General Chat

Hi all.
Oh Jean my love, why is it always you that gets all that is going around, I feel for you babe. Get well very soon.
We are both o.k,(fingers crossed.)
My nephew had another fit a couple of days ago. They have kept him in hospital for more tests.
Just as he was starting to go back to work for a couple of days a week, he now feels as if he is back to square one.
My grandaughter is eating me out of house and home. Cor has she got an apetite. I know that neither Roly or I are big eaters, but crikey moses,
she will have a bigger dinner than us, and still continue to eat during the evening. I am surprised she is not the size of a house. She is only a size
12 in clothes, and I suppose it's because she is so energetic she burns the calories off.
Take care. Love to you all. Mo xxx

Hello everyone, not a happy bunny, I seem to get every thing going, sore throats, heavy cold , tooth infection, you name it I get it.... at least I managed to finish the album, a mammoth job, 40 pages.... so now I have to tidy all the mess I have made.but its great and my friend is delighted, so now I can concentrate on doing something else,
Debbie, lovely to see you back home, what a great holiday you seem to have had, hope your tan stays, more likely go rusty with all this rain...lol...poor Ann and T , hope the sun comes out for them...
Sylvia,its gone quite cool here so send a bit of the hot stuff over here please...
Mo you are really enjoying your visitor, thats what memories are made of especially for your granddaughter.. hope you and Roly are well...
Sallie, are you doing anything for your wedding anniversery? I do hope you are not going to do cards....lol... love to you both....
Tess, how are you is it raining in your area, its absolutley poured down here for days but fine at the moment, glad to see you still taking a chance on us all,
big hugs for Marie and Huia, what are you both up to?
Liz we want to see all the pics if you at the wedding of the year, ..lol... soon be over chick, so enjoy it.....
wooo fish finger butties for lunc so I am off see you all later, much love and xxx

Jean xx

Very hot here again .... close to 30C this afternoon


change due tomorrow apparently .... so they say!

Debbie

welcome back. Glad to hear you had a lovely holiday, and were so lucky with the weather!


take care everyone


sylvia
xxx

Hi Debbie,
It's so good to have you back. It sounds like you all had a fabulous time.
Did you all sleep in a tent whilst you were away. I bet the children loved the pitching of it if you did.
To much falling over water is not good for you, dontcha know. It's o.k falling down, it's the getting up thats my problem.
What a shame that it's raining over there, poor Ann and T will be running in and out of the raindrops. And we know what Ann is like for the falling down water, lets just hope she doesn't have to much of it, and do herself more damage.
It would be so nice if you and Ann could meet up, it's nice to be able to have personal contact with friends from here.
It's a shame you did not manage to get to Holland, it's a lovely place to visit. Still theres always next time.
I can't believe it's a whole year since mum and dads 50th anniversary. My word how time flies by.
Poor Daniel, competing when he felt unwell in Bedford. But he did very well considering didn't he.
Enjoy your meal out tonight. Speak to you soon. Love Mo xxx

Hi Ladies, yes, I am BACK.........

Poor Ann, it is popuring over here at the moment. I really do hope she manages to find some indoor entertainment. I saw that she asked if I may visit her at the Hotel - it is slightly difficult with the children, but I may try. Not many days left for her though, so it may not work out.

Well, you lot have been busy nattering whilst I have been away. It has taken me the best part of an hour to read all the news & gossip. I will send a general message to all of you for a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY/ANNIVERSARY/CONGRATS ON NEW BABIES" etc,etc.

Oh, Liz, I really hope that Saturday goes well and that the sun shines for you all - or at least, it doesn't rain. So much effort goes into weddings it is simply awful when the weather spoils the day.

It is my Mum & Dads 51st Anniversary on Sunday. Remember last year when my Dad was so very ill, we didn't know if he would make his Golden Wedding, and here we are, one year on. He isn't a well man, but he keeps his spirits up.

TESS, a very warm welcome to you from a very wet Jersey. It is nice to "meet" you, and I hope you find that even though there are a few rather dodgy charachters on here (you know who you are :-)), you find the majority of us to be gentle with you and friendly.

I am the "baby" on the thread - only 49 years old, having got married rather later than most at the age of 32 and just this month had my 17th Anniversary. I am married to Peter and we have 4 children who are very active and keep me on my toes.

Our holiday was brilliant. Having said that we may get to Holland or even Austria, we stayed in France and the furthest we got to was just outside Geneva. We prefer to camp in France rather than Switzerland as the sites are nicer and cheaper. But we did go into Switzerland on a couple of days.

We spent 3 nights, in one place then 3 in another on the way to our most southerly site, where we spent 6 nights, then motored for quite some time before spending the last 4 nights about 3 hours from St Malo which is where our boat goes from.

We were very lucky wth the weather and it was hot hot hot all of the time. We had one day of rain and that was one of our travel days, so it worked out well.

We managed to get a swim in most days whether it be in a lake, river, pool or just the open areas of water around the places where we stayed.

We don't visit as many places in the summer as we do when we go away at Easter but we still went to a magnificent castle, ate at a couple of local festivals and generally ate too much, and in my case probably drank too much of the Falling Over Water. Always a good excuse on holiday to sample the local delights!!!!!

Been busy since we got back. Daniel was in Bedford last weekend at the National Outdoor Athletics Championships (Tess, you may be interested ). He wasn't at all well but ran anyway because he was there and he didn't want to miss out on the opportunity having been selected to run. He did ok in his heat of 1500m but was shocked to find out that he had been selected for the final as well, so he ran it.....just and at least was able to say that he had done that particular event. The poor boy was still being sick on the plane coming home on Sunday afternoon. He went to bed as soon as he got home and was fine the next day. I think nerves got the better of him, which is unusual.

This Bank Holiday Monday he is off to Crawley for the day to run at an Invitational Meeting.

Tonight Matthew has got some skills coaching at Footbal training with the English F.A. Skills coaches who are in the Island. It is an honour to have been selected for that.

And, guess what....... As it is a Wednesday, I am out for dinner tonight with a couple of girlfriends. We are going to a beachside restaurant, though will have to sit inside as the weather is awful.. Just going out is special though and I am really looking forward to it.

Right, I'd better be off. Luke & Sophie are trying to do some art which involves melting wax and painting so I had better supervise before they burn the house down - that wouldn't do, would it.

Hope all of you are well and cheerful.

Talk soon.

Debbie xx

Hello girls.
Peace and quiet rules the house at the moment. My grandaughter has gone shopping with her boyfriend.
It was so funny yesterday, I was trying to re-teach her how to knit. One big problem, she is left handed, and I am right handed. It ended up as a no go area.
When she had finished the first row, I don't know how she had done it, but the wool was not knitted, even though she had got to the end of the row.
Oh my lord, talk about frustrating, we both felt like throwing it across the room, so gave it up as a lost cause.
I went to a neighbours funeral today, it was so sad. There was eight of us neighbours, and eight members of her family. We could not believe there were so few family members left. Mind you the lady was 85 years old.
We as neighbours, all chipped in for a wreath, but there was only three lots of flowers there.
It is pouring with rain here at the moment, very depressing.
I hope you are all well.
Love and best wishes to you all. Mo xxx

Hi Mo, and everyone

another sunny day lol! It's going to get to about 21C ........... but there are suggestions that we might have some hotter weather in the next week.

The fires are still out of control ........ and the hotter weather will not help matters. At least the cooler temperatures have not brought any high winds with them, so the fires are not "candling" ............... spreading by flames jumping from tree top to tree top. That makes life a little easier .... and means the fires don't spread over great distances as fast.

We still think the cabin is safe ................ we haven't noticed reports of any fires on that side of the highway in that part of the province. But the air could still be bad.

OH wants to go see the opera students performing on August 30, and we've had an invite this morning to go to a friend's 60th birthday party on September 1st ............. so it looks like we won't be going up until Sept 2 at the earliest!


Interesting thing is that we have something called the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) on in Vancouver this week and next ............ it's been going a long long while, celebrating 100 years this year. It's a mix of county show (agriculture) with auctioning off of the best steer / pig / sheep raised over the past year by youngsters, fair ground, sales demonstrations of all kinds of wonderful gadgets, etc etc. They used to have competitions for best jam, cake, needlework, pickles etc, but I have no idea whether those still take place.

They do have the most superb musical events ....... which are even better this year, with all kinds of world class entertainers. They have spent something like $6 million (around £3 million) on the entertainment. Started off with Bryan Adams on Saturday afternoon. The Beach Boys on Saturday evening.

Michael Buble was also in town!

The tradition is that the PNE spells the end of summer because it always RAINS

We used to go regularly when we were younger, twice ....... once with adult friends and once with J. We almost always got wet on at least one of the trips!


Seems not this year ... at least not this week!



Mo ....... I had to laugh. J said she had to go to the loo while they were off the plane in Toronto. She had to take MJ with her, said she managed to balance and work one handed!


I used to spend a lot of time on Friends Reunited (the sister site), but now visit very rarely, to "see" friends who still post on there. I went for a look see this mroning ...... gawd, it is sooooooooooooooooooooooooo slow.

Don't anyone complain about this site being slow unless you have been over there!



Liz .................. hang in there lass! It'll all be over in a few days ...... and the rest of them may understand what you go through with him!





sylvia
xxxx

Hi Mo,Jan dos,nt go back till next week so another week to go ,weather here today has been awful heavy rains and high winds ,hope your weather is better
Dutchxx

Hello everyone.
I was so surprised when I logged into here. You lovely people have been chatting away, and there was so much news to catch up with.

Sylvia, so you have been out having a spending spree then have you. Good on you girl, you have to get the bargains whilst you can.
Are the fires still blazing over there. Will your cabin be safe, or are the fires getting closer to it now.
Thank goodness J had some help on her flight. I did wonder how she would cope with the loo etc, having MJ with her.

Sallie how nice of Jenny and Michael's neighbour to take them out for a meal. But as they say, what goes around, comes around. They have been good to her, and this is her way of saying thank you.
I wonder if Christie has a cyst on one of her ovaries, that may be causing her the pain. Hopefully they will be able to sort it out quickly for her.
I am loving having my grandaughter here. Well I am at the moment, but who knows I could be pulling my hair out soon.
Her boyfriend has been with her here, for a lot of the time. But I do think my daughter is feeling guilty about going away without her, as she has been ringing and texting her constantly.

Liz, I really don't know why you are having doubts about your wedding outfit, it looked lovely on you with the jacket.
Did you manage to get your undies sorted out.
It sounds like your OH's dad doesn't want to be left out, even though he will be at the wedding himself.

Dutch, I can't be bothered with Face Book. It sounds like it causes nothing but trouble all the way round.
How is Jan liking being back at work. I bet you miss not having him around, (or do you ). LOL

I forgot that Ann is away again. Honestly my brain is letting me down horridly.

I hope all our friends are well, Jean ,Marie, Tess , Huia , Debbie thinking of you all.
Love and best wishes Mo xxx

Hello All,Went to the hobby shop this morning and its closed due to the fall of rain we had all night its been pouring it down and very windy
Sallie sorry to have cut our talk short but as i was about to tell you ,my lot are at again on facebook my son and my grandaughter shes blaming me for my son having ago at her,as i told her i never said athing ,anyway i have closed my facebook account as i cant be doing with all the hassell going on between them,
Liz not long now till its over you hang on in there love thinking about you
Jean hope your feeling abit better today
Y/Caz my friend hope your abit better also
Mo it wont be long now ?
And wishing everyone better days ahead I wish i could get rid of the vertigo not nice at all
Dutchxx

Sylvia, I feel so grateful that I don't live somewhere with those fires, and how sad that a lot of animals will have been lost too

I can't imagine the fear of losing everything to a fire and it being uncontrollable.

I have decided that whenever I buy something for a special do in future, I will try it on and get a photo taken. I altered the straps of the dress yesterday, lifting them an inch to bring the armpits up a bit and then I tried on the dress with the black shrug I have. The dress looks better now the straps are shorter but what a palaver doing it, the dress is shoddily made for the money o.h. paid and it took me ages to get the straps repositioned properly.
Well when I looked at the photo with the shrug I realised that even had I been able to get a white one, it wouldn't have done, just exaggerated my wide bits lol Oh and o.h. took a pic when I was bending over moving a plant pot so I didn't catch the dress on it, and that was very unflattering lol, note to self, do not bend over at wedding, merely bend the knees and dip if I drop anything lol As for the dress with nothing over it, well forget it, it looks dreadful or rather I look dreadful, so fat round the middle as if someone pulled a car tyre over my head and wedged it at my waist line.
Am really put off the dress now but no time to find anything else, so will have to keep the lilac jacket on all the time, luckily the forecast isn't for a heatwave at the mo but the showers are moving on to the BH Sunday now. might be around 20degrees on the Saturday.
O.h. went to see his father on Sunday morning and got snarled up in roadworks and traffic so came back all flustered. He promptly fell asleep in his chair and later went upstairs and fell asleep on the bed. Then he came down and moaned about the time, 6.30pm and that he had done nothing constructive! Later his dad called to ask if he is ok, he has decided he wants to go along to the lunch date to see his grandson and wife, does he not realise that this is the first time o.h. will have seen him in 20 months, and he will be seeing him at the wedding? He said he was worried as o.h. seemed so tired, later on o.h. realised he had forgotten to take his diabetes tablet in the morning. He misses his tablets a lot, even tho I got him a container to put each day's worth in. I am fed up with having to think for him and remind him of everything.
Also, because one of o.h.'s sisters fell out with her boyfriend she is taking her son to the wedding instead which means the other cousin is the only young person not invited yet the bride has 5 brothers and sisters or half/step ones son it seemed unfair those two cousins weren't invited in the first place. The lad missed out is a pleasant lad, he has Aspergers and will never hold down a job despite wanting to work but it doesn't seem right he won't be at the celebrations. There are only four cousins, including o.h.'s two boys and o.h.'s two sisters with one lad each, all in their twenties. My son wasn't invited either which didn't surprise me or him or bother us, but the lads don't keep in contact anyway, they never really got close altho would speak to each other if they met up.

The son and wife should arrive from NY on Tuesday and will be here in Norfolk on Wednesday.
I just keep telling myself that come next week at this time it will be over and he will be ready to leave again on the Monday.


Just realised, it's chucking it down outside, hope it eases off soon so o.h. can cycle to work, otherwise I will have to get the bus into the city to do last minute errands etc. He was going to stick wonderweb on his trouser hems yesterday and iron some of his casual shirts to wear at the weekend, nothing got done but I am leaving it to him, I pinned the trousers up for him and he said leave them to him to do so I will lol

take care all,
Lizx

Hi Mo and everyone

It is a lot cooler today than last weekend!! Much more pleasant I have to say.



J just phoned .... she said the smoke from the BC fires was obvious through Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and even into the western edge of Ontario!

She actually had quite a good flight ........ there was no-one in the 3rd seat in the row, so she and MJ had 3 seats between them on both legs of the journey, and the crew were helpful. One of them even watched MJ while J went to the loo. One of them also helped her off the plane and to the elevator (sorry ... lift) in Halifax.


We're thinking of going up to the cabin sometime in the last week of August for a week or possibly 2 weeks. September 6 is Labour Day, traditionally the end of summer in both Canada and the US, and most schools, colleges and universities go back the next day (if not before). OH has loved being away for that "first day and week of term" since he stopped teaching!

We haven't been up yet this summer for longer than that one day in June ...... but then it has been so hot and the fire season so very bad that we wouldn't have gone up there even if we had not had J and co visiting. The cabin is in the same area that has the worst fires, and, at the very least, the air would have been difficult to breathe. We believe the cabin is safe .... but there is only one road in and out to it ......... leading from the bigger road down to the lake about 25 km away.

We'll make a final decision closer to the time, possibly only the day before we leave!!

The fire officials have said that cooler temperatures etc will help them to gain control of the fires ....... so many of them are still mainly out of control (some of them are 10% controlled, others 20%, etc). There are I think 4 or 5 really big ones, but about 150 fires burning in total.

They have also said that it could be weeks or months before some of them are finally completely out ...... when the cold temperatures and snow arrive.

This has been one of the worst fire seasons, but fortunately (if one can say that), very few homes have been burnt ........... they've all been in relatively uninhabited areas of the province. Three people have been killed ......... one man when a tree he was cutting fell on him, and the 2 pilots of a fire fighting plane which crashed.

The forests have been devastated.

The big worry now is the ranchers, who put their cows and other livestock up in the hill and mountain meadows for the summer .............. it is anticipated that there will have been a huge loss of animal life.




sylvia
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Hi Girls,

Sylvia, glad to here that your daughter and MJ arrived home safely, albeit two and a half hours late. It was bad enough that their plane was delayed in Vancouver, but to have another delay in Toronto because the crew were late turning up for duty, that takes the biscuit. Just hope that MJ was settled so that it made it easier for your daughter.
Sounds though you've had a good time finding some bargains. Are you and OH going away on holiday before the winter?
Let's hope that people won't have too much trouble with the smoke from the wildfires, it must be horrible for them.


Mo, I'm sure that you'll enjoy having your granddaughter to stay for ten days. Have all her family gone away, except her? I know what you mean about all the clothes that your granddaughter has. Christie has loads of clothes too, and has two clean tops a day,she says just in case she smells. Even with everyone telling her that she doesn't smell, she still changes them--I know Richard goes on about the amount of washing and ironing, and in the winter it's the drying.

We haven't had Jennie and Michael today. A nieghbour has taken them out to lunch, to say thank you for being there for her. She's 77 so Michael cuts her lawns for her, and cleans the windows for her every so often. She's a very nice lady, and she always likes to have a chat when she sees me. They've gone to the place where Jennie and Michael had their wedding reception and of course the night do too. Alun and I also went there for our 40th wedding anniversary, the food is really good there, a little bit more expensive than other places, but worth it for something special.

Christie went for a scan last Tuesday to try nad find out what is causing the pain she's having in her left side, but they couldn't see anything on the scan, so they used a camera, and told her that there's something there, but don't know what it is. So she's now waiting for a letter with a date to see the gynecologist, so we'll have to wait and see what the problem is.
Of course Richard is down worrying about her, but he's also down because he still hasn't got a job.



Liz, hope you manage to find all that you need to get ready for Saturday. When do OH's son and his wife arrive from NY? Wee Liz, this time next week the wedding will be all over and done with.
I hope that the groom will spend more time with the bride to be, this week especially. I can't understand why OH and his mum's partner haven't been invited to the stag do. Both Alun and Michael's dad went on Michael's stag do.


Hope Ann and OH enjoyed their anniiversary celebrations and that they'll have a great holiday in Jersey.


It shouldn't be too long now before Debbie and her family get back from their holiday. I hope they're enjoying themselves and that the weather has been good for them.



Huia, hope that your last training day at the Hospice shop went well. Did you manage to get in to see Phil? I hope he was a bit better than he was the last time you seen him. It would have been lovely if he was more alert this time. Pleased to hear that Phil wasn't to badly hurt after his fall.



Marie, hope all is well in your world. Did you finish make the cardigan? Also hope that the weather is getting better for you now you. You can tell that autumn is on it's way here, but I don't mind because I like autumn and also spring.


Jean, hope all is well with you. I haven't been on here very much lately, as I've been too busy trying to get the cards done. Hope J and D are okay. Have you finished making the memory book that you were doing?


Tess, I've had a couple of problems with this laptop over the last week. I don't know if it's the laptop, or this site. Although I've also had a bit of trouble trying to get another site, so it's probably this laptop.


Well I'm going to make us some tea now, otherwise Alun will think that we're not having any today.lolol!!!


I'll speak to you all soon. Take care everyone!


Love and best wishes. Sallie. xxx

Hi all

daughter phoned late last night (Friday) to say they had arrived home ....... 2½ hours late. It was well after midnight her time!

Apparently there was a further delay in Toronto ........ the new crew for the plane had not turned up on time for duty!


I went shopping this afternoon, downtown. Got several bargains ........ a couple of tops for me and a short sleeved dress shirt for OH.

The weather is much cooler now, and there might even be some rain overnight

...... but the smoke from the wild fires in the interior of the province have now been blown east as far across the country as northern Ontario ................ almost 2000 km away! People all along that "path" of smoke / haze are being warned of bad air quality and to stay indoors if they have any health problems.



Take care



sylvia
xxxx

Hi all, Teresa. the tan is very light now, but I went into the city and saw the young woman in Boots who helped me with eyemake up etc the other day. She had agreed that using the moisturiser with tanner in each day could well keep my legs and arms etc with a bit of colour, nothing too drastic and being already slightly tanned a little streakiness won't show as much as if I was lily white. She also showed me a very good leg makeup which at the mo is reduced to £6 but lasts and lasts and she showed me how easy it is to apply, she put it on her arm and said it doesn't come off till you wash it with soap and water. It looked good so I think I may get that and do the moisturiser/tan each day too and forget the spray tan due to the hassle of trying to not get sweaty and let it dry in properly while o.h. is around on Weds and I am having to cook, sort things out etc etc We just have too much to do with him seeing his son and d.i.l. and such .

I have noticed that the tan has stayed darker on bits of my skin that is more wrinkly, i.e. my forearms and my chest area and neck. My legs are lighter than my feet, which again are more wrinkly. Haven't checked any other wrinkly bits lol It was strange that when I got up on Saturday I had an enlarged vein at the front of my shin on one leg and a couple of enlarged veins on the other shin but as the day went on they disappeared and I can hardly notice them yet I have been on my feet a lot. Hope I don't start getting varicose veins, my Mum did as she got older but I hope I can avoid the problem. I haven't shaved my legs since the spraytan so more will come off when I do that.

O.h. said before he went to bed that, having spoken to his ex, he needs to have strong words with the groom, who is staying here at his Mum's with his bro and his wife from NY and then going out for drinks on Thursday evening with his bro and mates. Don't know if his Mum has said it or the bride to be, but there seems to be some complaint about him going out a lot and not spending time at home with the bride much. His Dad and his Mum's partner haven't been invited on the stag night.
O.h. thinks he needs to tell the groom how he should be behaving - a joke when he and his wife split after about 12 yrs of marriage, cos his behaviour made her fall out of love with him, and then he went off and had an affair with his wife's best friend so the wife left. He says he is going to have to get angry with his son, I tried to persuade him to leave them to sort things out, especially so near the wedding but can see a major row blowing up as o.h. is not the most tactful of people and will steam in all guns blazing and cause upset and maybe even fall out with the groom. That would be awful and would end up with people taking sides no doubt and therefore spoiling the wedding. He won't be told tho, and will do what he wants so if he messes up his relationship with his son or even both of them, won't be the first time, then tough, not much I can do except tape his mouth up.

Couldn't find a different necklace that suited the dress - my friend saw the photo and thought I needed more than the butterfly one I wore on the photos - and couldn't find a suitable set of undies, so have to try once more as I missed Bhs. Will have a good look through what I already have and see if I can get away with something there and if not, am going to the city again on Monday pm for last minute things.

I got some better biodegradable confetti yesterday at Paperchase, altho the girls there had to go through every pack to find pink blue and white bits as most packs were lemon, green and white, not good colours to throw at a registry office near Ipswich lol It looks more like the traditional stuff with horseshoes etc but the other one I got was large petal shapes, being rice paper they were rather stiff so didn't float as nicely. The new pack is rice paper too but lighter and smaller.
Norwich football team has yellow and green and are arch rivals with Ipswich who are blue and white so I didn't want to look as if I was favouring one team over another lol

Sorry I can't follow everyone's news on here and respond at the mo, I am really tired so off to put my feet up for a bit and watch Tonight's the Night, which I recorded as we wanted to watch X Factor.

love to all
Lizxx

Hello everyone.
It's been a very busy day here today. Shopping this morning, then my daughter arrived, with all my grandaughters clothes for the next 10/11 days. Oh my word, does she really need this amount of clothes. I know teenagers like to be fashionable, but this is like having a famous model in the house. I dread to think what would have happened if she had gone on holiday, with the family, excess baggage or what.

I don't know if we will ever get oursleves another cat. We both keep imagining we see her at the back door.
If we had had your mouse Huia, when we had Misty, she would have run in the opposite direction.
After all, she totally ignored the rat that time. I am not sure now if she was blind as well, bless her.

Tess the ship we were on was called the S.S, Dunera. And dad travelled with us out to Malaya.
As you said, the flight back was broken up for refuelling.
I am not sure but I think the pilots were Orville and Wright. lol

I hope you are all well, and are enjoying your weekend.
Bye for now, love and best wishes Mo xxx

I am still here, had some problems with computer Thurs/Fri and on Friday I kept falling asleep on the settee.

Huia, pleased to hear that Phil wasn't too badly hurt on his fall. Your work in the Hospice shop sounds good, so worthwhile too.
I had thought about getting a cat, but your story of Chloe puts me off!
Have you tried Yoga as a way of relaxing, it may stop you getting whirrling brain (which I know is very annoying).

Sylvia, sounds like your daughter needed a lot of extra arms, so well as the strenght of Samson (before the hair cut). You must have enjoyed the time they spent with you, and I bet you are looking forward to Christmas when you will see them again.

Liz, I have never tried a spray tan, but have been tempted to get my legs done as they are a sickly white.

As to travelling to and from Malaya. The first time (early 1953) we sailed on the Empire Fowey, and came back in 1955 by plane. This involved two overnight stops.

The second time (spring 1958) we went on the H.M.S Nevasa, and came back (late 1960) by plave, this time involving two refulling stops.

Now of course, planes go non-stop to Malaysia and Singapore.

I much preferred the voyages, a reall holiday in themselves. Both ships were troop ships, taking soldiers to Malaya. Both times my dad had gone a few months before us, so Mum had to get the family organised for the voyage without his help.

Hi Huia,

glad Phil isn't too knocked about by his fall bless him.

I know what you mean about the brain still whirring when you want to sleep, I try and read myself to sleep if o.h. isn't in the bed but it does mean I end up asleep with the light on for ages and the book buried somewhere lol

I hope you can find a way to get a good snooze, as you say maybe a walk will help.

Enjoy your visit to your cousin and your stint in the hospice shop, lots of new stuff to take in there so maybe that's why your brain won't slow down.

take care of yourself, and nap when you can for now so you are ok to drive and do what you need to do.

Sylvia, hope J and little one get home ok with all their stuff, sounds as tho a pantechnicon (sp) might be needed with all she had to carry. It's hard work travelling with youngsters altho my lad was 3 and a bit before I took him on a plane so a bit easier to deal with. I bet you will miss them both but the time will go fast till you see them again altho I really don't want to think about Christmas yet lol

My tan has faded a lot, well I had to exfoliate yesterday apparently, maybe I did it a bit too enthusiastically. I am not sure I am going to be able to fit the next one in so might not bother after all, as I now feel I look a bit grubby in some places and pale in others, and that's how it would be next week if I have another on Weds. There won't be time to have one later such as Thursday because of the maintenance of it, just rinsing gently on the Friday, the day we have to go to the hotel, and I would feel awful if I wiped it all off on the sheets there. Then the exfoliating day would be the day of the wedding and I might end up patchy, not worth the risk I think. Will see what it looks like later today and decide whether or not to cancel the apptmt.

Must get something to eat - I am starving so will catch you all later today

love to all
Lizxx

Hi all.

I was going to add to this thread yesterday when I had read the latest replies, but every time I tried to take it to the last page the stupid computer told me that genesreunited.co.nz didnt exist and it tried offering me various websites which were nothing like this one. After arguing with the computer I gave up.

I had another morning in the Hospice shop yesterday morning, then decided to have my lunch in town and buy a new clock (old one having expired) and go to visit Phil since I was half way there. I has a bit of sticking plaster on the end of one eyebrow from his fall but he seemed alright. I am wondering if, when he stood up he 'saw' something on the floor that had to be picked up (he sees a lot of imaginary things that I cant see) and fell when he bent over to pick it up. But I will never know.

I arrived home about 4 pm. I thought I should sleep well last night so didnt bother to take my half sleeping pill but after tossing and turning for an hour I got up and took it, went back to bed and continued to toss and turn for an hour so brought a duvet out to the lounge to try sleeping on the settee but that was no good so went back to bed and finally to sleep. I didnt wake up until 8.30 this morning and still felt tired so after breakfast I had another sleep on the settee. I just wish there was a pill which would stop my brain in its tracks when my head hits the pillow at night. The sleeping pills dont seem to do the trick.

I have now had my lunch and really must take myself for a long walk today in the hopes of sleeping better tonight. I am thinking of visiting a cousin tomorrow morning then visiting Phil on my way back from her place. She will want me to stay the night, but I am not keen and I have to be up early the next morning for another session in the Hospice shop, so I thought this would be a good time to visit.

Huia.

Hi all

Got back about 2 hours ago from the airport where we left J&MJ .......... her plane was delayed an hour but she decided that she wanted to be there for the posted time and to go through security so that she could try and get him to have a nap before it was time to board.

Of course, she left with more than she came with ......... she borrowed a small carry-on suitcase from us to stuff some essentials in. Then, they bought an ExerSaucer when they first arrived ...... it's the modern version of those walkers that we used to have, except the baby's feet touch a "saucer" and the part in which he sits moves around while the "saucer" stays stationary. Anyway, she decided to take it home with her

................ in a VERY large box, which was then also stuffed with toys she bought in Ikea earlier this week. They don't have Ikea in Halifax, it closed down about 10 years ago.

We got home and promptly phoned M to tell him the plane was late .................. and that there was all this extra baggage that he had to fit in his car!

It was great to have them for so long ............ only 4 months to go before we arrive in Halifax for Christmas!!!



Mo ................. it will be a bit of a struggle. The shoulder and neck is a long-time problem, caused mainly by working so much on the computer with inadequate seating. The wrist is an added problem irritated by the way she picks up and carries MJ

All 3 of the suitcases have wheels .......... OH loaded them in the car here, and unloaded them at the airport on a trolley (still free at Vancouver airport!). The huge box was balanced on top. I pushed the baby stroller with MJ in the car seat (it's a combined unit). J pushed the luggage.

Check-in was at the Express screen, check-in tags printed out ........ then just wheeled the luggage trolley over to a person who checked everything, and who also carried the box over to the special baggage chute. Then OH unloaded the two larger suitcases into their chute.

That left J with

.... baby stroller and car seat
.... diaper bag
..... light weight "shopping" bag (the kind that rolls up very small)
..... carry-on wheeled case

She then had to buy some food for her lunch ........... you can buy sandwiches on the plane, but she wanted some Japanese including sushi for an early lunch. That was in 2 styrofoam boxes and put into a small shopping bag.

She would be able to wheel the stroller right to the door of the plane, after which someone would load it into the hold. It will be unloaded and brought up to the plane door in Halifax.

That will have left her to carry on

...... MJ in the car seat
...... diaper bag
...... lightweight shopping bag
..... carry-on suitcase



I have NO idea how she will have managed!

They did buy a seat for MJ, so she does not have to hold him all the time, and the reason she took the car seat on board is because it can be strapped into place by the ordinary lap belt.

The reverse happens in Halifax .................... and the checked bags are brought on a conveyor belt to the open area where M will be able to help her



Now ................. can he get it and them all in his car????????????????


It'll be close to 9 hours from when we left her before she arrives "home"



sylvia