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Hi Elizabeth, always nice to see you post on here.


Thank you, hope too that you will have a lovely weekend.


Hope that you and your family are all well.


Take care.


Love, Sallie. xxx <3

Hi girls, just thought I'd let you all know that I had a reply from Mo yesterday evening. She is suffering a bit from ' the old black dog ' so hasn't felt like posting on GR at all, plus she hasn't had any news.

She has an appointment at hospital some time today, for the results of the biopsy, so hope all will go well for her.

Will let you all know if I here anything from her.


Thinking of you Mo, sending you lots of (((((((HUGS ))))))<3 <3 <3


Love, Sallie. xxx

Hello girls,
Many thanks for your kind support, and forgive me for not having posted in a while.
I feel like using a Victor Mildrew saying...." I just dont believe it " I went to see about my results of my biopsy yesterday, and yes, you are right, they are not back yet.
So the doctor is going to chase them up. But in saying that, I am relieved, as if it was urgent, I would have heard by now...Whew thank the good lord for that.

Our poor little car is in for a re-spray at the moment. She has had a lot of work done on her recently, costing us about £1,600, so we decided the dents she received after Roly smacked her up, following his stroke, needed to be sorted out as well. Well it is over one year ago now, and she has been plodding along, and needed some tender loving care.
Plus, we do need her to carry on working for us, as walking to far is a definate no no for us both now. And carrying heavy shopping is a nightmare, when we are so used to just chucking it in the boot.

Well my loves, I am sorry I have not read back, but I send you all my very best wishes, and hope that you are all well.

(((((((((((SPECIAL HUGS FOR JEAN xxx)))))))))))
And thank you Sallie for listening to my gripes. xxx

Hi Mo, lovely to see you post. Don't worry about not posting for a while, as long as things are okay with both you and Roly, that's the main thing.

Hope that your car will keep going for you both as I know what you mean about not being able to walk as far now as we use to and especially with having to carry heavy shopping.


We have a problem with our car at the moment, the garage has done a diagnostic test on it, but can't find out what's wrong with it. Alun has to take it to the Volvo dealer in Derby on Thursday, so hopefully they will be able to find out what the problem is. I'm not holding my breath though. lol!!



It's so quiet on here, I think everyone must be away on holiday. lol!!
Hope that you are all okay.


Take care all.



Love, Sallie. xxx

Hi Mo, and everyone


Mo .................. I always think that no news is good news, and a delayed appointment means there is nothing seriously wrong :-)




The weather is still hot here ........... OH has moved down to the bed in the basement, and I have 2 fans going in the upstairs bedroom.

I am soooooooo glad though that we bought a car with air conditioning this last time. It is so much comfortable, even just driving around town!



We are going away again tomorrow, until Monday, visiting our friend. We haven't seen her since Christmas :-(




take care everyone



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Have a lovely break away Sylvia. Like you, we are having a heat wave at the moment, with temperatures soaring up to 89 degrees, it's unbearably humid, so it looks like another very restless night, grrr it makes me very irritable in the mornings.

We have got our car back, and ooooh it looks brand new. I wonder how long it will be before we get a few scratches on it. You can guarantee, when we park up to do the shopping, someone with a trolley manages to knock it.
The man who did the work discovered more dents than we realised we had LOL
And Roly can't blame me for them, as I never seem to get the chance to drive these days, I think I must have scared the pants off him when I drove us the last time.

Well girls, I will say bye for now, take care, hugs Mo xxx

Sylvia, hope that you and OH will enjoy your few days away visiting your friend.


Mo, nice to see you on here again, really missed over the last couple of weeks.
Also hope that you are feeling a lttle bit better each day.

Glad that you have had your car back and that you are pleased with it.
Tomorrow, Alun has to take our car into the Volvo dealers in Derby for them to do a diagnostic test on it, so hope they don't find anything that will cost us too much.



Hello to all our other friends and hope you are all well.


Love, Sallie. xxx

Almost like a new car then Mo, sounds good. Glad that you seem to be starting to feel better.
Sylvia hope you enjoy your weekend with your friend.mhot here but storms expected as usual after a heatwave.

Hi girlies,
Oooh wow, we had a great storm earlier. The thunder was deafening, and lightening struck a few houses not to far from us. I had not seen that much rain in ages, but it did cool down for a while, but now it's started getting warmer again.
I would never normally wish for a thunder storm, but I do hope we get a nice clearing up one tonight, so that it's a little cooler tomorrow.

This heat has not been good for a few of our friends, their breathing was affected badly.
Our neighbour, next door but one, had a heart attack, and is now in hospital. Our dear friend who has got the bone cancer, was in a right state bless her, she could not stop perspiring. The doctor told her to increase her fluid intake to compensate, so she didn't move from the house for four days. She would normally sit in her garden for a while, but was unable to do so, so she was climbing the walls by Saturday, and we picked her up, and took her up for a cuppa in town for a break, not much, but she appreciated the change.

I hope you had a good time Sylvia.
Sending my love and best wishes to you all, Mo xxx

Hi Mo, nice to see you, glad you are feeling better, hope it stays that way... <3
we have only had two short thunderstorms , the sun is very hot though, too hot for me and i like warm weather too :-D :-D glad you got the car fixed, hope it wasnt too expensive, :-0 :-0 its been beautiful today, but loads of washing to do so havent seen much of it looks as though it will be nice all week, so chance of some trips out....how is Lily doing , we saw C last weekend changes every time we see him, but what a cheeky monkey ;-) ;-)

hope all our friends are o.k. nice to hear from Ann Marie Sylvia Huia Elizabeth and any one else that looks in...always welcome :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D and not forgetting our Sallie too

love Jean xxx <3 <3 <3

Hi girls,

Sorry not been on here for a few days, I have been quite busy, helping Alun to get the stairs, hall and landing painted. We are having our new carpet fitted tomorrow morning, so thought we might as well give it a coat of paint so that it will all be fresh and clean.

I've also been making some birthday and anniversary cards, and have managed to give the house a good clean. My cousin and her daughter living in N Wales, are coming over tomorrow morning until Wednesday, so looking forward to seeing them.

Our car still isn't sorted, Alun took it in to the garage this morning but they are keeping it until at least tomorrow, just hope that they will be able to sort it for us.



Mo, lovely to see you posting again, I hope that things are getting a bit better each day for you.

Also hope that your friend is feeling a bit more comfortable now. I'm sure she appreciated the trip out for a coffee, it was a nice change for her.

How is your neighbour now? I hope that they are improving.



Jean, we have had a few thunderstorms here, it seem to cool the air down for a short while and then it gets hot once again within a few hours.

I'm sure you enjoyed seeing C over the weekend, they are such a delight.


I have done a good bit of washing and ironing today, so at least I am a bit more organised now. Ironing and cleaning windows are my least favourite jobs. LOL!!



Huia, hope that you are okay, I haven't seen you on the boards just lately.

Also hope that things are not any worse for Phil at the moment.



Ann, Luke looks gorgeous, I can't get over how much he's grown, he's a real little boy now, bless him.



Sylvia, hope all is well with you and your OH. Hope you enjoyed your few days away visiting your friend.



Marie, hope that you and yours are all well.



Elizabeth, you are always welcome on here, it's nice to hear from you. Hope that you and your family are all well.



Well, it's past my bedtime, so will speak to you all again soon.



Take care everyone.



Love and best wishes. Sallie. xxx

Hi girls,
Sallie, our neighbour is home again now. He had open heart surgery a couple of years ago, and the hospital, after many tests, say that he had pulled the places where the surgery was done, and that has caused the heart attack symptoms.
He has got to get a lot of rest over the next few days, and not go searching through drawers, for a sleeping bag, as he did when he twisted himself, causing all the problems.
Like Roly and myself, he is not getting any younger, he is well into his 70's, and this came as such a shock to himself and his wife, as he seemed so well after his surgery.
But thank the lord he is now on the mend.

Jean, Lilly is fine, she is a proper little monkey since the new baby arrived.
At nursery, they have had to move her into an older age group class, as she kept bullying the younger ones. Now she was not this before Ava was born, and I know that this is no excuse for her behaviour, but it must affect her, as the new baby has to come first, and she is I believe, feeling left out.
She is normally as good as gold, when she is with us, but Roly has put his foot down, and says that their mum, must learn to cope on her own, and not keep passing Lilly onto other members of the family, as she has been doing, so that she can get a bit of respite and sleep.
His attitude is, that if I could cope with two children, who were born just a year apart, then she should be able to, and she is older than I was at the time.

Well my friends, take care, sending love and best wishes to, Sylvia, Marie, Huia, Ann and Elizabeth.

Hi Mo, and everyone

back home again!!



We had a great time ...................... no WiFi access in the Cottage, so no internet access

Our friend had lost a lot of weight in the late winter / early spring, when she was very depressed ............... she went down to about 82/83 lbs. She's now back up to about 92 lbs ............... but that is about 15 lbs too light for her.

She is looking at condos to move into ......... she's realised the house and garden are way too big for her. She has seen 2 condos that she likes ................ both are ground floor, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living / dining room, den and kitchen.

Meanwhile, our other friend is now the proud owner of TWO places .............. and hoping that one of them sells quickly!

His new place is really nice .................... and HUGE. It covers 1500 sq ft ......... which is larger than the main floor of our house.

We came back with 3 more paintings, 1 beautiful large wooden bowl carved out of Bigleaf Maple, and a couple of books ........ all gifts from our friend

Now we have to find room for them all.



The weather cooled off while we were away .............. it was so much more pleasant for sleeping!

The hottest day we had here was just under 30C in the shade in the back garden. That was HOT!

We even had a little rain .................. the gardens loved that :-)

we could really do with a downpour like some of you have had :-)



Mo ................... Lilly is probably reacting to the new baby .......... plus the fact that her mother is "passing her off to other members of the family".

She'll be feeling unwanted, so no wonder she's acting up.

Glad to hear that your neighbour is home again.



Hope everyone is well, or as well as they can be xxx




take care everyone





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Mo, pleased to know that your neighbour is a bit better and out of hospital....but of course has to take it easy over the next few days, at least.

Yes, I agree Lilly is playing up because of the new baby, and her mum is making things worse by ' passing her off ' onto others. Roly's right, you daughter in law must learn to cope herself with both Lilly and Ava, thousands of mums have to, as we all did when we had ours. My feelings are, that if they want children they must learn to look after them and not forever pass them onto grandparents, to do their job.
I hope I haven't offended you Mo by saying that, but I do feel strongly on that subject.LOL!!




Sylvia, pleased that you and OH enjoyed your few days away at your friend's. Hope you have found some room for the gifts from your friend.

We keep saying that we are going to sort out some of the things we have here and hopefully get rid of some things. I'm sure like you and everyone that has been married as many years as we all have, we have far too much and when it comes to a special anniversary or Christmas we tend to hope that we won't get anything, like photo frames, cutlery etc...... as we already have more than enough. We are not ungrateful for what we get bought, just haven't got room.lol!!




Jean. have you and J managed to get out for a couple of trips in your new car yet?Hope you have, as it's been just the weather for a car ride.

Well our car is still not right, they sorted out one problem but then found another one, something to do with the air bag, but I'm not sure what. One thing I know that is costing us a good bit of money. Alun has to take the car in on Monday, to have it done AGAIN! and hopefully this time it will be right, then he is thinking about changing it. So we will wait and see.




Huia, I hope that you are okay, I'm sure I seen you post on one of the threads that your finger is not getting better and that you needed more antibiotics. Hope that the new ones are starting to work for you now.




Ann, how are things with you and T? Hope that you are both okay, as we haven't heard from you for about a week.

With the weather being so nice I expect you you been out in your garden.

We spent most of the day in the garden yesterday, my cousin and her daughter came yesterday morning until today, so we made the most of the garden yesterday.




Marie and Elizabeth, hope that all is well with you both and your families.




Well will chat again soon. Take care everyone.



Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Sorry sorry. We are fine T's 76th birthday today so we had a day out to Evesham country park and visited no fewer than three garden centres. Had lunch in one so not eaten much this evening. Didn't buy much, although did manage a blouse in Leading Labels (Roman), which has a shop on the complex at the country park.

No real excuse for not posting, a bit of a combination, the heat, the garden, some family concerns and general apathy with the boards being a bit boring. I have posted on the Welsh thread though. :-)

Hi Mo, and everyone


YAY!!!


much cooler weather today, and periods of rain :-)

It's about 17 / 18C outside .............. which is a huge change from the 30C of the last 2 weeks.


I hope it soon cools down for you guys!!


although I must say that the hot weather is expected to be back here by the weekend





Sallie ................ we are trying to find places for the pictures!! It is our own fault .............. we were asked if there was anything we would like to have, and "Please take it"!!!!


It has set us to thinking that we have lots of "stuff" that no-one else is likely to want ................ little things, paintings, pottery, wood objects that we have picked up at various places as mementos. They mean a lot to us ..................... but not to anyone else!

The next time my daughter comes to stay ............ I have asked her to go round the house and say what she would really like to have and what she really does not want. Then we can look at getting rid of, or passing on to others, the things she does not want.





take care everyone




s
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Hello girls,
Good to catch up on your news.
Sylvia, like you, I think we all have a lot of things that our families wont want, when we are no longer around.
It's funny, but yesterday, I was going through some old photo's from when my children were very young.
I discovered all their medical records of their immunisations, when they were babies.
Some of the school reports, even baptism cards.
Good lord, I have saved some of them for nigh on 50 years.
I have sorted them out, with their names on the front of the envelopes, so that they can see them when we are gone.
The amount of champagne glasses, and other crystal glass ware we recieved for our 40th wedding anniversary, are still in boxes in a cupboard.
The family are not going to want glasses that are enscribed " On your 40th Wedding Anniversay" LOL

Oh Sallie, you are a nut case why would I be offended by your remarks my love, when I totally agree with what you are saying.
Why have children, if you are not prepared to love and care for them.
Especially these days, when there are precautions available, to prevent pregancy, and god forbid...abortion, if the circumstances are dire, and mother or baby at risk.
Not like in our ancesters times, when a large family was the norm, but not always what families wanted.
My Mum was one of thirteen, and there was a lot of infant deaths between my Mum and her siblings.

Ooh Ann, please wish T a very happy birthday for today. I hope he's had a lovely day.
I wonder if the Roman, you visited is the same company as the one bought my wedding outfit from.
They do some lovely clothes,and are very stylish in as much a they cater for us senior ladies, and not teenagers.
The boards are definately becoming slower, and at times rather boring. It is so nice to catch up with each other though isn't it, even though there might be a few days when circumstances prevent us from doing so.

Well my friends, I will say cheerio for now. Take care, Mo

Ann, sorry I'm a bit late, please would you wish T Many Happy Returns of the Day, from us. I hope he's enjoyed his birthday.



Sylvia and Mo, like both of you we have a lot of things that mean a lot to us but not to anyone else. Especially some stuff that we inherited from our parents, uncle and aunties houses, nothing really valuable, but of sentimental value to both Alun and myself.



Mo and Ann, yes the boards are certainly a lot slower and at times a bit boring, but it would be a shame not to bother posting at all, as it is nice to catch up with each other and to be here for anyone who is feeling down or having problems.



Well ladies I will say goodnight now. Speak soon.



Love, Sallie.xxx <3 :-D

Hello all,
Just popping on quickly to say hello to you.
Things are good here, we are both sweating and swearing, about the heat. We Brits are never happy are we, soon we will be complaining that it's to cold.
We had a lovely BBQ, at our daughters house last night. Most of our family were there.
Lilly and our great grandaughter Gracie, came into the garden with little shot glasses, and were stopped just in time, before filling the glasses up from the fish pond, and drinking it...yuk, little monkeys, we needed eyes up our backsides. When they get together, like are like two whirlwinds, and rush around like blazes.
At the moment, the sky is as dark as dark can be, and hopefully we will get some rain, as the garden desperately needs it.

I hope you are all well, I send you my best wishes, Mo xxx

Hi Mo, so pleased to see that you are feeling a bit better to post.

I know what you mean about the heat, it is far too hot for me too. Although after rain last night it was a little bit cooler this morning, but has got hotter again this afternoon.


So glad that you had enjoyed the BBQ at your daughter's house yesterday and that you and most of the family had a good time.
Made me chuckle to hear about Lilly and Gracie's antics with the shot glasses, just shows how carefully we need to watch three year old's. LOL.

I haven't been on GR for a few days, not much news here at all. I'm afraid.




Hope all our other friends on here are okay.


Will chat to you all again soon.


Take care everyone.




Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx