General Chat

Huia, you have been working hard on here. Well done with your eyes and also with the bill, nice to grt something back.
Good gracious 10,000 that is an awful lot of chat! :-D <3

LOL Huia, you are a gal, did you want to ensure you were the 10,000th person to comment, bless you love.
Glad to hear that your sight is doing o.k.
Wonderful that you are in credit with your power company, these bills are something we all dread receiving.
We know for a fact that our gas bill is going to be higher this quarter, as we have had the central heating on constantly.
Even despite paying in advance, the winter bills come to more than we pay, but it evens out during the other months.
But if we have to pay the difference, so be it, we can't be cold, not at our ages.

Cooee Ann, I hope you are both enjoying yourselves. Don't get to sunburnt, and keep Uzzi's O.H in check. LOL

Now where has our esteemed leader Jean got to lately, I do hope that herself and J are both well.

I hope that Sylvia and Marie are doing o.k.

Sending love to our Salle <3 <3 <3

Bye for now me dears take care, hugs Mo xxx

When I looked in last night (on page 2!) I saw my last post about the eyes was number 9995, so I decided I would see if I could make the record 10,000. I did it. I am the champ! ;-)

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We have slipped down to page 3, or is it 4? Anyway this will bring it up again.

I spent the whole afternoon down the road at a 'neighbour's' (over 2 km) place as she had visitors who used to live there back in the 50s and 60s, and we were talking over old times and looking at photos.

Sounds like an interesting way to spens an afternoon Huia.

Jean can't get on line as her laptop is 'broke' she is waiting to get a new one, then will have to wait fir D to get it set up for her. She asked me to let you know, she sounds very frustrated not bring able to be in touch.

I have put more photos on the photo blog for you to see of our Spain holiday

I do not believe it !!! I go away for a short time and there is no Mo, Sylvia, Huia, Sally Ann Marie whats been going on , is this the end of a beautiful friendship :-( :-( still waiting for my new laptop to be set up, I have borrowed this one, I do hope you have all been well and tickity boo...I have been making many many cards, out of boredom I may add ;-) ;-) ;-) I did get some lovely cards and flowers on my birthday, many thanks one and all, walking isnt too good, hope it improves, cellulitus is bad in left leg, so need to have another word with the doctor...
the weather here as been mixed , now the trees are in full foliage we cant see the park,cant belive its almost 12 months since we came here...because I dont have my full quota with my carers, I now have a cleaner for an hour every Monday, its wonderful
J thinks it is his birthday :-D :-D :-D he does the meals though and very good at it too quite a chef...so my cup runneth over <3 <3

we did have one little upset due to lamb chops setting alight, :-0 :-0 :
the alarms went off what a noise folk came running and finally managed to stop it, I was hoping the firemen were coming but no such luck , it was sorted very quickly
terrible siren though, the alarms are very sensetive sets off easily.......

I have been doing some colouring in my adult colouring book, loved it, then I thought seems a shame leaving them in the book so took some pages out and made some funky cards, they have gone down very wellI hope to take some pics to show you what they are like.... well my friends our meal is almost ready so will say bye for now and hope to hear from you soon take care

Love Jean xx <3 <3 <3 <3

I wwas around until 12 th June Jean when we went to the Lake District for two weeks. while we were there our third great Grandchild was born. Jess had a little girl weighing 8 Lbs 5.5 Oz on 19th June. Inara Sarah Kaylee. She is gorgeous and I had a few cuddles while staying with daughter. We were very lucky with the weather up there and only had a couple of days when it rained. We had a lot of sun in the second week which allowed OH to do a lot of jobs in the bungalow and in the garden for Lynda.
The weather at home while we were away was mostly wet sow e came back to a jungle, long grass and triffids instead of shrubs. all sorted now as we spent a few hours today out there.
good to see you back Jean, we slack while you are away. :-D :-D :-D

congratulations on your new grandbaby, a lovely little girl well done to mum and dad,
I havent read back yet ann so will have alook I wonder how Sally is I had a lovely card off her hope she and the family are doing ok. and where is the super duper dart player I hope all is well at her place <3 <3 <3

btw ann just had a peep at the latest pics on your blog , very good as usual, would look good on cards :-D :-D :-D

my chef has just brought me choc roll and ice cream so do forgive me if I tootle off.
love me xxx

I've been round and about, but not spending that much time on GR

all's well over here, we've just got some warm weather, after having to have the heating on in the house for the last 12 or so days.

On a diet then Jean? :-D hope you enjoyed it we had strawberries and (single) cream. Hope your good weather moves over here Sylvia.

naw Ann, people of my age dont do diets just buy larger sizes :-D :-D :-D :-D

love strawberrys and cream, in fact i love anything thats supposed to be bad for me

salads give me heartburn ,so no lettuce or radish or celery, scampi, prawns any sort of fish I love, not a lot of red meat though....D makes a wicked fish pie mmmmm

J does a mean corn beef hash......

I could do a great cheese and onion pie, now I cant stand long enough to do it.....

I am off to bed all this talk of food makes me hungry :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Holiday and baby photos on the photo blog

like the photos Ann, especially the lovely little girl, :-D :-D :-D <3 <3

Thank you Jean :-) <3

I have been thinking of my father who was in wwi , he was gassed and sent home in a terrible state he never had a days peace after it, he couldnt breathe, I recall seeing him sobbing and saying "I would have been better if I had died out there" I was a youngster but the memory of how much he struggled, crawling home from work, sitting on the bottom step of the stairs and hadnt the energy to go up to bed,finally dying and at peace at last <3 <3 <3

Jean xx

Mornig all, lovely day here sun streaming in, but dont think it will last. We had brass band in the park yesterday, J had a walk in to have a look I had the window open so could hear it, its always very popular,its a great park , small but well used...

I wonder if we are ever going to hear from the lovey Mo, I hope all is well with them both. also Sallie, always in my thoughts and prayers, Marie is missing too, Huia seems to be busy . maybe everyone is on faceebook , I dont go on it so out of touch,
anyway love to all of them, we are off out soon so better get ready bye for now

Love Jean xxx <3 <3 <3

Hi Jean, I am on facebook and so is Mo, I did see her on there last week, she had phone problems but seemed ok. Sallie is not on there I don't think and not sure about Marie. Huia is on there and always busy with her family photos etc. It is a shame that this thread has seemed to lose momentum.

I envy you your band in the park, I love brass bands. Although my favourite is military bands, especially the Royal Marines. When we lived in Bedfordshire we used to go to the Annual RM concert in the Albert Hall - wonderful! And when working with the RAF back in the 80s, we always used to go to watch the parades on the parade ground where there was always a band. Happy days!

Busy day today, first the weekly food shop, - that is always exhausting.
then, last week we got and OH fitted two new ceiling pendants in the lounge, the old ones were about 30 years old and are waiting to go to the tip. So this morning we decided the three matching (to the old lights) wall lights had to be changed. A visit to B&Q and OH is now fitting the wall lights. I can hear hammering and groaning so I guess he is on the outer wall trying to get screws in. Anyway it will all look good when done.

followed that by a visit to a small local garden centre where we bought a few plants to unfill parts of the garden. Stopped there for a coffee and shared a sandwich. Adjoining this garden centre and run by the man who owns it, is The Butterfly garden, an educational and landskills project launched in 2002, all sorts of things there apparently, veg gardens, classroom, chickens, cows and ducks. It is open to all students with learning difficulties, currently over 60 a week. They built a cabin and run it as a charity shop for the scheme. It just shows what the dreams and ideas of one man can achieve.

Hi there everyone, yes I am still alive and kicking. It's been very quiet on here hasn't it.
We had a few days break down at Camber Sands, paid for by our daughter as a treat.
So a shame it didn't live up to expectations, just our luck again.
We arrived on the Wednesday afternoon, and the chalet was lovely and clean,and it was so peaceful.
We went down for the evening meal, as it was all included in the price. On the menu was greasy pork chops covered in some sort of sauce, gammon that was as thin as a wafer, or roast beef all with carvery trimmings. Well girls, we could not cut the beef, apart from trying to eat it, and all the vegetables were cold. They couldn't spoil the dessert's as they were cold.
At 11.30 that night, we hadn't been in bed long, when the occupants of the chalet above us, decided to move the furniture around, and were still doing it at 2.30 in the morning, so as you can imagine we got very little sleep.
We went down for breakfast, thinking they can't surely ruin a fried breakfast, how wrong could we have been, once again it was cold.
We went to reception and complained, about both meals. as they were shut by the time we had finished our evening meal the night before.
We took ourselves into Hastings for the day, and decided that we would buy fish and chips, rather than chancing having another cold meal.
When we arrived back at the chalet, we were treated to booming music from upstairs, and them screaming and joking with each other. As it was a nice evening I decided I would take a chair outside and read my book. Suddenly there was screams and shouts from above us, and a trainer came over the balcony just missing me, and three yobs laughing their heads off.
We went up to the amusement center for a while, to get away from the noise, and when we got back to the chalet, we decided to cut our losses and come home. When we returned the keys to security, we told them the reason for our departure, and they were going to keep a check on things, and apologised for our spoilt break.
We told our daughter how sorry we were to cut the time short, and she has sent an e.mail of complaint to the company, so now we shall wait and see what happens.
We feel so bad that she paid out for this break, and had to cut it short for our own sanity.

Anyway my lovelies, hows things with you all.

It sounds like our Jean has been enjoying herself, singing along with the band, and sending J out so that he could dance all by himself to the music, come on now sweetheart, get your dancing shoes and go with him next time. LOL

Sounds to me like Ann, has got the whip out and got poor T fitting new lights up for them, cor she's a right slave driver.....ahem Ann, there's loads need doing here still, can I please borrow him, I will feed and water him regularly, I promise. LOL

Now whats happened to Sylvia,Huia, Marie, and our Sallie, they are all on the missing list, I do hope they are all well.

Well my loves, I am going to prepare the dinner for this evening, Ham Salad, so it's an easy one, no cooking involved, apart from the potato's.
Take care everyone, hugs to you all, Mo xxx

Mo, what a shame about your holiday. I thought most of these companies these days didn't let to single sex groups. I hope your daughter gets a refund on the holiday, it sounded awful. Disappointing for her though.

No, sorry you can't borrow him, still plenty here for him to do, and then when he has done that there is daughter, then grandson, all with jobs lined up for him. He has been concreting something in the garden this afternoon so no doubt will be tired this evening.

Enjoy your ham salad, I always start by thinking salad is an easy meal but by the time it is all on the plate realise that it takes a time to prepare. We have haddoxk fillets in mushroom sauce with jacket potatoes and sweetcorn this evening. :-) :-)