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Mo, I had for a couple of nights taken some headache tabs which can cause constipation. Certainly they did make a slight change in my habits, but I dont think that was the problem. Anyway, this morning I have lost 1kg, so getting back on track. I was out most of yesterday, so maybe I shouldnt spend so much time playing on the computer :-( or having a daytime sleep. I shouldnt need one today anyway as I went to bed earlier than usual and got to sleep quite easily, and didnt get up until after 8a.m. A really long sleep, although there were times when I woke, and it was light sleep at times. I have had a rotten cold which is why I took the heavy duty tabs and pampered myself with daytime sleeps. The cold is almost gone now, so I must try to get back into non-sleeping in the daytime.

Huia.

Hi Mo, boys (even older ones) will be boys and will do what they want, but it will be him that suffers. Hope he doesn't suffer too long with it.
At the moment I am sweating and trying to cool down, I found out the other day that the loft above us is double lagged , how on earth the heat is expected to escape is beyond me, and we are on the top floor where all the heat collects. Theres not much swearing going on as I only do it when I am really angry which is rare. Saying that this site is making me swear a bit with it being so slow, many a time I have just closed down.
It's good to hear Sylvias good news but I forgot to put it on earlier for her.
Right, going for another cuppa.

Love Caz xx

Hello girls.
Welcome home Sylvia. I am sorry to hear of the discomfort you had to put up with, but god willing the outcome will be what we all want for you, and thats good news winging our way very soon.
How was your trip, and how's young MJ. I bet he's a cheeky little minx now, showing his big grin and teeth to you both.

Ahem, Huia, I hate to ask this question as it is rather personal, but, are you constipated at all, as that could be the reason for the overnight weight gain.
Tut Tut, I will have our Jean telling me off for asking that poisonal thing, but hey ho, I can run a little faster than she can. lol
You have done so well with your diet love, and I am very proud of you, and no doubt the others are as well.

Hi there Caz. Good to hear from you.
My son is going to a wedding reception tonight, against his Fiances and our wishes. But Roly is taking them there, and picking them up afterwards.
My son said he will be o.k, if he sits down for the evening.
The lad who's wedding reception they are going to, has been a friend of my sons for many many years, and he doesn't want to let him down.
What can we say, except, he was told bed rest, and if he goes against what the hospital, then the onus is on his head.
Hows you been lately Caz, still sweatin and swearin like me I dare say.

Well girls I musr go and do something to eat before we go out.
Love and best wishes Mo xxx

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Welcome back Sylvia, as Huia said this thread is a bit lonely at the moment but I'm guilty as I haven't been on for a bit. Huia it is a bit strange losing that weight then putting it straight back on, I wish I could lose some but with not being able to walk or go out by myself I have no chance.
Hope you are back with us soon Sallie when you are sorted out, have you made many Christmas cards? I haven't started mine yet. We started with brilliant sunshine this morning but the clouds have come over now, we are supposed to have a hot weekend but it's nice and cool.
Mo I hope your son goes on alright, bit of a bu**er his accident wasn't it, things like that are so easy done then take weeks to get over.
I shall go and read the rest of the threads now.
Hello to everyone else and hoping you are all ok.

Love Caz xx

Welcome back Sylvia. This is a rather lonely thread at times.

Huia.

Hi all


quick message


I'm back

Had physio to try to fix my back, and had the biopsy today

I'm sore ...... pinned in one place for about 30 minutes by a very delicate part of my anatomy


will read back, and talk more later



sylvia
xx

Hello Mo and anybody else looking in.

Doc checked me out and said it is just a cold. He had a really good listen to my chest and apparently couldnt hear anything amiss. He prescribed some antibiotics to take if I feel I am getting worse over the weekend, but I think I am actually getting better now. I wont visit Phil for a few days as I dont want to pass the cold on. I am just going to take things nice and easy, but on the other hand I should go for a good walk to try to lose weight. Yesterday morning my weight was the lightest it has been for many years but this morning I was 1.2 kg heavier, and I cant think why. :-0 I was so thrilled yesterday but now I am disappointed. Ah well, keep trying.

Huia.

Hello there girls.
Before I go any further I must tell you. I had a p.m from our Sallie earlier, and she may not be on the thread for a few days, as she has family problems that need sorting.
((((((((((((((((((((((LOVE AND HUGS SALLIE)))))))))))))))))))))))))

My goodness it looks like Ann has been run of her feet with the family visiting. Never mind Ann, we wouldn't have it any other way would we. It's lovely to see them, but lovlier to see them go home, so that we can get back to some sort of normality. lol

Huia, how did you get on at the doctors.? Is it a chest infection love.
I hope you feel better very soon, and it was right to get the chest tightness checked out.

Hi ya Joyce me lovely.
Poor Betty, I hope she will be o.k. How the heck did they miss her earlier, were they overly busy or something. And how could they not give her some sedation of some sorts.

My son took his children swimming yesterday. And my grandson wanted to go down the water chute in the pool, but was afraid to go on his own, so my son went down with him.After hitting the water, my son continued down to the bottom of the pool, where he hit his spine. Fortunately he was able to get to the surface by himslef.
He had to go to the doctor,and the hospital, and he has broken his coxyx (sp). So now he is on pain killers and bed rest.
This is the last thing he needed, as he is due to go onto hospital for further surgery on his spine, some time in the near future.
Oh boy, these things are sent to try us arn't they.
I must say cheerio for now girls. Take care one and all. Love Mo xxx

Hello All just quick few words got scan sent to me of the twins my grandsons partner is having in dec cant wait for them to be born,and Rachel my grandaughter if she can get her documents she will be getting married to Phil in two weeks ,only quite wedding as they have been together nearly 10yrs and have 3 children,Olivia Mai the cyst on her kidney is not cancerous but she now has cyst on other kidney ,she is seeing specialist next week so fingers crossed all goes well,I have to go back the hospital on the 31st august for i think its wind test for my lungs had blood taken to see if i have any allergies as he thinks mybe my air ways are getting blocked as i had abad do when i came back from England in may
Ann hope Tonys card was ok and not going nuts sent yours early so i would,nt forget
Betty went thru bad time yesterday her appt was 12,0clock they never came for her till 4.55 and they finish at 5 took her down to theater and put camera up without giving her anything and pressing onher stomach she was in so much pain ,i have told her she wants to complain
Deanna is not well at all so could we send postive thoughts for her most of you will know her
Huia hope you feel abit better and how is Phil
LizP cant get on the pc for 4-5 days as its down shes not happy bunnie
Sallis hope your ok and Sylvia ,Marie Jean and Jeff
Caz her back and feet are still giving her trouble
Mo Hope you and Roly are well
Tess hope your ok and Linda
well thats my short note LOL
take care and hope i have,nt forgot anyone
Love Dutchxx
ps stay safe and well as you can see im up with cramps in my feet and legs not nice at all but could be worse

Where is everybody? It is now 25 hours since Ann posted if I have counted correctly.

I am going to the doc this afternoon, managed to get an 'emergency' appointment as I have a tightness in my chest if I breathe deeply or yawn. I think it is just a chest infection, but it still needs to be looked at.

Huia.

Hi all, I am here. I w as so tired yesterday I hardly came on here at all. Once the family had gone I had to get all the bedrooms back to normal. Still got a duvet cover and the bedding off son and DiL's bed to wash. Mostly done now though. We took a day off today and went to Webbs garden centre at Wychebold. Had a lovely day as it was warm and sunny. Besides the garden centre there is a large Hobbycraft which ate my money!! Then Webbs also have a sensory garden outside the garden centre but in their grounds, it is lovely to walk round there or sit on a seat for a while in the sun. We took our camera's to take photos of the flowers. After that we went to a Harvester for lunch. So it was a lovely day.

Yes thanks Tony enjoyed his birthday with the family, the children brought him a cake so he had to blow out the candles, then we went for a chinese meal. Sunday we went to a food fair at Gloucester docks and then round the outlet shops. After that we visited Gloucester Local which is an arts and craft centre. Then I cooked roast chicken for dinner. Tey left Monday morning.

Mo, I didnt see any snow. If there was any it would have been up higher than I am, and it would have melted quickly in the sunshine.

I think I have learnt how to cope with the phone and my hearing aids. I wasnt holding the receiver in the right place. I now have to practice getting it right, although there are some people who are just impossible to hear as they speak so very quietly.

Huia

Mo Joyce rang me at teatime, her visit to the hospital went ok, her lungs are clear but they wonder why she has a constant cough, I think it's a hangover from her pneumonia. She'll explain it herself later I expect. They had a lovely day with lots of cards but I don't think they did anything special.
As mentioned above I had a fall the other day which knocked me back a bit, hurt my back and ankle, but if I'm not falling I'm bumping into things, maybe I'm just gormless, lol.

Love Caz xx

Good evening girls.
I was hoping there would be some news on how Joyce got on today at the lung clinic.
But hopefully, no news is good news.
Hopefully both Joyce and Jan have had a good anniversary.

Cooe Marie, it's good to hear from you. My word it sounds like you have been run off your feet, with all this arranging for the family reunion.
I hope they all appreciate how much work you have put into this event for them.
Sorry to hear that your weather has not been very kind to you lately. The weather here is up and down at the moment. Parts of the country have been enjoying lovely sunny days, but then others have had rain to put up with.
We brits are never happy with whatever we get though.

Huia, did you get the snow that was forecast.? It's a good job your son got that wood chopped for you, at least you can stay nice and warm.

Sallie, I think you are right about Sylvia having to get her biopsy results on the 29th.
I hope and pray it will be o.k for her.
What a shame about the house sale not going to plan. I would have been tempted to put it in another estate agents hands. It's unbelieveable that you only had two viewings, in all that time. The agents don't seem to have done a very good job at pushing viewings for you.

No news from Jean, so I hope that things are progressing with them both.

Ann where have you got to lately. I hope you and T are both well.

Best wishes to Caz, Tess, Betty Liz and Betty and any friends I may have missed.
Liz has no internet connection at the moment, and is probably very annoyed about it, as this site is such a lifeline to us all.

Bye for now everyone, take care. Love Mo xxx

Hi Marie,

Lovely to hear from you and to know that you and your family are all well.

It certainly sounds as though you've been working hard on your Family Tree ready for the family reunion. Good luck with gettting it all done in time.


Congratulations and Best Wishes to Joyce and Jan on their Wedding Anniversary. I hope that you will both have a lovely day.

Joyce, hope that all will go well at the lung clinic today.....a shame that it's the same day as your Anniversary. Good luck, I'll be thinking about you.




Hope everyone else is OK. Speak to you all soon.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Hello to you all ,
Yes it's Marie, I have been working very hard on the Family tree for the reunion .It is such a big job, I needed to come onto genes to check some information so I thought I would pop in to say hello.

I do miss you all but hopefully it wont be too long and I will have the first draft finished then it shouldn't be too hard to transfer it to the final draft.

Has your weather improved? our is very cold, the wind is the worst this year it hasn't stopped blowing for month's
I wish you all good health.
Joyce a very happy birthday to you.
Liz I hope your Birthday is Joyful and full of your favorite colour

Sylvia get well soon .

Love <3 :-) :-)and Hugs to you all

Marie the Zack

Happy Birthday to both Joyce and Liz for tomorrow. I hope that you will both have a great day.



Mo, it's been very quiet on here for a while now, I hope that everyone is OK.

We haven't heard from Marie for ages, maybe she's very busy with the family reunion.

I'm really busy making cards and I've been doing a few jobs that needed doing in the house. Alun is off for a few days so today both him and Michael have been putting some new fencing up between us and next door.
We are going to take the house off the market, as we don't think we will sell it for at least a couple of years, the way things are in the country at the moment. It's been up for sale for 18 months and only had two couples view it. I know it's impossible, but it's a shame that we can't have a bungalow where our house stands..lol!!



Caz, I spoke to Joyce earlier on today and she told me that you have had a fall again. I hope that you are feeling a bit better now.

Have you managed to make some cards lately?

How is Phil now? I hope he's a lot better and that he is allowed to drive
now.



Ann, I hope that Tony enjoyed his birthday and that you had a nice weekend with your son and his family.


Huia. also hope that you enjoyed the weekend visit from your son, and that he had a safe journey home.




Sylvia must be due home soon, and less I'm mistaken I'm sure she said that she is to have her biopsy on the 29th of the month.

Sylvia if you're looking in, I hope both you and OH enjoyed your holiday and that all will go well with your biopsy. Thinking about you.




Jean, I'm still waiting for Alun to e-mail the photos of my cards to Ann.lol!!

Hope Jeff is regaining his strength day by day, please give my best wishes.



Well ladies I'll speak to all tomorrow . Take care everyone.



Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Mo, I still have mums treadle machine. It is still in working order, or was last time I opened it up and tried.

It was cold here last night and there has been snow forecast for the whole of NZ which is most unusual. There could be snow here in the Hunua hills, not a very common event. I did see some falling past our windows back in 1974 but it melted before it hit the ground. I will be wrapping up in multi layers of clothes to go out to the hospice shop today.

Huia.

Huia, I loved my mums treadle sewing machine. It was in my bedroom at home, and I spent many an hour on it, making skirts and dresses.
They never lasted long, as I was not a great needle woman, but at least I tried, and they lasted for the occasion that I had made them for, but ended up in the dustbin afterwards. lol
Now knitting was a different thing altogether,I could knit so many things, and my children never went without lovely knitted garments.

Tomorrow is Joyce and Liz's birthday, so I would like to take this opportunity to wish them both.
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A Happy Birthday Joyce and Liz.
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We have had alovely day here today, sunshine all the way.
I am wondering where everyone has got to, I hope that you are all well.
Love and best wishes to you all. Mo xxx

Mo, I was 23y2m10d old when I married. Not exactly young but not old either. I made my own dress (with a bit of help from mum) on mums old treadle sewing machine.

Huia.