General Chat

Hi, glad you are feeling better Jean.
Sallie, no the couple were down in the South of the Island, we are in the North.

Mo, sorry I had forgotten that you were going for physio today. So will she be able to send you for the MRI scan? Goodness knows how long you'll have to wait, now Mo. As for keeping your leg elevated that's easier said than done-----like you said who do they think is going to do all the things that need to be done.

My brother has had an operation on his other heel today, it went well, thank goodness. He has to keep it elevated for two weeks, using crutches so that he can have a small amount of exercise around the house.

Take care!


Love, Sallie.xxx

Well, last nights tv weather forecast led me to believe that the weather was going to be a bit better today so I was planning to go shopping and visit Phil, but our newspaper online says we had the 'lull' last night and it is going to be worse today. I am heartily sick and tired of it. I dont know if I will be going out today, or going out of my mind with boredom. I suppose I can wash the breakfast dishes and write a shopping list just in case I do decide to go out.

Huia.

Hello everyone.
Well I went for my physio today. She thinks it's to do with my cartilege (sp),
And I now have to wait for an M.R.I scan,and it could tale weeks to arrive.
I am supposed to keep my leg elevated,and apply ice pack three to four times a day. For goodness sake, does she not realise, that the work does not do itself. Roly is very good, but I can't expect him to do everything, for the next goodness knows how many weeks.
If it is the cartilege, she thinks they will,as she put it, wash it out. I am not sure how they do that, have visions of a big hose pipe, inserted into my knee LOL
When we said that I have the cysts, she said they have swollen because of the damage to the knee,and if the cartilege is sorted, then the cysts will go down.
It seemed a complete waste of time, but only time will tell.

Jean there are no more skeletons in my cupboard,apart from my line dancing fame. Well not so much fame I am afraid to say. Only got three trophies for coming third,in the competitions I entered. Always the bridesmaid,and never the bride as they say. But great fun at the time.
And the costumes were absolutely grand, you would have been dead proud of me Jean.
Your little fingers did brilliantly today,typing that amount love, well done sweetie.
I hope you are o.k today,and that your lovely yellow bruises soon disperse.

Oh Joyce, I do feel for you with the cramps. It's amazing how during the day, the cramps do not seem to be as bad as at night.
As Sallie has said,could you mention it to your doctor on Thursday. Or is he already aware that you suffer from it.

Sallie, I feel sure that Richard will make a complete success with this new job. The difference between him and others, is that he really wanted to work,and a lot of others don't.
They attend interviews,because they have to, or they will lose what benefits they are receiving. And if they have children, I hate to admit, they are better of not working.
We know of a man from years ago, who had ten children. He was a cobbler by trade. And when he lost his job,and applied for benefits, he was better of not working. He got his rent paid, his children had free school meals, and he certainly learnt what to apply for, and when to do it.
As we both know, and Jean as well no doubt, that our boys were living on the bread line,as they had no dependants.

Hi Sylvia, Huia,Tess, Liz and our holiday girl Ann, oh and not forgetting Debbie.
Bye for now my friends. Love Mo xxx

Hello Girls,

Jean, lovely to see you back on the boards and to know that you are feeling a lot better. It's good that you have been able to make a card, so at least your hands are not so sore.

Yes, it's great that Richard has got a job at last, so now we hope that things will go well for him with this company.

I'm sorry to hear that your grandson has lost his job. Let's hope that as a qualified chef, it won't be too long before he'll get another one.

It's nice to know that D is able to work full time hours, she is to be admired, how she always looks on the positive of life. Well done, D!

I'm still waiting for Alun to scan some of my cards, so that I can send you, Caz, Joyce and Ann pics of them as I promised. I'm sorry to keep you waiting for them, but it isn't easy getting him away from his trains.lolol!!!

Dutch, sorry to hear that you are still suffering badly from cramp. I hope you managed to get some sleep when you went back to bed. Would it be worth mentioning to your doctor when you go on Thursday?

I've posted on the thread that you put up for Caz, I really hope that things won't be as bad as she fears. She's such a lovely lady!


Mo, everything went okay on Richard's first day, thank you for asking.
Just hope that things will go alright for him from now on. He told us that he will have a lot of reading to do while he's training, but I don't think that will put him off because he's always got his head in a book. Not the kind of books that I myself would read, he likes reading mostly Autobiographies, Biographies and Non-Fiction.

He's in Harlow again today, then tomorrow he has to go to Wood Green, so he'll be able to go on the train and underground.


Sylvia, I had to chuckle when I read what you had edited. Oh it would be nice if we could all go back in age -----and without all the aches and pains that go with growing old. lolol!!


Ann, seen on the news about that couple, I hope it isn't anywhere near to where you and T are staying.


Liz. it's good to see you on the boards, but as Jean has already said we miss you on here.



Thinking about Huia, Debbie, Tess and Marie.


Well that's all for now, I might look in later on.


Love and best wishes. Sallie. xxx

Hello, everyone, As you see Dutch, I am feeling much better thanks, the bruises are turning yellow now so It matches most of my peggies......lol.... still a bit shaky though, takes a while when you are a golden oldie....well you all seem to be very busy, or going to be... Sylvia, your kitchen sounds as though it will be done in quick time, ours went on for weeks. we have the pull out corner shelves and also pull out drawers too, worth all the hassle, they are so good, I have a gadget that enables me to get most of the stuff off the higher cupboards, the sort the street cleaners use to pick up litter...
Ann, your holiday sounds just what I need we are off to our fav place end of Oct, but it wont be hot and sunny , although you never know , we have been before that time of year and had an indian summer perfick....
Sallie, had to stop the cards for a while but had a go yesterday and made a step card with an over card in printed acetate... great news for Richard, my grandson S is out of work again, he is a chef by trade and managed to work quite a while when the restaraunt closed over two years ago, now its back to job seeking again. D is doing very well and is working full time at the moment, J is J...lol...bless him ..
Huia, Debbie, Tess, hope you are all o.k. our Marie who is on her jollies, in Italy, much love to you all.
Mo, my famous dart player friend, you are a dark horse, we keep finding all sorts of hidden gems about you, are there anymore skeletons in your cupboard you would like to share with us???? xxx
Liz darlink, I still havent got round to writing as promised , but I will... its great to hear from you we miss you so much when you go quiet ...take care love...
Well that wasnt too bad on the old fingers, so have a good day and keep chatting to each other and little meee.

love Jean xx

Good Morning Ladys just pop on to see how everyone is going back to bed now having been up most of the night with cramp in my feet,so i thought put thread up for our Caz on general before i forget as needs her friends being there for her on Thursday early morning when she has another scan,back later take care all
Love Dutchxx
ps nice to see Liz posting on general about her Dad
Jean hope you are feeling abit better

I'm not vertically challenged, I'm now 5' 7" (used to be 5' 8½" lol!)

.............. but I need a step stool to see what is on the top shelves of the upper cupboards!

unfortunately, slide out drawers are not feasible for the upper cupboards because you still can't see what is inside them!


EDITED ... to put a space between 5' and 7 ........ it looked as though I said I'm now 57 lol!

Sylvia, Just had to ask OH where the Yukon is, sorry to show my ignorance.
Sallie, annoring to be vertically challenged isn't it? All the cupboards in our kitchen are so tall that I can't reach without a step stool. And as to what is stored on the tops of them.
Don't complain Mo, it would be nice to get visitors, we rarely get any. And you chat away with Joyce about darts, don't understand a word but nice to see something different.

Mo, don't know how Richard got on on his first day, he wasn't finishing until six and then make his way home on that wonderful M25, lolol!!!, so goodness knows what time he got home. He did say that they were going to do the weekly shopping as soon as he got home, so I haven't spoken to him to find out. I'll ring him in about an hour, as both Alun and I are itching to know how he got on.


Sylvia, I like the idea of pull out shelves, it's got to be a must for everyone as they grow older.
Our kitchen is a good size so we have plenty of cupboards, but with me being only 5ft and having short arms I find it difficult to reach things from the back of the middle shelves.
Although I have a small step stool, I still find it difficult to reach things from the corner shelves

I'm going to make a cuppa now, so will speak to you all tomorrow.


Love, Sallie. xxx

Hi all

it's still raining!

Mo .......... I could never forget you!

I just run out of time, and get uncomfortable sitting when I get so tired.

OH just phoned ............. he has arranged for the plumber to start on October 4. Apparently the work will be spread over 2 or 3 days, the finishing bit being determined by when the flooring is laid.

It does involve some new piping. The inlet into the house for water is in the basement, and has to be led upstairs. The old pipe to the kitchen sink was installed when the house was built (about 1944) ................ not only was it a metal of some sort, but it was installed in the wall. At a later date, the pipe under the kitchen sink was connected to newer copper piping where it came out from the wall, and then to plastic piping around 1980.

So, we've decided to have all new piping installed from the basement to the sink, but out in the open so we can get to it for repairs etc. Plus, there is some evidence that the old metal can react with copper, and that may not be too good for us. The old piping inside the wall will be sealed off, but left in place .......... so we shouldn't havve to have the wall ripped apart!

Then we also want some piping led along part of one wall in the kitchen because we want to have a built-in dishwasher. There isn't room to do it next to the sink.

The house was re-wired about 4 years ago, and I think everything should be OK there.

Sallie ....... I'm not sure how much more storage space we will get, since we basically lose one cupboard to the dishwasher. BUT we are going to have pull-out shelves in the cupboards, so it will make life much easier. No getting down on your knees to see what is in there! I haven't been able to do that for at least the last couple of years, and OH has had to do it for me ..... but he's beginning to compain about his knees now!


OH's sister arrives on Sunday evening for an overnight visit, she has to be back at the airport by about 8 am. She's visiting her daughter in the Yukon and cannot get there from her home town without flying south to Vancouver, and then north from here to the Yukon! At least we get to see her every few months, even if only for overnight!

OH plans to start ripping out the bottom cupboards and counters after she's left.

Tonight we're going out to an "Information Meeting" ................... there are big plans to do a redevelopment on the site of our local Safeway (grocery store). The plans involve moving the store to the front of its car park, and building 3 high rise towers on the rest. One of 9 floors, one of 14, and one of 24 ........ this in an area where there are lots of apartment buildings, but none higher than 4 floors, but the majority are houses. About 50% of the apartments are supposed to be for renting at "affordable" rents ....... but the rents that are being suggested are NOT affordable. In fact, the cost I heard for a 2-bedroom apartment is almost twice the going rate in the neighbourhood, granted that's in much older buildings. BUT the rooms in those older apartments are also much larger!

Not only that, but the site is at the junction of 2 major roads, with quite incredible traffic AND a high accident rate at the corner.

I'm also concerned about the facilities in the neighbourhood for that number of extra people ............. the elementary school is old, and already has extra portable buildings to accommodate students, the high school is way over subscribed, the local community centre is old and ....................... you see what I mean?!



off to mooch around the baords.



take care



sylvia
xxx

That was me last week Sallie. Every time I wanted to do something, we had visitors turn up. Dont get me wrong, I was pleased to see them, but it meant other things had to go on the back burner.
How did Richards first day go. I hope he did not get caught up in any snarl ups on the M25. Thats one horrendous piece of motorway.

Thank goodness you have got a good memory Joyce. I could not for the life of me remember Francis Hoesenlaars name. I knew Trina Gullivers name, but just one year I would love to see her unseated.
There are so many excellent players on the circuit now, but nerves take over when it comes to the semi-finals. And Francis and Trina, have been in the finals so many times, it doesn't bother them any more.

Right I am of to watch some t.v now, and check the boards out.
Love to you all. Mo xxx

Hi Girls,

Mo, I didn't realise that you had posted a message earlier on.

Don't worry about you and Dutch chatting about darts, you carry on and enjoy the chat. It makes a change from card making.lolol!!

I didn't get round to making any cards this afternoon, because I had some visitors, but never mind, it was nice to see them.


Dutch, will Jan be able to take you to the doctors on Thursday?
Well I'm going to do some cards now, so I hope we don'y get anymore unexpected visitors.lolol!!

Take care!

Love to everyone. Sallie. xxx

Hi Mo,it was Francis Hoenselaar but Trina Gulliver shes good the Golden girl,i have,nt played for years but it was the same pubs and such it was good fun
Sallie did some cards yesterday but cant sit for to long plus been up most of night with cramp in my feet,its getting old LOL
talk to you all mybe later bye for now
Love Dutchxx

Hi All,

Joyce, lovely to see your post. I thought I'd just have a quick look in while I'm having a break from card making. How are you getting on with your cards?

Mo, there are a few ways that we can put our living room furniture, but after a short while we always seem to move it back to how we had it originally.
But at least I can make cards in here now, although the majority of my craft stash has to be kept in another room. I don't mind that, as I am able to store the things I need all the time and a few other things on the shelf on the craft table.


I keep wondering how Richard is getting on today. The store in S makinglough is opening a week on Friday, so he won't have to travel to Harlow very long, thank goodness.

He was getting down about not having a job, he thought what was the point of getting his GCSE's, A levels, and a degree and still not being able to get a job. I'm glad to say that he didn't give up and persevered to find one.k to the card
ard making.

I wonder where Debbie is, it seems ages since we heard from her.
We haven't heard from Liz for a while either, hope that everything is okay with the both of them.

Jean, I hope you are feeling a bit better again today. Take care!

Sylvia, it will be lovely when your kitchen is done. I know after we had our's done, it was like being in a different house, we had so much more storage space, it was wonderful.


Huia, hope your weather is getting better. I hate it when it rains a lot, everything and everwhere looks so dismal.


Tess, hope you are having a good day today. We are all here for you, if you need us.


Ann, pleased to know that the weather is stiil good for you and T.


Right, I've had my break now, so it's back to the card making.



I might look in later today.



Love and best wishes to everyone. Sallie. xxx.

Hi girls.
Dutch I have been playing darts for years. I play for the Rainham and District league. It's only local pubs and clubs though, not big time. I could not afford to drink in many pubs these days,so I belong to a local club, the drinks are a bit cheaper in there.
Gone are the days when I won lots of trophies, the old arthritus has a lot to answer for.
When our season starts, we get good results, but come the return matches, the other teams have pulled their socks up, and we get nowhere. Never mind I enjoy it anyway.
I wish I could be up to the standard of Raymond van Barneveld, or the dutch ladies champion, I can't remember her name though I am afraid.
We always love to watch the competitions on t.v. I wonder sometimes, how the heck they manage to the score 180, getting the darts in that little red treble is a skill I have never managed to achieve.
We don't play on a treble board in our league, it's just a black Kentish board, and we need to hit a double to finish the same as a trble board, but there are no trebles at all on the boards,and we don't bust if we score more than we need.
Sorry all, talking darts with Dutch, and leaving you all out, how rude of me.
I went shopping this morning, and because I thought it would be cold out, I put my new winter coat on. Oh how I wish I hadn't, I was sweating buckets. That will teach me.
I will pop back later to speak to you all. Love Mo xxx

GoodMorning Ladys ,its Wednesday back to the docters thats when the 10days are up ,
Sallie was nice talking to you as well
Mo i did,nt no you played darts i use to play for team when i lived in England got to the 1st div and the following year went to 2n div,Jans brother runs dart time all three brothers use to play but when Jan got sick afew years ago and gave up smoking,he was getting headaches from the smoke and he did,nt drink anymore ,so stop playing but both his brothers still play but so different to the English darts ,did i send you the photo of me with the darts players when they were at the Hague
Jean hope you are feeling abit better
Liz my friend how are you talk to you soon,Caz will pm you weds instead of tues as i had got days wrong again with docterLOL
And to anyone else i may have missed be safe and stay well and warm
Love Dutchxx
ps just rang docter its thursday as hes not there on weds they do aday at the hospital

Hi All,
Mo we have 2weeks left now and yes we have coats for when we come home.
It is still very warm here but we did have rain overnight,everything soon dried up though.
Sallie I am so pleased that Richard has got a job at last, well done him for perseverence.
Tess, hope you are feeling better, take away soup sounds nice.
Sylvia, I always think wet is worse than cold in some ways, so uncomfortable.

Sallie I can't tell you how pleased I am about Richards job. He had tried so hard for so long bless him, but it has paid of in the long run.
It's a darned nuisance that he has to travel so far, but hey, he's got a job, yippee, I am chuffed to fluffy balls for him.
You are lucky to be able to change your room around. We have to leave our furniture where it is, as the room is not that big. But it's lovely and cosy in the winter time, with the fire on.
Our darts season starts again on the 4th of October Sallie. I just hope my knee is better by then, as I can't get my balance right whilst it's like it is.
I start my physio on Tuesday afternoon. I don't know if it will help, but kill or cure as the saying goes.

Hi Sylvia, I thought you had forgotten us love.
What colour have you chosen for the kitchen units,and the flooring.
Your lino sounds very much like the one Jean chose. Great minds think alike methinks.
It shouldn't take long for the plumbing to be installed,as most of the pipe works are already there. It would normally only mean new connections, unless they are changing the whole lot of the pipes from the mains itself.
My son owns his own kitchen showroom, and does all the fitting himself.
He doesn't trust anyone else to do the fits for him, just in case there is a problem.
His son is going to go into business with him at a later stage. At the moment he is at college, doing an electrical course, so that he can take over from my son, doing all the electrics on the fits.
I cant remember what the actual course is called, if I asked Roly he would tell me, but he is into his programme on the t.v at the moment. ( As normal )
Sorry to hear that your weather, like Huia's has been rotten lately.

Well I will say good night god bless you all. Love Mo xxx

Mo, I've just seen your message. No it wasn't the preview button I hit, I checked that just in case and hoped that I had, but no joy I'm afraid.

I'm later posting because Jennie and Michael came for their Sunday later today as Michael had been with their next door neighbour to pick up a caravan.

While they were here they helped Alun to move our living room around, so that I could get a small craft table in, so that I can make cards in here during the winter.

Love, Sallie. xxx