General Chat

I just popped in to say


Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone xxxx



I don't think you will see me posting until the new year, but take care of yourselves xxxx

Oh Mo didn't expect you back so soon.

We are more or less ready, will be more so after next weekend when the last of the family presents will be delivered and collected by eldest Grandson, wife, Luke and Adam. We then have an afternoon with a few people in for tea and mince pies, and an evening when our neighbours come in for a drink and 'gossip'. We are, by choice, on our own for Christmas this year which will be a pleasant change. When we are on our own we decide to cook the Christmas turkey meal on Christmas eve, then have a lazy day on Christmas day with cold meats etc for meals. Then probably another roast on boxing day. Not decided what to do yet.
I keep hoping that Sallie will pop in to see us and that Jean will fight her laptop and come and see us too. Hope they are both ok anyway. <3 <3

Good afternoon girls.
As promised here I am again, all on my lonesome, no body to talk to boo hoo.
I hope you are all well, so I will say cheers for now, and will return another day. Hug to all. xxx

Oh my goodness, it's been such a long time since we all spoke.
Thank you Ann, for bringing the page up for us.
And thank you all for the lovely Christmas cards.

Well I hope everyone is ready for the big day. Ours will be very quiet till the evening time.
We will be on our own till the evening, as all the family have made other arrangements this year.
So just a normal Sunday dinner for the two of us, with cold meat and pickles on Boxing day....yummy.
I have to admit, I shall miss not having to cook for more than just the two of us.

Good luck on childproofing the house Ann, we shall be doing that Christmas eve, when Lilly and Ava come over.
All the toiletries, including loo rolls, removed from the bathroom, apart from one roll. I don't fancy having a blocked toilet on Christmas day. LOL
The girls will be with their Mum on Christmas day, so we shall make up for it on the day before.

Goodness me, once again people are going mad in the major supermarkets. The shopping trolly's are packed to capacity, anyone would think the shops are closed for an indefinate period, instead of perhaps two days. I know our local T*sco's is shut for two days, but for goodness sake enough is enough.
Right enough if you have a large family, but good lord, they are buying enough to feed the whole street.

Well that's my moan over, so I will say, goodnight godbless, hopefully I will remember to pop back again soon. Take care, hugs to all, Mo

Well we have excelled ourselves this time, almost a month since the last post on here. Where is everyone. Mo thank you for your card, hope all is well with you.

Sallie thank you for your card how are things with you and the family?

Grandson, wife and Inara, who is almost 6 months now, called in yesterday. Lovely to see them, even if for a short time. Inara is so full of smiles she is a joy.

In a couple of weeks we have Luke, Adam and parents for two days. That will be fun, will have to childproof the house. Be lovely to see them as well.

Jean are you still struggling with the okd laptop? <3

Jean it is their own make Dual Action Ear Wax remover.

Ooh it does sound as if you need a new one then.

Have you not got a blue badge? Surely if you can't walk you should be able to get one. Failing that, when you go to the hairdresser how about a taxi, they could probably stop there with no problem.

Ann could you pm me with the name of the stuff you got from Boots, I have to try and move the lid of my laptop before I can get a picture otherwise everything has lines or fades and spins around, also if I put something on my fav list it duplicates what I enter, very frustrating. I cant send any pics before I had no problem....D had a look and she says I need to have a new one..so I have chosen a purple one :-D :-D :-D

Another upset too, my hairdresser has moved her salon into a new place,right on the main very busy road with no parking , so now we will have to find a place to park and walk to the salon, which will prove difficult for me :-( :-( :-( or try and find another place to get my hair sorted, we have a salon downstairs, but the owner is never there or she fails to turn up for appointments, not good...

I was supposed to have my ears syringed last week but instead of oil I used something I got from Boots to clear ear wax and when the nurse looked into my ear the wax had gone so they didn't need doing..
Mo I do the opposite to you, I use my desk top oc in the day and my tablet in the evening. I do find the prescriptive text snnoying.
What is actually wrong with the laptop Jean? Sorry your walking isn't good I am sure it is depressing if you can't get out. <3

Hello our lovely Jean, it's so good to hear from you my love. I was getting quite concerned not seeing you posting.
I received a tablet from our family for my birthday, but I only tend to use it during the day, and go back to this good old faithful of an evening.
I find it very touch sensitive, and am used to being so heavy handed with this one.
Has J had his ears syringed before, I seem to be thinking that he has for some unknown reason.
Bless him, it's so much easier these days. I was a child when I had mine done, and it was a really weird sensation, hearing the water solution being squirted into my ear, but I was so much better at hearing afterwards.

It has been bitterly cold here for the last couple of days, and according to the forecast, it's due to get colder...brrrr chilly mortal that I am, I seem to feel it more and more each year.

Take care everyone, stay safe and warm. Hugs xxx

Well i shall give the laptop another go , I have a new one coming but they wont let me have it till christmas :-| :-| have been busy doing you know ... what all the craft stuff has been sold , and more beside,

We are still batting along although it is a lot more difficult for me, walking is much worse and hard to do,I do get downhearted too. poor J has bunged up ears ,he has to put oil in them for two weeks and then have them syringed, its driving him mad..
I haven read back yet so can only say I hope everyone is.o.k. I will try my best to get on more often. take care love Jean xx. <3

Oooh good to hear from you Sylvia. I gave up my quest looking for relations some time ago, and like you, just pop on here occasionally to see how our Cyber friends are doing.

Ann, I know what you mean about Danny Mac, he's very cute. I also like Ore, at least I think that's how you spell his name, he is very versatile in his dancing abilities.
Nearly time for the results now Ann, so I will say cheerio to you both.

I know!

Actually, our lives are very boring at the moment ........

....... although OH did go to Ottawa on Thursday morning and returned on Friday evening. He went for a retirement dinner for a long-time friend.

I stayed home, and immersed myself in the new GRO digitised records on Friday.

That's basically it

But we still like to hear from each other on the long running threads like this. As long as we hear occasionally we know we are all ok, like with friends in the real world. Things are still happening in our lives that we can share.

I'm around, but often only briefly on GR ................ not much happens on the site now :-(

Sylvia. Has been around on other threads Mo.
Hope your sore b*m is better soon.

Yes that Argentine tango was great, breathtaking. I liked Danny Mac as well. Mmm! Well one can dream! :-D

Yes Huia, we are honoured by them putting the Poppy up, but then they should honour out brave hero's.
It sounds like you are being kept very busy, people know how good you are your photography, and are grateful for your help.
I wish I had your skills, I just tend to snap away at whatever takes my fancy, and nine out of ten times, they are out of focus. lol

Ann, you can call me Loopy I don't mind, just as long as you still talk to me.
Yes my poor BTM, is still very tender, but is improving daily, thank you.
Oh wow, we are watching Strictly, and the Argentine Tango has just been done,to perfection in my eyes. Louise is getting wonderful comeback, lets hope the results are as good the spoken word, oh good 39 point's.

I do hope our Jean and Sallie are o.k, as we have not seen them fr a while now.
Also our Sylvia, has anyone seen her posting lately, we do miss her dont we.
Take care all, hugs Mo xxx

OOOH, I see GR has put a tiny poppy up top.

I am still in the land of the living but so swamped with things to do. New things keep cropping up and I want to say 'stop the world I want to get off'. But that would never get things done.

One of the women at work keeps bringing me some colour photos which she asks if I can print, with a better colour. Some of them are very rosy (late afternoon sun) so I have to scan it and adjust the colour balance, but I am quite pleased with the result.

Must get on with today's work. :-(

Ooh Mo, not a lot of fun though? So do we call you 'loopy' now then? Not nice to have to go through though, I bet it left you feeling bruised and sore. Good that there are no polyps then.
Good to see somebody other than me posting on here.

Oh Ann, would you like some of our rain, as it's coming down in bucket's at the moment.
Sorry to have been missing for a while, but what with one thing and another, I keep forgetting to look in.

Wednesday, I had my colonoscopy done. Good grief, the last time it was done, the scope broke down half way through, this time, I was taken down at 9.20 and returned at 11.00. Lord above, I thought I was going through something weeird and kinky. They had me in every position possible, on both sides my back and my front. They couldn't get the scope through. Good grief, I know I can be a bit twisted sometimes in my speech and thoughts, but this was way to crazy, and painful for me. It turns out I have got what they call a LOOPY COLON, but apart from that all is well. No more polyps thank the lord.
So it looks like I have got to put up with the discomfort, unless my doctor decides otherwise.

I do hope that Jean, Sallie,Sylvia, and Marie, Huia and all our other friends are well, and look in sometimes. I send you all my very best wishes, hugs Mo xxx