General Chat

Caz, I am full of good ideas if somebody else puts them into practice Lol!!!

Ann that is a good idea, I already have my sewing machine out to make some pillow cases from a spare sheet, I can use some of the sheet for an apron. Why didn't I think of that, my dad was a painter and decorator and use to wear one like that.

Love Caz xx

It was cold out here too although we only went for the papers and a coffee at the garden centre round the corner.

I have spent most of the day getting my room back how I want it. I have just taken a couple of photos if anyone wants to see it. Better PM me your e mails if you do, I do have Mo's and Jean's not sure about the others though.

I think T got a lot of satisfaction from doing the carpet Sallie and he really made a good job of it, and all the shelves went back exactly right so thatw as good when it came to putting things back. I did throw a lot of stuff out, it doesn't look like it but I have been able to re-arrange things so that it is more convenient.

How strange that the temperature should be above normal in Vancouver and colder than usual for the time of year in New Zealand! About normal here, cold and grey, although we did have some sun today and yesterday.

Caz, you will have to get a pea shooter and see if you can get him from the window the wretch. What you could do with is one of those apron things made for gardeners with lots of pockets to cary things in. still I suppose a carrier bag is cheaper, but you have to use one of your hands for that. Hmm maybe between us we could patent something??
Actually Mo I find it quite hard to keep him sitting down unless there is a football or rugby match on, he doesn't watch much else. He does sit in his office but he is usually mending mobiles or something or occasionally playing with his flight simulator or submarine programme. He doesn't read, except for computer mags or newspapers so at least the computer keeps his brain active. It isn't only the carpet laying, he had to take out the computer, printer, display etc and the TV so I am pleased that he can set all that lot up again. And, no he hardly seemed tired, although we both slept in until 9am this morning from 11pm last night!

Hello Girls,

Well, Alun and I went to Derby this morning, but it was really cold. We were there before nine, so after getting the meat from the butchers I like to buy it from, we went to the bakers/coffee shop for a nice cuppa and a sit down in the warm, before going anywhere else.


Caz, I think that we will have to go to the Range so that I can get some more storage boxes, I have a couple of empty storage boxes spare, but they are too big for what I want them for. So it looks as though I'll have to talk nice to Alun.lol!! It's a shame that I can't drive, it would be great to be able to get there myself.

Poor Joyce, it's a shame that the doctor can't give her something to take, so that at least she wouldn't suffer from cramp as much as she does.

Glad to hear that the reason we haven't heard from Jean, is because she's busy and that she isn't suffering from the dreaded vertigo.


Huia, hope you are okay today...sorry that you need to have a fan heater on and have to wear warm clothes, with it being your summertime.

If I only sleep for a short time during the day, I have trouble getting to sleep at night, so I try my best not to nod off while watching TV. Alun can nod off in the evening and still go to sleep when he goes to bed...I wish I was the same.

Hi girls, I spoke to Joyce this morning and she is still troubled with cramp but the doctor says there's not much can be done, she is going to the pain clinic on 2nd Feb so I hope she gets some relief, I got sent to one and still have my nurse whenever I need her, it's a good thing.
Sallie I got a box for my fiddly bits from the Range, it is like a chest with a lift up lid and four draws behind a drop down front, the drawers are divided for small things but all different sizes, sounds what you are looking for, it holds all my embelishments and the top is quite large to hold scrap card and papers or whatever.
Ann I am going in my own chair next time, I managed by putting a bottom of each crutch on the footrests and holding them both together, but it was hard trying not to let them drop, and no I didn't 'get' anybody with them, we had a few comedy moments though with me thinking I could reach things and knocking things off, hubby says he isn't going with me again, lol. Yes I have a walker with a tray on and a seat but the flat is so small it makes it hard to use without bumping into things, I usually put things in a carrier bag if I have a few bits to carry about. Mo that kid on the quad bike is lucky I can't walk or else I would have marched out there and told him to go play somewhere else, act like a child and be treated like one. I'm surprised no one has collared him, he was at it up and down the street at nine oclock last night, come to think of it I haven't heard him today.
Hope everyone is ok, I'm in touch with Jean regularly and she is well but busy, not suffering with vertigo now as much but feeling the cold.

Love Caz xx

Hi Mo and everyone
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it's been rather warm here, for winter! Temperatures are 3 or 4C above normal. Meanwhile Eastern Canada and eastern US are having very bad snow storms, yet again!


not much news otherwise!


Oh yes, the tickets for our summer trip are all booked.



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I forgot to say it has been rather cold today. Supposed to be summer. I have got a fan heater going and am wearing fleecy trousers and a sweat shirt and an eco fleece jacket.

Huia.

Oooh, Sallie, how could you possibly forget me.

With the stormy weather I have turned the computer off, then I was bored so I have slept most of the day! I probably wont sleep tonight.

Must get my dinner soon.

Huia.

Hello again,

Huia, just seen your posting, pleased to know that the cyclone passed your part of NZ, but I feel so sorry for the people and their families that have lost their homes and family members.

It's good to know that you are okay and I hope you've been able to get in touch with your sister and that her and her family are alright too.

It's nice that we have friends on GR that care and are concerned about us, as you say we are all like one big family.



Ann, T will be worn out tomorrow after all the work he's done today, bless him. I suppose if he feels like doing it, he might as well, at least there will be a couple of jobs done and out of the way.

It's good that T can fit the carpet, as it can save a bit of money. I think the worst part of having a new carpet, is to have to clear the room of everything and then to have to put it all back in again, but at least you can have a bit of a sort out that way, and sometimes get rid of things that are no good.


Mo, it was seeing Jean's craft room all nice and tidy, that shamed me into sorting my craft stuff out. Our dining room was a mess with all the craft stuff about, so with Jennie and Michael's help it looks a lot better. I've still got a few bits to sort, but I'm getting there,
I'm just wondering how tidy I'll keep it once I start making cards again, after the BIG sort out.lol!!


Hope your baby granddaughter is alright and that she is now feeding well.


Well girls I'll speak to you all tomorrow.

Love to you all. Sallie.xxx

Talk about getting him to stop. I thought he was upstairs on his computer but I thought I would go and check and no, he is still working, he has put the two sets of book shelves back and is now doing the TV and the shelves under that.

Caz, it must have been quite a juggling act to carry that lot on a wheel chair, how many people did you 'get' with your crutches? Haveyou got one of those walkers with shelves to help you to transport craft stuff around the flat?

Mo, there you are, thought I hadn't seen you on here today. Yes it was a good price for the carpet and underlay, the carpet was in a sale. \the room is actually 3x2.5 metres. It does look nice and fresh though, I was surprised at how the old carpet had faded, I had not remembered it was originally quite a dark brown, it had faded to fawn except for the bit under the bed settee. The new one is a sort of stone colour.
Huia, I don't want to wish it on anyone but I hope the cyclone stays up north for your sake.

Oh no look both Huia and Sallie have posted while I was typing.
Hi there both of you.

Evening all.
Sylvia, thank goodness you managed to get the model number, for the generator.
The blessed assessors certainly take their time in sorting these things out, they forget the trauma that the claimant is going through.
I understand that they have to be sure it's not a false claim, but for goodness sake, a generator is something out of the ordinary isn't it.

Goodness me Sallie, what with both you and Ann doing all this sorting out, it's making me feel guilty.
There is so much I want to get on and do, but to be honest, I just don't have the inclination at the moment.

Ann, poor T must be exhausted now. The trouble is, some men don't know when to stop ,do they. T has been a very active man, probably for most of his life,and finds it hard to slow down.
Could you please send me the recipe for getting him up of his BTM, so that I can give Roly a dose of it.
£105 was not bad for the carpet and underlay was it.

Hi Caz, good to hear from you.
I bet you felt like wrapping that bike round that lads neck didn't you. We used to have three lads that would do that around here as well, but not on a quad bike, but one of the bikes that sounds like bees going around in a can,a little 50cc thing. Fortunately they have grown up now,and moved away.
I do wonder at some shops, having their counters up so high. In this day and age, I thought that businesses would have got their acts together by now,and realised that a lot of wheelchair users have different needs.
Our local Pharmacy, is going to be doing a lot more disability aids
ie, beds and also kitchens, they already do a lot of other aids, but have bought into a franchise to help the disabled. It's high time this happened, as people were having to travel long distances to get anything they needed.
I also think that supermarkets should up grade their wheelchairs, to the type that have facilities for customers to put their shopping in, rather than having to put the baskets on their knees.

Joyce (((((((((hugs for you))))))))))))

I wonder if our Jean is o.k, sh has not been in to speak to us for a few days. ((((((((((((((((HUGS FOR JEAN))))))))))))))
Bye for now girls Love to you all. Mo xxx

Oooh nearly forgot our Huia. Hi there honey, I hope that cyclone missed your area. Take care love.

Hi Everyone,

Caz, well, I'm hoping that things will be a lot easier now that most of my craft stuff is sorted out. There is still some stuff that I need a couple of containers for, but not sure what kind to get, because most of what's left are lots of different bits and bobs.

Take care if you go to the Range over the weekend, as you say you will be better off in your own wheelchair with it being more comfortable, so you'll be able to concentrate a bit more on what you want. I'm sure it must have been difficult trying to hold your crutches, your handbag and trying to find what you wanted.



Ann, glad that your new carpet is down and that you are pleased with it.
Well done to T! It's good that he can lay carpet as it saves a bit of money.
The worst thing about having to put a new carpet down is having to clear the room before and then putting everything back. Still it looks nice when it's all done.

I can't get over the amount you and T had to pay out to make your wills.
These solicitors are doing well....talk about money for old rope.LOL!!



Sylvia, like you and your OH, we need to amend our wills, but there's alawys other things to do first and then we forget about it again. After hearing from Ann how much it cost them, I must say it put's me off doing
it. lol!!

Pleased that the company you bought the generator off could give you the model number, but as you say will the generator ever be found.
Things are like that in this country, once something gets stolen in a 'break in' we don't usually see them again. Jennie and Michael had a break inabout five years ago, before they got married.....even though the police came and they took finger prints, they didn't ever find anything.


I wonder where everyone else is, it's been very quiet on here.


Mo.I hope you are and your family are all okay. How is the weather with you? It's really cold here, I couldn't get over how cold it was when we went out earlier, after Alun came home from work.
We are thinking of going to Derby tomorrow morning, but I'm having second thoughts now I know how cold it is. I'm a right misery when it's cold, I just want to stay in house.lol!!


Joyce sorry to hear that you are suffering from cramp throughout the day now, surely there must be something that the doctor can give you so that you don't have to suffer so much. Hope Jan is alright. Have you heard how his cousin is lately? The one that lost her leg.....hope she's recovering well.


Hope all is well with everyone else and your families.


Alun has just made us a cuppa, so will say bye for now.


Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

The cyclone seems to be more up north at the moment. Heavy flooding, people drowned (not as many as in Oz), others climbing trees. One house on Waikehe Island in the Hauraki Gulf (not too far from Auckland) was shattered when a slip engulfed it, but the residents survived. Another house at Stanmore Bay north of Auckland hit by a slip. Phils sister lives there, but she shouldnt be hit by slips, just the wind. I must phone her to see how she is.

Sallie, I know what you mean about the TV programme meaning more to you because you know I live in NZ. When the big bush fire was raging in OZ, with Mick from the Bush in its path it had so much more meaning for me, not just 'oh another big fire in OZ' as I had read some of his postings. We are certainly becoming one big family on GR.

Off to ring s.i.l. now.

Huia.

Hello girls, not been on for a few days, couldn't sit for long but my back feels ok for now thank goodness. Huia I hope the cyclone doesn't cause much damage or put your power out, the high winds we have are bad enough for me, I hate it. Sallie I wish your lot could come and sort all my stash out, I've been looking at it today and wondering how to sort things. The trouble I have is I have one tall set of drawers in the corner of the room and another in the bedroom, however I sort them I am always wanting something out of the bedroom. I keep finding things, pack of card or peel offs and thinking 'I don't remember those', but of course they all get used eventually.
I tried to sleep this afternoon, usually read but I was tired, a flipping young lad on a quad bike kept going round the village and up our street, never did get my sleep.
My legs are acting up again keep folding up but not fallen again yet, just at the weekend as well when I wanted to go to the Range, I hate going in my wheelchair as I can't see what's above me and have to have hubby with me all the time. Last time we went he said I could use one of theirs, so there I was holding my crutches, shoulder bag on my knee and the basket, he had to push me because of fm I can't propel myself. What a farce, next time I will use my own, it's a lot more comfortable, and I don't need my crutches to get into the shop.

Hubby is home so will say bye for now

Hope everyone is ok, Joyce was still having trouble with cramp in her feet and legs but she is having it during the day now, must be awful. I will be ringing her tomorrow so will find out how she is.

Love Caz xxxx

Well the carpet is laid and looks very nice, he doesn't do too badly for 72 my OH. We ended up having to buy new underlay as well so £55 for the carpet and £50 for the underlay!!!! At the moment he is trying to get all my computer, printer, scanner etc back in so that tomorrow we can start to get straight again. Trouble is, I want him to stop but he is insisting on going on. He should sleep tonight.

Huia I hope the tropical cyclone doesn't reach you.

Sallie, I am pleased that you have managed to get your craft stuff sorted, I have tried to sort out a bit more of mine today and it is looking tidier.

Huia, I hope that the tropical cyclone will fizzle out before it gets to you, you don't want or need it doing any damage to your house or places near your.

It's a shame that the mowing man hasn't got back in touch with you, especially after telling you he would.

I've been watching a couple of programmes on TV over the last few days.
One is Passport Patrol and the other Motorway Patrol all set in NZ.
I've found them both very interesting, as a couple were filmed on the Northern motorway, so it was nice to see some of the lovely scenery you have there. It was all the more enjoyable because with you living there, it brought things a litttle bit closer to you. If you know what I mean...not always good at putting things how I mean.LOL!!

Hope all our friends are all okay.

I have to go out now, so I'll probably speak to you all later on.

Love to you all and take care. Sallie.xxx

The mowing man hasnt been yet. I went out at lunch time yesterday so he might have phoned then, but he didnt leave a message on the answer phone. The rain started at lunchtime today so when once it got heavy I got on the internet, looking at censuses on FMP. I have made some more corrections to their transcriptions. I still have lots I want to look up, but I can do that on a rainy afternoon while you all get your beauty sleep. Just hoping, of course that the tropical cyclone which is nearly here fizzles out and doesnt put the power out.

Huia.

Hi Mo and Ann,

Sorry I haven't been on for a couple of days, it was food shopping yesterday, and the Jennie and Michael arrived so that M could help Alun move a bits of furniture. I also started sorting my craft stuff out yesterday
morning.

This afternoon M & J came over to help me to sort some more of the craft stuff, it took us 5 hrs, and it still isn't finish.lol!! Still, at least most of it is done now. I need to buy some more storage containers, I didn't realise I had as much stuff as I have.



Mo, how is your new granddaughter doing? I hope she's taking her feeds alright now.

Alun has gone to the M R club, his usual Thursday night out. I'm sure he thinks that the club would fall down without him being there.LOL!



Ann, it sounds as though both you and T have been busy. It takes so long to move things about from one room to another, especially as we get older.

We have so much stuff that we need to get rid of, the trouble is it's too good to throw out, but we don't use it and never will...so it will have to go and I'll have to stop being sentimental about some of the things.


Jean, thank you for sending me e-mail that you had from Marie. It's lovely.
Hope your vertigo is keeping away, so that you can get on with some craft.


Huia, did your new mowing man come back to do the garden? I hope he did. It's so annoying waiting in for someone to call, and then they don't turn up.
Hope Phil was ok and responded to youwhen you last visited him.


Thinking about Joyce and Caz, and hope that they are not in as much pain as they've been in.


Sylvia, hope your OH has recovered from the treatment he had at the dentists a few days ago. Hope you are alright and that you and OH have managed to find the information you need for the generator that's gone walkies.


Marie, since I've got older, I'm not as organised as I was in the past.
To be honest, I'm pleased and very grateful for both Jennie and Michael's help, they are both very organised in their house, so they are just the right ones to help me.


Julia, Linda, Liz and Tess, thinking about you all and hope everything is okay with you and your families.


Speak to you all soon.


Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Hi all


warm, and alternating dry and very wet here! It seems to be 2 days pouring rain, 2 days dry at the moment, and the temperature is up around 10C most days.

I found the phone number of the place we bought the generator, OH phoned them yesterday, and within 30 secs they had checked their records and given him the model number. He then contacted the police, and that has been added to the file for use "if they ever find it". They still won't come round because it didn't involve a physical breaking in to the house.

Now he's trying to get hold of the assessor ............... they're playing telephone tag at the moment!

Ann ........ having the kind of dental treatment done that he's having done is not for me either! I couldn't take the long hours in the chair, the pain, OR the cost! He has a very high pain threshold, but even he has been resorting to taking a tylenol the last couple of time (similar to your paracetamol).


We plan on doing our will soon ... like all good plans, it keeps getting derailed! Really must do it though, because I really want to tie things up into trust funds for MJ and for J. OH is not with me on this, but my past experience of M has given me a distrust of what he might do if any amount was available to him. There is this continual urge to open a business rather than work for anyone else .... often not very considered businesses, and anyway his interests last for about 3-5 years.



Take care everyone
sylvia
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