General Chat

Hello, everyone, still not sorted yet, but getting there. really came on for a few hugs if there are any spare.... also wanted to say welcome to Sylvia, very nice to hear your news..... big waves to Marie and Huia~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~X
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Liz thanks for your p.m. will answer soon....Hope you are feeling more like the Liz we know and love...

Sallie, Debbie, Marilyn,Sue, Grace , Ann lots of love to you all....

And not forgetting, Mo, hope the lappy gets fixed quick missing you.....xxx

love and prayers Jean (or as Marie calls me June lol)

((((((hugs)))))) Jean as requested.

Marie and Sylvia good to see you both on here, hope you can stay safe from the fires Marie, and from the snow Sylvia.

Sallie many thanks for your card.

Liz, I really don't understand why you can't find a way to leave him if he makes you so unhappy, there must be a way!!!

Hi All,

Mo, hope it won't take too long to repair your lappy. We really miss you on here. Hope all is well with you and the family.

Jean, lovely to hear from you and pleased to know that you are slowly getting there, and hope that all will be sorted very, very soon. Just take care of yourself!

Liz, glad you received the Christmas card. I don't know any Neves, but then again I know quite a few people, but don't know their surnames. Do they actually live in Ilkeston? If so, which part do they live? I hope you managed to get your shopping done.

Sylvia, nice to see that you are all organised for Christmas. I wish I could say the same-- never mind, I'm sure I'll get there, hopefully this weekend.

Marie, hope the bushfires will soon end, it must be a very big worry for you all. I also hope the farmer and his son will get well, a very worrying time for their family. Sorry to hear about Brian's mum, lets hope that they have caught it early enough and that there is something they can do. Hope Emily and Abigail's concert went well--I'm sure that you enjoyed it. I love watching a children's concert, they are so natural and some are quite serious--they are a joy to watch.

Huia, how are things with you today? Hope choir practise is going alright.
Will you all be singing traditional Christmas carols and songs. I once went to a Christmas concert where they didn't sing hardly any carols at all, there were quite a few people that were disappointed, myself included.
I'm afraid I'm very much of a traditionalist, and not just at Christmas.
Hope Phil will be okay when you visit him, and that he will be awake, so at least he can see you there, and of course it will be a lot nicer for you to see him awake.

Ann, have a lovely weekend with your daughter and her family. Speak to you when you get home. I hope you have a good and safe journey there and home again.

Debbie, worried that we haven't heard from you for a couple of weeks. I hope eveything is alright with you and your family.

Sue, Marilyn and Grace thinking about you all.

Speak to you all soon. Take care!

Love and best wishes to you all. Sallie.xxx

Hello,guess who,I am on my sons lappy.
Cant stay long as he is waiting for it. Just thought I would pop in and say hello.
My lappy is going to be in hospital for 7 to 10 days,so if he lets me I will be back to see you from time to time.
Love to you all.
Special HUGS for Jean{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}}}}
Marie,Sylvia,Sallie,Huia,Liz,Debbie hugs to you all. Love Mo xxx

Jean, don't worry about me, I am ok. Didn't get out to shop,got woken by the phone twice, and it was cold callers I think, as they rung off and it was a strange number, starting 0800 (didn't call back despite it looking like a freephone call) O.h checks the bills and the numbers so not worth causing a row if it wasn't free. I had to call K with a message at work about another call and told him I wanted to go to the shop when he got back. On his return, he said I was asleep again so he didn't wake me! Instead he went to the garage and fiddled about with dismantling the old microwave to take it to work and dump piece by piece in the rubbish skip there, he won't take it to a recycling place as he can't be bothered but can waste all that time and energy dismantling it and such. The time went by and he forgot to wake me - I woke up at 5 to 6pm, so much for going shopping. Even that wasn't good enough tho, I kept dozing off on the sofa around 9.30pm - think it was because the room got warm with the gas fire on - can't be anything wrong as we have a carbon monoxide detector and also two doors into the room either side were open to the hall and kitchen diner and the open plan side of the stairs lets air out and up. I have days like that but had he woken me I would have pushed myself to get up and do some shopping locally. When I complained, he started shouting and yelling at me that it wasn't his job to wake me up, wonder what he would say if I said that when he has forgotten to set his alarm for work!

Sylvia, have a safe journey and a wonderful holiday with the littley.

Mo, tell your son F. Christmas won't leave him any pressies if he is mean to you and won't lend you the use of his laptop lol

Marie, hope you will be ok and that Brian's Mum can be helped to get well and have lots more time with her family.

Ann, if there was a way I would do it, because I have a house already I cannot get anywhere else to live and no energy to sort the house out while I feel the way I do, and no money to pay for another one as would have to pay rent and such so am trapped for the while. I could go to the D.V. people and would get a place in a hostel but I couldn't bear that, and wouldn't have even the freedom I have now, things are ok, when he is at work.

Love
Lizxxx

Hi girls,just another quickie.
Just to let you know,that I am fine. Still sweating and swearing. Not looking forward to monday,when they come to do our boiler., it's cold enough now let alone without us having any heating at all on monday,and possibly tuesday and wednesday.
Got to go now,son is waiting to use his lappy.
Love to you all. Moxxx

Hello Everyone, I had a great time at the Xmas Party for the Child care centre all the children were so excited and their little concert was lovely the girles played and Danced all the time.
They had a local primary school band playing xmas carols & the 2 of them spent most of the time dancing. When Santa arrived Abigail was scared,,they had to sit and wait for their name to be called out to come up and collect their present from Santa. Emily stood as close to him as she could & didnt take her eyes off him, we all enjoyed watching them,their father Jason was with us which made it special for them.
I see from the posts that Debbie has not contacted any one, I hope all is well with them she is always so busy but it is not like her not to pop iin for a chat.
Mo is that the son who lives with you? is your kitchen finished.

Sorry folks I get to the bottom of the page and it jumps all over the place so I decided to submit and do some more I am a little worried about Debbie ,I know she is a busy lady but it is not like her to not pop in for a chat.
Special HUGS for you Dear June ((((((( HUGS )))))) and for any one who feels like a hug ((((((((((HUGS to ALL ))))))))) I must be off as I could do with some Breakfast LOVE to Sylvia in Canada,Huia in Kiwi Land,******Purple******Sallie hope you are feeling stronger, ****MOxmas****
From Marie from DOWN UNDER

Hi all

It snowed today ................ started about 10 am and fell slowly for the next 4 hours or so. We have a couple of cms on the ground

OH went out with the bucket of special salt and distributed it along the garden path and steps, and along the sidewalks outside (we're on a corner lot, so we have a sidewalk (pavement?) on two sides). Then he went across the street to do the same for our neighbour who was taken to hospital mid-week with a heart attack. They're only in their mid- to late 80s!

As a result, the sidewalks are nice and clear, and will not need shovelling.

Almost all our Christmas cards have now been posted ..... we're just left with the Canadian ones. Did have to contact a second cousin in OZ by email to find out if she knew her mother's new address (bit of a difficult situation there) ................ got a reply within a couple of hours. They had just been to the funeral of her mother's husband. He'd been suffering severe dementia for about 10 months. I knew he was ill last year, and he was also very strange when we were down there in 2006.

I am close to the second cousin (close in age as well) ........................ she said they'd stayed with her mother for 3 days and it had been very very difficult. But then her OH said "remember she's 83 and a bit mad"!! lol!!

Which is true. My OH says he's glad that I've got the mad rellies ......... it gives him ammunition for various talks he gives!

take care everyone
xxx

Morning Sylvia, Marie, and all...thanks for your hugs very welcome, also doing the trick. things are easing now,the kitchen is now painted,just a few finishing touches to do,bathroom sorted, bedroom sorted... just me to get sorted now....lol....We are now going to a church much nearer to where we live, we used to go there about 20 years ago... it was just like going home...lovely fellowship....
Marie, my daughter hated going to see Santa, so much so we stopped taking her, my friend always plays Santa at the church, and his little grandson said to him in a loud whisper," its alright grandad I wont tell anyone you are not really Santa"... and then proceeded to tell him what he wanted for Christmas....lol.....

Hope Debbie looks in , we miss hearing about all the activities her family are involved in....Marilyn is quite too, not like her at all !!!
waves to Sue , Sallie, the lovely Mo.and all....

love Jean xx

Hi Everyone,

Thought I'd just have a quick look in before I start doing some of the jobs that I have to do today.

Jean, nice to see you, I hope that all will soon be right with you. I bet your kitchen looks lovely now that it's finished.

Marie, just like Abigail, I didn't like going to see Santa when I was a child.
Jennie, my daughter, was frightened when she first seen him, but after that she was okay. I sent Debbie a PM over a week ago, it's been opened, but I haven't had a reply. I hope everything is alright with her and her family.

Mo, hope you and your family are all alright. Have they finished your kitchen yet? I hope they have, so that it all looks nice for Christmas. I nearly forgot, that you're having the new boiler fitted today, hope it all goes well. It will be nice when your laptop is repaired, we miss seeing you on here.

Sylvia, hope you haven't had anymore snow. Are you all ready for going away next week?

Huia, I hope everything is going well with you, and that your eyes are now feeling a lot better.

Liz, are you getting organised for Christmas? I got a good bit done towards it, yesterday. So I'm slowly getting there. I think we might put the Christmas tree up this afternoon.

Ann, I hope you had a good weekend with your daughter and her family.
Alun and I are going to take the Christmas presents down to my brother's in Abergavenny a week on Wednesday and also going to visit my late mother's cousin, so that I can give her the Scrapbook--I didn't want to send it through the post.

Marilyn, we haven't heard from you since you're home, hope all is well with you and your family.

Sue and Grace, it's a good while since we've heard from you both. I hope all is well with you both, and with both your families.

Must finish now, the therapist is ringing me later on this morning, so I'd better try and do a couple of jobs before she rings. I never seem to be very good after she's rung.

Speak to you all later.

Love, Sallie.xx

Hello everyone. My word look at what I have been missing,all you lovely people on here,chatting away,and me missing out on it.
Oh Marie,I love the childrens xmas nativity plays at school.Many a time I have had tears streaming down my face.
Not all children like father christmas,and I am not really surprised. I certainly would not like to sit on a strange mans knee,(well not when I was younger anyway),after all we do warn children not to talk to strangers,
and what do we do,we expect them to do, exactly what we tell them not to do.
Sylvia,I do hope that the snow has now gone. We are supposed to be getting some by the weekend,yuk.
Your OH is very good to the neighbours,can he jump on a plane,and pop over here and do ours.

Oh this blooming lappy,it won't let me type much before it slips off the page,and I lose it.
This lappy belongs to the son who is living with us at the moment.
I have lost the page I was answering now,so if I forget to mention you,please forgive me.
How did it go with the therapist Sallie. I hope she has not left you feeling blue.
Jean,I am so glad your kitchen has now been finished. It makes you feel much better when it's out off the way doesnt it.
Mine feels like I am in a new house. The boiler people have been here all day doing the change over.It will be finished tommorrow.Thank the lord.
Hi to Huia,Liz,Debbie,Grace and Sue. Love to all. Moxxx

Hi all,
Sally, thanks for asking, we had a lovely time with daughter and family at the weekend, the boys (well only two of them there the other is away at uni), still seem genuinely pleased to see us even at 21 and 17. The younger one is working weekend in Debenhams on 'stock control' which means he is restocking all the gift displays as they sell out. he says there is only one pallet left in the store room then they have sold out of everything in the gify line (this is Winchester), not sure if that means they have had a particularly good year or that they under ordered!!! Greg wears a T shirt with the words 'ask me' on, I asked him if he got asked anything and he said, "yes, usually where are the toilets?"
How did it go with the therapist?

I have had trouble with a tooth that keeps bleeding so have made an appointment with the dentist for Wednesday, think I need a season ticket this year! But I didn't want trouble over Christmas if there is an infection there.

I now have finished buying wrapping and delivering presents except a couple of friends and the ones we take with us to son's. I even have all OH's wrapped. He was at golf this morning so an ideal opportunity.

Jean, are you pleased with the colours you chose for the kitchen? Glad you have it all finished and that you are starting to feel better in yourself.

Sylvia, please don't send the snow our way, although it does look pretty. I had not realised that you were in Vancouver, nice town, spent a couple of days there on the start of our fly drive to the Canadian Rockies and would like to return.

Mo, good to see you manage to get on here sometimes, how long before you get your PC back? what was wrong with it?

Marie, the concert etc all sounded lovely, Christmas is a time for the children isn't it and lovely to share their excitement.
Debbie, if you are looking in I hope all is well with you and the family and that your absence is not because you have all gone down with swine flu. If you can, please pop in and let us know you are OK.

Ann
Glos

Hi Mo,
Lovely to see you! So glad to see that they have finished the kitchen for you. I bet it looks really nice.

I feel a bit better after speaking to the therapist today, thank you Mo. Today was my third session with her, we decided between us that we will continue for another three and see how things are then. Maybe, I'll need to go back to see James, as what improvement there is, is very slow. So we shall have to wait and see. I speak to her next on 4th January--Alun is off from Friday, we have a few things to do next week, one of which is going down to visit my brother and family in S. Wales.

Speak to you soon.

Love, Sallie.xx

Hi Ann,
I hope the dentist will be able to sort your tooth out on Wednesday.
Glad you enjoyed your weekend with your daughter and her family. I've still got a few more presents to get, the problem is knowing what to get for the ones left to buy for. All the other presents are sorted and wrapped, and all the cards are posted. It's been a bit of a struggle this year, but I'm almost there.

Love, Sallie.xx

You will get there Sallie.

Ann, p.m. sent.

Hi Everyone....

**** MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL ****


Just thought I'd pop in before it all kicks off here in Devon for the Christmas Festivities.

I am home here in UK and finding it too cold .

Never mind all heating is on and my lovely Log fire is flaming away .. LOL
Hope you all have a lovely Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.

Marilyn xxxx

You start celebrating down there early Marilyn. If we don't 'see' you again have a lovely christmas and New Year.