General Chat

Morning Folks, bit confused, how long has Marilyn been Maz? seem to have missed loads of your news, Ann, have already offered some to our local brownies for the christmas fair, and I just bought on of those twisted card packs to try, I really must not go down this road again, pity because I love making them....lol....

Maz,( have to say much prefer Marilyn) you sound as though you are having a lovely time, how long are you away for? we are having terrible weather up north.. more is forecast too.... so will be thinking of you in the hot sunshine,
NOT....

hope everyone else is getting on with their Christmas shopping, I havent a clue what to buy my lot, every year gets harder....

better get on with more cleaning....ugh.... never had such a clean home ....
lol....

love Jean xx Mo, p.m. sent.

MO, if your singing is all that bad you might get a lot of money - to go a long way away!

Huia.

Maz,have you heard my singing voice. I think I will have to call on Marie and Huia and Ann to help me out,as I would not get a penny if I am on my own.
Oh well,it looks like I will be staying here after all. Never mind wait till I win the lottery.
Hi Jean hows you today.
Sallie lots of love winging your way,don't forget we are here for you.
Night Night. Love mo xxx

Mo,

Carol singing for you ....LOL its the only way you'll get some money !

Hey Maz,I am desperate,I need to get to Huia's pretty darned quick,can you help. LOL

Huia,


What a lovely thought........on Maria.

Thats such a kind thing to say. when she messages me back I will let her know your suggestion , mind it could be a long way off yet .
But you never know ,somehow the air fare could be found if one is desperate.!!

Marilyn x

Marilyn, aka MAZ, if Maria comes to NZ I would love to be her official photographer for her reunion with her father and meeting her numerous half siblings. It has pleased me enormously to be able to help someone. I can meet her at the airport if she comes to Auckland and bring her back here for a sleep to get over any jet lag before she heads off to meet the family.

Huia.

Hi Everyone.....its me once in a while ! LOL

I'm still in the heat of 84 degrees ....not complaining just letting you know !

Just had a lovely walk on the beach, but now its too hot so I'm back in Condo waiting for my friend to have coffee with us .

I'm beginning to miss my lovely grandchildren, as I went and bought some clothes for them yesterday and it bought them back to me ......Awwwwhhhh.

Gosh their are too many adverts on the USA TV I can honestly say after 5mins an advert , its most distracting makes you want to turn of the blinking thing off .
But I just love( Dancing with the Stars) its the same as in UK (Strictly dancing )

More important how are you all ?

Huia I nearly died when I read about you opening the door to strangers !
Gosh it must be safer where you are....or you must be braver than me !!
Huai no update yet on Maria only that she has heard from all the siblings of her fathers second marriage.....maybe saving up to go to NZ .

Well girls is nice to pop in now and again
Take care all of you.

Marilyn x alias MAZ x,

Oh Ann,I am so sorry,I forgot I do not have yours or Debbies e.mail addy.
I just hope Jean did not delete hers,as unkown junk mail,if you have Jean
I will send it again to you.
Oh my word Debbie,this swine flu is a pain in the backside. I firmly believe that there is not one family,in the u.k that has not been affected by it.
Three members off my family have had it. Roly is due to have his jab for it,
on the 26th if this month. But they have not offered it to me.
I hope the children will be o.k. It sounds like they are still having fun with their sport. Good for them,thats what I say,bless them.
I do envy you Christmas morning,with all the excitement from the children.
Children make christmas,when there are only the two of you on xmas morning,it's not the same.
I miss my lots excitement,when they go down and discover what they have got.
I will be back later girls. Love to you all. Mo xxx

Sallie look at craft superstore, they have the bigshot reduced, I have not used it but it looks interesting for £49.99

Mo I haven't had anything from you but that is possibly because you don't have my e mail address.
Jean if you have too many cards, do you have a favourite charity shop, maybe they would like them, or do you have anyone you can sell them to and give the profit to charity?
Mo a draw is better than losing so well done.
Sallie please PM me if you feel down and want a chat.

Debbie, at least they are on the ball with the vaccinations. Unless your children are asthmatic or bronchial I don't thinkt here is anything to worry about, it seems to have been no worse than ordinary flu. I am surprised that they are giving tamiflu when they have not even got it, the tamiflu itself affects some children by giving them nightmares. I assume it is still around here but we hear very little about it now.

Hi Girls, it's taken me so long to read all the posts I will have to have a lie down! How is everyone? There has been so much talk on here I wouldn't really know where to start. Glad Jean you had a good holiday, Huia take care of your self when answering the door, Sallie, my thoughts are with you. How is your daughter?

We are an Island swathed in Swine Flu now, unfortunately. It was contained for so long but now the Half Term break is over and children are all back at school after their holidays, there has been a massive increase in cases and we are now officially experiencing a "Severe Outbreak", based mainly in children.

Having said that though, the authorities have been very quick to get things sorted. They started vaccinating people a few weeks back, those in Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Health Workers & all with underlying Health Problems (diabetes, asthma etc). Now they are offering the vaccination to 16,000 children under the age of 16. The Primary Schools were all done last week and the Secondary ones yesterday & today. All pre-school age will be next week. It is hoped to have at least 50% of the population vaccinated by Christmas, so a huge push from the Health Authorities here.

All of my 4 have had the vaccination, and Matthew is on Tamiflu as a girl in his class has it. There's nothing we can do other than be sensible and wait for the vaccine to kick in which takes 10-14 days. At least we aren't having to pay for any of this. The authorities here budgeted very well for this all and every home today has received more leaflets & info as well as a thermometer, so we can check temperatures. My thermometer has been working overtime recently, keeping an eye on everyone.

Anyway, we are all well, keeping busy and out of mischief. The eldest boys are doing a lot of Running and football and Luke & Sophie are still enjoying their football.

Counting down now till Christmas, which I find very hard at the moment. We have amazing weather, whoever heard of it being 18º in the middle of November?. Sorry if any of you are having the storms we have heard about on the news. I hope you are all ok.

I will be back on here before you know it to keep up with the gossip. Best wishes to you all.

DEBBIE

I have just been looking at my 'card', MO. It is great.

Sallie, I always reckon it helps to talk about things rather than bottling them up, so please do come on here to talk or PM/email friends when you are feeling down. We all care about each other, as I have found this year.

Huia.

Hello girls.
I am sorry to be on so late,I have just got home from darts.
We drew again3-3 but won the pairs 3-2.
Sallie,you naughty girl,I told you to e.mail me if you felt low,I am always here for you,and everyone else,who may be going through a bad patch.
We are here to help each other,in our hours of need. Just soneone to lean on helps once in a while.
I was quite concerned when we had not heard from you.
By the way,did you receive my christmas e.mails that I sent out to you all.
I hope you liked them.
If you have not received them let me know,and I will send them again.
Night Night all. God bless you. love to you all. Mo xxx

Hello, Sallie. look forward to your pages , we are still trying to get the house in order,so havent done any scrapping for a while but hope to start soon... sorry to hear you suffer from depression, I was like that when I was about 30, couldnt go into shops or go to friends homes... still get small panic attacks after all this time, but not a worry now.... that was why I started with the card making, loved the way you could get totally absorbed in it...life saver.....so you carry on love, and enjoy your crafting.....do only what you want to do, there is always time to stop and rest , till the urge to start again comes.
glad you liked the cards, I really got carried away, did far too many, I dont even send many....lol.... so I will give them away for someone else to use....
but I loved it and am still looking to start buying more craft stuff, J is looking a bit worried, his remark was" your not starting all this again are you?"but I will only do scrapping ....will keep you in my prayers, Sallie,we are all here if you just want to chat......

love Jean xx

I would love to see them Sallie. It sounds like you are suffering from agorophobia, have you tried asking for counselling, it really is restricting if it takes hold. I have a friend who suffers with it.

Ann, yes I've suffered from it for ten, nearly eleven years. For quite a few months now, I've been frightened to go out on my own so have to rely on someone to go with me--and while I'm out I just want to get home as soon as possible. Scrapbooking as been the only thing that as kept me going over the last couple of weeks. I'm not too good with computers, but as soon as I can get Alun to do it, I'm going to send Jean some pictures of a few of the scrap pages I have done. Just wondered if you like to see them too?

Speak to you soon.

Love, Sallie.xx

Good to see you on here Sallie, sorry you have had a not very good week. Plenty of time to do your Christmas shopping yet, no hassle. It sounds as though the scrap book has put you under a bit of pressure. Sorry I didn't realise that you suffered with depression, miserable for you. Maybe you will feel better once the scrapbook is finished.

Hello Everyone,

I'm back! Last week was one of those weeks, I'm afraid. I've been busy trying to get the scrapbook done, almost finished now, thank goodness.
We've had a minor problem, to do with a family friend and on top of that I've haven't had a very good week with depression. Sorry I haven't
been on the computer, I hope that now things are back to normal, I'll be on each day.

Ann, thanks for the information about the punches, as soon as I get my head around it, I will post on your Scrapbooking thread. Hope your OH foot is better.

Jean, thatnk you for your e-mail, the cards you've made look really lovely.
So pleased that you and J enjoyed your holiday in Llandudno, and that the weather wasn't too bad for you. Glad that your kitchen is finished apart for the painting--it will be nice when it's all finished.

Mo, if I'm right, you usually go to darts on a Monday night, hope your team will win tonight. Hope you and Roly have been enjoying the darts on the TV. My uncle always loved watching darts when they were on the TV, I always think about him when the darts are on.

Marie, I'm hoping to go out with my friend on Saturday morning, to do a bit of Christmas shopping. I've only bought a few presents so far, so will have to get a move on. With not wanting to go out on my own, because of this depression, I am way behind. It's good to hear that Barbara and Sebastion are doing so well with their exams and courses, all the best to both of them.

Huia, how is everything with you? I hope that your eyes are a lot better.
Hope the choir practice is still going well and that you are enjoying them.

Marilyn, hope you are enjoying your holiday in Florida. As you probably know, the weather here in the UK is horrible. I bet you aren't missing our weather. Enjoy the rest of your holiday.

Thinking of Debbie, Liz, Sue, and Grace, I hope all is well with you all.

Speak to you all soon.

Love, Sallie.xxx

Hi Jean, glad you liked them. On the black and white page the leaves are artificial, on the colour page the leaves bottom left are all pressed from my garden about 5 years ago when I was into pressing flowers, I had to be so careful with them as they are very fragile.