General Chat

Sylvia so pleased to hear your good news, no wonder you are walking on air.
Jill sounds like you are getting yourself sorted, I take it your 'Man' cannot hand make your kitchen units?
Waterfall cards once you grasp the 'back to front' principle of the t-bar everything else falls into place.
Overcast here today, but only a light shower of rain, hope it stays away, prefer the sunny and very cold weather.

Hi all,
Yes, I'm still walking on air just like I've been given a new life.
Johan has gone into town today to renew a lot of books at the library and also has a hospital appointment. My daughter phoned me and she said she would be coming round. It was nice to see her. She was here when my hairdresser came so was nice for those two to meet up again. It was Janet who introduced me to this hairdresser. My hairdresser ensures me that my hair is growing nicely, and dark hair, no blonde, no grey. Certainly a new life girls. Just need a new husband !
Have a nice evening.
Sylvia xxx

Good morning ladies :)))

Sylvia, so pleased that you are now clear, a year is a long time to suffer xx

Had a crafty afternoon with my friend yesterday and managed to make a Mothers Day card using a Waterfall. I am very pleased with the result, it took me a while to suss it out but I refused to give up :)))))
Had a meeting last night with the man doing our stairs and fitted wardrobes and that all starts in the next few weeks, cannot wait.Then the kitchen planning begins, would like to get it all finished by the summer but not too sure if that is possible.
Off to the shops this morning then will try and get some card making done this afternoon.

Hope you all have a good day.

xx Jill

Hi all,
First of all I have such good news. My cystitis is over. After having this for more than a year and a lot of pain and misery my urologist told me that
my sample of urine was free from bacteria. I was walking on air after that. Anyway I still have to have a euro dynamisch test to see how much I can empty my bladder each time, etc. etc.
I just hope that when I see my own doctor next week that she will find I have grown new blonde curls. Well, hair of any sort will be welcome!

On top of this good news my cardiologist phoned just now and told me that my heart valve has not deteriorated very much this last year so no emergencies here.
I have already mailed you Jo about the pattern for the shoe. I don't know what I had imagined but certainly not this. Many thanks.

Thanks Heather,

Gillie XX

Morning girls,

Sunny in Cheshire now, tho first thing it was very dull.
Hope everyone is keeping well.

Just nudging as Gillie may find this useful.

Heather x

Sylvia, lets hope he doesn't telll you that you have found it again!!!!!
I will send you and email with a picture template and instructions.

A "shoe" card, now that is a new one to me. I cannot ask what it looks like because you'll say a "shoe", but would like to see one.
No more frost out but still too cold for me.
Tomorrow have to see the urologist and anxious to hear whether or not I have "lost" my cystitis after having it for more than a year.
Sylvia xxx

Afternoon ladies, hope you are all well. Weather here is still freezing, stayed white over all day, looked like a Christmas card!! Managed to get all my cards finished yesterday and in the post, quite pleased with them. Made a lovely shoe card yesterday, so quick to make but very effective! I might try reducing the template down by half and see what a smaller version looks like. Off now to make my spring ATC's if I can think of something to do.

Hi all,
Jill, it sounds as though you have moved house or changed kitchens just as many times as we have. Every kitchen has been so different. In Nigeria we had what we called our "outside kitchen" where we had a wooden stove and made excellent bread on it. Well, my "boy" did all the hard work, I just looked on.
I actually did some housework today, well showed the duster where the dust was. It takes me such a long time to get moving in the morning these days.
However, card making is easy I don't have to think too hard about this I just do it.
The ground was white this morning with frost but mid morning had cleared completely.
Now girls,on to card making again. What a life.
Sylvia xxx

Afternoon everyone, weather here lovely and sunny here again today but so cold not above freezing all day.
Jill I loved it once my kitchen was finished, but the fortnight of them stripping out and refitting and moving all the electrics and plumbing was a nightmare, had to live on freezer/microwave food as cooker last piece to go in.
Had a good day making cards, just 2 left to make.

Good morning ladies :)))

Liz, have sent you an email with some vintage trains attached ,hope its OK.
Sylvia, I did have a German made kitchen about three houses ago and was very pleased with it. Will go online and see whats about.
The kitchen is 20x20 and has stairs in in corner plus its on two levels, so need to get in right.
In the middle of clearing my craft room and trying to get things put away that do not get used, a mammoth task.
Hope you all had a good weekend

xx Jill

Hi girls,

Hope everyone is well. I do so miss "chatting" with you all regularly, and I hope, later in the year, work will calm down a bit and I can join you all again more frequently.

My Mum has asked me to make a retirement card for a gentleman interested in trains/ the railways. I'm stuck at the mo - does anyone have a spare decoupage sheet or other sticker type thing on a train theme they would swap with me for something I have that they would like? I have searched my supplies and I cannot find a thing that would do. I do have a sheet of "Retirement" peel-offs. it's just the main focus of the card I am short of.

Love Liz xxx

Hi all,
Pleased that your husband's op went ok Heather and hope your son will soon be fit and well.
Jill, I don't envy you re-building your kitchen. I don't mind the designing of it but not the actual work.
You ought to try looking at the kitchens in Germany Jill. We bought ours in Germany and they installed it for us too. They are so efficient.
You can always go to England and see baby Remi with the excuse you are looking at kitchens. Or, would that be telling a little white lie? No, not really, you do it.
I've been doing a bit of everything today, I always get hooked on the Saturday crossword in the newspaper and Johan and I do it between us. I usually begin and let him fill some more in. I find quite a lot on the internet these days. I prepared the dinner and then "attacked" the ironing which I promised myself to do yesterday, but didn't. I don't want to get behind as have various doctors appointments this week. I then made a couple more cards. I found another nice craft site on the internet today and have put in a large order. Oh joy!
I hate these cold evenings, but of course that is being selfish because we are having fantastic weather really. I think it is because we lived in the tropics for 6 years and then spent 6 years of winters in Spain.
See you all tomorrow.
Sylvia xxx

Afternoon girls from a very sunny Cheshire :))

Ann, hope you have a lovely time at the Lakes, your atc's arrived yesterday, thank you.

All's well here now, fingers crossed.Hubbys minor op went ok and he is up and about doing stuff he shouldn't.Son is still poorly, but ok.

(((HUGS))) to everyone enjoy the rest of the weekend xx

Good morning to you all, hope everyones keeping well.
Managed to get my Spring ATCs done so will pop them in the post on Monday.
Going to try and give the craft room a tidy and sort out stuff I dont use as its all taking up so much space.
We seem to be so busy at the moment as our old stairs/ladder in the kitchen will be taken down and a new one installed. Means clearing and changing the utility room as need to move a freezer into the room to make way for the new stairs.We will then be able to plan our new kitchen, its a very large room which seems to make it harder to decide on the layout, as range will have to stay in the same place as there is a chimney.
Cannot find a kitchen I like in France ,so good excuse for a trip back to UK and a visit to see baby Rémi :))))

xx Jill

Evening everyone, sorry not been around, have 2 of the grandchildren staying at the moment and the baby takes up all my time!
I have to do all the decorating as well Sylvia, my OH hates doing any and always makes a mess of it!! I think he does it on purpus so I wont ask him.
Sylvia sounds like you have had a lovely day baking, I used to make my own bread, but now I buy it all. Tomorrow making birthday cake with 4yr old granddaughter for my daughter her mummy, so that will be fun, well it will if the baby sleeps through it!

Hi all,
I say "all" but where are you all. Only a note from Ginnie. I sympathise with you Ginnie. Johan has never liked painting and decorating. In fact I cannot remember the last time he did some. I have had to call somebody in to do it for us. Before we came here I used to do it myself, sometimes with the help of my two daughters.
As my neighbour once said to me "Johan only does what he wants to do". Wouldn't we all like to do this in life?
Still lovely weather here albeit bitterly cold.
My house smells delicious as I have been baking bread and cakes.
Hope everybody is well as I am at the moment.
Sylvia xxx

Hi all,
So we have another new member - Berniece. Welcome Berniece. How many are there of us now.? They come and they go so have lost count. Mind you the ones that have gone have only gone temporarily I think, due to sickness etc.
We have had gorgeous weather here today albeit a bitterly cold wind. I really didn't need anything at the market but went out for the fresh air.
Did some more cutting out for cards and have ordered a punch for cutting out various size circles. We're getting really professional now!!!!!!!!!!!
See you tomorrow
Sylvia xxx

Morning. Just got back from Gloucester, had to drive down first thing this morning to look at a job for OH as he was too busy, little traffic so did it in record time.
Off now to make daughters birthday card.
Wont be around over the weekend as 2 grandchildren coming to stay.Sylvia like you my OH never sends valentines or anything, never has!! He tells me he doesn't need a special day to show that he loves me! HA!!!!