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Huia
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Mo, hope you are o.k. I hve just seen the amount of snow down your way, thats just how we were at christmas. are you affected by it,do be careful, no running for the bus, dont want to hear you slipped .... we are haveing a lovely day so far, clear blue skies, we have just had the floor done it is perfect..... and a lot warmer too....thrilled to bits with it...even J admitted I was right...lol...

I have just had a letter from the docs to go for a m.o.t. so must book it in...
always a bit of a worry, I feel great at the moment just get a bit weary, but thats par for the course....

Sylvia hope all goes well for you and your tests,

Hugs for Liz and Huia (((((((((((((((( X ))))))))))))))))


bye for now, love Jean xx

Hi girls.
Jean, believe or not,we have not got any snow at all. But twenty miles down the road,where a cousin lives it is 6inches deep,and has drifted to 18 inches. We have been so lucky so far. But my goodness,it's still bitterly cold out there.
Did they take long doing the flooring Jean. And by golly,isn't it nice to be proved right for a change,in our choices off things.
It's sods law isn't it Sylvia. When one takes extra care to be early,and things go bottoms up. Still you has such a good outcome,that it was worth
being that early.
I had my last smear test last year. the doctor said I would not be getting another,as when it is due next time,I will be over 65,and no longer entitled to them.
Aw Huia, it's nice that the home thought about the valentines card. But not everyone follows in the same vein. We always have given each other a card,but the older we have become,the presents have gone by the board,
as we can no longer afford to do it. And anyway,chocolates are fattening,
and I can get flowers at any time. What else would I need,not a lot. lol
Thank goodness you have got your appointment Liz. Do they say how long you can be with the counsellor,ie one hour or half an hour.
Either way,you will be able to get a lot off your chest.
Lets just hope it's a dry day,so that you can use the car. Cant im indoors
go by bus that day,if he doesn't want to cycle.
A BIG HI,to Marie,Ann and our Sallie how are you all today. I hope you are keeping warm,and in your case Marie,keeping nice and cool.
Be back later. Love to all. Mo xxx

Where is everyone? its quiet on here at the moment , I have been knitting a pom-pom scarf, once you get the casting on done it is easy....
I really need to get on with my scrapbooks, I have promised on for a friend , so if I am missing that will be why....

Sallie hope you are o.k. and hope the mags arrived safely....

Mo, are you well and have you heard how things are with your family?

poor Ann, has been without heating for a few days, but hope things will get fixed tomorrow, it always goes wrong when the weather is cold.....

The flooring went down very quickly, Mo, and the young man who did the fitting was great, we would use him again, the kiitchen looks lovely and feels so much warmer, as I knew it would.....lol..... so evertything is finished at last...I have my eye on another job to be done but J doesnt know yet !!!!
~~~~~~~~ to all~~~~~

Love Jean xx

Hello Jean.
This has been a lonely little thread just lately. It looks like people are losing interest. If this continues,I will delete the thread,but still continue to speak to you via e.mails,and p.m's. I don't really want to do this,as we have got a lot off lovely friends on here.
Who are you making the scarf for.? I wish I could still do my knitting,but my
arthritus stops me.
I did not know that Ann has problems with her central heating. It is such a bad time off year for this to happen. I hope you are managing to keep warm Ann.
Have you heard anything from Sallie lately. I am wondering if she has got problems with her connection again. It may have something to do with the bad weather we have been having.
If you are looking in Sallie,take care love.
Still no news on my family I am afraid. It looks like my grandaughter is going to be moving out off her rented house.
She has asked us to find storage for her house furnishings. She split up with her long term boyfriend. It's such a shame,he is such a lovely lad.
He has stood by her throughout all the bad times,and attended the hospital with her for all her appointments.
Still we cannot choose their partners can we.
We are both o.k. And I hope you and J are as well.
Take care off yourself. lots off love. Moxxx

Just a quick response, Mo, I am sure people will be back to the thread, maybe some have a lot else going on at the mo.

What a shame about your granddaughter and her young man, maybe it is just a blip and they will get back together again in the future. I wish her well whatever happens.

Jean, I am glad you are pleased with your flooring and hope it wears well.

I am surprised some of you are not going to push for further smear tests, am way overdue one and must get an apptmt. I have another mammogram in April so will try and get all my checks over with by then, optician and dentist overdue as I had to cancel when I had my fall, as I wouldn't have been able to rest my head on the chair backs.

You know, I didn't ask about the counselling time, I assume it will be an hour as it used to be, but will call and double check and let you know how I get on.

take care all, it's chilly here but no more snow at the mo so hope it stays away now.

Lizxxx

Hello Everyone,

Couldn't get to sleep so thought I'd see what's happening on here. Where as everyone gone? I've had a bad few days since last Thursday, she told me that I would feel worse before I get better, so if the last few days are anything to go by she's certainly right.

Jean, I received the magazines on Friday, thank you very much, I'm sorry I'm late letting you know, they are much appreciated. As Winston Churchill use to call it ' this black dog on my shoulder ', is making me forget my good manners. So pleased that your kitchen is finished at last, I'm sure it looks lovely. I haven't seen the pompom wool about, it sounds as though it's nice, the scarves would make lovely Christmas presents for a few people I know. Although I haven't done any knitting for quite a while.
Hope you, J and D are all okay.

Mo, it's a great shame about your granddaughter and her boyfriend splitting up. As you said, he's stood by her all through the bad times, that she's still having, going to the hospital with her and standing by her, I'm really sorry! I hope all is going on alright for your nephew, you would have thought that the family would have let you know what's happening. Mo, I hope you don't delete this thread, as you said we have made some lovely
friends on here. Has your son moved out now? I'm assuming that he's the one, that's keeping a pub. Good luck to him! Michael was saying when they came to lunch (Sunday), that he would like to keep a pub, apparently you have to be twenty five, he will be twenty five in March, so it looks as though he is giving it some thought. I know he's fed up of not being able to get a job.
Pleased to know that both you and Roly are both well. Alun is fine, and I would be too, if it wasn't for my head. I hope it won't be too long before I start to feel better.

Ann, hope your central heating will be fixed tomorrow. We had to have ours fixed when we had all the snow and freezing weather, it was a case of getting someone to come because they were very busy, as quite a lot of people were having trouble with their central heating.

Well, I think I'll go back to bed now, and hopefully get to sleep. Speak to you all soon.

Love and best wishes to you all. Sallie.xxx

Hi Liz,

Just seen your post, so thought I'd say a quick hello before going back to bed. You'll probably find that the couselling will be for an hour. Although I am only having forty five minutes every Thursday with the pschiatrist. Hope you are okay! Speak to you soon.

Love, Sallie.xx

I am having a short break from Ancestry. I must have worded my messages a bit better than last time as the ones who have responded so far havent told me how 'rude' they were as a few people did last time. I couldnt see what was wrong with them but some people are very touchy. Oh I forgot, there was one this time who said something about letting people investigate their tree in a fun and interesting way. I should have told him it was not fun for me to find my family hijacked by so many people who think it is fun and interesting to click on 'add hint' without checking that the hint makes sense. A couple of the others who responded are women of about my age and I have asked one if she wants to keep in touch as she seems to be 'my sort' of person, talks of getting rid of 'junk'! And she said it was great to be able to 'talk' to somebody in New Zealand. She is in Texas, has never been out of it!

Better check a few other threads before I get dinner.

Huia.

Morning all, hope you have a better day today, Sallie. I am sure it will all be worth it in the end, I think you are very wise doing this, only good will come out of it, we are all behind you.... I am afraid the mags have finished for the time being if I get any more I will pass them on....when you are up to it perhaps you can send me some pics of your efforts, take care sweetie.....

Mo, its entirley up to you about deleting or not I think we all seem to be tired with the time of year, not many folk have much news ,we dont get out and about with the cold weather, looking at other threads, they all seem the same , not a lot going on... even our Liz (the oracle) was complaining about the lack of interest , but I am sure it will buck up soon....
I am so sorry to hear about your grandaughter,like you said we can only stand in the wings and watch, so sad though, but now it is a normal way of doing things.I dont know if it is good or not I have known many folk who stick together in a loveless relationship,and it eats away at them turning into hate.....so lives are destroyed.

Huia, you are such a wiz at this tree thingy, I havent a clue but got lots of help off here, like a few folk, my lot has no interest in it, or the scrapbooks, I just do them for my own amusement, but get a lot if satisfaction from it... good luck in your endevours at least you wont have to worry to much about your Phil.... come back soon we will miss hearing your adventures, the diary was very good...

Liz, take heart my friend, we arent ignoring you just tired of the rotten weather , it has a big effect on peoples life and dark days dont help, I personally have got back into the habit of sleeping all night , seems i needed to re-educate the mind , so the practice nurse tells me, I mostly sleep until much later now....not always though....lol....
you are always in our thoughts,

I was wondering if Sylvia has had her results yet, I go on thursday for my yearly m.o.t. as J calls it, no doubt she will tell me I am overweight, again !!!
well at my age its not such a worry ...lol.... and life is quite short for me now so waking up each day is a bonus...lol....

take care out there you lovely folk . we never know the day or hour...

Love Jean xx

Mo, don't worry about the lack of replies, it is general on the boards and will swing the other way eventually. I have not been on so much because all my effort has gone into keeping warm and we have been going out for most of the day to find somewhere warm.
Jean pleased to see you have had your floor done in the kitchen and that you are pleased with it.
The heating engineer is here at the moment fixing the boiler, it is going to cost around £300. I think as it needed a new fan and then he is servicing it. We have not had this one before but he seems to know what he is doing.
Sallie, you will get there in the end I'm sure, the psychiatrist seems to know what she is talking about and if you 'go with the flow' you will come out of that dark tunnel.

Huia, sounds like you are getting your tree sorted. well done.

Mo I am sorry to hear that your granddaughter has split with her boyfriend.

Heard yesterday that our nearly 18 year old grandson has had his ears pierced. His Mum was quite put out because he didn't ask them if he could. I had to point out how old he was!!

I am going to stop now and get on with some craft work if I can, the heating is coming on but my hands are still cold.

Thank you all for your responces. I really don't want to delete this thread,as we have all be here for each other through thick and thin. And I thank you all for that.
Oooh Ann,I hope they have sorted the heating out now,and that you are both nice and warm. When you are cold it makes you feel like hybernating doesn't it. When ours was being repaired,we went out as much as possible,visiting cafes for our meals,and to warm up a bit.
Jean,our grandaughter has a new boyfriend now. This has bought more problems,with the ex. She was collecting a take away chinese,and her ex was also in the shop,and he started an argument with her,the new boyfriend was sitting in the car,and saw what was happening,so he went in to help her,and the inevitable happened,a fight broke out. My grandaughter is a little spitfire,and she was the instigator off it,landing the first punch. The new boyfriend got dragged into it,and the police were called. Heavens above,I don't know what is going to happen now.
Her ex really idolised her,but gave her no freedom,and apparantly she could take no more off it,so finished it with him.
Better it be over now,and she can move on I suppose. But I did like the ex.
Huia,we will miss you love,but can understand your trying to get things sorted. I cannot understand why others have to be so nasty,and it's so unecessary. You have to think off yourself and Phil,take no notice off the nasties who come on these sites.
Yes Sallie,our son has moved into his own pub now. It has it's good and bad points. Long hours,and days when not many customers come in.
He is tired out,but will only take staff on when he has big functions happening. Like Saturday night,he had three D.J's in for the night,and it was a big success. He actually ran out off beer.
If Michael wants to get into the trade,he will have to get a brewery licence.
My son had to go through the training for it.
Keep your chin up sweetie,we are here for you.
Hi Liz,did you get my p.m. Sorry I was unable to help you.
See you all later. Love Mo xxx

Hello, and many Happy Greetings to you all on here. I haven't any one particular excuse for not posting in absolutley months, so many things have happened, I don't know where to start. I have quickly passed a eye over the recent threads and see that you are all coping just about with life today. Not having been on here for ages, it is like reading a book for the first time, actually really interesting. When you post on a daily basis you tend to lose sight of the whole thing, but as I have only just logged back into GR for the first time in months, the "book" that unfolded before my eyes was fabulous.

Well, we are all fit and well. Half term is upon us so I have the 4 children at home, though there are quite a few plans afoot for activities.

The main reason I haven't been here recently is that I didn't renew my membership when it expired towards the end of last year,. I had issues with someone "stealing" info from my records that I decided to do a complete shut down and then re-set all the people who I know are genuine, and make sure not to be so trusting of those who show interest but aren't interested. I am sure you have all had similar things happen on sites. But, I am back!!!!

We have had a couple of very serious health problems in the family - not my direct one. My Dad is still ticking along. It is hard to believe that it was Jan 2009 he had his stroke. He is very slow, and still has the problems with his blood count, but the hosp take blood every month and top him up if it looks as though things are taking a downward turn. My F-in-L is now permanently in the psychiatric unit. He had to be moved from the Private Nursing Home as he was insecure and unstable in his behaviour. We have had a lot of problems with the situation, but he seems ok where he is. He started biting and hitting people and the Home couldn't cope so he was re-assessed and is now kept very slightly sedated to curb his violent nature. He was always a very forceful character and I fear that is beginning to show through again. It is very upsetting for my hubby but something we have had to learn to accept.

My family are all doing well at the moment. The oldest 2 are still heavily into their sports. Matthew has a rugby game tomorrow as part of the Jersey squad playing a team from a school in Gloucester. Daniel is doing very well with his running and is away 26-28 Feb in Leeds running in the National Cross Country Champs. He was selected as a reserve to run for the Hamps County Team in March but we aren't going to send him over unless they actually need him. It is very expensive to travel to B'ham then and may not even run, so for a "just in case" trip, we have said no unless they can guarantee him running in the event. He was reserve last year as well, and we took the same approach.

Half Term looks as though we are going to have dry weather, but so, so, cold only about 3º all week and a bitter wind. It makes it so uncomfortable. Interesting to read all your previous posts about your snow exploits. For the first time in years, we were completely snowed in over here. Daniel & Matthew were due to travel to Southampton for Cross Country in Jan, but that was weather cancelled.

Daniel is fishing at every spare moment and just dresses according to the weather. He went until about 8pm last night and caught a few fish but nothing big enough to bring home.

I think I will finish up here. I will try to get back to posting more regularly, as I enjoy reading the comments on here.

I hope that this finds you all as fit and well as you can be, and that all of you and your various family members are coping with the trials that life is currently throwing at them.

Take care.

DEBBIE xx

Ooooh Debbie it's sooo good to hear from you again.
We were quite concerned when we had not heard from you,and it's such a relief to hear that it was nothing serious that was preventing your posting,
by that I mean health wise with you all.
The problems with people stealing things on this site,never seems to change. There is always someone suffering from this happening.
It's so nice to be able to catch up on what is happening with the children.
Daniel is very brave,going fishing in this cold weather. brrrr to cold for me,
but then kids don't feel it as much as we do,do they.
So pleased that dad is still ticking along nicely. But I am sorry to hear about your F.I.L. Our Huia has been through more or less the same thing with her husband.
I did wonder if you had had the snow over there. It seems like no one got away with it.
Give my best wishes to the children,and I hope they enjoy what is left off the half term break.
Speak to you again soon. Love Mo xxx

Deborah, so good to see you, you have been missed. glad things are ok with your immediate family but sorry to ehar about your FiL's problems, I hope they can keep him sedated enough to be calm now.

I had not realised that Jersey ever got snow, and such low temperatures too.
Well done to the boys on all their sports exploits. I wonder which Glocester school is playing.

We eventually booked for our Golden wedding week but in the end went back to where we stayed ten years ago (hoping it has not deteriorated in the meantime. It is the Cristina not far out of St Helier and on a direct bus route to the town.

Anyway, good to hear that you are OK.

Ann
Glos

Coeeeeeeeeeeee, Debbie. lovely to hear from you again, I was about to put a mayday call out for you....lol.... but so gald you are back with us, very sorry to hear about your f.i.l. sad when the mind plays tricks, but like Huia and Phil it means a lot to know they are being cared for,your dad is doing well it takes a while to get back on track again,
your boys are doing very well , my J used to be a champion in athletics mainly running and high jump, but that was many moons ago,altough the daft bat jumped a wall last time we were in Llandudno not knowing what was on the other side luckily it wasnt a big drop,,,I keep telling him I dont think he should be doing stuff like that at 75yrs of age....lol.....never a dull moment.... what sort of fish does Daniel catch? fish is my favourite food..
if he gets too many they could be shipped over hear....lol....off to have a scone and a cuppa, speak again soon

love Jean xx

Hi All,

Debbie,it's lovely to see you back, we've all really missed you. So sorry to hear about your Dad and Father-in-law. I can imagine how difficult it is for your hubby to see his Dad like that. My Uncle was just the same, and was also put in a psychiatric secure unit, it wasn't easy for any of the family, especially his wife, my Auntie.
So pleased that all is well with the everyone else. It''s good to see that the boys are still very much into sport. How is your sister? hope she's not having any problems with her Crohn's and Colitis. Jennie is now on a new medication, where she has to inject herself every other week, so I hope that she will be alright on it. We shall have to wait and see!

Mo, sorry to hear about what happened in the take away. I can understand how her ex must be feeling, especially as he's stood by her and been there for her, when she most needed him. But, I can also understand how your Granddaughter was feeling, it doesn't do a relationship any good being very possessive and not having any freedom, and it looks as though it has killed any love and feeling that she had for him.
I told Michael that keeping a pub was hard work, with long hours, he agreed, and said that he would still like to do it. I also told him what you had said about how it's best to go through a brewery and not through a private owner.

Jean, there are quite a few cards in the Creativety magazine, that I thought I would like to make, so I'll have to get myself together and get them done.
Not feeling too bad today, at least a bit better than I've been.

Ann, I hope you have managed to get your central heating repaired today.
I think weekends always seem quieter on the boards. Or is just my imagination? I'm still waiting for Alun to send both you and Jean some of the images of the scrap pages I made for my mother's cousin, if only I could do them myself, you would have got them by now.

Huia, I've had the same problems as you in the past, especially one person, she's British but lives in the U.S.A. She told me that a relative of hers living in the U.K. could give me the information I was looking for on one of Alun's ancestors, so after giving her all the information I had, I didn't hear from her. Although she has now got all the ancestors in her tree. So, I'm very wary about giving out any information unless I know that the person is genuine.

Marie, hope that all is going well for you, we miss you on here. Take care!

Marilyn, not sure when you get back from your holiday. Hope you and OH are enjoying yourselves.

Liz, have you found out how long your appointment with the counsellor is for? Not sure when you said you have to go.

Well, that's it for now, I'll probably look in later. Take care everyone!

Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

So now I'm wary g

Sallie, yes thanks, heating all fixed and £215 lighter, that included the service.

Hi again,

Ann, so glad that your heating is now fixed, it must be lovely to be warm again. That was a good price you paid for the repair and a service. We paid £150 to have a new valve and he also had to unblock a water pipe that had become blocked, he was here for almost three hours, so we were pleased with what he charged.

I notice Sylvia hasn't been on for a few days, I hope everything is alright with her and her OH. Maybe she is busy watching the Olympics.

Love, Sallie.xx

Hi everyone

Lovely to read all the news!

Yep ..... we're both well, no problems, just that we've been watching the Olympics, mainly in the evenings but then that is usually when I spend time on here. Either the evening or around lunchtime my time ........ which is why I'm here right now!

Great excitement yesterday when a Canadian won a Gold Medal in the Men's Mogul event ....................... until yesterday Canada was the only Host Coutnry that had never won a Gold Medal at "their" Games. People were bginning to say there must be a "curse", or a "monkey on the back", after not getting Gold at Montreal Summer or Calgary Winter Games.

And a very nice young man who won to boot ........................ his hero and inspiration is his older brother who has Cerebral Palsy, and that brother was right there in the front row cheering away as his brother came down the hill.

OH is going to take me out to the university hospital this afternoon to get my spine xray done ....................... there is a Women's Hockey game out there at the arena close to the hospital, but we hope we know our way around campus well enough to find our way to the back door :))) I just noted this morning that the doc had written on the referral form "...... complaining of increasing lower back pain ..... ???compression fracture" :o)

Surely I wouldn't be able to walk if that was the case???


Take care everyone


sylvia
xxxx