General Chat

Hi all

sorry I haven't been in for a few days. I've had a busy week ...... out almost all day on Tuesday and Wednesday, then really tired on Thursday and Friday!

The weather is poor here at the moment. It isn't really too cold. In fact, I have been out in short sleeves a couple of times, but what we have needed is rain jackets! It started raining again late yesterday (Saturday) afternoon, and we had some really heavy rain during the evening and overnight. We are still under a rain warning! I think is is supposed to be sunny on Tuesday or Wednesday :)))

Yesterday, we went out to our local Home Depot store, and chose flooring for the kitchen ..... we picked a vinyl with a large "stone tile" pattern. It comes in big sheets that are cut to size. An estimator will come by Thursday (we hope .... or we have to phone the company) to measure and make notes. It will take another couple of days for us to be given an accurate estimate. Then it will take about 2 weeks to get it in, and arrange installation.

OH is hoping to empty one or two of base cupboards today ............. after he's found a space to put the boxes!

We have about 3 weeks left in the time of the estimate to have the plumbing done ...... they estimated that would only take half-a-day.

The cabinets are well on the way to being finished.


Sallie ........ so glad to hear that Richard has got a job at last. It must be so hard for young people these days.


sylvia
xxx

Hi Ladies,


Sorry abut last night, I don't know what I must have been thinking about, not to have pressed the submit button.
Alun goes back to work tomorrow, so it looks as though I'll be back to making cards this week, not that I mind. Didn't have much time towards the end of last week, as we were out a few days, by the time we got home I was too tired to do anything else.



Joyce, it was lovely to hear your voice when you phoned, you certainly sounded your normal self. I'm so pleased to know that you are much better. It's a wonder that your doctor's ears haven't fallen off, after what I called him. lolol!! Anyway the main thing is, that you are a lot better now. Maybe the pain that you still have is because the water infection hasn't cleared up completely and that you might need some more or a different antibiotics.



Jean, I hope that you are feeling a little better today and that the bruises are not so painful as they were yesterday. I also hope that J and D are both alright. Are you managing to make any cards? With your fingers being so sore from the fall it must be a no!

When do you and J go to Llandudno? I know you that you've told us, but I can't remember the date.



Huia, I see from your post that you went to see Phil after all, sorry to hear that he wasn't as responsive as he's been. It was good that you managed to get home before the rain started again.



Debbie, hope all is well with you and your family. It's a while since we heard from you, so I hope there's nothing wrong.



Ann. good to hear that you and OH are enjoying your holiday. I read on JoJo's thread that you have made some toppers ready for your Christmas cards. You have done well making them while you're on holiday.



Mo, I hope that your leg is better than it's been and that you will hear from the hospital very soon.

I see from your post yesterday, that your neighbour had been around for a cuppa and a natter.

Up until six years ago, myself and a neighbour did that a couple of times a week. She suffered with a bad chest for a couple of years, so couldn't go out very much, she always liked to come over here, it was only four houses away and flat to walk on, so she could manage that okay.
She was only 44 and died suddenly one evening, Alun had been across
there to take a passport form and photos back to their daughter, she died half an hour later. It was such a shock to us all.


Richard has got a job at last! He's over the moon, he really thought that he wasn't going to get a job again. Who can blame him, considering that he had applied for well over 450 jobs and only got a response from about twelve of the companies.
He will be working in Slough, which isn't too far away, but he has to travel to Harlow each day to do his training, so it'll mean the long haul on the M25. Still it will only be for about four weeks, so the time will soon go.



Tess, lovely to hear from you and to know that you're feeling a bit better.
Glad that you enjoyed your fish soup. I've never tried it so don't know what it's like. What sort of fish is it made from and is there any vegetables in it?



Sylvia, hope that your weather is not as cold as it's been. It's a bit colder here too, but I suppose what else can we expect from now on.lolol!!
Alun and I went to Derby yesterday morning and we were both glad that we had put a warm jacket on.

Hope all is well with J and her family. I bet you can't wait for Christmas to see them all again, especially MJ, with it being his first Christmas too.
Sending hugs and kisses to MJ. xxxxxx


Liz, how are things with you? I hope that you are better than you've been.
Also hope that OH is better and that the doctor has started to sort out the problem he has.
Has he heard anything from NY son yet? I can understand OH being hurt , to be treated the way he has after all the help he has given his son in the past.


Well I hope that Marie and her friend had a good journey, and that they'll have a great hoiday.


Mo, nearly forgot to ask you. When do you start playing darts again?
It can't be too long now, I'm sure.

Alun has just made us a drink, so I'd better go and have it.


Love and best wishes to you all. Sallie. xxx

Hi girls. Good to hear from you.
Ann, it's good to hear you are still enjoying yourselves. All the late nights will catch up with you, when you get home. How much longer are you there for?.
It's not very nice here at the moment, and has turned very chilly. But I refuse to put the fire on just yet. So an extra cardigan came in handy.
I hope you have both taken a coat with you for when you come home.Brrrrrr

Sallie are you sure you are pushing the submit button, and not the preview. I have done that a few times by mistake, and wondered where my message had gone.

Huia, I hope the winds and rain slow down a bit, to enable you to get out and about.
What a pity Phil wa not very responsive when you visited him. But it makes you happier knowing you have seen him doesn't it.
I was reading on the carers thread about you buying the cuddly toys. You should keep them for yourself to snuggle up to of a night time.

Hi Dutch my lovely. I hope that you are feeling a little better. The infection may take quite a while to clear, so lets hope the doctor gives you more anti-biotics to take to clear it up completely.
Good luck for Tuesday, please let us know how you get on.
Is Jan's flu any better now. I do hope so.

Hello Tess. I did not know you could buy take away fish soup. Shows how much of a sheltered life I live now. LOL
I hope you are feeling a little better today. You know what they say, "one day at a time ".
Have you started on your vitamin B12 injections yet.

I wonder if Debbie and the family are o.k, only we have not heard from them in a while.

Also we have not heard much from Sylvia either. If you are looking in Sylvia
a big((((((((((((HUG ))))))))))))) for you and xxxxx for MJ

Liz I hope you are o.k, and getting things sorted out at your end. Did you manage to contact the C.A.B for information.

Last and not least our lovely Jean ((((((((((((((((((HUGS and XXXXX))))))))))))))

Take care everyone. Love Mo xxx
I hope you feel less sore in a few days time

Hi everyone, I have just been reading the last few days postings on here and found that I missed a word out in the first sentancecof my last posting. I meant to say that it wasn't raining!

Slept on the seatee most of yesterday afternoon, so didn't get round to check the genes boards.

Jean, I am so sorry to read about your fall. I hope that you soon feel better and that you get your glasses sorted pdq I know that I would be lost without mine.

Dutch, I hope that your water infection clears quickly, at least you are now on medication for it. Good luck with the Doctor on Tuesday.

I enjoyed my massage on Friday, got a take-away fish soup from a local Caribbean take-away on my way home. yummy-yummy.

Huia, the weather sounds pretty dismal .. but at least you have got the spring and summer to look forward to.

Off now for some food.

Take care everyone, and thanks for your good wishes,

Tess

GoodMorning Ladys
Sallie it was me chatting away last night probley tired you out LOL
back the docters tuesday night to see how the water infection is going ,still got apain in my left side so i dont think its gone as yet
Mo,Liz,Sallie,Caz ,Maria,Tess,Huia,Sylvia and our Jean hope you feel better soon
And anyone i may have forgot keep safe and well
Love Dutchxx
ps Michael my son took his wife to Blackpool for there wedding anniversary and Alisons birthday .hope it was,nt to cold

I visited Phil after doing the dishes. He was not very wide awake so I stayed only a half hour, arrived home just before the rain returned. It is forecast to continue wet and very windy until Friday :((( Will it never cease?

Huia.

Good morning/evening all. It has been very stormy here in NZ. It was supposed to ease up for a little while today, and I had thought of visiting Phil in that easy space, but at present it is still blowing rather strongly. I will see how it goes later on, but I might give it a miss for a few days until the storm has passed. There was a small tornado about 50m to the west of us, lifted the roof off a house and ruined the interior, while the neighbours houses were untouched. Lots of trees down all over the place. A stadium in Invercargill (down the bottom of NZ) lost its roof due to heavy snow. The Waikato River has flooded parts of Hamilton city. The more I think about it the more I think Phil can miss his Sunday visit from me. But we will see. If things ease up after I have done the breakfast dishes etc I could change my mind, or even go after lunch. This is supposed to be spring now!

Huia.

Hi Everyone ,

I had just written a nice long message to you all, and forgot to press submit before going back to the message boards, so lost the lot.

Now how stupid is that? It must be my age! lolol!!

I'll write another message to you all tomorrow, as I'm too tired tonight.
Sorry!

Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Cooled down a bit Mo, only about 76 now, was in the 80s. A bit cloudy today with occasional patched of sun, still enjoying ourselves, tired today though as we had a late night last night, chatting and drinking with our hosts.

Hi everyone.
Have a lovely holiday Marie, we will be thinking of you, as you enjoy yourself, whilst we here in the u.k moan about the weather.
Hi Ann, hows the holiday going. Are you both still enjoying yourselves. I hope it's not to hot for you.
Thank goodness we have heard from you Sallie, I was getting really worried about you. It definately looks like it is going to be quiet here over the weekend. My neighbour has just popped in for a cuppa,and a chat.
Hi dutch, are you feeling any better now. Is Jan any better.
(((((((((BIG HUGS FOR OUR JEAN))))))))))))) I hope you are feeling better today love.
I must go now. Love to you all. Mo xxx

Jean I know how you feel, falling shakes your confidence doesn't it? I hope you don't have too many bruises or lasting consequences. (I suppose there must be some consolation in that it was not a 'public' fall). Have you had the knock on the ehad checked out. I once fell in the kitchen, slipped on spilled oil, easily done. Hope you feel better soon.

Jean, I hope that you are feeling a bit better this morning.
I'm thinking about you and sending you my love. Take care!

Marie, hope you have a lovely holiday and that you travel safely. We shall miss you on this thread while you're away. Enjoy yourself and take care!

We're going out this morning, so I'll look in later on today.

Enjoy your day, everyone.

Love, Sallie. xxx

Hello all, I wanted to say goodbye to you all,I leave for the Airport at 11am to-morrow, I am feeling excited but a little nervious.
Jean I hope you are ok Please be careful no more falls
I hope the medication is working for you Dutch sorry to hear Jan is also unwell.
Mo I think I may have gotten your daughter mixed up with Jeans daughter when I last emailed you,
I am getting old and feeble minded.
Sylvia thank you for your good wishes I am sure I will have a lovely time, the weather is sunny but the wind is freezing, every one is hoping for more sunny weather.
Hi LiZ, I hope you are feeling ok, also Ann, Debbie, Huia, Bridget the fidget sorry to hear you are unwell.
Sallie love to you , how is your daughter? I hope her medication is working and she is not in pain.

Mo you will have to hold the fort again until Jean recovers. I was looking at the photos that you sent me several years ago you are always saying you are overweight but you wern't in the photos, and you have a lovely smile.
It is goodbye from me for about 21 days, Please all stay well & Happy . God Bless you all my dear Cyber friends.
Love & Hugs
Marie

Hi Jean sorry to here you have had fall hope you got check out when you bang your head,get better soon my friend and looking forward to seeing you back on here
Good Morning to All been up with cramp most of the night so thought i,ll ring my friend she dos,nt go to bed till late ,so we had achat been friends 46yrs
Sallie ,Liz,Mo,Caz and for anyone else i missed stay safe and have anice weekend
Love Dutchxx

Hi Girls,

Oh Jean, I'm sorry to hear that you have fallen and hurt your head and hope that you'll feel better tomorrow. Did you go to A&E to get your head checked to make sure that it's okay?

Joyce, it's lovely to see you back on here and that you are feeling a lot better. Let's hope that the water infection has cleared when you go to the doctors on Tuesday. Sorry that Jan isn't very well, let's hope that he'll feel better soon.

Mo, it sounds as though you and Roly have had a lot of visitors this week.
As you said, you probably won't see them for a while again. It usually happens that way, all or nobody at all. If you know what I mean.

This computer is playing up again, so I'm going to have to call it a day, sorry.
I'll speak to you all tomorrow. Take care everyone!


Love and best wishes. Sallie. xxx

Get well soon Jean
xxxxx

Hello again girls.
I am sorry to have to report that our Jean, has had a fall in her kitchen, and has banged her head pretty badly. She has damaged her glasses, and is feeling quite shook up.
I would like to take this opportunity to say, GET WELL SOON JEAN.
I am sure you would all like to send her your best wishes.
Love you Jean, take care of yourself, and don't do anything you shouldn't.
And I hope you don't mind my telling the girls, only everyone will wonder where you are otherwise.
Love Mo xxx

Hi Tess,i have been having B12 injections have had 20 up to now ,but now down to one amonth and they do help
Weather terrable raining on and off all day
Anyway ladys wish you agood weekend ,back the docters on tuesday to see if the water infection has gone fingers crossed
Dutchxx

This is nice. I log on and see that Jean, Dutch, and Tess have all been here. It's wonderful to hear from you all again.
Dutch(Joyce) I am sooo pleased you are feeling better. You had us all so worried for such a long time.
What a shame about Jan. I do hope he feels better soon You have both been through so much lately.

Tess, I hope you enjoyed the massage, and that it's a bit quieter now that the workmen have gone.
Stay positive my love, the vitamin B 12 should help you feel a little better.
I know what you mean about the workers having to stay the extra hour, on the night of the time change over.
When I was a LOT younger, the extra hour meant more time for clubbing.
But now it throws my whole system out. My body clock takes ages to re adjust.

I went with my son and his fiance to the 20 week baby scan today.
And guess what, it's another baby girl. She will be our ninth grandaughter,
and we have the three grandsons.
It's so wonderful what you can see on the scans. My son asked if they did the 3D scans, and was told no not on the NHS, only if you pay privately.
But he showed S the babies image in 3D, and she was so excited, that the man doing the scan, gave a free photograph. They had paid for two scan pictures, so we came away with six instead. How lucky was that for them both.
He also told us that baby weighs 1 pound 2 ounces at the moment.
I don't know about everyone else, but I only had the cold metal phone like instrument on my belly, when I was pregnant. My word how things have advanced.

Hello Jean my lovely, good to hear from you as well. I hope you are all well
Have you got anything planned for the weekend, apart from doing your cards.
It's going to be very quiet here, as we have had visitors nearly every day this week, so we probably wont see a soul all weekend.
I must get my shopping tommorrow, as I spent so long at the hospital today with S+J, I did not have time to do it. Yuk I hate saturday shopping,it's always so busy.

Well I wonder if Sallie is o.k, she has not been on for a while. If there is no news from her by tommorrow, I will p.m her to make sure everything is o.k.
I know that Richard should hear about the job interview, he attended not long ago. I am keeping my fingers crossed for them all.

Bye for now my friends. Speak to you all soon. Love Mo xxx

It isn't here (West Midlands England) at the moment.

I have got my widows open because I've got some men painting (clear varnish) the outside woodwork. I can hear them chatting while they work and I sit at my computer.

Going out later for a head and shoulder massage.
Saw the G.p. earlier this week and have now got some tablets to stop the sickness - it is working so far.

Have also just started taking Vit B 12 on the recommendation of sis-in-law, as it is supposed to improve energy (amoung other things).
Am feeling more positive at the moment, so a big improvement there.

Re Clocks going back - take a moment to sympathise with night workers, who will have to work an extra hour that night!

Tess