General Chat

Hello everyone,can not sleep again,but thats nothing new.
Dads funeral was today and if i say so myself,he had a good turn out as they say.It was a nice sunny day ,but not too hot.The flowers were so beautiful,and the messages really lovelly.
The service was just has he wanted and the so was the music,which went down well.It brought a smile a chuckle to everyone,which again was what he wanted..
See you all soon Take care ,brenda

hi brenda good to hear from you sorry that you are having trouble sleeping but in some ways it is to be expected having the arragements in place will bring some comfort to you will be with you on friday in thoughts and prayers, again please do take a little time for yourself remember what I told you on the phone cry when you have too and the rest take care dorothy

Hello everyone,its just gone 3.30 but I can not sleep well at all at the moment.,so thought i would just update you.
Have finalised the funeral arrangements ,it will be Friday at 1.30 pm at the local Crematurium,and everything has been done as per Dads wishes.
We still have such a lot to as to notifying people,something gets added to the list daily.!!
Glad Liz is home and you are back to normal Fred.
So sorry about your brother Kathleen,and the other recent losses you have had to bear.
Thank you for your support Sylvia.
And finally it was so nice to hear some good news Dorothy,well done.
Thank you all for your very kind words of love and support.
Brendaj

hi fred glad to see you have liz home and things can get back to normal I have my friend here and we are going shopping etc and yesterday we went to the casino and I won I spent 60 dollars and won 295 so a profit of two hundred an 35 dollars needless to say whenthat happened we left, it will come in useful as I am buying a small freezer bye for now dorothy

Hiya Sylvia,Catherine,nice to be back Lol,normal service is now resumed.
Lizz is home,i picked her up at four this afternoon,and bought her straight back,to her fireside chair.
She has now been fed a stir fry,i have made sure she has had all her tablets ,and have packed her off to bed.
Some people fropm rthe C O P D unit from the R V I are coming to see her tomorrow regarding further treatment which will be ongoing for a while,but they have already told her that if she feels ill in the future ,not to bother going to the doctors ,but to get in touch direct to them at the hospital to get treatment,or ,if she is really bad to go direct to the hospital.
I am now off to bed myself ,where i reckon i will at last get a good nights sleep.
Take care all. Fred.

Hi all,
Now I know why it has been quiet on here. Nothing but misery. Poor Kathleen, having to lose so many dear friends in such a short time. Never mind, Kathleen, I'm still around if you want a shoulder to cry upon. I'm also hear to listen.
Brenda, hope the funeral goes off ok.
And, those of you who have sick friends or relations may you have the strength to carry on and bear the loss.
Weather not very nice at all, in fact pretty miserable.
See you all tomorrow.
Sylvia xxx

Hello everyone, sorry you have felt alone on here Dorothy I have looked in to see what news of Brenda's father. If you speak with her again please pass on my condolences, thankfully his passing was peaceful.
Have not posted as I too have suffered a loss, my brother died very suddenly on Friday afternoon. As there has to be a pm and inquest not sure when his funeral will be.
In the past 5 weeks have lost two friends and a cousin I was very close to and now my heart doesn't feel it can handle any more sorrow.
Will be back but not for a few days.

Pleased to hear Liz is so much better Fred - take good care of her and yourself.

Love to all
Kathleen

hello gosh I am feeling lonely no one seems to be around I hope all are well, I may miss a few days this week I have a friend coming to stay till thursday and then I will take her home and stay over till friday to have lunch with her and some other retired nurses, toronto was inthe news with the big explosion yesterday my former husband lives in the area but did not have to evacuate I had phoned him to see if he was allright as our son was at the cottage and would have been concerned when he came back not sure a propane tank yard was allowed to be built so close to homes I hope that you all have a good week bye for now dorothy

hello everyone it is 4-30pm my time and 9-30 in england I have just spoken to brenda in the last half hour she is needless to say upset and sad but I was glad I was able to speak to her it is a year to-day since I arrived in england and during that time brenda and I were able to meet in person, she will be busy in the next few days arranging the funeral, I was surprised to hear that a lot of the paper work has to be done by the family, the funeral parlours over here do most of it for us but then again we bury in about three days, hope everyone is well bye for now dorothy

it is 9am here and I have just read an e-mail I recieved from brenda about the loss of her dad I second what sylvia has said sometimes words are inadequate at a time like this perhaps it will help brenda that she is in the thoughts and prayers of many on this site regards to all dorothy

Brenda,
May I, and on behalf of all the readers of this thread, send condolences to you and your family on the loss of your dear father. Very sad, but he did have an end which he wanted, which may give you some consolence.
Sylvia xxx

Hello Everyone I am just letting you know that my wonderful dad has very sadly lost his brave battle against cancer .He died yesterday afternoon at 2.45 pm with all his six children with him,he was not in pain and aftergoing to sleep on friday night he just did not wake up which is what he and we wanted
Can not sauy much more as I am struggling to type because i am crying again,
Thabk you all for your love and support
brenda.

Hi everyone
Looking out the conservatory this morning (Sunday) the snow on the mountain is again way down low and it is cold. The Desert Road (SH1) in the centre of the North Island often closes when there is too much snow which has happened quite a lot recently.
Margaret the storm that hit the North Island seemed to bypass us - the Waikato being worst hit with the floods. I don't think the South Island escaped the stormy weather but I have heard the snow is particularly bad with Christchurch having snow. The odd sunny days we do have doesn't dry the ground.
It's 3pm time for coffee. John

hi a quick update on the trip to pick up the children there was a horrific accident on the highway so we had a 2hr detour but managed to arrive at the camp only five minutes late, the children were muddy and wet there had been a torrential downpour but happy to see their parents and me, they had a good two weeks lots of stories to tell they headed to the cottage as the cousins from england are there for 2 more days and lindy wanted to visit with her sister, so I headed home good drive back even though it poured, hope everyone is having fun bye dorothy

goodmorning glad to hear you will soon have liz home again fred your garden sounds in top form, I am heading out this morning to pick up the children from camp I will drive to orilla about one hour from here and meet andrew and lindy at a meeting place then drive with them to huntsville it will be grand to see the children, yesterday was andrew's 42 birthday how time flies we went out for lunch they picked a place calle tara indian food I am not sure about what I ate but andrew did have a hot madras and enjoyed it. on monday my friend is coming up till thursday so we will have a visit to the casino and she wants to do some shopping. I am hoping that all is as well as can be expected with brenda I have not phoned as yet as I am sure she is spending most of her time at the hospital and with the time differance I don't want to disturb her if she is sleeping. have a good week-end and again fred here's hoping you get liz back home soon bye dorothy

Good morning troops,everyone enjoying their weekend?
It looks as though the boss will be home either today or tomorrow,the hospital being pretty pleased with her progress ,the only sticking spot may be ,the result of the exray which she is still waiting for.
I have been out back already feeding all the veggies with the hose attachment,and the greenhouse with watering cans,and have to say ,things look good,plenty of peppers forming \and green tom's galore.
The only downside is the grass and pine hedging ,it's growing far too fast and both need cutting before i go to see the missus this afternoon.
Made myself a very hot Madras last night for tea [comfort food , lol.]
Hissy has stuck to me like glue for the past three days ,so she is missing the boss as well i reckon.
Better get ready to start on the hedges now ,but should be back this evening .
Frerd.

Good morning one and all,we all seem to be having problems at the minute ,what with one thing and another.
Hope you manage to get sorted okay Brenda and that your poor Dad soon feels a lot better.
Poor old Liz collapsed while out shopping with me on Thursday ,and i had to rush her into hospital,turns out the reason the antibiotics were not doing any good is because the lady is immune to the ones the surgery were giving her.
By the time they found out and put her on a different sort ,it was too late and she had Bronchitis as well as the empysema.
She is a lot better now ,thank goodness but her gp won't be happy afer getting a rocket from the hospitals senior chest specialist,who said ,that the first repeat dose of antibiotics not working should have triggered a warning,and the doctor was very remiss to say the least
The hospital cleaners arn't very happy either ,as soon as they saw Liz in one of the beds,and knowing it was their ex supervisor lol
,Special care is taking place ,now as they know that liz acually trained their present boss before she retired,and that their boss will be visiting the wife frequently while she is on the ward.
I seem to be busier than ever ,doing all the odd jobs while the boss is out of the way ,all the spring cleaning is getting done,and the caravan is being sorted ready for it's trip to Sandy Bay.
Next spring is sorted too,the van will Be going to Eyemouth ,up past Berwick for eight weeks.starting the last week in March.
Nice to see Sylvia back,and hear that Edith is around again .
Must go now,things to do,and i have to go visit shortly,but the hospital reckon Liz will be out in a few days , see ya ,Fred.

Hi Brenda, and uncle Tom Cobbly and all,
Glad to hear that you have some different help to deal with your father Brenda. Sounds quite emotional this breathing problem of your fathers Brenda.
This weather we're having at the moment will not help anybody with breathing problems either.
I didn't know what to do with myself this morning before the storm came as it was just stifling. My help is recovering from migraine and couldn't help me at the beginning of the week but came today to do just the necessary things, such as changing our beds and cleaning bathroom, toilet and vacuum cleaning the whole flat. She will be here again Monday so we can do extra jobs then.
I am hoping to go to the market tomorrow, will depend a lot on the weather. A shower of rain is ok, but a heavy storm, tht is a different kettle of fish!
Have a nice evening,
Sylvia xxx

Hello everyone,thank you all for the lovelly words of comfort and support ,they are appreciated.
dad was taken back into hospital early Wednesday morning as he could not settle at home and could not breathe,So my sister called the ambulance.
He is not very settled there and still having trouble ,they have him on oxygen and antibiotics,and a drip.
We have to wait till another doctor who deals with respiratory problems has seen him tomorrow,before we know what is causing the trouble.
We have the home care package coming together and will have a hospital bed with air mattress and oxygene inplace in a few days.sso he canbe more comfortable at home than before.
Thank you again for you suport.brenda

hi its about 5pm my time just came on to keep the thread front and centre sylvia how nice to see you back I hope that you and your hubby are keeping well. don't you just hate having new passport phot's I don't even look like me on mine, you can't smile and I had to remove my glasses as I have worn specs for 50 yrs it is just not me without them, keep in touch with us all bye for now dorothy