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Hi Sallie and all, I cant remember which card I sent you Sallie, tell me what the front is like then I can tell you what the die is, I have been trying a little experiment,
I have used a corner die to make a fancy top on a card it sticks up bit decorative, I will take a pic when I have tried some more different styles, then you can see what I am waffling about....

hope you are all keeping warm , I wish we could hear from Marie, its ages since we heard how the move went, by the way you have me for anothe 6 months, so Mo you still have to behave ;-) ;-) thats if I last that long :-D :-D :-D

Sylvia, so sorry to hear about your sil. our love and prayers go to the family and hugs for you and your oh....

bye for now,love Jean xx <3

Good afternoon friends

Sylvia, I replied about your sister in law on the Welsh thread. It is a shame that the brain tumour was not picked up before.

Mo I am pleased that Florence is staying upbeat, it must be a really unpleasant place to have a tumour, not only very painful but disfiguring too. So she is doing well to remain fairly cheerful. I hope the treatment continues to shrink the tumour. I am so pleased that it has not spread to her throat.

What a truly horrible disease it is, and all the money spent on research with some cancers being no further forward.

Sallie, I hope that they can sort out Michael's problem with his elbow.

Jean, glad you have renewed for another 6 months. :-) :-)

Oh Sylvia, I had to laugh at your story of the sensor. We had the same problem when ours was fitted by our son, the problem was that the sensors were also fitted on the landing, and every time Roly or my son got up to use the bathroom, the alarm went off.
That was soon changed believe me, I got fed up of being woken up by their bathroom habits. lol
In a way it's understandable that your sis IL's tumour was missed,the symptoms are very similar to a stroke, and both affect the brain don't they.

Sallie, I am afraid we all slow down the older we get. It was like when I was doing the painting recently, it seemed to take me twice as long as it did when I was at work. I would do a days work,come home cook a meal, then start painting, but now I am worn out just thinking about what I want to tackle, and by the time I get round to it, I don't even want start.
I hope Michael gets on alright when he sees the specialist. And it's such good news about Jennie.
I am sorry to hear about your brother in law, it must be so hard for Aluns sister, the same as it has been for our Huia with Phil.

Jean my lickle flower, what would I have done, if you had not renewed your membership on here, I would have cried my eyes out....booo hoooo. Seriously my love, I am so pleased you are staying. Even if I have to behave myself :-D :-D :-D
I am always good anyway. :-P :-P :-P

Hi there Ann, how the devil are you and T keeping, it seems ages since I spoke to you.
Are you looking forwards to christmas this year, with having little man around for his first Xmas will make a lot of difference for you all.

Our Lilly is not at all well. She has been unable to eat or drink for the last few days.
Whatever she eats or drinks she brings back up very quickly. Her mummy took her to the doctors this morning, and he has told her to give her paracetamol for the temperaure, and diaralite to settle her tummy.
They are suppose to be travelling up to Scotland this weekend for a wedding, but the way things are going, they wont be able to go. They can't have little one being sick in the car, and it's just not fair on her being so unwell.

I want some sympathy PURLEEZE, I have got myself a rotten cold again. Why is it I always seem to suffer. I am hoping to feel well enough to go to darts tonight, perhaps I can give this darned thing to one of the opposing team. (Nasty girl thats me )

Take care girls, hugs Mo xxx

Sending ((((((hugs)))))) and sympathy for the cold Mo.

Poor little Lily, they do catch these tummy bugs don't they. But they also usually bounce up quickly again. They just need to watch that she doesn't get dehydrated which is why they have suggested diaorylite. Hope that works for her.

Good luck with the darts.

Luke won't make a lot of difference to our Christmas as we won't be seeing him, we have delivered their presents. We will be with our son and family in Milton Keynes this year.

Oh what a shame you wont be seeing Luke Ann, but then there is always next year.
This will be the first year that Lilly actually knows who Santa is, and she is nearly three.
Up to this year she has been more interested in the wrapping, that the presents came in.
Mind you, I think that that is a typical thing for the really young ones.
Our G.Grandaughter Zoey will be nearly one by christmas time, and to be truthful, I don't know where this past year has gone, she seems to have gone from being a tiny tot, to an enjoyable little smiler.
Must go and get ready now, so cheerio for now. Mo

Hi girls, nice to see you all ' chatting ' away to each other, it's lovely to see the thread moving along.



Mo, sorry that you have a bad cold sending you lots of hugs and hope that it won't last too long.


Poor Lilly, hope that she is feeling a bit better this evening....little ones always seem to pick up quite quickly, thank goodness. Well let's hope that she will be a lot better by the weekend.


Did you manage to get to the darts match tonight? If you did, I hope you and your team won.


I can't get over that your G.Granddaughter Zoey is nearly one, it makes you wonder where the time has gone.




Ann, I had forgotten that you and T are going to your son's for Christmas, this year.
It will be nice to see your son and his family and spend a bit of time together.


Alun and I are going across to N E Wales on Sunday just for the day, it's the only time that we and my cousin can make before Christmas to exchange presents.

It is the first Christmas for my cousin since she split up from her husband, he went to live with someone else......so I am sure that it will an emotional time for A, they had been married nearly 25 years.


Well Michael saw the Consultant from Derby today, he has to go for a CT scan within the next couple of months and then go back to him for the results. He told Michael that if it is what he thinks it might be he will have to have an operation.


What I can't understand, is why he has to wait so long for a CT scan. Mind you , I have more faith and much prefer the Nottingham hospitals than the ones in Derby.




Jean, the die cut on the card is white on a blue backround, it has two houses each side of a church with fir trees and branches of a tree running across the top. Hope
I have described it okay for you.lol!!

Did you manage to get the card done with a fancy top? It will be interesting to see it Jean..... if it worked out alright, I'm sure that it will look pretty.


Glad that you are staying with us for at least another six months.

Shaun on the Welsh thread, was saying today that he had bought 36 second class stamps and nearly colapsed through the floor when he came to pay the £18 for them.


As you say Jean, it seems a very long time since Marie has posted on here, I hope that she is alright.



Sylvia and Huia, hope that you are both alright.



I'm ready for bed now, so will say goodnight to everyone.


Take care.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Hi Mo, and everyone


I went for my 6 monthly check-up today, just to my GP ........ the docs were happy, and don;t want to see me for 6 months ............. ie, the next check-up.

They were even happy enough with my bp, which is a bit higher than they would prefer, but it is steady and not bouncing around!


I think it is not so much that any of the docs missed my sis-i-l's brain tumour, as the fact that it s still small, although a lot of swelling around it ......... thus any symptoms have only just appeared.

Mo ...... your nephew probably had a tumour that developed in the brain. I understand that these are easier to deal with than ones that have metastasized from a cancer in another part of the body.


My stool test, which I did back in August, is clear. So no worries there for me :-)



take care everyone




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Yes Sylvia, Marks tumour was was discovered following an eye examination.
He had been having headaches for a while, and thought he just needed new glasses, but no it was worse than he thought.
The specialist keeps a constant check on him, giving him regular scans to see if it has started growing again.
Unfortunately, he has lost all sense of numbers, and cannot add things up at all, but he can remember things that even his parents had forgotten.
They don't think he will ever be able to work again, as his attention scan is quite short.
But he is a happy lad, who loves his young son to bits.
Thank goodness you got the o.k from the doctor re your B.P and stool sample, and that things have started to look up for you healthwise.

Sallie, I wish this darned cold would shift, but the doctor won't give any biotics for what they call viruses, so I just have to grin and bear it for now.
We lost at darts last night...boo hoo, but we were playing a team that are top of the league, so we didn't expect to win over them.
Daughter in law says that Lilly is better today, and has sent her to nursery.
I am having doubts, as she wants to go to Scotland for a family wedding, and just hope and pray that Lilly really is well enough for the journey.
I know that children bounce back pretty quickly, but this is very very quickly, considering Lilly was so unwell yesterday, and not able to keep any food or drink down at all.
I sound like a nagging MIL don't I, but I don't mean to be, just concerned for our little one.
I hope you have a nice day at your cousins house on Sunday. Have a safe journey my love.

Oh Oh, time for my paracetamol, and a cuppa, so I will say tatty bye for now. Hugs Mo

Hi Mo, glad to hear that Lilly is better today,hope that she is alright at nursery though. When do they go up to Scotland? I just hope that Lilly will be a lot better if they decide to go, as it is a very long journey for them if Lilly isn't really up to going.


Sorry that your cold is not getting any better.....yes we have to suffer a long time and it has to develope into an infection before the doctor will give antibiotics, unfortunatley. Hope that it will start improving over the next couple of days.


It was good to hear that your nephew is getting on alright and that they are keeping a close eye on him. It's nice that he is able to get on with his life as best as he can.


Shame your team lost last night.....never mind there's always the next match to look forward to and to beat that team.lol!!!


Jennie rang me this morning to see if I wanted to go to Derby with her, she wanted to have her hair cut and buy something for Michael for Christmas, so of course I said yes......I had intended today to cacth up on some of the jobs that need doing here.....oh well there's always tomorrow.lol!!

Looking forward to seeing my cousin and her daughter on Sunday....Jennie and Michael have decided to come with us now, at least Jennie can share some of the driving with Alun. Jay ( their dog ) is spending the day at Michael's parents house, as it will be too long to leave him on his own all day.


Well I had better go and get started on a couple of jobs before it will get too late.



Hope all our friends on here are all okay.


Thinking about you all.


Take care.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Sallie, they are leaving at midnight tonight. Lilly will be able to sleep in the car fortunately, just as long as she is not sick again, or else the car will be stinking by they get up to Scotland. lol
I bet you and Jenny had a lovely time in Derby. It's great to have a mother and daughter day every so often.
Take care my love Mo xxx

Mo, didn't realise that they are travelling to Scotland tonight......hope that Lilly won't be sick on the journey and that she will sleep all the way there, bless her.

Yes Mo, we enjoyed our trip to Derby, went into our favourite place for cup of tea and a sandwich, lovely. As you say it's nice to have a mother and daughter day every now and again.

Hope Lilly and her mum and dad will have a safe and good journey to Scotland.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Thanks Sallie, I am pleased to say that the family arrived safetly in Scotland. They left at 1.30 a.m after filling up with fuel, and arrived at 8.15 a.m. They stopped around six a.m for about twenty minutes, and thank goodness Lilly was fine on the journey, sleeping most of the way.
I do wish this blessed cold virus would clear orft, all I seem to be doing is dropping off to sleep, and waking myself up coughing.
Bye for now girls, take care. Mo

Its your age old girl :-D :-D get some P***O B****Y tastes vile but does the job, down it quickly then pop in a sweet ;-) ;-) but do hope you get well soon hun.... and hope your family are o.k. in Scotland , snow is forecast,how long are they away?

We expected seeing C today,but E his mum her grandad died and her step dad was taken into hospital with gall stones, now S phoned to say he was going to take E to the walk in centre she is shaking and sickly , we havent heard anymore,

hope everyone else is well and looking forward to Christmas, I look forward to summer warm and sunny :-D :-D :-D

love Jean xx <3 <3

Hi Jean, sorry to hear the sad news about E's grandad, please pass on my condolences to the family. Also hope that her step dad will soon feel a lot better and that he won't be in hospital very long. It could be that E herself worked up with being upset about her grandad and worrying about her step dad. Hope she will be alright.



Mo, how are you feeling today? Hope that you are a bit better than ysterday....stay in and keep warm until you a feeling well again.

Glad that they had a safe journey and that Lilly slept for most of the way. How long are they there for? Lte's hope that the snow that has been forecast will keep away until they are home safely.


We had a lovely day in N.Wales.....all of us went out to lunch to a pub that we have been to several times before, the food there is very good so today we had a carvery, it was really nice.


A----n was talking today about her starting proceedings to divorce her husband....I think that it's a case of, she will be glad when it's over and done with now. I don't really blame her at all.




Sylvia, glad to know that your test results at the doctors were all alright....it's nice to have peace of mind until your next check up.



Huia, hope that all is well with you. I expect that you are busy at the charity shop.
Did you go and visit your sister as said? Hope that she and her family are alright.



We still haven't heard from Marie, I really hope that everthing is alright with her and her family.



Going to have a hot drink now, so will speak to you all later.




Take care.


Love, Sallie.xxx

Hello girls,
Jean, my condolences for all concerned re the loss of a loved one.
Our family are due back tomorrow, god willing that the snow doesn't hold them up.
We might go and try to put their central heating on for them, so that the house is not cold for little one when they arrive. Thats if we can work out how their system works.
What is this P***O B****Y you are trying to get me to take Jean.
I have got a prescription for anti-biotics today. I have tried and tried to clear it myself, with paracetamol, honey and hot lemon, but it just won't go, and it's making me feel rotten.

Sallie, I am pleased that you had a good time in Wales.
I love going to a carvery, you can have what you want, and not what they decide to stick on your plate wether you like it or not. And nearly everytime the vegetables are only just blanched, and semi warm, where as I like my veg properly cooked, and hot, but not boiled to death.
Roly will pile his plate with meat, and I only like a little, but loads of veg for me.

Well it's time I was going girls, wish me luck at darts tonight. But Jean, dont place to much money on me, just in case we lose, you need all your pennies for my christmas present. lol ;-) ;-) ;-)
Bye my friends, speak to you tomorrow. Mo xxx

Hi girls,


Jean I sent you a pm earlier about the cut outs. How are things there today, is there any news on E's stepdad? Hope that he is improving and that the hospital is sorting him out.


My craftroom is in a right mess at the moment, not got much left to do now, so will give it a good sort out when I've done. I just need to make a few birthday cards for January and a couple of New Home cards for my friend who will be moving house
before Christmas.





Mo, I like a carvery too, the one we go to In N. Wales is really good, all the veg are are always cooked as I like them. Like you, I like my veg properly cooked, but not
over done, over cooked veg are just as bad as the ones only just blanched.


Both Jennie and myself love lots of veg, although Jennie has to watch with some of them. We like nearly all veg, but if we had to choose just one we would both choose broccoli...... we love it. Christie is the same, but Richard is like Alun and Michael, there are only a couple of veg that they will eat......fussy lot.lol!!!


Let's hope that the family will arrive home safely before the snow starts in Scotland. Are they travelling home through the night again? Whatever, hope that they have a good and safe journey. I expect, Lilly will tell both you and Roly about the wedding, bless her.



Good luck for tonight Mo, hope you beat the team you are playing tonight.



Well girls I will speak to you all tomorrow.




Take care everyone.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Sallie, when I put my phone on this morning, there was a txt fromJason, they arrived home at 8.15 this morning. They left Scotland around midnight last night, just in case they got held up by the weather or traffic.
We went over to see them this afternoon, and Lilly and her mum have both got this blessed cold and cough thing that I have got. Bless her the cough is really horrid to listen to in such a little one, and I do hope that her mumor dad takes her back to the doctor for something to shift it.
Just to let you know that we did win last night, but crumbs what a night. It's an old team, same venue, but new landlords. It has been done up lovely, but they are catering for the younger people, and have installed a juke box, that they insisted had to be really loud. A crowd of youngsters were creating havoc at the other end of the bar, and we were expecting trouble at any minute. Still, we haven't got to play them at their venue again, thank goodness

Hope you are all well, sending you my best wishes, Mo

Mo, pleased to hear that Jason and his family are home safe and sound.....but sorry that both Lilly and her mum have that cold and horrible cough that you have.
Is yours any better?


Let's hope that they take her back to the doctors and he/she will give her something for it. Maybe she needs some antibiotics, bless her......so hope they will give her some, so that she will be a lot better for Christmas.


Well done to your team last night! Shame about the venue, as you said, it looks as though it is catering for the youngsters now. Us oldies don't stand a chance these days.lol!!!


I will have to go to Derby in the morning to get a few bits of craft stuff, I need to finish off a few cards, so hope that I can get what I want tomorrow. I've also got a couple of late Christmas pressies to get, so will try and get them too.



Jean, Ann, Sylvia, Huia and Marie hope you are all alright.



Speak to you all tomorrow.



Take care everyone.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Today I went to the Christmas dinner at Phil's home. It was crowded. There was a guitarist and a singer and they had the sound system turned up much too loud for my liking, and I didn't even have my hearing aids in and was at the far end of the room (probably about 50 ft away at a guess). I must remember to keep some earplugs in my bag when I go there.

I tried to feed Phil but he was a bit dozy. He had had a dose of morphine for the pain in his foot. Every time I put food in his mouth I had to stroke him under the chin to try to encourage him to chew and swallow. He didn't eat much of his dinner.

I called in at the shop on my way back and had a couple of cups of tea as I didn't want the punch they had provided at the dinner. I have never been keen on fizzy drinks.

Huia. (must change my avatar for a Christmassy one).

Huia, I love your christmas Avatar,I haven't bothered to change mine in ages, in fact I have forgotten how to do it. lol
I know how you felt about the noise at the christmas meal, as I felt the same at our darts on Monday night.
It must be that we get used to a certain amount of silence at home, that when we are thrust into loud noise it affects us quite badly.
I never used to mind noise of any kind, but not now I am older.
When our eldest daughter was a baby, she used to sleep through the 1812 Overture, that Roly and I played loudly on our Dancette record player....oooh that shows how old we are if we know what one of them is.

Ann, many thanks for your Christmas card, received in todays post.