General Chat

Hello my friends,
I have to give my apologies to Liz, as I was meant to be meeting her last week when we were away.
But stupid me forgot to write the number down, and didn't take my laptop away with us,so I didn't have Liz's number to let her know I couldn't make it.
Oooh Liz I am so pleased you had a good night out with your son + his OH.
It's pleasing to hear that things have been smoothed over with your brother.
Life is far to short to bear any grudges.
At least now you will be able to meet up with them both on nicer occasions, rather than just weddings and funerals. lol

Well now, our holiday.........it was o.k, but nothing to write home about.
The caravan was beautiful, the camp lovely and clean, but entertainment was zero. Not even a knobbly knees contest, I was soooo dissappointed about that, as I was going to enter Roly in for it.
They didn't even have a dart board,or even a sports area at all.
They had two swimming pools, one inside and one outside, but that was of no use to us, as we didnt take our costumes.
Baby Lilly did enjoy her swim though. She is such a joy.....until night time, when she just doesnt want to go to sleep.
Our son had to take her to the doctors on Thursday morning. She had such a dry cough, and was choking herself into being sick.
The doctor said she has got croup, and they dont give medication for it, the body has to get rid of it itself. Poor little mite was a really poorly little girl.
The weather on the Saturday and Sunday, was glorious. Monday it rained, and Tuesday we had hail the size of small marbles. But the rest of the week was lovely and dry.
We visited Yarmouth and Norwich a couple of times, but spent most evenings playing Canasta, with nothing happening on the camp site, and Baby having to go down to sleep, we tended not to venture out far.
Buy it was so nice to get away for a week, even though we have come back more tired than before we went.
I suppose it's that we are not used to being woken by a baby so early each day.
One morning I was up with her at 3.15 in the morning, and nobody else heard her. Another morning it was 5.30, and I was feeding her milk, cornflakes and toast at that time, before she fell back to sleep again.
Just my luck being the lightest sleeper of us all.
I think her mum and dad had a good rest, but good old Nan and Grandad were inbuilt baby sitters during the day.

I have done four loads of washing, and got it all dried and ironed and put away.
How can two people make so much washing, after being away for just one week. I dread to think how much I would have had, had we been away for a fortnight.

I couldn't believe it when I read that Ann has only one week left of her holiday. That has really flown by hasn't it.

I can just imagine Huia and Persie gassing away, forgetting about the time.
You know what they say Huia, time flies when you are enjoying yourself.
You can find me on F.B as well Huia. If you use my shortened name as on here, and my surname, that you already have, you will be able to find me.
In fact I am going on there in a minute, so I will try and find you.

Well my friends, I am doing a Huia here and gassing away to my hearts content, and I will have to do a Sallie, and put the kettle on for a cuppa, as my throat is dry.
Tat ta for now girls. Love to you all. Mo xxx

Hello Girls,


Mo, lovely to see you home again, looking forward to hearing about your holiday. Hope Lilly was alright and didn't suffer any problems while you were away.



Huia, it certainly sounds as though you and Persie had a good time. I'll keep my fingers crossed that you won't get a parking ticket....as Liz says it will take the shine off your get-together.
I hope that your car is all sorted now and that you won't have to spend anymore money on it again for a long while.




Linda, you have done really well making all those coats, hats and blankets for the baby special care unit.....as you say the price of wool is awful. My friend knits and crochets quite a lot of baby clothes, she gets her wool off our Thursday and Saturday town market. It isn't expensive, a lot cheaper than buying it from the wool shop, and it's good quality.
Mind you, having a hobby these days is expensive, whatever it is.

How is Sebastian? Hope he's doing OK now with no more problems.





Liz, it's lovely to see you posting on here again, hope we'll hear from you again soon.

Glad to hear that you enjoyed yourself at your brother's party last night....it was good that you were able to spend the evening with your son and his girlfriend too.




Caz, if you are looking in, hope that you are feeling a bit more comfortable and not in so much pain. Take care.



Sylvia, hope you and OH are both alright and that your car won't need anymore money spent on it for a long while.



Well girls, speak to you all again soon.



Take care.



Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Morning Huia
I am on Facebook, if you want to "friend" me just send a message on GR and I will look for you.

Everyone else hope your weather is brighter than ours,just yet.

I am still knitting for the special care unit. A couple more hats made and need to add buttons to a tiny cardigan.
Trouble is I need more wool especially for the blankets and it's not cheap when on no income until Iget state pension in 2 years time.

Have a lovely Sunday everyone

Linda xxx <3 <3 <3

Liz, nice to see you on here again, even if I am later coming on than you. I am glad you had such a good time at the party. I hope the family reunion is the beginning of a great friendship with your brother and his wife.

I tried to find Persie on FB, finally found her through GRs FB site. But she couldnt find me on FB and we cant find how to invite each other to be friends. I did find Ann in Glos so clicked on her name. Maybe if she accepts me as a friend I will be able to contact Persie through her account. Anybody else on this thread that I can contact? Or who can contact me? I go under my full name. There are other people on FB with the same first and last name as me, so I am not unique :-(

Huia.

Hope not Huia, would take the shine off the get- together. Good thing I wasn't around too, you would have been there even longer lol cos I can talk for England when I start lol You would never have guessed eh Persie?

I had a great night out last evening,( without o.h.) My baby brother was 60 on Thursday, day after the 17th anniversary of our Mum's death. We get on ok but since he married in 1976 I haven't seen much of him, his wife was too career orientated and he was working his way up to become a partner in the company he worked for, they didn't have children and after a few years bought a big old house in the country with 5 acres of land. I have only been there once despite it only being 16 miles away - they always had a hectic social life so altho I think I would have been welcomed had I phoned and invited myself, we rarely met up. I think the last time I saw my s.i.l. was probably at my Mum's funeral in 1995 and it's four years since my bro drove me to Essex to a cousin's funeral.

I was very surprised to get an invite to his birthday party held at a Country Golf club a few miles away, my son was also invited with his girlfriend so we went together. O.h. isn't good socially especially with people like accountants and solicitors etc and had to work all day Saturday for 12 hrs so didn't want to go, but he did pay for a taxi so I didn't have to drive. My bro was pleased to see us and it was good to see my s.i.l's brother who had come over from America, and I did remember a few of my brother's old pals from his teen years with whom he is still in touch. The thing that surprised me most was how emotional my s.i.l. was, she kept hugging me and saying how happy it had made her and my bro that I turned up, our other brother and his family declined (tersely, my bro said) so seems I am in the good books now lol (not sure how much she had been drinking lol) My s.i.l. was also very impressed with my son and said I had done a great job bringing him up and should be proud, well you know I am anyway but coming from her who never seemed to want children and never had a lot of time for him or his cousin when they were young it was good to hear. Just a real shame they hadn't been more active in his upbringing considering his dad was so far away in Malta. I was introduced to two of bro's friend's daughters who are his and s.i.l's God daughters, I bet they made more fuss of them growing up than my son got.

Never mind, they can see now what a great young man he is and it is their loss, might be nice if they put him in their will tho Maybe now my bro is semi retired and running his own small consultancy he will have time for us to meet up sometimes.

It was good too to spend quality time with my son's g/f of a year, I haven't spent much time in her company before - she is very sweet about 6 yrs younger than son, and is besotted with him, she really really loves him, and she told me so. She is very wary of new relationships as she has a little boy of 4 who is diabetic so a big responsiblity but his daddy who left her when he was small, has him a lot and is a good dad so that helps her have time out from the worry of checking his blood sugars constantly and injecting him three times a day.

Makes me wonder how things will go with them, I know my son wants his own children as much as he is very good with her little lad, and she seems nervous about having another child....... Told her I had ordered grandchildren from the time my lad left school lol She took it ok but perhaps it will get her thinking, who knows. It would be better if my lad could find a job again but our night out wasn't expensive, lol, free bar, food and music and company, forgot how much I missed it.


Lizx

Huia

it sounds as though you and Persie had a great time!!

I met up with Persie this morning. We did a lot of chattering, although I think she might be the winner. I had parked in an area where 120 mins is permitted and when I got back out I found I had been away almost 3 hours, so I hope I dont get a ticket.

Huia.

Helloooo girls, I am back home safe and sound, but worn out and weary.
Thank you all for dropping by and keeping the thread going.
I will be back tomorrow to tell you how the holiday went, but I am so cream crackered, I shall be hitting the hay very very soon.
Good night god bless, love to you all, Mo xxx

Hi all


Had the car in for "repairs" today ................ just over $1,000 (ca £500) to add to the $700 (ca £300-350) last week :-(

OH says it was time for a major service ........... about 93,400 km on a 2006 model


PLUS .......... the mechanic found signs that some small animal had found a cozy place to sleep in a rather inaccessible place around the engine ............. droppings etc .............. AND attempts to chew wires.

Looks like it was a squirrel ............ and probably happened while we've been up at the cabin.


OH has to clean out the mess with the vacuum cleaner, and then take it back in to have the affected wiring replaced.




s
xx

Hi all just visiting from Tenerife, one week to go, doesn't seem possible we have been here 3 weeks. Huia thatw as some bill for your vehicle service!

Sylvia, hope today has been less traumatic for you.

The weather here today is cooler than it has been, down to about 22/23 and cloudy. Last week it was 34 and a bit too 'muggy' (humid). Anyway, back to my Kindle for a read now. :-D

Sallie, I forgot to say that Persie and I will be having a natter over a cuppa, and looking at shops, and I have a page from our local gen. mag. that has some articles on one of the Cossey family. I dont know if she has seen the info.

We have met once before.

Huia.

Hi Huia


big gulp indeed!

ours has to go in on Friday ................ OH had it in for regular service 3 weeks ago, just before we went on that little trip, and the mechanic said he had found "a few" things that needed doing. We also need to have the snow tires replaced with the "summer" ones.


................ we may be having a big gulp on Friday afternoon.


Hope that Phil is OK when you see him.



sylvia
xxx

Hello Sylvia and Sally, and anybody else who looks in.

The vehicle service cost almost $400 (gulp) and there are other things which need doing, presumably when they have got the parts in. She said they would need it for a whole day. :-0 It never rains but it pours.

I had intended to visit Phil when they had finished today, but it took too long so I will go after lunch tomorrow.

Huia.

Hi all


another sunny, warm day :-D



Huia ..... how great that you are meeting Persie! Have you met up before??



I'm trying to recover from yesterday!!!


First thing I had yesterday was a physio appointment ...... I go about every 3 weeks as most of you know, and I usually take buses to get there (I don't drive).

I live between 2 main roads, both going north-south. So I walk to the one nearest to me and take the bus 4 stops south, then transfer to the one that goes north on the other main road.

All nice and easy.


Yesterday morning, a garbage truck was driving south on that first road when he smashed into a parked car, demolished a bus shelter, and ended up on the pavement between a lamp post and an apartment building.

They were still trying to work out at noon how to get the truck out from where it was, because it damaged both the lamp post and the building ......... unknown how badly.

Sooooooo .... traffic coming south very difficult.


THEN there was an accident going north on the other road ....


The other alternative would involve me taking at least 4 buses, and probably going right into downtown and then out again.


OH happened to phone while I was trying to work out what to do ............ so I asked him to come home and then take me to physio. Nice man!



THEN ..................... there was a power outage at the physiotherapists!

The physio was about half way through an ultrasound treatment on my back when there was a little click, the room went dark, and silent!

He stood there for a few seconds holding the "wand", then I said "I think the power has gone out", and he agreed %3A-D


The clinic has huge windows in the "gym" section, and also windows looking into that area on the wall and door of every treatment room. The blinds were all opened, and there was sufficient light for the physios to carry out treatments, although they couldn't use any electrical equipment, had no computers, etc etc.

The outage affected 2 big buildings, each with retail on the ground floor, 1 floor of offices, and 2 floors of apartments.

The businesses on the other side of the road were not affected ............ so the little cafes, coffee shops, etc were doing a roaring business with all those who had to leave their offices!


The power was still out when we left the area about 2 hours later.


There were rumours that an electrician (or maybe a man from Hydro) had been doing some work in the building




What was amazing was how silent it was when all the machines were off. I never realised how much background noise there was!


We got home with 1 hour to rest up before putting on more dressy clothes to go to a 25 Year Club dinner .................. I'm the member, and we don't usually go, because I never knew that many people on campus. The Garden was always literally and figuratively "off to the side". We go when a staff member that one or both of us do know is being inducted. This year there were 2.

The meal was good, and we met several people we did know ........ but it does take so long to induct the new members!


It was around 10 pm when we got home and could finally relax!


I'm more than usually achey today, but am taking the tablets!!



Take care everyone




sylvia
xxx

Hi Huia, thanks for nudging up this lonely thread.....no one's posted for three days. Sounds as though you have a very busy week ahead of you. Hope all went well with the car service today, these cars cost us a fortune to keep on the road, also hope you have a safe journey to and from Tirau on Saturday.

Enjoy your meeting in Manukau with Persie on Sunday. Are you both hoping to do some shopping or are you just meeting for lunch and a good natter?



Sylvia, hope the nice weather you are having there will continue for a while. Today has been mostly a bright day, but it has been cold, too cold, to say that we are in the middle of May. I went up to town and there were quite a few people wearing thick coats.




Well let's hope Mo and her family are enjoying their holiday and that it isn't too cold there.



I wonder where everyone else is, hope that they are all okay.


Well I'm going to get ready for bed now, so will speak to you all soon.



Take care.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Hello, poor lonesome thread. I have a fairly busy week. I was in the op shop on Mon and Tues afternoons. Yesterday I was home and did a little bit of tidying, with emphasis on the little. Today I have to take the vehicle in for a service, mainly changing oil and putting in a new rear number plate light. Tomorrow I will probably be home all day, hopefully doing much more tidying. Saturday I drive all the way down to Tirau for a meeting (about 2 hours drive). Sunday I am meeting with Persie in Manukau shopping mall.

Better get a move on, now I have finished my breakfast.

Huia.

Hi all


it's a lovely sunny, warm day here. It's about 21C in my back garden ........ and we're supposed to have this weather for 3 or 4 more days.


It is Mother's Day here .............. and also in the US, Australia and New Zealand

I got a nice card, and a bookstore gift card from daughter and family ......... naughty girl, she's not supposed to give presents!


Mother's Day is os horribly commercialized now :-|



Take care everyone




sylvia
xxx

Liz, it's lovely to see you post on here again. It would be nice if Mo could meet you for a coffee if only for an hour.....let's hope that she has taken your phone number with her.

Glad to hear that you are now able to sort your stuff out, albeit with a struggle. Hope that it won't be too long before it's all sorted, good luck with it.

I last spoke to Joyce last Thursday, I'll call her again on Tuesday evening to find out how things went with her kidney scan.

It will be great to hear from you when you feel like posting again.


Huia, lovely to see you, hope all is well with you.



Hello to Sylvia, Caz, Linda, Puss, Jude, Dutch and anyone that I might not have mentioned.


Take care everyone.


Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Hello Liz if you look in again.

Huia.

Hi all, it's lovely, bright and sunny in Norwich so hope it is with Mo too and am hoping she will come into Norwich one day so I can meet up with her, if she has remembered to take my phone number with her.

Sorry you are having such problems Caz and others, I am still struggling with the garage clearance, nearly done but it's worn me down. The progs about the Hoarders is helping o.h. see what it's all about but he is stressed about other things so still not good company lol

I haven't been able to talk with Joyce for a while as out moving stuff so much but hope I will catch up with her soon. Had a couple of texts off her but that's all.

Take care everyone, one of these days I will get back to posting more, meantime, stay safe, hope the sun shines for everyone

love
Lizxxxx