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Hi all ,
Well eventful day!
If you have watched Welsh news you have seen this . My bf was told and so everyone else in his office to grab everything they wanted and what they owned and go , administrators in and the biggest steel company in Wales is closing . He is on Monday but they could be sent home straight away :-(
Been up to crem today as mum anniversary it weird day as I can't remember what I did last year and feels like my head and heart different rates and just in limbo :-S
Friend is still in ICU as taking a bit longer than expected but she doing well.
Due to days events think pub is a must tomorrow lol

Bethan <3 <3

Hi everyone


the weather is changing here now ............ it's clouding over, the wind is getting up, and, I think, will arrive by the end of the day, by the look of it


we now have pink snow all over the street and garden :-D


The wind is blowing off the cherry petals .................... and it does look like "snow" as they carpet the ground.


Jude .............. glad you like my photos. The cherry trees are so lovely, but for such a short time, especially when the wind gets up!


Tec .................

re you going to southern Washington and the Mt St Helens eruption.

I have the most lovely "earthenware" jug, stands about 9" or 10" tall.

OH went to give a talk somewhere in southern Washington or northern Oregon a year after that eruption, and he was given this jug as his "honorarium"

a local potter had collected ash that had fallen over that town, and was making some lovely pieces with it.

........... this jug is one of those pieces :-D


I just love the jug .......... it looks gorgeous filled with daffodils



Did I tell you I lost a crown from one of my molars on Monday???

Out for afternoon coffee, took the first bite of a Coconut Explosion (similar to a coconut macaroon, but much bigger) .................. something hard

eventually took the hard bit out of my mouth, after trying to chomp it

Yep, a crown!

OH took me home via the Dental Clinic I go to (less than 10 minutes from home ) ........ dentist saw me within 10 minutes when he could take a break from the patient he was treating.

I had the crown ......... it was OK

the remaining part of the tooth was OK

It was the cement that had given way ........................... so he re-cemented it back into place.


I walked out less than 20 minutes later!!

Turns out it was probably the oldest crown left in my mouth, as the cement used is one that has not been used for around 20 or more years!

He has already replaced all the ones that I'd had put in before about 1980 (mainly in England).............. to get rid of any possible mercury.


Cost me a little bit ......... but I was sooooooooooooo glad that he could deal with it that same afternoon.



Shaun ........ you asked about my toe joint. It's doing fine, thank you!

I just have to be careful that I don't wear shoes that are too tight ............. so I'm still a little limited as to which shoes I can wear.

I think I'm going to have to go through my closet and get rid of the shoes that are in there "for when I can wear them" :-(


Take care everyone




s
xx

Shaun's last post was 9,503



congratulations on getting over the 9,500 mark xxxx

Good Evening Everyone.
It's gone very chilly here over my little mountain.

Ann-Glos, you beet me to it, I was going to enquire where you were, thinking that you were still having treatment for those sores, hope all his well with them.

Diane, I'm chuffed to read that you had a lovely meal with your family, the menu sounds scrumptious.

Jude, I'm okay, don't fret. Yes my OH as been spending a lot of time in the garden and enjoying every second of it. I'm p####### off that I cannot help her and also frustrated that time is getting on and nothing sorted in poly-tunnel, it's only been washed and scrubbed out and that's it. Please give our love to Jean and Phil.

Bethan, have some lovely me time remembering your dear Mum <3
Fingers crossed for BF on Monday.

Hazel, Nice that your MP is showing an interest in your appeal, wish you luck.
I rang the people who supposed to be seeing to my appeal, same old story, you must be patient , they don't care a toss.

Sandie, where are you and what are you getting up to. Hope your arm is not giving you to much stick.

Tec , hope you are both okay.

Sue, hope you are recovering okay and not in to much discomfort.

Sallie.Von,Yvonne,Sylvia,Ann-C, and anyone not mentioned, hope you are all okay.

Friday night is Mates night so I'm off.

You all have a lovely weekend and take care.

Night Night

Shaun

Hi everyone, I have read back but forgive me for not replying to everyone. chaos here as we spend the next few days getting everything ready for our holiday. Always so much to do in the house and garden. I have a long list as usual and we are gradually working through it. Trouble is I cross off two then add two more to the end of the list.

Sun is shining here at the moment but we had a tremendous hail storm at lunch time. It was showery all morning, tried to line dry washing but had to bring it in in the end.

Bethan good luck to BF with a new job.

Hello Everyone.
Forgot to mention yesterday but had to have bloods taken this morning.
The sun is shining at the moment but we have had heavy rain and hail over my little mountain. OH as just gone out in the garden , I'm going to get flat for a hour then watch some snooker.

Not read back , will do later and post this evening.

Hope you are all managing the best you can.

Shaun

Hi Shaun and all

Well may MP is looking into my case now so just got to wait and see what comes of it.

I am off over to see Caitlin for the weekend as its her birthday today and got party tomorrow even tho mum said she isnt having one this year.

Duane is very down with not beig able to do much and not able to go out by hisself. Going to the hospital with him on Monday to see his medical health term to see what they can help him with. Thing at home are not good for him so dont help

{{{{{HUGS}}}} for all who needed them and wishing all who are in hospital start getting better very soon.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~to the rest of you hoping you are all keeping well

Take care

Hazelx

Just had a phone call from sis (l knew l would)....she can't bare staying in for another hr and is going out...!!!!!

jude :-( :-( :-( :-(

Morning everyone:)

beautiful day here, long may it last:) l'm actually hot and the heating is'nt on...:-S

Just cleaned the bathroom and about to have me brekkie, then off to get sister:))

Bethan....as you say no news is good news:)
Good luck to BF with interview....and so pleased to hear yourfriend is doing ok, even though in the ICU unit:)

back later later:)

jude x

Evening all

Might not be on until weekend or after as tomorrow is my mums anniversary it will be 2 years .
Also will be trying to finish painting what I can as keeping myself busy .
Friend is ok from op but still in ICU as in a lot of pain :-(
BF has found out that administrators been to company today so looks like the whole company going ! He has a interview Monday so fingers crossed. Not heard anything from my place rather play dumb than worry at mo tbh
Next door seem ok again can hear music when outside but nothing when inside which is good only thing we can hear is her swearing at her kids !
Cats are fine Nutkin currently sleeping next to me and Leo just gone out :-)

Speak soon
Bethan <3 <3

Evening everyone:)

Weather has been good today but its raining now:((

Bethan....sorry to hear about your relation, positive thoughts for her and hugs to you...keep your chin up. At the moment you are'nt working so worry about a job when you need to....your BF will find one first, if not suggest he does some voluntary work to keep him in work mode, maybe you could have ago too....cat rescue, where you help with socialising/cleaning etc
Hope the chavs are behaving??

Shaun....you take care now...OK?? Is'nt this weather nice, bet your |OH is loving being out in the garden:)) Your dinner sounded scrumptious, Vic would have been a very happy chappy eating that:)

Diane....that sounded gorgeous too:) How lovely to have your family with you:) Yeh thats good you enjoyed your course, will you start another one? Mine, fortunately is one l can do as and when, no time limit, not done any this week at all, a few busy days ahead so will wait till next wk for next unit:)
l need to get to grips with my camera first...lol

SylviaCanada...love the avatars you put up, the blossom look lovely. We have quite abit out now in and around here, including Maple:)) l just picked some flowers from the garden...mini daffs, cowslips and some forsythia twigs:).....looks quite cute in the vase:)

AnnC....The garden centre you visited....its not that far from here, must take a peek sounds nice:)...sounds like you had a good time:)

Tec....your friend was lucky to have those visitors in his garden:)
Parked our hire car in a car park at Golden Gate bridge in 2007, did'nt walk over it though:). AnnC is no angle believe me...LOL

Von....have you been in any Indian (American Indian) shops, jewelery & crafts....l just loved them:)

Vic saw Jean again this evening, she was in a confused state today and yesterday Phil says, talking about the army/war etc:( Some one from The Nursing home was supposed to be visiting this week, so far.... not!! they are going to asses jean for her needs etc, just pray she can go back there!!
She was feeding herself again today, so that is obviously intermittent, poor nurse on Monday must have thought...l was a moody old cow...lol
If this was my mum l would have hit the roof by now!!!
Going to ask the chaplain at hospital if he can visit or organise something. A neighbour of ours is in the same ward and has spoken to jean but found her to be confused too:(

Taking my sis to Drs tomorrow with thoughts of having another memory test done, she was not good today at all!! Also taking her to a group therapy session (May 9th for 6 - 7 weeks) where l can join in. The staff have rung me a few times and sound so nice:))

Baby Florences christening on Sunday, can't believe she is 14mths old, she and her brother are so gorgeous and such fun, l'm so so lucky.
Daughter is coming with her eldest, not sure about baby Anna and partner though, as its a long journey, roughly 3 hrs each way bless em!!
Baby Anna is a month old on Saturday, where did that month go??

Ok thats it....sorry of l have missed anyone, but do think of everyone.
Take care
jude xxx

;-) :-P

Hello everyone

I had a lovely day today cooking a meal for my daughter, grand-daughter, son and his fiancee and of cause myself. We had chicken which I cooked with a chopped red pepper, mushroom's and onion, I put it in one of those cooking bags which you can buy with the sauce ingredients in a sachet and you add all the fresh veg and meat to and some water, then seal the bag and put in the oven to cook. We had mash potato, carrot's and pea's with it then for after's we had apple pie and custard.They all left by 8pm and I then had all the dishes to do. All done now so time to just sit and relax. :-)

Hello Everyone.
Have you all had a good day.

Sandie, 20 minutes to sort veg and ceil liver then through in oven , lay down for a hour , then lunch time. I have been a very very good boy bed most of the time but have got to get up and stretch legs and have a little walk round garden, also hips get sore if I lay down to much . OH as had a lovely time in garden, my mate took her to a garden centre the other day and she got a lot of plants so been putting some of those in.

Hope everyone is managing okay.

Chat tomorrow folks , take care.

Night Night.

Shaun x

S'mae pawb~~~

AnnC ~~When I saw your post ..close to 3 figures..I thought you meant the number of posts on here !
Checked back ,obviously it wasn't , and you meant the collection

Hey that is brilliant ,I hope it will raise her spirits to think that we are thinking of her, and as they say were the spirit is willing..I hope she physically improves very soon. Give her our very best wishes.

Shaun ~~Dr orders !!? Aint you supposed to be lying down ,not running around in the kitchen . I know it's not good being in one position for any length of time and probably a bit of up and down is better , but don't go overdoing it.
I'm doing Spag Bol for 3 of us and Trout for son, so that will be a bit of standing up in the kitchen ...(not too much I hope)
Bolognese is cooking on the hob ,and on the timer so that's OK for now, I can check it when timer goes off, Trout should be OK cos it is already filleted and shouldn't take to much time watching under the grill.

Son has a prob with local Audi not honouring a free service cos he bought it second hand in Essex (?) so I'm now on the trail of Mr Audi locally , I'll let son sort it but will make enquiries ;-)
Service is about £300 !!

Catch you in a bit folks~~~~

Luv
Sandie.xx

by the way the total is just under three figures!!!! I shall top it up to a nice round one!!!!

Just been talking to Sue - she's still very much under par as they had to give her heavy doses of antibiotics for the op because of all the metal in the hip that she became vulnerable to infection - hence when she was struck with the virus it was mega - the antibiotics they gave her to clear it up were making her worse and eventually the Charge Nurse on the ward suggested to the surgeon that they stop the antibiotics and give her Immodium instead to stop the squits and within 24 hours it had stopped, but she is still in recovery from that virus and not well enough to come on the boards yet - but watch this space

She was gobsmacked when I told her how all her enemies on here had had a whip round for her and raised threepence [ ] - as you know it's a lot more than that - I asked her from where she would like a voucher and she agreed that Boots would be good, so I'll get the voucher on the weekend and post it off next week along with the cards which people sent me to forward - job done

Bore da pawb // Goog Morning Everyone.
Grey and windy over my little mountain and can hear thunder in the distance.

Ann-C, I will open your PM once I have sorted this, glad the post got to you.
Sounds as if you had a lovely day with your friend yesterday . I think it's a boost to ones system to see all the lambs running around and also all the plant-life coming into life after a hard winter.

Tec, I'm not to bad, sitting is a big problem but the inflammation should in-prove with these tabs I'm taking.
It' sounds to me that you like winding up the specialists like me .

OH as had her coffee and as now gone out into the garden, I'm going to prepare lunch ie liver and bacon hot-pot with a baked spud.

That's it folks.

~~~~~~~~ to you all and hope you are all okay.
Thinking of Jean and Sue after there surgery and hope things improve with them.

Take care.

Shaun

Good Evening Everyone,

Dull grey day here with heavy mist on the mountain and over the sea, more like November than April, but Friday is supposed to be better, if colder.
I blame Derek the weatherman personally - :-D

Shaun - How are things with you today? hope you are feeling the benefit of following the doctors advice.
I was once asked by a heart specialist if I could keep my feet above the level of my bottom - my mind went blank for a moment - then I replied "Well I could always walk on my hands"
He was not amused, but the attendant sister nearly choked :-D
Anyway, do as the good doctor tells you, and get better soon.

Bethan - I hope your friend is making a good recovery from her heart surgery. My mother had a quadruple bypass, aged 75, and was sitting up in bed the following morning as bright as a button.
Hope very much that you don't lose your job, as well as your b/f - something will work out in the end - it always does, try not to worry too much.
Cwtches to Leo and Nutkin - the mole catchers :-D

Von - Long walk over the Golden Gate bridge :-) I've done that twice. I visited a friend in Washington State who lives not far from Mt. St. Helens not long after the eruption in 1980. It was still belching out ash and smoke. He gave me excellent photo's that he took at the time of the eruption.
Shaun is visited by badgers, my friend had bears and moose visiting him regularly :-D.
Hope you are continuing to have a great time - tell SF I said hello.

AnnC - If you speak to Sue, please give her my best wishes - hope she is feeling much better now that the op is behind her. More than anything I hope she has benefitted from it, and is in less pain now.
Thank you so much for sorting out the donations, it is appreciated by everyone, and you are an angel for doing it.

Hope everyone is safe and well,
Hwyl fawr,
Tec.
:-)

Hi Shaun - have sent you a message - it did arrive this morning - many thanks indeed

Have been out all day with my cousin from New Inn - only found her a few years back through this site - one of my Dad's brothers' children - there were nine of them and I tried so hard to find them and when I did only Betty was left - she's gorgeous and lives in New Inn and though she's 85 years old, she's a young 85 and we had been trying to find this garden centre not far from her - Usk Garden Centre in Llanbadoc -

well we had tried twice and failed, so I got an AA route of the internet and we used that - actually it was a rubbish route in terms of time to get to the garden centre but it did take us through some brilliant countryside - we saw two fields full of llamas!!!! and a lovely cock pheasant was walking in the road in front of the car at one point. Lots of lambs, primroses and daffs - really pretty - took us over an hour to find the place and when we did, it was well worth it - one of the nicest garden centres I've been too - lovely restaurant and if you get a loyalty card for seniors you get 10% of all garden products and 20% off the delicious home cooked food in the restaurant.

Loads of stuff besides gardening stuff and alongside is a workshop where the guy makes lovely stained glass items - all in all a lovely day out - it took us just of fifteen minutes to do the return journey!!

Hello Everyone.

Von, thank you for the rock , quite tasty but I was a bit shocked to see it was made in ``Taiwan``. Hope you are all having a lovely.

Sandie, every 6 weeks I have got to have them sorted but if there's any problems I give her a ring and she will come earlier, she's very good.

Ann-C, did you have any post this morning, perhaps tomorrow.

Sue, I hope you are doing as you are told now you are home, I know you will be frustrated and want to get out and about but take a day at a time and recovery will be soon.

Been sitting to long folks got to go.

Hope everyone is okay.

Night Night

Shaun