General Chat

Hi, everyone, still doing my work out and for two days I have not been dizzy..... so onwards and upwards, Sallie I have just been putting a label on the clear cover on my 205 cards yes your read it right, so some are going to the local hospice, hence the labels saves folk pulling them out to see whats inside...in future I will do them as I make them, but I am going to have a go at marbling my own background papers , used to do it many years ago so hear goes....
Mo my little chum how is the lovely Roly, big hug on the way, you had better have one too....
Marie so glad you had some lovely presents are you going to tell us what you got...
Huia and Sylvia hope you are well.
hello to all our missing friends hope to hear from you soon...
Ann where are the photos I know you will have taken today....lol...
nite nite all love Jean xx

Ann, Richard was twenty nine in March, and at least in this area ( can't speak for anywhere else) they had stopped the shave and enema bit by then. Thank goodness!

Pleased to hear that you and T enjoyed your day out. Like you, we've planned a day out to a certain plce, only to find that it was closed that day......it's so disappointing!
It's many years since I've been to the Cotswolds---such a beautiful place. On my dad's days off during the spring and summer, he would quite often take my mum and nan there. They all loved it there. With living in SE Wales the Cotswolds was a favourite place for a nice day out, for many people.


Mo, I don't blame you not getting in touch with your brother and his family.
It's the same for them to get in touch with you, as it is for you to get in touch with them. It works both ways.

I always keep in touch with some of my cousins, and apart from two of them, the others never get in touch until I do. So I now only ring those once in a blue moon. At first I thought I was being a bit nasty not keeping in touch with them, but like I said to you, it works both ways.



Marie, glad to hear that you are feeling better than you were, and hope that your cold sores will soon heal.

Hope that GR will soon get this site sorted out for you.

It sounds as though you had some lovely birthday pressies, and enjoyed your birthday,



Jean, how are you getting on with your exercises now? I hope the horrible symptoms you have had after doing them have subsided by now.

Are you managing to do any cards or scrapbook pages now?

I have quite a few cards to make at the moment, so have been busy getting some done. I'll put them on Ann's blog a few at a time when I've finished them.


Spoken to Joyce today, she seems to be a lot better, so lets hope she will continue that way.



Caz, if you're looking in, I hope that are having a good day today. Thinking about you.



Huia, hope all is well with you and that things were okay with Phil, when you last visited him.



Tess, hope all is well with you. We haven't heard from you for a long while.


Well, I must get back to card making, or they won't be done in time.lol!!


Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx



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Ann, I am very envious of your day out.
We go to a National trust park, called Bedgebury Pineatum. It has so many different trees, that are donkeys years old, but oh so beautiful, and soooo peaceful.
The first time we went there, we got ourselves lost, even though we were given a directions map.
Eventually we found the lake in the middle of the park, and sat and had our picnic there.
We were absolutely exhausted by the time we had finished our trek around the area.
It's so annoying when you make plans, only to have them scuppered by odd opening times. As you said, you would have thought they would have extended the weekend, into the thursday and fridays, now that we are in the summer months, and not at the end of June.
We have not had any rain here today, luckily, but it has turned very chilly.

Huia, we would have to be awake most of our night, to speak to you when you are enjoying daylight hours. LOL So WAKEY WAKEY HUIA, both Ann and I are here if you want to chat.

Marie, get in contact with GR as Ann has said, and hopefully they can sort things out for you.
You dont want to be paying for a service you cant use.
I am pleased you had a pleasant birthday, despite your cold sores,ahh bless you honey, we luvs you anyway.

I hope all our friends are feeling o.k.
Love to you all. Mo xxx

Mo, it just goes to show that all the indignities were over the top. Mind you i think they stopped the enema about 20+ years ago.
I don'y blame you being fed up with chasing your family, let them come to you in future.

Marie, have you contacted Genes about your problem

We have just had a nice day out. We set off to visit Hidcote, a National Trust garden which we like. We normally go their in July/August. Stupidly we didn't check the book for opening hours and they don't open all week until the ens of June. Although the cafe and small garden centre is open. We were not the only ones to make the mistake, how stupid, surely if you are going to shut for two days you'd choose Monday and Tuesday, Not Thursday and Friday.

Anyway, we drove on to Batsford near Moreton in the Marsh, and had a wander round there. Lots of wild flowers out, a few rhododendrons, a beautiful Azalia, a couple of magnolias, lots of Alium and a wonderful handkerchief tree. There were also deer in the adjoining park which belong to the big house once lived in by the Mitfords. We had a couple of showers but managed to shelter, then we had our picnic lunch in the car. Drove home via Stoe on the Wold and luckily didn't get held up by the horse fair. Did see a couple of pony carts as we drove along though. The sun shone all the way back over the Cotswolds and the villages looked lovely with the honey coloured stone in the sunshine. Got home about 3pm.

All except Marie, of course.

Huia.

Good morning when you all get up. I dont know why you all wait until I go to bed before you get on here. :-(

Huia.

Hi Friend's , I hope you are all well, I am a little better except t for these awful cold sore's :-(
It is still very cold here yesterday was bittlerly cold day with sleet and rain :O

It is a little better to-day it rained all night so I wont have to water for a few day's.
:-(I AM HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH THE GENE'S SITE,
I cant get into the posts & when it start's to take me to them the green line gets Halfway then stops :S Dead. I found the refresh button but the same thing happen's over and over again =I In the end I give up, I have been trying on and off for Hour's and this is only the 2nd post I have written .


:D Thank you for your birthday greetings for yesterday I had a very nice day despite the freezing weather and I was given some lovely present's :-)

Have a lovely day.
<3 Marie ;-) :-( :-(

Sylvia, when I had my first four children, we were made to stay in hospital for ten days.
That was o.k with having the first one, but having young children at home pining for their mum, was heart breaking for me, and I couldn't wait to get home to them.
Of course you do forget all the work that you are going home to, with having older children to care for, as well as a new baby, and took some routine to maintain order.LOL
Mind you, I wouldn't have had it any other way.
But these days, they can't get you out of the hospital quick enough. New mums can be in,deliver their babies, and home soon afterwards.
Not like the good old days, when you went through the indignities, of having to have an enema, shave and bath, before you could get down to the business of delivering your baby. I was shocked to find out they had stopped doing this process now.
And of course the midwife would call for a good few days, to make sure you were coping as well.
Oh so different to now. When the new mums have to go to the surgery to visit the midwife, instead of her coming out to them following the birth.

Sallie, you are not going to believe this, but I have not heard any news about my nephew at all.
I don't even know if his Fiance has had her baby yet either.
Such a close family arn't we. But I refuse to do all the chasing now, I have learn't my lesson the hard way, and refuse to be ignored by my brother ,and nephew and niece anymore . If they want to tell me whats occuring in their lives, they can jolly well ring me and tell me.
I got fed up of ringing, leaving messages, and getting no replies from them.

I must say good night, god bless as it's now 10.50 p.m and I am shattered.
Love Mo xxx

Good morning (from me). A lovely sunny day at present. Yesterday it was raining and blowing hard. I dont know how long the fine weather will last, I think it is supposed to be showers leading up to rain again. I should be doing the washing but cant be bothered, sooner play on here.

I dont think I will be changing my avatar too often, it takes too long.

Huia.

Hi Girls,

Well that's the shopping done for another week, thank goodness..... a job I hate, as I'm sure you all know by now.lol!!


Mo, I'm not shocked about your granddaughter going out shopping so soon, it seems to be the norm these days. Jennie's friend Laura, was just the same after having her second baby Gracie, who was one yesterday.
As my late mother used to say, " Carrying and giving birth to a baby is still the same has it's always been, the risks are still there and always will be". I'm sure she would be horrified if she could see how things are now.

I've been meaning to ask you, how your nephew is now......I hope he's making a good recovery.




Sylvia, you would have thought that M's sister and neice, would have had a bit more thought and considered washing up the dishes first. I'm sure that J would have preferred to have seen the place all neat and tidy, than all the decorations they had put up.



Ann, you must have thought I'm " losing it " when you received the pm I sent earlier.lol!! I was rushing to send you a message before going out, and forgot that it was a pm and not on this thread. Sorry. it's an age thing, I hope.



Jean, sorry I haven't sent you a reply about the acetate twisted easel card I've put on Ann's blog. I have to find out how to reply to you.....no problem, you carry on making one the same, if you want to. I don't mind at all.

~~~~~to everyone else and hope that you are all okay.


Well ladies, I'll say goodnight now. Speak to you all tomorrow.


Love, Sallie.xxx






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Hi all
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The advice given to us when I was pregnant with J 37 years ago, was try to deter visitors from visiting on the first day or so, until you had recovered from the tiredness. Or even not to have too many visitors on the first day or 2 days back home


We only had limited visiting in hospitals then, and it was thought that trying to get everyone visiting during the 1 hour mid-afternoon and 1 hour in the evening was just too exhausting.

Of course, no-one prevented you from having lots of visitors, but no more than 2 at a time, if that is what you wanted.


And I know J was very glad to only have limited visitors after MJ was born ........... M's parents were in Florida and we were over here, so that wasn't a problem for either of us.


J said that the best visitor she had during the first 2 weeks or so was a close friend.

She walked in the house carrying home-made food, some to eat now, some to go in the fridge or freezer. She then walked into the kitchen where she washed up and did odd jobs that J&M had not managed to keep up with. And, she did all that without having been asked.


J said it really opened her eyes as to what she could for other new mums.


On the other hand, M's sister had a key to the house, went in with her 17 year old daughter before J and MJ came home, and decorated the hall and living room with balloon, signs etc ................ but they did not clear up the kitchen of all the dirty dishes that M had left in the sink.

First thing J did after she got home on Friday, was wash up dishes left from the Monday evening she went in (they'd had a snack while she was waiting until it was time to leave), and the 3 days she was in hospital when M was going home only to wash, eat a little and feed the cats.



THAT made me mad when I heard about it!



Take care everyone



sylvia
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Huia, I am loving your new avatar, you have so many to chose from, whereas me, I am staying as I am as I don't want to mess everything up again.

It's very quiet on here, where has everyone got to tonight.

I hope Marie has been able to enjoy her birthday, and been feeling better today.

I managed to speak to my grandaughter today. She had been down town shopping today, shock horror.
When I said to her that she shouldn't be out this quickly, she was amazed.
When she saw the midwife today she never said that she couldn't go out so away she went.
I had to explain to her why she should take it easy for a few days, especially as she had the fainting fits after giving birth.
It just amazes me how things have changed over the years.

Well girls, I hope to hear from you soon.
Take care of yourselves. Love Mo xxx

Hi Sallie,
My daughter phoned a little while ago, grandaughter is now at home.
I had to wait till we came back to the U.K to show my eldest daughter to our families, but sent loads of pictures.
With my other four, my family were the first to see them, even over and above friends.
When our grandaughter was born, we were the first ones to see her, just moments after she was born, those first few cuddles make a big difference to the bonding process with a child.
I can't understand her attitude either to be honest with you.

Well love I am away to my bed soon, so I will say goodnight god bless you.
Love to you both. Mo xxx

Mo, it's frightening to see the extreme weather in many parts of the world.

Do you know if your granddaughter will be able to go home tomorrow.


I can't understand her not wanting any visitors, you would think that she would want family and friends to see the baby, especially as she's her first baby. I couldn't wait to show Richard to everyone, and then again with Jennie three years later.....I'm sure that all our friends on here felt the same way when their children were born.



Sylvia, I hope that the floods insome parts in Canada won't get any worse that they are now and that there won't be any loss of life.

I like the story or legend about the yews surrounding the church that you got married in.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Oh my word Sylvia,what is happening to our world, weather wise. Floods in Canada and OZ, Earthquakes and tornado's in NZ, what have we done to our planet us humans.

Your photo of your marital church, reminds me very much of the church that Roly's grandfather was a verger of . We had our eldest daughter baptised there.
They ruined the church graveyard, by making it into a grass area, for people to sit. They chopped down the beautiful trees,but left the tombstones, but the solitude is now lost with youngsters playing in what should remain a sacred place.
When I was young, I had a fear of walking through a cemetary. I think I always expected to see a ghost, walking in the grounds. Oh how the mind of a child goes into overdrive.

Jean honey, are you sure it's Huia who's got a trigger finger, only your last post has appeared twice.
I know you want Marie to hear you, but you dont have to shout that loud.<3<3<3 LOL

Hi all

cloudy today

....... and some parts of Canada are having massive flooding problems. This is not in BC, so don't get worried for me!! But parts of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec have floods that are higher that any EVER known before. The army has been called in to help in Manitoba and Quebec.


Bruera Church was OH's family church. I didn't like my own parish church, nor the vicar, so we got married at his church.

It is unusual in that it is surrounded by an almost complete circle of Yew tree, which are supposed to ward off evil.

OH's parents are buried in the "new" graveyard, outside the circle of Yews.



Mo ..... I hope you get to see Gracie-Mai soon xxx




sylvia
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIE well its such a long way away so you have to shout....lol.... sending love and prayers for a special birthday Marie ,

lot of love and hugs....Jean xx aka Joan......

Good evening everyone.
My word there was so much to catch up with news wise on here.

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I have put this up now girls, because by the time Marie reads it, it will be her birthday, because of the time difference.
Poor Marie, you are another one who has been through the mill lately.
I hate getting cold sores, they always feel twice the size that they really are.
There are times when I get them before I get a cold, but then when the cold breaks, it's normally a stinker.

Update on baby Gracie-Mai. Grandaughter was not allowed home yesterday, as she kept fainting after having baby.
My daughter was allowed to visit for a few minutes, but grandaughter has left instructions that she doesn't want any visitors yet, as she is to tired.
Even her sister has not been allowed in to see her.
So now we are waiting for an invitation, oops thats me being sarcastic.
I have sent her txt's to congratulate her, but had no response. Oh well,time will tell if I can keep my trap shut or not, as I think she has treated her mum abysmally (sp)

I was sweating buckets earlier in the garden. I have now finished planting
all my summer bedding plants.
I didn't realise it was as hot outside as it was, and had to keep popping indoors for cold drinks.
The garden is now looking great, so I can now sit back and enjoy it.

I hope that everyone is o.k.
Take care my friends. Love Mo xxx

OK Sallie, I know I put on all that I received.
Marie, cold sores are nasty aren't they, very painful. I hope yours clears up soon. Do you have something to but on it? We use Zovirax. Happy birthday for tomorrow. I will be 71 in August, Like you Sylvia can't think where the years gone, and just how did my daughter get to be 50 this year? I can remember when my Mum was 50!!!!

Good afternoon ladies,

Lovely to see you Marie and glad that you are feeling better. Hope you will continue "on the way up ", and will soon feel like your normal self again.

Wishing you a Happy Birthday for tomorrow and hope you'll have a lovely day.



Huia, sorry I misunderstood you about the site. Like me, I thought you were having a problem with GR too.

Pleased to hear that you are still managing to get a good nights sleep, without having to take the tablets.



Sylvia, the church looks lovely. Is it near to where you lived while you were growing up?



Liz, lovely to see you on here again. I hope you are feeling alright and not having too many problems.
Hope all is well with your son.



Caz, hope you are having a better day, today. It's always nice to see you on here.
I wonder if Joyce is having any luck with sorting her computer out.


Ann, I think some of the photos of the cards I sent you, didn't all get there.
I know Alun sent more than is on your blog, so when he gets home we'll
hopefully sort it out.



Going to have some lunch now, so I'll speak to you all later.


Love, Sallie.xxx