General Chat

Hi Mo and all,

Just replied to Jean's thread, giving us an update on J. It looks as though the operation went well and that it was straight forward.

Thank goodness it's over - hope that he will improve each day.

My best wishes to both J and Jean.

Speak to you soon .

Sallie.

Just a quick update for you all.
Jean has pm'd me. She managed to see J tonight. He went down to theater at 9a.m and came out at 2p.m. He cannot have anything to eat or drink,just yet. And will see the consultant tommorrow.
Bless him he has tubes and drips,and poor Jean was quite shocked when she saw him. And is pretty upset herself,so she asked me to let you all know,how it went.
Bless you Jean,we are all here for you. And you are both in our thoughts.
Goodnight all,speak to you tommorrow. Love to our Jean xxx Mo

I had a pm,from Jean. J was due in surgery at four p.m.So I think Jean will play it by ear,wether to go in tonight,or tommorrow.
I am sure that when she has definate news,she will let us all know.
So please everyone,keep your fingers crossed for them both.
Thank you all,for looking in. Love and best wishes to you all.
Special xxxand ~~~~~for our Jean. God bless Mo.

Just a quick look in, to see if there was any news of
Jean's hubby, J.

Thnanks for keeping us up to date, Mo.

Sallie.

Hi girls,I have pm'd Jean,re J's op,and am waiting for a reply.
I will let you know if I hear anything.
Best wishes to you all,and I hope you are all well. Mo xxx

Hi All

Just a quick line to send my best to Jean for J op.
Hope he is on the mend soon.
Take care love
Sue

Hello All, but particularly Jean. I hope that all goes well tomorrow for J and that his recovery is swift. If the amount of good wishes on here could be turned into good health he will be up and about in no time.

Thinking of you both.

DEBBIE :-)))

Hello Jean,

So pleased that there was a bed available for J.

I hope the operation will go well tomorrow - I'll be thinking about both of you and hoping that everything will go well.

My best wishes for tomorrow.

Sallie.

My best wishes for J, Just Jean (that is, for J, JJ!)

Huia.

Hello everyone, well news at last J has a bed, he goes in 11.30 today, op tomorrow,at least the waiting is over.. we just need the op to go o.k. and pray all is well. many thanks for your thoughts and prayers, its a great comfort just reading your words.... special thanks to my friend Mo, for keeping this thread
going.....


Love Jean xx

Just popped on to see how things are going.

Pleased that Daniel did so well Debbie! I bet he was absolutely thrilled.
Well done Daniel!

Hope all is well with you and your family, Mo.

Speak soon.

Sallie.

I am glad Daniel liked the stadium Debbie. He did really well didn't he.
And luckily for him,the weather held out.
I hope you managed to sort out F-in-L 's house out.
Hi Sallie.

Hi All, please may I add my best wishes to Jean and Hubby for tomorrow. My thoughts will be with you both, and hope that J makes a full recovery. Take time and look after yourselves.

Been a busy weekend here, problems with F-in-L's house. What are Bank Holiday weekends for if not to have to sort out family issues. Ones we could rather do without.

Mo, Daniel loved your stadium there and did very well. He beat his previous personal best at 1500m and actually beat the other boy from our athletics club here-that is a first and a huge psychological boost for Daniel. Luckily they are very good friends and can both learn from the race.

Must go, got to get the little ones to bed. Hard when it is still so light outside.

All the best
DEBBIE

Hello everyone,

Just looked in to wish Jean's hubby all the very best for tomorrow. Hope they have a bed available - it will be wonderful when the op is over and done with.

I'll be thinking about the both of you.

Good Luck.

Sallie.

Afternoon girls.
Thought I would pop on to wish Jean's OH J,all my best wishes,as he goes into hospital tommorow,for his op.
You are both in my prayers,and god willing J will be home safe and well very soon.
Please can you all add your good wishes for them.
I hope you are all well,and enjoying the weekend.
Speak to you soon. Love Mo xxx

Good afternoon ladies.
Debbie,we have glorious weather at the moment,so Daniel is in luck.I just
hope it last's all weekend for him. Is he at Ashford this weekend?
Are they coming over by ferry?
My god Huia,how big is your lawn mower.Judgeing by the cost of repair
it must be a big one. Thank goodness,your OH realised that you need some help with the garden.
I tackle a lot of the houshold chores myself as well. I am now pretty good at wallpapering and painting. and have also had a go at doing artexing
before now. I am by no means an expert,but I get by. But I would never dream of touching the electrics,only the plugs. But my daughter,who is on her own,does everything herself,and then gets myOH to check she has done it right. He is an electrician by trade.
Hi Marilyn,Sallie and of course our Jean. I hope you are well.
I will speak to you over the weekend,as we have nothing planned to be doing. It's the same as any other day when you are retired.
Love and best wishes to you all. Mo xxx

Morning all, I hope you are all well and looking forward to a restful weekend (Bank Holiday for those of us in the UK and surrounds). Jean I thought of you yesterday and was wishing that all went well with the pre-op. Good luck for next week. The sooner it is over the quicker you can heave that huge sigh of relief and start getting your life back on track.

Sue, I remember the beans, cress, potatoes and other "beautiful creations" that used to come home from school. Every single one of them so very special in their own way. My youngest is now 6, but having 3 older brothers she is quite a tomboy and very independant. Still, even my 13 year old can still make me cry by saying or doing something so beautiful, it makes me thankful I had children.

Mo, Daniel is all ready to hit your part of the world, so I hope you have organised some lovely weather for him. They fly out at 4.15 today but his race isn't until 6.05 tomorrow evening (!), so, one of the dads who is going has arranged to hire a car and will take the late competitors out for a few hours. I think most of the Jersey people are competing later in the day so they have decided not to get to the stadium at the crack of dawn. If he gets through his heat the final is on Sunday at 12.30.

Huia, my F-in-L also suffers as your OH does. The family had to make the very difficult decision to place him in a secure unit in April as he started wandering and was a danger to himself and others if he walked around the roads. Unfortunately his wife died a few years ago so there was nobody in the house to keep an eye on him. The place where he lives is lovely, but nothing can beat home comforts. His health and attitude have gone down since he has been there, which is a great shame. It is such an awful illness. My thoughts and prayers go out to you.

Am off to the dentist for an emergency appointment today, raging toothache kept me awake most of the night. I was lucky to get into see her so quickly. Here's hoping for a pain free weekend.

Wishing you all a sunny weekend :-)))

DEBBIE

My OH used to be a great handyman. Ask him to do something and it was done straight away. These days I have to supervise and help him. I am not too unhandy myself, having helped my parents to build a house when I was a teenager, and then helped OH build our house. It would be quicker to do some jobs myself these days but I have plenty of other things I should be doing. If I leave OH doing a job he seems to lose interest or forgets what he was doing. He seems to have trouble mowing the lawn these days. Have just spent $165 on repairs to the mower and when he tried to mow yesterday he had problems. I had previously been thinking it was time we paid somebody to do it for us and this time he suggested it! For somebody who is very independent and a keen DIYer that surprised me greatly.

Huia.

Hi Marilyn.
You are lucky to have a OH who kind of takes orders. I would have to blackmail Roly,to do it.
He bought two bedside cabinets,about three months ago,they are still sitting there waiting to be put together.
Keep your chin up Jean my lovely,we are all rooting for you both,and will be on tender hooks till we get news of J's op next week. God bless you both.
Love to all Mo xxx

Hi everyone,

Seems any thread goes missing these days good or bad.!

Jean I do hope your coping,its such a tiring time for you, at least fingers crossed he will have a bed waiting for hm.

Sue, ahwww.. the little one I can remember the beans in blotting paper in a jar when my boys were small.
Then they had watercress in egg shells........Oh memories !!

I have been very busy today making a pelmet for my new curtains.
looks lovely .....well hubby made it with my instructions LOL