General Chat

Morning all,

Heavy showers here ,i hope its dry for your Barbeque later Frank .

Mel !!! poor Toby ,as if we would pipe him up !! LOLOL he's less windy now

I hope Ralph had a comfortable night David ,will you be going to see him today ?

Off to do shopping now .
BBL

Morning All.
Mmmmm .....still no rain !!!!!!!!!!.This is getting silly now .All we have had in the last goodness knows how many days is just a light shower and maybe a bit of drizzle.
Hannah wants me to go over to Corby with her to Prima**,to get a new bikini and shorts for her holiday in a few weeks.Not my favourite place to go ,but I said I would.
I hope Ralph is comfortable this morning,and that Toby will be Far* Free soon lol

Morning all, Thought I would pop in before my busy day, Ros is in the shower, then me, Be off about 11.30 to look round the open day. Back in time to freshen up then of to Barby. Only 30 miles away. Leave here about 4.00pm.

No more rain here, but windy and overcast. Hope Jane get a drop. I will tow a few clouds over to her and drop them off. as I pass Kettering.!!!

Perhaps I should take Toby with me tonight, in case we run low on gas !!!!

Hope Ralph, is feeling OK this morning and he has a speedy recovery.

Mel, That light can be a right pain in ther ar##, we have one at the back of the Garage, and everytime the cat or a hedgehog goes passed it comes on, I have set the timer as short as I can, but you still get up to see what it is. It's loverly when it's the hedgehog because the light dosen't bother it.and you get chance to see it.

Morning all
I didn't get on the computer yesterday due to OH having another session at fixing it as he puts it.

I went to dad's care home on Thursday afternoon for his 6 months review and came away feeling a bit upset and angry at the staff from the day centre where dad goes on a Tues & Thurs evening,
Seemingly (Jane will know what I mean) dad's dementia has got worse over the last couple of months , the doctor has taken dad of his dementia medication which he has been on the last 8 years (They think the medication could be causing his agitation and him getting upset)
Dad now seems to get very agitated and aggressive especially in the evenings keeps saying I want to go home , I got to get out of here!! he is shouting and swearing and can only be calmed if he is taken away and is sat down with a member of staff and they sit and chat and go through his photo album and chat over old times and explain he lives at the care home now.
The people at the care home are very good at dealing with him BUT!!! the staff at the day centre find him too hard to handle and they feel it would be better if he doesn't come back.
after some discussion it was decided that dad will continue at the day centre and the staff there will have to learn other ways to deal with this problem It was pointed out that this was just another symptom of dementia and had to be dealt with properly.
I was exhausted by the time I came out and ended up having a slight migraine.
But I am fine now
Hope Ralph is ok and he recovers well.

Fiona,what an afternoon you had.I remember when Mum was in the home in Plymouth ,Social services wanted to move her to a secure home.My sister and I were totally against this ,as was the Manager of the home Mum was in.She was prepared to keep Mum.I requested a meeting with all concerned and so Janice and I went down to Plymouth.We had lots of tears and anger ,but got there in the end.Mum stayed where she was.She was never on any medication for her Dementia.I think she just had aspirin.I hope your Dad settles down again and that he can continue going to the centre.

Mel what lovely pics .It all looks fantastic.All the hard work has really paid off.The photos took ages to come through.My computer seems to be on a go slow at moment .

Morning All,

Had a query about someone on my tree this morning and have been trying to find out more about this person but am getting nowhere fast!!

Glad you liked the pictures. I am afraid they are so large they take a long while to load and download. It's a big Canon camera.

Hope Ralph had a good night and is more comfortable today. Sending good wishes to him.

It has just rained again here as I put mums bedding in the wash!!

Morning All,

Lots of photos now!! lol Sheila yours arrived ok too so now I can put a face to your name.

Mel, I showed OH your pond and he says you are putting us to shame with our slow progress with our small patch. It looks fantastic.

Fiona, I really felt for you with your dad. It can be difficult trying to sort what you know is best. I have a relative with serious mental illness who is really difficult to help and gets very upset about changes which don't seem well thought out. Medication gets changed and the effects are not always seen. You must feel really drained and I know it can be frustrating trying to push through the lack of understanding.....like banging your head on a brick wall at times. No wonder you are exhausted.

Good news about Ralph David. The operation is over and now he can look forward to a better quality of life. I hope he recovers quickly.

Thanks for your kind understanding. yes life has it's up and downs and especially with dad nothing changes for a while then all of a sudden his condition does change and it hits you, then you slowly get over it. I have now come to accept that he will gradually go further and further into decline and one day will not even know who I am, but until then I keep plodding on doing the best I can for him.

Quite close today ,but not much sun,
OH just got back from cycling so it's time to put on the kettle and make some lunch, going to B&Q this afternoon to get some bathroom flooring for dad's house, Daughter no 2 & boyfriend have finished redecorating the bathroom so it's now the fun time to choose the flooring and window blinds,
BBL

High to all the ladies how are you . Glad you got the photoes ok at
last my sore throat is SORE killing me. My husband was taking large spoons of cough mixture and I said have you got a sore throat and said no Just taking it in case I get yours. In our shop today we have lady is a storma nurse hope I have taht right she said those reversal
operations thats Ralphs had take about 5 to six weeks to heal and most people are fine afterwards so lets hope Ralph is. I asked her out of interest. Going now to see Beryl spoke to her on the phone
and she was very rude said I surpose you are going to lecture me because I rode a bike without a helmet. I said no cannot be bothered
and she said well you should be. some people. bye SHEILA.

That's how me and OH's cough started Sheila. We still have it but it's improving now. We should have shares in cough medecine! lol Hope yours soon goes.

Hi someone is there how are you Ann glad your cough is improving did you like my message HIGH it should have been Hi whatever am I doing good sign I am not well. my
message was really bad. I have just gargled with TCP and choked myself will not do that again I swallowed it .What ever happened to blue sky and fluffy white clouds I can remember sitting watching the sky sprawled on the lawn and watched the clouds moving ,big white fluffy ones. Now
the sky is white with dirty big black clouds approaching.
I was looking at the photo that lovely hair and there was me looking like I had just had a fright most of the time because of mum. Have a photo of me in hair rollers and a hair net drying my hair with a old Pifco hairdryer will send it good for a laugh how I suffered with those curls.

Mel enlarged your garden and made a lovely scrapbook
page last night with a photograph of my grannie on it because she loved fairies.I can amagine she would have
loved your fairy in her garden .Gran had a tiny stone in her back yard of a fairy just placed up by the water pipe stuck into the ground. It was not very pretty and rather worn but she used to dig round it and kept it clean. We wondered how it got there.I think fairies are very popular at the moment would love one myself but my husband is not a fairy person.He liked garden gnomes and I had to paint
them for him when they were worn I hated the things. I threw
them out one day and he had a fit. Well off now to storm
the world of Beryl haha

What a nice idea Sheila, your grannie would like that. So you are off to see Beryl then..........I bet she'll welcome seeing you and showing you her bruises....the hours don't half drag when you are in hospital. I hope she is mending well.

I wonder what funny tales Sheila will have after her visit to Beryl lol
I think Frank must have passed by here now to go to his BBQ,but he forgot to bring me a big rain cloud.There was a huge one just a short distance away,so I think he let it go at someone elses house !!!!!!!.

Hi All--- What's up NO-ONE-SENT-ME-PIC'S ---How soon you forget me--lolxx I'll wait give you a second chance. xxx ha ha

All very busy ---good luck with the selling of the homes Hannah &Maureen
That's good new's Dave about Ralph -I do wish him well----

No 1 son is now back home((four-hour-drive away)) Test did show some sign of nerve damage Will see him in six month -----In mean time will look for place here in Kingston to be closer..

Fiona it is upseting OG has Dementia --and I remember one Dr say for some reason they get worse when the sun goes down more upset--
It is aptly called ''The long good bye'' isn't it .

I also have to go out shortly pick up more food--never end's

Mandy --at least for the moment you know where Toby is (((his -gassss) xxx----Mandy thet milk jelly you make --is it jelly in the milk --OR milk in jelly cant remember what goes first ---

Shirley,
Chill a tin of Evaporated milk in the fridge ,,then when chilled whisk untill thick .
Make up the jelly with 1/4 pint of boiling water ,then whisk into the milk ,leave to set , you end up with mousse on top and jelly at the bottom.

Is it still hot your way Shirley ? we've had a few showers today .

Been to garden center again. Have ordered the other fairy I want and bought another big pot in mauve. Don't know what I am going to put in it yet, maybe just verbena.

I've tried again. lol fingers xxxxed. Look out Shirl....see if you got them.

We have had a bit more rain today, not much though.

Got them this time Ann, you made a good job of your decorating ,looks lovely and light in the hall.
My goodness thats a marrow !! i see what you mean about eating it this week and next !!
Have you more marrows to follow ?

There is 1 more tiny one about 2 inches long........I think this one was like a cuckoo and took all the food! Yes it was very dark in the hall especially with a wardrobe there before, but is much better now it's white.......I have pinched some of OH's wardrobe for the clothes for now.........wonder how long I will get away with that........not long I bet. lol