Author Topic: The Good News Thread 2012 (Read 57050 times)

grannyjanny · « **Reply #200 on:** June 11, 2012, 15:29:52 »

Thank you folks for the comments. No hugs, he's to sore ATM & our bed is so inviting to him. I have to make him laugh, its my duty after all he did it to me after a gall bladder op. I left my back friend with him otherwise I don't know how he would have managed. He's now starting to get a bit angry at what has happened. A good sign I hope ;D. It was our 45th wedding anniversary yesterday, no cards or gifts but we had each other. What more could I have wished for ;) ;D. I wouldn't get much for him if I tried to trade him in ;D ;D ;D.

Aden Roller · « **Reply #201 on:** June 11, 2012, 16:59:04 »

So very pleased your OH is home and safe - here's wishing him a speedy recovery and you not too much work in the meantime! ;)

Our good news after very torrential & persistent rain:

We're not flooded although very wet. Drips all over the place and wading to get to the shops - some roads closed and some homes flooded.

Looking forward to "hose pipe ban" weather in the next 24 hours so the water levels can go down. ::)

caroline7758 · « **Reply #202 on:** June 18, 2012, 19:08:33 »

Had to share some good news today. My daughter who is doing an MA in health psychology at Bath uni has got a job as a research health psychologist at Queen Mary's in London starting in September! :D
We are so pleased and proud- she's worked really hard to get this far and it's great to see her getting what she deserves, especially in this economic climate.

grannyjanny · « **Reply #203 on:** June 18, 2012, 19:41:33 »

Congratulations to your daughter Caroline. I bet proud is a bit of an understatement ;D.

caroline7758 · « **Reply #204 on:** June 18, 2012, 21:53:50 »

Quote from: grannyjanny on June 18, 2012, 19:41:33

Congratulations to your daughter Caroline. I bet proud is a bit of an understatement ;D.

Definitely- and frustrated that she's so far away so I can't give her a big hug!

Ninnyscrops. · « **Reply #205 on:** June 19, 2012, 00:25:39 »

Such lovely news Caroline and congratulations to your daughter.

I empathise with your daughter being far away, as ours is, most of of the year.

We need to create a "hug in a bag" for those special times when we can't be with them.

Ninny

lorna · « **Reply #206 on:** June 19, 2012, 07:48:20 »

Congratulations to your daughter Caroline. Wishing her every happiness in her career.

Aden Roller · « **Reply #207 on:** June 19, 2012, 12:12:28 »

That truly is good news Caroline - I bet your family are delighted especially as jobs are so hard to come by in the UK (and elsewhere in Europe it seems!!)

(My daughter is back home and hoping....)

gwynnethmary · « **Reply #208 on:** June 19, 2012, 22:51:35 »

Had a call today from the guy who works the other half of our lottie, telling me the council had just delivered a HUGE plie of compost at the top of the lane. I thanked him for letting me know but said I wouldn't be able to go and get any of it today as I had so many other places I need tobe Anyway, unable to resist, I decided to drive over after KIDZKLUB tonight- the weather was so lovely and it was nice and light still and warm, for a change. When I got there, I found he'd only been and barrowed a huge pile of the lovely stuff right from the top of the lane and left it by the gate of our new half plot, which we have just taken on and are in the process of clearing. It must have taken him ages as it's quite a long treck. That is truly kind, and I shall be thanking him in the morning. I spent a very happy hour and a half in the peace and quiet of the evening filling up my now compost bin, courtesy of Freecycle.

Aden Roller · « **Reply #209 on:** June 20, 2012, 01:55:19 »

Quote from: gwynnethmary on June 19, 2012, 22:51:35

Had a call today from the guy who works the other half of our lottie, telling me the council had just delivered a HUGE plie of compost at the top of the lane. I thanked him for letting me know but said I wouldn't be able to go and get any of it today as I had so many other places I need tobe Anyway, unable to resist, I decided to drive over after KIDZKLUB tonight- the weather was so lovely and it was nice and light still and warm, for a change. When I got there, I found he'd only been and barrowed a huge pile of the lovely stuff right from the top of the lane and left it by the gate of our new half plot, which we have just taken on and are in the process of clearing. It must have taken him ages as it's quite a long treck. That is truly kind, and I shall be thanking him in the morning. I spent a very happy hour and a half in the peace and quiet of the evening filling up my now compost bin, courtesy of Freecycle.

Excellent - what a nice guy!

My lottie neighbour is often helping me too. He fills up my water butt & old bath when he gets the hose out to do his so I reciprocate. It saves us both time & effort.

A while back he rescued my Swoe and secured it in his shed as I had left it on the path when rushing to get back to cook my parents meal.

Recently he carefully rolled up the roofing felt that had been ripped from my shed in an overnight June gale :o so I was able to do a quick repair to keep the shed watertight.

Generally, like yours, a good neighbour to have..... it makes all the difference. ;)

grannyjanny · « **Reply #210 on:** June 20, 2012, 13:37:36 »

I am a great believer of 'what goes round comes round'. I help our neighbours when needed & when OH was in hospital they helped with lifts & company ;D.

Aden Roller · « **Reply #211 on:** June 21, 2012, 14:41:34 »

Quote from: grannyjanny on June 20, 2012, 13:37:36

I am a great believer of 'what goes round comes round'. I help our neighbours when needed & when OH was in hospital they helped with lifts & company ;D.

I keep that in mind whenever I think of my sister. :-X

Emagggie · « **Reply #212 on:** June 21, 2012, 21:05:31 »

Good news inasmuch as my 5 year old (tomorrow) grandaughter believed me when I said I was on friendly terms with many fairies. I can see this is going to work in my favour for a while yet ;D ;D

Ninnyscrops. · « **Reply #213 on:** June 21, 2012, 23:25:30 »

Quote from: Emagggie on June 21, 2012, 21:05:31

Good news inasmuch as my 5 year old (tomorrow) grandaughter believed me when I said I was on friendly terms with many fairies. I can see this is going to work in my favour for a while yet ;D ;D

Lovely :), but there will come a time when she will want proof so get you're thinking hat on ;)

Ninny

Emagggie · « **Reply #214 on:** June 22, 2012, 10:26:02 »

Ha! Inside knowledge (via her Mother) is a wonderful thing ;D ;)

Jeannine · « **Reply #215 on:** June 23, 2012, 06:38:39 »

Many of you know my husband has Alzeimers, that's Ok we manage just fine but sometimes it gives us a real chuckle.

Tonight I gave him a banana split for dessert and he commented on how nice it was...he has forgotten he doesn't eat bananas.

Just a small thing but it brought a smile, and to him too when I told him what he had just enjoyed.

;D

I am going to try him with tapioca next week

XX Jeannine

bridgehouse · « **Reply #216 on:** June 23, 2012, 13:24:58 »

Oh Jeannine that's wonderful how you can laugh about it. I have a feeling my husband is getting Alzheimer's, I don't want to upset him by mentioning my feelings, but I think he needs to go and see the Doctor .its not easy asking him to make an appointment to go because he is so independent.
June.

artichoke · « **Reply #217 on:** June 23, 2012, 13:48:38 »

Mine hasn't got Alzeimers as far as I know (but the husband of a good friend has) but if he ever succumbs I hope he is going to forget he doesn't like courgettes, squashes, pasta, snap peas, artichokes, too many green beans, spinach beet, yes - tapioca, semolina, funny leaves (salads that are not plain lettuce), skate wings, and a number of other things I forget for the moment because of course we can't have them.

A bit of good news: although my Thai daughter-in-law has just been refused her permanent visa to stay with my son on the grounds he does not earn enough money to support her (he does, and has done so now for three years), we have finally appointed a specialist immigration solicitor who thinks our case is so straightforward she has voluntarily cut her fees by £120 - even though I agreed to pay the higher rate!

bridgehouse · « **Reply #218 on:** June 23, 2012, 17:30:45 »

Thats good news.
June.

Jeannine · « **Reply #219 on:** June 23, 2012, 20:53:51 »

June, for me there was a very long period of time when I suspected there was something wrong, then another period of time when I was certain there was something wrong.

I didn't say anything at first as I was not sure I was imagining it, but eventually when I was certain there was something wrong I did bring it up with John. But before I did I saw my Doctor on my own first then said he would be coming in and that he nay need a bit of careful handling. I suggested to my husband he was forgetting things and as there are many many reasons from low thyroid to ministrokes it needs to be checked as many of theproblems could be fixed. I never mentioned what I thought. The doctor took it from there, there were nany weeks of tests and Alzheimer's was one of several things is could have been. It is very hard to get a diagnosis and I doubt they would even suggest it in the beginning.

The diagnosis and Johns acceptance came over a long period of time, now he is OK with it. I get a bit worried when I see stuff on Tv with folks not knowing there family etc I have told John as the progression in him is unusually slow he will have died from old age before he gets like that.. a fib.. but it has worked and he is not too concerned. So we laugh at that too.

Another blow for food eating, he has just eaten a crab salad, another first.

The really funny one thiugh is Wagon Wheels, he has stared buying them and he hated them with a passion.

Artichoke we have got past the skate wings and funny lettuce too..so thee is hope for your friend. Good luck with you daughter in law, rotten immigration, I hate borders.

XX Jeannine

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