General Chat

Hello Sylvia,
Good to hear from you love. It has been ages since we last spoke to you, and as you have probably seen on the thread both Jean and myself have become great grandmothers, myself for the second time, and Jeans first.
What a shame that you wont be seing very much of the family, when they come over to the Island.
It's such sad news about your friend on the Island, being so ill. The dementia was bad enough for the family to have to cope with, and now this news makes things even worse for them.
I saw on the news about the snow in America, I don't envy yourself or your daughter, having to cope with the amount that you normally have, let alone the amount that fell in the U.S.
Lets be honest, we never get the amount of snow as we did, many years ago, (thank goodness) here in good old blighty. But we always moan, no matter however much we get, true Brits to the core, never satisfied.
We have had sleet falling this evening, and the back doorstep was very slippery, so I have laid salt down just in case.
I hope you are both well, and no longer in pain yourself.
Take care Sylvia. Love Mo xxx

Good morning all, up at silly o'clock this morning for a fasting blood test. Nice to get home in the warm and have a slice of toast, always tastes better after a 'fast'.

Sylvia, that is quite a gruelling trip for your daughter to make but lovely that she wants to do it for her Godfather.

No snow in this part of the uk although today is very damp and icy cold and there was actuakky a sprinkling on the windscreen of my car overnight, it was very soft though. We may get some snow later.

I saw your remark on the school lunch box thread re horse meat. Our problem here is not the fact that we may have eaten horse meat, bu that the horse meat may have been injected with a veterinary drug that in a very very small number of cases may cause APlastic Anaemia. It is beginning to transpire that this is not an accidental thing to have happened but a criminal thing. And in todays paper it is mentioned that the Mafia is supected at being the driving force. And, as usual it seems to be fraud rather than food safety and all about money.

Sallie, I bet you are enjoying having your own room to work in, it does help to have space where you can leave things out.

Hello everyone, hope you are all ok and managing to keep warm, no snow here today but very cold and damp.
Ann I hate having fasting blood tests, am always glad to get home and have a cuppa and toast.
Haven't made a start on learning to crochet yet, keep looking at the book but so far that is all.
The horse meat problem seems to be getting worse, just seen on the news that 2 slaughter houses have been visited by police, 1 in West Yorkshire and 1 in West Wales.. Think I may go vegetatianm though I dont eat red meat and very little poultry.
Going to make a cuppa now and watch Emmerdale.
Take care and stay safe.
Jean xx :-) :-) :-)

Hi Jean, I actually managed a chain row and then some trebles but I do have trouble reading the pattern, and also with splitting the wool with the hook.

Cooee everyone,
Just a quickie to let you know I am still around. No snow here, but bitterly cold.

Jeni, we have probably been eating horse meat for years and not even realised it lol
I know the thought of it is off putting, especially with you having got Red and Megan.
Not a nice thought is it.

I am glad I am not the only one to be puzzled by crocheting. I can do a straight row, but it's the turning that gets me. The work seems to either grow width wise, or shrink drastically. :-D :-D :-D

I agree with you Ann, about the horses having been injected, with things that our bodies cannot tolerate to eat.
Hows T doing these days? Has he been out on that golf course lately?

Jean, many many thanks for the lovely card. When Roly looked at the postmark, he said who do we know who lives in the Manchester area. Silly boy isn't he.

Must go and feed the hungry husband now.
I want me Valentines card tomorrow, so I had better play the good wife, (I always do anyway)
Love to you all. Mo xxx

Valentine's card Mo! You must be joking!!!

T is fine, he played golf last Friday but has been rained off since. But he has his little helicopters to fix and play with now. :-D

Mo glad you finally got the card, must have gone via germany or some such place ;-) ;-) I have been a bit off lately , very cold, so not done much in the card department, although I did manage to experiment with some diecuts....
we were going to have a browse round the stores today but we have got copious amounts of snow :-0 so stayed put , try again tomorrow, I want to get to Range and check the sale.... the rain should clear the snow away......my J is making tea, so I will chat... later smells delicious.... what a star :-D :-D :-D

had a couple of bad days this week so not been on GR....anyway much better now and have made a few cards over the last day or two.



Jean, we have had a couple of inches of snow today, so didn't go and do the weekly shop, when Alun got home from work he said that the roads were not very good, very slippery, of course none of the council gritters had been out. So we are going to do it tomorrow after lunch as we have to go to Derby early in the morning.

Hope that you are feeling better now and that the weather will be okay for you to go The Range tomorrow.



Ann, yes it's great having a craft room, I really love it, as you say I don't have to put everything away if I need to use it again.

These boys have to have their toys to play with..... T has his helicpters and Alun has his trains.lol!!! Alun went to a model railway show in Doncaster on Sunday and came home with a few kits to make buildings, signals, and a new engine, so he was a 'happy little boy'.



Mo and Jeni, it is so long since I did any crocheting, I think I will have probably forgotten how to do it now.lol!!



Sylvia, sorry to hear the bad news about your friend, hope your trip to see him goes well.



Please could you all let me have the dates of your birthdays again, I had them all on my computer but they seem to have disappeared...goodness knows how.


Well ladies, I'm going to have a nice cup of tea now and then make one or two cards.



Speak to you all soon.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Sallie, these are the birthdays as I remember them.
Jean and J. Anniversary 3rd March
Jeniwren (Jean) Birthday 20th March.
Linda birthday 16th April
Jean Birthday 6th June
Sallie Birthday 9th July
Liz (Purple)25th July.
Ann Birthday 13th August
Marilyn 20th September.
Mo Birthday 22nd October
I don't know Huia's, Marie's, or Sylvia's,or Joyces but could probably find Marie and Huia's on F.B.
We do sometimes see Linda and Marilyn,and Marilyn is on one her famous holidays at the moment.
I hope this is helpful. and I will delete if anyone wants me to keep their birthday private. Love Mo xxx

Thanks for that Mo, I know Joyce and Liz are on the same day, but Joyce is older. Liz and I are the same age, I'm just two weeks older than LIz. Sylvia and Ann are the same age, but not sure when Sylvia's birthday is. I usually send bithday wishes to Sylvia, Huia and Marie on GR.

How is Zoey getting on? Hope that the physio is beginning to show signs of improvement for her. Bless her.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Hi girls, just a quickie, as I am feeling poorly today. I tried to get to see my doctor today, but the soonest I could see her would be next Friday.
So I will ring at 8 a.m in the morning for an emergency appointment.
I just cant seem to shake this blessed virus,it's been hanging around since christmas, and today I am full of the sweats and shivers, plus I have got this hacking blessed cough.
Speak to you tomorrow hopefully.
Love and hugs Mo xxx

Mo, hope that you can get in to see the doctor sometime tomorrow. I know Richard and Christie have had a problem getting an emergency appointment once or twice and had to go to the Walk in Centre not to far from where they live. Both had to pay around £25 each, but it was worth it just to see the doctor as it was when Richard had shingles and the time when Christie had a water infection, so both needed medication.

Hope you will feel better soon, take care of yourself and keep warm.

We have had a busy day, went to Derby this morning, luckily I managed to get what I needed, came home and had a quick lunch and then had to pop up town and then we went to A--da to do the weekly shop, so we are both now shattered and don't feel like doing much at all.


Ann, hope you both enjoyed your time spent in town with Jude and Vic today.


I haven't even thought about what we are having for our dinner this evening, we did think about going out for a meat but thought it might be too crowded with it being Valentines Day.
Maybe we'll go tomorrow evening instead.


Well I will speak to you all tomorrow.


Take care everyone.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Mo and R anniversary 29th Feb
Sally anniversary 29 (I think or 28) August.
Ann & T anniversary 27 August.

Sylvia has just had her birthday in January I think but not sure of the date. :-D

Mo, sorry to hear you feel poorly, hope you can get an emergency appointment. awful system when you can't get an appointment when you are unwell. pointless really isn't it?

Jean, you too, hope you feel better soon too. <3

Sallie, not sure what is worse, trains or helicopters. Son used to have a model railway when he was young set up in a small cupboard/room under the eaves of our last house. He is now building a new one taking up a whole spare bedroom in their house. (They have a 5 bed house.)

Mo I do hope you have managed to get some help and soon begun to feel much better..... <3 <3
I was so cold yesterday so after lunch went to bed with the electric blanket on absolute bliss slept till 4,30 would have still been there but J woke me up
:-| but felt so much better for it.... went to Range later today, not much different in , but still managed to part with £36 ;-) ;-) btwI think Huia s birthday is 11th Jan.......

love and hugs to everyone, thinking of our lovely friends overseas. take care one and all , love Jean xx <3 <3

Ann, yes our anniversary is 28th August, the day after you and T's. I know Sylvia' and oh's anniversary is in August too but can't remember the exact date only that it is abut two weeks before mine and Alun's and that we were married the same year, 1967.

So Mo, this year do you and Roly celebrate your anniversary on the 28th Feb or the 1st March?



Jean while we were in Derby this morning I couldn't resist going in three of the craft shops, just for a quick look and ended up spending £39 between the three of them. These craft shops are like a magnet to us card makers.lol!!!



Ann, we converted our brick built garage into what was to have been a utility room only....it is a good size so thought with cupboards we would have lots of storage space. Trouble is I can't get to any of the cupboards as Alun's train layout takes over two thirds of it.....goes all around the length and the width of the space it takes up.

Oh well mustn't complain now that I have Jennie's old bedroom as my craft room.lol!!



We haven't heard from Huia and Marie for a while, hope they are both ok.


Take care everyone.


Love, Sallie.xxx

I have 'seen' Huia on Facebook Sallie so think she is ok.

Thanks Ann, nice to know that Huia is ok,

Hello there. Sorry if anybody has been worrying about me. I am fine, just dont always have anything to add, but I do look in each day.

Maybe I am sulking because nobody sent me a valentine card or flowers yesterday :-|

Yes, my birthday is 11 Jan, my wedding anniversary 21 March. But please dont send me any cards, the postage is too expensive. An email or message on FB is sufficient if you must. (No smiley for 'embarrassed').