General Chat

Mary thats not good having CO in your house! Pleased it's fixed. Could be giving you all head aches and make you feel sleepy at best, at worst ..................OMG.

/Our winter has on the whole been very mild. We had a frost last night, the bird bath was frozen this morning. I wore my thick winter PJ's last night.

Took Mum out yesterday up in The Bail. She has been wanting to go since before Christmas. She had a big shop on cardigans, t shirts and a couple of necklaces. Then we drove down into town and spent some more! Had a quick bite to eat and back to my house. Then Hayley and James came and we all went out for tea. I was worn out, so at 80 Mum must have been.

Steve has been off work two weeks with a dislocated ankle which then caused problems with his knee. It didn't help on Fri getting the car stuck in mud and having to push while I was at the wheel. Thank goodness it was him that got us stuck in the mud!! A man came out of his house to see what all the noise was, and ended up towing us out of the muddy grass which was well churned up by now. Felt awful :-(

Carole I hope Steve's ankle will heal up well, unlikely if he keeps pushing cars around!!
We have finally had a huge snowfall today, looks nice but the road is mighty slippery. Gareth had a whale of a time outside leaping off the swing into a snow pile. I drew the line at sledding down the 2-storey staircase outside!!
meg is finally responding to the escitalopram, unsure how it varies from plain citalopram, which I have been on for years myself, but it does seem to be working for her.
What a relief to have a new roof, I was shocked when the roofer told me they had removed up to 4 layers, including wood shingles which he thought were the originals from when the house was built in 1885. Now if we could just get the basement dried up, things would be better.
One inch at a time, baby steps. Next step, painting my bedroom and repairing the broken bed frame, tired of camping on the sofa.
Oh my goodness, snowmobiles are racing on our road!!
I am watching "million dollar neighbourhood", where an entire neighbourhood is jointly working towards debt reduction, at the end they hope to have 100,000 saved per family. This week they are all decluttering to have an enormous garage sale, which of course is stirring up emotions as people try to get rid of things, in a way similar to the hoarders programme. Quite emotional but certainly ringing a loud bell in my thinking. One thing I thought was brilliant is that they created a moral support group, whose members would assist people who were having emotion al distressw in sorting through items, such as a family who had lost a little boy at the age of 7. His toys were being sorted which was very distressing for the family, bless them. Seems to me, in the past 4 years, this thread has also been a moral support group for many of us.
Group hug.
mary :-)

At last I have managed to get onto this thread, can't always get to the last posts for some reason.

Mary, I am glad you have your roof fixed now and glad you have found out about the carbon monoxide problem so that can be solved, we have alarms in case the gas fire makes problems but so far so good, old tho it is. It's our main source of heat and has been on for about four days non stop but does help keep the house less chilly as the heat can go up the open staircase to the landing etc

I thought you had a different bed ages ago, what happened to that one, surely not broken like the previous one. It would be so good for you to sleep well and comfortably.

Hope Megan will do well on the meds and life will be easier for her and you. I love the idea of the support of neighbours, a bit like what happened to the man hoarding in his house and garden, one chap started helping him and it started the ball rolling with others pitching in and realising he wasn't strange, just different, and that they quite liked him and were glad to join in and help him clear his garden and make his home better to live in. Hope they will do an update on his situation.

I have been given a month to clear the garage and the other one I have too, as they cottoned on to the fact I have two, one does have a car in but it's surrounded by other things so lots to do over the next few weeks. My son came with me to meet them so they could take a look, and he was supportive so hope we can do it together and get the things I want to keep moved to safer storage and get rid of the things I won't need.

Carole, hope Steve's leg mends soon and hope everyone has better luck and times this coming year. Coming up to my difficult time - my late daughter's birthday on Tuesday, the anniversary of her death on the 3rd and then o.h.'s birthday on Sunday 5th, have to make an effort to get up earlier than usual and go out somewhere with him, he wants to go to the coast where some old houses are due to be demolished before they fall into the sea. We have watched the coastline change due to erosion for the last 15 years and it will be sad to see the houses gone, one was a b and b and did nice afternoon teas and we had been there a few times.

Several places in Norfolk are changing like this, sad to see and the government won't pay for sea defences in all areas so villages are changing and people losing their homes, many holiday homes and permanent ones already gone over the edge.

Just hope the weather isn't too dire next weekend so we can get out to the coast without problems, he hates it if plans have to be changed and gets really stroppy.

Must get to bed so take care folks,

love

Lizxxx


p.s. Eileen, yes I did send my cards in time so not sure where yours was roaming lol glad it arrived eventually anyway so you knew I was thinking about you. Is anyone still in touch with our Gail in Aus?

Steve has been back at work but on lighter duties. This snow will hinder his recovery!
How are you all coping with it?

We have had an amazing winter all told, a couple of snow falls which have not stayed, an almost green/brown winter! Then yesterday it became bitterly cold , a "cold snap" blowing through, snowing very gently since last night but not much accumulation. YET!
I am worried sick about Megan, thought she was improving but she is just becoming more withdrawn, staying in her room for hours at a time, barely says a word and excessively repetitive. I am considering taking her right off the medication, she is so tiny now perhaps even a low dose is too much for her. Also considering the use of 5HTP rather than the A/D. Our doctor is pleasant enough with her but i really think he is grasping at straws.

C is considering a move with the kids, leaving me and Meg here. I think she was shocked that I was encouraging of the idea LOL.

Hope everyone is well, at least holding your own. Liz, how goes the garage?
Mary

Happy birthday to Mini Mary today.

Would C be able to cope with the children on her own? It would certainly make life a little easier for you. Poor Megan, I do hope that a solution can be found for her soon.

Could you all give Liz ( purple ) some nice words .

Nothing big to worry about ( like she is not going to harm herself ! )but she is having a bad time just now with pressure to empty the garage rented from the council and with her ocd this is hard for her .

She will probably hate me for posting this but she has a lot of friends on here and I ask you to pm her to cheer her up .

thanks

Kathy

Hello everyone. Thank you Kathy for thinking of Liz. People don't have much sympathy for conditions like OCD. It must be a dreadful time Liz is going through. For some deep reason the stuff saved by Liz gives her a lot of comfort. To just have to go and throw it away isn't going to be easy. May she find the strength to get this period in time over.

I have to go to my DR's today to review my meds. I don't feel I need them at the moment but don't want to risk coming off them cos I don't think I could cope with deep depression again slipping up on me, and being trapped with those awful feelings.

Mary has C said anymore about going it alone?

Hi Carole, yes Colleen is def looking at moving, she NEEDS to be alone with her kids and the girls need to be closer to school and dance. I am dewsperately tired, as much as I love them all, 8 years is a long time with the stress of autism and I am not getting any younger. So for me, I hope it will be a relief of sorts. How she will manage is beyond me, but C feels this is something she must do. She is looking at taking in a foster child with autism, with whom she is familiar, whose mother has MS and can no longer cope physically with her. This will help her financially/ I already have someone wanting to rent the flat C has been in so I should be OK./
have to ice a cake, why do I agree to do these things. Sending love especially to Liz, I treasure your friendship dear Liz.
hugs
mary

Mary i was going to reply last night but was so tired. I'm sure you will miss the busy house if/when C and the kids move out. But it will more relazing for you. You'll be able to spend time on the computer or in the garden without worrying about the kids. Hope they move just near enough th visit!!
We finished our job early today, so came home in the light. I'm going to have a nice hot bath and get into something comfortable xx

Does anyone know why it is impossible to get to see the last posts on this thread? Keep getting the 'error' thingy the last couple of days.

Hi Claddagh
If you click on Post Date (down arrow) on first page It should take you to the latest post.
Then you can see what was last added.
I will send this as a pm too , cos otherwise you won't see this.


Hope everyone here is doing OK, the weather is bad enough to make us all fed up. Good for the garden maybe.

Linda

Hello Eileen, it is probably because it is so long. Although I just clicked on the posts arrow up the top and got to the end immediately. Hope you are well. :-)

Hi Ann snap
I sent this as a message to Claddagh.

Linda xxx <3 <3 <3

Lol Linda, This has been a lazy thread for a while now considering how fast it used to move. Hope everyone is OK. :-)

hello i am on citalopram 2 x 40 for my illnesses although originally prescribed valium at 12 due to a parent, i too cannot come off them, once tried never again, unless they cure MS fibro arthritis lol

sadly my daughter has been diagnosed with anxiety sh is only 17 bless her, it looks like she has a auto immune disorder too , and is in the system of being treated.

i wonder weather some of these things are hereditiy, im sure my mum should have been on some thing she was hell to live with hence leaving home on my 16th b-day

we are now close as she is lonely, and not that she feels guilyt.

personaly im very very happy , ive realised i can not change my illnesses but i do my best to keep active as i can mentally and phsycally xx

hello i am on citalopram 2 x 40 for my illnesses although originally prescribed valium at 12 due to a parent, i too cannot come off them, once tried never again, unless they cure MS fibro arthritis lol

sadly my daughter has been diagnosed with anxiety sh is only 17 bless her, it looks like she has a auto immune disorder too , and is in the system of being treated.

i wonder weather some of these things are hereditiy, im sure my mum should have been on some thing she was hell to live with hence leaving home on my 16th b-day

we are now close as she is lonely, and not that she feels guilyt.

personaly im very very happy , ive realised i can not change my illnesses but i do my best to keep active as i can mentally and phsycally xx

Tried to submit this twice, got an 'error' message again, then checked to see if it had been posted afteral.Yup, TWICE. I don't understand what goes on here often.

I was going to put something on here the other week but wouldnt let me. So hope this goes on.

I have been down as been in alot of pain over last few months. Plus benifit people are trying to make me go back to work so appealing as no way i could do full days work. After the medcal i had got letter back and its saying that i said i haen got any healt problems, You just have to look at me and see i have got some without the ones noone can see.

I feel they picking on the wrong people.

Thinking of you today Claddagh

Hazelx

Oh Hazel, you must be feeling desperate. want to scream at times. Hope you are able to get things sorted soon, convince those people how bad things really are for you. Pain can get you down after a while, especially when no-one understands you, or even wants to.
Thank you for thinking of me today. I was suprised and touched that Jenny had put up a thread for me, didn't even know she knew it would have been my aunt's 90th birthday today. Have thanked her and Liz for their kind words.