General Chat

So the saga goes on and on, now our larder fridge has given up the ghost , its a tall one so holds lots of stuff, we have just had to see if we can get another one NOW :-| :-| we went to C****S.... we waited and waited for a salese person to come , along with four other customers waiting, finally a lovely young lady came and we bought a new one she has arranged for it to be delivered tomorrow with free delivery and they will take the old one away free of charge,so thats sorted, it hasnt done my stress levels any good though :-( so I still have no tree up or any decs, and I am shattered....and I thought we had another week to go before the big day :-S the new tabs have kicked in and I am P****g for England :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D well you gotta laugh....
love me, Please.

Yes I agree with you Ann. It seems the more people drink, the looser their tongues become.
And I was quite shocked at some of the language. I am by no means a prude, but good grief, it made my hair curl at times.
But they were also very funny to watch.
They invited both of us to go out with them Christmas Eve, but they were so tiddly, they probably wont remember asking us. lol

Early bed tonight then Mo. Pleased to hear that you won the pairs, well done, even if you did have a sober advantage. Don't other people look and sound daft when they are drinking and you are not? Last Thursday most of the golfers and wives went to the Chinese by taxi. T prefers to drive so, as the police are very hot on drink and drive in this area, it wasn't worth risking it. So T just had coke. I decided to join him and I think we were the only ones not drinking. The others were knocking back the red wine. gosh don't they talk a lot after a couple of glasses, mostly rubbish too. :-D

Good grief Ann, Sallie had me confused as well. It was only when I read further down, at the explanation, I realised I was not going doo lally.

Shhhh dont tell Jean I said that I thought I was going doo lally please, she will tease me again, and I am feeling fragile. ( come on then girls...Aaah poor Mo. )
We didn't get in till midnight last night, from darts, and today I feel like a zombie.
It's not as if one drop of liquer passed my lips either. Both teams were in the Christmas spirit, and we were very late finishing.
Most of the opposition were rather tiddly, and when it came to playing the pairs, they couldn't see the darts board very clearly through their drunken haze, that we won all three games. lol

Jean my lickle lovely, you could never look like the Michelin man, coz you is a layyyde.
You need a Gazunda(sp) (a big potty that goes under the bed) to save you having to run to the loo during the night. MWAH xxx

Sallie, wont it be great to have R at home with you for Christmas day. Are J and M coming to you as well.
Hasn't R got to work on boxing day? My J has to, and he is well cheesed off about it.

See you all later girls. Love and hugs Mo

Jean, I take diuretics but only usually get up once in the night. My ankles swell towards the end of the day too. If I eat grapes in the evening I often have to get up twice, so I assume they are a natural diuretic.

Thanks for that Sallie, got it now. Lol!!!

Ann, sorry to confuse you, we are going to go down to Richard's on Thursday so that we can take Christie's pressies down for her. Christie's grandad died threee months ago, so this year her nan would like to go up to Christie's mum's in Lincoln and have her children and grandchildren with her for Chrstmas.
As Richard hasn't been able to come up for Christmas for four years because of work, he asked Christie if she would mind if he came here instead of her mum's, she didn't mind at all.

Richard is working up until 5 o clock on Christmas Eve so he will come up then and stay until the Thursday, so looking forward to having him stay.

Ann, I should have explained clearly about going to R's but I was busy trying to do two jobs at the same time, baking and replying to threads on here.lol!!


Not only going down to R's so that we can see and give Christie her pressies, as they had new windows put in the flat two weeks ago I must admit that it's also a bit of nosiness on our part.lol!!


Love, Sallie.xxx

Ann,Funny you should say that about my legs, this morning I had trouble walking and the pain was more intense so J made an appointment for me to see the doctor, so cancelled the hair do, and off to the docs, he says I have too much fluid the worry was DVT, but he doesnt think its that, so he has changed my tabs for the time being , seems this new lot will make me use the toilet more so good job we have a downstairs one :-D I need to try and walk more not too easy to do when its painful...still I shall have to see what happens, he noticed my feet and hands were quite swollen too,I am starting to look like the Michelin man :-D :-D :-D like I have said before I hate old age :-| :-| :-|
so hopefully the tabs I have to take at nightime will help me sleep, thats if i dont have to keep getting up for the loo ;-) ;-)

Hi Sallie, I am confused here, I know that is not difficult :-D You say you are going to Richards on Thursday until Saturday, then you say you had to go to get Richard's room ready for him :-S

Hope you have a great meal on Saturday and if the disco is too loud, take your hearing aid out :-D

Mo, glad you are all ready for Christmas, strange really as now it seems to be taking ages to get there.

Jean Glad your arm is improving, Have you seen anyone about the cramp in your leg? Have you got anything for it or is there nothing that can be taken.
I looked on line at the Boots site and did see this:
Medication

Some types of medication can cause leg cramps. For example:

diuretics

salbutamol - medicine that is used to treat conditions such as asthma

statins - medicines that lower the level of fats (lipids) in your blood

You should visit your GP if you're taking medication and you start to get frequent leg cramps

So, if you are taking medication Jean and haven't checked with your GP you really should. Hope you can find a solution anyway because I am sure it is very painful.
:-)

Hello girls , just a quick look to see how you are all getting on. Have been really busy this week, getting the last of the family's pressies and finishing off the last few special cards.

Alun and I are going to Richard's on Thursday evening until early Saturday morning...... going for a ladies only Christmas meal out Saturday night, there will be twenty of us altogether, so looking forward to that. Mo there's also a disco, just hope it won't be as loud and noisy as the one you had last Friday.


Huia, thank you for your Christmas card, it arrived on Saturday morning.

Jean, also thank you for your Christmas card, as usual it's lovely.


Ann, hope you are okay, it's sounds as though both you and Mo are both all organised for Christmas.


I must go now, as in the middle doing some baking and then I hace to make start on getting Richard's bedroom ready for him. I'll try and speak to you all later on.


Take care everyone.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Hello me lovelies,
Thank you for the Christmas Card Huia, it arrived today.
Are you spending time with your family over the christmas season?

Ann, everything is also done here. Arn't we clever kids then,we are well ahead of ourselves now.

Jean we had our Christmas darts meal friday week ago. It was sooo exciting (not)
that we are booked up again for next year, but it's on Friday the 13th of December.
I thought they were pulling my leg at first, but no, thats when it is.
Only next year there will be a live band playing, and not a rotten disco,like this year.
Anyway, I aint letting my lickle secrets out, just coz I kissed santa under the mistletoe, you are only jealous.
My christmas stocking is full up..... with my leg.lol Thats about all i'm getting this year boo hoo.

Out for my darts tonight, so see you all later. Love Mo xxx

Hi Ann just followed you on the scrapbook thread, my arm is much better thanks, my bigger upset is horrendous cramp in my right leg ,It is so sore and I cant sleep properly, :-( I dread going to bed....I HATE OLD AGE.......other than that I am tickety boo :-D :-D very wet here again but dont mind the rain its snow and ice I dont like....hope all is well at your house,

Huia did you get my e-card also sent one to Marie, hope it arrived safely....
is everyone ready for the festive season, Mo are you having a darts party?
we dont get to know what you are up to much, on second thoughts maybe its a good idea ;-) ;-)hope Roly is doing o.k.and of course you too my lovely ickle friend... were is Sallie? hope all is well at your neck of the wood also...have you done all your cards? take care dont overdo it .who did you meet at the last get together . I would love to go to one who knows maybe one day.....
take care everyone, love Jean xxx <3

Huia, thank you for your Christmas card. I hope that your car has now been fixed.

So, where is everybody? Finishing the Christmas shop. I am finished now, all presents wrapped and ready to transport to Hampshire. Sent and received almost all my cards as well and the lounge looks very Christmassy with them all up.

Not seen Jean on here for a couple of days. Hope you are ok Jean and the arm isn't still giving you gyp. :-) <3

Good evening ladies.

Last night I went to a concert at the Hospice. It was to celebrate 30 years since the Hospice was built there. Tina Cross, a well known (at least in NZ) singer was the main performer. She is a lovely person, and I have had my photo taken with her, but havent seen any of the photos yet. :-( She finished up with Feliz Navidad which we joined in singing and some of the audience got up and started dancing around the place. I was photographing them when the Chairman of the Trustees board came up to 'my angel' as he kept calling me (I was wearing white and had my halo and wings on) and asked me to dance. At the end he kissed my hand. Quite a night!

I am currently driving a loan car as the clutch gave out on my own last Wednesday. The garage to which it was piggy-backed will be fixing it tomorrow, I hope.

Oooh Jean,
Shall I send my boys round to sort that Dracular woman out. I do feel for you my love, your arm must be very sore.
But I am pleased that it's not so badly affecting your lifting capabilities, where tea and chocolate are concerned.
The card making will have to go on the back burner for now honey.
Anyway, you will need all your strength to open your pressies on Christmas morning.
Darn it, I was going to send you Dandelions not Carnations lol ;-) ;-) ;-)
Take it easy my love. Love to you and J. Mo xxx

Update on the poorly arm saga, I finally went to see the sister who is in charge of the practise nurses about my arm which has got worse and is quite tender, the outcome is , the nurse who took the bloods didnt press hard when she took the last needle out which is the usual way of doing it, she just put a plaster on it so it was still bleeding under the skin ,known as Haematoma (sp)and will take some time to go away, I have to gently masage it to try and disperse the blood....
and she will be spoken to, which will be good for anyone else.... it has caused me some problems cant do my cards for long :-( :-( :-( and using my die cutting machine is a no no, cant turn the handle :-( :-( :-( I can however manage to lift a cup or glass, and eat chocolate ;-) ;-) :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
can I suggest when you send the flowers, can you get me carnations any others die quickly..... thank you....

love Jean xx <3

E.Mail received Jean. LOL thats never you honey.
Get J to give you a rub down with the sporting life Jean, you will either enjoy it, or suddenly get the use of your knees back very quickly.
Oooh your arm sounds like it has been used as a pin cushion. Nasty nurse must have been having a bad day, and taken it out on you.

Ann, it may have been civilised in the shops today, but you wait till next weekend, the lunatics will be out in force then, buying the shops up like theres no tomorrow.
The shops are only closed for one day, but you would think they were closing for a fortnight.
Yes if you have got a large family, you may need to buy some extras, but last year people were overloading their shopping trollies with all sorts of rubbish.

Bye for now girls,love Mo xxx

E=mail sent

No excuse for a nurse leaving you bruised after a blood test, sounds like she needs retraining.

Ann and Mo, today I cant move properly, the knees have seized up and theres more I went to have my bloods taken on tues ,not my usual nurse , you want to see my arm, it was so painful now its very bruised andoesnt look nice .... we think she may have gone to far in the vein, and I got a cold in my eye stood waiting for the cach and today its gone almost like a black eye. :-( :-0 :-S .com

thanks for the e-card Ann I use that site all the time so its nice to have one of my very own <3 <3love Jean xx

Jean that was unfortunate, at least the organizers could have warned you that the seats were up so high, they must surely have known. I would be inclined to complain. As Mo says not good for seniors to have to climb so high. I know what you mean, we once went to the theatre where we were up high, no good to me not being able to see faces because hearing depends on seeing lips move. A great shame though as it sounds as if it might have been a good show. Hope it didn't cost too much. Not helped by the journey home by the sound of it. Hope you will be ok after a good rest today.

Mo, we went shopping this morning and were surprised at how civilized it was in the shop, not that many people there when we went.