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Happy Birthday Sallie, have a wonderful day lots of pressies and cards

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Today we are getting a quote for the roof of the conservatery, so we can use it all year round....even with heating in, it is very cold in the winter months...we dont get sun until late in the year and not for long, the big problem is were to put the furniture and chairs if we go ahead with it , we have a tall freezer in also and they will have to work round that ..

Both J and myself have been hit with a tummy virus, its doing the rounds so it seems,
I am still feeling a bit off, but like a lot of folk we dont drink enough liquid, so need to sort it out...
I havent made cards for ages , although I have been trying embossing vellum and acetate, turned out well so will have some to wrap round cards....I have large box full of cards , and not one for my friends birthday or any sympathy cards would you believe it :-0 :-0 :-0 so must hurry up and sort that out too...

Ann, your visit to the garden centre sounds nice, we have two large ones close by, so we are going to have a look sometime soon ...I have some birthday money left and would like some taller plants for out side, I did get a Fuschia which is thriving at the front of the house ,but although we dont have a garden as such, but the parking area is getting overgrown so we are waiting for a man to come and sort it out so maybe some shrubs will brighten the outlook.....

I hope everyone else are keeping well Mo where are you???? are you ok. or still milking the resting thingy ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) missing you hun <3 <3

love to everyone else Jean xx <3

Ann, I have only been making the cards I need for the birthdays each month. I keep looking in the craft shops but there doesn't seem to be anything new in any of them at the moment, just hope things will get better. Went to Hobbycraft last week. they didn't have very much there at all, it wasn't worth looking there at all. They are now all into cake decorating and jewellery making. I have been thinking about doing some knitting. but can't decide what to make, it is years since I knitted anything at all. lol!!

Hope that you and T enjoyed your snack lunch you bought in the shop at the new Gloucester services.

Well, I'm still worried about Mo not having heard from her since last week, I just hope that she is all right.



Hello to everyone else.





Love. Sallie. xxx

Hi all, well done Sallie for keeping the thread going! I sometimes post on the welsh thread and forget this one or vice versa.

Yes I am still making cards although I do have quite a few already in the box ready to send out. A few days back I made T's card and yesterday I made a golden wedding card for a penfriend. I don't make so many at this time of year as a lot of my time is spent in the garden.

Huia, nice to have your son there making himself useful and good to have all the firewood. Your cousin was avery good age but it is still sad to lose family. Which reminds me I must write to one of my cousins who is 91 now, not heard for ages so wondering if he is ok. We only correspond a couple of times a year.

We have just been down to Blooms which is a Wyvale Garden centre down the M5 from us, as I had £4 worth of vouchers, all we bought was slug bait which the vouchers paid for!!!

But on the way back we called in to look at the new Gloucester services. Really impressive, run by the same people that run the one on the M6 in the Lake District T*****, can't remember the name of that one. Lovely shop inside with mostly Gloucester produce we bought, chipolatas, cheese, rolls, a small pie (big enough for both of us for a snack lunch.) If we hadn't been going away for the weekend we would have bought meat, it all looked very good. They even had sticky toffee pudding and cake both from Cartmel. Outside lots of picnic tables and outside tables, the lunches also looked very good. Just a shame that it is in the wrong place for us to use when travelling. About a mile from the 11a turn off. Still we will shop there again, it was a bit more expensive but as with all farmers markets, worth it for quality.

Sylvia welcome back to the thread, I think I 'spoke' to you on the Welsh thread.

Hi Huia. pleased to know that you are alright. It must have been nice for you, having your son there...it's good that he was able to do a few jobs for you and that you now have plenty of firewood ready for winter.

Sorry to hear about your dad's cousin, he was a good age at 92....good that you were able to go to his funeral in Auckland.


Nice hearing from you, look after yourself.


Love, Sallie. xxx

I am fine, Sallie. My son came up at the weekend and cut down a lot of the shrubbery lining our drive, while I carted the stuff off to sump elsewhere. He also did a few other jobs, changing a light bulb and the battery in a smoke detector and finished up cutting those pine branches to length with his chainsaw, an a tree stump which has been sitting around for some time he cut into lengths then split up for firewood, so I am ok for firewood for this year.

Yesterday I went to a funeral in Auckland. Dad's last cousin had died aged 92. I didn't work in the shop as I wanted to go to the funeral.

Today is very windy and it is now starting to rain.

Mo, how are you getting on? It's almost a week since we heard from you, so hope that everything is alright.



Sylvia, pleased that all went well for you all with the spreading of you sister-in-law's ashes.

Hope that your daughter hasn't had anymore problems since going to the hospital while you were away and that she is now feeling a lot better.


Sorry that OH had to go to the hospital too while you were away. Hope that he isn't in too much pain and that your GP will be able to get him a quick hospital referral.

Sending both OH and your daughter my best wishes and hope that all will be well for them soon.



Jean, how are you and the family doing? Hope that you are all okay.




Ann, are you still making cards? It's a long while since anyone posted on your crafts, card making etc.... thread.

Hope that you and T are both ok.



Huia, it's a while since we heard from you, hope that you are alright.



Marie, also hope that everything is alright with you and your family.




Well, it's time for bed now, so will chat again soon.




Love and best wishes to you all. Sallie. xxx

Hi Mo, and everyone


we're back!


I haven't yet read back .................. and not sure if I will ever find the time to catch up with you all :-)


I did see that Mo has had her little "scope" ........ so glad to hear that things seem to be fine.





We had a good trip north. The celebration went well ................ about 20-25 people turned up to help drink to my sis-i-l ...........

.......... although they didn't make that much impression on the 44 bottles of wine that her children had found in the liquor "cupboard" :-)


The spreading of the ashes took place on June 30 ....................... the "kids" managed to borrow a special all-terrain vehicle type of thing that could get me from the parking area up the very steep path to the top of the knoll where the action was to take place. We all found our own little private spots to place some of the ashes, under trees and shrubs.


It was great to see our daughter and grandson ................. who was a little bit fazed a suddenly meeting 5 cousins he didn't know about :-) We didn't confuse him further by saying that they were actually second cousins :-D

He did have fun playing with them ............ eldest turned 6 last Thursday, the youngest is 18 months old ...................... belonging to 3 different families :-)



We as a family also ended up spending several hours on both Sunday and Monday in the Emergency ward of the local hospital.

First of all, my daughter needed treatment on Sunday .................. she is now OK and went home as planned on Tuesday

Then OH had to go in on Monday with bad gut pains .................... ultrasounds, ECGs and x-rays finally showed that he has a hernia in his diaphragm that has allowed some of his stomach to move up into his chest, and will need an operation to correct it. They administered quite a few doses of morphine to get the pain down, and then released him

He slept well that night

It has apparently been developing for several years ..................... now he is on small frequent meals until he can see his GP and get referral to a specialist.








take care everyone




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We have just watched the most amazing firework display from the local barracks up the road, best I have ever seen. Not too loud either except a couple, just very pretty. The only thing I can think it is either for independence day but that is tomorrow, or a summer ball, unusual on a Thursday. It is a Nato base so all nationalities so it could be anything. Still it was worth watching.

Hi Jean, didn't get too much craft stuff. just some card and some small flowers. They didn't seem to have anything new in , so will wait and see what the'tt have next time I go.
I haven't made many cards lately, only got to make two for the 14th July and then an anniversary for Alun towards the end of August. I am thinking about starting to make some Christmas cards, just some plain and easy ones.

I have loads of Christmas stash so I am going to send some of it to Shaun....it will help him as there isn't a craft shop that he can get to easily.


Glad that your new car is going well and that it is nice and comfortable to ride in.


Everyone is ok here thank. Just hope it keeps going that way.lol!!!



Will chat to you soon.




Take care,




Love, Sallie. xxx

Hi,Sallie, what did you get craftwise? I have just recieved a Tonic wallet to hold dies along with a tattered lace die and a spellb one,( the book shape,) also a new Tonic one .so will get the dies organised, and sort through all the diecut shapes I have, maybe colour some of them....no use doing any more cards for awhile have too many ....
we havent been to far in the car , just some shopping and local visits, seems to be o.k. comfy and easy to get in and out of... J says the petrol mileage is very good, but we should go on a longer run to get a proper picture of how many m.p.g.

I have been watching on youtube a lady using vellum die cuts and also embossing vellum , so would like to have a go at that,

hope everyone else is o.k. and hope to hear from you all soon . take care ..



Love Jean xxx <3 <3

Ann, just looked at your photos of the Lake District, they are beautiful, wish Alun or I were as clever as you taking photographs. Some nice holiday memories to treasure of you altogether.



Mo, hope that you are alright today. It's been a nice day here, although a bit cloudy at times. Did the usual weekly shop this morning and then after lunch we decided to go to our favourite garden centre. Alun bought some long handled shears that we needed and then I went into the craft centre there and just bought a few bits and pieces..

Of course we always go in the coffee shop they have there. can't miss out on our coffee and tea and one of their scones.lol!!



Jean, hope that you are all well there. Has J got over his birthday celebrations yet?

Hope the new car is going along okay----I bet you have had a few outings in it by now.




Sylvia, shouldn't be too long before you are home again- hope all went as planned with your family visit..

I'm sure that your grandson enjoyed his time spent with his cousins.




Marie, haven't heard from you for a long while, hope everything is alright with you and your family.



Huia, how are things with you? I hope that you are feeling a lot better from your flu bug or whatever it was.





Well ladies, will chat to you all again soon.




Take care.





Love, Sallie.

Thanks Jean :-) <3

I always like to give my critical eye over your efforts Ann ;-) ;-) ;-)
not bad for an amatuer, :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D I will give it 9.1/2...or even 10/10 :-)

comment added on your blog <3

Love as always, Jean xx <3

Jean :-D :-D :-D I wouldn't have guessed you'd be interested :-D :-D

Me,Me :-D :-D :-D :-D

Lake District photos on my photo blog for those interested. :-D

Mo, sounds as though you and Roly enjoyed your day out today. I had forgotten about the men wearing a handkerchief in their heads. They use to tie a knot on each corner.....it made a nice little cap to help protect their heads from the sun. LOL!!

Like you Mo, Jennie loves all vegetables but has to be careful on how much she eats.


We went to Derby this afternoon and went in to have a cup of tea, I said the same as you when I started drinking my tea, it was like nectar from the gods.
Jennie told me that I am addicted to it.LOL!!

I am pleased that you are feeling a bit more relaxed today and was able to go out.


Hello Jean and Ann, hope that you and yours are all alright,



Love, Sallie.xxx

Hi girls,
Yes Ann, I do like my veg, but tend to be very careful as to what ones I eat. Wind building veg is a no no for me, Broccoli, Sprouts, Cauliflower etc, but I do try to eat a very small portion of it, but suffer afterwards.
Today I bought myself the prune juice, and Orange juice with bits in, plus Strawberries, plums,grapes and a load more salad bits.
We will lose weight if nothing else LOL

Sallie, yes Jennie is dead right about them filling you with air. Afterwards I thought I might fly away with the wind or should I say breeze....not my own I might add. LOL
My lunch was only what I thought would be, one toasted tea cake, Roly ordered me two, and expected me to eat them, well I couldn't leave them could I. But the cup of tea was like nectar from the gods.

Jean,I plumped me bum down in the shade in the garden, and relaxed. We then took ourselves of to our local leisure park, and had a gentle stroll round in the sunshine.
We had a delicious ice cream, and sat on a bench like a couple of kids licking our cones, oh so relaxing, especially as all the older children were at school, and it was only the little ones out with their mummies for the day.
We watched some little ones having fun in the paddling pool, but we were not sure who was enjoying it more, the children, or the parents, who obviously had to paddle with them.
All that was needed ,was the occasional man sitting with his handkerchief on his head on a deck chair. Now thats something you don't see these days, it's all baseball hats turned the wrong way round instead.

Well my lovelies, I will say bye for now, take care, hugs to you all. Mo

So pleased that it wasnt bad news pet, over now so you can relax , time never stands still my dad used to say and its true...have a few cuppas , and sit in the
sun....perfick .....dont get the paint brush out ;-) ;-) ;-) :-D

love and hugs Jean xx <3 <3 <3

Mo, glad that today is over and done with for you, and just hope that the polyp is nothing to worry about.

Did you enjoy your lunch after going so long without food? Hope it was something that you really love to eat.

Jennie was telling us that they have to blow you up with air before they can do the colonoscopy, and as you said Mo, it is very painful.

Mo, only too glad to be here for you, so moan and groan all you want, we are here to help and support through any worries that you have. That's partly what friend's are for.


Well. I'm going to have a cuppa now, so will speak to you tomorrow.




Love, Sallie.xxx