General Chat

Thanks for your PM, Gail - have replied.

Dr. said my h.b.p. was sky high and the medication dosage was all wrong. Also urine infection. Feeling better today for those who have kindly asked.

LW x

Seems everyone has those odd socks, I thought I was a failure at organization . .yet again . . . now Eileen when my ex-husband left, i packed up no less than 75 silk ties . . . . he wore 5 or 6 fav's, boy he cleaned up well, always spiffy, part of me still cares . . .
hugs
Mary

Gail, have been thinking, yes, I CAN now and then, maybe it would be a good idea to put all the odd socks into a bag put it somewhere safe, just to try fool the others into thinking they have been thrown away, they may then pop up from where they have been hiding.I am getting more and more sure that sock have a mind of their own.

When I help my daughter with her (mounds) of washing, there are always many odd socks. She is now getting a fine collection, though nothing like mine all those years ago.

Eileen xx

Gail, Eileen,Mary,Jo,Liz ... and any one else who asked an whom i have not answered....
Tony is fine and he is still out there, but hopefully now beginning to enjoy himself.
I will let you know what was wrong, but at the minute I am just too tired.
I had Pm's from ...
you know who you are ;-0).... and I managed to tell the story to one of you. I then was too tired to type it all again so I may just 'copy and paste' for the rest of you... sorry.
I am much better today, but yesterday I was furious to say the least.
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He who shall remain nameless!!.......had got in drunk one night (second night!) and sat on the balcony drinking.
He then fell into bed fully clothed and left the screen doors open.... I could kill the little *$%&£" !!
Tony then woke up the next morning covered in all sorts of bites!
Long story , but he went to a chemist who wanted to give him an injection, but Tony said no.
He became very feverish and felt so ill he went to a doctor by which time he was in a dreadful state.
The wounds were seeping and he had a fever and was in agony too.
The doctor gave him a booster antibiotic injection, oral antibiotics, prescription antihistamine cream....
And STAY OUT OF THE SUN.... In Egypt!!
Four days later he is put on tropical antihistamine cream because of secondary infection.
He has to wash his wounds in bottled water and add the cream twice a day... And it takes ages because they are EVERYWHERE.
He can now go out in the sun and in the water.... But his confidence is now completely 'shot'.

He would kill me stone dead if he knew that I was telling you about this..
I feel better today but I am still very angry with Ash.
He lives with Tony... He KNOWS how ill Tony has been and how long it has taken him to get this far in his recovery.
Tony gets them a lovely room with all the extras like FLY SCREEN DOORS..... And Ash leaves them open all b***dy night. He was fine... fully clothed and with his boots on!
Oh well ...
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SO that is a shortened version of the story. He is getting better which is great but that he should have suffered like that... he has had enough illness to last him a lifetime, and this was supposed to be a bit of R&R.

Ah well, see you later all of you and thank you for being here for me to moan to.
Bye all of you, and forgive me if I don't mention your name... it is because I am so forgetful these days.
Deanna XXX

Deanna hope Tony is feeling much better today.

Hazel, thinking of you and glad you are feeling better today. We all know what the bad days are like, very horrid, but we are here for each other when the bad days are here. Even when we have a good day it is great to share them.

Liz, fish and chips sounds lovely. When we go anywhere OH is always on a mission to find a place the serves fish and chips like he had in England, he has not found one yet.

Where do the odd socks go?? One of natures mysteries. When you finally get rid of the odd sock and it is gone for good, the missing sock always makes an appearance.

Sharron, you can sound as hard as you like, being disabled my self, I know that you are helping you father to be independent. It is really important to have this as just being able doing small things is such a boost to the ego.

Where is tinker, hope you are well and not working too hard.

Gentle hugs to Y/Caz, who is probably tired out from moving. I hope it went well.

Brain is not good, sorry if forgotten anyone, does not mean I do not care.

Gail

I knew somebody who swore blind his wife was having an affair with a man with one leg and she felt sorry for him so she would give him a sock.

My dad has to do his own washing,how hard can you be?I don't mind taking care of the drying as he can't reach the dryer at the moment and pegging out would mean him holding his hand above his head for a long time.Don't think I haven't made him try though!

Forgot to add, it's my son Martin's 42nd birthday today. Can't phone or mail him, because he is in Finland for his work.

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Morning everyone,

Mary, you may find this hard to believe, but when I left the house where I lived with my (ex) husband, I found 71 odd socks.Not kidding!!! They were from years before.I suspect that the oh's are where all the surplus fat goes when people diet........

Your dad sounds more and more lovely.Do you have any photos of him holding Colleen with his "large hands".

I would have settled for love above material things, given the choice.Didn't know my dad.

Deanna, sorry to hear about Tony. Is he home again?

Am in a bit of a rush.

Speak later.

Love to all. Eileen xx

Hi Deanna, have pm'd you love.

Mary, Megan sounds as if she is sorting things out in her head a bit more, and maybe better that she is acknowledging some of her problems, and it means you can understand her edginess more sometimes, and try and help smooth things out for her.

K thought he would foil the sock thief by buying masses of socks all the same (all plain black ones for work0)but when they get washed a few times they look different anyway. He usually manages to put a hole in one toe as he has a funny shaped toe on one foot so the nail turns up a bit and wears holes, in theory he should still be able to pair up the good socks.......lol
We didn't used to have much of a problem with the old washingmachine but with this new one, I have lost a distinctive coloured sock already lol Typical that that one would go, couldn't have been an odd black one disappearing!

Colin, thanks for your post about my M.D. meal out, it was delightful and we are planning to go to the chinese place another Sunday for a change so a bonus really. It does get busy but it is such good value, most places charge an arm and a leg for special meals such as Mother's Day and Easter etc but this place charges the same every day, just £6.50 for more or less all you can eat. Must remember to book early so we have plenty of time to eat lots lol

Take care everyone, I have to get to bed in a bit as o.h.will be off to work soon.
It's blowing and raining again outside so I expect he will use the car instead of biking, better than getting to work tired and soaked and he will be in a better mood when he gets back, if it is still raining.
The forecast said dry today, someone should tell the person with the hosepipe!

love
Lizxxx

Hello everyone, will speak tomorrow.
I have had a chat with Tony today and am so upset.
He has been very ill and had to have a doctor.
He did not want to tell me, but I knew there was something wrong with him... you do know don't you?
He is on the mend though so all is well... except that I wish he was here.
Karen is upset too.
Bless him he did not need anything else to bring him down physically.
Speak tomorrow.
hope you are all okay......
love Deanna XXX

Hi Eileen et al:
The weather here is chilly but the sun's out, I agree about weather affecting ones mood.
I have spent 2 hours sorting socks believe it or not. We seem to specialise in 'widow socks' in this house. Where do their OH's go? Found a few matches in each of our vehicles, but I'm still left with about 30 white socks alone for which there appear to be no matches. I suppose if I thought about my hourly wage, it may have been cheaper to buy some new ones, than spending time sorting.Some have been outgrown while waiting in the sock bag. There's too much of the 1940's left in me to throw out socks in case I find the match. Am i crazy?

Had a very interesting discussion with my daughter Megan age "almost 39" this morning. She asked me if I think she has Aspergers, to which I replied I think you may. That led into her bringing up the topic of OCD, and she tells me that she spent time a few days ago, lining up shoes and making sure all the laces were tied and straight. "I just have to". She was right agitated this morning because little Em had on grey vertical striped pants with a green horizontal striped top. No way was she going to let her out of the house because she didn't match. Since she was 2 y/o she always had her clothes matching, and her shoes lined up, but I hadn't realised how obsessive this has become. We know she's challenged, has 9 documented types of learning disability, yet there are some very apt and astute comments which emanate from her supposedly-challenged mouth. Math/numbers has always been a huge issue, she can multiply and add, but negative functions are beyond her, which causes probs with change from a purchase. if i tell her the time is 11:45 she is fine but cannot understand 'quarter to 12' as it's negative.

Rarely does she let anyone into her thought processes, rattles on all day long, but never a deep discussion, those are usually avoided. At 38 y/o she's suddenly putting the pieces together and realising she has some of the same characteristics as her autistic niece and nephew. Sad perhaps, but to me it's yet another breakthrough - one of insight, which she usually lacks. Everything is black or white, grey does not exist in her concrete thinking. Perhaps these newly expressed thoughts have been simmering for a while and have contributed to her increased anxiety recently.
Pity help me if there are dishes left overnight in the sink, it must be shiny when we wake in the morning.
She's fussing about the red socks now, so on to the next colour LOL

Eileen thanks for your thoughts, yes I was truly blessed in my parents, we weren't spoiled, there was no money for that, but we were always secure in the love of our parents. My fav photos of my Dad are the ones where he is interacting with Colleen age 1 - 1 1/2, his large hands and her tiny ones, linked with gentleness, despite the size difference. I wish everyone was able to have such memories. Sadly Colleen has almost no specific memory of her childhood, as one of her major seizures left her memory damaged. photos are a huge help. One day when we have nothing to do, the photos will all be sorted, may I live long enough to see it happen!!
have a good day all.
mary

Afternoon all,

Had typed a longish message but seemed to have deleted ....

It is wild, wet & windy here, sounds like myself !!
What is it like in the UK/Canada? When it's like this, it tends to make me even more edgy and uncertain.Horrible feeling. Is anyone else affected by such weather?

Carole, my old schoolfriend in England bought a choc. car, amongst other things, for her g.son's birthday on saturday.It was a big hit with him.

Thank you in advance for saying you will p.m me claire.

Mary, you brought a big lump to my throat when you described your lovely dad as a "big, burly, teddy bear huggable frame etc". What wonderful memories you have of him.He sounded like a really unique dad. Makes
me almost jealous, in a good way.

It is my youngest g.child's 1 st birthday today. Anna Sophia was born on Easter sunday last year. Her little party, for family only, will be held on the 5th april, when her other g.parents come over from Chicago again. I will be going up there by train with my ex.!!! We have done things together like this before....

I wish all of you a peaceful, happy day and the same in the days to come.

Eileen xx

Glad you are feeling better LW.


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Sorry to upset Clairejo & Colin. I have 2 hours solid kip and feel much better. Can't understand why I got myself in such a flap. Thanks for caring - I will be O.K. now.

Hazel x

Hi everyone,

I am not too bad, Still waiting to hear about move, had few things had to be sortted out first, hoping to hear this week one way or other if can go a head with it. If i cant i am going to be so upset, i know i am going to go right back down again and i dont want that. I am just fed up with living out of a suit case and not having my time on my own. But i know if i go back to MK i will be so down all the time.
Also my nephew still isnt to good and not getting the treatment he should be getting,
Then got a call sating my uncle had a stroke, but it was only a mild one and doing find.
Then last week was down hospital 2 times in one day with Grand daugther, she had temp of 41.9. but seens as getting better now, dont know what it was tho.
Plus had my sons girlfriend in hospital week be for last, through she was losing baby but wasnt in the end, she had a wee infection and couldnt go a poo. Was in for over a week but out now, still in bit of pain, both ok.
And me well i am in alot of pain, also started having my change, can cope with hot flushes but rest cant, mood swings etc.
Was hard for me yesterday like alot who have not got they mums about, being the first mothers day since mum went it hurt. Also in few weeks time if will be my birthday and again be first year i wont get a card from my mum.

Hi to everyone ((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))for you all.

Sorry to hear that everyone having a bad time.

Hi Lancashire Witch, I hope you get this and are feeling better. You are not drowning, it only feels like it. Maybe bed is a good place to be, even if it is also a way of hiding from the world. Hang in there. My suggestion is don't abandon the pills nor try to increase the dose- just let them do their work. In fellowship; Colin.

What a nice thought- restaurant too busy (which often means poor service) so good old fish & chips by the water. It's not laugh out loud; it sounds delightful. Even for mother's day. Colin.

I'm in a dark place today. It is drowning me. Where is the light?
My meds aren't working, must go back to bed.

LW

Ah Mary, I had you sussed as I saw Colleen's entry on FB so the secret was out! I am sorry there were some hiccups with your stay but maybe if you make enough fuss you can get a half price visit next time! Hope you have recovered now and the family all enjoyed themselves, sounds as tho they did.

Will catch up with you all later, he is getting up in a mo for work so I had better sign off and disappear.

My M.D. was nice but not as planned, the restaurant was heaving when we arrived for our booking so rather than hang around we went to a small village on the Broads and had a little wander then had fish and chips lol not quite what I was expecting but fine all the same. Got a lovely card from my lad and a nice gift, so I am happy to have spent time with him, and o.h. did all the driving too lol

Have a good day.
Lizxxx

Well, seems I left you wondering . . . we went to the Americana hotel/resort in Niagara Falls for the weekend, which has a phenomenal water park, the kids splashed and swam and went down water slides for hours on end, we are home now, everyone is atypically calm, they should sleep well tonight. And you were thinking I had some secret rendezvous going on . . . . . sorry to disappoint you - and me LOL.
A couple of issues with the room, it wasn't ready when expected, then the beds were very poorly made (if you could call it that), then we went to pull out the sofa-bed and it wouldn't pop out, the hinges were broken, so we were given a cot. I slept on the sofa and could hardly move when I roused this am. We had to get the maintenance dept to come and fasten the sliding door because Gareth had figured out how to escape within 5 minutes, I was standing a bit behind the man trying to see what he was doing, and he stepped backwards, pushing me into the corner of the fireplace mantle, right by my shoulder blade. It's gone into spasm, I'm stiff and sore and feeling sorry for me.
I did manage to read an entire book !!
A good sleep in my own bed should fix things.
Going to put my feet up now, catch you later.
Hugs
Mary