General Chat

Thanks Jean. I think sallie's is on Tuesday though.

Two of our favourite ladies and their OH,s of course will be celebrating wedding anniversaries tomorrow, Ann and Tony and Sallie and Alun....
have a very happy anniversary tomorrow, hope you have something special planned.....

Love Jean and Jeff xx <3 <3 <3 <3

Messagwe for Caz really hope new tablets work well for you

Ann i am im packing one of the stall jobs in for now xx

off to bed xxx

for caz <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Puss, maybe you should stop trying to do too much and rest. Your family will cope if you take a few days out. Well done to your daughter, not easy to get placements these days. Good luck to her.

Still thinking of you caz <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 and hope the new medication works. Thanks for letting us know Jean.
Jean am about to PM you.

New update on Caz, the doctor has just called again to see her and has defered the hospice visit, they are going to try some new tabs and will see if they help at all, so I will let you know if anything further develops, fingers x it will do the trick, keep her in you thoughts please...
love Jean xx

Hello everyone, just to let you know Caz still cant get on here, but the latest news from her is that she is going into the Marie Curie Hospice for a few days the doctor wants to re-assess her and try and find out why she has trouble with her legs , so I know you will all wish her well and keep her in your thoughts and prayers. hopefully something will get sorted for her ,she is very fed up and so upset...
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HEllo mo, and everyone, been a bit bust but have had to slow down a bit , very frustrating when the mind is willing.

Feel a bit guilty asking this when some of are so poorly , has anyone been familiar with a cpap machine, only it hasnt helped so they are sending me to a neurological hospital in north staffordshire, it seems easier for me to ask on here, they said my breathing in the rem stage is sporadic and oxygen levels drop up enough to wake me, they aere thinking it mayby central sleep apnea also, so i go there and get wired up to brain heart stomach chest probes to see just what is happening.

GOOD NEWS MY ELDEST ISNT GOING TO THE MIDDLE EAST JUST YET AND MY YOUNGEST HAS A PLACEMENT AT A HAIRDRESSES AND AT COLLEGE SO REALLY PLEASED BOUGHT HER SOME NICE PERFUME.

HOW IS EVERYONE I DO LIKE TO KNOW AS YOUVE ALL BEEN SO KIND AND ALL MY LOVING THOUGHTS TO CAZ <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

I am not sure, Ann, as this is the first year it has flowered for me. I have seen them flowering in the botanic gardens, but then I dont know how long they lasted either as I dont go there very often. At a rough guess I would say a month, but dont quote me on that! I think you can buy the plants in England.

It is very attractive Huia. Does it last long in flower?

Hi Mo.

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Hi there Mo. Phil and I planted the kowhai so it must be over 3 yrs ago. It should probably flower every year now, I imagine, but I dont know how long-lasting the plants are. It is rare in the wild now, presumably because of browsing from wild goats, and possums. :-(

Ah now Huia, you let me down by not buying anything from the hospice shop on Monday.
I am just wondering if you managed to keep your blinkers on when you went in today. lol
The Red Kowhai ngutu looks great. How often is it meant to flower? I know you said that this is the first time ever, but I was wondering how long ago you planted it.
I hope your toes are all in one piece, and that you didnt fall into one of your boxes yesterday. Did you manage to get them sorted out o.k.

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Continuing our chain of love and prayers for Caz.
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Love and hugs to all, Mo xxx

Mo, I was very good on Monday, I didnt buy anything. I left them all for the customers. They pay full price. The volunteers are given a discount, although I usually argue with the boss that the discount is too big.

Somebody from the Hospice phoned yesterday to ask if I could go in tomorrow as they are visiting the shop. Not sure what that is all about. Must remember to take some blinkers so I dont see the goods on sale.

Must go, I have a lot of things lined up to do today. The sun is shining, so I want to clear out more of the drain that goes across the top of the drive. I also want to photograph my red kowhai which is coming into flower for the first time, then I will come back inside to cool off and go through boxes of stuff which I dragged out last night into the lounge so that I would have to go through them before I stub my toes too much or fall over them. See you all later.

Huia.

Ahhh bless Caz, she so deserved a little treat didn't she, bless her, lets hope they cheered her up just a little.
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Love and prayers for our Caz. xxx
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It doesn't take long for the mileage to go up on new cars Lorraine. As soon as we drive them off the forecourt they depreciate in value as well. It's a real pain in the BTM.

Jean, we all knew you wouldn't be able to not do your card making. You love it soo much, and it gives you enjoyment.
I can visualise Caz, Joyce and Sheila getting together, oh boy, I bet there was no donkey there for Joyce to talk the hind legs of lol. She doesn't get the chance very often, to natter away in her own language does she bless her.

Oooh Ann, the new merc sounds lovely, sheer luxury for you both.
When we got married, we had an old black merc as our wedding car, I felt like royalty back then in 1964.
But the very first car we bought, when we lived in Germany, was a VW beetle. It had a blown exhaust, and every time Roly had to leave camp, he had to go slowly past the guard room, as it made such a racket, or he would have been told he could not drive it in that condition. And way back then we couldn't afford to get a new exhaust, but that little beetle did us a great favour.
The next car we innocently bought, was an Opel Record. Two weeks after we got it, the big ends blew, and we had no car, until such time as we saved enough to get a recon engine. We were such innocents then, but we learnt the hard way.

Sylvia, enjoy your time up at the cabin. Make sure IM INDOORS doesn't over do things though love.
If he offers you a paint brush to help him, make sure you have an excuse handy, like you are just going to put the kettle on to make him a drink. lol
See you when you get back love.x

Marie, poor Barbara has been going through the wars lately. Sinustitus can be very painful, but even worse when you rupture the eardrums at the same time, as it's not just the sinuses that suffer then, it's the head, nose and ears at the same time.
Sorry to hear you have been suffering with the cold, and I know it's no consolation, but would you seriously care to take some of our heat for a couple of days please.
If we were able to adjust to the weather, we probably would be able to tolerate it, but it no sooner arrives, and we try to get used to it, and get up the following day and it's tipping it down with rain. lol
Your Japanese Maple sounds lovely. Does it grow very big? only I have to admit I have never seen one.
How the grandchildren doing now?

I bet Huia has been busy buying more bits and bobs from the hospice shop. How are you doing Huia, I hope you are well my lovely.

Got to love and leave you now girls, must prepare the salad for dinner tonight, I cant be bothered to cook anything hot today.

Cooeee Jude, hope alls well at your end.

Love and hugs to all. Mo xxx

glad caz got the flowers, that dutch and sheila arranges , just shows to me what a caring lady dutch is, ill herself but always thinking of others.xx

Hi to every one,
Just popped in to say hello I am feeling very cold, we will have a huge frost in the morning, but the last 2 days we have had sunshine and it was lovely in the sun if you could get out of the cold wind.
I repotted my Japanese maple yesterday , went to the gym this morning, had a very good session then went to visit my daughter Barbara and helped her fold her washing, then made the Emily's & Abigail's beds, she is still not well and went back to the doctor to get another script for more antibiotics for her Sinusitis, very Painful both her ear drums burst , I don't know how she stands the pain.

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 love to all our sick people, Mo I hope the wedding goes well for you all :-D :-D :-D Love and Hugs Marie

Hi Mo
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and everyone
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The weather has cooled down ......... thank heavens!!

It only got to 25C in my back garden today ................ but it feels cooler than that.

I even went our for a short walk mid-morning ............ it was only about 20C, so very pleasant.



We are going back up to the cabin on Wednesday, and will return on Sunday.

We will again stay in the hotel in town, and drive the 60 km each way to the cabin every day.


Hopefully, OH will get the outside painting finished, and he will also put up the shutters on the 4 windows that can get damaged or broken by flying branches or stones if we do not cover them. We can get some pretty fierce winds coming up the valley!


So, don't worry if you don't see me until next week :-D :-D :-D



Take care ........... and do try to behave while I'm away :-D :-D ;-)



sylvia
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See Jean you can't resist can you?
I am glad that Caz was pleased with the flowers etc. A lovely surprise for her.

Ok, scrap what you knew about the car at Thornbury! Went down there, test drove it, I wasn't keen and sensed T wasn't comfortable, it had a vicious clutch and somehow just wasn't right and the hand brake was really weird. Although we neither of us said anything. Back at the garage, they didn't want to take the BMW in part exchange, said we'd have a deal if we sold it privately. So we left it. Went back to a garage that wasn't open on Sunday where they had several used Mercs. And bought an entirely different Merc. A coupe, Avantgarde, 2 door petrol auto. Very sporty and with a 3199 engine. We have my VW for short journeys so petrol consumption isn't a great consideration. It has Sat nav, parking sensors (the other one had neither), heated wing mirrors, all sorts of gizmos for him to play with. Black (I know!!!! I always said I wouldn't have a black car. He'll be for ever polishing it). T drove it and it was lovely. And they took ours in exchange. Hopefully if we get the cash and insurance in time we will have it on friday.

Mo 18 years ago we had a white Merc, the old wedding car shape and we used it for T to drive our DiL to the wedding when she married our son. As T drove the bride and groom away from the church the exhaust blew :-D :-D You have never heard such a racket.

Hi, everyone, Caz still cant get on here so has asked me to say thank you to all who contributed to the flowers and chocs that Joyce and Sheila took when they visited her at weekend, she was " gobsmacked " her very words.... did her a lot of good I am sure , even though Joyce talked non stop...lol.. seems par for the course....but she was delighted....
I have been busy trying to NOT to do much crafting, ;-) but got tempted today , so more christmas cards in the box...but will try harder....
got to go , little girl next door has just popped in before she goes to bed, bye for now ....
love Jean xx

talking of cars specky has already done 300 miles in our he had it last monday, but we do live 20 miles from hosptals and civalisation xx



HOPE ALLS OK love to caz xxxx <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Ooh Ann, these men, arn't they frustrating at times. Roly wants a new car, but he has had his sensible head on lately, and has been looking at vehicles that are cheaper on petrol, and car tax.
Our son has had new Mercs for his last two cars, on advice from his accountant, he keeps them a couple of years and then changes them.
Mind you the newest ones are such luxury, and you feel like you are floating on a cloud when being driven in one.
I thought my youngest son, would ask his brother to drive him to his wedding next week, but the answer would probably have no, as he needs to transport his wife and family to the venue.

Well it's been another sweltering day here, I hope you are not all suffering from heat exhaustion.

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Thoughts and prayers for Caz.
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I hope Sallie is o.k, as she has not been on here for what seems ages now. MWAH for Sallie.

Love and hugs to all Mo xxx