General Chat

Hi one and all

nice sunny warm day here, though with the good rains this year the grasses are flowering everywhere and my hayfever has hit a high.
My eyes are so irritated. and the drops work for such a short time.

yet its nice and quiet in the neighbourhood, children riding their bikes to school, others walking their dogs, in the early morning.

I had a birthday and I feel a bit younger, which is nice. Daughter and gson came for tea. I made green curried chicken with sliced salad for us ladies and pork chop and salad for young lad.
followed by chocolate cake and apple juice.
They went home and all was quiet once again. Watched a late movie.

Son1 in Maine rang and talked a lot. said they are coming out to Aus for Christmas. so I am really pleased that my 3 will be home together. as Son2 gets time off from navy duties then too.

That sounds good Annette. Good to have the pool etc

Cath, lovely to see you. It is a shame that treads like the Friendly thread get all the people posting that we don't see on other threads, one of the reasons for this thread in the first place really .

We have missed you. Glad to see that you are keeping well though :-) :-) :-D

Good morning everyone and massive apologies for not popping in for so long. I don't post much now on the threads as I have been busy and only really posted on the friendly thread. I didn't mean to neglect you all for so long.
Sylvia so sorry to read of your problems and hope you are well and truly on the road to recovery.
Moonbi, great that your son is able to pursue his chosen career and I hope his homesickness soon passes.
Weather here is definitely getting colder and I'm about to go put the electric blanket back on the bed.

<3 to all,

Cath xx

Its a quieter day here, and gson is busy with his new little hammer, playing his DS, or chasing the neighbours cat away.

The village I am interested in is about half an hour from here. There are many spread throughout the city, but most are for over 70's. There are a couple for 55's and over.
The type I want to have is where you buy the house, but not the land it is on. The land is owned by the corporation.

it then costs $130 per week for the services such as gated security, garden, garbage, library, gym, heated pool, movie theatre, bus to shops, emergency call etc

I have met women who already live there and they are happy.

other home expenses are my own to deal with like power and heating and phone.
but I am thinking I wont get the landline connected. I will use my mobile/cell, and get wireless internet.

My main concern is to get a good price for this home, so I have enough to buy in and extra to set up.

another bonus is that when I can no longer care for myself in that village, or die, that the home is sold and my kids get all the money divided equally between the 3 of them.

Best wishes
Annette

How lovely to get a surprise phone call annette, made your day I'm sure, and hopefully cheered him up too. And well done to him coming first. I am sure theya re all homesick, like when they first go to university, until they make friends and find their feeet. He will soon settle down.

Retirement villages are a good idea if you are on your own. Is the one you are interested in far from where you live now, or do you have several to choose between? Do you have to go on a list?

Guess what! A phone call last night from navy son. what a surprise. I was just about to go to bed.

He called from a pay phone and said he came first in the 2.4 km run and so was allowed to call his family.
I am amazed. there are 100 in the intake 80 men and 20 women.
He is feeling a bit homesick, so I could encourage him.

yes Ann I have about 6 months to leave here. I want to move to a retirement village for over 55's. definately not ready for the aged care facility, even though I have disability.

Its quite chilly here today too. sent gson off to school with a jumper this morning. carpet in the living room clean and smelling nice. makes me feel better.
annette

Moonbi, we look forward to a report after you have spoken to him on the phone. I assume that you are not in a hurry to sell so can take your time.

Gwen, Hello, glad you like the thread, it drops off the boards sometimes but we usually retrieve it again. Lovely and sunny in Glos but quite chilly, a nice autumn day though.

Good Afternoon every-one,
Just like to mention how much i like this thread,and thought i'de just pop in on you all to say "HI".....and i hope you are all keeping warm & snug...tis not very warm out there..... <3 <3 Gwen

hello all
sunny days and cool nights here too in nsw

Son2 going well on first day in cerberus. they are not allowed to use their phones until Saturday 5pm, so we have arranged for that. I do miss him, but am excited for him.

Now that he has left , the family home is to be sold. I have so much sorting to do that it is overwhelming. but I guess its day by day. A friend is coming tomorrow morning to shampoo the carpet for me.

Sylvia Good on you with the physio,

best wishes
Annette

good luck with the physio Sylvia. It was a lovely autumn day here today too. Sunny and crisp although there was a strong breeze.

Hi Ann


and everyone

Moonbi ...... hope all goes well with you.


we're having some gorgeous "Indian Summer" weather .................. sunny days and cool nights.

The leaves on the trees are colouring very well ......we don't often get good colour on this side of Canada, as we don't often get the cool/cold nights that help cause it.



I go for my second session with the physio this afternoon ................ I've already got a lot of mobility back in my arm, and she is working with me to get it all back. Plus help the scar heal cleanly.




sylvia
xx

Hi Robin, I had missed you and wondered where you were. So sorry that you have not been well. I hope you are feeling better and will soon be fit again. I won't delete it and will hope that people drift back when the winter sets in.

Hi Ann and everyone

keep the thread going Ann and everyone i have not been well but have been reading it. i norm check my messages then this thread when i come on GR lol. :-D

Sylvia, yes more or less settled back into routine now. We get used to it. It is just the first shock of the tempeature change usually but this year it was the same here when we got home as it was when we left Tenerife.

Moonbi, I wish your son well and hope he enjoys life in the Navy. It is so good to see them on the way to achieving their dream. I know you are going to miss him a lot but at least you can know it is what he wanted to do. Glad you were able to have a good meal all together and sorry your daughter is unable to accompany you all.

We will understand that you will return to us when you can and I hope that wont be too long. If you have any problems you want to chat over please feel free to PM me or use my email (you have the address). I hope all goes well with whatever it is you have to do. xx

I wonder where Perse is, she hasn't posted on here recently. I know from the book readers that she was OK a week or so ago though so probably just busy.

:-) :-) :-) :-) <3 :-) :-) :-) :-)

Today is a very emotive day

Son 2 takes the 4pm train to Melbourne.
we are all going to the railway station to see him off.
but his sister is very annoyed because she was called in to do a shift at the hospital, and couldnt get out of it for fear of losing her job.
I think thats so unfair.
Thankfully we had a dinner together last night. I cooked sons favourite meal, lamb roast with roasted veges with lemon meringue pie for dessert, then we had coffee and watched son2 favourite movie together, "Sherlock Holmes" the most recent edition.

Son will stay onite in the Ibis hotel before signing on to recruit school navy the next morning at 7am. his initial course is 11 weeks and he xant come home till thats over, but we can go down to Cerebus for a weekend in week 7. I want to do that.

everything will change here now. and there are some big issues coming up very soon. so if I am not talking here, its not that I dont want to, it just that im not able to.
Best wishes you all.

So glad yo know you both are doing well, and Sylvia especially.

no Ann


I think people are just busy, I know that I have been spending limited time on GR

and we know that moonbi is busy with her family


Have you settled back in the home routine after your holiday?

I always find that difficult, especially if we have been away for several weeks!





take care everyone
xxx

Two I didn't reply to sorry. Sylvia I think I remarked on your post on another hread and I know that you have had a shower by now.

Moonbi, that storm sounded scary. Glad you came through it OK.

Not many people posting on this thread now so maybe it has served its purpose.

Just reporting in .................


Nurse came about 3 hours ago

52 staples later, the nurse says .................




"I have never before removed so many staples"




she even wondered if the staple gun had "gone wrong" as there were so many very close together in one area


Trust me!



Drain still in


no shower tomorrow :-( :-( :-( :-(

hi
my gson and I have been through a very stormy night.

the thunder and lightning were awesome, the wind was strong so the power went off for 4 hours from 830pm to half after midnight.
we knew the storms were coming so I fixed us an early tea, and boiled the kettle so we could have a warm drink later.

I checked to see where my candles and matches were. just in case. so glad I did now, as it went so dark. used the light from my laptop to find my way to the candles. granson was a little afraid, but not too much. I put him to bed and sat in the chair beside him and read to him by candle light. I thought if I kept to the normal routine ans wasnt too alarmed myself then he would calm down. it worked too.
this morning is cold wet and windy, rain still falling and I measured 28mm in the guage.
today we must stay at home, as I dont venture out in such weather.

hope you are all well
best wishes Annette

Sylvia. you are doing well.keep going we are with you and hopefully you will soon get that shower.