General Chat

Thank you for the explanation Ann. I hope you have had a good day, and hopefully drier than it's been here. We had torrential rain this morning, and it stayed that way till about 2.30 p.m.
Oh dear Vanessa and James have just come bottom on Strictly, poor James like Anton always seem to get partners who have no idea how to dance. How the hairy biker is still in, I do not know, I suppose he got the sympathy vote.

I think people generally don't like Vanessa Mo so hairy biker got through, don't think he will last much longer.

Hi Mo, and eveyone


we're having some lovely Fall weather ............. sunny and cblue skies, but temperatures in the low teens, and getting down to 6 or 7C at night.

We've also had some cloudy periods, and a little rain ............. but nothing like the terrible we had while daughter was here!


Ann ............. I've also had punch biopsies before. The first one proved to be a basal cell, but luckily the young doctor who did it took a large enough "punch" sample that she'd taken it all and there was a sufficient margin that I didn't need anything else to be done.

the others all proved to be benign.

Not sure about this one on my shin. There isn't much "meat" between the skin and the bone in that area!


OH's ear is still weeping, so we have it slathered with an ointment called Polysporin ............. it contains 3 different antibiotics plus an anaesthetic, and is what the doctors use



Tomorrow is Canadian Thanksgiving ........... we're not going anywhere or having anyone in, so there will just be the of us.

To be honest ......... we're glad to be on our own, and not rushing off or rushing around for people coming here. We've been so busy recently!

OH picked up a turkey breast from the butcher yesterday, he will roast that. I'll make sage and onion stuffing. He MIGHT make sausage meat stuffing.

We'll also have all the usual fixings, plus a sweet potato casserole that I love.



Take care everyone



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A happy thanks giving day Sylvia. I do hope your OH made the sausage meat stuffing, I love it, especially made with sage and onion added, it's yummy. Thats one of the only meats that I really enjoy at christmas, turkey can be very dry can't it, thats why we tend to have Gammon and also a nice piece of Lamb instead.
Sorry to hear that OH's ear is still weeping. Unfortunately, when we go to sleep, we tend to rub our ears on the pillows don't we, and no doubt this is probably what is making it weep even more. Poor chap, you can't exactly make him sleep sitting up can you, lol
Anyway my love, enjoy your special day.

Ann, I do agree about Vanessa, but James did say things in the paper prior to the show being aired, and I think maybe it went against him with the judges.
Unless some miracle happens, I think the hairy biker will be out this week, or he will be up against the fashion designer, I really can't remember his name, but he has been in the dance off, for the last two weeks, but Saturday night he danced his socks off and got through.
Some of the girls are excellent, and maybe two or three of the men stand a chance, of getting somewhere.
Has T been out on the golf course recently? My friends son, has gone on a weeks golfing holiday today, he and his friends got fed up off not being able to get a game here, so booked up last minute and they flew out this morning. Lucky lad, getting away from this weather.

Well girls, I will love you and leave you for now. Take care, love and hugs, Mo xxx

Well, what are we doing half way down page three?

Mo, Ooh I didn't see any comments by James prior to the show, what did I miss? Yes I think Hairy Biker should go but people are perverse and will probably keep him in.

I too find Turkey a bit dry, I'd rather have chicken really and if Turkey I prefer the leg meat. We are going to son's this year and they only ever get a crown so I shall have to eat what I am given.

Thursday we are hoping it will be sunny like today and not wet like yesterday as we want to go to Westonburt Arboretum to see the autumn colours. Today T had a dental appointment (check up) and then we had the joys of Tesco. As usual he was much cheered up by being told that his teeth will most likely fall out before too long :-D

Tomorrow I have the chiropodist, I don't like that much as my toe nails are horrible and quite painful when he does them, but it doesn't last long and is marginally better than the dentist. Then next week is hospital :-)

Managed to get the last of the bits for Luke this morning. We will give them money for him but wanted to get a few bits, so have some clothes and a bath toy, an all singing all dancing one by all accounts.

Oh Ann, poor T, and here we are laughing at his maybe losing his teeth soon.
Tomorrow you will feel like a new woman, after your visit to the chiropodist, lovely smooth tootsies, and nails nice and short. It's a pity they cant give some sort of pain relief before they tend to your feet, as they do at the dentists, it would make the visit more enjoyable wouldn't it. Mind you, you would probably fall over afterwards, if they did anaethestise the tootsies before they had to be been done...der stupid me. lol ;-) ;-) ;-) oooh I can just visualise it, as you can imagine, my mind is going into overdrive.
I hope it's a nice day for your visit to the Arboretum, as I have said before, our local Arboretum is wonderful at this time of year.

I am hoping it will be milder tomorrow, as we have got the plumber coming to install a new radiator in the lounge, and bathroom.
If it's chilly I shall have to put my coat on to keep myself warm. At the moment, for some reason I feel the cold quicker than any other year, it's got to be my age. lol

Well I will say cheerio for now girls, take care, love Mo xxx

I can't believe we were on page 4.

Just had our flu jabs. I think my nurse must have had a blunt needle ouch, it hurt this year and is still aching now.

Our day out yesterday.

Yesterday (17th). We set out at 0930 and drove in sunshine across the Cotswolds, we drove across to Stowe, taking the old road above The Slaughters. The views all the way were glorious. We were heading for Batsford Arboretum and we arrived there around 10.30, I didn’t check the time. We had a coffee in their restaurant – which is not cheap. We were amazed that a scone that cost us £1.75 in places round here cost £2.75, so we went without. We spent about an hour and a half walking round the arboretum, the sun went in just after we got there but it was still bright and we took lots of photos. Some of the trees have yet to turn but some of them were glorious. Like an Acer which was a florescent pink in places.

Although there were two coaches in, it wasn’t crowded as people spread out. We usually don’t cover the whole arboretum this time of year as we know where the colour is. A bonus was spotting a magnificent Stag in the field next door, although he was too far away to photograph. I was looking out for the deer because I think it is the rutting season.

We also saw some strange fungi, they looked like a lot of pancakes all lying overlapping..

After we had walked enough we drove off towards Evesham, another lovely drive across first the Cotswolds and then Worcestershire. We went to The Country Park where there is a big garden centre where they do a pensioners lunch. (£7.95 for two courses), I had beef goulash followed by sticky toffee pudding – Tony had apple crumble.

While we were there we walked round the edge of the country park. This was all built on apple orchards and in the hedgerows there are plum trees and apple trees. The plums had all gone but we got a bag full of coxes apples, mostly small but all ripe and a couple of larger ones. It was quite strange though because, although the trees have gone wild and are not commercially viable or picked, I still felt guilty picking them. T said it was my first experience of scrumping. (But not his!!!)

It was a lovely day out though, we really enjoyed it.


:-) :-)

Oooh Ann, you and T scrumping for apples, you naughty things. lol When we first got married, and I fell pregnant with our eldest daughter, we lived opposite an orchard that grew beautiful apples, and when the fancies took over, we both used to pop over the road after dark, and fill a bag with apples.
Just along the road, in a greenhouse grew peaches,and once again, when the fancies for peaches started, we would go over and help ourselves.
We thought ourselves so clever, until our next door neighbours, who were friends of ours, said that the people next door on the other side owned the greenhouse, and had watched us scrumping for their peaches.....red faces all round for us two, and we didnt do it after that.
It sounds like you had a lovely day at the arboretum. It must have been wonderful seeing the Stag.
Last night whilst on our way to darts, we saw a lovely Fox in the car park. Everyone was afraid it was going to run out into the main road, and straight into the traffic. Fortunately it didn't, but how stupid can some people be, one of our girls tried coaxing it towards her, we said to her that they were not meant to be near humans, and that they were getting very daring coming out where humans were about. Stupid woman, had she not read about foxes attacking people, especially helpless babies.

Well I hope everyone has a nice weekend. We have got Lilly tomorrow for four hours, so by 4 p.m we will be exhausted. :-D :-D :-D
Bye for now girls, hugs Mo xxx

Hi Mo, and everyone

Ann .............. that soudns a lovely day out!

I have my flu jab in 2 weeks ................ don't like the thought of a blunt needle!!!


Gosh, what are you lot like?? Scrumping apples!!!


OH saw the doctor this morning .........

.......... yes, it was basal cell carcinoma.

BUT we already knew that was the problem with the tips of his ears and also on both cheeks near his ears. So, nothing different.

All the doc said, was talk to the dermatologist when you next see him ........... which is next February!

Basal cell carcinoma is the least worrying of cancers .............. usually doesn't penetrate below the basal layer of the skin (hence the name). All skin areas just have to be watched carefully


I changed the dressing on my leg this morning ............ it looks OK, and I now just have an ordinary plaster on it.


We have heavy fog again today .................... yesterday it burnt off about noon, and we had 3 or 4 hours of sun before the fog came back in.

That is also supposed to happen today, but I'm not sure ............... it's almost 1 pm and no sign of it lifting.

The airport is still operating though


OH's sister was supposed to fly down to Vancouver this morning, then transfer almost immediately to a flight to Whitehorse ..........

.......... she is still stuck in her home town as they have heavy fog / low ceiling up there. She has been re-booked onto an evening flight to Whitehorse ............. if she can get to Vancouver!!

She phoned to ask if she could spend the afternoon with us ..................... but I'm beginning to wonder whether we should make up the bed in the study :-) :-)


Her daughter says, just wait until "Mum" phones you from the airport for pick-up!




take care everyone



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At least you, like, me know where you are with basal cell, just a blessed nuisance aren't they. It seems every time I have one removed I find another one. And noy all are where they have been exposed to the sun which is why I don't let it stop me going on holiday to the sun. I do though wear factor 30 to 50 sun cream

Hi everyone, back home again , cant say I am sorry either, the new place wa snicely fitted the lady had only just taken over , the bad points it was a cold place there were big slate tiles everywhere and it was so cold in the bedroom you darent put your bare feet on it !!! once in bed it was o.k. the other bad point was it had a 50p meter :-0
so it was a good job the weather wasnt cold , we had one really wet day, J sat out in the small garden on two days . I stayed in , oh and every door was fire doors so had the thing that made them shut with a bang everytime. drove us mad, we did eat out every day, so that was o.k. but wont be going back....
And would you believe it I never went near the craft shop, not once.....
we are starting to think we prefer to stay home, and just do short breaks ....

I will catch up with the goings on later.

love Jean xxx <3 <3

Sylvia, I hope your SIL managed to get her flight o.k, and that the blessed fog has now lifted in your area.
Global warming has a lot to answer to, hasn't it. It has taken us back to the early years, when we had that awful smog that used to just drop down out of nowhere.
It's pleasing news that your leg is healing properly now, and only needs a plaster.

Ann, you can't hide yourself away from the sun all the time, can you love. And sunscreen, does help a lot, just think how people were unable to have use of it back in the good old days, and got burn't to a crisp, shows how much we have learnt over the years.

Oh Jean, what a shame that your holiday didn't work out as well as you had hoped.
Theres nothing worse than having a freezing cold bedroom, when you wake up after a good nights sleep, you really don't want to get out from under the nice warm covers do you. But now you have sucked it and seen, and won't return again will you my love.
I really can't believe that you never managed to get to a craft shop, thats not like you at all is it sweetie. I bet you had withdrawal symptoms LOL ;-) ;-) ;-)
Now it's catch up with the washing time isn't it. I do hope you get some decent drying weather, or the tumble dryer will have to be used.

I had an E.Mail from Marie. She moves on the 26th of this month, and is up to her eye balls with everything that has to be done, bless her.
I hope everything goes well for her, and that she enjoys her new home.

Time for dinner now, so cheerio for now, love and hugs to you all. Mo xxx

Welcome back Jean.

What on earth is a holiday place doing having a 50p meter? that is absolutely ridiculous. If you are asked to give feedback I would point out the inconvenience of having to get 50ps. How long did 50p last? That indicated to me that the electricity charge is loaded. So I shan't be asking you for the address then. Cold floors too, not nice. Sorry you were disappointed. But why didn't you get to the craft shop?

Anyway I am sure it was nice to eat out which gave you and Jeff a break from cooking.

Ann, I just didnt think about it, I have plenty to use at home, in fact we only went in one shop, B/M I needed to get some sweaters and our branch closed down ages ago, so I got three tops usual size or so I thought, when we got back to the apartment I tried them on two were miles to big , so back to the shop, the assistant said they had altered the the sizes, what was xl size 24 is now 24/26 more 26 than 24. so I swapped them for the next size down that is now 22/20 , bit of a tighter fit !! still I will be able to wear them....why try and fix something thats not broke I ask myself :-S :-S

whoops our meal is ready ,curry so will chat later ...

love Jean xx

Hello girls,

Jean, sorry that you and J were disappointed with your holiday, it’s a shame that you could not have got in to your usual place......I’m sure that both of you are glad to be back in your own home. You really did well not going to the craft shop.lol!!
Alun and I went to Derby on Friday, and believe it, or not, I didn’t go into any of the craft shops either.lol!!! Alun was very sarcastic, he asked me if I was feeling okay, he thought that I might have been feeling poorly.lol!!

Glad that you managed to get some tops that you liked. I find that the same sizes can vary from store to store, I feel sure that that wasn’t the case in the past.




Mo, hope you and J had a good day with Lilly and that both of you are too exhausted.lol!! How did your darts match go on Thursday night? Hope you and your team had another win.

Did you get the new radiators fitted? Hope that they didn’t find any problems while they were being fitted.
I’m pleased to know that I am not the only one that seems to feel the cold more....... can’t seem to get my feet and the back of my legs warm some evenings.

Alun, Jennie, Michael and myself went to MacArthur Glen after lunch today, it’s just one jct. up the MI from where J and M live......it’s a retail park selling designer clothes...Alun bought himself some shoes and Jennie got some shoes and a top and Michael some trainers, jeans and a top, so they all did well. I tried to get some shoes, but couldn’t get some that I liked in my size, I only take a size 3 and am finding more and more stores start with size 4.

Thanks for letting us know about Marie, hope the move goes well for her.




Ann, sounds that both you and T had a good day out at the Arboretum and the garden centre. Gosh that was a lot for a scone......we usually pay about £1.65
It was good that you managed to get a bag of apples......hope that they were nice. Alun likes apples, I much prefer pears.....although I like cooked apples.
Have you almost finished buying your Christmas presents yet? I only have a few left to get, not sure what to buy for the ones I have left.

Hope all goes well for you at the hospital next week.



Sylvia, good to know that you and OH had a good week with your daughter and grandson....I’m sure you seen a difference in him since the last time you saw him.

Pleased to hear that your leg is healing nicely. It seems a long time for your OH to have to wait to see the Dermatologist .......let’s hope his ear will not get any worse.
Hope that your sister-in-law arrived safely and was able to spend some time with you both.




Huia, I hope all is well with you and your family...... I expect you are busy in the shop now.



Well girls I’m off to bed now, so hope to speak to you soon.


Take care, everyone.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Morning ladies, wet and muggy here but quite warm, Sallie what a good girl you are , I couldnt resist buying a couple of things off e-bay when I got home... :-D :-D :-D
two cheery lynn dies and some cello bags....next buy will have to be pinflair gel glue..... cant do without it... ;-) ;-)

somebodys birthday tomorrow , hope the card arrives in time or else I will never hear the last of it :-| :-|

hope everyone is doing well and getting sorted for christmas, we have been having a think what we would like and cant come up with anything, so I will take the cash ;-) ;-) ;

love and hugs Huia, Sylvia Marie and Joyce and anyone else who maybe watching .

love Jean xx <3

Good morning from a wet Gloucester.

Jean, at least you got some sweaters so didn't go home empty handed. If you don't need any craft stuff what are you doing looking on line Lol!!! What do you use the pin flair gel glue for if you can't be without it?

Sallie. What a pity you didn't get anything for you in the shopping centre. It is s*d's law isn't it that every time I see shoes in the sale that I like they are a size 3 and I take a 5/5½. What dainty feet you have.
I have most of the presents now, just son's family and T's to get but as we are going to son's for Christmas there isn't too much hurry with them and I am waiting for their lists!!
I like apples but pears give me stomach ache as do oranges. Although I can eat tinned pears.

Mo I hope my card gets to you on time too. Anything planned for the day?

Better get on, got a bedroom to dust!!

I use it as glue spread it out or instead of pads to lift up toppers ect: I love it, its useful for fixing all manner of craft stuff example gems , flowers, matting with the delicate backing ones, wouldnt be without it....use a tooth pick and you can put tiny blobs on the delicate stuff....

Right must get some, where do you get it? Going to copy this onto the craft thread too.

I usually buy it on line but you can get it in craft shops,