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That is very good news Mo, pleased for you.

Jean glad you are enjoying it. Yes I realised that Michaels wife had the same as Jeff. I hope she gets through the op ok.

Hello girls,


Mo, wonderful news, thank goodness for that, I am so pleased for you. I hope that no news of Marilyn is good news. Thinking about her and hoping that she will make a good recovery.

Enjoy your darts match tonight and hope that you and your team will win. Good Luck.





Jean, you are doing well with making cards, there is no stopping you.lol!! I haven't made any today, still got a slight problem with my shoulder.

Glad to hear that your goddaughter is now clear of cancer.......let's hope that it will never, ever come back.

I posted on Michael's thread earlier on, only ever ' spoken ' to him a few times, he seems very nice. I hope and pray that his wife will make a good and complete recovery.

Bought some new dies while we were in Derby this morning, just hope that my arm and shoulder will be up to using the GC tomorrow.lol!!




Ann, if I remember rightly, you have a Kindle. I'm thinking about getting one myself and was wondering what you thought about them.....if they are easy to use and worth the money. As I only have small hands I am finding it uncomfortable to hold a book with 600+ pages for any length of time, so thought the Kindle might solve the problem. Jennie is taking me to look at them tomorrow, so I wonder could you give me any advice on which one might be the best, please.

I'm also toying with the idea of getting the eBosser, thinking that it would be better and easier to use, if my shoulder is going to keep playing up. Although to be honest I really like the GC and wouldn't like to get rid of it. I shall have to thing about it.


Alun, has something on his ear it looks similar to a wart, I want him to make an
appointment to see the doctor but he doesn't seem too bothered about it. I'm worried in case it's a rodent ulcer and think it would be better to check it out.




Huia, hope that your cold sore and cough will soon be gone, so that you can sort your teeth sorted out.



Well I'm going to make myself a cuppa now, Alun is out at the Model Railway Club tonight and won't be home until almost eleven.


Speak to you all tomorrow.


Take care everyone,].


Love, Sallie.xxx











Huia,

Sallie, I have the old style kindle, the newer ones have a touch screen I think. Son in law has a touch screen and says it is fine. I think the kindle fire seems to be good. You could go on the kindle thread on hobbies board and ask the question though. :-)

Sallie, you tell Alun from me that he should go to the doc with that thing on his ear. Phil had one and the doc wanted to have it removed but he said no (I wasn't with him). It just got worse and was bleeding a lot. I got sick and tired of his bloody pillowcases so took him back to the doc. He had to have a chunk taken off the top of his ear. I am not sure what sort of thing it was, some sort of cancer, but it was probably a benign one, apart from the fact that it kept bleeding.

Ann, just seen your reply, thanks for that bit of information. Yes Jennie mentioned the touch screen to me, and although she hasn't got a Kindle herself she seems to think that I would be okay with the touch screen.

Thanks Ann,

Love, Sallie.xxx

Morning everyone, hope its fine were you are, it was a awful day yesterday, and today doesnt look any different still its early so fingers crossed it will clear up.....

Sallie I have my e-bosser permantly on the top of the drawers and with plenty of room for the thick plates to run through it is a heavy machine so not easy to put away , I dont need to move it, it is A4 size so big dies go through easily , it is great to do a lot of dies or embossing folders at one time. like I said before the instruction book is very clear to follow.... its worth a look on you tube there are loads of info and tutorials.I have just done some A6 size cards with embossed border, it is a new folder..... which new dies did you get? I keep looking to see if there are any I would like but not really looking to buy lots of stuff again....Does Hobby Craft do demos it would be handy if you could try it first I think the weight of it would put many off......all i can say is I love it and its very good....

love Jean xx

edit I nearly forgot to tell you all our goddaughter went to see the consultant yesterday, for test results and she is clear of all the cancer, still has to have chemo to be sure there is none lingering . but she is fine now....thanks for your thoughts and prayers.....

Sallie, I meant to say, alan should get that looked at in case it is a rodent ulcer. It does say that one of the places common for men to get them is on the ears.

Good evening girls,
Jean, get round to that bookies now my love, you must pick up your winnings. Ye Ha, we won, and I won my singles game, so Jean, you will be most proud of me.
The holiday fund is going up for you both. xxx
It's briiliant news about your G.Daughter, I am pleased for you all.

Sallie, please get Aluns ear checked out. My dear friend had a sore up her nosrtil, and saw her doctor, who prescribed an anti-biotic cream.
A week later she had to go back and see him because the thing had started to grow.
She went to the hospital, where they did a biopsy on the growth, and she was told that the results would be back 6/8 weeks later.
The next week, the blessed thing had grown even more, and she was put on pain killers.
To cut a long story short, she has now been told she has a form on skin cancer up her nose, and she can't breathe through her nostrils as it has spread so badly.
She is due to go into hospital on monday, for what they say, is another biopsy.
I hope and pray they take the darned thing away completely, then do the biopsy.
This should have all been sorted weeks ago, as she has been suffering for nearly 8 weeks now.
They have got to do an MRI and CAT scan to see how far it has spread. I hope and pray it has not reached up as far as her brain.
So, please please Sallie, get Alun checked out, and perstist till they get a decision as to what it is.

Ann, my mum had a rodent ulcer on her face, and had to have it removed. Not a nice proceedure for someone in their 80's to have to undergo, when they have dementia, and don't understand whats happening to them.

Sallie, did you get your Kindle honey? I hope your shoulder and arm are feeling better today, and you can get round to using your GC.

Huia, I don't eat toffees for fear of losing my fillings. You were taking a chance in eating a gummy sweet, but I bet you were enjoying it till you lost the filling. :-D look thats my teeth at the moment lol

Sorry if I have been sounding off tonight girls, but I feel so frustrated for my dear friend Floence, and hope and pray they can sort her out on Monday.

Sending <3 <3 <3 for Marilyn.

Love and hugs to you all, Mo xxx

Hi girls, thank you Ann, Mo and Huia for your concern about Alun's ear........he made an appointment this evening to see the doctor we usually see, only trouble is that the
appointment isn't until 28th October, which is three weeks on Monday. We will keep a close eye on whatever it is and if it looks as though it has grown we will have to try and get an emergency app.


Yes I bought a Kindle today, so now I will have to get use to it.lol!! Not very good on all this new technology stuff......if that's what you call it.lol!!
I got the Kindle Fire HD, Alun, Jennie and Michael came with me to PC World in Derby, and they all seemed to think that that was the one to have....we shall see.lol!!!

When we had finished at PC World, we decided to go to Little Eaton garden centre,( which isn't far from there) just for a coffee and tea, but ended up having an early lunch there instead.....so we all had a nice morning out.



Ann hope that you and T will enjoy the weekend with your daughter and son-in-law, and that the weather will be better over the next couple of days than it has been, lately.




Mo, I hope and pray that the hospital will be able to get your friend sorted out very soon. I will be thinking about her on Monday.

Well done on your win last night, we are all proud of you.....keep going so that you win all or most games of the season.



Jean, the eBosser sounds really great, so much easier and quicker than the GC.
I think I will probably have to get one eventually, especially if my shoulder and arm will keep playing up.

I bought two Marianne dies and one Cheery Lynn die. One is a window die that only came out on Wednesday and the other Marianne die is Passe-partpot Square, if you look on CraftsULove you will be able to see them both.....the other die is just a Merry Christmas on it.




Huia, hope that your cough and cold sore are much better by now. Hope Phil is not too bad.



Marie, if you are looking in, hope all is well with you and your family.




I'll speak to you all tomorrow.



Take care everyone.


Love, Sallie.xxx

So Sallie, if you go missing for a couple of days, we will know that you are engrossed in your Kindle, or trying to comprehend it. Now if I had one, it would take me about six months to understand it, and in that amount of time I could have read at least two dozen books lol. Enjoy yourself my love, and read loads of books.
Fancy Alun having to wait right through till the 28th of the month for an appointment. You are right, that should it start to grow, an emergency app would be appropriate.

My friend Florence had her echo cardiogramme done today, and her heart beat is still high, so Monday will tell, if they hopefully do her operation.
I was told that they could give her an injection to slow the heart beat, but I am not sure about that.

I hope our dear friends Jean, Marie, Sylvia and Huia are all well.

Bye for now my lovelies, love to you all. Mo xxx

Hi Mo, I am happy with the Kindle, although it's going to take some time to get use to it......probably six months, as you said.lolol!! I still have a book to finish before I start to use the Kindle, I don't like to start another book until I have finished the one I am reading.


I will be thinking about your friend Florence on Monday and hope they will be able to do something to help her as soon as they can.


Alun and I went to Derby this morning, as we didn't want very much there we decided to get some more Xmas presents, so managed to get a few more. On the way back to the bus station we called in a shop selling Yankee Candles, both Christie and my niece love having them....only problem was that after I had opened one of the jars to know what it smelt like, I hadn't put the top back on securely so it ended up smashed to bits on the floor......oooooh! I felt awful about it. We offered to pay for it but the girls working there were very nice and said there was no need.
Apparently, they were saying that lately it has happened on a daily basis. We bought two jars that they have brought out for Christmas
.

I haveonly made a few easy Christmas cards today, haven't had time to do anymore. Hopefully I will have more time tomorrow.


Ann, enjoy the rest of the weekend with your daughter and son-in-law.


Jean, I expect you been busy making more Christmas cards today.


Sylvia, not sure if your daughter and grandson are still with you.....enjoy the rest of their stay with you.


Huia, hope you are feeling better and able to get out and about again.


Marie, hope we hear from you soon.


Well, I'll say goodnight now, speak to you all tomorrow.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Hi Mo, and everyone

I haven't read back, so I hope I haven't missed anything important.

Except .............. I just saw that Mo's friend is going for a biopsy. I do hope all goes well for her, and that she now gets fast treatment.


to bring you up to date ...........


we had a great week with daughter and grandson. Everyone was really relaxed, and enjoyed the visit. Daughter was more relaxed because she was not worrying about any effects people might be having on her husband!

They left on Friday evening, and we are back to as much like normal as we ever are!!

it was great to have them, and we did some interesting things with the tiddley!


OH's sis-i-l is not in good form ...........................

her trip down here showed that she does have metastazied (??sp) colon cancer into some lymph nodes.

Treatment .................... can only be chemo. because the nodes are too close to important organs for radiation.

Her choice was .........

....... no treatment and about 1 year to live

....... chemo and an expected life span of 2-3 years, or possibly to 6 years.

She has opted for chemo ..................... but is not starting that for about 5 weeks, to give her time to do some things she's always wanted to do ............... including an all-girls visit to Hawaii with some friends!!

She currently feels very well, and is trying to enjoy life while she can. She was told that it would make no difference if she left starting chemo for 2-3 months.

I am only posting this on "my" threads, so please no-one start any "be sorry for Sylvia" threads!


s
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Hello Sylvia,
It's nice to hear you had a lovely visit from your daughter and little man. But it is sad news about your SIL. Her choosing the chemo was a must really, she has to do the best to extend her life...well thats my way of thinking. And going away whilst she is still feeling up to it, is wonderful. So sad for you and your OH though. Is it the sister that lost her husband not so long ago ?
Is there any news on the sale of your Cabin yet Sylvia.
Thank you for your good wishes for my friend Florence. She had her biopsy done yesterday, and they removed some of the growth so that she could breathe a little easier.
Saturday she goes for a Cat Scan, and on Monday for her MRI, and she has to have blood tests sent to both departments, goodness knows why as they are treating her for one thing, surely they only need one lot of bloods. Oh well what do I know.
They want to get her back in within three weeks, to remove the remainder of the growth.

I hope this finds everyone fit and well. Love to all, Mo xxx

Hi Mo, and everyone

Well, it's good news that things are finally moving fast for your friend, Mo!! If only that had happened weeks ago.


Sis-i-l's husband died back around 1987, cancer, when their eldest child was 12. She raised them, and they have all turned out very well, and have done very well for themselves.


I think you may be thinking of our best friend who died recently ......................

Today (Tuesday) was the "putting to rest" of that friend who died a couple of months ago

ie, burying the urn containing his ashes.

It has taken time to organise, because the widow wanted them to go into the ground in the Garden where we all worked.

It went really well. The weather was beautiful and sunny. The spot chosen was in a quiet but accessible area, and everything was ready to pop the container into the ground. There were 6 of us, plus the Director and Assistant Director, and we all took turns in putting some soil back into the ground.

A few tears by the widow, but I think she is doing as well as can be expected.


We are going to stay with her for Christmas, and hope to also get over there in the next 4 or 5 weeks, just for a couple of days.

One of the long time friends, who had moved up north 35 years ago, arrived rather unexpectedly this weekend, so he was able to attend.


I'm very tired now!


OH had to see the dermatologist in the morning before the putting to rest ................. and ended up having whatever-it-is on the tip of his ear scraped off :-(

By dinner time, I noticed red marks on his shirt and cardi :-0

so now we're trying to stem the seeping flow.

It should scab over in 2 or 3 days.

He SAYS it did not and does not hurt :-(


what a day!!!



take care everyone



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Ooops sorry Sylvia, trust me to get mixed up with who's who etc.
What a lovely turn out for your friends laying to rest, his wife must have been so proud.
It will be nice for her to have your company over the christmas period, thats one of the occasions when it is hardest for those left behind.
Bless your OH, I hope the ear has stopped bleeding now. Are they doing a biopsy on it.
Oh listen to me, I seem to think that hospitals do biopsy's on everything these days, but then it's better to be safe than sorry isn't it.
My goodness it's so cold here today, the wind has been blowing a gale. The temperature was 9 celcius when we went shopping this morning, but it has dropped drastically now.

I must tell you my good news....we are going to be grandparents again in May. Little Lilly will have a new baby joining her in the family.
Our son was a bit nervous about telling us, fearing what we would say, knowing that he has two children from his first marriage.
DIL swore she would never ever have another child, following Lilly's birth. lol we all know how quickly we forget the pain that accompanies child birth don't we.
It looks like our christmases are starting to get expensive yet again. When our eldest grandchildren grew up, we thought the cost would reduce, but hey no it won't. lol

Well my friends, I hope you are all well. Love to all, Mo xxx

Hi Mo, and everyone


Mo ........ what great news!!! I'm sure Lilly will be delighted.


No, they won't do a biopsy on the "scrapings" ............. it is pre-cancerous, but they tend to take these things off before they develop.

I think what OH had done is what Ann of Gloucester talks about being done to her "rodent ulcers", though we don't have anything called that here. They sound very similar!



I was at the docs today ......... it seems that they are happy to leave my bp medications as they are at the moment, my "poo" test was OK, but they want to do a punch biopsy on a thingy on my shin, "just to be sure" :-(. So I have to go again next week to have that done :-( :-( :-(


The weather is quite beautiful here ..................... it has been really sunny for the last 3 days, cool (ca 10-15C in the daytime), and getting down to around 6 or 7C overnight.

I have 2 Jade plants that spend the summer out on my sundeck, but they spend the colder months on a large windowsill in the basement. I had OH bring them in late on Wednesday night when I realised it might get as low as 5C. I hope I hadn't left them out there too late in the month!



It is Canadian Thanksgiving on Monday ................ we will be just the 2 of us this year, but have ordered a turkey breast from the butcher.


Take care everyone



s
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Morning all, we are off in a little while for a weeks break ,so Mo you had better keep them all in order, lovely news about the new baby.... we had our littlie here last weekend , he is all over the place and full of it..... all the ornaments near the floor have to be moved , his best fun is ripping paper up and then trying to eat it !! so D has got a silver fire blanket that rustles and shimmers and safe . he will love it....

Sylvia, I dont think we will be getting sunshine next week but as long as there is no rain and high winds I dont really care, hope all goes well with the op and that all is clear...


I too have wondered how Marie has got on , hope she is settled in and enjoying her new home....

thanks Sallie for the pm, I wonder if I can manage to steer clear of the craft shop... dont hold your breath...lol...take care one and all seee you next week....

love and hugs , Jean xxx

Mo, ooh another little one, lovely news (if expensive).

Jean, have a wonderful holiday, you both deserve it, and don't spend too much in the craft shop (just a little bit).

Sylvia, the proper name for Rodent ulcers is basal call carcinoma. they are cancerous but rarely, if ever spread to other parts of the body. I had two scrapes done this year, not painful when done but sore while healing and one took a long time to heal.

Oh darn it, I missed saying cheerio to Jean and J, but I do hope they have a lovely break away, whatever the weather may bring.

Sylvia, I have never heard of the "Punch Biopsy" on what you call a "thingy on your shin", but whatever it is, and however they do it, I hope it turns out o.k for you.
Your weather sounds lovely at the moment, after all the rain we had yesterday, it was a pleasure to have just a dry day today,but....we are due another deluge tomorrow, so by Monday my web feet will be well used to it. lol

Hello there Ann, I think this is only about the second time I have spoken to you, since your return from your holiday, sorry about that my love.
Yes it will be lovely to have another baby around the house. Our Lilly does not seem to be a baby any longer to us, mind you, she will be three in January, but she is still our youngest grandchild.
We had a visit today from our youngest G.Grandaughter. She has the most gorgeous smlie, it could melt ice, and she is a beautiful baby all round.

I hope our Sallie,Marie and Huia are well.

Bye for now my lovelies. Mo xxx

Mo I have had two or three punch biopsies on my rodent ulcers, they take a small punch piece ( like a paper punch I guess) a small piece in diameter but fairly deep to see if there is anything below the surface.