General Chat

Hello girls,

I haven't been on here for a couple of days as we've spent some time at two hospitals with Jennie, first at the hospital in the town where they found out that the reason for her swollen left ankle and her right
swollen knee was that she had pulled the ligaments in them.
Then ysterday, it was at the Nottingham hospital which she is under for her Crohn's, as she is suffering from a 'flare up'. But they were satisfied that it was just a minor one so it should sort itself out without having antibiotics and having to staying there, so needless to say that we and especially Jennie were plesed abut that.



Huia, pleased to see you back, we were all concerned about you as we hadn't heard from you for a while.

Also pleased that you have finally caught the rats, I'm sure that you feel so much happier about it and also about the car.



Ann, did you say you were going to the Lake District quite soon? If you are hope you and T will have a good time there,

Hope daughter is going on okay after finishing her treatment. Thinking about her.




Mo, hope that both you and Roly will feel a lot better soon. Also hope goes well for you on 3rd March. Thinking about you and hope all goes well with good results.

Yes Mo, the "Old Black Dog is back, I'm afraid. Doctor has put me on some new medication, which I didn't really want and he didn't want to do either, but after speaking to him he felt that I needed something hopefully not for too long. I'm also going to see the Counsellor that I seen the last time.....I have an appointment with her on 7th March.


Have you heard anymore about S's grandmother? As you said, she's lingering, bless her.




Jean, hope things are alright with you, Jeff and Debra.


Hello to Sylvia, Caz and Joyce, hope you are all okay.



Speak to you all soon.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Huia glad you are OK anyway. The print went very small on GR mafter the latest 'improvements' and if I enlarge the print I lose the right hand edhe of the page. So you are not alone. I am pleased youa re OK anyway we were concerned about where you were. Expensive time for you with the pc and the car. Glad you caught the rats. :-D

OK, I have just looked at 'page' and clicked on 'zoom' and things now fill the width of the screen. I thought it was just to enlarge the print, which it does as well.

Not straining my eyes so much now.

Huia.

Hello girls. I am still alive and kicking.

The weekend before last my son was up and the next morning he told me I had to do something about the rats. He could hear them scurrying about in the ceiling and downstairs all night. We bought some more poison, and I bought a bait station for some of it, and I set 5 traps. I caught 7 rats over the next week. Some of them were monsters.

Last Thursday afternoon (16th, 4pm our time, 3am yours) I was sitting quietly looking through some papers when I heard a click, wondered 'what was that) BOOOOMMMM! Lightning. A few hour later I tried the computer. I could see my photos and play solitaire but every time I tried to connect to the internet (I am on dial up) it told me error 633 (or some such) the modem is already in use or ........
I took it in to Papakura next day to get it looked at, unfortunately they could not repair it but I got another reconditioned one for only $210. I picked it up today. The trouble is that the print is very small, even though I have put it on the largest size, and the page is not the full width of the screen. I tried F11 but that hides the things at the top and bottom of the page and still doesnt give me full width. I am finding it a bit hard on the eyes.

On Tues I had been on a short trip to Hunua and when I got back there was a strong chemical smell when I got out to open the garage door. I parked in the garage and raised the bonnet so I could check the water when things had cooled but I quickly realised that that wasnt the problem. The top of the battery was very wet and there seemed to have been something white spraying around, so I phoned the local garage and took the wagon through to them. When he looked he agreed that the battery had 'had it'. The sides were bulging and the contents were bubbling out of the top. He hosed everything down after removing the battery to neutralize the acid then put a new battery in, and checked the alternator. It was overcharging, so I had to try to avoid using lights, wipers, air con until he could get a new alternator. He fitted it yesterday so that is ok. It left the bank balance looking a bit sick.

Now I just have to catch up on all my threads, and websites, and answer some emails.

Huia.

Well girls my son must have been speeding last night, he made it up to Scotland by 1.30 a.m, and they left Kent at 7.00 p.m last night.
He is such a bad lad, but I can understand that they felt the need to get there quickly.
And he wonders why I worry, huh, kids.
S's Gran,is still lingering, bless her. S's sister is flying back up to Scotland tonight, she only came home on Sunday from there.
Such a worrying time for them all.

Sorry Jean, I missed your posting yesterday.
Yes our baby Lilly is a real cracker.
At the moment she has got a lovely bruise on her forehead. J+S, have got a stair gate at the bottom of the stairs, but Lilly thinks it's great to satnd on the bottom step, and hold onto the gate, forgetting that she has to step off the stair onto the floor. Her legs always give way, and down she goes. After a ittle grizzle, up she gets and does it again. lol
I hope you amd J are well. I bet you are looking forward to your holiday now.

Oh Sallie, is that old black dog back again. Give it a kick up the backside love. Stay as strong as you can, and dont let the blighter get you.

Ann, you and your daughter are in my thoughts and prayers. <3

Love to you all. Mo xxx

Thanks for your good wishes for our daughter. I am sure she will come through it OK she is very single minded.

The cream is continuing to make me sore but not a lot I can do and no way of knowing if it is working or not, only time will tell with that unfortunately.

Ann, just in case you don't see it, I posted on the last page about your daughter.

How is the treatment for your rodent ulcers going? Hope that it is now starting to work and that you are not having any problems with it.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Mo, sorry to hear that S's grandmother might pass away tonight. Hope they get there before she does. I'm sure your son will be shattered by the time they get to Scotland, such a long drive from
Kent. Hope they have a safe journey.

Shame that you lost the pairs, never mind, let's hope you'll be lucky next week.Fingers crossed for you and your team.







Jean, will have a look at your cards on Ann's blog later on. Yes on the instructions that came with my embossing board it said to use an antistatic tumble dryer cloth, but I can't find any in the shops that I've looked in so far. I would have thought that A--a would have had some, but couldn't find them there last Wednesday.



I have an appointment at the Doctors in the morning, for the same old problem, I'm afraid.lol!!


Speak to you all soon.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Ooops sorry Ann, my mistake, I had forgotten you were away. It shows how much we miss you when you are not around for a few days.
I am sorry to hear that your daughter is suffering the after affects from the radio therapy, god willing the symptoms will ease soon, bless her.
How's your rodent ulcer treatment going now? Is it still causing discomfort?

Sallie, yes love, we did have darts last night. We drew 3-3 but lost the pairs 3-0. We have still got quite a few games till the end of season, and then I will decide what I will do next season.
I hope you catch that flippin mickey soon. You dont want to have to share all your meals with it.
The little blighters can cause so many problems can't they. Especially if they have started chewing through cables, you will have to watch out for ALL your electric cables now.
Poor Huia suffered bad enough with her long tailed monsters didn't she.
You will have to get yourself some mouse traps, and bait them with peanut butter, not cheese as the old saying went.

My son has had to make an emergency dash up to Scotland tonight. His future wifes grandmother is at the end of her days. The doctor think she may pass away tonight or tomorrow at the latest, and S, wants to be able to say her goodbyes to her gran.
I hope and pray they have a safe journey, as my son has been at work all day.

I will say goodnight god bless you all. Love Mo xxx

Adding my good wishes for your daughter Ann, she will weather this storm I have no doubt, we keep all of you in our thoughts and prayers...

Sallie, Ann has put some of my cards on her blog, including the golden wedding one, I had to do it off a template I made when I couldnt master the board still cant, I saw someone on utube use a tumble dryer cloth the antistatic ones, and it seemed to work, havent tried the candle yet...
I lose the will to live when I cant do it....lol...

Mo my little grandma, your Lily sound a smashing littlie, our next door baby girl is like that too she has found out she can climb on the foot stool and throw herself off knowing someone will catch her she is 14 months old and she adores Jeff and he is the same with her...
hope you are not in too much pain , hope our Roly is doing o.k. too...

Marie nice to hear some good news for you and your family, its always a worry when waiting for a problem to be solved so enjoy yourselves now...
where is Huia, it seems a while since we had a chat and heard her latest news also Sylvia , hope she is doing o.k.
time for a cuppa methinks, so take care everyone love to all
Jean xx

Adding my good wishes for your daughter Ann, she will weather this storm I have no doubt, we keep all of you in our thoughts and prayers...

Sallie, Ann has put some of my cards on her blog, including the golden wedding one, I had to do it off a template I made when I couldnt master the board still cant, I saw someone on utube use a tumble dryer cloth the antistatic ones, and it seemed to work, havent tried the candle yet...
I lose the will to live when I cant do it....lol...

Mo my little grandma, your Lily sound a smashing littlie, our next door baby girl is like that too she has found out she can climb on the foot stool and throw herself off knowing someone will catch her she is 14 months old and she adores Jeff and he is the same with her...
hope you are not in too much pain , hope our Roly is doing o.k. too...

Marie nice to hear some good news for you and your family, its always a worry when waiting for a problem to be solved so enjoy yourselves now...
where is Huia, it seems a while since we had a chat and heard her latest news also Sylvia , hope she is doing o.k.
time for a cuppa methinks, so take care everyone love to all
Jean xx

Sorry to hear that your daughter is suffering after her treatment and the soreness is likely to get worse in the next 10 days. Glad that the treatment has now finished and she will soon feel a lot better. Good luck and good health to her for the future.


Love, Sallie.xx

Just heard from daughter. She had her last R Therapy treatmnet today. says she is very tired and very sore under the breast and has been told that she can expect it to get worse in the next 10 days.

Hey, hang on, not that long. I was last on here on 16th and went away on 17th until yesterday so only 5 days. I had my laptop with me but as we were looking after the grandchildren and busy doing things with them didn't get much time to be on here.

Caz, sorry your leg is giving you pain, I hope it eases soon for you. Thanks for that Joyce.

Marie, good news to hear your worries have been lifted.

Marie, good to hear from you and to know that things are a lot better now for you and your family.

Things not too bad here at the moment, thank you for asking.


Mo hope you and Rily soon get rid of your colds. Not sure if you had a darts match last night or not but if you did, hope your team won.Sorry Mo, can't remember if you told us that you were not going to play on a Monday night anymore....I've probably got wrong.lolol!!



Caz, sorry to hear that you are still suffering a lot of pain in your ankle. Just wish it will heal very soon for you.



Joyce, you have been quiet for a few days, hope all is well with you and Jan.



As Mo said, it's a god while since we heard from Sylvia, Huia and Ann.



Jean, how are you getting on with your card making? It isn't too long now before you go to Llandudno, I'm sure that both you and Jeff are looking forward to the holiday, especially as it is the first one since Jeff's illness last year.


Well girls I'm going to make a cup of tea now, although I don't like going into the kitchen as we think we have a mouse in there.although we haven't seen it. I put some cooked chicken into the spare oven to cool and when I went to get it out, something had been gnawing away at it, it had also gnawed away at the cable for the clock and oven lights, so that has to be renewed now.


Speak to you all soon.


Take care.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Well girls, isn't it good news for Marie. It's such a weight taken off your shoulders Marie.
It's good to hear from you as well Marie.
It's been such a long time since we have heard from Sylvia, Ann and Huia, as well as some of our other friends.
I am hoping and praying that things are well with them all.
Both Roly and myself seem to be in fashion at the moment, we have got stinking rotten colds.
It's hardly surprising really, the way our weather has been is it.
I don't know what the weather is like in other parts of the U.K, but it's very very cold here still. No snow thank god, and it's supposed to be warming up mid week, huh they are probably wrong, yet again lol.
Well my friends, I must go. Take care of yourselves, hope to hear from you soon.
Love and best wishes Mo xxx

Hello All,
Yes its me Marie all the way from OZ, you can probably hear me sloshing away in my Rubber boots.
It rained all day resterday and last night and it is overcast and spitting, we also had a heavy fog this morning.
I tried to get into the boards yesterday and also this morning but my internet server keeps dropping out it is such a nuisance.

Well Ladies things have changed for the better for our family .Kathleen's Insurance finally arrived and it was enough to get them back in the black. The same week Kathleen got a part time job at this stage only 1 day a week and they also managed to find a tenant for the Flat.
The relief is wonderful I feel like I have had tons lifted off my shoulders.

We all thanked God for his help.

Mo I noticed you have a special day on the 3rd I hope what ever it is goes well.
Jean it is a special day for you also I hope you have a lovely day.

Ann I hope your daughter's treatment is going well .

Caz I am sorry to hear you are still in a lot of pain with your Ankle

Dutch it is nice to see your post.

Sallie I hope all is well in your Family

Huia I hope you are having a lovely time with your grandson.

Linda I hear you also have a new grand child it is so lovely to hold a new baby and then to see them grow up. I am off to-morrow to see my grandaughter's Ciara and Nia. they are the daughters of my son Sean and DiL Nancy.
Must close
Love Marie <3

Hi Ladys just quik chat was talking to our Caz on the phone poor love was flat on her back in bed,and her ankle was giving her pain also she is not sleeping very well so in bed most of the time ,but the rest will do her good
Sallie i can get some pop outs for men next time i go will send you some
Mo hope your well and good for your appt
Ann hope your well and your daughter is doing ok
Jean hope you and Jeff are both well
Love to anyone else i have forgot
Stay saft Love Dutchxx

Mo, well done on your win on Thursday night,even though it was the three's so stopped you from getting the wooden spoon.lol!!!

It seems as though you can't trust some of these car dealerships, no matter what make of car it is. It's disgusting that they were more than happy to lie to Roly so that they could get £180 out of him when there was no need. Thank goodness they didn't have the key fob in stock and that your son had the sense not to take them at face value and took Roly to another Ford dealership that are more honest and trustworthy.
I'd be inclined not to go there for a service now as I just wouldn't trust them.



I think I read on one of the other threads that Ann is away for the weekend, hope her and T are having a good time.


Jean, I expect you are busy with your card making. Best thing too, especially if the weather is like it is here, we have a very cold wind with a bit but not much rain in it. Just hope it doesn't turn to snow.



I hope Huia is okay, I haven't seen her about for a good few days.


Caz, I hope the pain in your ankle has eased and that you have been able to get some much needed sleep.





Sorry post submitted before I had a chance to finish it off. Don't know what's up with this site sometimes. I had problems with it on Thursday, first I couldn't get onto it, then blank pages or the Error message.



Linda, hope your daughter has now settled into her new role of mum.
I know it took me a while to settle into it after I had Richard, but had no problem settling after I had Jennie.


Sylvia, Joyce and Marie hope all is well with you all.



Take care everyone.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Hello girls,
Guess what Sallie, we had a good win last night. Unfortunately we won the threes, we were hoping to get the wooden spoon for being bottom of the league for the three's. lol

Oh what a day we have had. The key fob for our car decided not to work, so Roly took it to Fords to see what could be done about it. We had been told it was just the battery, and that it could be easily changed. But not our luck, they said we would have to have a complete new key at the cost £180.00. So as they didn't have one in stock, they were going to order one for us, to be fitted when the car has it's service on the 24th.
A real nuisance as the alarm kept going off, whenever it felt like it.
Our son was not impressed with this, and took it to a different Ford dealership, and hey presto, by changing the battery, the darn thing worked.
Son was not impressed with the original dealership, so back he went with Roly and has lodged a complaint.
His argument is that the person in the first instance should have known what was wrong, and that if the spare had been in stock, we would have paid out £180.00 for no reason.
We are now awaiting a response from management on Monday,coz guess what, no management were working today.
If Roly and my son have there way, we will get our annual service at a reduced price.... well heres hoping anyway.

I hope that all of you have not had such a trying time as we have,over this situation. And that everyone is well.
Take care my friends, love to you all. Mo xxx