General Chat

Morning peoples,cor ,it's a bit nippy up here lol.but at least we didn't get the frost they promised.
This is the week i have been waiting for,,the family are viewing four houses over the next three days.so i'm hopefull they will have a new home by the weekend.
Christmas shopping is now finished and Liz and i have found a place to hide it all ,out of the way of the kids,most of it hidden in the loft.
I should have the cover finished for the consumer unit by this afternoon and that's the dining room back to square one,but i have to admit ,i'm no bob the builder hee hee.
Hope everyone had a good weekend,but now i'm afraid ,it's back to work you lot lol.Fred.

goodmorning brenda rather cold but sunny here, no bryan was not allowed to be in the parade to-day so he will have to watch it on tv, the doctor did not want him doing anything outside this week-end he is being allowed back to school to-morrow, I will be driving him they always walk but for to-morrow he gets a ride, though I will have to be over there at 7-30 as andrew has an early meeting at head office so he will leave at 6-30 and lindy is subbing for a teacher who is ill and will have to be at the school at 8am (a different school from the children), so I will be up quite early grandma's do come in useful don't we.I am waiting for the services from ottawa to come on, I did watch the english ones on line it does bring a lump to the throat and a feeling of great pride in the veterans have a good day everyone bye for now dorothy

Morning all,its dry and sunny here but very cold as well,can manage that as long as it is dry.
Got to go over to Dads early today as he needs the cream putting on his back more often.Have to phone the hospital tpomorrow as he might need to go back sooner for his review as the rash became infected he had to stop the chemo tablets.He is feeling a bit off colour with the infection/
Hope your granson gets to the parade Dorothy.
G;ad your hand is good this time Sylvia.
Will be cutting down even more next year on the presents Margaret ,won't have long till I am 60 then,!!
Brenda

Hi all,
Well, well fancy you of all people Fred having Carpale tunnel syndrome.
I think, and hope that this time they have cured my hand. You will remember that the first two operations I had on my right hand did not work and I had more pain than ever. Well "third time lucky". I had the stitches out of my hand last week and am beginning to feel my fingers a bit now.
When this hand has completely recovered I'l have the left hand done.
When are you having your hand operated on Fred?
The weather here today is like yours in the uk I think, some rain, some sun and some wind.
Have a nice day/
Sylvia xxx

hi brenda sorry about talking about cheese while you are off it you did do well with your shopping for xmas, that was sad news you recieved it never gets any easier when you loose people who mean a lot to you, fred sorry to hear about the hands I had one years ago when I was young and they snipped it and it has been fine since , they do a lot of carpel tunnel surgery on my nursing friends over here it seems to be a hazard of the job I hope that they can fix you up soon, it would be awful if we did not hear about your wonderful cooking. to-day the snow is almost gone it is cool but sunny laura is 11 to-day so I am going over for cake and ice cream about 6 and she will open her gifts from the family then. shall be watching the remeberance day service to-morrow I think that bryan will have to miss his first parade if he is no better but I won't know till I get over there bye for now dorothy

Goodevening All Christmas Shopping I havent really started made my Christmas cake and thats about it We dont spend a lot of presents anyway need to be told what the grandsons need now that they are 12 & 10 I find Teenage girls are easier Our Two elder Grandchildren in perth recieved money on their big 21 birthday and next one will also as postage on parcels is too dear and saves them sending stuff home as well Will talk to them on Chistmas day
Margaret

Good Morning everyone,Dorothy enoyed my trip to Bury but didn't actually get on the market,will be looking for the cheese,but its banned at the minute!!.We were mainly in the shops,but have now done 75% of the christmas shopping for dad and myself.Will get afew more things this weekend and hope to finish of this coming week.So that all I have to get before my holidays is food,which can be frozen,apart from the fresh stiuff ,which i will get Christmas eve(I HOPE)Had some really sad news last night the mother of one of my dearest friends died early in the morning,she was calling to let me know,and was natuarally very upset.Her mother was areally kind lady and helped me with a few nice gestures when i first met my friend.She even lent me her hoover one day when mine wasn't working.
My friend was with her when she passed,which was really sudden and such a shock as she had not been ill.Puts a lot of things into perpective doesn't it.
Fred ,hope you manage with your hands for a long while yet,I know a few people who have had or have this problem and when they have had the op it has had varying degrees of success.Hope the missus feels better
sylvia ,good idea staying home and having a day to yourself.Enjoy
Going to get the washing machine going now,hope to get back later..
take care,Brenda

evening everyone,everything is fine now with the electric ,the sparkie has finished and everything is spot on.
I have most of the box rebuilt around it but have to buy two full lengths of tongue and groove at B & Q tomorrow as it is a bit bigger than the one i took off the wall.
For once i have worked with wood and not made a b***s of it so i am quite proud of myself.i even remembered how to use a wood plane hee hee.
I was back at the hospital today and got a bit of bad news,it seems i have carpal tunnel in both hands ,the left being far worse however,and i have to have it checked every couple of months.
I won't worry about it unless i find i can no longer do the garden or my cooking,because i will then have to rely on Liz to do the cooking [horrors ,yuk,shudder]
That won't do at all lol.
I have to shoot off now ,the missus is a bit off colour with this virus ,and the only thing she fancies is an omlette,an onion ,bacon ,mushroom i think.
See ya tomorrow peeps.Fred.

hi brenda and everyone oh you are of to the bury market I can see it well in my minds eye, if you pass the cheese stall that vacum packs the cheese the lancashire with garlic was lovley plus a whole lot of others, bryan is still under the weather he was back at the clinic to-day and a little good news the oxygen levals were up again when lindy called me they were waiting for the radiologist to read over the xrays again, so we shall see what the day brings and his dad will be home this afternoon bryan is anxious to see him, to-morrow Laura will be 11 how time flies she is celbrating at her request next week-end having some girl friends over for a sleep over and fun I will have the boys, the young one has requested shepherds pie for supper good lad. we have swiched from snow to rain and freezing rain hard to believe three weeks ago it was in the high 70's and to-day it was minus 2. nothing else new at the moment I am supposed to go to brampton mid week for two days to my friends but it will depend on the weather hope everyon keeps well bye for now dorothy

Hi all,
Well with flood alerts etc.etc. I decided I would not go with Johan tomorrow to Rotterdam and have still a touch of Bronchial trouble - 5 weeks now! I will have a lovely day all to myself.
I went to the market on my scootmobile today but it was very cold. I must get some more winter woollies out before I venture outside again.
Keep warm everybody.
Sylvia xxx

Good morning all,don't knowwhat the weather is doing as i haven't peeped round the curtains yet.It was really wet and windy in the night
Off with my youngest sister later to start herchristmas shopping she had an accident at work (slipped in some liquid)and has "whiplash" so hasn't been able to get out.for three weeks.So we are seeing how we go today for a couple of hours,early start so we should miss the crowds.We are hopefully going to Bury.and the market.
Dorothy hope Brian is well again soon ,must be worrying for you all. Are you far from the border? I must get a map and see exactly where you are.
Going for a cuppa now then a shower after my son is up and out to work.
See you all later
brenda

goodafternoonhope every one is well the snow stopped overnight but is now starting again I am on swimming lesson duty this evening but it is only from 6-7 so not too bad. bryan oxygen levals are not back to normal as yet he is seeing the doctor every morning hopefully by to-morrow he will be feeling better and the meds may have kicked in . I may say overnight if the snow comes down in droves at the son's house as he is not back till to-morrow so I can give lindy a hand. the stores are all now full of xmas stuff and with our dollar being in good shape people are shopping over the border to get good bargins. well I must be off bye for now dorothy

Hello its me again with a quick hello at lunchtime,weather is really wet and windy,should be going to the shops but staying in work and having a cuppa soup,See you later,Brenda

Having trouble at home with mouse and keyboard ,so pinching 5 mins at work.Will have to go back to our old mouse and keyboard with cables etc.Or buy another new one with out!!!
Glad everyone is doing ok.
Brenda

goodmorning from a white winter wonderland we got hit by the snow about 4am this morning and it is still coming down but as I am not going out to-day I shall just look at it, the oldest grandson is not doing well he was back to the doc's this morning and his oxygen levals are still low but this time they have put him on several medications, his dad is in ottawa on business and being in the what I call the legal drug business will no doubt be looking into all this. he will go back to the doc's to-morrow to see if his levals have improved, I could not hear any air entry in the lower lobes when I checked him will my trust old stethascope and the upper lobes were rattly,(can't take the nurse out of me) anyway lets hope he improves as the day goes on. sylvia so happy to hear that you and your scooter were out and about that is great news and the meal you made sounded great, it is steak and vegatables for me , have to go and call my brother in law in calgary now it is his birthday so they are three hours behind us so it is about 9-15 am there so he should be up bye for now dorothy

Glad you are on the mend Sylvia,or at least heading that way,thought I would get on here before my son came home,but he came home early so will have to get mt searching done /see you all tomorrow.Brenda

Well went out on my scooter today and hey ho no pain in my hand. Joy, sheer joy.
When I came back I decided to make a good old fashioned cottage pie only my way. That is with a pot of baked beans in tomato sauce added to the meat and lots of grated cheese on top. Delicious. Have enough for tomorrow as tomorrow is another hospital day - and if enough time will scour the market in town. Anyway we have a meal ready and no fast food for us!
Bye for now.
Sylvia xxx

Afternoon everyone.Just a quick line while I am on my lunch,nice to see so many messages ,Last night was Bonfire night and the fie works were going off from well before 4pm right up until midnight.Never liked it as a kid but did like the baked potatos and such like.Will be back later.
Brenda

goodmorning just a quick line or two sylvia glad to hear you are on the mend, yesterday I recieved a call from the school the oldest grandchild was sick, so off to the doc's we went he is thinking maybe pneumonia so we shall see so I am off over to look after him to-day quite early, and then to top it all the sun is shining the leaves are wonderful in colour and the weather blokes have just issued a big weather warning for rain gale like winds and the dreaded white stuff to come fluttering down late to-night and into to-morrwo so I shall enjoy the sun while it lasts, hard to believe we could have allthis covered in snow by morning, the ski lodges will be jumping for joy hope you all enjoyed bonfire night I have happy memories of that event so I am off to keep an eye on bryan he has to improve he is in his first parade on sunday in full dress uniform bye for now dorothy

Hi Sylvia ,good news about your hand ,the tingles you are having will more than likely be the cut,stretched and damaged nerves repairing themselves.
My hand seems to be improving as well ,most of the feeling has come back to one of the fingersand even the small finger is getting some of the feeling back
What a lovely morning we have here ,cloudless ,warming up nicelly ,and very sunny [wahey],after a very cold night.
How things have changed after forty years as regards weather,as a bairn guy fawkes night was always frosty by six and by the time the fireworks started at seven ,the finges and toea were frozen ,even standing near the fire.
One of the highlights in those days was the tatties ,wrapped in cabbage leaves [no foil in those days ]with a knob of butter and a fork.looooverly.
Hope everyone is okay ,i will be unable to use the puter tomorow seeing as the sparky is coming to put in the new consumer unit,but i will be back Thursday.Fred.