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GoodMorning everyone the end of this year is turning out not to be very good for the family ,first my cousin who i was going to visit in Cornwell is dying of cancer if her heart was ok they could operate but its not to be ,then Jans uncle came out of hospital three weeks ago but is now back in and may lose his leg hes 66,jans aunt was taken into hospital 4days ago she has cancer they gave her 5pints blood and were going to let her home ,but the new blood is coming away from her so we are not holding out to much hope .and 18mths ago Jans cousin lost his beloved wife and now they have found he has lung cancer its realy not fair that they should have to go thru all this grieve in the familys,i myself am still in alot of pain thats why im not on very much but my good friends keep me going by phoning me to see how i am .thank you ladys
I wish you all better days ahead and take care
Love Dutchxx
ps sorry to go on but theres nobody here to talk to

Hi again,

Ann, yes as soon as I finish on here I'll write on the craft thread about Annx's beading work.

I've had a brak from making cards today and decided to get on with some more of my brother's desk calendar that I'm making as part of his Christmas present. I'm making one with a different photo of a meerkat for each month as he loves them , so I just hope he'll like the calendar.
When I've done a few pages of it, I'll put some on your blog, Ann.




Mo, I still have all my cards to write and although I've bought most of the presents I still have quite a few to get and of course wrap them all up. Both jobs that I always enjoyed doing when I was younger but feel it's a bit of a chore as I've got older.


I was speaking to my brother and sister-in-law on Monday night they are both fine thank you. John seems to be enjoying his life as a vicar and getting on OK.
Alun and I are hoping to go to see and them within the next month so that we can take their Christmas presents down for them. It's almost a year since we've down to see them,so I'm looking forward to going.

Sorry Mo not sure when the final posting dates are, I must look in Post Office when I go there next.

How is Lilly and your granddaughter's baby getting on? I'm sure they are growing really fast.



Huia, you really are very busy, I'm sure your energy will last long enough to finish what you have to do. Good luck with everything.



Jude, I'm so sorry to hear about your friend, I hope that she doesn't linger too long, for both her sake and her family and friends.

As you say Alzheimers is such a horrible disease for both the sufferer and their family. My brother-in-law's brother also suffers from it, although it's a different kind to what Alan has. We didn't realise until Lynda told that are different kinds of the disease.



Well I'll say goodnight to everyone now and will speak to you tomorrow.



Love and best wishes, Sallie.xxx

I havent started thinking about Christmas cards, so mine could easily be late arriving. Sorry about that, anybody who is expecting one from me before Christmas.

I hope my current 'energy' will last, but I doubt if it will. At least I am losing a little bit of weight but the trouble is that I sometimes splurge on the wrong food when I am out.

Must go downstairs now to make some more stakes for signs.

Huia.

Sallie, could I ask you to post on the craft thread about the bead work, I don't thin Annx reads this thread. Thanks.


Done a few more cards Mo and yes you can buy happy christmas stamps in places like hobbycraft.

enjoy the curry. :-D

Hi there everyone.
Ann you are making me feel so guilty. I MUST write my cards out that have got to go to Australia, and New Zealand very soon, or I will miss the postage date.
Does anyone know the last date for posting to these countries please.
I sometimes wish I could get get a stamping machine, that say " a merry christmas to you all" and then our names written on it as well. It would save a lot of writers cramp wouldn't it. lol
Knowing all you crafters, you will probably tell me that you can actually buy them.

It's good to hear from you again Jude, please come back and speak to us again soon.
Sorry to hear the sad news about your friend Jude. Alzheimers is awful for the people caring for the sufferers. Seeing the ones you love, go down hill is very upsetting.

Sallie, I hope that if Aluns sister does come up to you on Sunday, with her OH that he feels he can stay longer with you, so that Alun is able to have a good chat with his sister.
She must need the break as well bless her.
Oh by the way, how is your brother now love.

Huia, will you slow down a bit please, you are making me giddy with all this dashing around. It's not your computer clock thats running slow, it's your body clock trying to catch up with you love.

Hi Marie, didnt mean to ignore you honey. Hope things are good over in OZ.


Gotta go girls, I am in the middle of making a curry , ooooh yummy.
See you all later, love Mo xxx

Ann, yes thank I've seen my last card on your blog now. thanks for doimg it. The necklace and tiara from Annx are really lovely, I don't think I would have the patience to do all that beadwork.

Jude lovely to see you on here, we have all misssed your posts.
I posted on Shaun's Wales thread today, it's ages since I I last posted on it. It was nice to have the usual welcome offf him.


Well, I'm off to do the shopping now, but will be back on later.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Hi Sallie have yous een your cards on the blog and Annx's beadwork?
I am sorry to hear about your brother in law. Awful thing to suffer from isn't it? Alun's poor sister, it must be so hard to see the person you love become just a shell of the person they were.

Jude I am sorry to hear of your friend being so much worse. as you say the kindest thing now would be for it to end for her.

Huia, I wish I had half your energy.

Mo I am sure you were in there somewhere but don't want to trawl back again so ~~~~~~~~~~~ <3

Off now to write up some of the 150+ Christmas cards I have to send.

Aww bless you Sallie....l saw the other day that you had said 'Hello to me'....so l am saying 'hello back'...:)

Hello to everyone else too:)

Must say the poll thingie seems a waste of time...as Island says they won't really get a proper poll as only a few respond....considering how many peeps there on the site.

Oh well off out in a mo and its really miserable, would be quite happy staying in today, but sister is coming!!

Sallie so sorry to hear about Aluns b i l, very cruel desease!!
My friend with alzheimers is very very poorly now, no further treatmen, just food/water...thats if she'll take any. Just wish she could go now, its not fair for her or her family!!

see yeh

jude xx

Hi Girls,

Ann, thanks again for letting me know about the card. We again had trouble trying to send them and one of the cards just wouldn't send....for some reason Yahoo seemed very slow again.

I wonder why GR are doing the survey that's on top of General and Genealogy boards but not on any of the others. I hope they are not going to put the threads together. Some of them on Genealogy can't see any reason for having a General Chat thread, I just hope GR won't listen to those.

Even though some of the threads here on General are pretty slow at the moment a lot of people would be lost without it if GR took it off.




Huia, everytime you post you seem to have more and energy. Maybe now that you have had the last of the meetings you can unwind and relax a bit more.

Good to know that Phil was awake when you visited him yesterday. It must have been lovely for you.

We rang Alun's sister on Sunday night, she was telling us that her OH is becoming a lot more difficult now. If they go anywhere that he doesn't want to be he really shows it by shouting out in his mumbled way and banging on a the nearest table or chair that's nearest.

They are hoping to come down here next week, he's fine for a while after they arrive but when he's had enough and ready to go he becomes very aggitated.
I know Lynda feels awful about it but we are not bothered because we understand the situation. Just wish that we could change things for them both...but of course it's out of our hands.



Well I'm going to get on with some more cards now before we go and do the weekly shop later this afternoon.



Take care everyone.



Speak to you all soon.



Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Ooooh, is my computer clock running slow, or is your clock fast?

Huia.

Well, that is the last of the public candidates meetings, I think. We had to go to Beachlands for it, on the eastern side, and 2 of the candidates come from Awhitu on the western side. Quite a long way for them to travel. My journey home took almost an hour, I wasnt travelling as fast as I might have in daylight as there were quite a few cars coming the other way and I had to keep dipping the lights.

In the morning I went to the Manukau library to collect my books and photos which they had copied. The man has started putting the photos on their website. I am not sure where I put the piece of paper with the website details on, too tired to look for it now.

From the library I looked in the shops and had my lunch then went to visit Phil. He was awake all the time I was there. I then went to the Super Clinic for a check-up. That did not take too long, so back in Papakura I bought a hot roast takeaway and came home, ate it then changed and went to the meeting. I dont know where my energy has been coming from, as I didnt have all that much sleep last night, but I expect it will catch up with me soon.

Time is now 11.23pm so off to bed soon.

Huia.

Last one on the blog now Sallie.

Hi Ann, thanks for letting me know about the cards, I'll have a look at the blog so that I can see which ones are missing. I just hope that we can get Yahoo to send them OK tonight.


I had visitors this afternoon, Laura, Chloe and Gracie, they called in after school. While they were here Chloe made two Christmas cards, she loves making them and I must say she's good at doing them too.

They didn't go until 6.25pm so we were late having out dinner tonight. Never mind, I really enjoy having them.



Well I'm going to make a cuppa now, might look in later on.



Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

I have finally manged to post 15 cards altogether on the blog Sallie so you are 3 short. (3 were sent twice.).

Hi Girls,

Oh it's lovely to hear from you all. You all have been very busy.



Jean, Alun has just had to sort out all the computer system for one of his mates from the model railway club. He was having a lot of problems and with him having his own small bus company (private hire and coach trips) he had to get it seen to. I think there is one more thing left to sort out so Alun will probably do that over the next couple of weeks. At least John can get on with running the business now.

At least you can so more than me on a computer, Alun has to put all my all my photos on the computer and then e-mail them. I'm hopless.lol11




Huia, you are a very busy lady, as Jean said, I wish I knew what you take for all the energy you have.

Sorry that the show wasn't as good as it has been in previous years...hope it will be a lot better next year.

Did your son come up to see you as you expected him to? Hope he did and that you enjoyed his stay with you.

Hope all is well as it can be with Phil when you visit him today.





Marie, I envy you having your summer soon, we have all our winter to get through. I never minded wintertime when I was younger, but hated it more as I've got older.


The poppies you have grown sound wonderful, it's a pity you can't send us all a photo of them to look at.




Ann, we sent the rest of the card photos last night, but not sure if they all went. We also think that that you might have at two lots of the same ones. We think that Yahoo is playing up for some reason.




Well I must go and get some cards done now, so will speak to you all later on.




Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Morning all, I will be off line sometime soon our whole system regarding the computers in the house are having an overhaul, so my daughter tells me, I dont know how long it will take but she assures me its is badly needed, so being a thicko when it come s to anything technical I dont argue.... we have had many hiccups for some time and its essential for D as she works from home a lot... so there you are ....
Sallie the cards a great , I love the elegant lady, and thank you for your kind remarks ....
Marie, thank you for the e-mail, we are very much likke you cutting back on presents this year we have to have a wall rebuilt at the back of the house estimated cost £ 600, we have just had a wall sorted in the lounge too. these old house always need looking after...
Huia, what are you taking to get so much energy, I want some please...lol...you seem to be very well organised and on the ball...
best wishes that it continues to go well for you...
I am off to have my hair done so love and hugs to everyone, see you later I hope...love Jean xxx

Hi there girls. I have been so busy I dont know which end is up.

The A & P show was not, in my opinion, as good as previous years and I heard another couple of women saying the same thing. The crowds just did not seem to be there, but I stuck with it for the 2 days, although I knocked off 2 hours before closing on the Sunday as the wind was getting up, and I was fed up with children on scooters on a special ramp right next to my tent, sometimes they almost came through it when they came off and didnt seem to care. On my way home I stuck a couple of small signs up near Hunua.

Yesterday I spent the afternoon in the Hospice shop, and afterwards I went to one of our Political member's home to put a double sided sign on his front lawn.

Today I stuck another sign up in Papakura then caught the train to Auckland to visit the 'Occupy' camp in Aotea square. There werent many people there but I spoke to some of them. I am thinking of going again on Saturday when they will have more people and a meeting on Finance.

Tomorrow I go to the Manukau Library at 11.00 to collect some of my stuff that they have been copying, then I will probably visit Phil after lunch, if the special votes arent being taken then (candidates are not allowed to be present). At 3.30 I have an appointment at the Super Clinic near Manukau, to have the Lichen schlerosis checked out. I might put some leaflets in letterboxes somewhere, after that, and have an early dinner as there is a candidate's meeting in Beachlands at 7.30pm.

I should be writing a letter to the editor of a local paper as the reporter who was present at the last meeting in Pukekohe mis-reported what I said, and didnt make our party sound so good.

Busy busy busy.

Huia.

ps, the elections are 11 days away.

Hello to you all.
My luck was in to-day. I have managed to get into the posts without too much trouble.
I have read the last two pages , you all seem to be so busy with Xmas Cards and such ,I have completed my shopping for my Young grand children <3 they are the only ones I am buying for this year,because thing's are rather tight finacially for the family we have decided not to buy present's for each other. We will all share the cost of Xmas Dinner this year it will be at Barbara's house.
I will have to get busy and do my Xmas letter.

Sylvia I am so happy for you ,it is good news you would be pleased not to have to take the medication.

Caz it is nice to know your blood test's were encouraing but not so good to hear you have had a fall, you will have to water down the wine LOL ;-) ;-) ;-)

Dutch it was nice to see you back on the posts are you feeling a little better.
I do hope all is well with your family and all those new grandchildren.

We are almost into our Summer and the days are quite warm too hot to garden except, only early morning and late evening .My Veggies are coming along well, I have had the most beautiful Poppies the heads on them are as big as a butter plate, not and open cup shape,but masses of petals as tight as a large fist.
I wish I was as clever as Huia I would take a photo to show you I could do that but it would be putting the photo onto the internet that I would not be able to manage.

Mo I hope you won at darts last night. Has anyone heard from Jean ? I noticed she was not among the posts
Hi Jean I hope you and Jeff also Debbie are all well,Love to you <3

Sallie,have you been told to give up drinking tea?that will be hard for you,
I have had to cut out my sugar as my sugar count was too high I am still finding it hard,as I now dont enjoy my black tea so I have now have a little milk in it but I dont enjoy it as much.

Hi Huia, how is your campaign going when does the voting take place? :-)I hope all goes well for you.

Hi Ann in Glos ,you are a busy lady able to post on other sites I cant manage to find time to post on 2 sites that I post on now.
I still haven't managed to get into your Blog with the card's on.
Well friend's I do hope I havent missed anyone,if I have please forgive as I dont mean to miss anyone.
Love to you all <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Marie from Down Under.

Sallie, 5 of your cards came through OK and are on the blog.