General Chat

Hello all, Sylvia I hope you are not in pain all the time how dreadful, I have had pinched nerves and that is bad enough,you always sound so cheerful ,I hope it is a little better now.
Liz you are also in the wars,what a P---k your partner is,mean man, they make everyone around them unhappy.
Has anyone heard from Debbie???? Our poor Jean still not well if you are looking in Get well dear Jean we miss you.
Hello to Mo you were lucky to win what you did ,maybe it will be bigger next time good luck to you. Hello to Ann ,Huia, and Marilyn if she looks in I hope you are all well, It is B----y hot here I have been told your weather is inproving in England about time I wish it would cool down a bit here ,as I need to do some Seed planting and to put some seedlings in but they would just frizzel up if I did.
Must away love and HUGS to you all Marie as she wipes the sweat off her brow. MO'Dxxxxx

Hi All,
Just a quick look in to see how everyone is.

Huia, it must have been so nice for you to see that Phil was out on an outing, and that when he arrived back he walked around with you and spoke to you.

Mo, lovely to hear that you had a win on bingo yesterday, hope your team win at darts tonight,

Liz, glad to know that you are feeling a bit better. Hope you got some sleep after OH went off to work.

Marie, lovely to hear from you. You are all baking hot in Oz, and they have given out more freezing weather for the whole of Britain by Friday. To make matters worse, our central heating isn't working at all now, but we have someone to look at it tomorrow. Just hope it can get sorted by the weekend. No, we haven't heard anything from Debbie, I only hope that things are okay with her and her family.

Ann, hope all is well with you. I've started doing some pages of another family history scrapbook, goodness how long it will take me to do.

Jean, if you are looking in, I really hope you will soon feel better. We miss you on this thread.

Sylvia, hope all is well with you. Are you still knitting ready for your new grandchild. It must be a lovely feeling, knowing that you are going to be a grandparent soon.

Well, that's all for now, going to do a bit more scrapbooking.

Love and best wishes to you all. Sallie.xx

Hello everyone, many thanks for your good wishes, I am still not 100% or even 50 %...but certainly better than I was,it really knocked me out,I cant remember the last time I had such a long winded Cold, the vertigo which has been with me on and off for many years had a go too..... so bed seemed the safest place to be.at least I didnt have far to fall....lol...I have just been out to the supermarket, and now I am so tired, on a lighter note Jeff went for his check up, everything seems to be doing o.k. he does however have to go in June and have the camera thingy, to be sure, this will happen each year unless they sack him,, but it so good that he will be checked yearly... his next visit to another hospital is in Feb, again a twelve monthly visit... so prayers are welcome for the 4th....I am going back to the hearing aid clinic on thurs I am not happy with the ones I have so am going to see if I can get some smaller ones, if not I will pay for some... well you have to still look good dont you.?

Sallie I am going to pop some more mags in the post for you probably next week, Hope all is well with you and your Jennie...

Marie, we could do with some of your warm weather here, quite cold again but at least its fine.... hope you and your lovely family are well,

Huia,the place your Phil is in seems nice and it was good that he was able to go out, you must feel more at ease knowing he is being looked after....

Liz my love, hope you are feeling much better too.. harder to shake stuff off as we get older, although you are still a babe....lol... take care and have more water in the drink !!!!!

Ann , Sylvia, and the lovely Marilyn, in the sun,(boo).... hope its all going well with you all... Ann, wheres me pics of the latest scraps ?

Not forgetting my mate Mo,( tried to but cant...lol..) what a gem you are, cheering me up, when I was such a wimp... love you lots... I think I have told you all the news,so bye for now..

love to you all Jean xxx

Cooee everyone.
It's so good to see you posting Jean. Hurry up and get yourself up to 100% ,it's been such a long haul for you hasn't it love. Everything seems to be against you gaining your full strength back.
Are you both still going to have your break away,or will you wait,till you are feeling better.? That seems a stupid question to ask I know, but the change off air might help.
If we had pots off money,and the courage to do it,we could always go to visit either,Marie,Sylvia or Huia. Mind you thats if they would have us. But I suppose we could always pitch a tent outside their door. lol
But it's one heck off a journey,for a long weekend away isn't it.
A big hello to,Sallie,Marie,Huia,Liz,Sylvia Ann and all our friends.
Sallie, we won at darts last night,yippee. I was absolutely frozen when I got home. It was bitterly cold out there.
There's Marie sweating buckets,and us freezing our bits off.
Sylvia,have you had any snow yet. ?
If not ,it's not looking good for the games is it.?
Liz I hope you are feeling a little better today. I have not seen on the news
about a man being murdered by his wife,in your area,so I assume mr wonderful is still nagging you. Keep your chin up mate.
Love and best wishes. Mo xxx

Hello all, sallie good luck with the latest pages. jean I will photograph and send the pages asap. Didn't do it before because you were not well, then the light wasn't good for photos but I will do it I promise. Pleased that you are getting better and pleased that all was well for J.

Mo, well done on winning last night, it has been cold here too the last couple of days.

I had a phone call this morning to say that Phil had rolled out of bed at 4.30 a.m. and opened the cut on his eyebrow that had been healing from a previous fall. Luckily he is in a low bed, so not far to fall.

Huia.

Huia, bless your poor hubby, hope he didn't damage his pelvis again, did they check him for that when he rolled out of bed. Maybe you had better take in a saw and lower his bed even more. I hope he was having an enjoyable dream, maybe rolling down hillsides as a youngster again and did it in his sleep?

O.h. came back with the mole cut out and cursing cos he should have had the stitches out on 5th Feb, his birthday so he said no and made an apptmt for the following Monday, meaning he would have to go to stay with his son with the stitches and scab all showing, no dressing on there so he is worried he will knock it at work. I have suggested he changes the apptmt and gets the stitches out on the morning of his birthday while I am getting up, how long will it take for heavens sake and it's only 5 mins drive to the surgery!!! Or the day before even, Oh no, has to be the time the doc said, says he! Must have been his one brain cell under there that they removed lol
I suggested he gets it covered while at work as he works in a dusty environment. He swears he always had the mole but I know he didn't, I cut his hair often enough and just shave over the front with one of those electric hair cutters, well I do it all over but the shortest at the front as there is nothing there and I have watched the mole appear as a very dark brown one over the past two years. He seems worried it will spoil his good looks, what a dope! None to spoil! He says if I hadn't nagged him to get it checked he wouldn't have bothered and wishes he hadn't had it done! Told him to wait and see after it is checked, if it was cancerous he will be glad I nagged! Stupid man! I suppose he is upset as he is only 5'5" (broke my long time rule to never go out with a man shorter than me and boy, am I paying lol) and most people can look down on his scar lol Anyway he calmed down after a little while and seems ok about it now.

Mo, keep watching hon, you never know, but you will all stick up for me won't you?

Jean, thanks for pm love, will get back to you soon. Take care and do things slowly.

to all my other pals here, take care and will hope Sallie gets her heating fixed asap and everyone will be ok.

love
Lizxxx

Oh Huia,poor Phil. Why have they not got the rails at the sides off the beds. When my mum was in a nursing home,they always put the rails up at night. And if she wanted the toilet,she just had to push the buzzer,and they would get her up.
I do hope they gave Phil an xray,after what happened the last time when he had his fall,his bones seem so fragile,and break easily.
Our bones lose there density as we age,and break easier.
Liz,off course I will stand up for you. It's what I would call, an aggravated,
neccessary dismissal of a pain in the b*m. More painful than piles. lol
Bless his lickle socks,he has got a scar on his bonce now. What a good talking point for him. Oh Oh thats wrong,he doesn't talk does he.
God forbid,what would happen if he had to go through what my poor nephew is going through.
The poor boy keeps losing his sight,and his memory is atrocious his speech is affected to. He had 44 clamps,after his operation. And he has to wait at least six weeks for his radiotherapy.
My grandaughter has an infection in her stitches,so she has got anti-biotics for that.
Well enough off my moans.
How is everyone today.
Are you feeling any better Jean.?
Sallie have you heard from the therapist yet.?
Big hug for Ann,Marie,Sylvia and all our friends on this thread.
Take care one and all. Love Mo xxx

Hello All , Boy you all seem to be in the wars over there, we are just being fried but no accidents .
Jean welcome back just take things slowly we did miss you whilst you were laid low. I to am having day surgery on the 4th of Feb my annual Cystoscopy, I hope Jeffs results are good.
Sallie I hope your heating has been fixed can't be without that in the weather you lot are having.
Mo you are a fighsty as usual what would we do with out you, to keep us all sane and on a even keel, you tell it like it is, I love you for this.
Liz, why do you have to drink more water??have you been on the turps as we say over here,well Liz if that Git of a partner of yours has a cancer on his noggin serves him right you might get rid of him sooner than later, which would be better than pushing him under a bus, you dont really want your face in the paper.
Dear Huia poor Phil when he seemed to be doing well, please insist that they have the rails put up on his bed and I hope this doesnt but him behind in the progress he was making and I hope they keep taking him out for trips I am sure it helps.
Hi sylvia, when is this grandchild due? I guess you dont care what sex it is as long as it is a healthy child .
Marilyn I hope you are not frying like we are, but I shouldnt complain as there are no bush fires at this time of writing, Thank you dear God and could you please send us some rain other wise we will have to take out a loan to pay the water bill.
I hope I have covered everyone, God bless you all and please say a prayer that my results from the cystoscopy will be clear.
Loves & HUGS to you all Marie.

Hi Marie, there's a saying if you fall over, to take more water with it, in other words don't drink your spirits neat as you will fall over! I had the fall before Christmas on black ice on the road and wasn't even a bit sozzled, might not have hurt so much had I been drunk lol Actually I rarely drink, doesn't appeal to me much at home and when out it's usually me has to drive as o.h. can't turn down one more drink!

Huia, I wondered too why there weren't sides on Phil's bed but hope he is ok now and they will rethink things, as he has had falls before.

Mo, have a look on my thread about post concussive syndrome, tells on there the latest with the stitches lol I must remind o.h. to get that will written out too lol, with not being married to him, I have to have some safeguard or the brats would be here like a shot to turf me out and get the house.

Jean, hope you will soon feel lots better and things will go ok.

love to all, take care with cold weather probably returning and slipslapslop to those in the heat!

Lizxxx

Liz, I doubt if your OH would want to write a will. He would say he was ok, no need for one yet.

I doubt if sides on the bed would help Phil. With his alzheimers he would probably struggle to get over the side when he wanted to go to the loo in the night. Perhaps they could put an electric side on it so (a) it would give him a small shock when he tries to get over it and (b) if it was connected to a buzzer it would tell the night carer that he was trying to get out. Or they could tie him down in chains! But one rest home has been closed recently because one elderly woman had her leg tied to the bed. I dont want this place closed.

Huia.

This morning I went to have a mole on the back of my leg checked out by a surgeon. My doc had previously said it might be an idea to have a piece taken out under a local anaesthetic but the surgeon looked at it through a magnifier and decided there was nothing wrong with it. I mentioned some on my back (I am not a contortionist so cant see these things, merely feel them.) He looked at them and all over me with his magnifier and gave me the all clear, so I can forget about them. Not that I was worried but it doesnt hurt to get things looked at.

Huia.

Good afternoon everyone.
Marie,you are in my prayers for a good result,following your cystoscopy. God willing everything will be fine,but you will have all our love and prayers.
How are the family now. And the gorgeous grandchildren,I hope that their health has improved.
Are you still doing your water aerobics.? I think you are so good to be doing it. I am a lazy little mare really,and should get more excercise. But I get worn out even thinking about it.
Are you and the girls still performing in your quartet.?
Liz,get yourself out there and take out a life insurance policy on him indoors. Just in case ,hm, you never know what could happen to him,do you. Better to be safe than sorry.
He is so stupid if he does not write out a will. (but then judging by what you have been saying he is a bit dense anyway.) Oooops sorry perhaps I should not have said that.
A friend off ours,lost her partner before christmas. He had a will,but he did not change it in her favour. And when it was read out,he had left her nothing. The sons told her she had to leave the house,as they were going to sell it. Fortunately for her,she still had her own home,and moved back into there. She had been with Vic for years,but had no claim what so ever on his estate. She was devastated,she didn't even get a photograph
given to her from the family home.
It is so important to get all moles checked Huia. You did the right thing,
especially as you could not see the ones on your back clearly.
I had one,just under my bra straps. It started to bleed as the bra kept rubbing on it,and I had it cut out. Fortunately for me,everything was fine.
I was born with it there,and it had never bothered me,until it started the bleeding. It's strange how one can be born with growths,and we take no notice off them,until they start to change in shape,or size or start to bleed.
Poor Phil Huia,I have a vision off him straddling the bar trying to get out off bed. He could do himself real damage,if he got stuck there.
Did they do the xray on him.? He really has been in the wars lately bless him. Are you going to vist him again soon,if you are,give him an extra hug from all off us.
I hope Sallie is o.k,as we have not heard from her since the 25th of this month.
An extra big (((((((((hug for our Jean)))))))))))
I wonder if Sylvia is snowed in yet.
Take care everyone. Love Mo xxx

Hello, Mo and everyone, blimey Mo, you cant half natter...lol....but we love yoi....
how is your family ? Hope your nephew will soon be back to normal, we are keeping him and your granddaughter close in our prayer,,,

Sallie give us a word just to know if you are o.k. did the therapist get in touch? I have just been to the hearing clinic they tell me they no longer do smaller aids but will modify the ones I have, I go back tomorrow for them to be done, fingers x that they will be better for me....

Huia, you did the right thing getting the mole checked out, J has a back full so he asks the doc to have a look every now and then to be safe...hope Phil has got over his fall and that it hasnt affected his pelvis... have you been singing lately? always love to hear about your daysand what you have been getting up to,,, really its Mo who likes to nosy, not me though,
I am not like that at all....lol....

Marie I have sent you a p.m.

Big waves and hugs to everyone else ~~~~~~~~~~ X ~~~~~~~~

(((((((((((((((( X)))))))))))))))

Love Jean xx

Oh Jean,how can YOU call ME nosey. Inquisative yes, but nosey I just dont know about that.
My clan are plodding along nicely thank you.
My son has just taken over another pub. So fingers crossed that it works for him this time. The difference being,that this time he is actually working for a brewery,instead off running a bar for irreptutable people,who used him for a few weeks,and then got rid off him. The last lot employed him for three weeks,then asked him to go. The new person who took over from him,was also there for only three weeks,and that is how they run their business apparantly.
I do hope you have more success with the new hearing aids Jean. If not,
I will look on e.bay for an ear trumpet for you. lol
I have told you before,I can talk for England. lol
See ya later honey. Love Mo xxx

Hello Everyone,

Sorry haven't been on for a few days. I've been fairly busy doing some scrap pages, and also we've had a couple of problems to sort out. We've had our heating fixed today, thank goodness, it's been so cold with just a gas fire in the living room, and dining room. Of course we've had no hot water either, so it's been pretty miserable--but it's all sorted now. I didn't hear anymore from the therapist, but she passed me on to a psychiatrist, who I've been to see today. I have to go again next week at the same time.
She seems so different from all the cousellors I've seen in the past. I'm not sure whether I like her very much, but as long as she can help me get better, that's all that matters.

Jean, I'm so glad that you are feeling better than you've been, hope you will soon be fuuly recovered. Thank you, I would be glad of the magazines, and so would Jennie. So pleased that J's check-up went well, it's such a relief for you all. Hope your daughter is okay.

Mo, I hope your granddaughter's infection is getting better, also thinking about your nephew and hoping that things will improve for him and that he will eventually make a full recovery. Well done to your team on their win on Monday night, keep it up all of you. Hope all is well with both you and Roly.

Marie, I'll be thinking about you on 4th. February and hope and pray that all goes well for you. How are your grandchildren getting on? Just thinking, they must be on holiday's from school. If they are, hope they are enjoying themselves.

Huia, sorry to hear about Phil falling out of bed, I hope they checked to make sure that he hadn't hurt himself. Pleased to hear that all the moles you have are nothing nasty. Make the most of your summer and go out and about and enjoy yourself.

Liz, I love the bit about the ' one brain cell he must have had cut out', I had a good chuckle when I read that. Doesn't he realise that it's all done for his own good, and not as a favour to the medical staff. He seems to have some strange ideas.

Hope Ann, Sylvia and Marilyn are all okay.

Oh Jean, nearly forgot to tell you about Jennie. She's been to the hospital today and they will shortly be starting her on her new medication, which she has to inject herself with every other week. The drug conpany will deliver the medication straight to Jennie's house, because it's cheaper for the hospital to do that, otherwise they have to pay VAT on it. As it is, it costs the hospital £750 a shot, goodness knows how much it would be otherwise. Did you tell me that your daughter also has to take her medication the same way?

Well, that's enough of me gabbing on, speak to you all tomorrow.

Love and best wishes to you all. Sallie.xxx

Hi, Sallie so good to hear from you, yes D has to inject every other day for the m.s., they deliver to the house, ... but she is managing with diet so she doesnt have any medication for the diabetes, she works full time and is doing two open uni courses , you may gather we are very proud of her, wish I was like her she is very positive , I am just the opposite......

I will sort the mags and will let you know when I post them.....

Love Jean xx

Hi everyone

Marie ....... keeping my fingers crossed for your exam on the 4th, and hoping all will be well.

The grandbaby is due March 30th, sex unknown. J is going to stop working on the 15th and will take 9 months maternity leave, then s-i-l will take 3 months (he could take 12 months as well!). Then they will look for care.

It seems that Vancouver will have had the warmest ever January ........ at the moment the average is hovering around 7.1C, the previous record was 6.3C!

Problem of course is that the freezing levels on the local mounains are high as a result, so no snow has been falling there, nor can artificial snow be made. And the Olympics start in 2 weeks!

It's the snowboarding and aerial skiing events that take place on those mountains. Downhill, crosscountry, bobsled, luge etc all take place about 75-100 km further north and on higher mountains ........ and there's plenty of snow there!


I notice on my afternoon walk that snowdrops are in full flower, and daffodil shoots are showing.




sylvia
xxxx

Hello All,

Just a quick look in to say good afternoon to everyone. Hope you are all okay.

Jean, I wonder if Jennie and D are on the same medication, apparently it's used for other illnesses as well. Jennie did tell me the name but it was so long I can't remember it and certainly won't be able to pronounce it.
Of course you and J are very proud of D, she's doing well with her full time job and her two open uni courses, she's so determined not to let her illness beat her. Well done to D! Like you Jean, I don't always find it easy to look on the positive side. It's a good thing that both our daughters do, otherwise I think that they would find life a lot more difficult.

I'll look in again later on!

Love, Sallie.xx

Morning all, or is it noon? the sun is shining,but quite cold, I have been sorting out my wardrobes, to much stuff. so I thought I might sell some on e-bay, bit worried though ,I am ok with buying, but selling????
some of the clothes are pretty new and usually they go to the charity shop, I need to replace them so thought any cash I get would be helpful....does anyone on here sell on e-bay I am looking for tips....

Sallie, I am going to start living my life, its getting shorter by the minute....lol.... but confidence got a hammering a while back and I struggle to try anything different, never used to be like that ,we dont have any ties, not wealthy but have enough, D says she doesnt need anything from us, so once I clear the clothes out I shall buy some bright classy gear....lol...and do holidays !!

Woke up to a leak under the sink in the kitchen, luckily we caught it before it went all over the floor, so waiting for our plumber friend to call. I was going to bake but you can bet he would turn up when I was in the middle of it ....such a hard life. (big sigh)


Hope all is well with all you lovely peeps........ I got new hearing aids, feel much better, although both ears are itching !!! but I will perservere with them.

~~~~~~~ to our friends from overseas ~~~~~~~


And Mo.......!!!!!

Love Jean xx