General Chat

Sylvia, your daughter sent her message to me by replying to a birthday reminder on your computer. She included her email address on the message. It is therefore on the Yahoo group messages page which anyone on the group can read. I assume she got it from here. But you would need to ask her and I am not sure if either Sue comes on here.

Good to hear that they are finally sorting out your teeth, will make eating so much better for you.
Joxx

Hallo all,
First of all Sue how did you come to send my daughter an e-mail. Was it Facebook?
I have been in all day although the weather is improving. Actually saw the sun poking through the clouds. So this month we will be inviting Spring into our homes.
I now have an appointment with the specialist at the hospital who is going to implant some magnets into my mouth to keep the dentures in. I do feel that things are now moving.
How quiet you all are!!!!!!!!!!
I had the sad news from England that a younger cousin of mine has died. Yes, the family is getting smaller and smaller. I do wish I could get to England again but I don't see that happening at the moment. I am now getting itchy feet to go further afield.
Now girls have a nice evening. See you son.
Love, Sylvia xxx

Cold but lovely and sunny here today. Have spent the morning looking for a knitting pattern I have misplaced!! It should have been in the bag with the wool I bought at the same time, but the wool is there but not the pattern, so off now to hunt some more.
We have a problem in our village with mobility scooters going too fast on narrow pavements in fact several people have been warned and told they will be prosecuted if caught again. One was clocked at doing over 25mph! no idea how the scooters manage to go that fast. :-S

Have a good day
Joxx

Hi all,
Last Saturday when I was out I was interviewed by a reporter from a newspaper on scootmobiles. "Do I go too fast on my scooter". Ask a silly question and you get a silly answer I say. There is a lot of trouble here at the moment with oldies and young ones tearing round the town and making the public scared. I find that the public do daft things, such as diving out in front of me and hope that I don't hit them. I told the reporter this and he laughed.
Anyway, my daughter who lives in Eindhoven - some 2 hours drive from here, phoned me yesterday and said my photo was on the front page of their newspaper. Her partner sent me the photo via the internet, but it wasn't me, although the story well.
At last I'm in the paper but the wrong photo!
Now the snow has almost gone and the weather forecast is good - hoorah, nearly time for those sumer clothes to leave the mothballs.
Have a nice evening,
Sylvia xxx

Sorry Sylvia, have had one of my granddaughters staying for 3 days so no computer during her stay!! Weather here is bitter cold as well, snowed yesterday, but did not last long settled over night but cleared this morning. BUT it is so so cold, just cannot get warm today. Sylvia, you could come over here and sort out my crafting goodies, they are all over the place, I really need to spend a couple of days sorting them all out. Also need to make some more cards made have all the materials but just cannot seem to get started. Get my crafting goodies out then have to pack them all back away for one reason or another, really need to convert one of the spare bedrooms into a crafting room. Only trouble is they are used so often for the grandchildren to stay that I would be forever packing it away in there as well. I will get all my crafting sorted out, think I need to do what Jean did and get rid of anything I will not use, would at least cut down on the storage space. Have lots of things that I have never used, they seemed like a good idea when I bought them!! :-(
Have a good week everyone and try to keep warm

Joxxx

Well what do you think? Yes, that cold, wet, white stuff is here again. Yes, when Johan drew the curtains today I couldn't believe it when I saw everything was white again.
I am so pleased that I didn't have to go out again, yesterday was cold enough for me.
Come on girls who is going to keep the thread going again?
Sylvia xxxa

Hallo Jo and all the other girls,
Condolences Jo on losing one of the chickens you were looking after.
How quiet it is on this thread at the moment. Is it too cold for you lot?
I cannot get internet for long it keeps falling away. On Monday we have yet another mechanic coming to see where the problem lies. I am sick of it not being able to talk to you girls and look things up.
I went to the shops today and it was bitterly cold, but I cannot stay in every day.
I have made a lot of cards and sorted my hobby room out a lot.
The weather forecast is good as they say it is getting warmer.
W've had no birthdays for a long time.
Keep well, keep warm, see you soon.
Sylvia xxx

Here I am back from my house sitting. We had lots and lots of snow. Animal sitting did not go well, one of the chickens died. Tried everything to keep it alive as the vet thought it had respiratory failure, kept it in a box by the aga with food and water for 3 days, but it still died. Dreaded telling the children as was not sure whose chicken it was, I'm afraid to say I cannot tell them apart, but they knew straight away which one it was!! Did not get much card making done I am afraid to say although I had taken plenty with me, just could not get in the right frame of mind.
Weather here today has been lovely, very cold but so sunny, love winter days like this hope you have all had a great day.

Joxx

Hi Ann and all the rest of you birthday girls,
Well I didn't know whether to go out or not yesterday but when I saw the snow falling yet again today I am pleased that I did my shopping yesterday.
My hairdresser came and gave me a permanent today and my household help came and did lots of things including ironing, cleaning fridge etc. It's amazing what you can do in 4 and a half hours.
Yes, Ann, I have been making a lot of cards too. It's nice to have so many in hand.
Yesterday I bought myself a nice pair of trousers - green stretch and a top in blue. Now that I have lost so much weight I find it difficult in finding my size again.
Well have a nice eveing see you tomorrow
Syl xxx

Hi Sylvia, I hope your snow soon disappears, we have been lucky here really, only had one lot and not much even then. We have had some cold wet sleety days though. Still all the staying in gives us time to make cards.

Strange how we can always find clothes we really really need when we go out isn't it?

Hi, where are you all?
Perhaps you are in the sun, not like me in the cold.
Sue glad you liked the card, especially your husband. Tell him the photo is me and not you.
I've been busy making cards this last week and now have a nice collection to send out.
I didn't know whether or not to go out today, but I did go out and ended up with buying myself a new pair of pants and a top. That's the way the money goes,. pop goes the weasel!
I looked quickly at the market but it was too cold to hang around.
We are still having trouble with internet and our telephone. During the day we don't have these services, but they come on around 7 pm and go off again before we go to bed.
I hope we get some joy soon as I am sick of no internet during the day.
Now everybody see you soon, keep warm.
Apparentley Almere. where we live, had the most snow in the whole of the Netherlands. I have never seen so much snow fall.
Love, Sylvia xxx

Good morning all,
Ah, poor Jo, I hope you don't have the weather we have this morning. Yes, snow, snow and more snow. I was going out but am not sure if I really want to now.
The poor birds don't know whether it is summer or winter, one day bright sunshine and the next thick snow..
See you soon, love Sylvia xxx

Sylvia, did a lot of cards go to your old address???? I will either send an email to the ladies who sent to the wrong address or if it is a few, I will send out an email to everyone. So only 3 missing now which is very good.

Weather here cold and sunny, so that is nice - but snow forecast for the weekend. I am off to house sit for the week so I really hope there is not any as my daughters house is up a very narrow lane and even a 4x4 cannot get up when it really snows have to rely on the farmer with his tractor clearing some of it. Last time it snowed it was 3 days before they could get out the lane, then there is no shops in their village and it is a 3 mile trip to the next village with a little store that had ran out of everything!

I will send out the list of cards received by Sue over the weekend.

Hugs Joxx

Here we are again, as happy as can be, all good pals and jolly good company. Isn't it amazing how we can remember such songs from our young days.The male nurse who comes to help me sometimes was 21 in the week and I sang to him "I'm 21 today, I've got the key of the door.....". He had to laugh.
I came back on here because I want to tell you that I have now received birthday cards from Sue and Rosalyn. Thank you girls, they are very nice.
Another thing is, please write to me with my new address (now 18 months old) because my cards may get lost in the future. All that work and then the card going astray, none of that please!
Sylvia xxx

Hi all,
At last I am able to write a few lines to you all.
I bought myself a new drying machine and they were offering a special offer from our telephone supplier for a triple service of telephone, internet and television, and being thrifty as I am, I looked at the advantages, the best being a good deal less money per month.
Well nobody told me of course that we would be without internet and television for such a long time, they wouldn't would they?
Johan is now able to tape 4 programmes at a time whilst watching his own programme on television. I say Johan because I rarely watch television these days.
Today, for the first time in my life, I have made oxtail soup. It is still cooking so cannot tell you what it is like.
The weather is lovely and sunny.
Last Saturday when I went out there was such a bitterly cold wind blowing that I kept diving into shops to get my hands warm.
No birthdays in February, not even in our family. Good job to catch up on making cards!
Now see you all soon, keep healthy, Sylvia xxx

Sylvia I am sorry you are having such problems with your hands but as Jo says it is good that you keep positive about it all. You put the rest of us to shame you are so cheerful no matter what.

Jo it was a lovely sunny day here today but really cold with an icy wind, it seems to be two steps forward and three back. at least I see in some gardens and around the local church that the snowdrops are in flower, that always makes me think spring is not too far away. and we have dutch Irises in our garden too.

Hope you manage to find time to craft when house sitting at your daughters. :-D

Thank goodness that you are not letting it get you down Sylvia, it can be depressing when our hands do not work like we want them to, still you seem to be taking it all in your stride. Keep smiling!!

Cold her today, good frost last night but the sun has been shining all day so it makes if feel nice even when it is so cold. At least it is not raining again.

In the middle of decorating my bedroom have just finished stripping off all the wall paper, will start the painting in the week as out all day tomorrow and it is impossible to paint in the evening as find I tend to miss bits!! When I have finished mine have promised my granddaughter who stays a lot that I will do her room next....
Off next week to house sit for daughter as they are going skiing, so must pack all my card making things with me., should have some spare time to make some.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Joxxx

Hi all,
So most of our snow melted today with the rain. Did I hear you all say ............ah ......... or like most of us "roll on Spring and the sunshine?
I went out on my scootmobile on Saturday and dived into several shops just to get my hands warm. Oh, there was such a bitter cold wind, but I couldn't stay in the house any longer. A lot of our supermarkets have coffee machines installed for their customers, so I went and had a coffee in one. There's always somebody to help me pour a cup of coffee out.
Last Thursday I had a boy to do my housework. He was quite good although his ironing not so good. So just 1 week and my trusty help will be back from holiday in Egypt.
I went to the hospital last Friday to the dental surgeon to see what he can do about my new dentures which don't fit well and the girl dentist said she cannot help me any more. He talked about screwing magnets into my mouth. I had never heard about this but was talking to one of the nurses who comes in to me and she has had exactly the same thing done to her. She said she was one of the first here in the Netherlands to have it done.
I want this in order before I have my eye operation.
The wost thing for me at the moment is my hands as I have difficulty in cutting, but my doctor is coming here in the week so I can talk to him about it.
Anyway I am not depressed about things and still can have a good laugh with everybody.
Love to you all,
Sylvia xxx

Great to hear that you are feeling better Heather, nothing worse especially over Xmas.
We still have a lot of snow Ann, main roads are now clear but the side roads are still covered and the pavements are pretty bad to walk on, snowed again last night, but at least it warmed up a little today and some has melted and hopefully the temperature will not drop too low tonight so it can carry on melting.
Have not managed to get back into my card making yet, it is still all packed away, good job I made all my January and February cards before Xmas!

Hope Sylvia is OK.

Keep warm everyone
Love Joxx

Heather how lovely to hear from you. Sorry to hear that you were unwell before christmas but well done on getting back into things.

Jo, hope if you had to go to your daughters that the school run wsn't necessary, I think quite a few schools were closed. But that then meant you had to entertain them at home I suppose :-(.

Sylvia, sorry that you have to wear a brace on your hand, so annoying when your hobby involves using your hand. I too hope the physio helped.

Hope nobody still has much snow, ours has mostly gone although it was very cold today. I have been scrap booking instead of card making this week, making an 8x8 for third Grandson on his 21st, hardest bit is locating all the yearly photos. :-D