General Chat

Hi there Mo. Phil and I planted the kowhai so it must be over 3 yrs ago. It should probably flower every year now, I imagine, but I dont know how long-lasting the plants are. It is rare in the wild now, presumably because of browsing from wild goats, and possums. :-(

It is very attractive Huia. Does it last long in flower?

Hi Mo.

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I am not sure, Ann, as this is the first year it has flowered for me. I have seen them flowering in the botanic gardens, but then I dont know how long they lasted either as I dont go there very often. At a rough guess I would say a month, but dont quote me on that! I think you can buy the plants in England.

HEllo mo, and everyone, been a bit bust but have had to slow down a bit , very frustrating when the mind is willing.

Feel a bit guilty asking this when some of are so poorly , has anyone been familiar with a cpap machine, only it hasnt helped so they are sending me to a neurological hospital in north staffordshire, it seems easier for me to ask on here, they said my breathing in the rem stage is sporadic and oxygen levels drop up enough to wake me, they aere thinking it mayby central sleep apnea also, so i go there and get wired up to brain heart stomach chest probes to see just what is happening.

GOOD NEWS MY ELDEST ISNT GOING TO THE MIDDLE EAST JUST YET AND MY YOUNGEST HAS A PLACEMENT AT A HAIRDRESSES AND AT COLLEGE SO REALLY PLEASED BOUGHT HER SOME NICE PERFUME.

HOW IS EVERYONE I DO LIKE TO KNOW AS YOUVE ALL BEEN SO KIND AND ALL MY LOVING THOUGHTS TO CAZ <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Hello everyone, just to let you know Caz still cant get on here, but the latest news from her is that she is going into the Marie Curie Hospice for a few days the doctor wants to re-assess her and try and find out why she has trouble with her legs , so I know you will all wish her well and keep her in your thoughts and prayers. hopefully something will get sorted for her ,she is very fed up and so upset...
love Jean xx special love for our Caz <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

New update on Caz, the doctor has just called again to see her and has defered the hospice visit, they are going to try some new tabs and will see if they help at all, so I will let you know if anything further develops, fingers x it will do the trick, keep her in you thoughts please...
love Jean xx

Puss, maybe you should stop trying to do too much and rest. Your family will cope if you take a few days out. Well done to your daughter, not easy to get placements these days. Good luck to her.

Still thinking of you caz <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 and hope the new medication works. Thanks for letting us know Jean.
Jean am about to PM you.

Messagwe for Caz really hope new tablets work well for you

Ann i am im packing one of the stall jobs in for now xx

off to bed xxx

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Two of our favourite ladies and their OH,s of course will be celebrating wedding anniversaries tomorrow, Ann and Tony and Sallie and Alun....
have a very happy anniversary tomorrow, hope you have something special planned.....

Love Jean and Jeff xx <3 <3 <3 <3

Thanks Jean. I think sallie's is on Tuesday though.

Many congratulations Ann and Sallie. I hope you all have a wonderful day,remembering all the happy times you have had together as couples.

Lorraine, I'm sorry I cant give you any help about the cpap machine, but I hope that they can sort it out for you.
It's very good news about your daughters. So pleased for you love. The youngest deserves her perfume.

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Sending love and prayers to our Caz, and also hoping that the new medication helps her.
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I have had a very lazy day today. The lady who is making the wedding cake for Friday, called me into her house this evening, to show me the Lilies she has made for the cake....oooh they are lovely. I think S the bride will be over the moon.
Everything that is needed for the big day, is in our spare bedroom.
S the bride was supposes to be buying a steamer, to get the creases out of her wedding dress, but she is so laid back, she hasn't bought it yet. I can visualise her walking up the aisle in a creased dress. Still thats not my concern is it, I can't do any more than I have.

I hope that everyone has had an enjoyable weekend. I still can't get to grips that it's a bank holiday weekend, it feels like any other weekend doesn't it.
Being retired every day moulds into the next lol

Take care all of you, love and hugs Mo xxx

Hi everyone,



It’s been a while since I was last on here. I still seem to be having quite a few bad days which I had hoped would have gone by now. I go back to see the doctor in about three weeks time, I don’t really want to go back to seeing the therapist again, so will wait and see what the doctor says. Alun and I have also been trying to finish decorate the hall, it’s nearly finished now, just a bit of glossing left to do. We’ve also been across to North Wales to the Flintshire Records Office in Hawarden, we are also hoping to go down to Ebbw Vale to the Gwent Records Office in a couple of weeks time.
Jennie goes to the hospital to see her Consultant on Wednesday afternoon, so she will know the results of the Colonoscopy, the MRI scan and blood tests. After being poorly for almost the first half of the year, she is feeling much better now, thank goodness.


Jean, thank you for the Anniversary wishes. Yes, we have been married 45years on Tuesday....don’t know where the time has gone.

Hope things are alright with you, Jeff and Debra. Are you still busy making Christmas cards? I haven’t been able to get any done over the last couple of weeks, what with one thing and another.


Ann, I read on Shaun’s thread that T has a new car, although I can’t remember if you said what colour it is.
Happy Anniversary to you and T for tomorrow. Hope you both have a lovely day. Have you got anything planned?

Alun and I are going down to Richard’s tomorrow evening until Tuesday night. We are taking him and Christie out for a meal to celebrate our anniversary. Next weekend we are also taking Jennie and Michael out for a meal, we are going to the place that they had their wedding celebrations.



Caz, hope that the new tablets will work a lot better for you and that they won’t cause too many side effects. Still thinking about you and sending you lots of hugs and positive thoughts.

Joyce was thrilled that she has met you at last. Sheila invited Alun and I to go up there, so we went last Monday. It was lovely to meet Jan, so I can now put a face to him when he answers the phone. We spent a couple of hours at Sheila’s, as usual, Joyce didn’t stop talking.lol!! It was great to sit and have a good natter with them all.



Mo, hope you and Roly are both alright. When do J and S get married? It might even have been this weekend. If it was, I hope it all went off OK.
How are things with Lilly now? I hope that her problem is now being sorted out and that she is at least a bit better.
Hope everything is going alright with your granddaughter and that she has had the good sense to dump her boyfriend.



Huia, I hope that you are alright and that things aren’t too bad with Phil.




Marie, how are things with you and your family? I hope that everything is alright with you all.




Linda, I hope that you are a lot better now. Are you still busy knitting the bay coats for the hospital?




Lorraine, hope all goes well at the hospital for you. Pleased to hear that your son hasn’t got to go out to the Middle East just yet. Hope he doesn’t have to go at all.
Well done that your daughter has got onto the hairdressing course at the college. Good luck to her and I hope she does well.



Jude, if you are looking in, hope you and your family are all well.




Sylvia, hope that you and OH enjoyed your stay at the cabin, it looks lovely. Not at all how I expected it to look like.




Joyce, if you are looking in, I hope you and Jan had a good trip home. It was nice meeting Jan last week.



Well girls I am going to have a cuppa now, it’s a few hours since I had the last one......I’ll be getting withdrawal symptoms.lol!!




Speak to you all soon.



Take care.



Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx



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Hi Mo, missed your post, glad to hear that all is going well for the wedding.

Love, Sallie.xxx

Hi, Sallie good to see you on here again,of course I got the date wrong :-S
sorry , I had yours and Ann s cards together and that must be the reason still the thoughts are the same...I have nearly made all my christmas cards , well the stock I take to the shops and the hospice, thought I would get them done early as I am trying to curtail the time I spend crafting... although having said that Jeff has just bought me a new cutting and embossing machine , my other one seems to be on the way out.... so looking forward to using the new one...
hope all will be well with Jennie next week. enjoy your celebrations when the time comes ,
Mo, dont overdo it all this rushing about isnt good for someone of your age.... but I expect to read all about what you got up to is it in the sun or the other dailys, or will it be on the news, do be careful
;-) ;-)
hope everyone else is doing o.k. and enjoying the bank holiday ,
take care out there ...love Jean xx
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Jean what a pretty card, thank you so much. :-) <3 <3

You are more than welcome Ann, just sending a couple of pics of express cards I have made eight in all, and so quick too....
love Jean xx

Very cute, thanks Jean, are they for the charity?

I think I will keep these for my christmas cards although my neighbour called and I was just bagging them up and she wants them, but unless I can make some more like them its a no no, but I can copy the style and maybe get near to the originals... I have done quite a lot for the charity shops so hope fully wont need many more.... glad you liked them.
LoveJean xx

A very Happy Anniversary to Sallie and Alun, have a lovely day,
love Jean and Jeff xxx <3 <3 <3

Hi Mo


and everyone


Got back safely from the trip


we still have lovely weather here .......... a bit cooler, which I prefer :-D



sylvia
xx