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Happy Anniversary, Jean and Jeff, why not celebrate all weekend too

Lizxx

Thanks for your good wishes, nice to see you Liz hope you are well hows your son?

we havent done much unless you count bailleys and chocolate ;-) ;-) its poured down all day so stayed put, not the bailleys lol rain :-D :-D :-D

Hope its better tomorrow, so miserable looking over the park and seeing only dog walkers looking very bedraggled, the dogs seem to love the rain.......

Time for another little tipple and the last of the chocs,
by for now love Jean xx

Happy Anniversary Jean and Jeff, hope you had a nice day.

Hope everyone is okay, will speak to you all soon.

Take care.


Love, Sallie.xxx <3 <3

Thank you Sallie, you made my day by adding on here lovey to hear from you .we didnt do much but it was nice just to be together, every day is a blessing at our age :-D :-D :-D :-D.
Hope all is well with Jennie also Alun and yourself.take care hope to hear from you soon Love and hugs Jean xx <3 <3 <3

Sallie thank you for the card for our anniversary ,It was nice of you to remember us...

We have had lovely spring like days here,where we are the sun shines directly through the window all day which is nice except when the teles on so we are up and down closing curtains , we bought thin lined curtains so we still have light in the lounge....

we can see were C has put is hands on the glass looking for gramps I finally managed to wipe them off , until he comes again ;-) ;-) ;-)

watched mary berry on tv l couldnt believe the stuff she put in spag bol. I like her cooking but now its gone so up market most of the people watching cant afford
the ingrediants, still I am sure it can be adapted, we are hoping to make cheese and onion pie today, or should I say J will be doing it ,I just shout instructions :-D :-D :-D
to be fair he is doing a great job cooking and admits to enjoying it....what we have found as we get older the big platefulls we used to have is now much smaller and in my case a few pounds lighter weight wise, so that is good news. :-D :-D hope everyone is o.k and looking forward to some nice days ahead

Love Jean xx

Good to see you Sallie :-) <3

Hi Jean, We have had some lovely spring like days too. However, sadly, it is back to normal today and chucking it down with rain. Must have heard thatwe intended going out to buy garden compost. Can't do that in the rain as the bags will be all wet.My problem when the sun shines is that I have to shut it out because it shines directly onto the pc screen.

Ages since I had cheese and onion pie, one of the things we were taught to make at school (they were not very inventive but I assume as it was early 50s the ingredients were easy to get.) I caught the end of mary Berry, was surprised at the sunblushed tomatoes but I can't remember what else she put in, I do remember thinking that spag bol is a cheap meal for some people, no need to glam it up. Oh yes she also put white wine in, that is a no no for me, I prefer to put in some red wine.

Hi all ............


having lots of rain here ............. mixed with some wet snow :-(


Funny ............. I've been thinking about making spag bol for 2 or 3 weeks now! Even added tinned tomato paste, tom sauce etc to the grocery list, but still not had an evening when I needed to make it!

I use a recipe my sister-in-law gave me back in the early 60s when I was living in a flat in Liverpool and beginning to cook. She wasn't a very good cook back in those days (even she admitted it!), but this was one meal I did like. Of course, I've changed it a little bit over the years ............ added a few more herbs and some garlic, and taken out the Vesta dried peas :-D

Lol Sylvia, I remember Vesta dried peas! But did used to like vesta prawn curry (at least I think that is what it was, a long time ago now.

yes, there was a Vest curry I also liked, and I think it was the prawn.

Oh boy ........... didn't we think we were being adventurous eating Vest curry and trying some of their other "foods". Wasn't there an Indian-type beef??

:-D :-D :-D

Yes I think there was a beef one.it was easy cooking I think.

We were slip sliding away there, down on page 3.

We have just had two lovely sunny days but are back to grey and cold today. Still the sun was lovely and we enjoyed it while it lasted. OH got plenty done in the garden despite having a nasty cough, a legacy of our weeknd away unfortunately, I am hoping that I am not going to catch it. Luckily not losing sleep as we are in separate rooms until the cough has gone, the benfot of having a spare room.

It is such a shame that this thread, after so many years, is gradually fading away. I for one miss hearing all the news from Mo and Sallie.

This second thread was srated in 2009 so has been going 8 years, but was going before that until inadvertenty deleted. sad isn't it to let it drop out of sight?

Sadly Huia, Marilyn and Deanna are no longer with us. And Deborah in Jersey and Marie (Zack) seem to have left Genes, and Liz doesn't seem to post on here much any more and now Mo and Sallie don't post much either. It looks like it is just Jean Sylvia and myself keeping it going. :-( :-(

So today I took two large bags to the charity shop, I turned out the bottom of my wardrobe and found 6 pairs of boots, all in excellent condition that I can no longer wear, I always took a five shoe but in the last few years my feet have 'spread, (a bit like the rest of me Lol) and the size 5s are too tight. So they abd two pairs of shoes both worn about twice, one kitten heel and one flat, have all gone to the charity shop. OH went to the dentist and had his front tooth final cap fitted and we did the tesco shop. After unpacking that lot all I have done is potter around on here.

Jean, Sallie and Sylvia I hope you are all OK. Sylvia, did you get the storm that hit the US? It is supposed to be heading for us next, hopefully it will not be so aggressive after making the long trip across. :-D

Hi Ann,just got back from the eye clinic, I was ready to be told the cataract has gone much bigger, so wasnt looking forward to it but the doctor said she will see me in 6 months, we were waiting a long time my time was 3.20 we have just got in at 5 15 and its not far away either, its always busy what ever time you go.the traffic is awful at this time of the day,I have to go to another clinic tomorrow, and sat I am having a perm , luckily I only have to go down stairs,much easier....and cheaper lol..I feel worn out just sitting waiting is very tiring J isnt the best at waiting moans all the time. :-| ;-) ;-)
tonight we are having sausage and mash with onion gravy mmmm
the cheese and onion was very good and we got two meals out of it.... next meal will be steak casserole if the chef is up for it :-D :-D :-D we have various outlets come in 21st of March the Coat Wardrobe is coming, worth a look , although I dont need any coats but there are jackets and accessories. sure to find something ;-) ;-) ;-)
Like you Ann I do miss Mo and Sallie, I hope Ts cough soon clears up , whilst sitting in the clinic the lady next to me sneezed many times, then another person on J side
was coughing it sounded very harsh. hope its not catching....
The meal is almost ready so will chat later, love to anyone who looks in

Jean xx .

Hello my darlinks, how are we all keeping.
Sorry for not having posted in a while, but nothing new has been happening this end, apart from both of us still fighting this flaming lurgy, that's been hanging around since before Christmas.
I am on my third lot of anti-biotics, , Roly won't take them, so I get clear of it, and he start's sneezing and coughing again, and yes, I go down with it again. I am fed up to the back teeth with it.

We have had a few very mild sunny days, so I started to clear the garden of it's weeds, and cut back some of the shrubs. Cor lordy, I was fair worn out by the time I had finished.

Two of my daughters, and one son in law are taking us out for a meal on mothers day, I am looking forwards to that.
The place we are dining at, is the venue I play darts for on a Thursday night. I knew they did meals, but by the time we get there of an evening they are closed to diners, and had no idea what their catering was like, but after questioning my friends apparently they do a very nice carvery, and that's what we will be having on Mothers day.

Well my dears, I will say bye for now, take care of yourselves, hugs to you all.xxx

Hello Mo, I am surprised that your doctor has given you three lots of antibiotics. There is a poster in our doctors saying not to ask for antibs for coughs and colds as they have no effect. And doctors have been told to cut the amount they prescribe because overuse is causing them not to work.

Hopefully when the weather improves these bugs will go away.

Jean that is good that you have another six months for your eyes it shows they had not deteriorated. Hope you enjoyed your sausage and mash that chef cooked for you.

Lucky you to have shops come to you what a great idea. A nice spring jacket then? :-)

Morning folks, Mo so pleased to hear from you, I was starting to have withdrawel symptoms when you failed to show ;-) ;-) ;-) I do pray that the colds a nd coughs fade away quickly, your meal sounds lovely I know you will enjoy it .

I am pleased about the eyes Ann and also my last visit to the other clinic, so no more searching for parking ,always a nightmare , it doesnt help when people park over the white lines :-| :-| or when the disable bays have non disable in them. no courtesy these days. the weather was awful yesterday it poured down all night and all day this morning it looks overcast but at the moment is dry...

I have been watching a bird over the last few days , it was light grey head and a pale pink breast with a ring around the neck I had a look on line and the nearest I found was a Plover and another whose name i forgot..may be someone on here may have an answer......

I am shortly going downstairs to the hairdresser to have a perm, at least I dont have to go out these days..

so see you all later enjoy your weekend

Love Jean . <3 <3 <3 <3

Hi all


spring is springing here ........... which means rain, rain, rain!

However, this afternoon did turn out to be lovely and sunny, with blue skies, despite all the warnings of more rain. OH went intot eh garden, did some clearing up, and brought some branches of forsythia in for me to force inside.

We're going away next week for a few days, seeing some old friends then returning home on 2 trains

I still have traces of the cough that I had that began in January and lasted for 6 weeks.

Hello Syvia, like you we have a lot of rain and some of it is leaking into our boiler cupboard :-0 :-0 it has been rung through to the people in charge of the care facility, we couldnt believe it when we were told the workmen cant come out while its still raining, as there is no way to get into the roof area, another flat has had problems with rain leaking in but much worse than ours......watch this space......

your trip sounds great, you use the trains like we use coaches or cars, two trains so were are you off too I had no idea Canada was so big...... I hope your cough clears up soon and that you can enjoy the rides...take care I look forward to hear about it all.

Oh goodness me Jean, would you like me to lend you a pair of wellie boots my love. Fancy the work not being done sooner, after all, the rain is not coming through your roof, it's coming via your boiler, what nonsense.
Actually, we have got more or less the same problem, but it's caused by condensation on the pipes coming from the airing cupboard, into the small cupboard downstairs where we keep our recycling bags. When Roly was getting the bags out for collection, he noticed that the bags were damp, and that the pipes were damp. He has lagged them, in hopes to stop the drips, but it's not working properly, so now today he has been and bought air vents to put in the door in hopes that the air can circulate and dry things out. It's daft really, we have lived here for years and years, and it has never happened before. Our boiler man checked it out, and recommended the vent so fingers crossed it works. I hope everyone is well, I send you all my love and best wishes. xxx

Dear Ladies

Hello to you all

Hope you are all doing all right.

I am trying to get some photos of the trees and flowers which are about
to bloom again.

I try to build up a catalogue of the first buds through to the flourishing greenery.

I have also had a lucky break with my research.
I had a EUREKA! moment and with that, I managed to trace a whole load of ancestors from Battersea and Richmond!

I did not know that line of my family tree had travelled to these areas and settled and found work there. I located photos of the factories and some of the streets in local history books. I was delighted.

Hope your research is proving fruitful for you too.

Whatever you are doing this weekend, may you be contented and find peace.

Please travel safely.


Take gentle care
With very best wishes
Love Elizabeth, EOS
xx

Jean I can't think what that bird can be, is the chest very pink? Shall have to see if I can find it in the bird book. Have you seen it since?

Good that you don't have to go back to the clinic where you have trouble parking.

Hope that they have been to fix the leak by now, or at least it won't be long before they do.

Sylvia, enjoy your time away, we have a break coming up soon too, a week in Cornwall followed by a week in Dorset, hoping the weather warms up a bit. At least our clocks go forward this weekend so it feels more like Spring.

Mo, Hope the vents solved your condensation problem.

Elizabeth, good to see you on here, I too like taking photos of the flowers and trees, especially the garden flowers.
I had upsetting news yesterday. eleven years ago my sister had breast cancer, she had a very small lump removed and a course of Radio Therapy. Yesterday she was told the results of a CT scan and MRI she’d had earlier in the week. There is cancer in her lymph nodes and it has spread to her lungs. She has had no symptoms except very recently her arm swelled with lymphodemia, which is why she was sent to the breast clinic, although not with any haste, she waited several weeks for an appointment. Although once she had that she was seen fairly quickly for the scan etc. She will have to go on medication depending what type of cancer it is. She thinks she will not have longer than two years to live, I am hoping she will be lucky and it will be longer, but having gone through the same thing with son in law, I know it can move very quickly. She is 6.5 years younger than me.