General Chat

Sylvia you are lucky I have so many birthdays in February and also 2 nieces with babies due this month, so have new baby cards to make as well. The house you hope to move to sounds lovely, but it is difficult to move from a house you have lived in for some time. Still will be nice when you have settled in. You have lost lots of weight, you will need a new wardrobe of clothes!
I am off now to make the baby cards and also my daughters birthday card, have just finished my sister in laws and also a card for my niece, both have birthdays this week,
Lovely and sunny here today and not as cold as yesterday.
Take care
Joxx

Hallo all,
Yes, I'm back, just been busy and seem to get from one muddle into another. I've been clearing out my bedroom cupboards today with my help. I've now to go through some boxes.
Last week we had an interview to be placed on the list for a protected house where there is medical help available at all hours of the day and night. Tomorrow another girl is coming tomorrow to see how our memories are. I have now lost 20 kilos in weight. I had several pairs of pants/trousers which I was going to make larger and now have to make smaller.
Yesterday my granddaughter drove us to Eindhoven (her mother, my daughter) and we spent a lovely day there. Janet had a lovely lunch waiting for us and we had dinner before we left. As soon as I got into the car I fell asleep and woke up here in Almere.
I had a job to wake up this morning but Johan woke me up.
I have started selling unwanted articles on Marktplaats (a bit like EBay) I have sold lots of my English and Spanish magazines cross stitch, embroidery etc.- 75 copies in all. This was something that I was surprised at selling. I am also giving away things that I think somebody else would like, such a bundle of Scots magazines 1975/6/7. I am going to give these to my pedicure's husband, who is a Scotsman. Trying to think of someone for Family History.
Our collection of records, record player, etc.etc must all go as our house won't be large enough to house them. Most importnt is the computer and my cardmaking things.
So you can see I'm not sitting doing nothing.
My neighbour wanted 6 cards from me, so managed to make these inbetween.
Now am thinking of you all, even though I haven't always time to post.
No birthdays at all in February so am pleased to have the rest.
Sylvia xxx

Ann I was also wondering where Sylvia was, she seemed a little down/worried on her last message, really hope she is OK.

Jo I am sure it is tiring looking after the children and then having a meal to cook when you get home. still it is good to see the family isn't it. Hope the vertigo stays away after the illicit coffee.We have not seen Sylvia on here since the 13th I hope she is OK>

Hope you have all had a lovely weekend. I have been staying at daughters to look after 3 grandchildren for three days whilst they were in London. Got back this morning and had son DIL and baby come for a late lunch. The have just gone, I have finished all the clearing up and put all the pots and pans away and am now just sitting here with a lovely cup of coffee, which I am not supposed to drink because of my vertigo!! Tomorrow off to Birmingham to look at a couple of jobs for Hubby, not something I normally do on my own, but he is tied up and I am free, lets hope I manage to find them both, hate driving in the centre of Birmingham but train is not practical as station no where near the two places.

Take care
Love Joxx

Afternoon Ladies. Just finished making several cards for my daughter, all repeats of cards I have made before, so you would think it would be easy. Well, I started off by not bothering to get out my score board to fold the card, thought it would fold in half quite easy, well I was wrong, it creased the card, so that was the first error and then it went down hill from there!! Still all finished now and just off to Northampton to deliver them.
Have even made my ATC's Issy will be totally surprised when they arrive on time as I am always late! Just a couple of bits to put on my February cards so I am, I hope, up to date with all my cards.

Weather miserable here today, but at least it is not raining or foggy.

Hope you are all keeping well
Joxx

Heather it is just 3 ATC's.
Joxx

Thanks Jo x

Sorry, posted my reply to Heather but could not see it, so re-posted and then there was 2!!!
Joxx

Heather I will ask her, but it was 3. Will email her and let you know for sure. I hope that no one is expecting me to do stamping!!!!!
Joxx

Hope everyone is keeping well xx

Jo, did Issy say how many atc's for each month?
Think I'm joining in again, I've missed doing atc's x

I hope so Jo, sometimes animals seem to know that quiet and rest are the best healers.

Ann we have female vets and they are both lovely, but he has always been the same, he is just a thick dog and probably cannot remember (could be because she always gives him a treat! and he loves his food!). He is so big but never bothers even last time when they were taking blood samples, she shaved his leg and took the blood and he just stood still!! Today his jab made him bleed quite a lot but he still is licking her and his tail just never stopped wagging, then we get home and he goes straight back to his basket. Could only give him over cooked rice and scrambled eggs for his meal today and also tomorrow with more antibiotics. Still hopefully he will soon be back to his normal bouncing self.
Joxx

Must be a one off Jo if he lloves the vet. Every animal I have had has shaken all the time they were there. You must have a nice vet. Hope he is ok anyway.

The themes for the ATC swaps for the next three months are
January Postage stamps
February Valentine/hearts
March Film/theatre

These are due in on 28th of the month to Issy if anyone would like to join in.

Just back from the vets. My dog is just not right just lying in his basket and moping around, he has not eaten anything and also finding it difficult getting him to have a drink in fact he had spent the whole morning in his basket and would not get out even to go for a walk, Vet says he has a raised temp but could find nothing else wrong with him, in fact he loves the vet and so when he saw where we were he perked up and was bouncing around!! Made me look such an idiot. Still he has had an antibiotic jab and has tablets to take and back to the vets on Monday.

Take care everyone
Joxx

I am pleased that you had a good birthday Sylvia. Poor Johan, I bet he was frightened to tell you about the pie after all your hard work. Never mind, I expect it still got eaten!

I do hope you are wrong about the tumour Sylvia and that your weight loss is down to something else.

Sylvia pity about the apple pie I should imagine Johan felt awful, but I am sure we have all tried to get cakes out of tins when they are too hot!! Sounds like you had a lovely birthday. Glad to hear the operation on your granddaughter went well, scar tissue can cause such a lot of problems.
I will copy the list of who you received cards from and send out an email to say thank you.
I am sorry that you think you have another tumour Sylvia, have you had any results from the tests you have had done yet or are you still waiting. A holiday might just do you some good and you never know you might enjoy the peace, quiet and above all the rest.

Joxx

Hi all,
Well my exhausting days are over for a while. After finishing baking the day before my birthday I asked Johan to brush some warm apricot jam over the top of the apple tart - 11.00 pm - and I was sitting in the sitting room when he came in and said "the apple tart is in pieces". Well I couldn't be cross after getting the flowers in the afternoon and he only meant well anyway. but I could have cried because I was so tired. He tried to take the tart out of the tin while it was too hot. As my daughter said you have to break it to eat it.
Yesterday was spent clearing up after the birthday. My granddaughter had her ear operation yesterday and they did a lot of work on her ear, taking away old scars from ear infections she has had over the years. My daughter is staying with her for a few days and then taking her to Eindhoven on Saturday.
Today Johan and I had diabetes control I told them I had stopped taking tablets and they said my diabetes was ok. Why take tablets then?
I have lost another 5 kilos in weight, which I don't mind but not the way it is going. I think I have another tumour. I have had cancer 3 times now. Johan wants to book a holiday but I said wait until I know more about my health condition.
When I take my cards down again I'll let you know who sent them all. I am still getting cards at the moment!
Sylvia xxx

Happy Birthday Sylvia, hope my card reached you in time xx

Yes, have a great day Sylvia. Lucky you being bought flowers. I usually buy my own when we get the shopping.

Jo, I have loads of stamps and do quite like stamping but it is such a performance getting the stamps and ink out, cleaning the stamps etc. I guess I am just lazy Lol!!!