General Chat

OK Sallie. I won't take offence at not getting a mention from you Lol!!! Only joking of course.
Sorry about your granddaughter's boyfriend Mo, I know how painful Chrones can be.

For those who have the address of the photo blog I have just put on a photo of Joyce with her flowers.

Hi Mo,

I'm sorry to hear about your granddaughter's boyfriend. Crohn's disease is horrible it's very painful and embarrassing. Jennie can't have part of her colon removed because of where the Crohn's is situated. The Consultant told her that if it got too bad, they would have to remove all the colon and she would have to have a bag for the rest of her life. So I hope and pray that, that doesn't happen.


It's a shame that Lilly is being christened up in Scotland, a lovely country, but as you say, too far for you all to travel there.
Is her mum and family all from there? That's the trouble when both sides of a couples family live on opposite ends of the UK. Still as you say I'm sure they'll take plenty of photos.

I hope your cough will soon get better.....some of these coughs seem to go on for weeks and weeks.

I alawys read the Friendly thread but don't post. I'm sorry to hear that Jean
is having to undergo more treatment. I hope that all will turn out well for her and that she will make a good and complete recovery.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Hello folks.
Sallie, I am fine apart from the cough, it's driving me nuts.
Tomorrow is our Lilly's christening, up in Scotland. I do so wish we had been able to go, but it's just sooo far from here.
I just hope they take plenty of photo's for us to see.

How nice for you to have Richard and Christie coming for a few days. It will be special if Jennie feels up to a family get together.
Thank goodness Jennie is feeling better now than she was.
My grandaughters boyfriend is back in hospital again. They are now saying they may have to remove part of his bowel, bless him, he has been in so much pain.

Sylvia, please keep the rain over there, we have had enough of it ourselves.
At least the sun was shining today, even though it was not very warm.
For goodness sake we are supposed to be having our summer now.
It would be so nice to wear some summer clothes for a change. I am still wrapping myself up as if it were winter.

Linda, I hope that dad is managing to cope with mum being home.

Jean how did the assessment go?

I hope that Ann, Marie, Tess, Caz, Joyce and Betty are o.k

Love to you all. Mo xxx

Hi Girls,

It's very quiet on here. I'm wondering if everyone's gone away for the weekend. Although it's quiet on all the other threads too.


Sylvia, Jennie is a lot better now, thank you. She still looks a bit pale, but looks much better than she did and at least she is eating a bit more. So onward and upward.!!

Hope all your family are alright, I am sure you are looking forward to seeing them all in a couple of weeks time, especially MJ. You'll certainly see a big difference in him since you last time seen him at Christmas time.


Jean, I hope all is still going well for Jeff and that he will be home soon.
Also hope that both you and Debra are alright. Thinking about you all.



Linda, hope that your dad is coping OK with your mum home. Sending positive to you all.




Caz, how are both you and Phil? I hope that you are both feeling better than you've been and managing to cope alright. Thinking about both of you and sending lots of positive thoughts, too.




Mo, I hope that you are feeling better, I've missed seeing you on here for a couple if days, so hope all is okay with you.



~~~~~~Huia, Marie, Joyce, Tess, Betty, Jude and Liz. Hope that all is well with all. of you. Take care!



Richard and Christie are coming up to stay tomorrow until Wednesday,
Alun also has a few days holiday from work, so might not be on here for a few days.


Take care everyone.



Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Hi all
xxx


We had several heavy periods of rain this morning, now the sun is trying to shine!


Linda ...... so glad to hear both your parents are now home.

Jean .... hope the assessment goes well, and Jef is home soon.

Sallie ..... how is Jennie doing?

Marie ................ Rockhampton, eh?

When we were coming back on the train after Christmas, there was an Australian couple on holiday from "Rockie", as they called it. That was when there was all the flooding there ..... they knew they would not be able to get to Rockingham, and had absolutely no idea what state their house would be in. Poor guys were in quite a state.


Hope everyone is well, and having fun!



s
xx

Linda so pleased that your parents are at home together again, I hope that your Dad is able to care for your Mum still.

Hi Linda,

Pleased to hear that your mum is home. Sending lots of positive thoughts to your dad that he will cope OK, while he is still recovering himself.

Hope that you will have a good weekend too.


Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Just a quick update to say thanks to you all for your kind thoughts about my Mum and Dad.
Dad is now over the moon as Mum came home this afternoon and hopefully he can look after her OK while still recovering himself.
Won't be online until Monday so wishing you all a lovely weekend

Jean I will contact you after the weekend Thanks for your kind offer. I hope you continue to get better too. The tablets do seem to be working and I have a months supply so hope it will have eased by then

Linda :-) <3

I don't feel so bad now Ann, thanks for that £150 odd pounds doesn't sound quite so expensive now.
Our Ford Focus is now nearly six years old, but we wouldn't change the model, perhaps just get a newer one when we can afford it.
It's big enough for us two, and the boot is big enough for all our junk when we do go away.

Thank you Mo T's service and MOT were over £200 and that was with free MOT But he does have a BMW.

Ann the service cost us £99.00. Cars are now a definate luxury, with the price of petrol and everything.
Ahhhh Ann, how could we forget you, you are a valued friend on here.

Mau, although we got the test free with the service the price was still noted and it was just under £54 so I think that is the correct price.

Jean, don't worry I am used to being 'nearly forgotten', easily done!!

Oooh it's so nice to log on to some good news.
Jean, I am so pleased that Jeff is now almost back to his old self. I bet it was a surprise to see him dressed in his own clothes.
I am sure the assessment went well, but even if it doesn't, it wont take much to alter things for Jeff.
Has he been able to have a bath/ shower in the hospital, if so there won't be many problems with that at home. And if he is able to walk up the stairs, that will solve another of your worries also.
What a shame you wont be able to give him a bed bath ( titter titter), coz I know how much you would have enjoyed that (not)

Marie, I could not believe it when I received your e.mail about the snow, I thought you were pulling my leg for a moment. But then I remembered you saying once before that OZ had had the snow. It's just that in our imagination, we expect OZ to be full of sunshine all year round lol.
I am sorry to read about poor Victoria's results on her kidneys. Scat tissue is soo painful at the best of times, but with her kidney function being poor, it must made a bad situation ten times worse.
Fancy you getting a cold sore from the bad weather. Sounds like you need to wear a balaclava, to protect you from the elements.

Sylvia, you have had some bad luck with theft lately haven't you. I think if something is not glued down, an oppotunist will steal it, in passing by.
You are right to have taken everything back home with you. Make sure you put extra locks on wherever you put it for safe keeping.
With all the gear that was stolen, it sounds like youngsters, building themselves a camp for fun. Just thank the lord they did not start a forest fire. Even though you feel like if you could get a hold on them, you would wring their necks for them. lol

Ann, like you, our car had to go in for it's M.O.T last Monday. Fords had put the price up to £54.00 for the test and valet. Goodness only knows why the valet. I am wondering if they would have reduced the price, if the valet was not done.
When I pointed out to Roly that elsewhere the tests were costing£29.00, his attitude was, " well at least I know it's been done properly by Fords".
Surely, if a test certificate is given out, and something goes wrong, would it not come back on the test center,as their fault. I have often wondered about this.

Linda how are mum and dad coping now. Is mum still in respite.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sallie and Huia hope you are both o.k.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Caz and Joyce keep smiling both of you.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tess and Liz hows you both doing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To Betty. who is becoming a stranger, come back and see us love.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To anyone who I have forgotten.

Love to you all. Mo xxx

Hello all my dear friends ,yes it's Dr.Mack err Marie I mean, well I have caught up on the last 3 pages, I am so pleased to hear Jeff is so much better and should be home soon great news Jean xx
Sallie I hope that your daughter is much better and that you are back to your card making
Huia I hope your ankle is better and your flu My family have had the flu but are slowly recovering we Had a heavy fall of snow on Monday it was like a blizzard with the gale force wind's I have ended up with a large cold sore from the bitter wind
We got the results back for Victoria one of her kidney's has scar tissue on it and it isn't working 100% so there will be more test's but they have put her on Keflex for the next few month's then they will do more test's.

Like Dutch I am having so much trouble getting into Genes Reunited so if you don't hear from me don't worry as I am well and I will email one of you to let you all know I am ok. I hope it will be fixed soon
Sylvia bad luck about the break in , it makes me so angry when I hear of thing's like that it seems to be so easy for them, and rarely are they caught.
Ann it was nice to hear you had a good holiday, despite the weather.
Mo, you asked I was having a holiday this year my holiday will have to be the Hayward Family in Mackay in October when it is over I will go back to Rockhampton and have a week with my Brother and sister-in-law, the weather should be warm, hopefully not too hot.
, Hi to Linda I hope your Father is improving
Dear Caz I hope your Husband is improving also and that your back is not giving you too much pain.
Next time you talk to Dutch tell her I am thinking of her & Jan.
I hope I havent forgotten anyone you all mentioned a Betty I may not have met her ,but good wishes Betty. :-)
I must go as time has got away from once more
Love and Hug's to you all
Marie from OZ :-) <3

Hi everyone, well things are hotting up, Jeff could be home sooner than we thought he is walking quite well now and is dressed in his own clothes other than the hospital garb...we are being assessed tomorrow housewise, to see what we may need or the way to do things...it would appear he wont need to sleep downstairs, so that will be good....

Linda, hope the dizziness is behaving, the exersise I had to do worked wonders and just at the right time,dont know how I would have managed with all thats happened...I just wondered if they would help you, if you want a copy of them p.m. me your addy and I will send them through...if you google benign positional vertigo you may find them on there....

Huia, Marie Sylvia, Betty Tess Jude Sally, Joyce Y.C. and anyone I have missed, I have a feeling there is someone else, mmm.... its her who paints a lot now whats her name ??? Rolys mrs.... Darling Mo.... guess what Mo the flowers you sent for my birthday are still going strong, must be a record, 15 days....hope all is well with everyone and hope I havent missed anyone out apoligies if I have
nearly forgot Ann... xxx

love and hugs to you all xxxxx

Hi Girls,


Sylvia, good to see you back. I don't blame you for taking everything back home with you....it's so annoying that you can't leave your belongings in your own cabin, because some horrible people think that they can get in and just take what they want.

Jennie and Michael had a break in a few years ago when they lived in a different place. The morons had put the deadlock on, so Michael couldn't unlock the front door. Although there wasn't a vehicle on the drive when they arrived home, the police think that one of them had taken some of the things they had stolen away, leaving another one in the house putting more stuff together. The television was still there, but it had been unplugged and put near the door,ready to be taken.
Of course J&M got home and disturbed them, so they had to jump over the back fence to get away.


Jean, I will probably do cards again, it's just me being me.lol!! After I've made them, I never seem to be really happy with them. The trouble is, that I'm very self critical, and whatever I do I tend to look at the things I've done and think that I could have done better. All my family and close friends tell me off for being that way, but I'm still th same, unfortunately.lol!!

How is Jeff progressing? I hope that it won't be too long before he's home with you.
It's good to hear that Debra is doing so well, and that she and Steven have been able to help you during Jeff's ilness.
I hope that you will soon feel better after all the stress and worry you've had over the last three to four weeks.



Well ladies I have to go and get ready to go and do the weekly shop. As you all may know by now, it's a job I don't like doing very much....but of course it has to be done.LOL!!


I'll try and speak to you all later. Thinking of all our friends.


Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Hi Ann. Over an hour ago I typed a long post here but when I hit the submit button it came up with the error page and I couldnt get back to what I had typed as GR apologised for messing around with things. Well, those are not the words they used, but they are still doing things to the site.

I have a Fuji finepix with 10x zoom. The one I saw advertised is a Canon with 35x zoom. It costs $749 which is twice as much as I paid for the Fuji. I dont know if I could justify the cost. Mine does get closeups to within 1 cm. I have a lovely photo of a dogdaisy (I think it is called, about 2 inches across) with a crabspider in the middle of it. If I enlarge the photo I can see every detail of the yellow flowers in the middle of the daisy and of the spider, plus a small flying insect. I tried to put it on my blogspot when this site played up, but it must be too 'big.' It went in circles for ages then came up with a picture frame with nothing in it. I might try again tomorrow if I have time before I go out, otherwise in the evening, or add some of the pics we took on some South Island tramping tracks.

Must be off to bed soon.

Huia hoping that this post wont disappear.

Huia, the Mallard drake, he was not far from me and I zoomed in quite close. On my Panasonic FZ45 I have x24 zoom. Cost her is round about £300. It is a hybrid, i.e. not as large as an SLR and not as small as a compact and with most of the features or both.

Jean the stress is bound to tell on you but you will be fine once Jeff gets home.

Sallie I am sure you will get back doing your crafts, every crafter goes through this time.... I did for two years....lol... only I foolishly got rid of all my craft suff so ahd to by all my stuff again...the way I got doing cards again, was to start scapbooking, do you do any?
I have just gone back in my room and done a few cards mainly recycling the many birthday cards I recieved...
I hope Jennie will soon get over her inflamation, and regains her well being.... Debra is doing amazingly well and has been able to work full time and do all the hospital visiting,its me thats wilting rapidly....lol....

Sylvia, what an upset with your visit to the cabin...lets hope they get caught...it seems its the done thing to help yourself to other peoples property , and its all over the world... gone are the days when we didnt even have to lock our doors.....

~~~~~~~ to everyone else ~~~~~~~
Love Jean xx

I will have to get the book out for my camera, see if it gives a choice like that, Ann. I doubt it though as it was not the most expensive camera. I love your photo of the drake (I think?). Did you zoom in much? I was looking at an ad for a more expensive camera that zooms in much more than mine, wondering if I could justify the extra cost. Maybe if I win lotto next Saturday (flap, flap, oink, oink.).

Huia.