General Chat

Coooee my friends,
Sorry to have been absent for a while, but like most families in the country, we have had a few niggling ailments to put up with.
As it is, poor Roly is still suffering with an upset stomach even now, if its not one thing it's another.

Can you believe it, our Lilly will be two next week, my how the time flies by. She is a right little character, and knows how to play to an audience.
We had her for the day on Wednesday, and she was as good as gold. But on taking her home to her mum at six p.m, she decided she didn't want to stay there, and threw a right wobbler, until grandad told her she was a naughty girl, and she then ran to her mum for cuddles.
When ever we have to leave her, she seems to under the impression she coming back with us, and clings onto us.
I took her shopping into BHS, I was looking for some jumpers in the sale. Before I knew what was happening, she had taken a load of jumpers of the hangers, and was either throwing them on the floor, or putting them in her pram. I quickly put them back on the racks, and ran from the shop. Well, I didn't want to be had up for shop lifting did I. LOL No I am not training her up for it either, oooh can you imagine it, if I had been unaware of what she was doing, and walked out with them. Cor lummy, I could have made the national newspapers couldn't I. I can just imagine the headlines...." Granny charged with aiding and abetting grandchild,in her shop lifting spree." :-D :-D :-D

I hope you are all well, take care my friends Love and hugs for you all. Mo xxx

Hallo all, Just heard that I am one of the competition winners for a Christmas photo of our daughter when she was 3 A book called Christmas past and present.

Just back from a trip to Webbs garden centre and Hobbycraft at Wychebold. It is a lovely sunny day here but when we got up there it was thick fog. It had cleared slightly when we came back so wasn't too bad.

I had £30 worth of hobbycraft vouchers to spend, managed that easily as I spent over a £100. I bought the Big Shot Jean, I thought if I want to cut any really big dies I can do them down at Daughter's as she had the GC for christmas.

Most of the rest of the money went on wool for a shaped scarf I want to try and copy (knitted), a book on crochet, because I am trying to teach myself. And a brayer which was over £11. It wasn't priced, not sure I would have bought it if I had known the price. still I have got it now.

Then in the garden centre we bought seeds for T (he had a voucher, three acrylic angels which have little LED lights in them reduced from £6.99 to £1.75 each, a silk gerbera to add to my vase of silk flowers, and a frying pan (just what you'd expect to buy in a garden centre. We then had a bowl of soup with a chunk of bread which was very nice, and came home.

And I still have toothache, the antibiotics don't seem to be working at all.

Good to see you back on here Sallie, didn't you qualify for the flu jab? You said you had flu Jean, didn't you have the jab?

Mo, looks like Lilly is going to cause havoc when you take her into shops :-D :-D

HI Jean, thanks for the welcome back. Yes whatever the flu virus was, it certainly lasts for a good while. Luckily, Jennie has had little or no problems with her Crohn's with this virus, so I hope it will continue that way.

Alun has now partly retired, he only works Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays now, so he has more time to play with his model railway.Boys and their toys.lolol!!!

Yes I can imagine D being bored with the extra holiday time off work. I'm hoping that when the weather will start to get better, both Alun and I will be able to pluck up the enthusiasm to paint two of the bedrooms. We shall have to wait and see.lol!!!

I had the Grand Calibre off Alun as an early Christmas present, the trouble is now I need quite a few of the larger dies, each time I go to one of the craft shops I end up buying something towards it......although the dies are usually cheaper on some of the craft sites.



Sylvia, glad that you and OH had a good train trip to your daughter's and back. Sorry that you had a bit of a family upset over the Christmas, though. Families, just when you think things are going well, problems always seem to rear their ugly head. Glad that both uou and your daughter were able to have a good heart to heart chat, and were able to get things sorted.


Hello to all my friends on here and hope that all is well with everyone.


Well, I must go now, I'm going to have a cuppa.





Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Mo and Ann, just missed you both. Glad that all is okay with you both.


Ann, both Alun and I decided bot to have the flu jab as both Alun's mum and mine always had a bad reaction when they had it......so we decided not to bother, but of course that decision might change in future.


Mo, I can't believe that Lilly will be two next week. Where on earth has the time gone. I can understand how you felt in BHS, but it made me chuckle imagining Lilly putting the jumpers in her pram.lol!!!
It just shows that she loves being with you and Roly, otherwise I'm sure she wouldn't want to go back with you. Bless her.



Jean, I'm sure you are all getting excited waiting for the baby to arrive any day now. Hope all goes well!



I'm going for my cuppa now, so will speak to you all soon.



Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Hey you lucky lady, well done Ann, what is the prize? hope its something you wanted... you will love the big shot, I have been doing some more diecuts today, and did a card with the diecut you sent me I have a pic of it so will send it throught when D puts them on for me....the three of us had bad colds and as usual with me it went straight on my chest, left me wheezing, I suppose we are inclined to call all colds the "Flu", when they are not....we all have the flu jabs , so hopefully any colds we get wont last long , I asked the nurse why do we still get the odd cold, her reply was the jab doesnt cover every type of cold germs just hopefully lessens them...although there is a particular strain which is hard to clear....

Mo, what do you get up to fancy blaming poor little Lily, I know your tricks mrs, tsk tsk, she will grow up thinking thats what you do ;-) ;-)
she sounds a little monkey , bet she runs rings around you , does she chatter a lot, our littlie next door didnt say much now we cant shut her up :-D :-D
her favourite sayingis "its bubbish"and she loves to dance and sing to that Zuba guys video. does all the actions too, we are helpless laughing.... :-D :-D :-D cant wait for or little boy to arrive hope I am here long enough to see what he gets up to.... take care my friends ... wrap up warm its quite cold here,
see you all later love Jean xxx <3

The prize is a book Christmas past and present. Just realised I don't know which photo won it as I sent two. It could quite likely be the one of one of our grandsons aged about 2 at Christmas.

I shall try out the bigshot tomorrow, too tired to use something new today.

Hello again girls,
Jean, our little madam doesn't say very much, she just has to point at things at home, and she gets them. Not in this house though. The latest thing is, she walks around shouting Yuk and Quack Quack Quack...now thats my own fault, for when I read to her, I make the animal sounds, and she loves the duck noises. Will I never learn.
All of a sudden she will get up, grab my hands, and we have to play ring a ring of roses, when it comes to the all fall down bit, silly ol nanny is the only one that has to fall down, and she stands there laughing her head off.
Sooo it's a little boy then is it, thats great (the new baby I mean). Ours is a little girl, so that will be two great grandaughters.

Well done on the win Ann. The book will probably come in handy for you. Does it show you any old recipes in it?
Sorry to hear that the toothache has not cleared up yet. I dont suppose they will extract any teeth, whilst the infection is still present.
It sounds like you had a field day at Webbs spending loads a money...brilliant ,good on yer.
A friend of mine was given a frying pan as a christmas present, and I thought to myself thats not a very personal present, but it apparantly it had a clock on the side of it, yes I know it sounds strange, and I couldn't visualise it. And guess what, she took it back to where it was bought, and changed it for something else. I just hope the person who bought it doesnt go to my friends house and ask for a fried egg. lol

Hi there Sallie, thank goodness you have posted, we were getting quite concerned not having heard from you in a while.
Alun is lucky that they have cut him down to a three day week, it makes it an easier transition for when they retire completely.
I know when Roly went from working a five day week, straight into retirement, he found it very hard to relax.
Having him home more, will be better for you as well honey. Not so many hours for the black dog to take a hold whilst being on your own. Plus you can get Alun to take you to the hobby shops more often. Now that has to be a bonus. ;-) ;-) ;-)
How is your brother doing now? Is he still enjoying his Parish work.?

Sending hugs to Sylvia, Marie and our Huia, I hope you are all well my friends.

Night Night god bless one and all. Mo xxx

Hello ladies, hope you are all alright today. I'm busy trying to work on my family tree, but there are so many names the same I'm getting a bit daunted.lol!!

Jean, just want to say thank you for the beautiful card that arrived from you this morning....it's really lovely, I was happy to get it.Thank you again for thinking about me.


Ann, congratulations on winning the photo competition. Wish I could take photos as well as you do, they are all excellent. Well done!



Mo, it was the first week of Alun being partially retired, I hardly saw him as he spent quite a bit of time with his trains.lol!!



I'll pop back later on, must try and get some more research done.

Speak to you all later on.



Love, Sallie.xxx

I posted it ages ago Sallie then I had no internet for two days when I finally got on you had come back on ,still never mind the thought was there.... glad you like it :-D :-D

love Jean xx

Okay, who has got snow then girls. Not me, YET, but my word has it been cold today.
If anybody gets it, I bet it will be poor Purple Liz, as the weather man said it's going to affect her part of the country pretty badly.
I have not done anything exciting today, so have got no fresh news to tell you, but I thought I would just pop on to say hello to you all.
Stay safe and warm girls. Love Mo xxx

Hi Mo, yes it's been very cold here today too, although it has been fairly bright.

Alun, Jennie and Michael have gone to see the Nottingham Panthers Ice Hockey team play the Cardiff Devils at the Ice Arena tonight, they left at 4 o clock as they were meeting friends so that they could have a meal before going. Not sure who will be shouting for which team though......both Jennie and Michael were born in the Nottingham Hospital that Jennie goes to see the Consultant she is under.....so I told her that she should shout for the
Panthers.lol!!


I've just finished my dinner so I'm going to make a cuppa now and maybe I'll start making some birthday cards as I'm on my own until about eleven o clock.


Mo, my brother is doing fine, thank you. He certainly seems to be enjoying being a vicar, maybe he should have done it when he was younger, at least when he retired from the Police Force.




Huia, hope that both you and your son had a lovely birthday.


Jean I didn't look if there was a post date on the evelope as I was wondering who had sent me a card as it wasn't my birthday.lol




Like you said Mo, hope everyone stays safe and warm. Hope the snow stays away from wherever you all live in the UK.




Speak to all soon.



Love, Sallie.xxx

our good friend Jack who sadly died on the 27th of Dec was exactly the same as your brother Sallie he was in the police and became a Methodist minister afterwards,what a coincidence.....

HI Jean, John first worked for the National Coal Board as an apprentice electrician for five years, which he passed. He stayed there for another year and then decided to join the Police Force and stayed there until he retired, then became a lay preacher for a few years before deciding to start his training to become a vicar.

Alun's sister became a Methodist minister a year before John finished his traing. It's funny how things turn out, she was a teacher before she started having her children.

Sorry I didn't realise that you had lost a good friend so close to Christmas. A sad time for you and J and also his family.


Love, Sallie.xxx

We have just got back from the funeral of our dear friend, we were in the church at 10.15 the funeral was 11.0 by 10.30 every seat was full as was the large room at the side, there were many folk standing outside too... the service was lovely and a fitting accolade of our friend . aterwards we all went to the cemetery for his last journey, there more folk waiting there also, the family have arranged for refreshments at the locakl cricket club but we were tired so decided to just come home, now we need to be there for his wife , its hard when everyone is back at work and life goes on.... so its been an emotional time and I am glad it all went smoothly for the family..... we are having a late lunch now and I think I will have a lay down , we are drained, but pleased we were part of it all...

love Jean xx

I am pleased for you and for Jack's wife that the funeral arrangements all went well Jean. This is when his wife will need all the support she can get.

I am just back from the dentist. don't want to go through that again in a hurry. He had two goes at pulling the tooth but I could still feel it so he had to give me another two injections. He was lovely though, very caring as was his nurse today who is senior nurse there and not his usual one, his is off, I think she had a cold last week when I was there so maybe she has flu. Anyway I had to sit in the waiting room for ten minutes to let the injections 'take' better. The third time I could still feel some pain but he persevered and it came out. Ouch and boy is it hurting now.

Jean, losing a close friend as you and J have, is hard to bear.
Your friends wife does now need your friendship, but also time for her to grieve for her loss of her loved one.
No wonder the two of you felt so drained after the service, and needed the rest.

Oooh Ann, you did suffer didn't you. Thank goodness the blessed tooth is now gone, and once the pain dies down, you can get back to normal again.

I hope everyone is staying in the house, and keeping snug and warm, as it's still so cold outside.
I am sitting here, with the heating on, in my jama's and dressing gown, with a nice warm pair of bed socks on trying to keep my tiny toes warm, coz my feet are flippin freezing.
Going to make myself a nice hot drink now.
Speak to you all tomorrow. Take care girls. Love to all Mo xxx

Hello girls,I've been busy catching up with the ironing and a couple of other chores that I wasn't able to do while I was poorly. Also been busy making birthday cards, we have eight birthdays in March so thought I had better make a start on them.



Jean. glad to hear that Jack's funeral went as planned. I'm sure that his wife will be able to rely on both you and J's company and support.




Ann, it's good to know that at least you have had the tooth removed. Hope that a couple of pain killers will help the pain so that you can get some sleep tonight.



Mo, it's flipping freezing here to0, I don't want to go out at all. Will have to go out tomorrow though as it's shopping day......I know some people do their shopping online, but both my friend and I like to see what we're buying.lol!!!

Wishing Lilly a very Happy 2nd Birthday for tomorrow, hope she has lot's of presents and cards. Bless her, can't believe she's two already. Is she having a party?



Hello to all our other friends on here and hope that you are all well.


Take care and keep warm.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Hello Everyone ,
It is nice to see that most of you are over your flu, We are melting over here in Oz. Lots of Bushfires in NSW,Victoria and Tasmania, a lot have been started from Electrial Storms ,the one in Coonabarrabran was started by Lightning a couple were started by teenages.
We do need rain,my roses have been turned crisp by the hot hot winds.I have lettuce and beans that I need to plant but it is just Too Hot :-(

Has any one heard from Joyce & Jan I was looking as some of the cards Joyce has sent me they are lovely.

Huia I hope all is well with you and your family how is the weather in NZ I hope it is not as hot as it is here .(Phew sweat sweat drip drip)
To Jean, Mo, Sallie, Ann,Sylvia and Huia <3 :-D <3 and to anyone else looking in ;-)

Marie, we have had some hot weather although not as bad as in Oz. I find the humidity makes it feel so much worse. This evening seems much cooler though according to the thermometer it is just over 20 deg C.

re Joyce, I had a birthday card from her a week ago.

I took my computer to town for a 'check up' today, so I hope it will be going a bit better. I left it with the experts while I worked in the Hospice shop. Just on closing time I sat on the edge of the chair while I reached under the counter for my bag, and suddenly the chair (one of those computer ones on wheels) decided to remove itself and dump me on the floor. It was only my pride that was hurt. I have plenty of padding, but I suppose I should really have filled in an 'incident' form. I said it wasnt an accident, I did it on purpose. Maybe I will call in tomorrow morning to ask the boss what she thinks. If I do discover I have some injury the Shop or boss might be in trouble with elf and safety, but on the other hand if I say what happened they might be in trouble with e & s for having a wheeled chair on smooth tiles. :-0

I will be off to bed soon. Good night Aussies, good morning up toppers.

Marie Joyce isnt very well Purple Liz has been in contact, Joyce sent me a message saying she was waiting for test results but now is unable to dress herself, Jan has to help her before he goes to work, so its not good news I am afraid, hope all is well with you and your family, wish we had some of your heat its freezing here... but very sad to see how bad the fires are .....

Huia,has your headache gone yet, hope you are o.k. too...

take care ladies , love Jean xx