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What colour is this dongle ;-) ;-) ;-)

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And Well Done sorting your dongle out :-D :-D :-D :-D

Thank you everyone for your warm welcome back, and kind words. It is really good to be back and able to talk to my friends again.
I know that in the weeks and months to come there will be difficulties and hurdles to get over, but it is a great comfort to know that you will all be there to talk to, and discuss things with.

It's great to be back.

Tec , it is wonderful to see you posting :-D <3 <3 :-D
I hope it goes well at the weekend when you see the Duchess . The seperation must be the hardest thing for you to bear but at least you will see that she is being well looked after .
You have been much missed by all of us and as Linda has so rightly said , when you get home we will always be around to keep you company .

Sue , I loved the photos of " the stack " on FB . I have a set of pics from some years ago of a very similar thing , a landmark chimney blown away by controlled explosion :-(

Linda , it sounds as if you are going to be doing a lot of travelling backwards and forewards in the next few months . I think you ought to be awarded a " top Nanny " trophy :-) I hope Esme is recovering well <3

~~~~ to everyone :-) :-)

Absolutely Linda <3 <3 <3

Tec its lovely to see you it really really is, you have to concentrate on getting yourself fit and well again first....You have come so far :-)

Sending you both lots and lots of love and pink gushy cwtches to both you and Duchess........ <3 <3

Its great to see your name back on the boards Tec me darlinks :-D <3 <3

It is sad that the Duchess won#t be able to come back, but you won't be alone, we will all be with you <3 <3 <3 <3

Back again.

Well after six weeks in Shrewsbury hospital I am now in the cottage hospital in Tywyn, that is just ten miles away from my home.
I have to stay here for a couple of weeks while they " build me back up", also some exercises and physio. I lost three and a half stone in weight before going into hospital, so need to put some back.
Some alterations are being made to the house before I can go home. The dining room is being converted into a bedroom. The Occupational Therapist is taking me to the house next week to see how I manage about the house with the wheelchair, and other things.
More importantly than all that is that a nurse is taking me to see the Duchess at the weekend. She is in the nursing home along the road. I haven't seen or spoken to her in six weeks. She has apparently told everyone I am away on holiday :-0 .
I am very concerned that I don't upset her, and she may think I have come to take her home. I don't think the Duchess will ever come home again, because I know I couldn't manage. I hardly managed with two legs.
I don't mind the prospect of living alone, but knowing the Duchess will not be there is heart breaking. I expect I will get used to it. So long as she is happy.
Really it is the beginning of a new chapter in my life, and I regard it as a challenge.

My leg has healed nicely, except I have nasty phantom pains. That is really weird, but I'm told will ease in time.
I have to go back to Shrewsbury in a week or two. They have to remove a steel filter that goes down through the jugular vein into the groin to catch any clots. It's an out patient appointment.
On Monday I go to Wrexham, 70 miles away to meet the prosthetic limb people. The surgeon has advised me to use the wheelchair, and only use the artificial leg for high days and holidays.
Well I seem to have gone on too long. I can't tell you how much I missed you all lying in that bed all those weeks.
I haven't read back as I was too eager to send a post, I hope everything is alright with everyone.

Tec :-)

Oh hello Tec, wonderful to see you on here

You need a visiting teenager

HELLO TEC :-) :-) :-) :-)

Absolutely lovely to see your post! We have ALL really missed you- but most of all Sue Linda and Shaun have missed you terribly!

It's great that you have managed to get the internet working. I hope it continues to give you a signal.

Hope that you are improving day on day! Love Jem from Wales <3

Hello again,

I think I may be reconnected - I do hope so, because I've driven everyone in this hospital insane trying to get me online :-D.
I managed to send Linda an e-mail earlier, and was going to ask her to relay to you on here, in case I couldn't get on again.
Basically, it is in appreciation of the wonderful support I've had from you all. Linda has been wonderful relaying your messages, and yesterday I received the beautiful booklet that Shaun has put together.

Out of practice - hit submit button by mistake.

Oh lord, what have I done.

Esme can't get a place in nursery until September, but my daughter has to go back to work in April.

Same situation as when they had Eve, except my daughter took an extra three months unpaid maternity leave, which they can't afford to do now. To cover the gap the two sets of grandparents alternated going down to London every other week for three days to look after her. That was when you were here Sue. Anyway, the other grandmother is too ill to do that now, so I am going to London for three days a week to look after Esme.

They were looking at finding a child minder to fill in the gap and if Esme had been well, that wouldn't have been too bad, but she needs individual care at the moment. I would much rather go and look after her in her own home until she is a bit older and hopefully feeding better.

It won't be too bad because we have a two week holiday booked which my daughter will cover, plus we are all going to Centre Parcs for a week and my daughter was planning a weeks holiday in July with some friends,so I will get some time off.

Good morning. I hope Sue didn't get crushed by the chimney :-(

It is nice to see Tec back Berona, it is a pity his dongle isn't working properley

How lovely to look in and see Tec's avatar there!
Take care, my dear friend. Still more hurdles to get over yet, but with the wonderful attitude you have, I know you'll make it!

Hi, I'm late again but not grand-daughters fault this time.

((( 100 hugs ))) and XXXXXXX <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 Tec, welcome back we have all really missed you :-)

Linda she borrowed my laptop to watch a DVD as she hasn't got a TV or DVD player in her room. She was also chatting to her boyfriend on FB which she usually does on her iphone ( i think thats what she has ) but she dropped it last week and broke the scene :-(
Well if you are doing h.....w..k you must be feeling a little better but don't over do it :-)

Sue how did things go at school open day ? Hope you both enjoyed watching the stack come down :-)

Hello Huia, hope you are feeling much better and taking things more slowly <3

~~~~~~ to Mersey who seems to be whizzing around, probably getting in some practice for her race with Tec :-D :-D

Amanda I did worn you, I can sympathise with you as the muscle ache you felt when you got up this morning is how FM ( Fibromyalgia ) feels every day :-( hope you still enjoyed the swim :-)

~~~~~~ to those that pop in later :-)

Hi Sue, and everyone


Sue....... take plenty of photos :-)



a lovely sunny day here, and about 9C. I've had to open the windows!




How lovely to see Tec back again
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Don't get too close Sue

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ZOOOMz in says helllooooooooo to one and all :-D :-D >>>>>>>>zoomz back out seeee yaaaa ;-) ;-)

Just a quick hello :-)

We are going out very early to see an "icon" come down. It is a large chimney that we all call "The Stack". It can be seen for miles around in our industrial port but it's had it's day and down it comes. We have found a vantage point so OH can see it from the car.

The amount of protesting that has gone on has been amazing and at times ridiculous. It has been delayed a few times because of asbestos checks.

May be home in time to say goodnight :-)

Ooh, don't let Alan hear you say that Huia :-D

A big WELCOME BACK to Tec, if he manages to get on long enough to read our messages. Alan did try to fill in, but he is just another Aussie, not quite the same as a Welshman. ;-)