General Chat

Oh Sylvia, how typical of your OH, my Roly is as bad. I try and write down whenever he takes his medication, especially when we had the bad virus, that sounds very much like you both have.
Taking paracetamol every four hourly, he tended to forget the time of his last tablets, and me being me, went loopy. For goodness sake I ranted, don't you realise you could overdose, especially taking cough linctus as well...MEN what would we do with them...probably strangle them if we didn't care so much for them.
Get well soon Sylvia, stay in bed and keep warm, and as the saying goes "Keep taking the tablets " (but on a regular basis ) LOL

OH MY WORD ! It's snowing a blizzard and it's laying, oh saints preserve us.

Hello my lovelies, well the snow has not laid, thank the good lord.
I was due to go our to darts last night, but fortunately it was cancelled before I was going to leave.
Good lord though, it really came down heavens hard, and I really did expect to wake up this morning, to see a deep covering outside, but it rained this morning, and has now washed it all away.

I do hope you are all o.k, and not snowed in.
Take care one and all, hugs to you all, Mo xxx

Shame you missed your darts Mo.

We had a small amount of snow this morning. We had planned to go into town, which we did, walking very carefully to the bus stop. No snow in town of course but it was bitterly cold in the wind. We walked briskly down to Gloucester Quays at the docks, surprised to find quite a few people down there. Managed to get a nice Per Una top in M&S Outlet shop for almost half price. Other than that we didn't buy anything but did have some nice fish and chips and a glass of wine in Wetherspoons.

We had a thin layer of snow this morning, it is very cold J went out earlier and waked in the road as the pavements were lethal, I havent ventured out ;-) ;-)

I wonder how Sallie is doing, I hope all is well with her and the family,

Keep warm everyone, stay safe love Jean xx

Ann, to be truthful, I wasn't playing just going along to support two of my team members in their finals, but I did enjoy a Thursday night in for a change.

Like you Jean, I am praying that our Sallie and family are o.k.

Got to do some dinner now girls, take care, love and hugs Mo xxx

I never fancy turning out in the evenings these days Mo, which is why for meals out we usually go at lunch times.

A cold day here today but dry so not too bad.

This morning we just pottered around in Gloucester. Tesco for coffee, paper and bread. Then a look round Home sense looking for G&T tall glasses, all they had were 'buckets', wide top, thick glass and huge. so then to Dunelm where we did find some that will be OK (we don't buy expensive glasses but we got four for £3.19). That was the best they had but they are actually reduced and not thick or huge, quite slim & about as tall as the ones we have now which are ready to be thrown out. Then we went into a stationery store called Biz which was quite interesting, that was just to see what they did as the stationery store we usually go to Staples is closing. We bought some hanging file holders which turned out to be the wrong size (OH went and chose them himself but he SAYS theyw ere all the same size!) Then we came home and have been in the warm all afternoon. :-) :-) :-)

Hi ya everyone, just popping in to say hello to you all.
I can't believe it, our Lilly will be six tomorrow, how the years have rolled by.
Our son has been given dispensation by our DIL, he can have her for a couple of hours tonight after work..... BIG DEAL, he is not allowed to see her tomorrow at all.
Sorry but she is a right madam, and makes me soooo angry.
I sometimes wish he would see a solicitor, and get things sorted out officially.

Well all the snow has gone,and it's raining again. Mind you, they reckon we are going to have a water shortage this year, the reservoirs are below the levels that they should be for this time of year.

I shall say goodnight god bless, hugs to all.

Hi, Mo, I cant believe how quickly time flashes by, our ggrandson will be five in Feb he goes to school this year..we will see even less of him than we do now :-( :-( :-(

The day as been miserable drizzle and mist ,roll on summer ;-) ;-) ;-)

not much going on at the moment,very still and quiet.no news either ,all in all,naff !
glad the snow has gone, poor J slipped on ice at Ds knocked his thumb up , just badly bruised and swollen at least it wasnt broken. he did go on a bit though,
and he did manage to make a korma for us :-D :-D :-D
he is turning into a very good cook.I am the instructor now so between us we make a good team.....

pie and mash for tea, cheesecake to follow comfort food ....

take care everyone Love Jeanxxx

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Oh poor J Jean, I hope his thumb is on the mend.
O.K where's my bit of cheese cake then, you have made my mouth water at the thought of it.
We only had Bangers, Mash and beans for dinner tonight, we didn't fancy anything heavy.
My word it's bloomin cold here, our poor little car has been icing up on the inside of the windows, as well as the outside.
It took me ages to scrape the ice of this morning, and then Roly told me we had some de-icer in the boot....great why didn't he tell me before I nearly froze my sock of.
Fingers crossed we don't get snow tomorrow, like we did last Thursday, as I need a night out at darts for a change, I am fed up looking at the same four walls, apart from popping up town to get shopping.
Well girls, stay safe and warm, hugs to you all.

This weather!

After being in a deep freeze for over 6 weeks, the longest period for this area in over 30 years, we now have a weather change that started Monday, and really took hold yesterday ....................

it's coming straight to us across the Pacific from the Philippines!

Rain, rain and more rain, temperature expected to reach 11C today ....... that's 11 ABOVE freezing .......... and now flood watches because of the amount of rain that's falling combined with snow melt


I think I'm feeling human, but I still have this cough ............. and it sounds awful!

I haven't been out of the house since Monday last week ......... that's about 10 days.


Mo ............ MJ will be 7 in March.

Oh good grief Sylvia, I didn't realise that MJ was that age already, lordy how time flies.
I hope you have got your wellies, raincoat and boat ready for all that rain. Stay safe my friend, and preferably inside the house, we don't want you washed away with all that water.

Well girls, no snow thank goodness, so wish me luck at darts tonight....freedom from these four walls at last.
My friend will be picking me up very shortly, so I will say cheerio for now, tale care, speak to you soon.

Hello everyone, sad day for us when J came back from church he said two of our friends have passed away last week, one is a dear close friend both he and is wife came to see us only a week ago, the other moved to cumbria some years ago...its
really knocked the stuffing out of us.makes one think of our own mortality..

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Hello everyone, sad day for us when J came back from church he said two of our friends have passed away last week, one is a dear close friend both he and is wife came to see us only a week ago, the other moved to cumbria some years ago...its
really knocked the stuffing out of us.makes one think of our own mortality..

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The older we get Jean the more friends we lose. I am so sorry to hear of the deaths of two of your friends, especially the one who was close to you. I hope his wife is able to cope. I assume, as it was a shock that he was not ill. Sending you ((((( hugs)))) and thinking of you. <3 <3

Jean .........

so sorry to hear your news. It's always a shock when friends die, especially close friends. It's the end of a chapter in your life.

(((hugs)))

Aaah bless you Jean, may your friends rest in peace. A loss at any time is a shock to us all, but when they are really close to us, it hits harder.
Stay strong dear friend, love and hugs to you both.

Goodness me girls, I have just looked out of the window, and we have got a heavy fog.
The forecast tomorrow is a heavy frost and fog, a deadly combination, especially on the motorways.
It frightens me, knowing that a few of my family have to travel quite a way, and there are any amount of speed freaks out there.

So from a foggy, frozen Kent, I shall say goodnight god bless one and all.

Still very cold here outside, but warm enough indoors. We met friends for lunch today at a garden centre which was nice.

Then when we got home it was all systems go..... We are having the kitchen flooring done tomorrow. So today the fridge and microwave have to be moved, the fridge emptied first of course, and then it needs cleaning before moving into the dining room where it now blocks the door. And everything then put back in the fridge. (We did a shop yesterday so it is pretty full.) Then the floor under the fridge is disgusting so that needs washing next. And all the kick boards on the units have to come out, looking at them goodness knows how they will ever go back in. That includes the one with the electric fan heater attached, so that has to be unplugged, the plug being behind the drawers so they have to come out to get at the plug. He'd better arrive to fit the stuff tomorrow or I am not going to be best pleased.

Fingers crossed that he turns up Ann. Take care when going into the kitchen, you don't want to walk into the fridge by mistake.
It's amazing that the floor under our white goods, only get washed very occasionally, it's because, they are so heavy and awkward to move about.
We tend to wash the insides of the white goods though don't we, and forget underneath of the larger items. LOL

The darned fog has come down again this evening, it's sooo dangerous for drivers, but not like the smog of years ago, where you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.

Take care girls speak to you soon.

Hi girls,

Hope that all is well with you all. Still having problems with our laptop, sometimes it's okay for a short while and another time it keeps cutting out. lol!!

Alun seen the Consultant Cardiologist at the Royal Derby Hospital on Wednesday, just had an assessment on to make sure that there are no further problems with his heart, especially as there is a history of heart disease on his mother's side of the family. Everything is fine and he told us that Adam the Consultant Surgeon has done a very good job, so he was pleased about that. We were shown the pictures of the echocardiogram, showing the blood flow through the arteries and of the repair to the mitral valve. He has to go for another echocardiogram in 18 months months time just to make sure that there there won't be anymore problems.


Ann, hope that your kitchen is done by now and that both you and Tony are pleased with it. Also hope that you are both feeling better.



Jean, so sorry to hear the sad news about your friends, may they both rest in peace.

Hope that J's thumb is getting better, so easy to fall at this time of year with frost and ice . It's so cold here like the rest of Britain, I just want to stay in and keep warm.

I can't get over that Charlie is nearly five and that he will soon be starting school.
Hope that J and D are getting along okay and that you are not too bad yourself and managing to cope.



Sylvia, hope that both you and OH are feeling better from your colds and that all is going along alright for you both.

I didn't realise that M J will be seven in March,can't believe how quick the years are passing by.



Liz, I hope that you have managed to persuade K to go and see the doctor so that they can find out what the problem is and that they will soon sort it out and treat it , so that he will feel a lot better

Also hope that things are not too bad with you at the moment and are managing things a bit better.

Like you, I will also be 70 in July and of course Alun and I will be married 50 years in August,although I don't think we will be doing anything to celebrate it. We mustn't forget either, that Sylvia and her OH will also be married 50 years on the 12th of August.


Mo, are you still playing darts? Hope that you are managing to as it gives you something to look forward to each week and to meet up with your friends. Hope that Roly is going along okay and able to get about okay and that he isn't having any problems with his joints.

So pleased that you are still able to both Lilly and Ava sometimes, I'm sure that it must hurt both you an Roly not to be able to see them as much as you did in the past.

I have had problems since August with both Richard and Christie.Like me Christie also suffers with with depression, anxiety and BPD, but where I I get angry with myself and blame myself for everything when it isn't even my fault, Christie gets angry with other people and blame them for things that they haven't done or said. We talked about it with Richard because Christie wouldn't talk to me about it. So since August I have relapsed into deep depression and generlized anxiety disorder again and also relapsed into some of the traits that affects me very badly.

Christie sent me an email a few weeks ago and told me that both her and Richard want me to get better so that I can have a good relationship with the baby when it's born.
But if I won't get better very soon then they cannot trust me as being a good grandmother to the baby.

I feel very hurt about what has happened ( because of BPD my emotions are a lot more difficult to do with it, than someone that doesn't suffer with non BPD ) I have knitted a couple of little coats that I gave them for Christmas, as they wanted things for the baby things because they didn't need anything for themselves......but we did give them some money for them both.

I am knitting a blanket for the baby which I have nearly finished, but they have told me that they don't want me to give it too the baby.



Sorry, to speak about my problems to you all, as I know that you have all got different problems yourselves.

I am still the CMHT, and the Psychiatrist, Psychologist and my CPN are all very supportive and still having therapy, in a couple of weeks I will have been with them for sixteen months......I had hoped that I would have been able to manage the BPD by now, but as I have been told that it can take a long time, maybe a few years to be able to manage my illness.


I will try and speak to you all again soon .

Just take care everyone.


Love and Best Wishes.


Sallie. xxx <3 <3 <3