General Chat

Mornung everyone, we are knee deep in snow, it is so slippy but hope it will begin to get a bit warmer, It never rains but what it pours as the saying goes, now I have something wrong with my eye very sore and inflamed, feels like I have grit in it ,so I am not going to come on here for a while,
to you all I wish you a very Happy and Blessed Christmas, Marie, Huia, Sylvia, enjoy being with your families, Sallie, Mo, Marilyn, Debbie Sue, Ann , Liz, take care , and have peaceful and joyous Christmas, and to anyone else I may have missed , hope to be back soon. I pray all your hopes and wishes will come true,

Happy Christmas,Love as always Jean and J xxxx

Jean, that sounds like conjunctivitis. I have it, but without the usual gritty feeling. Maybe you caught it from me! But mine is an allergic one. You should see your doc.

Happy Christmas anyway.

Huia.

Hi MO


and everyone


the cases are all packed, one left open so we can push in the last minute things in the morning. The plane leaves at 8:45 am, taxi ordered for 7:15 ............ giving us a little extra time at the airport as Tuesday is said to be the busiest day for pre-Christmas travel. My alaram is set for 5 am ....... I don't like to even admit that that time exists!!


I wish you all a Merry Christmas, have a great time with your families, friends, etc.


Take care ........ I'll "see" you all again about the 28th or 29th



sylvia
xxxx

Morning everyone, well the eyes are much better, the doc thinks It was due to mascara, I recently bought new make up, and got some mascara that thickens the eyelashes, mine have gone much thinner, so he said it would seem some of the fibres got in my eye, very sore, so washed it out and said to stay off here for a day or so , now it seems ok ....thank goodness.... big worry to me I have glaucoma so always very worried if anything goes wrong.... so take care when using mascara. he also said its not uncommon for the fibres to get into eyes....

Have you all managed to get your shopping done? J and D are doing ours, I dont do snow and ice... this mornings forecast was severe road conditions,freezing fog and icy roads...so please take care out there...

~~~~~~~ to Mo ~~~~~~ hope she is o.k. and the heating is working well....
have a great time away, Sylvia, look foward to hearing all about it when you get back......

love to all of you, Jean xx

Jean, glad the eyes are better, I never wear mascara for that reason, it always irritates my eyes.

Sylvia, glad I don't have to get up at silly o'clock, have a safe journey and a lovely time at Christmas.

Marie, hope you all stay fire free over christmas so the firefighters can enjoy their Christmas too.
Mo, hope you are not still snowbound.
Huia Happy christmas to you.

Ann xxx

I decided to see if the doc had any more bright ideas about my conjunctivitis. I was going to do the shopping afterwards and be home about 2pm but the doc wanted me to go to the acute eye clinic in Greenlane (Auckland) hospital to see the experts (or be seen by them.) I was in the waiting room for ages as I was a non-urgent case. I finally was seen and the doc gave me a good inspection and decided it might be caused by one lot of eyedrops that I use for the glaucoma as it contains a substance to which some people are allergic. He phoned my (private) specialist and then prescribed a different lot of drops. I hope it will fix the conjunctivitis. I sometimes feel like digging my eyes out and discarding them but that would be rather drastic.

I arrived back in Papakura at 4.30 and did my shopping and bought a take-away dinner so I didnt need to cook when I got home at 6.15. I will be off to bed soon as I am dog tired.

Huia.

Huia, I am glad you are getting your eyes sorted , its a big worry to me I would be devastated if my eyes went any worse, but at least we are both being watched by the doctors, do let us know if the new drops are helpful ....
Have good rest , try not to wear yourself out.... enjoy your christmas and new year with your family, knowing your Phil is being looked after and in a warm place....

love Jean xx

Huia, I do hope that they have now solved your eye problem. Fingers crossed for you.

Hi All,

Huia, I hope that the new drops work, and that your eyes will soon feel much better.

Ann, hope you and T have a good journey to your son's tomorrow. Lets hope the snow keeps away! Richard and Christie will be travelling up after they finish work tomorrow evening--I'll be happier when they've arrived safely.

Mo, how are you and Roly? It will be lovely when you have your lappy back.
Hope it will be sorted very soon, it's very strange without you on here.

Jean, hope you are feeling a lot better now! Are you all organised ready for the big day? I've just got to wrap a few more presents for the family, which I'll do tonight. We were going down to my brother's today, but he rang us early this morning to tell us that the weather was bad down there, we didn't want to take any risks, so stayed at home. So now we'll all have to have our presents after Christmas.

Sylvia, hope you have a good and safe journey. Enjoy relaxing, reading and knitting.

Marie, I bet you are getting excited just to see the looks on your grandchildren's faces when they open their presents on Christmas morning.

Liz, how are you feeling now after your fall? I hope you are okay and that you are able to get about.

Marilyn, hope you have a good and safe journey to your son's on Boxing Day and that the weather will be alright.

Debbie, Sue, and Grace hope all is well with you all, and your families.


If I don't have time to get back on here before tomorrow, I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.

Take care everyone and thank you for your friendship and caring in 2009.

Love and Best Wishes. Sallie.xxx

Hello my friends. I have just been down on my hands and knees,to my son,begging for a few minutes on here,to wish you all "A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS" and a prosperous and healthy new year.
I phoned today,re my lappy,and was told that they would ring me back,but nobody has bothered. So I am still without my baby.
I hope that all off you all,who are travelling away for christmas,have safe journeys.
And thank you all,for your friendship during the past year. Heres to the next year together.
Bye for now,love to you all. Mo xxx

Happy Christmas, Mo, and all our friends,
Sallie, I havent been out for over a week..... the snow has been bad here, and more during the night, we should be out for a meal tonight, cant see us going, cant get the car out.... still not a problem, we have plenty to eat and drink.have a great time with your family and speak to you soon...

Hugs and love to Marie, Huia, and Sylvia overseas.....its been lovely hearing from you all, have a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year....

Debbie, Sue,Marilyn, Grace all the lovely peeps who first came on,we wish you the best of everything.....

Love Jean xx

Morning folks, hope you all enjoyed your Christmas day, we had a great meal compliments of D, she made it all , it was lovely... I havent done much of anything, we were still snowed in up to yesterday now its raining and the snow is going, thank goodness, I hope this all we are haveing... now I am looking forward to hearing all about the pressies you all got, but I do miss my lovely Mo, hope she is back on soon, Ann should be home too, so we will have some more newss , I love a natter dont you?
Huia and Marie may come on and let us know how their Christmas was....

have a good day ...Love Jean xx

Hello all. My eyes dont have that bruised feeling when I wash my face in the morning and they dont feel all mushy as they did before. They are still bloodshot but I hope that will go in time if not sooner. And today I felt a bit more like doing things. I have been so lethargic. I think it might have been caused by depression over the state of my eyes. I go back to the clinic on Wednesday for a follow up.

Not so good, when I tried to do some mending my sewing machine jammed. I think it has finally had it. About 3 years ago I had it fixed and was told it might not last much longer and parts are hard to get :((( After I go to visit Phil tomorrow I will have to look at sewing machines. All I want is one that does straight stitching and zigzag. The one I have did all sorts of fancy stitches but I havent used them for ages. If I cant find a machine that is cheap enough I will have to make do with mums old treadle machine, but it doesnt do zigzag.

Huia.

Hello everyone,have you all eaten more than you should, I have....lol....am I bovvered...Mo where are you?ask your son nicely to let you pop on for a minute.....

Huia, glad your eyes are easing, mine seems o.k. now I wont be wearing mascara again... is it warm in your part of the world? bit cold here... dont like it....pity we dont live nearer I have a spare sewing machine, won it , but I have a good one so havent used it...and I dont do much sewing now, just shortening sleeves and pants.....dont tire yourself out with all that treadling....lol....have you seen Phil lately? how is he?
have a great New Year.....

Love Jean xx

What do you make on your sewing machine Huia? If we were nearer you could have mine, I never use it now, too lazy and too engrosed with other things.

Had to go to T**** this morning to get hgings in for New Year, all well in date so no problem and it avoids the mad rush on NY Eve. Lots of bargains to be had too if you had a large freezer, I bought a few bits but my upright freezer is full so couldn't buy more. Also bought wrapping paper for next year, a sweater for me and a couple of shirts for T.

Hi all. It is a rather misty morning here.

I dont do a lot of sewing these days, but I feel lost without a machine. I have made most of my clothes in the past as I am a weird shape and the bought clothes arent made to fit me, besides which I like pockets in my skirts and bought ones dont have pockets. With my figure I look better with blouses that are not tucked into skirts. I am very hippy with a (comparatively) small waist so if I tuck the blouse in it emphasises my broadness. I am also a saggy Aggy and my boobs come down to my high waistline. That is hidden to some extent by the blouse-outside look. Oh to be young again. Actually, I did make my wedding dress and the bridesmaid's dress on mums treadle machine, so it cant be all that bad.

Huia.

Hi Huia, where is everyone I guess they are Hibernating after all the Xmas pudding and brandy sauce HO Ho Ho.
How are you Huia ? I hope you had a nice Xmas My xmas was lovely the Girls were so excited and they were thouroughly spoilt with so many presents.
We were given the wonderful present of Rain it rained all day and also that night ,it fined up on boxing day ,then it poured all night on boxing night so everything is soaked which is lovely.
I used to sew but now I just do the repairs and also curtians if needed. I find I can buy my clothes cheaper especially at sale time.I found i could also sew better for others as I found it so hard to do the fitting for myself.
How is Phil,?I hope his pelvis is improving & that he is awake when you visit.
.I dont wish to be young again I wouldnt mind being 60 again.and feeling as healthy and fit as I was then especially if I was retired and had money to travel Yes! that would be good.
Well I must think about getting some Dinner.
Barbara liked the Calender.I hope you sleep well Huia .
Love Marie.(Ps I also made my own wedding dress) xxxxx

Here I am, Maria, glad you had a good Christmas, ours were a bit spoiled with too much snow couldnt move out we still have some ,but the rain shifted a lot of it....I am like you dont wish to be very young,but around 50 / 60
was certainly fitter then....lol....seems strange to hear how pleased you were with the rain, we are pleased when it stops !!!!

Have a good New Year and keep chatting to us, we love hearing what you get up to....

Thought I would see if I could get back to my original board name and as you see I can....

take care and love to everyone....


Love Jean xx

You have gone back to your original name early Jean, mine will stay until 12th night.

Very wet and cold here today but no snow so far, don't know if the high spots of gloucester have had any. Daughter has just booked our holiday for a week the end of March to Andalusia so that is something to look forward to.

Lol, I never wait till 12th night ,I was curious to see if it would revert back with no problem, it did so it seemed silly going back to the christmas name... the decorations will also be put away after New Years Day.Ann, I like it tidy and clear for the new year....but I understand why others prefer to keep them up...each to their own.....we had a neighbour who kept hers up all year until they were that grubby her dau threw them out....