General Chat

Hi everyone, Back again. on this wet miserable morning. Jude as I said before, you are very talented to be able to draw like that. Brenda, I hope the Lemsip works, sounds as though you may have one of these bugs that are constantly making the rounds. Sylvia, You are very wise to stock the freezer up, I keep expecting to wake up to frost one morning and then I dont like venturing out until the streets are "aired" Linda sounds a very sensible girl, I'm glad she enjoyed Barcelona. Everyone must be busy doing their Christmas shopping, I will pop back later to see if anyone has left another message. Love June xx

Jude, I have just looked, you are a very talented lady

Very quickly - l have atlast been able to put one of my drawings on the GC Photospage. Jude sarf wales xx

Hi Kathleen,I can only echo what everyone else has said that I truly hope the investigation finds something hopefully that they can do.You and your family are in my prayers. Had a busy day in work today ,came home feeling a bit under the weather ,went to bed early,slept for 2 hours and have now woken up and can not sleep again.but still feeling "off". Going to get a lemsip to see what that does. Take care Brenda

Kathleen, Sorry to hear your news. Hope those drs can speed things up a bit and get your daughter in sooner. All this waiting around isn't helping. Crista XXX

Kathleen, sorry it wasn't good news. My prayers too are with you and your daughter. Why do these things always come at Christmas, poor girl. Will be thinking positive thoughts for you both. Love Ann

Hi all, Oh what a cold, miserable day, well it is dry, and the sun did show its smile, but how I hate the cold! Went out to town today with Johan to visit our new Aldi shop. It was busy as Wednesday is market day in town. Anyway, managed to stock up with some things for the freezer, because if it snows or gets slippery I will definitely not be going out. Have enough problems now, and don't want any more. Kathleen, so sorry to hear about your daughter. I do hope Santa can give you more positive news at Xmas. We will all be thinking of you. Linda, my granddaughter came today and has had a lovely time in Barcelona. She seems to do well with her money as she is going out to eat with a girlfriend tonight. At least she doesn't smoke! Where's Di today I wonder. Maybe she's getting on with her sewing. I wonder if Mr Rat is still keeping her company! Must get some dinner nowl Have a nice evening. Love, Sylvia xxx

Hi Kathleen, My message is brief too, my thoughts are with you both. Love June xx

Kathleen - this will be very brief as well. My prayers are with your daughter, all of you think positive. Love from Jude xx

Hello everyone, Sorry this will be brief. My daughter saw the Oncologist yesterday and the news is not good. Seems that she has had this for 3 years or so, it is a Grade 2 on the scale of 1-3 but is very invasive. She will have more tests and go into hospital on 14th December when they will do - I can't remember what this is called - a sort of investigative op, removing a few lymph glands and part of the breast tissue. Should know the results within 10 days, taking us to Christmas. Then they will have an idea of what has to be done and how far it has spread etc. So sorry about not being more positive. Hope you all have a good day. God bless Love Kathleen

Hi Everyone, Its looks dull outside but dry. Yesterday I did manage to hang my washing out for a while. I also finished one of the Christmas ceramic lights I have painted, all it needs now is wiring up, I used to do my own but yesterday my hands wouldn't work properly, so I will have to ask for help. I still have to finish another one, so I had better get on with it or Christmas will be over and done with. Jude, Obviously you have been saying that you either like or needed something, you will have to cast you mind back over the last few weeks to remember what you have said on the other hand it will be nice to get a surprise. I bet Auntie had quite a shock, I just hope the policemen were good looking! lol George, Sorry you didn't get the job, but as I keep saying to my 20 year old grandson, there must be something better around the corner. Kath, When you next speak to Terri, please give her my love. I'm sorry she isn't happy in her new house, maybe she will feel better in a week or two. Maybe with upset with Ray not being well, she isn't settling yet. Ann Glos. I lay in bed last night, couldn't sleep, Ithought about my Christmas cards and I think I know where I went wrong, so I will have another try today. Sylvia, Pleased you are back on line. You had a reunion too, so did I after 28 years, it's good to be back in touch, loads to talk about. Its now nearly time to take Samantha to work, so I will see you all tomorrow. Love June xx

Good moring everyone,I was busy yesterday morning before going to work at 12.30 -8pm ,so did not have time to get on here,when I got home I was tired and had three phone calls from friends one after the other. So have come on before even having a cuppa this morning,you all sound so busy with all your activities . Have what we call split shift today ,morning at one library ,then the afternoon at another,you get a half hour travel time and then your lunch hour ,so it is not bad and what also is known as "bus money"to cover the busfare/petrol. I am not inwork tomorrow and was looking forward to a lie-in ,but reading how you have all been getting up early and got more done I think I will do that myself. Sorry I have not mentioned any names ,but will when i have more time,take care .Brenda

Hello Ann, Jude, Kathleen and Everyone. The meet was fantastic, I'm so sorry you missed it Ann, I personally will keep you informed of any others we have coming up. Love To You All Wend xxx

Ann - ah ha thats where they are???? l have'nt been on there for ages,must go take a peek:o) If you get excommuni whats it, then l will as well!!! lol lol Jude sarf wales

I have just been over to the 'other' site. Colin wishes to be remembered to all his friends on here. Will this get me excommunicated do you think? Jude I have found out where Wendy from hampshire and Norah are!!! Ann Glos

Hi Everyone - Sylvia, brilliant so pleased you have sorted your compuer, saved you some money too!! Now you've made me think about my freezer, it needs defrosting as well.How exciting to go to France to do your christmas shopping, how long will it take to get there?? Has anyone realised your special anniversary is the year after yet?? We have loads of Magpies here, they are getting very brave and sit on an ornamental wall which is about 8 to 10ft from my back window.We also have the Longtailed tits back, so cute!!:o) June - the thing is (cheeky monkey) though - he said "you can't tell me what you want cause l have already got it",just hope l like it!!! Kathleen - Terri and Ray are just great, so down to earth and genuine, love ummm. Could you get a message to them - say "l send my love and to email me when the puter it set up and l am so sorry Ray that you have been poorly - take care" Thank you Kathleen:o) Lickle Jenny is also great,bless and so tiny. Where was the meeting?? Anne(Belfast) We are very lucky here - its been quite mild.Our bedroom is like a furness as we have the airing cupboard in there, we often have the window open.l have a couple of those stone hot water bottles, never used them though,my sister bought them for me one christmas:o) lol Your Lady sounds lovely, don't know what l would have done this past 2 months without Madoc. l was looking out the window this morning and l noticed some neighbours driving off in their car looking towards my front door laughing - it was Mad dog Madoc with his head out the cat flap, his rear end was wagging like crazy:o) Hope Stevens teeth are ok now, that sounds very uncomfortable:o( George - No no no - we can't have 2 of me!!!! lol and yes you were right - why would l be in Solihull with 2 little kids. Pleased college is going ok for you, what was the other problem there?? Hope today has been better. Anymore news on the job front?? MUST TELL YOU ALL THIS: On and off now for the past 6 weeks l have been trying to get hold of an elderly aunt (81yrs) in Sussex.l tried again this morning, no answer, so l rang my daughter who works for the police, she suggested l rang the local hospitals - if no joy then try the police. Ok, no joy with hospitals so l rang the police!!!!!!!! l got a phone call this evening from my Auntie - oh my gawd - 2 police cars with sirens on turned up at her flat, 3 male and 1 women, one banged on her door,another the neighbours and ANOTHER CLIMBED in through her bedroom window - she was quite shocked as you can imagine,minding her own business eating her lunch - she could have ended up in hospital suffering from shock - OH BUT WE DID laugh - she was fortunately very understanding and appreciated my concern. She said l have evidence as well - dirty footprints on my bed linen!!! lol The reason she had'nt been answering the phone was because of these nuisance phone calls. Some are silent and the others these holiday companies where you get a recorded message, sometimes 3 aday. l have given her a number which should stop all this, if you have the same problem here is the number: 0845 0700707. You willget asked you number and it could take 28 days for the nuisance calls to stop,but it does work,we have'nt had any for about 2 weeks now:o) Ok that me, off't now to watch Celebrity Get Me out of here. Nite nite Jude sarf wales xx Before l forget - thank you everyone for your good wishes to Mad dog Madoc next week:o)

Hi All What a lot of messages since I last looked in. somehow haven't had time before now to post anything. Not that we have done a lot today, spent half an hour over breakfast watching a young squirrel trying to work out how to get at the peanuts, he got onto the holder and had a few crumbs then gave up. fascinating to watch him jump from the trellis to the fence and back again and the birds didn't seem to worry about him at all. jude i will get around to having a go with the bird seed sometime. Yes i do remember Ray's blazer with the lovely badge. Kathleen, when i said before that the only one i had not met was Ray I was thinking of the Ray not terri's Ray. What doesn't Terri like about her new home? What a shame when she spent so long looking, is it in cardiff? Sylvia, pleased that you have fixed your computer, if you don't keep up the housekeeping, deleting temporary files etc they do run slow. I couldn't work out why mine was taking so long to open Outlook Express until Tony pointed out how many sent E mails I had stored on there. now i have deleted them it goesmuch faster. Typically though i wanted one that I had deleted today!!! June, keep trying with the cards, mind you you are more advanced than I am i don't do either of those technical moves and don't even know what feathering is. Anne it sounds colder in Belfast than it is here, not too bad at all. it is many years (since we had central heating in fact, since we had hot water bottles. We don't even have one. Well, not strictly true asI have one ofthe old stone ones you mentioned but only for nostalgic reasons, it is on top of a kitchen cupboard. George, Hi, that is going to be quite a party. Is the one month old a niece/nephew or cousin? Pleased that college is going OK. What happened about the office job interview? I am on the Interview board tomorrow for a team leader for Gloucestershire Life styles. it is a paid position, I am a volunteer and a Trustee. I don't know who will be more nervous, me or the interviewees. I think that is all for this time, as I said not a lot happening here today. speak tomorrow Ann Glos

Hi everybody, Yes, it's me. I did look in at the thread a couple of times, but my computer was being very temperamental. I think it was overloaded. We've now done a massive clean out and so far so good. Just think of all the money we've saved. Mind you, I wouldn't mind one that could do a few more things, but am thinking of our party next year which will cost a lot of money. Beggars cannot be choosers they say. I had my niece and nephew and their partners for dinner on Sunday last. It was so nice to renew our friendship. I haven't seen them for more than 20 years. We had a lot of laughs. They came at 12.00 midday and went in the evening around 9.30 pm. My daughter Janet and her partner Henk also popped in for an hour. We are definitely going to get together again! Tomorrow Johan and I are going into town as Aldi have opened (Monday) a new supermarket. We didn't want to go on the first day, but tomorrow should be better. It is also market day in town. Originally we were going to buy our new computer from Aldi, but now that is not necessary. This morning I have at last defrosted my deepfreeze. What a horrible, cold job that is. Hopefully it will be ok for another year now! Next Monday Johan and I are going into France and into the big shopping mall in Calais where I hope to do some Xmas shopping. This afternoon I have been making cards again. My hairdresser asked me to make one for a newborn baby girl. It's difficult to get into the habit again when you've not done it for a few weeks. I just have to come up with some inspiration. I will probably do some more this evening. The weather is cold, grey and miserable, although it is dry. I had a couple of thieving magpies on my balcony casting their beedy eyes on my Autumn wreath hanging on the wall. I think I'm going to have to keep an eye on the berries! Haven't mentioned any names, sorry, just think I have a senior day! Love, Sylvia xxx

Hi everyone, If I dont come on here first thing, I find I get so busy that sometimes I forget. I usually just type Friends ans Neighbours in the search box and find it easily, I cant say I've noticed it being slow, maybe because I am usually sipping my coffee at the same time. I have just been addind to the message about Winterfest, its not the same saying Mery Winterfest, I will stick with Merry Christmas and hope other religions stick with what they are happy with. Kathleen, Glad to hear that Susan has already got her appointment sorted, they will be able to tell her more then, hope its soon sorted. Anne (Belfast) I would make a note of when Karen has these headaches, see if there is a pattern, this was what our doc told us to do. Fingers crossed that she is soon sorted. George, WOW what a party you are going to have, that will be approximately 30 with your own family. Jude, I can understand how your son feels, he doesn't want to waste your money on something he doesn't want, men are usually more practical than women dont you think? Hugs for Madoc! Ann (Glos) You have done well with your cards. Yesterday, I decided I had better get back to mine, but with having a break with my PC being in the computer shop, it took me a while to get back into it. Before I was having trouble "lassooing" and "feathering" was fine, yesterday, I "lassooed" ok but couldn't get the "feathering" right. so I will have to have another go. At least I know the idea I had can be done. Di, I am a paid up member of the "other" site but have trouble signing in and when I do, it isn't easy to find my way round. I must give it another try. Brenda, If I dont come on here first, I get sidetracked with other things too. It will soon be the Manchester meet again, only just over a week to go. To everyone else that I haven'y mentioned, I hope you are all well and enjoying youirselves. Love June xx

Just another quick one. Had hoped to get on earlier, Chris went out but then Michael hogged the computer for ages. He doesn't use it very often and it was work so I couldn't turf him off. Susan has an appointment with the consultant at the hospital at 2.30 this afternoon (Tuesday) so should get a date to go in. Hope it will be very soon. Jude, Ray had just come out of hospital and was walking with a stick - he didn't wear his blazer. Such a lovely couple. The move was a bit traumatic and unfortunately Terri is not very happy about it. At the moment she doesn't have her computer so we have to rely on other people to post messages on her behalf. I do hope she settles in soon and finds something to like about where she is. Both Terri and Jen were just as I imagined them. Ann what a pity you missed hearing about this meeting, it would have been lovely to have had you there as well. Di, do come and join in, it is really very friendly and absolutely no bickering or unpleasantness at all. You are so right about getting more done if you start the day an hour or two earlier. Last night, after the meeting I was tired so went to bed early (for me that is), slept for about 90 minutes then was awake until 6 when I got up, made tea which I took back to bed - and fell asleep for 3 hours!! I felt as though I was trying to catch up on myself all day. I'm off now to bed and hope to do better than last night - must have been the excitement of it all. I do crosswords before I go to sleep, helps me relax, sometimes fall asleep and wake to find it looks as though a spider has left a trail across the puzzle. Hope you all sleep well God bless Love Kathleen