Communicate with a Palmtop

Posted by Jeannette on January 26th, 2009 at 14:57

Australia 23.1.2009

At last, news from me. My feet don’t seem to have touched the ground since I arrived, so many family and friends to catch up with, some days I must admit I get a little tired.

The weather is very HOT, like 39 degrees most days, so air con is the order of the day. My little Palmtop has amazed people and everyone answers me without a thought that it is not my voice. Jeff my son has been able to work out a lot more functions than you could imagine!!!! What a very clever piece of technology it is and I feel privileged to have it and guard it with my life, as Mike said it is now my life line

Paul, the chap I am staying with, has just come in after trying to clear the garden of broken branches. The poor chap is dripping from the heat. He is very close to the bush so has to aware because of bush fires, once they start there is no stopping them. Luckily he does have a pool so if one did start near us, the pool water would at least save the house. Because it has been so dry no one is allowed to have a fire in the open, including a BBQ

Love and Best Wishes to everyone at the Clinic and from the Branch

Jeannette

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Travel to Tenerife

Posted by Moira on January 26th, 2009 at 14:41

My first Xmas present opened was a microwavable lavender bag in a check cover from my friend Wyn. Within minutes of opening, it was heated up and wrapped round the flimsy Xmas outfit that I was wearing. Oh, it felt so warm and cosy! It was never far from my side for next 2 days and I insisted on taking it with me in the van taking me to Luton airport bound for Tenerife on the 27th December.

When we arrived at Luton,it was freezing cold and I was dressed for the sunshine! I hoped that we could be dropped off outside the departures entrance but no such luck, as it seemed that only taxis could get that close. There was no way that I was giving up the lavender bag, so it came on the plane with us, bound for Tenerife. On the plane I used it to rest my head on the window.

I travelled with Karin who had offered to come with me and help. When we arrived in the evening it was a little chilly. The Hotel bed looked barely accessible nor comfortable. However with Karin’s help, I managed to get in. You can guess the rest - I stuck my face in the lavender bag and was completly asleep for the next 9 hours! The next day, there was beautiful sunshine and we headed for the sun loungers. They were a bit rickety and almost completely flat and not very inviting, so I put the lavender bag down as a pillow and, again, with Karin’s help, managed to get on and off. Oh, and sleep! and at the same time acquire a nice tan!

Getting into the pool was interesting. The Lifeguard clearly made his own mind up about whether or not you could transfer onto the ‘ducking chair’. His opinion was based on whether you were a lady or a man! You’ve guessed right again! Being a lady, I was to be lifted on. Well, what a lift! No question of getting wheelchair sensibly near the ‘ducking chair’ so I was carried vertically, clamped to him, over 3 yards!! Men were left to sink or swim! Once he got you in,he tried to disappear for his siesta and we had to stop him as we didn’t want to be there for hours!

The evening buffet was very good and so was the evening entertainment, albiet a bit old fashioned with snakes round necks and parrots on scooters! But there was a quiz one night which Karin and I managed to win so we were rewarded with champagne.

New Year’s Eve went with a bang with impressive fireworks surrounding the complex.

Karin was an excellent helper and made everything so easy for me. I can recomend this hotel which we booked through Enable Holidays. Oh, and buy yourself a microwavable lavender bag! Thankyou Wyn! Thankyou Karin! Umm thankyou Lifeguard (I think!)
Moira

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eMails

Posted by Jeannette on January 11th, 2009 at 14:30

I am now in Australia visiting family and am at last able to send E mails. I had a wonderful Christmas with my family and grandchildren. It meant a lot to me being able to talk to them with my Palmtop.

I am moving on to friends soon and am not sure about how the E mail contact will go. There are so many people I want to see!! So I shall be travelling around a lot.

Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year. Did you see the fireworks from Sydney on New Years Eve? They were really amazing. The last couple of days have been so HOT around 40C, thank goodness my friend has a pool.

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