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Happy Birthday Ros, sorry it is late, but hope my card arrived on time!!!




Sylvia, mags arrived!!!! Fantastic!!

Sorry not around much, sister went in hospital on Monday for major surgery on spine, things are not good at the moment, so spent quite a lot of time at hospital yesterday and today, hoping there is some improvement tomorrow.

Morning girls,

Jojo hope your sister is much better today xx (((HUGS))).

Hi all , put up thread on the general board , dont know if you all saw it.Thank you all so much for the lovely cards.each and everyone was special, had a great day/evening,and hangover from hell, great for a woman who does'nt drink to often/or not often enough. lol , going into hospital tomorrow for xrays,was there last month,now back for more.sorry for all the birthdays Iv'e missed but as soon as Im 100% I will get them going,having the workmen in for 8 weeks didn't help had to move everything out the way , now I have to find all my craft stuff,been finding it all week OH said why not bin it and start over,he has'nt seen whats in my daughters house yet/ anyway he could'nt afford to replace it/nor I.was looking for 2 boxes the other day and cant find them anywhere , it's doing my head in as all the GR groups names and addys are in one off them ,but now Thank God for JO as I got her email for christmas have'nt went into it yet but im sure she will have re sent them.so once more thank you all they were all fantastic.

Sally Sunshine
xx

glad you had a good birthday with lots of cards Sally S.

Ann
Glos

Hi all,
Well I have had my second bladder rinse today and this was only for 1/2 an hour. Last week it was an hour.
Glad to hear you got your mags Jo. I haven't heard from Liz as to whether she got hers or not. I hope so.
We have cancelled our cruise. Too much hassle going on for me at the moment. I need a new passport and we would have to arrange for two visas to visit Russia etc.etc. Because we hadn't paid anything we hadn't taken out an insurance and we've now lost 775 Euros. One hell of a lot of money to pay out for nothing. I am thinking of all the hours I have worked for this money. If I didn't pay then I would be paying a fine by now. They get you all ways.
Johan and my ex son in law have been laying new laminate in our kitchen. When I came back from the hospital I thought they would have been finished, but no. I still have sawdust everywhere. I am pleased that I asked my help to divide her hours this week, so this means she will be coming in another couple of hours tomorrow.
I am off to the market in the morning.
Sylvia xxx

Sylvia, Liz is away, she had a death in the family and has travelled down south, should be back later this week.

Hi everyone,

Ann re: the cuttlebug, I love mine.I don't use it all the time, but it does come in handy.
You can use other manufacturers cutting templates in it.There is a 'how to' somewhere on the web, I will try to find it for and send you the link.
As far as price, shop around, you can get some good deals on it at the moment, the cutting and embossing plates are not too expensive either.

Hope you are all having fun xx

Edit - Just sent a link re: the cuttlebug, for using other templates in it, via our yahoo group :)

Heather x

Morning girls,

Hope you are all well.
Jojo hows your sister? Hope she is improving now.

Well it's nice and breezy here this morning, which is lovely, it was way too hot last night.

Off to do some craft demos with a friend this morning.See you later.

Heather xx

Afternoon everyone, hope the demos goes well for you Heather.
Well it is not as hot here today as yesterday quite breezy warm but not as much sun.
Heather thanks for asking about my sister, she is improving slowly, can only walk a couple of yards before the pain gets too bad but hopefully when they take out the clips in her back she will feel better. Will be a long slow process to get her back walking or so the consultant tells us. Has difficulty sitting for any length of time, even laying is painful, so not very good at the moment.
Off now as daughter and grandchildren have just arrived.

Happy Birthday Liz, hope you have a great day, with lots of lovely cards.

Heather xx

Hi all,

Thank you all soooooo much for all the fantastic birthday cards. It really made my morning special! Oh, and the postman hasn't been today yet so I may be in for more treats!

Love to all,

Liz x

Liz, hope you have a lovely birthday. My card may bea couplr of days late as been busy with family staying and have lost all track of time.

xx Jill

Happy Birthday Liz, hope you have a fantastic day with lots of lovely cards!!

Hi all,
A little bit on the late side of the day - 9 minutes past midnight, but been busy all day as usual.
Yesterday had my third bladder rinse out. but no sign yet of improvement. Perhaps I am impatient!
I've been busy making lots of cards. My neighbour came down and bought 5 cards from me and my hairdresser wanted two baby arrival cards and a lst birthday card.
Must clear up my hobby room tomorrow.
Our market now has a good handicraft stall so I bought lots and lots today.
I went out without a coat today and was cold on my scooter.
See you all tomorrow. Have a nice birthday all you birthday girls.
Sylvia xxx

Afternoon girls,

Sylvia, the bladder rinse sounds very painful, I hope things improve for you soon.You have been a busy bee with your cardmaking, I'm sure it must take your mind off things a little.
Well I think I've got the flu, can you get flu in summer? my poor body feels bruised and my throat aches so much, I've tried going back to bed, but I keep getting up for a drink/& the toilet.Oh well, going to find my crafting mags out, put qvc craft day on and see if that will help.

Hope everyone has a good weekend, the weather here is beautiful, pity I can't enoy it.

Heather xx

Hi all,
I had a very unexpected letter yesterday from Sweden. Now who is writing to me from Sweden I thought. Well I don't know whether or not I told you that my grandfather came from Finland and I was busy sorting out my tree. I wrote several times to Finland and have quite a lot of information. But now, this lady who wrote the letter tells me that we are related.Her mother and my grandfather were, I think, brother and sister. I must get down to looking up the tree again. Very complicated. She wants us to meet up and suggests we go together to Finland. Well she has no idea of my state of health, so will have to write to tell her. I want her to come and stay with me and if my health improves would love to get to Finland. I did go to Finland a few years ago.
We have had some bad storms this afternoon. I have never heard such large bangs as those which went off here this afternoon. I have managed to sort out my craft room a bit this afternoon and have promised Johan I will get down to writing letters tomorrow.
Sylvia xxx

Afternoon ladies, what lovely weather we are having at the moment, in fact for me it is far too hot. Doctor has changed my medication I am have just been back to him to get him to change them back as I am feeling awful and have swollen ankles, legs and hands, which in this weather is miserable.

Heather sorry to see that you are no feeling well, hope that you are on the mend!!

Sylvia, sorry that the washes do not seem to be working, but hopefully the more you have they will start to work, hope they do not cause you too much pain and discomfort. I am still looking through the papers, they are just great and will be trying at least one of the stitching patterns.

Off now to do some iris folding, have quite a few cards ordered.

QVC has a craft sale today

Evening girls,

Ros, I didn't know about the sale, good job really :))

Jojo hope you're feeling better now the weather is a little cooler xx
I'm much better now thankyou, though still have a sore throat ???

Issy - if you look in, the July atc's will be in the post tomorrow.

Anybody else interested in the August swap?
The title is 'Lazy Days', please send them by 15th, with postage please. Thanks.

Take care all

Heather xx

Evening everyone

Have been in contact with Patricia. She is still having a terrible time, things just dont seem to be going well for her!! She has had workmen in the flat and they managed to get lots of plaster dust in her carpets, they made this worse when they sent in a carpet cleaning firm that used a wet system to clean the carpets and the plaster dust set!!!! This has also caused her problems with her chest Then she had a fall 6 weeks ago and fractured her arm. She is also undergoing lots of different test at the hospital, then on top of all this her son had his 3rd heart attack on his 35th birthday and is still in hospital undergoing treatment. Unfortunately he is too far away for her to visit with her being so unwell herself.

She wishes to apologise to everyone that has sent her letters she really appreciates that you are thinking of her, but does not feel up to replying at the moment.

I am sure we all wish her and her son a speedy recovery.



I am sorry I have not got back to you regarding the Christmas cards, but I was waiting for a few more replies, will sort it out at the weekend one way or another!!