General Chat

Hi, my little mixed up Mo, my D wouldnt know what a duster is, she is a career girl,I have been printing off some of the photos, read the scrapbook thread I have put more on there... xxx

Sounds lovely Marilyn, I wish I was there, weather getting rapidly colder,
I remember going in a craft store when we were in Clearwater quite a while ago, and it was enormous, they gave you a lucky dip at the check out, and I got all I had bought free....wish I had known before hand, I only bought a few things.... lol.....


Hi, Marie hope you are feeling better, hope to hear what plans you have for Christmas, are you singing? take care my lovely....

~~~~~~~~ to all our other friends off here hope all is o.k.~~~~~~~~~


Love Jean xx

Oh my word Jean, I thought D was helping you. I will e.mail my broomstick to you,and it will do the job in half the time. LOL

pm sent Mo..

Jean xx

Answered Jean. Love Mo xxx

Hello All,

Just to let you know that we arrived home earlier this evening. I had a good time with Richard and Christie, and managed to keep fairly calm, but it was nice to get home. The weather's been dreadful today, very wet and windy. Hope you all enjoyed your weekend.

I'm going to get an early night, so I'll speak to you all tomorrow--let you all know how I get on with the therapist, she's ringing me at 1-30pm, so it will be very interesting.

Goodnight to you all!

Love, Sallie.xxx

Ooooh Sallie where are you.
How did it go with the therapist today. Are you any the wiser as to how they intend to proceed.?
It's so nice to hear that you had a fairly relaxing time, at Richard and Christie's. Little by little my love. Don't try rushing things,and putting yourself under a lot off pressure. I am sure that you will soon be enjoying
things that others take for granted. I have faith in you.
How was the journey back.? Did you meet a lot off rain on the way.?
I will pop back soon,to see if there is any news from you.
Love to all. Mo xxx

Hi, Sallie, glad you had a nice time at Richards... cross that one off your things to do list...lol....my next challenge is the dentist tomorrow....ugh...
Mo, guess what I have just been and gone and done, I was making the Weetabix loaf and J was standing over me and I put more milk in than I should, so had to double up on all the other ingrediants too, I made a loaf and just to use it up twelve muffins. (buns)smells lovely , goodness how it will turn out... lol....its all his fault, hovering like that !!! Heres the recipe for you..

Weetabix Cake.

2 crushed weetabix
1cup sultanas or mixed fruit
2 cups S R flour
1 cup sugar or sweeteners

Mix all dry ingredients together,
then add1 cup milk and1 tsp mixed spice or cinnamon,stir again,pour into greased loaf tin and bake at gas mark 4
180 elec or 170 fan oven , for approx 30/40 mins, check middle of loaf if it is gooy bake a little while longer, I only use 1/2 cup sugar as 1 cup seemed too sweet. serve warm spread with butter....

any cheap weetabix is just as good as the original.....

hope you enjoy it, you can also use mashed up banana and you wont need sugar then...

love Jean xx

Thanks for that Jean,will give it a go.

Jean would you like to add the recipe to the culinary thread. It looks interesting, may give it a go. How did it turn out?


And just why do men 'hover' when you are doing things?

Earlier this year when Phil was still at home, if I wanted to bake cakes/biscuits he always asked if he could help. I had to find things for him to do. If the butter had to be rubbed into the flour I gave him the pastry blender thing to chop the butter in - he got it much finer than I did doing it by hand. I also got him beating the butter and sugar together with the electric beater, then stirring in the dry ingredients, but I finished off. I actually found he was more of a nuisance than help, but it kept him happy to help me.

Huia.

Mo, it rained all the way home, really heavy at times. Are you off out to play darts tonight? If you are, hope your team will win. Good Luck!
Hope everyone is alright with you and the family.

Jean, also hope that you and your family are alright. The Weetabix looks lovely, I might give it a try. As Ann suggests, you could add it to the culinary thread.

Ann, hope all is well with you and your hubby.

Right about the therapy. It went okay as far as I can tell, the therapist was very nice and went through the questionaire that I had answered, with me.
Apparently, therapy over the phone is a new thing, Derbyshire brought it in two weeks ago, one session a week for six weeks, hopefully it will work. If it doesn't, I will then have to go and see another therapist, possibly at our doctors surgery. So, we will see how it goes. She told me that she had picked up a few things when I spoke to her today, and that she is sending me some things through the post.
Not much to report on yet, but I felt shaky and a bit frightened after speaking to her. I don't know why, because as I said, she was very nice.

Hope everyone else is okay. Speak to you all later.

Love, Sallie.xxx

Thank you for the update Sallie. No wonder none off us had heard off this new approach,as it is so new.
Fingers crossed that it helps you love,but if not back to the doctor for you,
please.
Yes I have got darts tonight,thank you for your good wishes. Fingers crossed,but the team we are playing tonight,are top off the league,and are very good,where as we are a mediocre team.
I firmly believe we have all got a hoverer in our households. And my kitchen is so small,that when I turn round,I fall over him.
See you all tommorrow. Love Mo xxx

I have put it in the culinary thread, hope you all enjoy it.

Sallie, you are doing very well , it is surprising how much the therapist can tell just talking to you, next time wont be as stressful for you, I am sure good will come out of it, so hang on in there, we are 100% behind you in fact all round you ....lol....keep smiling ...

love Jean xx

Marie, the Red((( nosed))) Reindeer,
Hello all I am feeling a lot better I actually went out and had a Christmas Fingerfood lunch with the girls at the GYM and it was lovely to see them all . Guess what ! I have done all my XMAS cards and have posted them, it has taken me to days to write them all. I have yet to do my e- mail messages, I thought I might hang off for a week,then you will all get a newsletter I have done, now I do need some e-mail addy's please as there are Photos on the News letter.
Sallie, Deborah, Ann in Glos,I dont have your addy's if you dont mind also**** Purple Sparkly Diamond*** may I have yours also.
Well I think that is enough excitement for one day I am rather weary, Lots of ((((((((((Hugs )))))))to you all especially to Sallie great going Sallie you will make it .I made a copy of the weetbix cake June. Good luck Mo with the darts.
Love Marie

Sorry that was me deleted in error.

Good luck with the darts tonight Mo. Positive thinking, you can do it.
Glad you have a hoverer as well.
Sallie maybe talking to the therapist brought some things to the fore in your own mind which was what made you a bit shaky, it will be interesting to see how it goes.

Do we have any budding panto players here, the panto thread is great fun and sadly short of players!

I only have Jeans address so anyone who wants a card please PM me your address.

Hello everyone. From a very very cold Kent.
As I had suspected,we lost last night. 4-2 in the team game and 3-0 in the pairs. I tried to trip the opposition up,threw my darts at them instead off the board,but I could not put them off. Oh how I hate smarty pants teams. No thats sour grapes isn't it. They were the better team on the night.
Coee Marie,"our little red nosed reindeer". If your nose is red,it must be from sunburn,and not the cold. Now in this country,a red nose is the signs
of a rotten cold,where one has had to keep blowing ones nose.
Mine is not running at the momentm as I have got icicles having from it.
It's so good to hear that you are feeling a bit better. And was able to meet up with your friends for luch.
It's surprising how just meeting friends,can make you feel better. They can empathise with how we are feeling,at any given time.
Bye for now my friends,I will pop back later. Love Mo xxx

Jean p.m sent. Love Moxxx

Hi Everyone,

Mo, I've sent you a pm. Sorry that you lost at darts last night, not too keen on smarty pants teams either. Some of them really love themselves, 'I'm the greatest 'and all that.

Marie, so glad that you are much better, it's nice to be able to go out and meet your friends. I'll pm you my e-mail addy, and could I please have your's.

Ann, I'm sure you are right about talking to the therapist, it brought something to mind that made me feel that way. Everything is a bit of a struggle at the moment, but I'm slowly trying to get right.
Not sure if you want my home address or my e-mail addy, so I'll PM them both to you.

Jean, how are things with you and your family? Hope you are managing to get some more Christmas shopping done. I've still got quite a few more presents to get, the problem is knowing what to get.

I've got to go now, I'll speak to you all tomorrow.

Take care!

Love, Sallie.xxx

Sorry all, been a bit busy sorting lots of things out.
O.h. doing his usual power thing at the mo, he is in a strop cos neither of his boys will be around at Christmas and are making him annoyed over different things, but as usual I bear the brunt of his temper so it's been a bit fraught last evening. One of these days ..... had a kitchen knife in my hand when he started last evening as I was preparing dinner - my self control will disappear one of these days, hope you will all speak up for me in court! Or at least send me cakes with files in if I end up inside!

Lizx