General Chat

Mummo, lovely to see you on here, hope that everything is alright with you and your family.
I don't have any problems with the NHS aids, apart for the odd time when I've had a spot on the edge of my ear. the aid rubbed and made it quite sore. I did have a private one about five years ago,.an in the ear one but couldn't get on with it at all, the audiologists and the staff there were not very helpful at all.


Ann, the doctor seem to think that they are getting money for each referral for an assessment hearing test. I know that she was annoyed with them, she said there has to be money at the end of it somewhere.


Jean, my hair is short too and I wear glasses, and can't see the aids at all, the only thing is that it looks as though my ears push my hair out a bit....I don't mind anyone thinking that I have big ears.lolol!!




Love, Sallie. xxx

Good day so far, doctors says all the tests I had are very good. and there was a lot...decided to continue with the new tabs for the time being, just need to sort a card out for J, all his birthday arrangements are in place, so wednsday he will be bowled over...
the theme is cricket well some of it, he is a big fan of the game....all will be revealed
;-) ;-) ;-)

Very hot here although its clouding over, I bought a hardy Fuscia plant this morning ,so need to feed it, The Camellia Daff sent me has gone berserk, its huge, how do I trim it its a huge bush now and taking over the little bit of garden at the front of the house,
it had lots of flowers early on and they all dropped off, dont think it will have a second showing though...I do have some feed for it but I dont want it get any bigger unless it can be trained upwards.....

hope you are all o.k. love Jean xxx <3 <3 <3

Don't know anything about Camelias Jean, maybe if you ask on the garden thread on the hobbies board somebody will know. so pleased for you that all your tests were good.

We are just back from the 3 Counties show at Malvern. A really good if hot and tiring day, got there at 0945 and left at 2.30pm. and I am sure we still didn't see all of it. We certainly missed some of the ring events.

However it was appalling to hear an announcement that they were having to break into cars to rescue dogs left. No dogs allowed in the showground because of all the animals, except for those doing the agility and obedience shows/classes.

If anyone watched BGT we had three of the Bold Dog motorcycle team there, they are really fearless.

Thanks for the advice Ann, I have just put it on the thread...

Hello my lovelies, how are you all ?
Well, it's been pretty hectic around our house. I went with our daughter for her final wedding dress fitting on Saturday.
And guess what, even though at the last fitting, daughter said she thought the dress was a bit too long, the tailoress said all she needed to do, was walk with her head up, and she wouldn't trip over it.
Wrong, she nearly fell and broke her blessed neck at the fitting, so the whole thing has got to be shortened before this Saturday, her wedding day.
Despite the fact that the dress cost £1,400, and the fact that the length had been bought up by our daughter, they still have the nerve to charge her £75.00 to alter it, absolutely disgusting, but then what else could she do but pay it.
A friend of ours charged our daughter £75.00 to alter four bridesmaid dresses for her, and that was not done as a favour to us either, thats her normal charge for alterations, and a lovely job she has done on them as well.
We are really looking forwards to the ceremony, and I just hope and pray, we don't have the upsets, we had at our sons wedding. Mind you, the daughter I upset, will not be there, she has refused to attend, and is still not talking to me...oh well thats life I suppose.
I am a bit nervous, as our daughter wants me to read a poem out at the service. Goodness knows how it will sound, if I get my words all mixed and muddled, as I am prone to do lately. It will be something they can all laugh about later in their lives I dare say. LOL
I do hope you are all keeping well. I will let you know how the Colonoscopy goes in two weeks time.
Take care one and all. love and hugs Mo xxx

Mo, nice to see you posting, miss hearing from you. Hope that you are not feeling too bad at the moment, and that you feel okay for your daughter's big day on Saturday.

We had to pay to get Jennie's wedding dress shortened and when we brought it home a week before the wedding we found that one side of the dress was shorter than the other. My cousin arrived the day before wedding so she sorted it out for us, thank goodness


I'm sure you will be fine reading the poem in the service, it's nice that your daughter asked you to read it, it obviously means a lot to her to want you to do it. I will be thinking about you on Saturday.



Good luck with the Colonoscopy in two weeks time, thinking about you Mo and sending you lots of hugs and positive thoughts


Jean, hope J will love the birthday surprises that you and D have planned for him
tomorrow.


Happy 80th Birthday J. Hope you will enjoy your special day.



Hope all our friends on here are all alright.


Going to Richard's tomorrow until Thursday, looking forward to it.





Love, Sallie. xxx

Well girls ,Jeff has had a great 80th birthday, He collected his new car today, then we gave him his special gifts... first one was a special edition bottle of whiskey from S
then we bought him a suite at Old Trafford Friday night 20/20 match including buffet tea..S is going with him...then we gave him a very special watch ,all our married life he has longed for one ,so S,D and myself put together and bought him one, we are going to let him pay for our family tea out on Saturday as we are broke now :-D :-D :-D :-D
but it was a delight watching him especially the watch....he had loads of cards and a balloon from the littlies next door... poor C has a virus and couldnt come but we are hoping he will be o.k. for Saturday...so what a very good day it was for all of us....

thank you for the cards ....love jean xx <3 <3

Hi Jean so pleased that J had a wonderful birthday and he still has Friday and Saturday to look forward to . Have you been out in the new car yet?

We came back from Richard's today, it was nice seeing them. Last night we had a lovely meal out, the food was great,. though a bit expensive.

Must go now, chat to you all soon.




Love, Sallie. xxx

Mo, have great day at the wedding , dont forget to get a pic of your outfit, hope the sun shines and it will be lovely for everyone.... I will be thinking of you and wait to hear all about it, steady on the vino :-D :-D :-D

love to all Jean xx <3

Just quickly, on line for a short time. So pleased that J had a good birthday, i did think of him. Super presents too. What sort of watch is it? Love to everyone else. Home Sunday.xx

Mo. will be thinking about you tomorrow and hope that all goes well for you.

Congratulations and Best Wishes to the Bride and Groom.

Hope they have a long and happy life together.



Ann nice to hear from you, hope you have had a lovely holiday. Missed seeing you post this last week. Hope you have a safe journey home on



Jean, hope that you and your are alright today. Thinking of J and S, and hope that they will enjoy themselves at Old Trafford.



Hello to everyone else, hope that you are all well.



Love, Sallie. xxx

Hello girls,
What a wonderful day it was yesterday, but oh so hot. Poor Roly was wearing his penguin suit, and was sweating buckets, despite the fact that the air conditioning was working.
Our daughter looked stunning, and our Lilly called her Princess Kim, because in her little eyes she looked like a fairy tale princess.
The food was excellent, the only draw back was the long drawn out period between the wedding breakfast, and the evening reception. The meal had finished by about 5.30, and the evening party started at 8.00, such a long time for little ones to have to sit still, and wait for things to start again.
It was so lovely to have most of our family together for the occasion, one of our daughters is on holiday in Turkey, and was unable to come, but she was phoning us to see how things were progressing, she felt so guilty about not being able to come.
Jean, I have been sent some photo's via face book, but need to get one of the family to show me how to send them on to you, but I promise I wll try and get it done as soon as I can.
I hope you are all well, and not melting in this heat. Take care dear friends, Mo xxx

Mo, so pleased to know that the wedding went well and that you and Roly enjoyed the day...even if poor Roly nearly melted away in his penguin suit.

It was a shame that one of your daughter's was away on holiday in Turkey, but it sounds as though she kept up to date by phoning you.

I'm sure Lilly had a lovely day with her cousins and seeing her auntie dressed like a princess.


Like Jean, I would love to see the photographs too, if you are able to send them.



Mo not sure which day you have to go for your Colonoscopy, but hoping that all will go well and will be thinking about you..


Love and best wishes. Sallie, xxx

Glad all went well Mo, saw the photos on facebook, the bride looked lovely. You didn't look so bad yourself :-D

Good to see you back Ann, now i will send the pics I have saved until you came back , and waiting to see some of yours.... and hearing about what you got up to ;-) ;-) ;-)

Mo the wedding sounds as though it all went smoothly, hope you can send me the pics....I have some for you to see....

Sallie, J and S had a great night at the cricket, we also went out with S E and C, for a meal what a live wire C was ....I think he will be a right handfull in the future, but the nice thing he knew who we were, and we had lots of smiles and at one point J winked at him and he winked back :-D :-D :-D :-D

Hope Sylvia, Marie and Huia are well....also anyone else who looks in...

Love Jean xxx <3

Jean. sorry I haven't replied to you sooner. Pleased that J and S had a great night at the cricket. It was good that C and E were better so that they could join you all for J's birthday celebration meal.

It's nice that C now knows you all so that you had lots of smiles off him. Had to chuckle when you said that he winked back at J.lol!!



Sylvia, thinking about both you and OH and hoping that you are enjoying your holiday in Montreal. Take care.



Ann, pleased to know that you had a good holiday with your daughter and son-in-law.



Huia, where are you? It's a long while since we have heard from you, I hope that all is alright with you and your family.



Marie, also hope that you and your family are all okay.



Mo, will be thinking about you when you have your colonoscopy.....which I'm sure is sometime this week. Good luck.



I have an appointment for a hearing test tomorrow afternoon, shall be glad to get things sorted. Not sure if I have lost some hearing in my left ear or it maybe the hearing aid or a bit of both. Anyway I shall hopefully know tomorrow.






I'm off to bed now, goodnight to you all.

Take care.


Love, Sallie.xxx

I am still in the land of the living Sallie - just. I have a rodden cold, the worst I have had for a few years. I am spending a lot of time sleeping when I don't have to go out.

Hi Mo, and everyone


we got home early yesterday(ie, Monday) from our trip to Montreal and back.

The meeting was great fun, but very tiring! The sessions started at 8 am, and things went on until 8 or 9 pm. Staying in a hotel 15 minutes walk (or 5 minute taxi ride) away meant getting up very early in order to get into the restaurant with plenty of time to allow for breakfast to be ordered, delivered and eaten

The train proved to be a great rest :-)



Now back for a couple of days before leaving to drive north for about a week.


It's good to see that you have all had good weather.



I haven;t read back, so I hope that I haven't missed anything important :-)




take care everyone



s
xx

Hello girls,
Well tomorrow I start my special diet, ready for my proceedure on Monday.
I have to be there by 8.20 a.m, so god willing, I hope to be home by lunch time.
Not allowed any food what so ever on Sunday, oooh I can hear my belly complaing already.
I am not looking forwards to taking the medication, to clear me out....sorry not a nice subject.

Sylvia, it sounds like you had a pretty hectic time in Montreal, but no doubt it was enjoyable.
I hope you get more of a chance to relax when you go up north love.
I hope your weather is being kind to you over there, as it has been to us here. We did have a drop of rain last night, but not enough to even wet the earth in the garden.

Oh Huia, I am sorry to hear you have got a stinking rotten cold my love. Staying home, and cosseting yourself is the bast way.
Probably one of your customers, came into the shop with it, and passed it on to you.
Take care of yourself please, have plenty of paracetamol, and lots of honey and lemon drinks.

Thank you Sallie, for your kind words. Lilly thoroughly enjoyed herself at the wedding.
When, and I mean, when, one of the family drop in, I will ask them to send some photo's to you as well.
Everyone is now back at work, so I am not sure when I will see them. You know what it's like, being at work, the weekends are the time to catch up with all the jobs, you are unable to do during the working week.

Take care my friends, hugs to you all, Mo xxx

Mo, will be thinking of you this weekend, Goodness, I didn't realise that you had to go a whole day without food that is really hard. i would be tempted to stay in bed all day :-( good luck with it all though.