentist for you this afternoon. It's good that you have your sister to go with you.

I guessed that Joyce had rang me straight away as soon as she heard that Liz and K were with you. At least you didn't miss out completely on the meet, you had Liz to let you know how it all went. It's great being able to talk face to face with some of our friends on here.

Hope you can manage to have a rest before going to the dentist., and that your hip will be less painful very soon. Take care!



Ann, I'm sure that I'll be fine with two aids once I get use to it.

Alun and I are going down to Richard's in an hour or so, and won't be home until Wednesday night-------so will e-mail you the photos sometime on Thursday.




Marie, so pleased to know that you are now better and that your lips have cleared up.

Hope all is well with your family and especially your granddaughter.




Sylvia, glad to hear that you are feeling better, having a bad dose of flu really takes it out of you.

I had pneumonia 23 years ago.......not a nice thing to have, it took me over three months to build my strength again. Richard was in infants school and Jennie was in nursery, but I have very good friends here, that took them and brought them home for me.




Jean, don't you have anyone that you can send your cards to? I seem to have a lot of people to send mine to, although the majority I made last week was for Joyce to give to her close family. Of course it was Jennie and Michael's 5th wedding anniversary on Friday, and then her birthday next Sunday and also my best friend's birthday.



Just had a phone call from Joyce, she's on the coach to Liverpool.....she was saying that she didn't have anyone to take her into Sheffield to get it, so had to get two buses.



Mo, good lock if you have a darts match tonight, hope your team will win.


~~~~~Huia, Tess and Linda. Hope I haven't forgotten anyone.



Well, I'll speak to you all on Thursday, Take care everyone.



Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Girls, I have been trying to get onto this site all day, and now that I have, I have got to go to darts.
Hopefully I will be able to talk to you tomorrow.
<3 <3 <3 Mo xxx

Hi all
xx


The sun is shining brightly here .............. but ti is a holdiay Monday, so the big balck clouds are all around, and every now and again block out the sun


Always seems to happen, doesn't it?


Marie ..... glad to hear that your lips are OK and you knee is better.



Sallie ....... I think we'd need 5 or 6 WEEKS ..... we can all talk a mile a minute, I think!!



Take care everyone



sylvia
xxx

Hi girls.
Well once again it has taken me up till now to get on this site, 4.30p.m

And then what do I see, our Jeans husband Jeff has been rushed into hospital.
It never rains bit it bl**dy pours, it's not bad enough that Jean has had so many problems lately, but for this to have happened must have hit her so hard.
God please give them all the strength to get through this. And help Jeff to get through this as soon as possible.

I know you will all be thinking of them,and wishing them well.

Love to you all. Mo xxx

Hello Ladies,

Wwe are staying with Richard until tomorrow night, so I thought I'd just have quick look in, and seen Mo's message about J. I hope that he will soon make a full recovery.

I've also added to the thread that Caz has put up about J .....thank you Caz for letting us all know.

Hope you yourself have had a more comfortable day, today.

Also thank you for letting us know about Joyce, I hope she is almost home by now.


Speak to you all when I get home. Take care.



Love and best wishes to you all. Sallie.xxx

I have only just seen the news, poor Jean, she must be so worried, just as her vertigo was improving too. Life is a B sometimes. I hope that Jeff will soon recover from this. \they were hoping to go on holiday too soon.

Good evening girls.
Sending positive thoughts and prayers out to Jean and Jeff,and J+S
God bless you all, and keep you safe.

Sorry girls, I am feeling down tonight, worrying about our dear friend Jean,and how she is managing to cope.

I hope you are all bearing up. Love and best wishes to you all. Mo xxx