General Chat

Hi Mo, nice to see you, glad you are feeling better, hope it stays that way... <3
we have only had two short thunderstorms , the sun is very hot though, too hot for me and i like warm weather too :-D :-D glad you got the car fixed, hope it wasnt too expensive, :-0 :-0 its been beautiful today, but loads of washing to do so havent seen much of it looks as though it will be nice all week, so chance of some trips out....how is Lily doing , we saw C last weekend changes every time we see him, but what a cheeky monkey ;-) ;-)

hope all our friends are o.k. nice to hear from Ann Marie Sylvia Huia Elizabeth and any one else that looks in...always welcome :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D and not forgetting our Sallie too

love Jean xxx <3 <3 <3

Hi girlies,
Oooh wow, we had a great storm earlier. The thunder was deafening, and lightening struck a few houses not to far from us. I had not seen that much rain in ages, but it did cool down for a while, but now it's started getting warmer again.
I would never normally wish for a thunder storm, but I do hope we get a nice clearing up one tonight, so that it's a little cooler tomorrow.

This heat has not been good for a few of our friends, their breathing was affected badly.
Our neighbour, next door but one, had a heart attack, and is now in hospital. Our dear friend who has got the bone cancer, was in a right state bless her, she could not stop perspiring. The doctor told her to increase her fluid intake to compensate, so she didn't move from the house for four days. She would normally sit in her garden for a while, but was unable to do so, so she was climbing the walls by Saturday, and we picked her up, and took her up for a cuppa in town for a break, not much, but she appreciated the change.

I hope you had a good time Sylvia.
Sending my love and best wishes to you all, Mo xxx

Almost like a new car then Mo, sounds good. Glad that you seem to be starting to feel better.
Sylvia hope you enjoy your weekend with your friend.mhot here but storms expected as usual after a heatwave.

Sylvia, hope that you and OH will enjoy your few days away visiting your friend.


Mo, nice to see you on here again, really missed over the last couple of weeks.
Also hope that you are feeling a lttle bit better each day.

Glad that you have had your car back and that you are pleased with it.
Tomorrow, Alun has to take our car into the Volvo dealers in Derby for them to do a diagnostic test on it, so hope they don't find anything that will cost us too much.



Hello to all our other friends and hope you are all well.


Love, Sallie. xxx

Have a lovely break away Sylvia. Like you, we are having a heat wave at the moment, with temperatures soaring up to 89 degrees, it's unbearably humid, so it looks like another very restless night, grrr it makes me very irritable in the mornings.

We have got our car back, and ooooh it looks brand new. I wonder how long it will be before we get a few scratches on it. You can guarantee, when we park up to do the shopping, someone with a trolley manages to knock it.
The man who did the work discovered more dents than we realised we had LOL
And Roly can't blame me for them, as I never seem to get the chance to drive these days, I think I must have scared the pants off him when I drove us the last time.

Well girls, I will say bye for now, take care, hugs Mo xxx

Hi Mo, and everyone


Mo .................. I always think that no news is good news, and a delayed appointment means there is nothing seriously wrong :-)




The weather is still hot here ........... OH has moved down to the bed in the basement, and I have 2 fans going in the upstairs bedroom.

I am soooooooo glad though that we bought a car with air conditioning this last time. It is so much comfortable, even just driving around town!



We are going away again tomorrow, until Monday, visiting our friend. We haven't seen her since Christmas :-(




take care everyone



s
xx

Hi Mo, lovely to see you post. Don't worry about not posting for a while, as long as things are okay with both you and Roly, that's the main thing.

Hope that your car will keep going for you both as I know what you mean about not being able to walk as far now as we use to and especially with having to carry heavy shopping.


We have a problem with our car at the moment, the garage has done a diagnostic test on it, but can't find out what's wrong with it. Alun has to take it to the Volvo dealer in Derby on Thursday, so hopefully they will be able to find out what the problem is. I'm not holding my breath though. lol!!



It's so quiet on here, I think everyone must be away on holiday. lol!!
Hope that you are all okay.


Take care all.



Love, Sallie. xxx

Hello girls,
Many thanks for your kind support, and forgive me for not having posted in a while.
I feel like using a Victor Mildrew saying...." I just dont believe it " I went to see about my results of my biopsy yesterday, and yes, you are right, they are not back yet.
So the doctor is going to chase them up. But in saying that, I am relieved, as if it was urgent, I would have heard by now...Whew thank the good lord for that.

Our poor little car is in for a re-spray at the moment. She has had a lot of work done on her recently, costing us about £1,600, so we decided the dents she received after Roly smacked her up, following his stroke, needed to be sorted out as well. Well it is over one year ago now, and she has been plodding along, and needed some tender loving care.
Plus, we do need her to carry on working for us, as walking to far is a definate no no for us both now. And carrying heavy shopping is a nightmare, when we are so used to just chucking it in the boot.

Well my loves, I am sorry I have not read back, but I send you all my very best wishes, and hope that you are all well.

(((((((((((SPECIAL HUGS FOR JEAN xxx)))))))))))
And thank you Sallie for listening to my gripes. xxx

Hi girls, just thought I'd let you all know that I had a reply from Mo yesterday evening. She is suffering a bit from ' the old black dog ' so hasn't felt like posting on GR at all, plus she hasn't had any news.

She has an appointment at hospital some time today, for the results of the biopsy, so hope all will go well for her.

Will let you all know if I here anything from her.


Thinking of you Mo, sending you lots of (((((((HUGS ))))))<3 <3 <3


Love, Sallie. xxx

Hi Elizabeth, always nice to see you post on here.


Thank you, hope too that you will have a lovely weekend.


Hope that you and your family are all well.


Take care.


Love, Sallie. xxx <3

Hi Elizabeth, always nice to see you post on here.


Thank you, hope too that you will have a lovely weekend.


Hope that you and your family are all well.


Take care.


Love, Sallie. xxx <3

Hello to you all

Whatever you are doing over the weekend, wishing you
peace and contentment.

If you can, recharge your batteries and relax.


Look after each other.

Take gentle care
With very best wishes
Elizabeth,
xx

Marie, lovely to hear from you and pleased to know that you and your family are all fine.

Sorry to hear about your eye and hope that it will soon clear with the stronger drops, it will be lovely when you have your new glasses.

Thank you for your good wishes for my birthday.....yes I had a lovely day, thanks.Hope that your granddaughter had a lovely birthday too. Did she have a party? If she did, I expect she loved every minute of it.

Alun and I have had a dog lodger since just before Christmas, he is our daughter and her hubby's dog, they moved back to live nearer us and M's parents, but the place they moved into pets are not allowed, so we decided to have him live with us,
he's lovely..I have his photo as my avatar.



Jean, I hope that both you and J are getting over the tummy bug and are feeling a lot better. Hope D hasn't got it too.

Have you definitely decided to have the roof done? If so, hope that they will be able to do it for you soon.....It will be so much warmer and cosier for you in the winter.


I have four birthday cards to make for this month, so I will have to get a move on and then I am going to start on my Christmas cards, although I have quite a few made from last year.

We went into Derby this morning, of course, I had to have a look in the craft shop in one of the markets there and ending up buying some new Christmas Decoupage that she had there. lol!!




Ann, I'm sure that I read on one of your posts that you and T are away for the weekend. If so,I hope both of you will have a lovely time.


Yes thank you Ann, I received your card on Wednesday, the day of my birthday.

Jennie's birthday was on the 29th of May, my sister-in-law posted her birthday card two days before on, the 27th, and Jennie didn't receive it until last last week 4th July, and it only had to come from Ilkley, West Yorkshire. So goodness knows where it had been during that time.



Huia, just hoping that all is well with you and that you are still working in the charity.



Sylvia, hope that you and OH are okay at the moment. Also hope that OH has managed to see your GP by now.
Hope that your daughter is feeling a lot better too.




Mo, missing you and hoping that you are not poorly. Thinking of you.
Sending you lots of ((((((HUGS))))))




Well ladies, I will say bye for now.


Take care.



Love and best wishes to you all.



Sallie. xxx <3 <3

Hi Mo, and everyone


Marie ....... it is lovely to see you posting, and to hear all your news xxxx




OH saw the GP yesterday afternoon re the stomach problem. The decision is ........................... do nothing!

He has to be careful about eating several small meals and snacks a day, drink more water and juice than he usually does, and has to eat slowly.

It seems that an operation may cause even more problems and can have very serious side effects. So, doing nothing is the best treatment



He also heard early this morning that his colonoscopy scheduled for noon on Tuesday .................

has been delayed

It is now scheduled for September 16 at 7 am

We take this as a sign that it is not urgent :-)



We made reservations on the ferry yesterday to go to the Island later next week to visit our friend. We haven't been over there since Christmas :-(




take care everyone




s
xx

Hello Dear Friends, and a Special Birthday wish to you Sallie I hope you had a lovely day. My granddaughter's birthday was the10th she is 4 years, to-day it is my son Ryan's fifty first birthday, I did not rise early enough to wish him a Happy Birthday.

I am well, as usual very busy ,I had my eye done a month ago ,I saw the specialist yesterday, I still have swelling in the eye so I am now on stronger drops I hope it clears soon, as I need to get new glasses,I had hoped to have been able to have them by now. ----------.I must be patient.
Hi Sylvia , it must have been a lovely time for you all to be together to send off your your Sister-in -law. It certainly sounded lovely.

Ann, love the photo of Luke he is just so cute

.Dear Mo I hope you are well, everyone seems to be missing you,I wonder why LOL
I do hope you are not ill.

Jean I am sure you will get a lot of use out of your room with the new roof and Heating

Hi Huia, it has been very cold over here and I guess you would be having much the same weather, we had a lot of sleet yesterday and freezing winds and to-day is much the same.Love to you <3

I am dog sitting for a week as my Daughter and son-in-law Brian have traveled to Melbourne to visit their son Sebastian, he is not teaching as it is the winter break for the Primary schools in Victoria.

Love <3 and Hugs Marie :-) <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Jean and Ann, thank you both so much for your lovely cards and your birthday wishes
on here and on the birthday thread, it's nice to be thought of, thank you again.

We just went to our favourite garden centre, had a look around and bought one or two things, then had a snack in the coffee shop there. This evening we went out for a meal with Jennie and Michael, so all in all I have a lovely day.


I have an appointment tomorrow morning with the audiologist, so will get my new hearing aids, thank goodness. It will be nice to be able to hear more clearly again.


I'll speak to you again tomorrow, take care.




Love, Sallie. xxx <3

Just had a look at the new pics ,and left my comment, lovely photos and lovely garden too....... :-D :-D :-D :-D

Glad he gave you a good quote and the cards sound nice.

OH has been working hard out in the garden the past two days so I thought I would take some updated photos. Those are now on my photo blog.

Ann I have just made my friends card using some of the embossed vellum, and also a sympathy card, but too hot to stay in much longer ... the man came and gave us a quote for a new roof , lovely man, no hard selling left us to talk to D about it , but we have decided to go ahead with it, but they are so busy it wont be until Sept, which is ok with us...just in time for the darker nights.....and winter......

Happy birthday Sallie, hoping my card gets there on time, left it a bit late to post I'm afraid, normally I give it four or five days.

Jean, sorry you have both been unwell. As you don't go out much do you know where you picked up a bug? Nasty things tummy bugs, hope you are both back to full health soon.

Like you I have a box full of cards and often have to make another one because none of the ones I have suit. Just made a golden wedding card and birthday card for T, now have his anniversary card to sort out and then our Grandson's wedding card. Luckily I do have enough for the birthday group. :-)