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As I said on the birthday thread Sallie, I am hanging my head in shame, I don't have your birthday on the calendar and didn't realise it was the same day as Luke's. Aopologies because your card will be late. xx

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Hello girls,

Ann, that's okay, don't worry about it. I had everyones birthdays on my old laptop, but when I had this one, for one reason or another, Alun lost them all, so I have to try and remember whose birthday is next.

I didn't realise that Luke was on the 9th July too. Bless him. He looks such a lovelyand cute little lad on his photos.

Happy Birthday to Luke for today..Hope he has lots of cards and pressies and loads of fun. xxx <3

Have you managed to finish the Scrapbook for your son?




Jean and Mo, thank you both for your lovely cards. Jean loved the way you made the card, it's really different and very pretty.

Mo, the card you sent was also pretty and cute. Most of the cards I have received so far, have butterflies on them, but all the cards are very pretty.

Good Luck to Roly for tomorrow,hope all goes well. Will be thinking about him.


I hope Sylvia and her OH are alright, I haven't seen any posts from her for a few days.


Take care everyone.


Love, Sallie. xxx <3 <3

Sallie, well it is in the post :-D :-D :-D Hope you are having a lovely day.
Think you mean Roly not Jeff??

Yes, I finished the scrap book for our son. Will give it to him tomorrow. <3 <3

Thanks Ann, have changed it to what it should have been......it's got to be my agelol!!

Love, Sallie.xx

sending love and prayers to Roly for todays operation, and also for Mo and family, get well soon Roly, we need you to be fit to keep her in doors in order ;-) ;-) ;-)

love and hugs Jean and Jeff xxx <3 <3 <3 <3

Mo, hope that Roly's operation went well today. Also hope that you and the family are all okay. Sending Roly lots of get well wishes and he will make a quick and good recovery.

Love and best wishes. Sallie and Alun.xxx <3 <3

Mo, hope that Roly's operation went well today. Also hope that you and the family are all okay. Sending Roly lots of get well wishes and he will make a quick and good recovery.

Love and best wishes. Sallie and Alun.xxx <3 <3

Mo I did see on FB that Roly came through the op ok. Hope he is soon back on his feet again and recovered well from the op. :-)

Hello my darlinks,
What a week it has been since I last spoke to you.
Monday Roly went to the hospital for his blood tests etc, when we arrived home, there was a message on the answerphone, asking Roly to ring the hospital.
They said he could be admitted on the Tuesday, rather than the Friday.
They sent a taxi out for us on Tuesday, and we arrived at about 12.00 noon.
Then the long wait started, as they had not got the results of the blood test back, and the high dependency nurse had been booked for the Friday, and not the Tuesday, so the operation might not be given the go ahead, especially with his previous health issues.
Eventually Roly went down to theater at 4.00 p.m, and arrived back just after seven.
They have given him a complete right knee replacement, and injected into his left knee with silicone.
Wednesday, the bandages came off, and goodness me they could not stop the bleeding for ages. They put a long plaster over the wound, and elevated his leg.
Physio started this day.
Thursday morning Roly woke up and needed the bathroom, crabbed his walking frame only to realise he had been bleeding very badly during the night, his bed was covered in blood, and so was he.
So he had four sutures at the base of the knee, and that eventually stopped the bleed.
Thursday, he was also given crutches instead of the frame, and the physio said he would probably be able to go home on the Friday.
First thing Friday morning, the physio had him walking up and down stairs, and by 10.a.m we were walking out of the hospital.
At the moment, he is obviously in a lot of pain, and I am doing my Florence Nightingale bit, making sure he gets his meds on time.
Wednesday, we have to go for his first Physio treatment out of hospital, and his staples come out on the 20th of the month.

Phew I am exhausted, but this is just the beginning.

Ooops must go, it's almost more meds time.
Take care my friends, love to you all, Mo xxx

Wow Mo, talk about what a ride, but in a way its good that you both didnt have time to get stressed more than you already were.... now the worse is over and each day will show a great improvment , what a big shock though, I bet you are both worn out so rest when you can and no painting Mo,it will all be worth it for you Roly, I have two very painful knees and cant kneel down so methinks I will need new ones in the near future, walking is geting harder each day....so keep up the good work and our love and prayers go out to you both...
Mo is Enid your darts partner ? how is she doing, hope she is much better....

hav a good nights sleep , take extra care ...

Love and Hugs Jean xxx <3 <3 <3

Good morning you lovely people.

Just to say that I have been in touch with Sylvia (in Canada) and to say that she has been a bit poorly following treatment for a mosquito bite. She will be back as soon as she feels better and as soon as the weather is cool enough for her to get back on the computer bless her.

Just thought I would let you know.

Love. Cx

Cynthia, thank you for letting us know about Sylvia, I have missed seeing her on different threads and wondered if she was alright. I hope that she will soon feel a lot better and be back on GR very soon.


Mo, gosh you and Roly have had an awful week. I hope that things will go smoothly from now on, and that Roly will feel better each day.I also hope that you are alright and managing to cope with it all.


Jean, hope that everything is alright with you and your family. Have you managed to
make any more cards over the last few days? Yesterday, I spent most of the day making cards.....trouble is, I would rather make cards than do any houseworklol!!


I wonder if Huia is alright, she hasn't been on for a good while. I know she had problems with her internet, but hoped that it would have been sorted for her by now.


Well must go and get the veg done now, ready for our dinner.


Take care.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Thank you Cynthia, for letting us know about Sylvia, bless her that bite has been causing her big problems.
Get well soon Sylvia, we miss you love. xxx

Jean, Roly has said he will never ever have the other knee done, he's in so much pain, so please think seriously about getting yours done my love.
I have never seen such bruising in my life, he is black and blue from his toes up to the groin area.
He is on Ibuprofen, and Codeine Phosphate 6 hourly, plus paracetamol in between, and they are not working.
We have a freezer pack that has to go on two hourly, and boy oh boy, is it cold.
I forgot when I first did the ice pack, and left it in for too long, it came out absolutely solid, so we had to let it thaw a bit first before we could use it.

Poor Enid is still in hospital. The results have come back, and even though they are not 100% sure, they think it's celullitus.
Her poor leg is still up like a balloon, and obviously is getting bored silly being in hospital.
The watery cyst like things, are still coming up, and being drained daily.

Well back to the grindstone girls, time for more meds for Roly.
Love and hugs, Mo xxx

Thank you Cynthia for the news re Sylvia. If you are reading Sylvia, I do hope that you will feel better soon. That was some mozzie then. Maybe it was a horsefly or something. However hope you heal soon.

Mo Sorry Roly is in so much in pain with his knee. From what I have heard from other people, although painful it has not been that bad so maybe he has just been unlucky. Hopefully it will have been worth it in the long run. And you take it easy as well, caring for somebody is very tiring and will take it out of you so make sure you rest when you can.

Sallie, I hope that you soon get your belated card. Sorry again for missing the day. I have seen Huia on facebook so think she is ok.

Jean don't let your knees get too bad before you get them checked out. It could be that it is arthritis.

Granddaughter (13 next week) has a knee condition, she was on crutches for about 6 months this year. She has an elongated tendon behind her knee caused, they think by a growth spurt last year when her body didn't catch up with her knee tendon. It can be very painfu and although she can now do PE and horse riding she can't overdo it and has painkillers to take if it is bad. She is such an outdoors girl too.

We had a lovely weekend in Milton Keynes, eaten far too much. DiL tends not to cook so we had takeaway chinese friday and quiche and slad Saturday then son took us all out for brunch this morning so we had a full English and I am NOT getting on the scales now!! Also went out for snack lunch where they do rather nice sandwiches and tea in proper tea cups yesterday (our treat that time, just 4 of us that time as son stayed home to watch cricket and grandson was working. Son had won yet another competition and had a gift card from BHS so treated me to a pull on type sundress for over swimsuit and a top to match the two piece bottom I already have. And Granddaughter also had a couple of things.

We then drove home via the country route over the Cotswolds instead of via the M40/A34 and A40 from Oxford. Drove through the lovely villages, one of which was Aynho, to Chipping Norton, the Moreton in Marsh, Stow, Andoversford and into Gloucester. It was sunny and showery until a cloudburst as we came into Gloucester but sunny again when we got home. :-)

Ann, I know it's going to sound strange, but Roly's knee joint is not giving him the problem so much as the bruising coming out.
I had to phone the doctors this morning, as the hospital had not given Roly enough painkillers to last him, and they would be running out tomorrow.
Our G.P phoned me staight back, and had left him a new prescription for more tablets.
Today I had to change the dressing on Roly's leg, and on doing so, it started to bleed, so I told the doctor, and she is going to send the district nurse out to check him over.
Goodness me, trying to get the clean pressure stockings on was a nightmare, and the poor soul has been in extra agony since we changed them, but it had to be done, or I couldn't change the dressing.
I just hope we see the district nurse tomorrow.

It sounds like you had a wonderful, if filling weekend in Milton Keynes. Leave the scales where they are for now, even though I am sure you wont have gained that much weight love.
Roly wants to get onto our scales, as he wants to know how heavy his new knee weighs, silly sausage that he is, he would probably fall of off them. LOL

Bye for now, take care one and all, Mo

Hello all. Sorry to hear all the problems everybody is having. As Ann says, I have been busy on Facebook. I have a community page, Hunua Hills - In and About. There are a lot of old photos on it that my dad took last century, also some Phil had taken, and my brother in law and his friend of the building of the dams, and of the old Hunua store. I am enjoying it all. Another local started me on it. He has a FB community page Old New Zealand photos. He is using some of dads photos in it. And I contribute some to other sites on FB. I have been busy scanning lots of old photos. I want to get them done before I kick the bucket! Hopefully I still have another 20 years in me, but will my eyesight hold up? Anyway it is keeping me out of mischief.

Hi everyone

I'm back, very briefly.

I am recovering, slowly.

The regime of the very strong antibiotic at 2000mg per day for 7 days cleared up the erysipelas. The side effects of the antibiotic took a lot longer, and the extreme heat we've been having finally got to me.

I think I am about 50% of the way back



I haven't read back, but I see that Roly has had his operation ............... I hope everything is going well for him xxx

Sylvia, it's lovely to see you back, if only briefly...... at least for the time being.
Hope that you improve each day and will soon feel a lot better. Looking forward to see you posting again,, very soon.Take care of yourself. <3 <3


Huia, nice to see you back with us, if only for a quick 'quick hello'. It sounds as though you are a very busy lady....it all sounds very interesting. Good luck with it. Take care.



Mo, hope that Roly is improving each day and still not suffering too much pain. I hope the nurse is calling to see him now and that she is able to change the dressings for for him instead of you having to do it.

Also hope everything is alright with you and all the family.



Jean, how are things with you and your family? Hope you are all okay.

Alun and I decided to go to Derby this morning, so that he could get his hair cut, it really needed doing. Trouble is, the last time he had it cut, was in a cheap hairdressers up in town,, and whoever cut it, didn't make a very good job of it....so he thought it would be better to go to the one we always go to.

We had an early lunch in our usual place in Derby and then we called into Asda's on the way home to get a few things we needed.



Ann, thank you for your card, it arrived this morning. Hope that you and T are both okay.



Not much going on here, it's all very quiet.



Love to you all. Sallie. xxx

Oh Sylvia, you have had a rough time, hopefully you are well on the way to recovery
Huia, what a busy lady you are these days, good on you.... hope you dont over do it though....
Mo, I am praying that Roly is getting better daily and it will all be worth it . bless him and you too and hoping Enid is also on the mend...

Sallie we are not too bad, although poor J has had a tummy upset which always causes him to over worry...understandble I suppose , but drags him down a bit...

I have been doing some more cards as per usual, a few of each christmas and general...experimenting also with various dies and cardstock... wish i hadnt bought the Grand Calibur now, I have an athritic shoulder and its not helping having to turn the handle, so I think I will try and sell it.. one of the best buys is my little machine so easy to use and surprising just how much will fit in ,die wise... new smaller dies are the thing now. I can use my e-bosser for biggger dies and embossing and dont have to turn any handles... just need to find a way of getting rid of the G.C now.

off to have my hair done later, and we have a dentist visit tomorrow ugh......

hope all is well with you and the family.....

sending love to all our friends , I was thinking about Jenni and wondering how she is also Elizabeth...take care everyone,

Love and hugs Jean xxx