General Chat

Thank you Marie,I am just making a special card for the little man,.... I am going to the doctors later today , I took the tablets he gave me last time, but I seem to have had a reaction to them last night, according to the leaflet inside the box, a rash on my chest , my right leg swelled up from the knee down and I had terrible sweats during the night so much so I had to lie on top if the bed, and its not very warm here...I still have the rash but the swelling is a lot better, I will see about your tip.anything that will help calm the pain down....well i hope to go to the docs, but it is snowing again quite heavily now....if it keeps coming I wont be going.....take care hope the dentist isnt to costly,
love Jean xx

CONGRATULATIONS, Jean and J,on the birth of baby Charlie.
There was no way I could get on here yesterday, to see if there was any news of baby's birth, and I was sweating and swearing when I didn't know what the outcome had been.
He was a very good weight Jean, compared to young Zoey at 6lb 3oz.
Roly took our grandaughter, and the baby to register her birth today. Dont laugh, the registrar thought that Roly was the daddy at first, but my grandaughter soon put her straight. :-) :-) :-)
J.L didn't want the fathers name on the cert, as she doesn't want him to have anything to do with little one.
This, as we all know, could cause problems for future generations, but the father is a nasty piece of work, and has caused J.L many bruises in the past.

Sorry to hear that snow has hit many of you again....but at the moment, we have got lovely clear blue skies, and the sun is shining, even though it is still cold outside.
I just hope and pray we dont get up in the morning to a carpet of the white stuff outside.

Jean, I hope the doctor can sort you out as soon as possible, we can't have you spending all night ruining your eyes on here love.
It's bad enough being woken by having to spend the inevitable penny, but restless legs syndrome is a real nightmare for any sufferers.

Marie, many thanks for the photo's of the flooding. What a nightmare for everyone involved.
I love the photo of your mum in your avatar, she looks very much like a lady enjoying a day the races. Very elegant, it shows how much you are like her.

Must go now girls, take care. Love Mo xxx

Hello, hope no one minds me butting in this thread, just wanted to say Congratulations to Jean and Mo on the birth of their Great grandchildren,
hope they are both doing well, what a joy they will bring to your life.
Jean xx :-) :-) <3

Jean, of course we dont mind and you are not butting in, we would love you come on more often......Many thanks for your kind wishes our little one is coming home tonight so my grandson tells us...hope the snow doesnt return, we had a huge snow fall today, so my trip to the doc was cancelled now its raining and you can bet it will have gone by morning, still as long as we dont get any more.....come back and chat..... hope you are doing o.k.

love Jean xx

Hi Jeni, you will have to excuse our Jean, she has a tendancy to post things twice, just as Marie did earlier. But then it's being amongst us mad ones that does it, doesn't it girls.
Please please pop back often and chat with us, and before you know it, you could be as crazy as the rest of us. ;-) ;-) ;-) it's great being here in the mad house.

Oooh Jean, you can cuddle up to little man tonight, if you are good that is lol
If it does snow, don't forget to put yer gloves on tomorrow, when you build that snowman.
Have you got your carrot for the nose, and coal for the eyes. Or do you use stones for the eyes ooop north love.
Iv'e got my witches broomstick if you need it, (instead of twigs for arms I mean) it does come in handy for when I have my funny half hours :-D :-D :-D

Well my lovelies, I will say cheers for now me dears, speak to you tomorrow, god willing. Love Mo xxx

I have just seen a rat in the foyer by the cat's dish of biscuits. Not wonder they have been going down. I just thought she was very hungry and I was going to go to town to get more, if the shops are open (Waitangi Day). I have set another rat trap in the foyer. It must have come in through the front door which is open at present. I wish I could get rid of all rats or find a way to feed the cat without attracting the rats. I wont be able to leave her food out overnight or when I am out. :-|

Oh for goodness sake Huia, not again.
I believe I have said it before, you make them there rats to welcome, they get bed, fed,and are quite comfortable in your home.
I bet you were shocked when you saw it though love, especially as you thought they had gone and deserted you, but they left their fleas to give you a reminder that they would be coming back to visit again.
Sorry my love,you know I am only teasing you, BUT, I do feel for you my love, as it's been a never ending battle for you hasn't it.
Poor puss will be walking round with it's tongue hanging out, wearing a placard saying "PLEASE FEED ME,NOT THE RATS" they get enough as it is. :-( :-( :-( Bless you Huia, you have really tried haven't you. I think it's time you got the professionals in, to EXTERMINATE the blighters.

Cooo, it's really windy outside today, I nearly got blown away up town today.
It was funny to see a stand with sales people ,trying to get customers to swap providers for their gas and electric, get nearly blown down. The satff were last seen trying to catch it, as it flew down the shopping precinct lol

Bye for now, be back later. Love Mo xxx

Mo, as I live in the country with plenty of scrub and bush around the professional exterminators would have a difficult job to get rid of all the rats. It would require constant laying of rat poison in bait stations, such as Phil and I were helping to do in the bush around one of the dams. Even then, I doubt if all the rats have gone. More would probably move in from surrounding areas.

I am going to town today (didnt go yesterday) to visit Phil and do some shopping.

Hello, does anyone have any good news to share? just been watching the news, it all seems doom and gloom.
I must be mad, have decided I would like to learn to crochet, I knit and sew but have never mastered crochet, so am going to buy a book on 'how to crochet' and have a go.......it could involve some very bad language lol.
Jean, how is Charlie, have you had your cuddles yet?
Am going to have a cuppa now then it will be time to go shopping.
Take care and stay safe........and be good.
Jean xx :-D :-D :-D

Nice to see you on here again Jean (Jeniwren). Hope you get moving with the crochet more quickly than I have so far, too caught up with making cards, but that is no excuse is it?

Well, yesterday we got to the hospital early for my 4.35 appointment, have to go early because we go by bus and there are several lots of road works with traffic lights. Strange to be going out at that time of night rather than going home! And, of course, the bus was full of school children going home too so quite noisy.

Anyway, as usual the appointments were running late so I didn't go in until 5.05pm. And then it seems he had only been given 5 minute follow up appointments so he was feeling the pressure a bit. He is very nice and very kind and refuses to be rushed but apologises for keeping you waiting. (actually he thanked me for my patience!).

So, this time no cutting out of the little so and sos, next time he has told me he is going to scrape (sounds lovely doesn't it?) two of them on my back, and do a small biopsy ( a puncture hole apparently -had it done before) on my thigh. He thinks two of them on my thigh (there are 3) are dormant but I don't agree so he will be watching them. He wants another appointment for me before we go away end April. But that is in the hands of the booking office so who knows?

Anyway, as I'd had nothing done we walked on into town. (saw the starlings going to roost, a wonderful sight), and had a curry in Wetherspoons. Usually quite quiet in there at that time (about 5.30) but there were a group of 20+ year old males in there making a heck of a noise, obviously well oiled by the time we got there. staff were watching them but they are all so young, I wonder how they cope if there is trouble. we were home by 6.45.

While walking into town we saw a car clamped, in a two hour rodside parking slot, with the young girl driver taking stuff out of the glove compartment. The clamp had DVLA on it. Never seen that before in town sow e were left wondering why it was clamped and didn't just have a ticket. Thought maybe no insurance when the number was checked.

Anyway dry here so far and OH has gone to golf so better get myself some breakfast. :-) :-)

Hello ladies,I have just caught up with a few posts and had read your add on the welsh thread Ann, glad to hear you got off lightly this visit, but its good that you are checked on a regular basis, cant be to careful.....I have been busy doing more cards and also making inserts which i will add some words too when I use them...Jenni, we are going to see Charlie sometime tomorrow, D is going almost every day , well she is the number one grandparent ;-) ;-) his other gran has been away , due home tomorrow, and they live a couple of doors away from him, so will no doubt see him a bit more than us.... :-( I never could manage crocheting, sewing and knitting only dolls I hasten to add, couldnt cope with sweaters or such like, although the dolls were some of the 15 ins ones.....

I went to the docs about the legs, and got the impression not a lot can be done , so he gave me some Diazapam, didnt want to start on them, but I cant cope with the cramp pains , and having to get up earlier than usual meant I was getting very tired. so I gave them a go last night and slept all night :-D :-D so I shall have to see how I get on, I dont intend taking them every night though....I also need to walk more hard to do when its painful...

snow coming back in my part of the country so I heard on the weather forecast , now thats something I could do without.....

Now I shall have a slice of toast and a coffee.....so chat later ,

love to everyone Jean xx <3

Hello my lovelies,
It's so nice to come on here, and find that so many of you have posted. We have days when we are all just to busy to pop in, but it's nice to catch up with one another isn't it.

Jeni, I have never been able to crochet properly. But when pregnant with my youngest son, I picked up a crochet hook and made a beautiful cover for his pram.
After he was born,I tried to make another simple blanket, and could not for the life of me,remember what I had to do, so I gave up and stuck to my knitting needles after that :-D :-D :-D Let us know how you get on with it, and also if Scarlett wants to help you with it, you could end up in a right pickle with you both wrapped up in the wool.

Ann, thank goodness you didn't have to have any treatment done at the hospital, and that things are looking rosy for you hun. Just remember when he does the"Scrape"the next time you see him, not to have to much to drink( tea, coffe etc)
just in case the puncture marks go a bit deep, and you end up like a watering can spraying drink everywhere. ;-) ;-) ;-)
It's so annoying to see youngsters so well oiled at that time of day, isn't it. They had obviously been supping since lunch time, to have got in that state.
Did you both enjoy your curry anyway?
Last monday night, one of the teams in our darts league, were due to play at home.
When they arrived at 8.30, the bar was unusually crowded with card players, who were way over the top with drink ,noise and very bad language.
The team had to leave the pub, and go and play at the oppositions venue, becasue of all that was occuring. This should not have been allowed to happen, but the landlord was not in attendance on that occasion, and things got out of hand, and the women were worried in case trouble flared up.
The pub concerned, will lose the four darts teams that they have playing there, if things are not kept in check.
Just goes to show, how stupid people can be under the influence of drink.

Jean my lickle love,please take care with the Diazapam
Don't get like me, who has been on Zimovane for the last X amount of years, and cannot get to sleep without them. I cannot manage without my sleeping tablets, I thought my doctor would keep a better eye on me, and that I wouldn't need them after I got over the menopause, but, unfortunately this has not happened. And believe me, I have tried, but on going to bed, it's like a switch goes on in my head, and I am awake till about 5 a.m and then waken at 7 a.m and get up. I was like a zombie, with black bags under my eyes, and felt like death warmed up, hence the doctor starting me on the darned things, there are times when I wish I had never taken them.
Thats why I am saying to you Jean, only take them occasionally love, to catch up on the sleep you are lacking.

I think most of the country have been warned that we could have snow by Sunday. Lets hope and pray that they have got it wrong.
If anyone gets snowed in, I shall send out the team of huskies with emergency supplies for you, but Burgers and Lasagne will not be in the supplies. Honest you cant seem to eat anything these days without someone saying, that it could harm you. But I can understand the concerns in this case.

Bye for now girls. Love Mo xxx

Mo, As long as I wasn't leaking out wine!!!! Don't want tow aste it. Apparently having the scrape is like having a graze, so i can imagine it will be sore afterwards.

We thought the staff should have stopped serving those lads, as should have happened in the darts teams' pub. If people are so inebriated they cause problems to other people they should be refused drink. IMO.

Thank goodness it is very rarely that we buy ready foods frozen or chilled. That is not to say we never have though. It looks as though the only way to know what is in your food is to buy fresh meat and cook it yourself. Even then you have to take it on faith that it doesn't have any nasties injected into it. We eat a fair amount of mince and I am beginning to wonder about the pre packaged mince now. Is it all it is supposed to be?

AM I WELCOME HERE,IM FED UP OF THREADS
TURNING,

CAN I CLAIM SANCTUARY

Come on in Gwen lovely to see you on here, time we had a bit of culture are you feeling somewhat better now, we were all worried when we heard of your upset health wise, but so glad you are joining us , a couple of things I need to warn you about , Mo is a comlete nutter but very good at painting, not your sort of painting, she does walls.....Now what can I say about Ann, better not she is one of my pals ;-) ;-) now I am probably the only one who is quite perfect :-D :-D
Sallie is a gem and our friends over the water are pretty good too, so dont let the rougher elements of the gang put you off, we are so chuffed you are joining us. :-) :-) :-) :-) <3

Mother Mo I will take your advice to heart lovey, I must say I was a bit perturbed when the doc suggested it, but will watch how I go..... thank you so much for the lovely card J was set up with it, I have one for you but cant find it ,I know I havent posted it so better have another look or baby will going to school before you get it !!
wonder how our Sallie is,bet she is hard at card making....
we are having a chippy meal tonight Rag puddings Ann.....
so tell us what you think Dizzi are we daft enough for you :-D :-D :-D :-D

back later love Jean xx

Helloooo Dizzy, how nice to see you on here. This is one thread that never turns (we are all to scared of Mo to let it :-D :-D :-D). Seriously Dizzy welcome, do come on and chat and be as daft as J.. the rest of us. :-)


Jean, what are you like? Making a card then losing it, that means you have too much stash, get rid of some. I am feeling virtuous as I have just sorted my card and paper scraps drawer and binned a lot that was gathering dust at the bottom of the drawer. Must have been there at least 5 years.

Mo, You should see your doc and ask for help to get off the sleeping tablets, or at least to change to some that are not habit forming. It can't be good for you to take them all the time. :-)

Welcome to our little mad house Dizzi.
I'm not really as bad as some people would paint me, ( Jean comes to mind, just coz I had a phase of painting the house inside and out at one time). Not any longer though I'm afraid to say coz me joints wont let me.

Please help me out Dizzi, I am surrounded by these cleaver clogs, who are brilliant at making cards, and theres me who keeps the card shop in business,as I'm a thicko and can't keep up with em.
They come out with all these clever names for things that they use to make their cards, and theres me thinking that they have bought some exotic fruit or something like that, but noooo.
I hope you are feeling better now honey, you have had it rough for a while, but onwards and upwards now.

Ann, we have no idea what they put in the mince these days. Years ago, we used to watch the butcher mincing the meat up, at the rear of the shop, but these days, we just see it placed on trays in the windows.
Before Roly and I got married, he was going out with a Dutch girl. Her parents asked him to a dinner, that he thoroughly enjoyed, and was told afterwards that they had just eaten horse meat.
He said it was lovely, but then we are talking of way back in the early 60's, when vets didn't inject so many different things into animals.
Oooh just had a thought, perhaps thats why he's as daft as he is, perhaps it did affect him anyway, and it's just starting to show. Poor old devil he has a lot to put up with, being married to me.
Now Jean....Ann no naughty remarks please.
Wheres our Sallie, I need her support, she wont pick on me, not like a couple of people I know, not mentioning any names, but they both had a dig at me earlier. :-( :-( :-(

Jean, I am pleased you received the card. How is little man doing, and did you manage to get over to see him today.
One of these days I am going to come to your house for some Rag Pudding. We had honey glazed spare ribs and chips for our dinner tonight, courtesy of Mo**isons, lazy old me, but I dont care.

It flamin well raining here at the moment, lets hope it keeps the snow away.
Bye for now girls. Love Mo xxx

Hello to all you lovely ladies. Sorry I haven't posted for quite a few days, I have been out a good bit of the week and also we have been sorting out drawers and cupboards. Dear me, I don't know why on earth we kept so much ' rubbish ' for so many years. All this started on Sunday when Jennie finally persuaded me to make her old bedroom into a craft room....I'm really pleased with it, but I still have to sort out a good bit of my stash.



Welcome to both Jeniwren and Dizzi , it's lovely to see you both posting on here. As Ann said this is one thread that doesn't turn, as we are all too scared of Mo ...she makes us all toe line.lol!!



Dizzi, hope that you are feeling a lot better now, it's great to know that you are now well enough to post again....missed seeing you on the boards. I know it takes months to get over pneumonia....I had it 23 years ago and it was almost four months before I felt really well again.

As the others have said, come and chat to us as often as you like, you will always be welcome.


Jeni, I haven't done any crocheting for years. I crocheted a lot when my niece was a baby, but never got around to crocheting anything for my son and daughter when they were babies. Although I did knit cardigans and jumpers for them both. Now I am adicted to card making, just like Jean and Ann.

Like Dizzi, come and chat to us as often as you like, as you too will always be welcome.



Jean, I'm sure you felt better for having a good nights sleep.As you say try not to take them every night so that you don't have to rely on them.
My mother and her next door neighbour took sleeping tablets for many years, although they both tried a few times to stop taking them, but always said that they couldn't sleep without them.

Glad to hear that Charlie and his mum are both going along alright. I bet you have enjoyed giving him cuddles....I know I certainly would. New babies are so lovely, I just love to see their little fingers and toes.



Ann, glad that things went ok at the hospital this time. It's good that the consultant is keeping a close eye on things, as you can never be too sure.
Hope you and T enjoyed your curry, well apart from all the noise coming from the qroup of lads.



Mo, how are things going with little Zoey's physiotherapy? Hope it's going along alright and that the doctor is checking on her progress.

Why on earth did the landlord or whoever was in charge of the pub on Monday night, allow so many card games to take place knowing that a darts match was taking place there later on in the evening. It's a shame that the team had to move from there to the opposing teams venue, all because a lot of noisy and inconsiderate people.

Glad that you enjoyed your honey glazed spare ribs and chips from M----sons. We had a roast chicken dinner today....Alun is in Doncaster on Sunday at a Model Railway Show, so we had our Sunday roast today instead,


Huia, just hope that you can get rid of the rats this time for good....although not sure that is possible with the kind of area you live in.

Hope that you enjoyed your trip into town and got what shopping you wanted. Also that things were no worse with Phil.



Marie, it's good that you are having some nice weather at the moment after all the very high temperatures you have had there.
The weather forecast for this area and for other parts of Britain is for snow on Sunday.

Hope that you and your family are all okay.




Well ladies I am going to make a hot drink now so will say goodnight to you all.



Take care everyone.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Well whats occuring here then, no posters today.
Sallie my flower, good to see you back on here. My goodness you are such a busy girl, doing all that clearing our of your cupboard and drawers.
Making that spare bedroom into your craft room is a brilliant idea, good on Jennie for making the suggestion.
Alun wont get cleared away with all your spare bits that way. ;-) ;-) ;-)
Sallie, Zoey is coming on in leaps and bounds now. She is such a conteted little thing, and is very beautiful.
Our grandaughter is proving to be a very capable mum.
I hope that everyone is fine. I will see you tomorrow girls, love to all. Mo xxx

Hi Mo, and everyone
xx


I'm not sure when I last posted, so not sure what I've already told you ..... forgive me if it's repetition!!


I've been immersed in the new Manchester Records on ancestry, so not been on GR that much.

I've solved some problems, but also found a few new ones ....... brick walls that I thought were down now back up



we have sun today ................. but it's been a very rare occurrence for weeks.

Apparently we have had only about half the normal sunshine since the beginning of December!!!



We found out last week that our friend on the Island, the one with a form of dementia, now has a cancer of the intestines, and it is not treatable.

We're going over to see them this coming week, so I will be away from Tuesday to Friday.


Daughter and family are coming to visit over the Easter weekend ...................... but not to see us.

They're doing the incredible trip (8 hours plane trip each way) so they can go to the Island to see our friend (her godfather) while he is still reasonably healthy.

They arrive about 10:30 pm on March 27, go to the Island early on the 28th. Return on the 31st, and then fly back home about 11:30 pm on April 1.

We'll get to see them for about a day and a half in total.


She phoned this morning, earlier than usual .........

........ they had 30 cm of snow and high winds (therefore drifting and blizzard-like conditions) over Friday night and Saturday morning ............... the tail end of that major storm that hit north-eastern USA.

They were snowed in yesterday morning, and forced to have a "home" day

Then they got another 10 cm overnight Saturday/Sunday ................. because of another storm that went east from Alberta through Ontario and into the Maritimes.

By this morning, her husband had cleared the driveway, the city had cleared all main streets and were starting on secondary roads, and were clearing the sidewalks with the little Bobcat thingy they use .................


................. so once grandson had woken from his nap, they were going to go out to get some necessary items.



Watch out in the UK ............. I hear this same weather is on its way over to you



take care everyone




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