General Chat

Cooeee Ann, I nearly missed you love.
Goodness me, you and T have been bust bees today as well.
Our outside windows get done by our window cleaner, but the insides have to be done by us.
Our neighbour bought themselves the same machine as we have for doing their windows, so tomorrow, I shall black my nose, and see if they have done theirs yet LOL.
Having the Karcher does make cleaning so much easier.

Mo and Ann you have been busy ladies today, well done! Our windows need cleaning too, they are filthy, so hope we can get to clean them soon.


Mo. I am so sorry to hear that the situation with your daughter still isn't any better. It's hard to understand how she can carry on being the way she is.


Pleased that you both enjoyed the meal out for your anniversary. Your size of the dessert you had reminded me of the second time we were in New York on holiday. We went into an Irish Bar which was a very nice restaurant,I decided to have lamb loin chops, expecting to have about two or three,but when it was served there were no fewer than eight on the plate along with all the veg, My family thought it was funny as I have only got a small appetite....needless to say I only managed to eat three of the chops.



Ann, I hope that T managed to get the ink out of the carpet? Not sure if stamping ink is difficult to get out of clothing,carpets etc.


It's nice to be back into card making again, the trouble is, I would much to prefer to be making the cards than ironing and all the boring jobs that needs to be done,lolol !!




Huia, good to see that you still managing to post. It sounds as though the charity shop
is keeping you very busy. Take care and try not to overdo things.




Jean, if you are looking in, I hope that you and J are enjoying yourselves and that the weather is good to you.




Well, I'm off to bed now, I'm really tired now.


Goodnight everyone and take care.



Love, Sallie. xxx

Oh goodness me Ann, I hope the stamping ink came out of the carpet.

Roly doesn't know what the iron is used for lol but mind you, I tend to leave his shirts to build up, before I iron them, as I hate doing them, I stood and ironed six a couple of days ago.
Roly's answer is, "Well I have got loads left in the wardrobe, there is no rush for them" I bet he wouldn't say that if he had to iron them himself.

Good grief Sallie, how did you manage to eat three chops, I have trouble eating two at a push, and then they need to be covered in mint sauce.
But I can imagine your face when they were put in front of you. Probably shock and horror hit you big time.

Must go now, speak to you tomorrow girls. Hugs Mo xxx

Hi everyone



another lovely sunny day ............ it will get up to about 9C today, down to freezing last night and tonight. But the moon was beautiful



I'm just a lazy so-and-so .......................................


I hardly iron anything :-D :-D


I haven't ironed since very soon after we got married

........... certainly not sheets, towels, hankies or underwear like my mother used to do


His shirts are all non-iron ............. they are washed on cool wash cold rinse gentle cycle, taken out of the machine, shaken and hung on coat hangers to dry.


He says "they get wrinkled within 5 minutes of putting on, so why iron them?" !!


I do have one or two cotton skirts that need to be shown an iron after being washed, but that is about it.



Mind you, we have a top loading washing machine ................... and I think they are much better at not creasing clothes.

The few times I have washed clothes in England, it's always been in a side loader........ and our clothes have come out terribly creased :-(



I've never had a drier ................... we have lines in the laundry area of the basement, and we peg everything on them to dry.

Hi everyone we came home early the winds were very severe and bitterley cold , The flat we were in was cold also , our ceiling height at home is approx 8ft high, the height in the flat was approx 15ft high, so any heating was not enough, I was sitting with the car rug round me, so J decided It would be better to call it a day, we did manage to have a meal on our 59th anniversary, we were near to a pub and the meals were good, we had Sausage and Mash and a sweet too....lol..... :-D :-D :-D :-D but now we are home and warm...thank you all for your lovely cards ...now its the unpacking to tackle, wont take long we didnt take much, Mo will you add my thanks to Joyce for her card also I dont do F/B love to you all Jean xxx <3 <3 <3

Oh no Jean, what a shame you had to come home early, but there was no point in being cold all the time love.
I messaged Joyce on here Jean, but have not heard back from her yet. I am not sure if she responds to messages now, and her F.B is I presume used for games, as there are not many comments on there. I will try to message her on there tonight, just in case she is looking in and not posting herself.
Stay warm sweetheart, and get the chill out of your bones.

Hello there Sylvia.
We have been very lucky in our part of the U.K, no snow as of yet, and today has been glorious.
I pegged all the washing on the line, and it was dry within a couple of hours, so much nicer than having to have it hanging on the clothes horse for a couple of days.
Like you, I do not iron all the clothing or undies, or bedding come to that. It is normally just Roly's shirts, and cotton items that need the creases smoothing out.
My jeans and trousers are normally wash and wear, as long as they are well dry obviously.
My mum used to say that things had to be bone dry, before wearing them, and I have always followed her words of wisdom. She told us we would get rheumatism if things were damp when worn. So I don't know how I ended up with Arthritus instead of rheumatism, as all our clothing has always been thoroughly dried. LOL
I wonder if the old wives tales we were told, are told to youngsters these days.

Tomoorow Roly is going to the hearing clinic, to get his aids sorted out. The right ear aid is not as good as it could be, and both aids need retubing. Luckily, they retube every six months, free of charge, as Roly is always messing about with them, thats probably why they are not working properly.
Lord help me tomorrow, he will hear all the swear words I mumble under my breath at him, after they are sorted out. lol

Bye for now girls, speak to you tomorrow. Mo xxx

Oh Jean, sorry you had to lose the last few days, still no point in being cold and at least you had a meal out. It is bad though if the heating is inadequate in a holiday flat. I presume you didn't find a craft shop? Glad you liked your cards.

Mo, Joyce has been on facebook with a birthday message for her son today.

It was sunny here today but very cold. I had my hair coloured so goodbye to grey for a while

Hello girls.

A bit late coming on here tonight, I have had a busy day today, what with the doing the weekly shop this morning week, then made a couple of cards before going to the doctors with Alun. Well Alun had the ECG done, it didn't take very long, he now has to wait to see or hear from the doctor. One of the Sisters in the surgery did it, so the doctor now has to look at it.




Jean, I am sorry that you and J had to leave your holiday earlier than you should have, because of the heating not being adequate enough. You are both much better off at home where you are warm and comfortable.

Well at least you had a meal out, to celebrate your 59 th anniversary.




Sylvia, lovelyto hear from you. You seem to be enjoying some good weather over there.

We have a couple of bright and sunny days, but the wind t has been bitterly cold. It's great to see the evenings getting lighter.




Mo, My mother was just like yours, she always insisted that the clothes were always well dried and well aired,because if you put damp clothes on, you would get rheumatism or arthritis. I don't think that a lot of younger people take much if any notice of that these days.



Ann, yes I am doing really well with card making now, It's great to be able to make them again.

I haven't heard anything from Joyce for a very long time,like Jean I don't go on Facebook.



Hello to Huia and Marie if you are both looking in, hope that you are both okay.



I am going to make a hot drink now and try to get to bed a bit earlier than I have done for a very long time.


Goodnight to all our lovely friends.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Morning everyone, lovely to be home and Warm :-D :-D
Sallie I am so pleased you are back card making I can tell how glad you are too....Hope Alun hears about the test soon, and its all good news...

Ann, the craft shop had closed down it seems, I did manage to struggle to the WH and bought two craft mags , one with a die on the front the other with a lot of clear stamps, J paid and it cost him £15,65 he nearly fell over with shock. ;-) ;-) ;-) I wonder if the mags have increased in price, so will have to be very careful what i get in the future...

I have the oral check up next week, so thats a treat to come.

hope everyone is doing o.k. just a few things still to put away and a bit of washing so will do that then may have a play with my latest stamps and dies,so will chat later take care ....Love Jean xxx

Ann, I must put a colour on my hair very soon. After I have my hair cut, as you know I keep it short, the grey soon shows through, especially at the sides, and by my ears, and the grey makes me look so washed out, so I need a colour boost to cheer me up when I look at that stranger in the mirror. LOL

Sallie my love, thank goodness Alun was able to have the ECG done at your doctors surgery. The doctor would be shown the result straight away, so it's an encouraging sign if the doctor didn't ask to see him there and then.
When Roly had his stroke, his blood pressure was absolutely sky high, and the doctor phoned the hospital straight away, and got him admitted there and then.
My poor brother had to wait a good few months before he was admitted for his triple byepass, but then he showed no outward signs of there being any problems, it was his GP who discovered the faults in his heart.

Jean, have I read your post correctly, £15,65, or did J pay £15.65 for the books. Goodness me, you would need to take out a second mortgage if they cost the first price. ( I bet that was a typing error really, but did make me re read the post lol )
Is it this coming Wednesday you have got your oral check up my love.? God willing things will be fine.xxx

We are going to the nursery to pick our Lilly up this afternoon. Mummy and Daddy have got the vicar coming to see them at three, to arrange Ava's christening.
They are so lucky the church is available to them on Eater Sunday. Time was this was not allowed, due the the sunday services held on this day.

Bye for now my lovelies. Mo xxx

Mo, that was the price of the mags :-0 :-0 normally craft mags are about £4.99 each usually with extra stuff added, the dearest one was a new one called Die cutting essentials so thought I would try it,not worth the money, it had a small die on the front which I have just used, nothing to write home about :-( :-( the other was much better with a large amount of clear stamps as an extra,good job I dont buy them often ;-) ;-) ;-)

Its Monday 9th I go to have the mouth checked, 20th March is when I have the biopsy for tother end done ;-) ;-) ;-) I willl see what the doc says about the oral one and then decide what I can do... at my age I dont want to have any hospital stuff if it can be avoided......so nosy parker is there anything else I can enlighten you with, :-P :-P

love you my little grey haired dart player :-D :-D :-D :-D <3 <3

Jean xxx

Hhhhhmmm somebody's tired, LOL jean, little miss nosey indeed.
I shall be thinking of you on Monday my love. God bless yer my lickle flower.xxx <3 <3 <3

Jean, I haven't bought any magazines for a long while, I think most of them are not worth the money any more. How much did you to have pay for the new die magazine? If you don't mind me asking .lol! I know the Tattered Lace magazine is £12.95 but it comes with a free die, although I think that's only okay if you really like and want the die.

I have still have a lot of cards still to do for March, so hopefully after tomorrow I will have a quiet weekend so that I can get on with them. lolol!!


Jean, good luck for Monday, hope it will go well and that the results are good with nothing for you to worry about. I will be thinking about you.


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Mo, I bet Lilly was thrilled when she seen you and Roly were picking her up from nursery, bless her!

Yes. it was one of our doctors that picked up the heart murmur for Alun when he went about the awful cough he had,thinking it may have been a chest infection.

Roly was very lucky that your GP found it when he did and that it was sorted straight away. Did your brother and Roly have the same problem with their hearts?



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Hello to Ann, Sylvia, Huia, Marie and any of our other friends that may be looking in. Hope that you are all okay.



Well we have the wedding to go to tomorrow, I hope that it will be dry and not too cold, the jacket I'm wearing is only a lightweight one.


Goodnight everyone.

Take care.


Love, Sallie. xxx

Sallie I cant believe it :-0 :-0 I have just looked at the prices of the new Mag and it was £9.99.... the other one was £ 6.99... what a rip off , if i had been more alert I wouldnt have picked them up, I just looked at the titles and picked them, as I was struggling to move about I asked Jeff to pay for them and I would pay for them when we got home..
serves me right :-| :-| :-| Jeff said just give me a tenner so he was out of pocket....
Lesson learnt :-( :-( :-(

Hope the wedding goes well and it will be warmer for you ...

Thank you for your thoughts for me.

Love Jean xx <3

I must admit that I do usually check the price of magazines these days as I have noticed some are really too expensive. They put the price in really small type as well so that people don't see theya re expensive. I have noticed that the more expensive ones are usually thicker than the others. Can you put the names of the magazones and the prices on the craft thread Jean please to warn people. Or tell me and I will. I did buy a tattered lace magazine the other day but it was reduced to £8.99, was quite thick and informative and had a good die on the front. It was reduced in Hobbycraft. I wouldn't pay full price for it. This week I picked up a DoCraft magazine for £2.99 in the Range which was only a month old so was useful. I do have a subscription to Quick cards made Easy and get them cheaper because of the subscription. Then I pass them on to daughter so we get value out of them.

Hope all goes well Monday Jean.

And Sallie, hope the weather is kind for the wedding and that it is a lovely day.

Mo I had let my hair go completely grey to see what it was like but got fed up with meeting my mother every time I looked in the mirroe so it is light brown again now. :-D :-D

Just put it on the craft thread Ann.....I made a few cards yesterday and hope to do some Easter ones later today....

Goodness me, you were all posting whilst I was eating my breakfast, you are early birds.
Sallie, Roly had a heart attack, and my brother had just gone for a check up with his G.P.
The day of Roly's attack, we were due to go on holiday to Blackpool. He had woken early with chest pains, and was looking out the window when I got up. He said he had a pain in his chest, and I dialled for an ambulance, and he was admitted straight onto ICU,and was out of it for about four days. Luckily, he only had one blocked artery into his heart, and was soon sorted out.
The most scaring thing was when he had the brain bleed, and his stroke actually,I just went into overdrive, and thankfully he got over them.
Life is never easy is it, but we have to cope, thats us girls for you LOL
Lilly was fine when we picked her up yesterday, but as soon as she saw her mum and dad, became a different child, very bolshi.
We did have a word with the nursery, asking them to help get her diagnosis sorted, before she actually starts school in September. The health visitor and doctor seem to have forgotten about her problems, she does appear to have ADHD or something of that nature, we don't think it's her age, or jealousy.
Don't forget to let us know how the wedding goes, will you love. I pray it stays dry for you.

Hello there Jean and Ann, I must not forget to say good afternoon. Actually, it's time for a cuppa, anyone care to join me....(_)? (_)? (_)? (_)?

See you tomorrow girls, hugs Mo xxx

Well, I hope the weather is like it is here today for Sallie, at the wedding. It's a bit blustery, but the sun is beautiful.

Have a lovely weekend girls, hugs to all, Mo xxx

Yes,once the misty cloud had cleared it was beautiful here, windy but the wind was not as cold as it has been. We went to the cinema to seee The second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. when we came out about 39m it was glorious sunshine, we were down by the docks in Gloucester and all the people were sitting outside the cafes drining coffee etc. Everybody was smiling and happy, doesn't the sun make such a difference. I hope it shone for Sallie. :-) :-)

How was the film Ann, did you both enjoy it ?

Just in case our Jean is looking in, and to let her know that I am thinking of her, good luck tomorrow my love, for when you have your oral check <3 <3 <3
I now I can be a scatter brain, but not when it's really important like this is.

I am thinking that if things don't improve soon, with this Arthritus in my hand, and wrist, I may have to give up my darts. I don't want to, but I can't let my team down by playing badly.
I am having problems holding my darts, so can't control them properly.

I hope you have had a good weekend girls, will see you tomorrow. Mo xxx