General Chat

Hi Girls,

I don't know what's wrong with GR, it's so slow, I have to keep signing in, and also keep getting ' ERROR', so giving up trying to post messages for now and try again later on. It's taken me ages to do the two posts.

Speak to you all later, I hope.lol!!


Love, Sallie.

Eureka!!! at last I can get on, its a pain the you know where, its the only site I go on that has all these problems,
Happy birthday dear Mo hope you have a great birthday and a lovely break away, it is this weekend isnt it? hope the sun shines for you both... my card boxes are almost empty, so a good excuse to make more...lol...love to everyone, hope all is well with you all,I hope to get back on soon....
love Jean xxx
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Eureka!!! at last I can get on, its a pain the you know where, its the only site I go on that has all these problems,
Happy birthday dear Mo hope you have a great birthday and a lovely break away, it is this weekend isnt it? hope the sun shines for you both... my card boxes are almost empty, so a good excuse to make more...lol...love to everyone, hope all is well with you all,I hope to get back on soon....
love Jean xxx
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Hello girls,
Many thanks for the birthday wishes.
I have had a lovely day, surrounded by the family.
My poor kettle didn't know what had hit it, it was constantly in use, I am surprised it didn't burn itself out.

Tomorrow I must do the packing, and like everbody, I have the fear off forgetting something, but if I do we will have buy it when we get there.

Thank you once again,Jean, Sallie and Joyce for the beautiful cards. My family were so impressed with them, and said how clever you all are.

Keep up the good work Sylvia, slowly but surely you are getting there love.
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 (HUGS FOR YOU SYLVIA) <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Night Night, god bless you all.
Love Mo xxx

I tried to post this earlier but couldn't due to the error fairy :-) :-) Happy birthday Mo, I'm sorry I didn't send you a card, I didn't realise it was your birthday. Did I miss where you mentioned it I wonder. Anyway, pleased you have had a good day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MO
xxxx


Hope you have a lovely time in Blacppool


I went several times to see the Illuminations, but that was back in the '50s. They were always spectacular!


Have a great time.




sylvia
xxx

Well girls, the packing is all done, I am now ready for the off, first thing in the morning.
I will speak to you all next weekend.
Take good care of yourselves for me. Please stay in touch with one an other.
Love and best wishes to you all, Mo xxx

Have a great time Mo. Hmmm! While the cat's away and all that!! :-D :-D :-D :-D <3

Hi Girls,

I'm still having trouble with this site, it's taken me 35 mins to get on this thread.....I don't know what GR are doing, I thought that they sorted it all out.lol!!!


Mo, so glad you had a great birthday with all your family around you. Also glad you received my card on time and thank you for the compliment.

Hope you have a lovely holiday in Blackpool and that the weather will stay dry. Have a good journey, I expect you will need a couple of stops on the way, with it being such a long way. You and Roly take care, stay safe and enjoy yourselves.



Sylvia, nice to hear from you and hope that you are improving a bit each day. Take care.



Huia, hope you have been able to get your hearing aids sorted out by now.

I'm finding with mine that the batteries don't seem to be lasting as long as they should. A couple of times lately they seem to have only lasted a couple of days. Maybe they were a bad batch of batteries......I must ring them up tomorrow to order more and I think I might mention the problem it to them. Not that they will be able to do anything about it, but at least they will be aware that there is a problem.



Jean, nice to hear from you, hope you and the family are all well.

I've had a look at your cards on Ann's blog, some nice cards. How do you get to think of so many ideas with doing so many cards at a time?

Ive been to the Range with Jennie and Michael this afternoon, I wasn't going to buy anything today, but still managed to spend £8.lol!!

Jennie bought a few Christmas presents for the children in Michael's family, there are eight of them altogether, so it comes quite expensive
for them.



Tess, hope you've caught the mouse. You are much braver than me, I'm terrified of them.lol!! I know I've been told that they won't hurt me and that they are more frightened of me because I can hurt them., but it doesn't make any difference.

Hope all goes well with the plastering tomorrow and that it will all soon be finished.



Ann I have some more cards to put on your blog, so if it's okay with you, we'll put them on tomorrow evening.

Had a look at your blog, you have some very nice cards on there.

I'm trying to get the desk calendar done for my brother as soon as I've done a bit more of it I'll get Alun to put a few phots of it on your blog. The trouble is, I have so much to do that I don't know what to do first.lol!!



Well girls, I'll say bye for now, speak to you soon.


Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Hi, Sallie and ladies, hope all is well in your part of the world, we are in the process of clearing the lounge so a builder can rebuild a wall just under the window, we had thought it was damp , but he believes it is crumbling bricks the house are quite old, I dread all the dust and mess, years ago I wouldnt have give it a thought but now I just want to run away....lol.we also have to have a dividing wall between us and next door rebuilt as its now quite dangerous, and if it goes over it would hit our car... so you can bet the man who is doing next door will come at the same time as our man.....doh....

Sallie my mind works overtime with ideas, I dream of them and see a new way of doing them in almost everything....lol.... sad isnt it but it has been a lifesaver for me over the years , like you I find I can get lost in crafting, and any depression I have expierienced over the years ,(some times almost suicidal) has saved my sanity....
so keep crafting.... I have sent some more pics to Ann, but with having all the problems with this site I dont know if they arrived, we will have to keep looking at the blog...
now I must go and pack away my ornaments and cover furniture before the builder comes early tomorrow,
take care folks, Have a good time in Blackpool Mo and Roly ....
love Jean xxx

Hi Jean,

I don't envy you having to have the wall under the window rebuilt, besides the cost of it, it's the thought of the mess and the cleaning up of it. Anyway good luck with it and hope that it won't be as bad as you think it will be.

I expect Mo and Roly are on their way to Blackpool by now, hope they have
a good journey.

Well I'm going to do the ironing now and then make a few cards, by which time Alun will be home from work as he finishes early today.


Speak to you all later on.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Managed to make 10 cards this afternoon. Jean your latest are on the blog. Sorry didn't do it yesterday I got involved in other things and didn't go back to it.

Hope Mo has a safe journey, it is a long way for them to go,

jean hope all goes smoothly with the wall, don't envy you though.

Jean I've just had a look at your Cards on Ann's blog , as always they are lovely. I can't post any comments on there so thought I'd let you know on here.
Have the builders started the work yet? It will be nice when it's all done.



Sylvia, hope everything is OK with you. I can't remember when you said you have your check up with the surgeon that did your operation.



Marie, not sure if you are home from the family reunion yet. It seems ages since we last heard from you.



Huia, hope all is well with you and that your hearing aids are now working as they should.



Tess, hope all is going well with the plastering work you are having done.



Caz, how are things with you? Hope you are feeling a bit brighter.



I hope Mo and Roly are enjoying their holiday in Blackpool and that the weather is at least dry for them.



Speak to you all soon.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Hi all
xxx


we are having some lovely weather here ............... cool but sunny in the daytime, and cool at night. As a result, some of the trees are showing great colour ............ not something that we get very often here because it is usually warm and wet :-)


I had 2 physio appointments today ............ the first with my regular physio, first time since I had the oepration. He was quite pleased (and so was I!) with how well my back was.

The second appointment was with the "breast health" physio who is helping me get mobility and strength back in my arm.

She was also so pleased with my success that she said we could manage with only one appointment next week and the following week. So I was able to cancel 2 of the pre-booked appointments. I still have to go this coming Saturday.

OH is also now visiting the physio clinic ............. he managed to fall from the 3rd step of a pruning ladder on Thursday while trying to pick quince (to make quince jelly). He landed on his back, and hummed and hawed all weekend as to whether he should go to the doctor or physio. Finally decided on Monday morning that he would go see a physio. It seems that he has managed to stretch some of the muscles in his back, but not done any really serious damage.



take care everyone




sylvia
xxx

Jean thank you so much for the lovely flowers and chocs, you really didn't need to do that but I do appreciate the thought.

They had been languishing at the mail collection centre for a couple of days. We were expecting a parcel of replacement inks for the computer and the postie left a red card a couple of days ago to say that a packet was too big for the letter box. We didn't bother to rush and pick it up because we didn't need them urgently. When we got there there were two packets one of which was the flowers. I do wish that he'd have used his common sense and said something like 'perishable' (no, he probably couldn't spell that he's young and a bit on the dense side), but he could have put 'flowers' as it is on the box what is inside.

Anyway, thankfully they are fine and having a long drink at the moment, they are not packed with anything to keep them damp so they must have been really fresh when packed so full marks to them. And the carnations actually smell of cloves so, real carnations. Many thanks again. <3 <3 <3

You are very welcome Ann, I am so pleased they finally arrived, I sent them on Sat but knew it would be at least two days for you get them,
I was just about to ring the company and see if they had been sent, I always send Carnations , they are the only long lasting flowers in my home, so everyone else gets the same....lol... its a pity they couldn have been left at your back door thats where mine are left if we are not in... still alls well that ends well.
The builder was excellent with the work in the lounge and there was very little dust and he cleaned up after he had done,what is needed now is to have the room decorated, but no hurry....I sat in my craft room all the time and made lots of cards, also tried some new ones too....
btw did T manage to find the item he lost on the golf course? I do hope he has....

Sylvia, you sound to be doing very well, I hope your OH is soon on the mend, I know mucles are very sore when stretched, time will heal it though... take care...
love Jean xx

Hi Jean, they can't leave anything at our back door because our side gate is padlocked. For about 10 years we had a regulare postman who used to leave things with neighbours but he retired a year ago and since then we have different postmen all the time, some very young and gormless. they never try to leave with a neighbour. We also used to have one whpo would leave in our recycling crate when we had them but we have wheelie bins now so they can't do that any more. Never mind the flowers are lovely, they had a good drink and look very fresh and smell lovely. I shall enjoy the chocs as well.
Glad they soon got your wall done, that is a relief for you.

No T has not found the golf caddy. He has blocked it now so whoever thinks they have a bargain hasn't.

Sylvia pleased to hear that you are doing well with the physio, you are obviously working on it. Pleased to hear also that your OH was not more seriously hurt.

Sylvia, I'm so pleased to know that you are doing so well with the physio, you are doing really well.

Hope OH's back will soon be a lot better after his physio, his fall could have been a lot worse. Take care the both of you.


Love, Sallie.xx

Hi girls.

On Tues night I looked at my emails. There was one from our party leader asking me to assure her that I had sent my signed consent form to John as he had to courier them on Wed. to Wellington. As I had not received the form to sign I immediately panicked, so I took a half sleeping pill (it was bedtime) and went to bed. In the morning (yesterday was Wed.) I phoned John in Matamata to ask if he had any spare forms. He did, so as soon as I had finished breakfast and dressed I took off for Matamata, which is about 90 mins or so south of here. I signed the form then headed back up to Mangere to visit Phil, and then to Papakura to get a part put in the vehicle, which they had to order in from the previous day when they were doing a service and warrant of fitness on it.

Altogether a big day with travelling of about 300km, but at least it is all done now. Tomorrow I will be flying down to Dunedin for the weekend for a conference so must get busy packing and sorting out a speech I have to make.

Huia.

Hi all
xxx


It is raining today ...... a change after the lovely sun we've ahd.


It is also getting much colder!

The word Fr**t is alos beginnign to creep into our forecasts!



Huia ...... safe trip to Dunedin. That's quite a long flight isn't it?





sylvia
xxx