General Chat

Mo how are you feeling? hope your cough is easier, I am bored out of my mind, so much sport on the t.v. and no cards to make, we expected the littlie to come this afternoon , but didnt come, I would have gone up for a nap had I known :-| :-| :-|

I get so cold and pop my blanket on its lovely and so peaceful , no noise lust warmth, both J and D love all the sport , I just love a warm bed :-D :-D :-D

I might have a bit of experimenting card wise tomrrow, got a couple of ideas I want to try... we are just going to have pulled pork on a roll for tea, lovely .....so a few crisps and a coffee to follow perfick......

Sallie I found the die you used and orded it, I may get the other two later... hope you dont mind me copying your idea....it is so lovely .....

love and hugs to everyone else, love Jean xxx <3

Jean my lickle love, I chuckled to myself at your typing error....I think you meant to say just warmth, but it came out as Lust warmth.....and then you said that J and D love their sport, naughty naughty me, I have such an imagination don't I.
What a shame that Littlie didn't turn up, you would have loved to have seen him I know.
We had Lilly this morning, oh joy ,listening to her singing twinkle twinkle little star, mind you, those words are the only ones she remembers bless her, so it is very repetative, but lovely to listen to.
Today I have put the tree up, and the outside lights, so thats a start in the right diection. Next I must wrap some presents, they are normally done by now, lazy lazy me. This darned virus has really knocked me for six, and I must catch up with myself.
Bye for now my friends, take care. Mo xxx

It wasnt a typing error ;-) ;-) ;-) :-D :-D :-D

Ooooh you naughty girl Jean....but I love you just the same.. mwah :-D :-D :-D

Just been told S partner E is in hospital with suspected gallstones, poor C wont know whats happening , S was taking him to the hospital so he could see she was o.k.
but he usually goes to the nursery so S said he must still go, at least he will have his routine, we will know more later, but ask you to remember them in your thoughts and prayers...thanks.

love Jean xx

Thoughts and prayers winging there way Jean my love. I hope you and J are bearing up honey, stay strong for all the family Jean.
All my love and hugs <3 <3 <3

Now the docs think she has a cyst on her ovaries, still no idea what they will do for her.... thanks Mo ....

love Jean xx <3

Hope they can sort her out Jean, she must be in pain.

We have been in Cheltenham all day, had lunch at the Harvester and then went to the cinema to see Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson in saving mr Banks.

So not been on here much at all.

Hi girls, just to let you know that I have not forgotten you all. Lots to do here, our friends are moving next week so we have been helping them to decorate their new place.....on top of that Jennie and Michael are also moving into their new place, and hoping to move in next week too.



As you can all imagine it's all a mad rush, trying to help them all and trying to get all the cards and pressies ready to take down to my brother's in S Wales on Friday.
Also having to take cards and pressies down for Richard and Christie a week tomorrow.
Alun's sister is coming here tomorrow, so we are going out to lunch. It will be nice to see her.


Jean, so sorry to read about E, hope they can sort out what the problem is very soon. Sending my thoughts and prayers to her and also to little C, who must be missing his mum, bless him.


If I don't post over the next few days, you know where I am, either travelling about the country or up to my elbows in paint.lol!!!


Try and speak to you all soon.


Take care everyone.

Love, Sallie.xxx

Not that you are a bit busy Sallie!! Hope you manage to get it all done.

Jean, some of your cards on the craft blog.

Hello everyone
,It has taken me days to get genes to accept my new email,
I have just gotten my new password also, so hopefully I am back in business

.I guess you are all ready for Xmas, I am not but I have given the little ones their presents as they will all be away for Xmas

I am well I am still putting stuff in cupboards, I have been waiting for my family to bring some shelving down from the cottage so that I can organize the garage.they were going to do it 3 weeks ago.I think I may have to get my son to take his trailer up and get them for me
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Sean and Nancy gave me a large umbrella for my small back yard, he is coming round to-day to assemble it.

I had all my pot plant transported to my unit , I am working on making it nice , the previous tenants had a dog and he wrecked the yard so I have been busy removing the Couch grass,I have put weed mat down and will cover it with small pebbles.
I will then place all my pos around on either side and then I will have stepping pavers as a path through the middle I also have a Japanese water feature already in place.
I will take photos, when I have finished it to my satisfaction,it could be some time so don't hold your breath.

I will have a quiet Xmas ,as my daughter Barbara is having an operation on the 19 Dec and it will be very painful for some time .I will be staying with her for at least a week maybe more at the same time I will be watering Sean's garden as well as my own so I am hoping we will get some rain.

I wish you all a wonderful Xmas and I pray the 2014 will be a better year for all of us
.I forgot to mention that Kathleen and Brian's property on which my Cottage stands,is on the market and they have several clients looking at it.
Please pray that it will sell soon and they get what they are asking for it .
I may then get the money back that I put into the cottage.
It is looking very nice the gardens and trees are beautiful such a pity it has too be sold.

I must close
Love and hugs to you all <3 :-) <3 <3 <3

Hip Hip Hooray, our Marie is back with us at last.
It's sooo good to hear from you Marie, even though it sounds like you have got a big task ahead of you, with the garden etc, but knowing how much you enjoy working outside, it's bound to be a pleasure for you.
Will you be planting any veggies this year love.
We will wait with bated breath for the photo's Marie lol.
Only a couple of days now before Barbara's operation, please give her our best wishes, and we shall remember her in our prayers.
I hope to speak to you before christmas Marie, but just in case we miss each other, Seasons greetings to you and the family.

Well girls, I am ready for the christmas onslaught now. The presents are wrapped, most of the food is bought, only the last minute bits to get now, like fresh fruit, veggies, milk and bread......thank the lord for that.

I do hope you are all well, wether you are here in the U.K, in Canada, New Zealand, or Australia, sending you all my very best wishes. Hugs Mo xxx

Hi girls, hope you are all getting on alright. I have not been able to get onto GR for three days, each time I tried to get on here, I have had 'Error message', it's been a blinking nuisance.



Marie, it's great to see you back on here, we have all missed you. Sounds as thought you have a major job, getting the garden as you like it.

Good luck to Barbara with her operation on the 19th, hope it all goes well and that she will not be in too much pain, especially over Christmas. As Mo has said, we are sending her our best wishes.




Mo, hope the antibiotics worked ok and that you are feeling much better. I think I have picked up a cold and cough off Jennie, so hope the worse of it will be gone by Christmas.

Glad to hear that you are almost organised for Christmas Mo, apart from some bits of the food.

I'm nearly sorted, just a few bits of food left to get. We had a nice surprise on Sunday, heard from Richard that he is coming up for Christmas, so looking forward to seeing him.

Jennie and Michael are moving on Thursday and our friends are moving on the Friday after Christmas so we have been busy helping them all to decorate.


Mo, can't remember if I thanked you for your Christmas, so just in case, thank you!



Jean, is there any news about E? I hope that the doctors have managed to find out what the problem is and that she has started to improve. Sending her positive thoughts and hugs. Also sending lots of love and hugs to C. <3 <3




Ann, I'm slowly getting there...... not too much left to do now, thank goodness.
Hope you are all organised and ready to go to your son and his family.




Huia, thank you so much for the calendar you sent us, with beautiful views of NZ. I really love it.
Hope that you are alright and that things are not to bad for Phil.



Sylvia, hope things are going along alright for you and OH. How are things with your SiL? Hope she isn't in a lot of pain and suffering too much.




Well I think it's time for bed now, so will speak to you all again soon, if GR will let me, lol!!



Take care everyone.



Love, Sallie. xxx

Hello everyone, well anyone who cares to take a look at our lickle thread, and would be welcome to join us, in our gossip.
Sallie, how great that you will have most of your family with you this year my love.
The anti-biotics helped a little Sallie, but it's still hanging around us both, and won't go completely.
I thought with the weather getting colder, it would kill some of the germs off, but it doesn't seem to be happening. The number of people I have spoken to, who have got one or another in their family down with something or another, is unbelievable.
I do hope your symptoms clear before next week Sallie.

I must thank you all, for the lovely cards and calenders I have received, you are all so clever in your card making.
Huia the calender is very nice, thank you my love.

Well, I do hope you are having better weather than we are at the moment, it's raining cats and dogs, and blowing a gale, thank goodness we are sitting here in the warm. No more darts for me now, till after the new year, so I can relax and not have to worry about going out in the cold night air.
Stay safe and warm peoples, take good care of yourselves. Mo xxx

We have not been out in the evening from home since last December. We are going out tonight and the weather is foul. We are only going a couple of miles but getting to and from the car will not be nice. Just going for a meal with about 20 friends at the golf club.

Huia thank you so much for the calendar, it is lovely what a nice thought. I think I have thanked Mo, Sallie and Jean but in case not thanks all.

Today I was helping in the entrance to the supermarket, where the hospice has a Christmas tree every year and for a donation people can put an angel on it with a message for a loved one. It was a 3 hour session from 10a.m. to 1p.m., after which I went to visit Phil (no real change in him). On the way back I stopped in at our shop and they are clearing a lot of stuff out of the warehouse at the back. I saw some navy shoes there, brand new, and I had been wanting some, so tried them on and they fitted, so that was one purchase I made. Also bought 3 other things. Quite pleased that I called in there.

Please don't all expect calendars next year! The cost of posting is higher than for cards. This was a oncer (probably).

I did wonder about the postage Huia as all countries seem to have increased theirs a lot this year, must be the cost of flying. Don't worry we won't expect a repeat. But this one is lovely. :-)

I agree with Ann, Huia, the cost of postage is horrendous, and as we have found over here, the Cards bought in the sales in January are very very cheap, but the cost of posting them, especially abroad, is very very high. But there is a very big difference, in the charges of cards to calenders, so thank you from the bottom of my heart, and I don't expect a repeat next year sweetheart.
Ann, Jean,and Sallie all make their own cards, and they must cost a fortune to send, as they are made from thicker paper and card, and weigh a lot more, so thank you all, for the wonderful thoughts.
You lucky girl Huia, being in the right place, at the right time, enabling you to get the navy shoes you have wanted for a long time.

Ann, I hope you had and enjoyable meal, and didn't get to wet on your way to and from the car.
It absolutely threw it down with rain, right up till about 10.30 p.m last night, and the wind was lifting the hatch door onto the loft area. Being alone in the house, and not realising at first what all the noise was, it scared the pants off me. Being the brave soldier that I am, I had to go and investigate, so if someone had jumped out at me in the dark, I would have fainted with fright. lol

I am trying to plan our meals before christmas, hoping to have nothing to heavy, so that we can enjoy our xmas meal even more.
So it looks like sausage and chips for dinner tonight, chinese Saturday, casserole for sunday, but goodness knows what to have tomorrow night,fish maybe, and I haven't even thought about early next week, oh dear, being chief cook and bottle washer doesn't come easy does it. :-S :-S :-S

Tomorrow I shall get the major shopping done, as I don't fancy doing to much xmas eve, with having all the big meats to cook.
Bye for now, take care all. Hugs Mo xxx

:-D :-D pictures Mo tippytoeing through the house waiting for somebody to jump out and say 'boo!'. Glad it was only the loft trap door Mo.
some of the handmade cards do cost more to post but most of them are the same as ordinary cards.

The evening was ok(ish). The meal was average. There is history here. We stopped going to functions at the golf club because the meals were not, in our view value for money. For three years we went to the local Chinese for the Monday/Friday Senior golfers Christmas meal and it was a good evening but people wanted a change. Much against our better judgement we agreed to return to the golf club. It is difficult for me there because we sit on large circular tables of 8 so conversation across the table is loud and everyone speaks at once. When you have hearing aids it is impossible to listen to all the conversations so I find myself 'tuning out' and listening to none, until OH asks me what I think about something. He does it to get me in the conversation because he knows how it affects me but can be embarrasing when I don't know the answer Lol!!! . They also had music playing quite loud so all the other tables (there were 30 people there) were shouting to be heard. And sitting next to T with a dress that showed more of her boobs than it should, was a rather gobby lady who liked the sound of her own voice and the more wine she drank the louder she got. I don't think we will go next year if it is held there again. It was also not good because we were allocated tables and we were with a group that OH knew but I didn't know any of the six. At the Chinese we choose where we sit so sit with people I know.

Moan over.... Oh yes, got drenched getting to and from the car!!

Huia forgot to say well done on getting those shoes, lucky lady. :-)