General Chat

Hi Mo, and everyone


the weather is still quite mild here!


Nice to hear from you, Sallie .............. take care with that leg


MO .......... take care, get better soon!




my daughter is now sick, and in hospital, so I may have to go over there.

we are in the last few days of s-i-l's life, I think

She is in no pain (well medicated), but she has not eaten for about 10 days, and is now asleep most of the time.

OH desperately wants to go to her Memorial, which will be held as soon after she dies as possible ................... but it looks as though I might not get there.



take care everyone



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Hi girls, thank you all for your good wishes. I seen the doctor at the hospital yesterday, he told me that I have torn the ligaments down the side of my leg and the bruising is where they have bled. He said that it will take about six weeks for them to heal. Trouble is I can't get upstairs to my craft room so that I can make some cards, so as I feel a bit bored I am going to do some knitting....can't stand just sitting and watching TV......not much on anyway.lol!!



Mo, hope you will soon feel better, these viruses have a way of hanging on and on.


I can't believe that Lilly will be three on Thursday, if you are too poorly to go to her party, maybe they can save you a slice of cake.


Please give my best wishes to your friend Florence, hope that all goes well for her when she sees the Specialist on Thursday.



Jean, thank you for letting everyone know about my leg. Hope you and the family are all oaky.





Sylvia, so sorry I missed your birthday, so sending you belated Birthday Wishes. So glad that both you and OH enjoyed the meal out at your local bistro. Like both you and Mo I love lamb shank......lamb is my favourite meat.


How is your S in L. Hope that she is comfortable and not in any pain. Thinking about her and her family.
Also hope that your leg is healing well




Marie, glad to see you back on the thread, sorry that I missed your post.



Huia, hope you are alright, I must have missed your posts. How are things with Phil, hope he is comfortable.Have you been kept busy at the shop lately?



Will speak to you all again soon.



Take care everyone.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Hi girls,
Just popping in to say hello, as I promised.
Sorry to be a party pooper, but I have not been to good over the last few days.
I have got this blessed virus back again, and have not been out of the house, apart from going to darts last night, and I shouldn't have gone, as I felt dreadful.
I do hope you are all well, and that our Sallie is on the mend.

Our Lilly will be three on Thursday...where has the time gone. I'm not sure if she is having a birthday party, and feeling as I do, I may have to miss out on a piece of birthday cake..boo hooo, I do like me cake, and my hips show how much. lol
I can't risk giving the germs to the little ones can I.

Well I will say cheerio for now girls, take care one and all. Hugs Mo xxx

Sallie

poor you

I hope your leg soon heals xxx


take care

Pm. sent Mo....

Thank you Jean for letting us know of Sallie's mishap. Get better soon Sallie.
I hope you are all keeping well, I send you all my very best wishes, and hope to be able to get back and say hello to you tomorrow.
Bye for now lovelies. Hugs Mo xxx

Poor you Sallie, I hope that your leg soon heals. No rushing around now, sit and make a few cards. :-) <3 <3 <3

Just to let you all know Sallie has had a accident she slipped getting off the bus and pulled the tendons in her leg , luckily nothing was broken , but as you can imagine it is very painful, she goes to see the doctor at the hospital tomorrow , the swelling has gone down, but the leg feels quite weak, so needs another look at.... so sending love and prayers that it will soon heal ... <3 <3 <3


belated birthday greetings Sylvia , hope you had a lovely day and also a very nice present off your oh.... <3 <3 <3

love Jean xxx

Hi Sylvia, I didn't realise we had reached 8,000 postings on here, well done everyone,lets keep up the good work please.
I hope your shin heals quickly for you. You are a girl, having a young medical student present when the scraping was being done. I hope he was tall dark and handsome, and not squeemish (sp).
Come on now, tell us how they know they have removed all of it, gory bits and all. lol
I am sorry we missed your birthday, so a belated........................................
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HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY DEAR SYLVIA.
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Talking of Lamb Shanks, we have got a lovely leg of lamb for dinner tomorrow.
It has been ages since I have actually bought a lamb joint, and crikey moses, it will be ages before I get another one.
For a small knuckle end piece, it cost £9.00, but I shall enjoy it, and chew on the bone to get my moneys worth out of it lol Then I will pass whats left, over to our neighbours dog for her to finish the last few bits off.

We have got a beautifull sunny, but chilly day today. Thank goodness the rain has ceased for today. But I gather from friends, that we are due snow this coming week.
That means hibernation time for me, there is no way, unless for an emergency, will I put a foot outside the door.

Enjoy the weekend girls, take care of yourselves. Hugs to all, Mo

Hi Mo, and everyone


Mo ...............

your last post was number 8,500 :-D

Congratulations!



It poured with rain here Thursday afternoon afternoon and most of the night., then eased off during the morning

it really is raining right now. A good old Pacific storm .............. very wet and high winds on the coast, and lots of snow inland and on the mountains.

The skiers will love that!!



I had the basal cancer scraped on Wednesday afternoon ................... it was interesting! Something I'd never had done before!!

I was asked if a Medical student could also be in the room ........... and that was also interesting listening to the doctor teaching him, explaining what he was doing, etc ................ I learnt a bit more than I might otherwise have done!


It was on my shin ............... and seemingly that is a hard area for healing, and prone to infection. So I have to use a prescription antibiotic cream and keep it covered for the next 2 weeks, changing the plaster every day.

It didn't actually hurt too much .................. especially as he'd numbed it well!

It was hurting this morning ............... I sleep with a leg pillow, and I think I had been lying in such a way that pressure was on that part of my leg. It eventually wore off.


I only had one question ........ how did they know when they had removed all of it, and left none behind? After all, we're always being told about the "safety margin".

I got my answer ........... bit gory, but I got my answer :-D



I think we're going out tomorrow (Saturday) to buy my birthday present :-)

OH didn't have either a card or present on Tuesday morning ............. he'd bought a card by the time he got home on Tuesday afternoon :-D

We have a tradition of the birthday person being taken for a birthday dinner at a place we have never been to before, usually choosing a more expensive place than, say, Macdonalds :-D

But I honestly did not feel like a slap-up meal on Tuesday .................. so we went to our local little bistro. I had a super lamb shank meal.




Take care everyone




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Goodness me Jean, it sounds like your littlie next door, and our Lilly have been chatting, and copying each other..
My word, she has such a temper on her. Roly had to pick her up, and take her to nursery this morning...ooooh no, she didn't want to go, so she went rigid and refused to get into the car seat...now that doesn't work with grandad and myself, so she eventually sat in the seat with much moaning and groaning.
I don't think they should have told her of the new baby due in May, and mummy allowing her to stroke her stomach giving baby a cuddle, as she puts it. Jealousy has set in already, so lord only knows what will happen when the baby is born.
Mummy gives in to her every whim at the moment, and after the birth, she wont have the time to devote to Lilly, as she does now.
The funny things is, she knows she doesn't get away with it from us, so will only try it on for a while, and then gives up.
Jean, did your doctor cut the offending spot away for J, or did he see someone at the hospital. Fingers crossed for the results, I am sure all will be well my love.

Oh Ann, it must be nearly time for us to do the poo test again as well then. I believe we did it around the same time as yourself last year. Not a nice subject I know, but oh so neccessary, especially as my aunt had bowel cancer.

My friend with the cancerous growth up her nose, finished her radiotherapy just before christmas. The treatment has made her lips swell so badly, that they bleed, even with the Aqueus cream they gave her to use.
Bless her, the redness is now fading, and her nose is not quite as sore. She sees the specialist on the 16th, to make arrangements for them to rebuild her septum.

I have had to put a colour on my hair today. I looked at some photo's that had been taken at the new year, and where my hair has gone so light, I look like I have seen a ghost. It had given my skin that translucent yukky look, so I am now back to my beige blonde. Oooh if only it wouldn't fade so quickly I would love it, as I don't like to have to keep colouring it.

Well girls, it's time for dinner, chicken and chips today, yummy.
See ya's all later, love Mo xxx

Her next door is a very clever three year old and sadly began at an early age to wrap her mummy round her finger, now said mummy is trying to assert herself , but I think she has left it a bit late and daddy is so laid back .... but lovely with it ....she had a sweetie D promised she would save for her , but then decided she wanted more, so shouting at her mummy, I was having a nap and missed it all, had I been down stairs I dont think she would have carried on, one look from me and she calms down...thankfully she is usually quite good when she comes in, but she does kick off at home. such a sweet little girl too...mum should have laid the ground rules from the start, but they are a lovely family.....J had the offending spot cut out the doc said he didnt think it was anything sinister but they would send it to be tested too be sure....now I am going to do some more cards, cant stop doing them....got new dies to try out too.... so love you and leave you ...
hugs to all Jean xx <3

Hello all. Jean your latest cards are lovely, have had a glance but then had to go out so will study them a bit more later. Lovely and sunny here today and quite mild. The roads are still very wet as there is nowhere for the water to go, however we did note that ditch cleaning was being carried out this morning.

Maybe little miss next door is feeling her nose a little out of joint with the new baby. Maybe the temper tantrum makes sure she gets attention. How old is she?

Mo is the loo door lock a bolt or a key? Ours has a bit in the middle that you turn but it can be opened from outside with a sharp object which you poke through the hole. Ah looking back I see Sylvia has the same. And I have just noticed your post too. So can you move the sliding bolt? Sometimes they lock the door by accident. If it is a bolt, as Jean said, can you move it higher up the door?

Marie, Nice to have shade on your patio, only wish we needed it at the moment, we are more likely to need an ark!!! I am sure that your son will be fine, they usually manage to survive.

Had a nice 'present' in the post today. This years bowel testing kit Ugh!!! Still must do it to be on the safe side. :-) :-D

Good morning campers how are you all? its some time since we all had a good chat, 4 days in fact, tsk this will not do,so thanks to Sylvia and Marie for keeping us going.
seriously I hope there are no problems with our usual folk and also any new friends who may care to add now and then , it does help to chat now and then, I think the lousy weather gets us down, it must be terrible for those who are in flooded areas, we just have some rain, although I dont like the winds...so roll on spring and summer,
Mo, what a tinker your Littlie is, can you move the bolt higher up so she cant reach it..
our young un is tasting everything, new shoes , loves them it seems :-D I cant believe he will be one next month, little miss next door came in and threw a wobbly she has temper so off she went home quickly :-| :-| but can be such a sweetie usually, her new baby brother is the opposite so placid .....J is off to the dermtoligist (sp) this morning , so they can look at his arm. the one spot seems to have shrunk but there is another close to it... better to find out, though...well better go and get dressed before he goes, back later be good....
love jean xx <3

Hi Sylvia and Marie, good to hear from you both.

Sylvia, the bolt on the bathroom door, is a slide along one, so we can't open it with a screw driver. I just wish we had bought one like that.
Cor luv a duck, it sounds sooo blessed cold where your daughter lives. She was very brave venturing into work, I have to admit I would had crawled back into bed and stayed there for the day.
I don't blame you for having a little spending spree on yourself. Crumbs the saving on that cardie was worth it.
Plus the credit card will still get paid regardless, wether it's in full this time, or next, hey enjoy.

Marie, ahem please don't mention the cricket, it's a swear word in this house at the moment. Roly couldn't believe how badly England played, but could take nothing away from the Aus players, as they kept it all together and wern't scrappy like our team were.
It sounds like the weather in OZ is different in all areas. When my cousin rang me from Queensland last week,she said they were expecting another glorious day. If she wasn't my cousin I could seriously hate her, especially the way we are becoming webbed over here. lol
You will miss your grandson when he goes away to teach, he has always been so close to you.
And he will soon learn how to cook and clean, when he has nobody else to do it for him. We do tend to spoil them don't we. My eldest grandson has been at university for two years now, but will not leave home, whereas his sister, who now attends the same Uni, intends to find herself a flat, and become independant. But then I think thats a girl thing, being independant, plusI find girls mature quicker than boys, or at least they have done in my family.

I am glad that you both had a good christmas.

Must go now, take care everyone, love and hugs to you all. Mo

Hi Dear friends, it is Marie from a very hot Aust
. I have been watching the cricket 5 Nil to the Aussies Yipeee!, not rubbing it in but we did play well..
I am sorry to see that you are having floods in England while we are praying for rain the western parts of our country are suffering extreme temperatures and no rain while Western Australia in the north have just had a cyclone,we were all hoping some of the rain would come across to the eastern States but it did not happen, I have had to put the Air conditioner on several days running, a cool change came through 2 days ago what a relief it was I have managed to get 2 night's of good rest.

I had a quiet Christmas Lunch with Barbara my daughter just the 2 of us then Dinner
with Ryan ,Tracie & Jaimen that was very nice as this is the first time that Jaimen has really understood Xmas he was so excited I really enjoyed being there.

My Son Ryan & I put a Triangel Sail, (Shade cloth) up over my courtyard to shade my pots as the heat has been very hard on them, I am very pleased with it.I should only have to water them once a day now.
The snow storms are causing Havoc in the northern parts of the globe I hope you are not having snow as well as floods.
We are having some fires one large one on Stradbroke Island but that is about it but every where is terribly dry and could go up at any time especially if we get storms with a lot of lightning.

My grandson will be off soon he is going to Melbourne to live and Teach in the primary schools there, I will miss him he will be sharing a unit with 2 other University Graduates. I do hope one of them can CLEAN and the other one COOK.,I can imagine what the place will look like YUK :-( :-0

I wish you all good Health & Happiness for 2014
<3 <3and Hugs Marie :-D ;-) <3 <3

Hi Mo, and everyone


Oh Mo, what a worry for you!!

Do you have to break the door down if she does it again??? Over here, bathroom door knobs have a little "hole" in them where you can stick in something thin (like a knitting needle) and it operates the knob. I don't know quite how it works, 'cos we never had to do it, but I know it's there as a safety feature.


Thank you all for your good wishes.



the sun is shining here, it took some time to burn off the morning cloud (or fog) ........... but it was a lovely sunrise. It was about -1C overnight, and will get to about 5C today


Daughter had over 40cm of snow from Thursday evening to Friday evening, PLUS very cold temperatures for them ...... -10c, which felt more like -27C due to the wind.

That's still a whole lot warmer than in Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec, where it has been below -20C since before Christmas, and often down to -40C (which feels like -50C when the wind blows)


She got out her snow shoes, snow shoed about 1 km down the hill to the ferry terminal, across on the ferry, then snow shoed on the flat about another kilometre to her office.

About 4 of them made it in ............... she was hoping for a very quiet day to catch up after the Christmas break. Unfortunately, their clients also made it in, so they had a busy day!

The Senior Partner drove them all home at 3 pm.


Today they are digging out ................. on another very cold day.

Monday for them is forecast to be +10C and raining!


I went shopping yesterday ......... I really went to the store to pay my off the credit card from last month, but ................ :-) :-)

I found a lovely short sleeved, open front, open weave knit cardi, in a silver grey wool with added sequins in the wool ...................... for less than $20 (or about £8).

It had been reduced by over 60% :-D :-D





Take care everyone


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Oh for goodness sake, what happened to the lovely long post I just wrote.
Well I do hope the weather is better in your area of the U.K than it is here.
It's been raining so hard, that the raised bed by our shed, is water logged, so much so, that Roly has suggested that we grow rice or water cress next year.

We had our Lilly today, and the naughty little minx, managed to lock herself in the bathroom.
She ran up the stairs so quickly, that I couldn't catch her.
I started to panic, as I have bleach and cleaning products in there, and the little devil would not open the door.
We pretended that we were going out, and shouted bye bye to her, and saucy chops shouted out bye bye back.
Just as we were going to break the door down, she opened it, whew what a relief.
Now all cleaning products are removed, just in case she thought iy was funny, and decides she will do it again.

Stay safe a dry my friends, talk to you soon, hugs Mo.

Oh Ann, I can just imagine poor T, with his legs in the air, stuck behind the t.v.
I thought you meant a model that went up on the wall, like ours. The darned thing is enormous, considering our lounge is quite small by comparison to it.
Our neighbour over the road, has asked us the turn the sound up, as she can see the picture very well from her lounge, but can't hear what is being said. lol

Mo, no, not on the wall thank goodness, this one id free standing, but where the tree is is very close to the TV so he can't get behind to play with all the wires that go to all the various other bits and pieces (security camera, surround sound etc. I had visions yesterday of him leaning over so far that all I'd see would be his feet sticking up behind the TV. It is murder getting him to be patient and wait!! :-D