General Chat

Just finished talking topmost of the family. Army son has so much leave left that they are coming over for the wedding and to represent the brothers and sister who cannot be there. We will take lots of photos and I may try to make a absentee board, thought your idea was really good. Thanks Tess.

OH went out a few hours with the "boys" and has returned home and eaten his meal and gone to rest his eyes!!

It is just tooooo hottttt here today

From Bridget

My younger sister became a grandma again this morning. Her new granddaughter was born 16 days late and is the daughter of her only son.

Our family continues to grow.

My granddaughter who was injured a year ago this month has progressed really well and told me today that she wants to be a Doctor as a specialist in Children's burns unit. \wouldn't it be great if that came true.
Same Granddaughter has asked if I can help her make a family tree for her...I sense a likeness to me.
Good night to you all

Bridget

So pleased to hear that your Granddaughter is progressing well. Fingers crossed that she achieves her ambition. Good may yet come out of a sad accident. :-)

Thank you Ann ,

I am delighted that my granddaughter is doing so well and to know that we are friends as well as grandma & granddaughter.

Emily wants to learn about her family history so I am going to send her a message with her uncles and their family and her grandparents and great grandparents back to her great grandmother. I think this will be a good start.

I was thinking today that if my granddaughter cannot get as far as being a doctor, maynpbe she could be a childrens nurse.
We will have to wait and see.

My eye treatment is beginning to work thank goodness but I still cannot see clearly and another two weeks of medication.....what a bore that is 3 times a day!

Hope that you are well


Bridget in hot hot and very hot Spain.

PS has anyone been to a beach wedding? This is what my eldest son is having in September.

:-D <3

A beach wedding? Sounds delightful. However, my immediate thought was that if you are 'dressing up', you will need to leave your high heeled shoes in the car and have others, (or none) if you are going to be on the sand for a lot of the time!

Don't know what made me think of that first.

Good morning to you all, it is 06.27 here and still dark. I am now back in my old way of waking up fairly early and having my first coffee of the day in peace and quiet and watch the dawn rise.

The first surprise this morning was that I had slept all night, the second surprise was that my eye was not painful so the medicines and antibiotics must be working, thank goodness.

Berona, although I am to.d that the marriage ceremony is "on the beach" it actually takes place on very large wooden flooring , nearly all the restaurants and bars "on the beach, have these so we can still wear our shoes. However I have decided that I will wear my flat shoes which I seem to be wearing more and more often in the summer. I have about 6 pairs now, all from the same shop in different colourise and patterns.
I have quite a few hats as well and have a favourite dress to wear so no great expense this time!

I must say that the menu sounds delicious and there is lots of music etc. my son and his wife to be are fairly well known in the town so I expect that there will be a lot of people who I do not know.
A bonus for me is that I will see my granddaughter Evie for the first time as Army son and his wife are coming over for the wedding and staying for ten days with us.

Quiz night tonight, this is always fun and as it is not my husband who is the Quiz master we usually do quite well....... Very different style to my husbands quizzes .

Well that is about all my news for now, so sending everyone wishes for a happy and good day. :-)

Bye bye for now


Bridget :-)

Everyone must be on Holiday or forgotten to come back here! I hope that you are all well and not suffering from the very high temps in the European area, it is 36 in my garden, I had to come back inside the house after 30 minutes in the pool and another 30 mins sitting under the shade with a cold non alcohol drink or two!

Hope to hear from someone soon

Bridget :-)

Not on holiday but been quite busy with various appointments and buying another car. Just picked it up now so OH is happily fiddling with things and finding his way round it.

We have our daughter and her husband coming for the weekend so have to get the house ready and had to go food shopping this morning. That was sandwiched between my fasting blood test (cholesterol etc) and his dental appointment. then we came home, put the shopping away, cut up a whole salmon fillet bought for half price, put in a load of washing and had lunch before going to pick up the car. Not a l;ot of time left in my day.

No not on holiday - been watching the thread with interest - just not a lot happening at the moment at my end!!

Gerard <3 :-)

Hi everyone, tried to post on here a few days ago, but after "chatting" at length, the whole post vanished before I could click on "Submit" I can't really remember what it was I said though!

Bridget, I am pleased that you are back in your own home, nowhere like it is there?
I hope that future lettings go well.

Jan, it does seem that I attend more funerals than I used to. I know that it is partly that now that I am no longer at work, so am more available to attend, but it is sad that so many of my family and friends are reaching the end of their lives.
I hope that you are still enjoying your Tai Chi. I have often thought of going but never got round to starting.


Recently I have started going to an exercise class. It suits me as many of the exercises are done while sitting down.
Lots of exercises to "limber up" very good for stiff joints.

I'm extra lucky as the class is free, and I can go on the Ring & Ride Bus (special bus that is door to door).

I have ticked an interstd in Tai Chi leaflet there. so might be starting Tai Chi, if they have enough interest in a class.

Son is now with his family (partner and three sons). He is still rather down, and has problems with his shoulder, so decorating has come to a standstill (again).

Will now be looking for another decorator.

Will have to go now as a friend will be coming round to see if my oven can be repaired.

Will be back later.

Oh, just before I forget, oldest grandson Ben, aged 16, has just had his GCSE results. He has done well, including a few A's and B's (I don't have ful details at the moment).

He has done well enough to get into the college of his choice.


Tess

Good morning Tess and everyone else who has posted.

Pleased to hear about your grandson passing his exams,Tess.
I tried Tia Chi a year or two ago but just didn't click. So rely on running up and down the stairs, playing with the dogs and walking with OH about 2 or3 days each week, we walk at normal pace and have found that we are walking further and further without getting out of breath!

Gerard I hope you and your wife are both OK.

Ann, I am sure that you will have a delightful time with your daughter and family....and I know what you mean about how quickly the day goes by..

That is all for now, so have a splendid day everyone.

:-) :-)

Ho all
Well my excuse for not adding is that the room the computer lives in is so so very hot I cannot stay for too long. Last night we did not even eat our dinner outside as it was so humid it was cooler to eat downstairs. Today it is breezey and so much more pleasant. Must admit this summer has been so much hotter - know I should not moan - suppose it is the humidity that makes it so much worse.

Also my mom is back in hospital and Thursday evening my sister phoned me up in tears - mom had been ¡having a go¡ and really upset her. Don't really know what is wrong with mom - she is 89 deaf and almost blind and also has mobility problems too. She has been checked out for dementia and also had a brain scan all which came back clear but her mood swings would suggest something is not right. Anyway we are going over end of September so hopefully things will be better by then.

Glad you are back home Bridget as has been said no place like your own home is there.

Enjoy the time with your family Ann but I am sure you will.

Well must be off and sort myself out.

Enjoy the Bank Holiday for all those in the UK

Mary xx

Mary
How nice to hear from you. Re your mum, elderly people often do ppear to upset their relatives not meaning to be so difficult but perhaps just lonely at times and not to be able to say what they would like to say in case they are a nuicence or in case they sound silly. I am sure that life must be quite hard if you cannot hear or be as mobile you would like to be. Mind you I do recall being quite cross with my mother when she was I'll in her 80s......

Please please everyone say prayers, or what ever you do when you really do want something. We have just had a phone call to say that a family are possibly interested in buying our house!

Thanks and have a good Bank Holliday

Mary I wonder if your Mum just feels very isolated, not being able to hear is bad enough, even when you have aids as I do, but not being able to see she may feel shut out from everything. She will take her frustrations out on your sister because she is close to her. Does she have any friends who call and see her?

Thanks for your comments Bridget and Ann - I have said much the same to my sister but as things stand at the moment I think mom will end up in a home which is probably the best place as she will have company and my sister will be able to do as she wants. I just know my mom does not want to be in a home so guess who will get ranted at when we go over !! I do appreciate how frustrated she must feel but my sister is not like me or mom.
Thanks again ladies
Mary xx

Mary

I expect you will know this but in my experience no one likes to go into a home but most people do settle. Mind you some " residents" have a good time once they have settled but you would never know this when a visitor arrives !!

I expect you and your sister will be aware but is really important that photos, pictures etc are on display,that the person has their own bedding, clearly marked who they belong to, same with clothes, shoes, eats.

Listen to your mum but do not allow it to last more than a few minutes,.,.,tell her you have come to enjoy seeing and talking to her not to listen to a lot gof grumbling g.

Is there a garden that you can take her out to, it often detracts people who are "moaners".

Good luck with your visit

Bridget in Spain
:-)

Hi all

Been busy looking after grand children, looking forward to next week when they go back to school :-D Then can go home for awhile and have me time.

Mind you i have me time today but so much in pain that cant go out. Its not as bad as this morning tho. But did want to go out as weather is nice here.

At least been able to do some lookups while they not here, so have done some.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~to everyone take care,

Hazelx

Mary

When my mum went into a home - she hated it at first - she had just had a new knee fitted and it wasn't working too well. She was well looked after but she didn't make too many friends and watched a lot of TV. My brother in Eastbourne visited once a month and although I lived just as far away I visited every week. My mum was a bit of a grumbler too but I made sure she enjoyed my visits. My brother in the USA had arranged for the Nursing Home in the first place (it was expensive £400 per week and that was15 years ago) but he was only able to visit her once (favourite son though!) - I think visiting is what she needs and to be reassured - that's my opinion anyway. Good Luck with the visit!

By the way still not a lot happening my end - although I did get in touch with a second cousin once removed last week on Genes - she seemed pleased so that is good news.

Prayers and good health wishes for all - back on soon

Gerard :-) <3

Friend came round last Friday evening and checked cooker for me. he comfirmed that the element wasn't working, so ordered a replacement. Heard today that it is on its way. So friend will come round to soet it when it arrives.

Went to my new exercise calss today (this was fourth time). Seemed to have done more this week, so aching a bit.


Have got a decorator coming round tomorrow to give me a quote for doing my reception rooms.
He is busy till early October, but I'm hoping that it will be well worth the wait.

Mary, I hope that you and your sister are able to find a decent home for your mum as and when it becomes necessary
It must be very isolating fo her having problems with vision and hearing, no wonder she is a bit crabby.
Bridget has given you a lot of really good advice. Your poor sister proably needs some support and a hug too.

Hope that you are all well.

Tess :-) :-) :-)

Good morning

How are you all?
Now I have a dilemma .......
I deplore the new layout of the trees and am seriously thinking of leaving GR...but I have also thought of just not renewing at platinum level. I use my iPad for a lot of my work, it is eay to carry around , is the new format better when using a computer . I ask as some people seem to be able to hover over certain things on the tree and then see items which I cannot on my iPad ?

I need to charge my iPad now as it is very low but will be back later

Bridget :-D