General Chat

goodmorning brenda sounds like they are trying to get your dad back on to swallowing on is own I hope it goes well for all of you, glad to see news from john hard to believe it is winter for him when it is so sunny here, the children go to camp for two weeks to-morrow it is a chance for five of the cousins to spend time to-gether the small one kate is too young as yet.I think that they are going to go to the cottage to-day and spend the night and then leave mon am to the camp the cottage is half way between the camp. nothing else new at the moment glad to read fred's message always interesting bye for now dorothy

Hi all - winter has really arrived rain almost everyday and the snow down low on Mt Egmont and also on the ranges. The volunteer work is keeping me busy and one of the days Gayle and I were counting cans and packets in the food-bank so that our headquarters knew what we had - the greatest quantity - Baked Beans and Spaghetti! Off for a coffee break, catch up again next time. John

Hello Dorothy and Fred,sorry i have been a bit remisss on adding my messages but things are a bit
difficult at the moment.
dad is still in hospital,he has been told they will try and feed him a sort of thicken food diet and ssee how he goes and maybe take him of the tube if he can manage it thenhe can go home.
A\lot of things can happen so it is not an easy step to take but he does want to go home and we want him home.
weather wise its been beautiful but i have been working and i am working tomorrow.
Speak to you soon,Brenda

Herewith ,a few lines to let Dorothy and Brenda know they arn't on their own.
The caravan wasn't worth having ,so we left it where it was,lol,never mind ,therre are plenty more around,if you know where to look.
I had to get up really early this morningto get the greenhouse and garden watered before thwe sun started to heat up,otherwise the veggie would be covered in leaf scorch.
It's too darned hot to do much this afternoon ,so i am sitting at the patio door next to the table listening for all the aircraft heading to ,and away from the airport.
Tis the Sunderland airshow again ,and i am hoping for a few views of ancient,and modern aircraft as they fly to and fro.
Nearly August again,where does the time go he he,the kids will be harping on shortly as to what they want for Christmas,and all the adverts will be showing on the box .
Hope everyone has a nice weekend,see ya later.
Fred.

hello I seem to be the only one around at the moment I do hope everyone is well and perhaps having a good week-end, at the moent we are having a wild thunder and rain storm but it is only 9am so it will probably pass through, my half brothers wife and son have arrived in toronto and I will drive down and meet them for the first time on thursday should be interesting. a friend of mine is flying in from new brunswick to-day she is visiting in the area she is in the late stages of breast and lung cancer but has a great will to fight and keep on living so looking foreward to seeing her she is one brave woman so I guess that is all the news I have bye for now dorothy

hi brenda about your dad it is confusing advice you are getting re wether or not your dad could come home, over here I have nursed children who went home with feeding tubes the ones that go in through the nose into the stomach also feeding tubes that are inserted through the abdominal wall , for someone your dad's age and living alone they may have concerns over here it would entail nursing home visits to monitor things and also teaching a family member how to do the feeds, I always recommend that any friends in a similar situation set up a family meeting with the doctors and other health people involved with the pt's (your dad) care it is the right of the families over here to ask for this though many people are not aware of it especially if there is a chance that your dad would prefer to be at home, I understand waiting lists but they are very frustrating I hope things improve for you, I have to end now the one cat has just thrown up in several places not sure why except he may have eaten his breakfast too fast. bye for now dorothy

Hello everyone,Well it has been a funny day weatherwise,grey and dry and very warm with little sprays of rain!!
Dorothy What a clever girl hope you enjoyed the pepper,I have not yet grown anything myself that we could eat ,John and david have but mine go off before you pick them.
Dad might not get that test as he has no swallow at all at the minute so could be dangerous.But the ENT say he could have an op to close his voice box and vocal cords ,however there is a long waiting list,even with a priority listing it could be months.!!We have been told he can not come home with the NG tube but one doctor has said to him he could come home and go back for the op,so we are totally confussed.
Brenda

hi brenda my friend isobelle's daughters mother in law was over on a trip to scotland and her brother lives in southport and he had tickets for them to go to the open on thursday so we will see how she enjoyed it when she returns she is a golfer. I am aware of the test they are going to give your dad it should show up what the problem is waiting for test results is always difficult. it is rainy to-day but that is allright though it will put a damper on the tennis in toronto as it is played at york university but it does not have a roof, to-day a friend is driving up and we are going to have an early lunch and then go and see momm mia looking foreward to that, obtained three large green peppers off the plant yesterday inculded on in my supper it as very good take care bye for now dorothy ps tell john that all three grandchildren are now taking golf lesson's and enjoying it the youngest has the straighest drive

Hi everyone,glad the family are back and by the sound of it had a wonderful time Dorothy.
John was watching the open all the time ,I did say I would buy him tickets to go for his birthday ,but he could not get anyone to go with him so wouldn't let me get them.(its not my game0 and i would not have enjoyed the tramping round).
dad sees the ENT people today so we hope they can sort out his problems.He is having a special tests which is like an xray video of him swallowing some thing so they can track what happends,but that is not today.
weather was really good yesterday but today is very grey but at least dry.
Speak to you all later.Brenda

hello it is sunday and I am back from brampton had a lovely dinner last night at isobelle's son's place dinner was spare ribs and italian sausage with fennel plus marlo made an apple and walnut with stilton salad and cheese cake for desert, to-day isobelle and I watched the british open before I drove back in a driving rain storm, popped in to see the family they had a great trip the children were full of stories re the mountains wild animals etc, andrew said it was about 9800 miles all told of driving and well worth it with all that they saw and did. the golf to-day was great I was glad harrington won but the young man who was the low non professional was very good, my son had been hoping greg norman would win but he didn't this week we have tennis in toronto the rogers cup so I will be happy to see the top players playing here, isobelle's daughter wants to get tickets for her mom's birthday so we shall see what happens about that so I am going to make some supper glad to hear brenda that your dad is a little better bye for now dorothy

Afternoon all.Dorothy glad you got a holiday sorted out ,hope you have a good time with your sister.
fred i am sure you and Liz would have a good time where ever you holidayed,you seem to have the knack of getting the best out of any situation.
Good luck with the trailer/fold up caravan.
dad is looking much better now his is being fed by the drip,but we still have no idea why he could not sswallow.Hopefully we will be told something this week.
Have to go and get ready for visiting now
Take care ,Brenda

goodmorning from sunny and hot barrie fred sorry to hear that liz has had some of her travelling curtailed but I am sure that you will come up with other idea's, the family arrived back from there trip last night at 8-30 after about 1000 clicks in one day they left very early in the morning from thunder bay, andrew sounded quite tired but said they had a wonderful trip, as I am heading down to brampton this am I will stop in and see them on my way back to-morrow, talking about flying westjet had a seat sale on this past week within canada so I have booked a trip to calgary to see the sister from oct 15th to 0ct 28th it was a good price about 600 dollars with all the hidden extra's the last time i looked it up it was over 1000 and I was not paying that. my sister is pleased I am coming (well she has to say that!!!!). I have never been west so it will be interesting to see the rockies etc. hope you all have a good week-end bye for now dorothy

And a good morning from him,lol, here in sunny Newcastle where it is breezy,clouding over,and ruddy chilly,he he.
Well folks ,the tow bar is now on the back of the car,and we are rarin' to go,now looking at 7 folding caravans on Ebay,so i hope to be mobile with in a week,and able to go where we wish.
Some of the vans have full awnings too ,so ,i would prefer one of those for the extra space for visitors.
The beuty of a folding van is the ease of towing ,just as easy as a traler with no wind resistance,and far more table to tow.
Opened up they are as good ,and warm as convential van,all alluminum,with all the same sort of fittings,toilet,cooker mains power and such.
Just as well in a way that liz and i decided to become mobile after the news from the doc yesterday,the results coming back from the hospital about her empysema.
She has been forbidden to travel by air ,any sort of distance,and cannot get insuranceto fly very far,france and ireland being the limit.
No matter ,we can still get as far as Spain ,and Italy by coach if need be ,so it ain't all bad news,and rthere are plenty worse off than she is [her own words] she is a fighter is Liz ,and i reckon she could outlast me lol.
I am off into the garden shortly to remove the windmills,i use early in the season to scare the pigeons,the plants now ,have become harder than transplants ,and are too bitter for birds to bother with,so,only the weather to worry about,caterpillars,snails and slug,[yuk].
Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend,back later.
Fred.

goodmorning from a hot and steamy barrie but it is better than snow, recieved a post card and a phone call from the family yesterday andrew called to say they have just crossed back into ontario and may be home by ten to-night or noon on saturday I guess it depends on how much driving he does to-day, the card said how much they had seen and all the wild life ie. black bears and two rattle snakes amongst the favourites!!!! I spoke to two of the children Ian had a lot to tell me and asked if his garden was still alive!!! happy to report that it is, westjest an airlines over here has a seat sale on at the moment within canada so I looked up fares to calgary in oct and should be able to get there for about 600 dollars that is a saving about 400 so I think I will pop over to the travel agent to-day and see what is available the sale only started yesterday so maybe I will get what I want, phone my sister to run some dates by her and she is pleased I am coming, but I would much rather come to england but should see a bit of the west I guess well off to start the day hope you got to bury to-day brenda take care bye for now dorothy

Thanks Fred for sending me the photos enjoyed seeing them great effort ! Margaret

Hello All,just an update on things.dad is still in hospital,and on the drip,He will be put on a tube to be fed via his nose tonight as he still has problems swallowing and they do not know why.He does look a better colour as he is getting fluids but they want to get him feeding to get his strength up.!! He is not very pleased but realises it has to be done.
I keep telling John about your tubs and buckets fred ,but its doing no good.Will have to do them myself next yearwhen I have finished work.
Take care Brenda

goodmorning congratulations fred and liz on your anniversary I hope that you have a lovely day, also fred thankyou for the jokes I have passed them on over here to friends, as usual the info on the garden amazes me I have just been out and waterd my two vegatable plants the green pepper plant is producin lots the tomatoe plant is a bit sluggish (slow not slugs) another nice day to-day but we are in for a very hot spell in the next few days in the 30's with high humidity but it is so much better than snow. off over to the son's to check on the diva cat she is a lovely wee thing but very bossy and not pleased that the family are away to-day I think they are in saskatoon and then on to winnipeg bye for now dorothy

Congratulations on your anniversary
What a wonderful sellection of produce you have in your garden tubs bins barrels etc
Margaret

Morning peoples,Fred ,reporting in,after putting in the last of this years veggies,carrots in a recycle box ,which is just right for carrot and parsnip[hmmmmmm,where can i nick another from ]
It's amazing how much i can get into a small growing area using these buckets,i am jam packet full now ,but have brussel ,kale,two sorts of cabbage,two sorts of cauli,calabrese.,leek and sweede.
Herbs,i have parsnip,chive,sage ,corriander,mint,rosemary,basil,and chervil.
As an afterthought,my asparagus is doing so well ,i think next year i will be able to cut some at last,oh ,and i nearly forgot,i am trying some dwarf french bean for the first time.
Looks that with all this rain ,i am going to have a bumper crop of potato from my two bins as well,methinks i will be doing a lot of soups this autumn lol.
Liz says she will make me some green tomato chutney as well,so ,i am a happy bunny ,enjoying my retirement he he.
Time for me to get ready now,it's our 42nd anniversary today,and i am taking her out for the day .
See ya later peeps,Fred.
Herbs ,i have

hi brenda an update on the hello situation after two phone calls to england and much help from the people i spoke to and three phone calls over here I think the problem is solved the magazines should be arriving more promptly the hold up was at this end, when I spoke to the last person involved over here he knew who I was right away the person in london uk had followed through on all that she said she would very prompt she was. I will have to call to-morrow and thank them for all the help so I shall be looking foreward to several good reads off over to andrews in a little while, we had a new tile floor installed near the elevators a few weeks ago this morning they appear to be ripping it up again no Idea why it is a strange world at times bye for now dorothy