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Toni, I love my pond area. It's raised up so makes it easier to take care of some of it but more difficult to get to the back as it's in a corner. I don't have any fish but planted it up with pond plants. They've all gone now apart from the irises. There are quite a lot of different plants. Maybe you could make a new frog house? Hope you and your friend had a good chat and Tia has a good weekend (even if you know nothing about it. )

Barbara, I'm glad you're not in much pain. I can lie on my back for a short while but can't get to sleep. It's too uncomfortable. Hope you can manage it. Have your eggs arrived? The baby won't understand but you be careful.

Joan, did you and Sue get any Easter eggs? What about the dogs?

Kath, I think getting your hair and nails done is a good idea if you're not in to chocolate eggs. Hope the paracetamol is enough for you pain. I think you do need a break from feeling sick. Looking forward to seeing the fairy houses.

It's been grey here all day with the wind howling round and threatening to rain. It's only just started but coming down heavily and it's very dark now. I got a message from a friend yesterday saying she'd found some details of a friend we lost contact with when we left school. I used that to do some searching and I think I've found a girl who lives in the town we used to who has our friend on her family tree. Just need to find her address or sign up to Genes Reunited to send a message.

Easter Sunday

Oooh Bubbles! New York cheesecake! YES please



Mmmmmmmm!

You have a good bank hol weekend yourself

Yes I think another frog house might be in order Christine. Paul is after a ride on mower!! ::) men eh? Mind you Lucy wants a go on it!

Does your pond need a lot of care?

Have decided Tia might not be away. We had a good chat via text last night and the reception there isn't it good so...?? Maybe bf is there

I hope you do manage to locate the friend

Talking of friends I visited two of mine including the one with the bre*st reconstruction. She insisted I see it and it's fabulous! In 6 months time when she's recovered she'll have the other one lifted, (I know someway to compensate for what the cancer did), and the 'new' one will get a tattooed n*pple!

I really think it's helped her self-esteem

Kath - you poor thing - you've had enough of feeling sick to last a life-time ((())).

Your Easter presents sound perfect for you and that's all that matters.



Joan I hope you also have a good Easter Sunday/weekend. I forgot the clocks gone back even though I knew!!! Not a problem but odd to be 'up' this late. Instead of 6.45 it was 7.45!!

Barbara I am in a lot of pain if I sleep on my back too. How long will you have to do that for?

Lucy has been referred to the Royal orthopaedic in Birmingham. I will google your hospital.

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This is the Bungalow. Don't worry you don't have to use the steps the back door is to the right hand side and the dining room is up a slope to the left Oh and it's not all painted red neither are all the floors red!!

I hope poor baby Niamh isn't too disappointed to be unable to climb on your lap bless her.

Extra love to you too!!

Love

Toni xxx

Hello Barbara it is so lovely to see you back and I'm glad it is all done and dusted. I had to sleep on my back with the pillow between the legs after my hip replacement. they didn't want me on the side as you can dislocate. I think its good to sleep and then get up to get the circulation moving although I'm sure you are worn out.

Dan is a little more settled now. I think it was a shock for him as its been about 5 years since I left him with a baby sitter (he spent the whole time in the bathroom).

The buffet is now off again :roll: (which suits me as that leaves more money for his present) but we are all going out on the Friday daytime instead of just us 5. The restaurant is lovely and out in the sticks with a adjacent airfield so we get to watch the light planes take off and land.

I enjoyed watching the football last night. I even watched it again on plus one.

We are big fans of New York cheesecake here Bubbles.
I take lots of paracetemol for headaches and ear aches and it works well but co-codamine for arthritic pain. But I have to be careful not to over do it.

Naughty Tia for not telling you where she is Toni. But you have an inkling....
I love red and would love some red walls. Next month Dan is away for a school trip (yes another 4 days)and I plan to paint his bedroom or our bedroom (and sleep in his). It must be done as both rooms are looking shabby and we can leave one empty and sleep in the other. Methinks I'm going to be worn out.

Applerose I love ponds but ours was filled in years ago.But it has left a dip in the garden. I'd love a water feature and really should treat myself.

Hoping Kath is better.
It is pouring down and very cold here. How is it your way Joan?

Must sign off now as Dan is on the move

Love to our absent friends..

Take care all
Elizabeth xxx

Hope everyone are having a good easter ,I had an enormous bar of chocolate still got some left.
We have had snow sleet and hail and pouring rain all within an hour of each other.
Barbara I hope you are being spoilt,Kath are things any easier for you ? I do think of everyone even though I might not mention you by name. Mig

Morning all
Elizabeth Im so glad to read that Dan has had his first respite..good for him it cant be easy..I hope he is ok on the next one..and has a lovely Birthday at the restaurant...thankyou for the welcome back..
Mig I am being spoiled by my OH...he doesn't cook so went to M&* and put a lovely dinner together..even he was proud... have you any trips organized ..its something to look forward to..we said we will try the coach trips if I cam manged the steps..
Joan yes its always 6 weeks..it will soon go..last time my back wasn't has bad so found it easier..hope you and Sue have treated yourselves to some chocolate
Christine...the weather was the same here nice and sunny then thunder and hailstone...suppose it is still march..at least you got your walk in.. how is your dad doing..hope he has a lady friend to chat to..our Niamh had her face painted..it ended up all over her face...
Toni I looked at the link and remembered the house..it looks idyllic and so peaceful....
Oh has help get me out of bed and gone back for an hour...it will do him good he gets up around 6 for a cuppa then usually goes back for an hour...dark and wet here...not sure when I will get out, I really struggles to get in the car keeping this leg straight..so will have to practice..
Hope everyone has a goodish day...xxxxxxxxx

I expect here's good reason for having to sleep on your back and if it's fear of dislocation even I would do it :shock:

Joan - you lost a post too? :roll: What are we all like.

I woke up to a covering of snow, but luckily the rain then the sun then the rain have seen if off.

Barbara. The Bungalow itself isn't that pretty, but inside it's really perfect

Bless your OH spoiling you - of course he deserves another hour for doing that

Elizabeth I am very pleased to hear Oh doesn't want a buffet (again) now. A meal out is far more civilised and looking at the planes even nicer

What is he getting for his present then?

I like my patches for the exact reason you said - I can take paracetamol for headaches etc

I thought the same as Christine mig - you have 'some cholcolate left' :?

I am glad to hear ponds virtualy look after themselves Christine - phew! I suppose the green stuff is some sort of algae.

What fun everyone decorating their faces with easter egg paintings I bet the little one loved it.

We're always doing that too, recording stuff and then deleting it because it was rubbish!

Paul has been over to see his Mum in the hospital - she's still stuck there :roll:

Imagine your Dad getting told off for canoodling!! If he does find her a bit much I hope the staff help him have a rest from her.

Love

Toni xxx

Toni, snow? I guess it's not the first time it's snowed at this time of year but we don't want it, do we? Thank goodness for the rain and sun. Yes, the green pond stuff is algae. I guess there shouldn't be so much of it but at least I don't have fish to worry about. Don't think it bothers the frogs though. Sorry I can't remember why your OH's mum is in hospital? Was it because she needs help put in place at home? Hope she can get home soon. It's easy enough for my dad to stay away from his friend. He's upstairs and she's downstairs.

Kath, I love the fairy house, especially all the ladybirds. Looking forward to seeing Alex's house.

I actually remembered to defrost and cook some chicken for my lunch at work tomorrow. Also tried making herby sausage rolls. They turned out not too bad but the gluten free pastry didn't like being rolled up and cracked quite a lot. And got another module done on my course.

Hello Barbara Christine Toni Kathleen and anyone else I missed.
Barbara we had chocolate over from Christmas. have a good day
Christine I did not like sleeping on my back I don't think many people do. I hope you don't get too wet. your Dad seems happy there.
Toni I hope you all had a good time on the weekend. I hope your O/H Mum is home soon.
Kathleen i'm sorry you have so much pain I hope it calms down
soon.
take care all
joan xx

Well, apart from the fact that Emily and Alex came to see us on Saturday, we had a really awful Easter weekend. My prescription should have arrived on Thursday, but it didn't. Friday was Good Friday, so they were closed. They don't deliver on Saturdays, and they were closed on Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday. And I'd run out of Oramorph. I was crying with pain most of the weekend. It arrived today though, so hopfully things might improve. :roll: :?

Afternoon all
Not a goodnight, but Im getting there..think the staples come out tomorrow..
Toni I love the bungalow...and the gardens have been really looked after...you know yourself if mit the right one...poor Paul mum being stuck in hospital, I was only 6 days and was going spare...hope she improved soon
Mig that is well worth saving for , I have seen it on the TV and such spectacular views...its something to look forward to..I bet your son and wife are so looking forward to the break away...
Kath I love the fairy houses,,and the thought...it reminds me of my childhood and my grandma telling me they are fairies living at the bottom of the garden and they eat the rhubarb of them eating the tomatoes
Christine glad you have found your friends address even if it was sent to Tesco and I think your dad just be allowed to canoodle bless him..why not life is for living...but if she is pushy. My dad was the same when he was at the hospice..he said all the lady were making a fuss..they do anyway and were lovely..but he said it must be his Grecian 2000..hair colour restorer
Joan glad you had chocolate left over its not Easter without...
Hello Sam ..funny enough they gave me Ibuprofen in hospital..trouble is my tummy didnt like it..mind you its doesn't like the paracetamol..not good it it...
Love to everyone XXXXXX

Afternoon all
Joan it will be nice to get these staples out..but at least the dressing is waterproof and I managed a shower with OH help, hope all is well with you and Sue
Its a lovely day here, OH is working but my middle GD is here for a while...would love to have a little walk but think I have said we dont have a footpath, so have to cross a busy rd that is not straight so cant see what is coming..I slept better last night, but still need OH to help me get out of bed, mind you he has been doing this for a while now
Am I right in thinking Lucy last Chemo is quite near will go and look at Toni's thread..
Hope everyone's doing okish and love to all that are missing...xxxx

Hi Sam. I sometimes use ibuprofen when I need a bit more than paracetamol.

Joan, I did get a bit wet on the way to work yesterday but soon dried off. Another one with left over chocolate. I used to keep chocolate for a long time when I was a teenager but haven't since.

Kath, what a sweet little house. I'm sure the fairies will appreciate the tomatoes. You poor thing being in pain all weekend. They should realise how important prescriptions are for people. Hope things have improved now.

Mig, hope you have a lovely time with your GC. A balcony cabin? Sounds wonderful. Fingers crossed your kidney problem has been sorted by then.

Barbara, glad the Grecian 2000 worked so well for your dad. I think my dad would love the attention but only when he was in the mood for it. Was it today you were due to get the staples out? Hope so and hope it makes you more comfortable.

Toni, just been on your thread. Yippee, great news. Poor Paul's mum going from one thing to another. My dad was like that for about 3 weeks in hospital but they did eventually get on top of everything. Hope it's not long before she is able to get back home. I think it can be a bit scary selling up and moving to new house. You'll love it once you're there.

Had my youngest GD here today while mum and dad were at work. She's not been well since last week so was a bit up and down, playing one minute and lying down the next so we didn't do much of anything except story telling. We did manage to pop to the corner shop for a comic. She picked one that had pretend make up as a free gift (at £4, it was hardly free). When we got home and opened it, it was actually pens and erasers. She was a bit disappointed as she wanted to put lipstick and eye shadow on.