General Chat

Just to let you know debra pssed the two exams she was doing while Jeff was in hospital it was so hard for her so we are sopleased and she got a merit in one of them....didnt she do well.....

love Jean xx

Congratulations to Debra jean, she did do well, but I suppose she worked hard to pass it. You must be so proud.

Caz x

Come on peeps where is everyone, even Huia is missing and I look for her first on a morning.
Sylvia I can sympathise with you with your toe as I have arthritis in both my big toe joints, near the ball of my foot. I wonder why they use ice to treat it, when I use to go to the physio for mine we always ened up with ice packs on our knees, in my case both.
It's been hot today, maybe the summer we missed has started at last. Oh my tea is ready sooner than expected, hope to see more peeps on here next time, or have we all run out of news?

Caz xx

Cooeee girls, sorry to have been missing for the last couple of days, but it's been a busy time.
Yesterday I spent most off the day, doing food preparation for darts presentation last night.
It must have been good, because there was hardly any food left at the end off the night. Ooo I do hate waste, and would have bought the remains home with me, to put out for the birds.

Jean, will you please congratulate Debra for me. She did exceptionally well, considering the circumstances at the time.
You and Jeff have every right to be proud of her.
How are the pair of you keeping now, both plodding along nicely I hope.

Hi there Caz, how are you coping in the warm weather now. I am pleased that it has warmed up though, as for a few days I was so cold, I was tempted to put the fire on. But then you think to yourself August is to soon to do that. And now here we are in September, and it's brightened up a bit thank the lord.

Today my home must have thought it was it's birthday. It has been blitzed from top to bottom, all the bedding washed and dried, so now the house is glistening, but it wont last, not with Roly dropping crumbs everywhere. lol

I hope Sylvia is enjoying herself at her friends house on the Island.

Huia honey, the birds on your Avatar look really sweet. You are so good at your photography, to capture them like that takes skill.

I wonder where our Sallie has got to, and also if she is o.k now (((((Hugs)))))
for Sallie.

Must go now girls, take care. Love Mo xxx

Mo, it is not so much skill as lots of patience and a camera that will zoom in on them. I took another photo this morning of one of them, and was going to try to get a photo of them both together but they took off while I was trying to get the camera to focus on them.

I put some photos of the birds on my blog, also photos from son's friend of the snow in our hills. Not that we have it very often and it wasnt as heavy as some of you have in England, or we have in the South Island, but we dont often have snow up in these hills.

I have now found that I can add text onto my photos, so I will be doing that with some of the group photos of people so that they are named for posterity.

Huia.

I should have added an ability to move stealthily and open doors carefully so as not to frighten the birds, Mo.

Huia.

Thanks for the explanation Huia.

I have just popped in quickly to say hello, as I am not feeling brilliant today.
It looks like I have caught a Summer cold, in the Autumn.
Streaming nose, headache, achy joints, sneezing like theres no tomorrow, oh woe is me.
Take care girls, love Mo xxx

Jean please say well done to Debra for passing her exams.

Mo Hope the cold goes soon.

Everyone else, just a note from Tenerife, the weather is great and we are so glad to be back here. It is very quiet though so the recession appears to be biting.

Can't imagine freesias ever being a nuisance the perfume is so lovely.

~~~~ to everybody who looks in. I will be going out soon.

Mo, you take care of yourself, and stop sneezing all over us. I have random sneezing fits from time to time, sneeze about 30 times in a row. It does my throat in.

Huia.

It is almost 48 hours since I posted. Where is everybody?

Huia.

Hi, Huia, I think your pics on your blog are great, and so clear , the little bird looks like he is made of fur, I love seeing them all. so keep them coming....
Hope everyone is doing o.k.and Mo I hope your cold is soon gone, we have our date for the flu jab early this year...but this rotten weather doesnt help, its pouring down again.hope Roly is o.k.Jeff is doing well and although he cant understand why he still gets tired, he does so well....
Sallie how are you? still busy with your cardmaking?I love the ones on Anns blog, hope your Jennie is doing o.k. too....
love to Marie Sylvia, Linda, Dutch Caz and everyone else. have a nice day.....
Love Jean xx

Jean, if you hadnt posted I was going to say waaaah, boo hoo hoo, nobody wants to talk to me. Just as well you posted or the thread would have got soaked.

Huia.

I'll talk to you Huia, your photos are lovely, I love the birds, that was one of the things I snapped most often being a birdwatcher. It is absolutely teeming down and we have a gale blowing, I was up most of the night with the pain and all I could hear was the rain on the windows and the trees blowing about. It seems to have calmed down for a while but it will be back.
I hope you are enjoying your holiday Ann, I'd love a week away but I can't even manage a day away now.
Dutch told me that Sallie is having trouble with her internet supplier so that's why she is not on, we miss you Sallie, if you can read this, get back here soon as you can.
Mo I hope your cold goes soon, nothing worse than a summer cold.
Take care everyone.

Love Caz xx

I didnt get out of bed until just after 8 this morning. Here it is 2 hours later and all I have done is have breakfast and play on here. I will be going to town to post a large (A4) letter as I dont have the stamps, whatever they cost. Then I will go to visit Phil, probably. I am not so keen on visiting him while this world cup is on as the motorway traffic could be quite thick, but I suppose I have all the time in the world. I just hope the other drivers are careful.

Huia.

Hello to all my friend's, It has been awhile.
Good new's I have completed the Large Family Tree also the Name tags all done& dusted , thank goodness I can relax a bit now, there are only 2 weeks and 2 day;s to the reunion I have had 62 replies a lot more than I expected.

I will be flying to Mackay on Tuesday the 27 th.Twelve more sleep's.

I had a tooth accident last week I bit down on a piece of sugarless dark Chocolate and snapped a tooth right off.
I am off to the dentist to-morrow Thursday to have root canal treatment, it will be 6 weeks before the steel post and the top that goes on the post is done they will then put a crown on it .
It will cost a King's ransom, and the worst is that I have to go to the reunion with a gap in my mouth.
So no loud laughter for Marie I will have to be very petite and controlled at the function's no big smiles ,which will be hard to do, especially after a couple of wines.

We had some bad news a week ago my cousin Ann Martin, who is the same age as me has Cancer, and is in very bad shape.
We are all praying that she will be able to come to the reunion, as she has been looking forward to the occasion
Her family has rallied around and will all be there to support her, she has said we must not be sad.
She has completed all her arrangment's , her Will,and her Tax and the statement that say's she is not to be resusitated.

Ann wants us to enjoy the 2 days with all our rellies.

It will be the first time we will all be together for many many Years so girls please say a prayer that she will be able to get to the reunion.

They were to drain the fluid from her lungs yesterday I hope it all went well.
I must go as it is becoming very cold.

Love & Hug's to everyone <3
Marie :-D

Marie, I make it more than 12 sleeps to the 27th. Back to school for you, girl. Today is only the 7th, that is 20 days away, or do you not plan to sleep every night?

I visited Phil after lunch. He was alert. The people further along were playing housie but he was just looking at a book. After I left there I went to the botanic gardens at Manurewa and photographed a few native plants, plus a wood pigeon. I think I now know how to do the super macro on this camera. I really should read the instructions for everything, but they are on the computer and not easy to read. I took some photos out of our dining room window this morning and I am sure it zoomed more than 20x. It said 80x on the screen, and some of the photos are certainly larger than others, but it is only supposed to zoom 20x. I must ask somebody about that.

Huia.

Hi all
xxx


Marie .............. so sorry to hear about your cousin. I hope she makes it to the family reunion.



I'm having a "slob day", relaxing after a busy but very enjoyable time away!

We got back late yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) after a great trip "overseas"! The weather was gorgeous, which meant that the ferry trip each way was almost unbelievable ...... bright sun glinting off the waves, blue skies, and clear views of the mountains on both the mainland and the Island as we travelled up the Strait of Georgia between them.

We had a great time .... good food, good friends, and lots of talk. R&J invited us to go to them for Christmas, so that is arranged

We went out for lunch to other friends twice, ................. one served cold sockeye salmon as a salad lunch. SHE had caught the fish (a large one) by herself about a week ago. Delicious!

The second lunch was also salmon .......... this time Salmon Wellington, wrapped in filo pastry. But he'd bought the fish from a fishmonger ..... and it was not sockeye


As you may gather, it is salmon season here!


Having had a very late start to the summer ....... not until July! ............... we are now having glorious weather, with daytime temperatures 25C and up, the kind we normally get in August. BUT the nights are cool, like they usually are in September, so it is easy to sleep!

I do find the daytime temperatures a little too warm ............ but, hey, at this time of year, it's better than rain!


OH was going to go into the Botanical Garden early today ....... but we woke up to the news that there was a forest fire on the university campus, right next to the Garden

The fire was on the side of the road across from the campus, on the VERY steep, forested slope down to the river. They have had to bring in a helicopter to help fight it.

The Garden was never seriously in danger ............... but their parking areas are being used as staging areas for the fire fighters, including landing for the helicopter.


As a result, the Welcome Back Salmon Barbecue for the Volunteer group, due to start at 11:00 am, was cancelled!

BUT the salmon was not wasted ....... the Garden staff bbq'd it for the fire fighters

The fire started in a cavity in a big tree down near the bottom of the slope, near the beach, and was probably human caused .............. the beach there is part of Vancouver's notorious Wreck Beach, very much a clothing optional area :-0 :-D


It could have been a young person, a student, or one of the people who regularly sleep out down there.


We have been associated with the uni for over 40 years, and cannot remember a forest fire so close to campus buildings .......... literally just across a 2-lane road. The campus is surrounded by forests, but other small fires have been much further away, and there was never even a mention of possible evacuation ........ there was this morning, but it was mainly because of the amount of smoke.



sylvia
xx

Jean


congratulations ot Debra, she's done really well.
xxxx

Thanks Sylvia, she was pleased as it all happened when her dad was in the hospital and she visted twice a day as well as work full time...

you sound as though a great time was had by all , what lovely friends you have and now christmas is sorted too...

Marie you have done so well getting the reunion sorted and I look forward to hear all about it. it must be so exciting to meet up with everyone....

Huia, Sallie Mo, and everyone else not forgetting our Ann sunning herself in foreign places, not that I am jealous.....lol... hope its all well with you all see you later .
Love Jean xx

Hi All ,
Stone the Crow's 2 post's in 24 hrs, but I have missed you all sooooo much,just had to pop in again
Well the marathon effort in the dentists' chair paid off , I now have a fake tooth cemented in, mind you I have to be very careful with it as I could easily get an infection in it,It is really for show just for the reunion , when I get back they will do impression's and when the post and head is complete they will do the implant then the Crown.
I do like this new Lady Dentist she is very good.

Hi Jean you must be very proud of Debra and rightly so all the hard work she has put in especially with her Dad being so sick. Congratulation's to you and your OH and special congratulation's to Debra.
My Grandaughter and her friends Start their Year 11 exams to-morrow.

I have my singer's to-morrow they are really loving what I am doing and the song's I am teaching them , I am also enjoying what I am doing and look forward to it each week.
The term has finished but they want to keep coming each week , which I dont mind as I will be away for 3 fridays of the next term.

Huia ,I had lost a week and this week I dont know what happened to Wednesday,I guess I was so tired it just slipped away
The hair dresser called me yesterday and I had to ask her twice what day it was she kept saying to-morrow is Thursday and I insisted that it was Tuesday, no she said it's Wensday's.
In the end I belived her, she must have been shaking her head poor thing LOL Oh dear it's sad getting old and decrepit LOL say's she rolling on the floor.
It time I was in bed poor dear she's off her rocker! LOL <3

Night All, the dip stick Marie ;-)