General Chat

Well, ladies, my OH and I are likely to be up to our elbows in s**t this afternoon. The sewer line down to our septic tank seems to be blocked. It has happened in the past when fibrous roots from some trees have got into it. Not the nicest job clearing it out. Dont want to pay a fortune for somebody else to come and do it though.

Huia.

Hi,Sallie, The weather here is awful, just like a winters day,and so cold,or it may be me,I seem to feel cold most of the time,,,,, I am sure it must have been nice to see your daughter enjoying her meal,lets pray she will enjoy many more, sending you and her a (((((((((((( X )))))))))))


Jean x

Hello everyone,
Hope you are all enjoying the Bank Holiday!

Like some other parts of the country, weather isn't very good here either, cold and damp. Haven't been out today - daughter and son-in-law came for dinner, so that was nice.
It was great to see my daughter eating - she suffers from Crohn's disease, and not long come out of hospital after another flare up, third one in six months. So when she's eating well, I know she's alright.

Speak to you all soon. Best wishes.
Sallie.

Hello girls. It's good to hear from you all again.
It's a shame about the frost's getting at the pumpkin vines Marie,I keep forgetting it's your winter now,over there.
I do hope your grandaughter is feeling a little better now,and that she is
completely well for the 6th of May.
And I will add your daughter to my prayers,for her upcoming operation,god willing she will be o.k.
Will you be taking your laptop with you to your daughters?. If you are,please keep us updated,as to how she is.
Ladies we must not forget Marie's birthday,on the 11th of May. So our Jean
as you are the one with the good memory,PLEASE can you give us a reminder. Luvs you Jean.
Well girls,I have had another good day. When we got up this morning,it was lovely again. So we decided to go down to Ramsgate,and watch the ferries go in and out. They have improved the port,but all the changes they
promised along the front,have not even been started. We walked up to the town,and hey presto,another ghost town. Most of the big stores have closed down.
It's all very well building big out of town centers,but the poor businesses
at the heart of places,cannot keep up.
We were so lucky,it started to rain on our way home.
I must remember to pm Marilyn,as we have not heard a lot from her since her operation,I do hope she is well.
So my lovely ladies,I will love and leave you all. Sending you all,my very best wishes. Love Mo xxx

Hello all ,Well it is lovely to have June back with us Thanks June for the email.Hi Mo ,Sue and Deborah it sounds as though you are all very busy with grandchildren and their sport.Our Aussie Rules Football started on Sunday ,we have 4Grades playing each weekend and on saturday We won everygrade it was good to watch and it was a beautiful day sunny with a lite breeze.
We had our first frost this week it hit the pumpkin vines so I will have to put the ripe ones away now, lots of pumpkin soup.I havent done anything in my garden lately as i was away at my daughters and also had a trip,and since coming back my grand daughter has been in hospital and next week i have to go to my daughters as she has to have the operation that was cancelled in April.
I will be 70yrs on the 11th May I have informed my family that i do not wish to celebrate my Birthday, but knowing my daughters some thing will happen.I just dont feel like celebrating.

My Grandaughter Sarah who is living with me will be Graduating on wednesday 6th May.She has been quite ill i hope she makes it on wednesday.
Well folks there is probably a lot more I could chat about but I must go I havent done the dishes and I do hate getting up to them in the morning so I must lift this a--- off the chair
Good night to you all (((((((HUGS)))))))))Marie.

Morning all, greetings from a warm and sunny Jersey, though the forecast is for cloud and drizzle by the end of the day. Great to see that Jean is back safe and sound within our little community here. Thanks for the PM, Jean.

No great plans for the rest of the day. OH has gone to dig worms and bait with the boys for them all to go fishing, so hope the weather holds for them. Just me and No4 at home, so doing some girlie things at the moment - painting clay models and kicking a football around!!! Not sure where the girl fits into it all. That's what comes of having 3 older brothers.

Weekend has been good. Son No1 had a very successful fishing expedition on Saturday, we all stayed around the house yesterday catching up on jobs in the garden and sorting out homework.

Have a great day everyone. Speak to you all soon.

DEBBIE :-)))

Morning all, rotten weather here rain and cold too!! so what are you all up to on this bank holiday? I still havent finished unpacking,but managed to get the washing done, so I need to rest all day now lol, well you cant overdo things can you.....Mo, J is like that with crumbs, is it a man thing I wonder,
off to have some brekkie, have a good day....


Jean x

Good afternoon ladies. Welcome to a lovely sunny day here in Kent.
I am a bit cheesed of. I planted all my bedding plants yesterday,but forgot to put the slug repellent down,When I went in the garden this morning,the little blighters had had a feast on all my little babies. I know it's a bit late,but have just been out and laid loads of pellets down.I hope they enjoy it as much as they did my plants.
I have done all the dreaded h----w--k,it's all nice and tidy. And I am waiting for Roly to come back from the club,and mess it all up again. I thought it bad,when the children were small,but I am sure he's in his second childhood. Crumbs everywhere,papers all over the place,oh the list is a mile long.
Well girls,I must go and rustle up some grub,before I starve to death,huh
that'll be the day,I got enough fat on me to last a lifetime.
Love and best wishes to you all. Mo xxx

Hi Jean and Mo,
Lovely to have you back, Jean - so pleased that you enjoyed your holiday
in Tenby. Haven't been to Tenby for a good few years, we used to go now and again when we were living in S. Wales. We had some good and enjoyable times there, perhaps we will try and go again, in the not too distant future!

Mo has kept this thread going while you were away, just like your old thread was, it is friendly and welcoming. It's been nice chatting to Mo!

Speak again, soon.

Best wishes, Sallie.

Nudge for Mo......

Oh Jean,it's so good to have you back. Sorry,that is selfish of me I know.but we did miss you,honest injun we did.
I have just been picturing you,in your nightie bringing the garden furniture in. J must have been so relaxed not to have heard anything at first.I am just glad no one was watching you,or they might have thought you were a
streaker. lol
I can imagine what the papers would have said,if you had been arrested for being in your nightie," Woman seen on her balcony in a storm,was she mad". And can you imagine what would have been said about you on here as well. lol. Well it would made good reading I suppose.
Are you going to start your thread again,I know a lot of people would like you to.
How is J keeping now,well I do hope,and not worrying to much. And yourself,do you feel nice and relaxed.
It's a pity that now you have to get back into the routine,of washing and ironing again. There is always so much to do ,when you get back from a
holiday.
Our weather is still lovely here,and I hope it continues.
Well I will,love and leave you for now. Take care. Love and ~~~~~~~to all.
Best wishes Mo xxx

Hello Campers....just got back after two weeks away, what have they done to the thread, the s.....s, lol, what a shame about Daffs thread , I loved adding to it, and Daff seemed quite chuffed by it, I really missed you all and the first thing I did was come on here and see how you all are, Marilyn, what a brave little bunny you are, I am going to give you big hugs(((((((((( X ))))))))) Mo you are gem keeping it all going so I will add to this thread and hope the others will do the same, and I hope any new friends will come on, I also read that The rules had been broken too, Now at my age I dont do rules even if I knew what the eck they are....so I will tell you about my holiday , we had a flat right on the beach at Saundersfoot S,Wales, with a balcony , we arrived in brillianr sunshine and sat out watching the waves gently lap the sands Sunday was the same, then the clouds came and stayed,....one day we had a great storm the furniture on the balcony started to be blown about so ...just picture this... there I am in my nightie 6 o,clock in the morning, bring the chairs and table inside whilst my oh slept on ........but not for long.......we didnt have a lot of rain, but it was cool and cloudy but it was lovely just watching the folks bring their dogs on the beach for a walk, some of them were so funny and the dogs were too lol. well my little chums its good to be back, Mo I will e-mail you as soon as I finish deleteing all the junk mail..so lets carry on with this thread, until that gets whoosed too.love you all...


Jean x

Congratulations to your son's team Debbie. That is great news to win 1-0,
I bet they fought hard to get the winning goal.
I spoke to my daughter last night,about the athletics at the end of May,and
apparantly Sasha's times have dropped so drastically,that she may not be entering her into them. It's such a shame,because her nerves take over. Her trainer said that she has got the ability.if only she could conquer her nerves.
I hope everyone is well. Love to all. Mo xxx

Oh, poor you, Mo. A funeral is never easy is it, and when you see so many upset you tend to feel completely useless. As you say, there is only so much you can do.

Better news from here though. Daniel's football team won the cup tonight and they are on cloud 9. I have never been so excited watching a match. I am sure my hands will be sore for ages after all the clapping, and my voice has gone hoarse. The youngsters were cock-a-hoop and justly deserved the win. It was a fantastic game and actually quite evenly matched. They only won by 1-0, but it was a win, that's all that matters to them.

The majority of his team have been together since they were about 8 years old, and this is the first major trophy they have achieved, so all credit to them and the coaches who train them week in, week out.

Must go to bed now. The excitement is too much for me!!!

Maybe your grandaughter and my son can meet up Mo??? That would be interesting.

Night night.
DEBBIE

Good evening to you all.
My grandaughter is 14 Debbie,and I believe she is going to attend the athletics in May. I will find out for definate soon.
Good to speak to you again Sallie,I hope you are well.
We have just had a sad day. My DIL's dad's funeral. He had a horse drawn cortege. There were two beautiful grey horses,with black plumes on
there heads.
I have never seen so many wreathes.
The most upsetting thing was seeing my two grandchildren crying. My DIL
was so upset,that my son could not manage to comfort her,and the children at the same time. And there was only so much we could do,as the children needed their mum and dad's comforting arms around them.
Well girls hopefully Jean should be back tommorrow. Fingers crossed.
Speak to you all again soon. Love Mo xxx

Hi Mo , Just popping in to say hello to everyone.

Weather's not very good here today, although at the moment, it looks as
though it is trying to brighten up.

Speak to you soon! Sallie.

Morning all.

Mo, I'm not going with Daniel when he goes to Kent, so won't see you there, unfortunately, otherwise it would have been nice to be able to meet up and have a chat. Yes, I have heard of M & M Athletics Club. I think they would have had some cross country runners in the events that Daniel did earlier on in the year. Is your grandaughter likely to be competing on 23 & 24 May? What age group is she? Daniel has just moved to Under 15's so is finding this first season at that age group hard.

Sue, sorry to hear that your son won't be pursuing football for the time being, a table tennis table is a fab present I have a friend whose son has "Clicky Hips" and is unable to carry out many sports, but he is a fantastic table tennis player and represents the Island. So go for it with your boy.

Not sure if it is of any help, but my 2nd lad had knee problems during the winter months which we put down to indoor athletics & football, being on harder surfaces. But when he was in agony with his back after rugby we sought medical advice.

Our doctor thought his feet turned in slightly, but we went to a Chiropractor which the athletics club recommended and he examined Matthew in tiny detail and it transpires that Matt has one leg longer than the other, which was causing slight curvature of the spine and putting unnecessary pressure on one side of his body. Now, 3 sessions later and a few daily exercises, Matthew has to wear a small heel insert in his shoe, and we haven't had any problems since.

As long as he wears the insert he is fine. It just raises his shorter leg by the 9mm that it differs.

You can also get sports inserts for shoes that help posture & balance, which I know have been a great help to some of the children here. The chemist sells them. Don't know whether they may be worth trying (?)

Oh well, off to do some "real" typing now otherwise we will fall behind with our business. Have a lovely day.

DEBBIE

Thank god I was right Sue,or I would have felt I right narna.
I hope he has a lovely birthday,and enjoys his present. he will have hours of fun.

Hi Mo and all

Yes it was my son who has has problems with his knees.

He is fifteen next week and I think the problems with his legs and his age is the reason for him giving the football up.
Didnt know what to get him for his birthday so we have just ordered a table tennis outdoor table. That should keep him and his mates busy so hope we have nice weather next week,

We have long paved area in the garden so he can play it there. So I didnt get any grow bags today. They will have to wait. As Debbie said in her post it good for the children to be able to play in the garden.
Hope it will be a nice suprise for him.

Hope your son has a good match Debbie.

Bye Sue

Well I'm blowed Debbie,the Julie Rose Stadium is not that far away from us. And our Sasha goes there quite often. What a coinsidence. She goes
training three times a week. And she runs for the Medway and Maidstone
Athletics club, I don't know if you have ever heard of it.
You never know if you do with your son,to the Julie Rose. I may see you there.
Best wishes Mo xxx