General Chat

Hi all


this was a very stormy day ............. the worst storm of the winter, and one of the worst March storms ever!

The wind got up late on Sunday night, and continued through the night until early Monday afternoon :-0. It reached hurricane strength on the outer coast of Vancouver Island (ie, about 120 km/hr), but "only" 80-90 km here in the city. We were fine, just wind and rain battering the house, and the trees blowing like you wouldn't believe ............. but many trees have been blown down or branches broken off, and many power outages around the city, and elsewhere.


Re smog ......... there was one occasion in Oldham when a bus followed a car, until the car veered off to the left. The bus driver was then faced by a stone wall about 1' from his engine. It was that same Y-junction I mentioned in the previous story. The car had taken the left hand branch, but the bus needed the right hand one. :-0


Take care everyone




sylvia
xxx

I glued and nailed and clamped the drawer this morning. I am waiting 24 hours to make sure the glue sets properly. I also put a bit of glue under the runner for another drawer, where the runner broke some time ago.

I went to town just before lunch, (took my lunch with me). Went to visit Phil. A carer had started feeding him so she left me to finish, except that I had to do it left-handed as I couldnt get my chair the other side of him. Anyway we got his first course and then his desert into him after I gave him a couple of sips of his drink I gave him the cup (it has a lid with a spout) and he finished it by himself.

I came back to Papakura, did a small amount of shopping then went to the doctors for my flu jab. I am now home relaxing for a short time before I start to get my dinner.

Huia.

Hello girls,
Sylvia, it certainly sounds like you have got the old saying, "March Winds",
perhaps the April showers will follow. But on second thoughts, you seem to be getting both months weather at the same time.
Do you normally get these kind of storms every year, or is this one just an exception to the rule.
Were any trees near you blown down?
Have you still got the cabin, or did you end up by selling it.?
It must be coming near to the time when you would normally go up there.

Well done on your handy work Huia. You will have to put a notice up offering handy work jobs. There must be a lot of people who don't have your capabilities and skills, who could do with a helping hand sometimes.
I hope your arm is not hurting after your flu jab. I know they dont always hurt, but sometimes the nurse can be a bit brutal, and just jab the needle in without thinking, and hurt us.
I know you mention that you visited Phil, but how is he looking to you. Is he just as handsome as he always was. The reason I ask, is that carers sometimes dont seem to have the time to care for the patients personal appearances, and that is such a shame, as families want to be able to relate to the person they left in their care.
My poor mum would often be wearing other peoples clothes, but was totally unaware of it, but we knew, and it used to hurt our feelings,that they couldn't be bothered with her.

Take care girls, love Mo xxx

Hi everyone

Mo ....... we usually get gales in November and March, but this was considered the worst ever March storm

The lighthouse keeper on one small island off the western coast of Vancouver Island ....... ie, in the direct line of the wind ........... measured one gust at 187 km per hour. The meteorologists are shaking their heads at that!


There seems to be no damage, no trees down, in my immediate neighbourhood. Lots of branches and twigs down on the gorund, of course. The main street, about 1 km away, had a power outage from 10 am to noon. It covered about 16 blocks, and included our coffee shop, as well as Safeway, banks, etc etc, plus there are also houses and small apartment blocks.

There is more wind forecast for overnight tonight, and heavy rain tomorrow.

The one thing with all this rain at sea level ......... the local mountains are getting huge amounts of snow! The skiers and snowboarders are loving it!


We still have the cabin, we are preparing it to sell, but the market is down at the moment, so we are in no rush. We usually try to make our first visit in early May ............ there's usually snow around until then, and it is still pretty cold at night.

Once again though, we don't see ourselves being able to get up there for more than 2 or 3 weeks in total




take care everyone


sylvia
xxx

Oooh Sylvia, I do hope you are weathering the storms over there, and that you are both safe and sound.

I think the market is down all over the world, in the sale of properties.
Friends of ours put their house on the market at the beginning of last year, and have had very few viewings, and have lost the bungalow they were hoping to buy with the proceeds of their sale.
It does seem a shame that you are having to sell the cabin, but as with all of us, unfortunately age does come into it, doesn't it.
Leaving the comfort of our everyday homes, and uprooting for a vacation of one or two weeks, does tend to take it out on us.

We are due to go to Great Yarmouth in May,and we are taking our son and future daughter in law, and baby with us.
The thought of packing up, and living in a caravan for 10 days, is a nightmare for me.
I used to love going away, but I am getting to the stage where I am becoming a real home body, and dont want the upheaval really. lol
Even though when I get there I will enjoy myself. Oooh I am an old misery arn't I. lol

It looks like everyone has deserted us lately doesn't it. But I am sure they will all pop in at sometime soon.
Toodle pip for now. Love Mo xxx

Oh my word! Whats going on here then, has everyone deserted us.
I know that Ann is still away, but I dont remember anyone else saying they were going on holiday.

Well girls, I just hope you are all well, and enjoying our spate of good weather.
Don't hold your breath for it to last though, as they have forecast rain here in Kent.
I suppose I should consider myself lucky that I have been able to get out in the garden to do a bit of clearing up, before it changes again.

If I don't hear from you, please have a lovely mothers day, one and all.
Love and best wishes to you all. Mo

Hello Mo if you are looking in again. Hello to anybody else looking in. I have been busy over the last few days (when I have been at home) installing a dressing table in my bedroom, and starting to rearrange my clothes in the drawers, trying not to stuff them too full. On Thursday I brought home another chest of drawers from the op shop. I havent brought it upstairs yet. There is a very old one in our bedroom that I want to move to the spare bedroom but I have to make room in there first. Then I can put the new one in my bedroom and finish sorting my clothes.

I am going to visit Phil after lunch today.

Huia.

Hi all
xxx

Hello Sylvia.

I didnt visit Phil after all. I had a slightly early lunch prior to getting ready to go out, but when I had finished my lunch I felt so utterly tired that I lay down on the settee and slept for about 3 hours. I hope it is just a reaction to the flu jab I had the other day. I have had a 'muzzy' head since then. If it doesnt go away in a few more days I will have to go to see the doc, though I find headaches are difficult for them to do anything about, apart from prescribing headache tablets. I have been taking some but they dont seem to be having much effect. :-| Many of my problems seem to come right by themselves in time.

Huia.

Hello and Good Morning everyone.

Sorry I've not been on for a while, between the Old Black Dog, Jennie was in hospital and now the both of us have a bad cold virus, wshich is making us both feel poorly. It seems to be affecting Jennie's joints, making them painful for her. We are both coughing away and this morning my left eye is quite sore and red, so will have to go to a Walk in Centre if it gets worse over the weekend.



Mo, how is your son getting on? I hope he has seen someone at the hospital since he's home and that they were able to sort out the problem for him.

I know what you mean when you say that you don't want to go away now, I'm just the same I'm afraid.The thing is when we go somewhere I always enoy myself while I'm there, but always glad to get home. I'm sure that you will have a lovely time with them all, and especially with Lilly. Hope Lilly is fine, she must be walking by now too.

I've never been to Great Yarmouth, in fact I've never been to that part of the country at all.



Jean, I hope you, Jeff and Debra are all ok. Not sure if you are away in Llandudno now, I know you are going there sometime thia month, but can't remember the date you told us. Anyway if you are there or just about to go, have a lovely time both of you.



Ann, I hope you and T have had a lovely week in the Lake District. How is your daughter now? I hope that she is recovering well from her treatment and that her and her OH have enjoyed their holiday in the Lake District too.



Sylvia, lovely to hear trom you. Hope all is well with you and OH.

Sounds as though you are having some very stormy weather for March.High winds are very frightening, just take care and stay safe.




Huia, you are certainly a very busy lady, no wonder you slept on the sofa for three hours, you must have been exhausted.



Linda, if you are looking in, hope you and your family are all ok. How is your little grandson doing? I bet he's really thriving now, bless him.



Marie, hope you and your family are all alright and that things are a lot better for you all now.



Caz, how are you? I hope your ankle is a bit easier than it was when I last spoke to Joyce.



Joyce, hope you are okay and that you managed to get out to do your usual Saturday shop.



Well I have to go now, will speak to you all again soon.


Take care everyone.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Mo, hopefully you will enjoy your holiday although I have to admit I don't like caravans and I have only visited Gt Yarmouth once on a day trip and wasn't impressed, it looked scruffy to me. However, thatw as over 20 years ago so here's hoping it has had a face lift since then. And you will be with family which is lovely.

Sallie, sorry to hear about your cold, hope you feel better soon. Daughter is getting there although still in pain where the lymph nodes were removed.

Jean has gone away today I think, Hope she has a lovely time.

Huia the flu jab does cause all sorts of mild reactions in some people so hopefully that is all it was.

~~~~~~~~~ Sylvia :-)

Hi girls, I don't know when I last came on but I have a lot of pain lately with FM, it flares up now and again. My ankle is still hurting and I am wondering if it hasn't healed properly yet, might have to go back and have it checked, but I hate hospitals.
Jean and Jeff went to Llandudno this morning so I hope the weather is better than it is here, it's been raining all day, we need it though as I can't remember the last time it rained. We have had high winds here Sylvia but nothing like you decribe.
I was just thinking the same as Sally about Huia, a very busy lady, but my mum always said it was best to keep going and keep busy, she was digging a lilac tree up from the front garden to the back when she was 75, she was a monkey but we couldn't stop her.
I hope your 'black dog' goes soon Sally theres nothing worse.

Hope everyone is ok and keeping well, see you all later.

Love Caz xx

Good to see you Caz, I think the rain is pretty general we had it off an on all the way down the M6 and M5 from the L District to here. Sorry your ankle still hurts, I hope it is just that it is taking time to heal properly. Can't remember now how long it is since you fell and broke it.

Ooooh lovely, it's so good to hear from you all.
It's been so lonely here without you all.

Huia, you are such busy bee, doing all this clearing away of unwanted clothes, and tidying your drawers.
When you have finished, could you jump on a plane and just pop over and tidy mine for me please. lol
If I remember rightly, didn't you have he same symptoms after your flu jab last year?
If the uneasy feeling continues,especially with the headachy feeling, please get the doctor to check you over.
No wonder you fell asleep for three hours, instead of visiting Phil, you were probably exhausted after your exertion.

Cor luv a duck Sylvia, that was short and sweet love. Good to see that you are still around though.
I hope you are both well, and not suffering from webbed feet, and broken wings after all the wind and rain you have had.

Sallie my little love, it's great to see you back.
I am sorry that both you and Jennie, have had the rotten virus, and also that poor Jennie had to go into hospital. How is she now?
So the rotten black dog reared it's ugly head again. Did you manage to get to see the therapist yet?
My son has not been reffered to the local hospital yet, as his results have not been sent down from Scotland yet. And the reason for that is, that they forgot to ask him for his G.P's address here.
Hopefully they will have received them by Monday, as thats when he has to go and see his doctor again.

Ann, we haven't been to Yarmouth since our children were very young, so we decided we would take a trip back, to see how much it has changed.
I have to admit, we used to enjoy it, but then we stayed at the Pontins camp at Caister.
There was always things for the children to do, and they were entertained all day.
There was not much along the sea front in those days either, but we enjoyed the beach and bathing in the sea, but I dont think I would attempt that these days.
That blessed M6 seems never ending doesn't it. And travelling in the rain, with all those lorries is frightening. They seem to be all around you, spraying muck up from everywhere......scary.

Caz, I am sorry to hear that the darned FM is playing up badly for you. Do you think that our weather in this country doen't help it.
I know that my arthritus gets worse during wet and cold weather. I have had bad nights for nearly a fortnight now, my arm and knee have been giving me jip, keeping me awake.
It does sound like you need to get that ankle checked again though love. I would have thought you would have felt some relief from it by now.

I forgot that Jean and J were away this particular week. I do hope the weather cheers up a bit for them. They so deserve the beak away,after all they went through last year.

Have a lovely day tomorrow everyone, sit back and relax and be waited on hand and foot.
( snigger, snigger we know that wont be happening dont we,most of our children have left home by now. lol)
Bye for now girls. Love Mo xxx

Mo, are you offering to pay my airfare etc? I will have to get my diary out and see when I can fit you in. Oh, and I need a new passport. I dont think I want to spend money on that at the moment.

I might not visit Phil today after all. I was asked to go to Waiuku to pick up a billboard and some posts sometime. Today would probably be the best day to do it.

Huia.

Hi everyone


sorry that last post was so short and sweet ................. I was just starting it when the phone went, so I signed off as I knew the call would be a long one. :-D



Not that very much has happened! ............ wind, rain, sun, wind, and on and on ..... that seems to be the weather pattern right now!


and that means that my arthritis acts up with the atmospheric changes.





love to everyone




sylvia
xxx

Happy mothers' day to all Mums. I (&OH of course) am being taken out to lunch today as our daughter is still with us, I have had two cards and also in the LD she bought me a jacket (light weight walking type) so i feel spoilt this year.

Happy Mothers Day to you all.Hope you all have a lovely day.

Ann, hope you enjoy your Mothers Day lunch out with your daughter and your family. Take care.


Speak to you all later on.


Love, Sallie..xxx

Thank you both for the Mother's Day wishes.
And wishing all other Mums a happy day today.

I went to see my Mum yesterday, she has settled in really well in her new home and was quite happy when we saw her yesterday, She loved the card we took and a bouquet of roses, they were one of my Dad's favourite flowers he grew so many over many years.
We also took her birthday card and a gift as it is on Friday and not sure if we can get back again. I did a photo of her Great Grandson in a lovely frame from M&S. She seemed pleased and I did a couple mor photos for her album too. Then as it was lunch time we left and drove to Hubby's Dad and spent the afternoon and evening with him. He was pleased for the company and we talked a lot. Trying to get him to write down about his childhood in India but he is reluctant as he says it will take a lot of his time.

Today have been getting ready for all the family to come. Hubby is cooking a BBQ tonight. Hoping the weather stays dry.
All our children, their partners and our grandson will be here so should be nice.
We saw the baby on Wednesday and he is growing a bit and trying to smile. He is very content so I enjoyed having him while his Mum went out to do some chores.

Have a nice afternoon all

Linda xxxx <3 <3 <3

Hi all, hope you all had a good mothers day, my son came yesterday with some rose and violet creams, he is on duty today.
Mo I was just saying to OH that I will go back to hospital on Tuesday as I know the ankle is not right, My cleaners are coming tomorrow and I'd rather have that done, lol. I slipped on the kitchen floor and banged my foot into the cupboard 7 weeks ago, the cast came off last week but I can't walk on it, thing is, is that they didn't x-ray it the second time and I told them it still hurt. Yes my arthritis gets worse when it's cold and wet, at the moment my poor knees are feeling it
Well I hope Jean and Jeff get some good weather down there, they deserve it, it has been quite nice here today.
Got a cuppa waiting then have to wait for the skating coming on, I love it.

Love Caz xx