General Chat

Hi Everyone,

Liz, enjoy your evening out on Friday, as you say it will be nice not to have to cook and wash up afterwards.

Sylvia, it looks as though the Olympics are already causing problems for all the local residents, I don't envy any of you. We moan each October when the centre of town is closed off to traffic for the Charter Fair, but at least it's only for a week.

Huia, hope all is well with you and that all will be okay with Phil when you visit him.

I'll look in again later today.

Love to you all,

Sallie.xx

Hello one and all. Good to hear from you.
Liz,if you are going out for the meal on Friday,does that mean that the driving will be down to you again. I bet it will. Cant you insist on a taxi,
so that you can relax for a change. I know it's his birthday,and he will expect to be the one to enjoy himself,but is he such a tight devil that he won't fork out for a cab.
Thank goodness you are back Sallie. I was starting to worry about you.
I dare say seeing the psychiatrist,threw you a bit. Bringing back memories
that you wanted to forget. But by facing them head on,eventually you will come out the other side,a much stronger person.
Good luck for tommorrows meeting with her.
I thought I was right when I said that you had p.m'd Debbie. But knowing what my memory is like lately,I could have got the wrong person.
Marie,our thoughts are with you for tommorrow,all our very best wishes for a good outcome. I will say a special prayer for you.
Come on Sylvia,explain to us what " Doula " means. It sounds like you mean a nanny for the baby,but hey ho,what do I know. It could be a word for someone who does all.
I cant believe that they are having to bring snow in,for the Olypics. How the heck do they keep it frozen,for all the games that are occuring.
Oh by the way Sallie wish Jennie good luck,for the starting off her new treatment on Friday.
I wonder where our Jean is today.
Bye for now girls. Love to you all. Mo xxx

Hi all, Jean hope the whisky chased the cold off again.
Sallie, I am sure that speaking to the psychiatrist will have made you think about the past and will have given you a bad week, it is probably doing what it is meant to do but I hope after the next session you will feel more comfortable with it and feel better.
Marie will be thinking of you tomorrow, best wishes.
Sylvia, I too am intrigues by the thought of them shipping in all the snow, I assume the trucks are refrigerated but, if the temperature is too high for snow to fall wont it be too high for it to stay when put on the ground? it does seem a strange thing to do. sounds as if your life is going to be disrupted quite a lot. And I am also intrigued by 'Doula'.
Mo, hope all is well with your Granddaughter and Nephew, I expect you will be glad when you hear something.

I went in to town today on the bus, it was raw cold. Bought some cropped leg jim jams, thought I would have a change, usually wear nighties and a new bra, some rimmel nail varnish in the pound shop, some scrap book backing paper in the market and a purse in BHS (purple). So that was a good trip. Then had a jacket potato with chillie in BHS. OH was at golf. Now he has just done a load of ironing and I had better go and reward him with a cup of tea.

Hi, Mo, and all, haveing a lazy day, hair done ready for Js visit to the hospital tomorrow, Marie we will be thinking of you too. we have rather heavy snow and its sticking , but the weather forecast says it wont stay, I heard that one before....lol...sky looks heavy too. ah well back to the gritting....
Sallie I am sure Jennie will be fine once she does it for herself, D was a nervous wreck first time now she never bothers, but if it helps its worth it...
I agree with Mo, all the rubbish needs to be out in the open then new clear start for you, we will be thinking of you also...

Google "Doulas" and you will see what it means, I had no Idea until I read it , and it also seems there are u.k. Doulas...good idea me thinks....

just watching the lorries bringing snow in for your olymics Sylvia, bit of a worry for the officials....

Liz, thanks for the p.m. have a nice meal out, tell him you are too dizzy to drive due to the problem you have.... my cold seems to have dried up again, thank goodness.....


Just going to nap for a hour or so,bye bye....

Love Jean xx Ann posting at the same time, didnt see you there,I only had the pills but slept well...

Mo, Jean's got it right, I have told him he will have to drive because of my post concussive thingy lol so he can't drink lol He will but only a cider so should be ok to drive the short way from here to the place he has chosen to eat at, it's a Brewers Fayre type place near the airport which is only ten mins drive at the most. It will be nice not to have to cook and wash up as I said but I will enjoy the weekend more lol, after he goes on Saturday late morning!!!

Glad your cold seems to have gone Jean, and watch those docs at the hospital, with your hair all nicely done lol

I have read about doula's before, and they sound a great idea, it's so much nicer to have someone you know with you than different midwives popping in and out.

Typical that when you need it the snow isn't there Sylvia, that will cost the organisers a lot to keep shipping the stuff in and not very environmentally friendly either lol

Take care everyone,
love
Lizxx

I say Jean,just who is seeing the doctor at the hospital tommorow. There was me thinking it was J, but it's you having your hair done. hmmm, is he tall dark and handsome,( the doctor I mean ).
Please send J my love,and wish him well for tommorrow.
It's nice to be able to go and have a look round the shops on your own,isn't it Ann. I don't get as much chance now,as I used to.
I love my pyjamas Ann,and only wear nighties during the summer. Mind you I do take the bottoms off,when I get into bed.
It sounds like you had a good time though Ann.
I did google " Doulas",and I have to admit,I didn't know we had them here in this country, still things do progress,and I am a bit past that stage now.
I feel pretty sure that if I meantioned the word,to my daughters,they would think to themselves what the heck is she on about now.
Good on you Liz,just go and enjoy the night out.
Love Mo xxx

Hi everyone

Thye are shipping the snow in ordinary dump trucks ............ the kind that you see carting construction site debris around. Ours have to have a fabric cover over the top to stop debris falling/blowing off. That law came in after a woman was killed by a rock falling off a dump truck and going through the windshield of her car.

Sooooooooo ......... there were lines of dump trucks driving along the freeway into Vancouver, with the fabric covers covering snow! Oh yes ........... and flakes of snow blowing in te wind!

They are stockpiling the snow up on the mountain, above freezing level and apparently also covering the piles with tarpaulins. That should be sufficient to keep it. Unfortunately, the freezing level at 130-1600 m is above where the events take place and there is no snow falling at the lower level (about 900 m), so that is why they are having the problem


A doula is a woman who helps the mother giving birth, not a midwife but more a female coach who might have some tricks up her sleeve to help ease pain or make her more comfortable.

Some doulas also work with the mother in the last couple of months before birth. Others will also work with her for upto 6 months after birth, with advice and help ............ including breast feeding.


I didn't really know the difference between a mdiwife and doula until J explained it.

There is an Institute or Association of doulas in most countries, including the UK, but many are not members of such associations. The name comes from a Greek word. They all seem to have undertaken some sort of training, but not at colleges or universities. What does seem to be very important is that the mother (and possibly the father) feels extremely comfortable with the doula.


I wonder if their popularity is because so many young women now live far away from mothers and other "older" women who might have helped at birth, or given advice before and afterwards.




sylvia

Ha Ha, Mo, I never go in with J, but have you noticed when you go in the waiting area everyone has a good look, so I only have a bit to flaunt so I do!!
new coat too, I have been in all day waiting for the courier to pick up a parcel but still waiting.....but it has been snowing quite hard and the roads here havent been gritted yet.... so who knows if he will turn up....I have reread your comments about pyjamas, and I am sorry but I will have to report you for giving us too much info...after all we are quite naive on here....lol....


love Jean xx

Thanks for explaining Sylvia. I hadnt thought of googling, and when somebody mentioned it I was going to but I overslept this morning and have to go out soon.

Huia.

Oooooh Jean you are soooo naughty. I could have been more explicit, but
I did consider being modest,and thought oh blow it I'll tell it as it is.lol
You just behave yourself tommorrow,but if you cant be good,be careful.
Ooops sorry Huia,I missed your posting. Have a good day love.

I shall keep mine firmly on!!

Hello All,

Jean, please wish J all the best for tomorrow from both me and Alun, we'll be thinking about him. We had a thin covering of snow this afternoon, but it turned to rain so it's gone now, thank goodness. Jennie doesn't seem bothered about starting her new medication--I'm the one that's worrying just in case she has a reaction to it. It's just as well that she's a positive person.

Mo, I'm hoping that I won't feel as bad this week as I did last week, after seeing her. She seems to me to be a very stern person, and I'm sure she doesn't know how to smile. Well, we'll see how it goes tomorrow. Have you heard anymore about your granddaughter and nephew?

Ann, glad that you had a good trip into town, and managed to get the things you needed, and enjoyed your lunch out.

Sylvia, thanks for explaining what a doula is. I had no idea that we also have them here in the UK-- a very good idea to have them.

Huia, it sounds as though you have a busy day ahead of you, just take care of yourself.

Well I'm going to make a nice cuppa now, can't manage long without my cup of tea, I think I must be addicted to it.

Speak to you all tomorrow, all being well.

Take care everyone! Love, Sallie.xxx

Sallie good luck with your counselling and Jean good luck to J.

Aaaargh! Just before I went out a front top tooth lost a big bit. Actually the filling that was put there several years ago when I had broken the tooth so it has lasted quite well. I dont know if it can be repaired again, as they will probably have to take the tooth (what remains of it) down a bit to get a clean surface to build on. I suspect it might have to come out and a new one be added to my partial top plate. :((( I wonder what it will cost. I did call in at the dentist and have made an appointment for this time tomorrow. In the meantime soft food etc.

Huia.

Huia, hope things aren't too dire when you see the dentist and he can sort out that broken tooth. I am overdue a visit, had to cancel when I hit my head as I wouldn't have been able to lean back lol
Better remember to rebook soon and the optician, I was trying to get myself all sorted out and then I went and slipped - daft eh?

Take care when you go out Jean and J., and everyone else too

Lizxx

Liz, my dentist is a chinese woman, the best one I have ever had. At least I hope she is still there. I havent been for quite a while. I had been thinking it was high time I went so this has given me the nudge.

Huia.

Morning everyone, many thanks for your prayers and good wishes for J, the news is good, he has another twelve months before he goes again, .....
We can now have a few days away, I think we may wait until after the half term break, it will be quieter. Llandudno seems favourite...we are also haveing a new floor laid in the kitchen, hated the one we have now,so all in all things are coming together nicely.. the snow has stopped and thawing,my cold has dried up. my world is looking brighter by the minute.... hope it is the same for all of you lovely folk... so hugs and xxxxx to you all.....

Love Jean xx

Ooooh that is good news Jean. Thank the lord our prayers were answered.
You both deserve your break away,after what you have been through so far this year. I am so glad you are feeling better.
Huia,what on earth was you doing to make the tooth break. Don't say you were eating a toffee, as that is the way I have broken mine in the past.
So I no longer eat toffees,as dental care is so expensive now.
My check up is on the 22nd of this month,so I just hope and pray I don't need any treatment.
I am not afraid off having treatment done,it's just the cost that frightens me.
I wonder how Sallie will get on today. I do hope they take it easy on her.
Also I hope Marie lets us know how she gets on. My thoughts are with all
our friends,who have problems in one way or another.
I am convinced it is an age thing for all off us. We should all be having the time off our lives at this age,but unfortunately,ill health,drags us all down.
Take care my friends. I will be back tonight to see if there is any news.
Love to you all. Mo xxx

Still no news then. Oh well,I will look in later.

Hi Everyone,

Mo, we've had trouble with the internet all day, got it back about eight, wrote you all a message and as I pressed submit, the internet went again.
It's so maddening! Felt a lot better with her today than last week, it was lovely to see her smile today. This evening it suddenly hit me how I've pushed one or two things to the back of my mind and not talked about things, so it's made matters worse. It's good how just talking to her have started to bring things out in the open. I've had a slight headache this evening, but nothing like it was last week after seeimg her.
Have you heard anymore about your granddaughter and nephew?

Jean, great news about J. I'm so pleased for the both of you. It will be lovely to have a break away, hope the weather will be dry and not too cold.

Marie, hope all as gone well for you and that the results will be good.

Huia, hope they can sort out your broken tooth without too much trouble.Good luck!

Ann thank you, and everyone else for your good luck wishes for today.

The nurse goes to Jennie's at 9-30 a.m. tomorrow, just to make sure that she doesn't mess up on her first injection. So am keeping my fingers crossed that all will go well.

Speak to you all tomorrow.

Love and best wishes to everyone. Sallie.xx