Hi Everyone, Sorry for the long gap in my answering your "Welcome to the UK" letters, but a few hours after resting and eating, I upped and left the building to spend some time with my daughter in Chesham who had 12 days holiday from work, a luxury that we seldom get to enjoy together. We had planned to do quite a few things, the main one had to be postponed for the time being; and the next really important one that had worried me since just after Easter was trying to find my cousin who I had been trying to phone from back home since Easter Friday. After trying various neighbours doors in her area in St Albans found out she had been in hospital for weeks and still has a couple or so weeks left to go, we, that's Linda,Tony [my S-in-L]& I surprised her and hopefully cheered her up with an unannounced visit, and I was relieved to see that she was coping OK with the enforced bedrest, we then went off shopping: like a lot of you Trivvies Linda also has the Card Making bug big time :-)))) Sorry for those with Birthday Greetings that I have missed on Gen Triv..... Peter, Shaun and Irene, and also Glennis and Otto's WA ... hope you all had a good time. Sorry that your 89th birthday Johno was a very wet one and not a good one for you ... but I'm awaiting that lovely hug with you and promise it will be a Gentle Comfy one. Calling John up in the Liverpool area on the canal hope you are having a good time sorry the weather is also letting you down. Sharla ... hope your plans to the UK and Italy are going well and hope you get your wish to meet up with the Trivvies. Hope your back is better Sue, and that you had a fairly restful weekend. Big HUGS to anyone who needs them >>(((((HUGS))))))<<. Marlene back among the Trivvies Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com