General Chat

Hi Girls,

Jean, I've just read your post about Jeff.....wonderful news. I'm so pleased and happy for you all.


Things seemed to be a little bit easier for Jennie last night, I just hope they will continue that way from now on. Thanks for the hugs for both of us.



Mo, like Jean I'm hoping that things are alright with you.... you've not been your usual chatty self on here lately.

Have you started knitting the scarves you said you were going to make as Christmas pressies?



Sylvia, it looks as though you are going to have very enjoyable time for the most of July. Oh, how I envy you the train journey home....Alun would give his right arm to be able to do that.

The weather is a bit funny here too, it doesn't seem to know what it's going to do... that's all I know is, that it isn't as warm as it should be for this time of the year.



Huia, that 'look in' was short, sharp and sweet.lol!! I hope you are alright and that all was well with Phil when you last visited him.


Well I have a few chores to do now before we go and do the weekly shopping.

~~~~~~~~~to all our friends on here. and hope that all is well with everyone.



Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

~~~~~~back to Jean, and to Jeff. Best wishes for his continuing rapid improvement.

Huia.

Morning you lovely folk, I have just put an update on cazs thread,
things are moving at a good pace....

Mo are you o.k. you dont seem to be your usuually chatty self hope all is well, your not painting again are you?....lol....
Sallie hope Jennie is soon on the up...hugs for her and you (((((( x )))))))

Sylvia, I love hearing about the journeys you go on, we get stressed going a few miles.....lol...

~~~~~~~~ to Marie, Huia, Tess Ann, Joyce, Liz, Caz who is struggling with her mobility and back pain, praying for you Caz....

love to all Jean xxx

Hi all
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very late today ...... I had physio today (Tuesday), and it always seems to mean I'm out and about all day!


It was a very strange day weatherwise .................. chilly and grey when I left the house, raining hard when I got off the second bus, so it was a very good job that I'd put on a windproof, waterproof, hooded jacket!

By the time I came out from physio, the sun was shining but it was cool.

By the time I'd met up with OH at the coffee shop, it was so warm that I took my jacket off and carried it!!


Sallie ..... we're flying over there, but we are coming home by train.

We wouldn't normally travel in July ............... July and August are the height of the tourist season, and not only are the planes and trains full, they're also about twice as expensive as in the winter.

However, we have been members of a Canadian association for well over 40 years, and they are having their annual meeting with about 5 other societies in Halifax beginning July 16 ............ so we decided to bite the bullet! We'll have a week with the family before the meeting, and then have the last evening with them before staying in the hotel near the train station .............. the coference got a very cheap rate at a very expensive hotel so we are going to take advantage of that for one night. The other 5 nights of the conference we'll be staying in a university residence. Haven't done that for years :-D


It isn't actually the tourists I dislike on the train ........ it's the tour guides! We've come across some horrors in previous years.

You know .... "I'm the leader of the group and we should get special preference for xxxxxx" attitude. I have very sharp elbows for when that happens!


take care everyone


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Ann, I suppose you could say that, but over the years the county boundaries in Britain have changed so much, it isn't always easy to work out. Not sure either, how long the four counties together have been classed or known as the E, Midlands.


Love, Sallie.xx

I suppose Is hould know where it is Sallie seeing that my ancestors, or some of them, came from Derbyshire.

Jean, GOOD LUCK to Debra with her exams today and tomorrow. Crossing my fingers that she will do really well in them.



Caz, you made me chuckle telling us about the ladies in their hats and coats turning the radiators on as they come in through the main front door.
I think it's a case of, 'we are paying for this heating in with our rent, so lets make sure we use it'. I know a couple of people like that unfortunately, out to get what they think is their 'fair dues'. and never mind anyone else.

I hope your back will be a bit easier after your afternoon rest. Take care.



Ann, before we came up here to live, like you I didn't have a clue where the East Midlands were. It includes Lincolnshire which I forgot about yesterday ( slap on wrist) as well as Nottinghamshire , Derbyshire .and Leicestershire..



Sylvia, you are going to visit your family on the day of my birthday. Are you going by train or flying this time?

You and hubby will certainly see a big difference in MJ this time. They grow up so quickly and we 'older ones' wonder where the time as gone to.



I'll look in again later on. Take care everyone.

Love, Sallie.xxx

Caz, do you think the ladies think the radiators in the hall affect their flats?

Sorry that your back is bad today, just take it easy and try not to walk around too much. :-) :-)

Hi girls, it's laughable really about the radiators, the ladies get off the shopper bus with their coats and hats on and put the radiators on as they pass to their flats, so really there is no need for them on. When they go down to the comunity room they have cardigans on so they must think they need the heating on, it is always turned on full as well.
Talking about babies crawling, I can't remember my daughter crawling, she stood up in the bath one night, the big one, and walked from top to bottom then turned and grinned at me and MiL. That was it there was no stopping her from then on, she was all over the place, the two boys were a lot slower to walk.
My back is very bad today and my leg won't hold me up so I'm off to bed where I can't fall.

Love Caz xx

Morning everyone, up early today D has to leave home quite early she is sitting an exam this morning , and another tomorrow, we pray she gets her passes, she has found it very hard to swot with all thats going on, she is such a star and visits every day sometimes twice . it will be a huge boost for her if she succeeds....
I have done a little update about Jeff on cazs thread,
have a nice day everyone love Jean xxx

Hi all
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another lovely sunny day here


MJ has only just started crawling, about 2 weeks ago! No-one pandered to him ................ he'd look at something that was just out of reach, then sort of sigh and find something else that he could reach! Quite funny to see him do that. So he really has only just started exploring his environments (home and at the carer's).

We go there on July 9 ..... so it will be interesting to see his development.


Take care everyone



sylvia
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Sallie, thanks for the geography lesson, very useful, it is one airport that I am never sure where it is. Sorry to hear that Jennie is not so good, hope this flare up eases soon for her as it must make her miserable.

I was astonished this week when I had an e mail from a friend. her daughter who is about 46 has had Chrones disease for many years, she is very thin and looks as if a puff of wind would blow her over, she is often very poorly with it. But I was amazed to read that she has completed three half marathons and a full marathon in the past few months and is training for the London Marathon next year. The latest one she ran was the Edinburgh and she beat her policeman husband by three minutes.

Sylvia, babies walk when they are ready don't they. My daughter was crawling at just over 6 months so didn't walk until 15 months, son didn't crawl so early and walked at about the same time.

Huia, well done for losing that bit of weight, nice to get out for a walk. I walked to fetch the papers the long way round today but it is just through housing estates so not worth taking a camera unfortunately.

Good evening girls. I am going out again today, so cant spend long on here.

Yesterday started off with heavy fog here but when it lifted at 10.30 I drove over to the valley and took a walk up and across the water supply dam. There wasnt any breeze so the water was like glass, with wonderful reflections. I took quite a few photos but havent downloaded them to the computer yet.

This morning when I weighed myself I found I had lost the 500 gms that I put on 3 days ago, so I must go for more of those walks. :-)

Huia.

Hi Girls,

First of all,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEAN.

Love and Best Wishes from Sallie and Alun.xxx

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Sylvia, Jennie didn't start to walk until she was 15 months old, because she crawled she could get to where she wanted to go a lot quicker---- she also had tantrums a few times every day, each one lasting an hour at a time. If it wasn't for my very good friend Janet, I don't know how I would have coped during the day while Alun was at work.
She wasn't naughty as such, she just liked to do things herself, but of course as you know there are things that toddlers and older children aren't allowed to do.



Sending MJ lots of ((((((hugs)))))) and kisses.xxxxxxx



Caz, I cant get over the ladies in the flats near you, they really sound selfish, thinking only of what they want themselves and never mind the other residents. If they felt that cold they should go and put the heating on in their own flats, I kow it would still be quite warm for you, but at least they would be paying for the heat they use, themselves.

Is there a community room in the block that the residents can use? If there is, they probably think that it's their right to put the radiators on so they can sit and chatter without having to pay the heating bill. They would soon start shouting if their rent is put up.

Hope your air-conditioning will make things a lot more comfortable for you, it's just unfair that your electricity bill will be higher.




Mo, yes Jennie and Michael came for their Sunday dinner as usual, but Jennie wasn't feeling too good and hardly ate anything at all. It really upsets both me and Alun to see her like that and not be able to do anything for her. I just feel so angry and wish I could have it instead of her.....as any caring parent would.

Have you got a darts match tonight? If so, I hope your team will win. Good Luck!



Joyce, if you are back on GR and looking in, I hope you are feeling a bit better after your fall. A fall like that really shakes you up, so take care and
have plenty of rest. I'll be in touch with you very soon.



Ann, I read your post on Georges, East Midlands Airport thread. The airport is about 8 miles away from where we live. I think it's in Leicestershire near the M1 Jct 24/24A and also on the borders of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. When we are travelling south we use Jct 25. Just thought I'd give you an idea of where it is.




Huia, I think that you are probably right about never getting rid of rats completely with living in the country. At least now, you haven't got them in the inside living area, thank goodness.

Sorry to hear that Phil wasn't very responsive when you last visited him. Hope he will be, next time you visit him.



Linda, sorry to hear that you haven't been very well, but hope that you will feel better once the tablets start to work.



Betty, if you are looking in I hope you are alright. It was nice hearing from you...it will also be nice to hear from you again.




Jean, I hope you'll have more good news about Jeff when you visit him today. Sending you, Jeff, D and S love and prayers.




Marie, hope all is well with you and your family.Take care!



Tess, hope all goes well with your eye test. I need to go to the opticians myself, it's just the price of glasses that puts me off going.




~~~~~~~ to Jude and Liz, hope you are both alright.

Sorry if I've missed any of our friends out....my memory isn't as good as it use to be.lol!!


Well girls, I have to go out now, so will speak to you all later on today.



Take care everyone.



Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Hi all
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEAN
xxxx


we've had 3 lovely days .... sunny and warm.

We get by using fans to circulate the air ........... OH has cleaned them all, ready to bring upstairs from the workshop when we need them.


What lovely news about Jeff!


J said on the phone today "MJ might not be walking yet, but he's definitely a toddler, with tantrums"!



s
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Mo, there are still rats, but they are not coming into the living part of the house. There might be some in the ceiling, and there have been some downstairs in the workshop. I did catch a big one in a trap down there, and there had been another caught down there, which son discovered and disposed of. They have also eaten a small bit of the poison I put down there for them. I doubt if we will ever be completely free of rats, living in the country.

Huia.

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A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR JEAN FOR TOMORROW.
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LOVE AND BEST WISHES FROM MO+ROLY.

Caz, do you have a warden/manager in your charge of your sheltered accomodation.
When my mum was alive,the place she lived in had a warden, and she turned the hall and corridors heating of during the summer months.
The residents could still have the heating on in their flats, if they wanted to, but it did help to cool the place down a little.
I'm surprised that the council have not complained about the amount of the electricity used, even though it gets paid via the rents.
It will be lovely to get your airconditioning unit working, but it does seem unfair that you will have to pay for the use of it, whilst the others are upping the amount of electric being used, basically at your expense.
In other words what I am trying to say, is that if the others wern't so inconsiderate, you would not have needed to buy the unit in the first place.
No offence is meant by what I have just said love.

Linda I hope you are feeling better today. As the saying goes, "keep taking the tablets"
Hows the dress you are knitting coming along now.?

Huia, what a shame Phil was unresponsive when you visited him. But thank the lord he does respond at times, and I know how that cheers you up.
Have the dreaded rats gone for good now love. I do hope so, as they have been the bane of your life for long enough now.

I hope that Betty will pop in and see us again soon, it's so nice when we have new friends to talk to.

Sallie, how has your day been. Have you had Jennie and Michael over for dinner today.
I hope that Jennie is better today. It's such a pity when she has these setbacks, she was going along quite nicely for some time wasn't she, and then the flare ups started again, bless her it's just not fair is it.

~~~~~~~~~~to Ann,Sylvia, Tess, Marie, Joyce, Liz when she looks in, and all our friends who I may have forgotten to add.

Good night god bless one and all. Love Mo xxx <3

Pity the rads can't be turned off so hard that the ladies acn't turn them on.

Ann the ladies have been told time and time again but they still do it, the men don't bother, just head on to their flats as we do except we pass three radiators from the lift to our door and every time we have to turn them off. The electricity for corridor heating is in with our monthly rent but will go up if it goes on. It makes me wonder how hot their own flats are, we don't even have central heating on in winter it is so warm, but they are on our own bills.

Caz x

Edited to say I forgot to say welcome Betty/Lily, it is lovely to see you on here again, hope you stay with us this time.

Caz, that must be putting the heating cost up a lot, is it shared equally for the building? can't the old ladies (who are probably my age Lol!!! be told that theyw ill have to pay more in fuel costs if they turn the radiators on in summer?