General Chat

Evening Sylvia, well it has been lovely here all day till now!!! We have a thunderstorm with torrential rain, hope it passes soon as my daughters dog that I am looking after really does not like thunderstorms, my dog is fine, think that is because he is a little thick!!
Sylvia what a lovely doctor to be so caring even though it is not part of his job makes a lovely change. Hope you are managing to keep yourself cool in the very hot weather.
Joxx

Hi all,
Well here I am again. Not been able to access the site for around a week now.
Lots of disappointing things with me as usual, but we'll get over these. Visited the ENT speciaist today. I hadn't seen him for some years - since he put the last grommet in my ear and which fell out the other day. He actually phoned me this afternoon to ask me whether I had got a specialist looking at me over my weight loss - now lost 37 kilos. How kind of him as it is not his job.
What a heatwave we are having. It's too hot to sit in the sun.
See you soon.Love Sylvia xxx

Wow almost a month since I posted, didn't realise that so much time had passed. Hope everyone is keeping well and managing to keep cool in this very hot weather, although it is quite cool here today for a change.
Have managed to make a few cards this week, but still have some family ones to get made. Find it very difficult to make young teenage girls cards especially when they do not like 'cutie' type cards.
Jean, hope getting rid of your craft room is going OK and that you are not finding it too stressful, such a pity but as long as you can keep bits so that you can keep making your lovely cards.

Sylvia, hope you and Johan are both keeping well and enjoying the lovely weather.

Speak to you all soon.

Joxxx

Sorry Ladies, I have been so busy this last week just have not had time to catch up on anything!! No Sylvia I am still playing catch up with my card making, have so many to get finished, they are all started but not finished, my sister has ordered 12 cards, all stitched which will take me ages as I need new glasses!!

Jean such a pity about the craft room but as you say the family must come first, and that is where I have been for the last week, babysitting, house sitting, visiting sick relatives and looking after an elderly relative, would love sometime for my card making! Hope your daughter is a little better now and that her M/S has settled down a bit.

All of you take care
Love Joxx

Hi, Sylvia, I have been busy closing down my craft room, and now busy sorting out all the stock so I can sell it ,I have decided to turn my conservatory back to what it should be, I took it over completley and card making became an obsession and very expensive, I will keep some stock and continue for now sending to the Birthday Girls, but not do many for other outlets I had...trouble is I had no idea just how much stock I have, so it will take some time to clear it all, we have also had a big electric job done the first lot was a botched job, so I am worn out, I must say I am looking forward relaxing a bit, plus my daughter can have her friends round and have somewhere to sit and chat, she has M/S and is just getting over a bad relapse and couldnt get out as usual.what really matters is family... hope you and your o h are doing o.k. and you
take care love Jean xx

Hallo,
Am I alone again? Nevermind I'll write a few lines.
I suppose you are all busy. I guess Jo is playing catching up in making some cards, I have a lovely stock now so don't have to bother for a while.
I do wish the weather was warmer, the sun did shine for a little while today but not enough to warm me up.
Marks and Spencers have opened a new shop again in Amsterdam. My granddaughter came around here this afternoon for a chat and if I want anything from Marks she will get it for me. M&S used to have a store here but they closed up, so this is a surprise.
Now girls its your turn to write next.
Love and best wishes, Sylvia xxx

Hi all,
Well weather still cold and wet. I had to change my clothes on Saturday when I got soaking wet whilst shopping.
Last Tuesday was a fantastic warm, sunny day and Johan and I took a taxi with our scootmobiles to the village where we used to live and met up with an ex colleague of Johans. It was market day there so we looked around and also the shopping street, which had changed enormously since we lived there some 20 years ago. I cannot believe that we chose to go on such a lovely day - the warmest of the year so far.
We had no visitors on Fathers Day as by coincidence both daughters had other things so we've just had them both this weekend. One Saturday and one today.
Susan the youngest has just come back from 2 weeks in England - Lincoln - and bought me lots of things from England.
I am not on Facebook either Jo. I cannot see the need at the moment.
I baked a banana cake last Friday and Saturday baked an apple tart. I now want to try to make a carrot cake. If anybody has a good recipe, please let me know.
Now till the next time, love Syl xxx

Evening Heather, hope you are keeping well, Love the longer hair!!

Joxx

Hello Heather, good to see you on here, hope you are well.

Just popping on to say Hello. Hope you are all doing well.

Heather xx

Ann, you are just having too many holidays, me, I am just very jealous!!! Hope you had and will have a lovely time. Relax in the sun, at least it will be warmer than here at the moment, today has been quite chilly again. Hope the sun returns very soon.
Joxx

Hi, I was away for four weeks in Tenerife Sylvia, I did nip in here occasionally but the Internet was a bit iffy with the I Pad so I didn't spend as long as usual on here. Then there was all the washing etc when we got home, followed by hair and dentist appointments before we go to Lanzarote for two weeks next week.
Sylvia sounds like the plant market was fun and you managed to spend some money. We have had lovely weather the last few days and have been able to sort out the jungle that was our garden when we got home from Tenerife. :-)

Hi Sylvia, the weather here has been lovely all over the weekend and again today warm and sunny it makes such a lovely change from all the horrible weather we have been having. You never know it might be here to stay!! :-)

Most of the other members go on facebook, so don't come over here anymore but I am not a member on facebook anymore so not really sure.

At least we have three birthdays this month and I have lots of family birthdays as well so will be making lots of cards.

Have a good week everyone
Joxx

Hallo everybody,
Yes, like you Jo we are having a cold spell which doesn't seem like ending just yet. We've just had our last year's bill for the extra heating we used last year, goodness only knows what it will be like next year.
Yes, the birds here are eating all the food we are putting out for them, robins, starlings, blackbirds, magpies and the pigeons which I don't like coming in the garden as they make such a mess.
Come on girls where are you all, Anne, Jill, Jean, Ann and all the rest of you clever crafters.
Have a nice weekend.
Love, Sylvia xxx

Evening ladies, hope you are all keeping well. The weather here is miserable very cold, wet and windy I do hope it is better where you are. Looking at the weather forecast it looks as if it is going to be the same all week - when will we see spring. I have noticed that the birds are really struggling, Normally at this time of year my bird food does not really get eaten as quickly as in winter, but I am finding I am filling up the feeders and trays far more often than in the height of winter, I have several nests with tits in and the adults are not going back and forth as often as they would be doing in a normal spring, obviously cannot find fresh food as quick, rally hope it improves soon.

Take care,
Joxxx

Evening Sylvia, we have had a beautiful day here today, lovely and sunny but a very chilly evening now. The rest of the week has been very windy and with lots of rain. We are still getting frosts in the evening though. Planters sound lovely Sylvia, you did well to get them home safely. Hopefully you will be getting the nice weather we had today.

Have a lovely week and enjoy your crafting.

Joxxx

Hallo, hallo, hallo, can you hear me mother? Who used to use this phrase in England, or was it Great Britain?
What cold weather we are having.
Yesterday they had here a big flower/plant market and lots of other stalls so I was in my glory.I bought a small white model penny farthing bicycle with a large plant pot. So, then I had to buy a large hanging plant. If you had seen me you too would have laughed. this model bicycle on my scooter as well as other shopping. I had to go home and go out again for the rest of my shopping.
Johan and I went out today to the braderie where there were lots of stalls selling goods cheaply. It was so cold and I didn't think it was very good so we were soon home again. Anyhow managed to get Johan out for a breath of fresh air.

See you all soon I hope.
Sylvia xxx

Hallo, hallo, hallo, can you hear me mother? Who used to use this phrase in England, or was it Great Britain?
What cold weather we are having.
Yesterday they had here a big flower/plant market and lots of other stalls so I was in my glory.I bought a small white model penny farthing bicycle with a large plant pot. So, then I had to buy a large hanging plant. If you had seen me you too would have laughed. this model bicycle on my scooter as well as other shopping. I had to go home and go out again for the rest of my shopping.
Johan and I went out today to the braderie where there were lots of stalls selling goods cheaply. It was so cold and I didn't think it was very good so we were soon home again. Anyhow managed to get Johan out for a breath of fresh air.

See you all soon I hope.
Sylvia xxx

Good to hear that things are finally going well for you Sylvia lets hope they keep improving. Like you the weather here is lovely at the moment so warm, it makes a change from the overcast weather we had been having.
The next birthdays are not till June, Jean 6/6 and Maureen and Anne 10/6. by then we are half way through the year. Soon be thinking about making Christmas cards.........

Unlike you Sylvia, I cannot get into card making at the moment, really need to get myself in gear and get and start to catch up. Really need to get some cards in hand as I have used up all my ready made ones and am making them as I need them, and that is a pain getting everything out and then putting it all away just to make one card. Wish I had a craft room!!!!

Have a great week
Joxxx

Hi all,
Yes, we too are having lovely weather and the trees are all green and those that should are in blossom. Yes, Spring is certainly lovely. We have also a new friend moved in outside our back door. It is a blackbird who has built her nest. She is so busy going backwards and forwards with food. I do hope our resident pussy cat won't find it.
Last Thursday I went to the urologist and he has given orders for my bladder to be rinsed out every day now. Today for the first time I was told by the nurse that the whole bag of fluid went into my bladder, whereas usually only a quarter of the bag goes in because of my shrunken bladder. I am over the moon because it seems that his experiment must be working. I now have a tap fitted which I turn on and off. Oh joy to think that one day I can lead a more normal life without the district nurse coming in every day. I have been making lots of cards to take my mind off things and I do love being able to read this thread.
I do hope this weather continues. We have had so many festive days lately. Prince Willem-Alexander, as he was then, had his birthday on the 27th April and then he was crowned king with his wife Maxima queen. Prince Charles and Camilla were there.Then we had 4 May which is the eve of Remembrance Day and 5 May Remembrance Day itself. Lots of bands etc and everybody wearing orange hats, scarfs, tooters etc.etc.This Thursday we have Ascension Day on Thursday which is also a holiday.
Now who has the next birthday?
love Sylvia xxx