Lemon Yogurt Cream Pie ........ Rocky does not like yogurt but he liked this lol.
Guess he didn't know it had yogurt in it

Zesting the Lemon:
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Mixing the gelatin and yogurt:
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The finished pie waiting to set:
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Pie all done and waiting to be eaten:
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Enjoy - We did

Elle x

My Mum sadly passed away on 13th March 2013.
I could not be there for her to say goodbye.

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I think this is the last photo that anyone has of my MUM, and my youngest daughter managed to sneak a photo of her for me (no one knew), this picture was taken of my Mum on 17th February 2013.

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I Love you MUM, R.I.P.

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A big thank you for everyone that sent me pm's and emails.
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Yesterday was Mother's day in England, my eldest daughter with her dad went to see my mum the day before as my youngest daughter has got a bad cold and didn't want to see her nan like that.

Email from my eldest:

Hi, only me lol
Just an update on nan as me n dad went to see nan today (saturday 9th March) sister didnt come as she a bit poorly with a cold .
It took me a while to go up see nan round Aunties but im glad I did she looked abit confused when I went into the bedroom but soon reconised me its very difficult to have a conversation with sometimes when nan speaks its hard to understand what she's saying it more like she mumbling under her breath, when entering the room you can see that nan not well but she still has a lil bit off roseyness to her cheeks , we brought her some flowers and I read your card out to nan as she cant read now and she said it was nice she gave a lil smile once I had finished reading and she says thankyou , nans sleeping on a nice comfy hospital bed and she does look nice, warm n cosey I was almost tempting to jump in ther with her lol the bed also has buttons so you can move bed around up/down lol so I said to nan 'move over and I jump in with you ' lol she sort of smiled bless her nans on alsorts of meds but she also refusing to take them at times, she not eating much these days but nan did have a few grapes while I was there she enjoyed that,
Nan has a distric nurse that comes round to do the nursing bits, as nan is always in bed she has bed sores and nan sometimes gets frustrated and she will try n get out off bed and sometimes gets angry but thats also to be expected, nan seems to be getting worse each day and seems to be more awake at night than during the day, im not sure nan has much time left seeing as the nurses said last week nan has weeks to live and was expected 2 weeks the most and one week has gone already but who knows how long, seeing as nan not eating the nurses says its the 1st thing to go when in this condition, so im not to sure if I/we would get another chance to see nanny , when I saw nan I was worried what I would say I was kinda nervous to how I would talk to her wether she would understand what I was saying wether im to fast or to slow , sometimes it was a bit awkward to talk to nan but thats wen my funny side kicks in I.e like move over nan n I jump in bed with you n we can stay in bed and watch telly together lol, im sorry that theres not much stuff in here to make you smile but I made nan smile by reading your card to nan n my funny 'jump in bed ' part and thats all I wanted and was good enuff for me justt to see nan smile again ive always known nan for her gawjuss smiles and charm, I didnt manage to get a piccy as I left me bag n fone down stairs and didnt wanna get it in case it caused problems so my appoligies xxxx, I am hoping to see nan again but as I said before im not sure if and when.
I do hope your ok and well and will speak again soon, im sorry this hasnt been easy to read it wasnt easy to write if im honest .
I will try and send more piccys of us lot again soon.
Not sure how to end this e-mail apart from saying we all love you very much n to take it easy,
Lots of love,
Hugs n kisses always,
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This email made me cry when I first read it and it made me cry this time as I put in my blog. As I said before blogging it makes me feel a lil better and also as I am blogging this I am hoping it is making some people think of there own health - Have that check up that you have been putting off. Every one has a time limit on this planet but don't leave the planet too soon.

Yesterday I phoned my mum (as it was Mother's day in UK)

I was met with my sister answering the phone and I was told that my mum was sleeping. OK.... I asked when the best time to phone and have a convo with her, my sis told me NO time is the best time as my mum cannot talk now and promptly had the phone put down on me.
WTF - I was going to ask questions about mums well being etc and even if my mum couldn't speak what about placing the earpiece by her ear and just let me say I was thinking about her and that I love her.

I was so upset - Rocky will tell you I cried uncontrollably and gave my cell phone a flying lesson.

Well, what a Mothers day thus far, we got woken up at 5.45 am this morning by the phone ringing was from life alert people (Rocky's parents have them - they wear a necklace thingy around their necks) to say that Jim's mum had fallen and the paramedics were on the way, then we got another call from them saying the paramedics had got mum up off of the floor and that she was staying at home. A while later we got a call from Rocky's dad kind of asking for Rocky's help and to go round there and help get mum to the hospital.
I stayed at hoome as I was a mess from trying to deal with my stuff etc. Rocky spent all day at the hospital and mum had a CAT scan , any how it seems that her electrolytes are low AGAIN (3rd time in the hospital in less than 6 months).

I heard that God will only give you enough things that you can handle ...... Well he forgot this time because we cannot handle any more.........

Elle x

It's been a bad week for me but here you are mdf xox

Email from me to my youngest ....

Hello **** Luvvy xox
Today is a crap day - lol, I didnt go to bed last night until after 2am, I just didnt want to go to close my eyes and sleep (too much going on in my head)

I managed to speak with Nanny this morning at around 7.20am ish. Nanny sounded OK - she told me she had been in bed for a few days and she was tired. I think Nanny was relaying what I was saying to Aunty (im not quite sure but it sounded as if someone was in the room with her as she was repeating what i said out loud - lol) Rocky said hello to Nanny also , he was standing next to me before he went and got in the shower to get ready for work.
As soon as Rocky told me he had a text from you saying about there was an incoming email - I just knew the news was not good, and yep Rocky opened the email and read it to me, he is being good and is being a rock for me (well someone has to) lol. And when you mentioned the McMillan nurses I knew.
I was on the phone for about 10-15 minutes with Nanny - just small talk really, - when I phoned and Aunty answered she shouted to the dogs to shut up lol (quite loudly lol). We never spoke.
Thing is with Nanny I never really know what to say as she does tend to go off of topic She sounded a bit tearful when I spoke with her - but I do not know if that is how she is or whether she was, but as I said it was just small talk, told her about the weather here yesterday - how we went for a walk for about an hour then came back to the house and worked outside , Rocky kind of dispersed the snow over the lawn area so the 'grass' would get the moisture and we were actually out there in our t-shirts lol and sat out on our deck area.

Glad you managed to get away and have fun with your sister - sounded like a good evening

Thats all for now from me too - I am sure there are more things to say but me head in a muddling funk atm

I Love you loads

Mummy xoxoxoxoox

Email from my youngest to me ......

Hi ya
I'm glad u spoke to nan today, yeah she does rely on Aunty sometimes to finish a sentence, think she gets frustrated that her mouth don't say wot brain wants to, and also she forgets a lot especially easy questions, like wot u had for dinner or wot day it is, but she enjoys a good convo about anything, wen we watched antiques road show yesterday, a ring came on screen diamonds and sapphires, she said she had one very similar, and doesn't know what's happened to it, I said I'm sure Aunty knows where your belongings are, if u ask her I'm sure she will get it for u, and she said oh no I doubt She would know where it is, then on to next convo lol
Aunty is worn out and I didn't want to bombard her loads of questions about the house clearence, might come across as gold digging,
Nans eyes r always leaking these days, its hard to tell if she is upset or not sometimes, and u feel u don't want to push things with her (convo wise, ie questions) but she still loveable old nan xxx
I didn't want to call u straight away, so I txt Rocky as u know, thought u might panic for a sec if I phoned, hope it was a good choice x I will defo call u tho if something happens, but please tell me if u want me to call straight away or wait till a reasonable time of day for you? Mobile or home phone?
So what stuff is going on in your head ? share the load, what's happening in that head of yours eh?
I'm all over the place too if it helps, work takes my mind off stuff for a while, I'm ok I just run on auto pilot I think,
I caught nan looking deep into my eyes, I'm sure I hid my sorrow pretty well, but at the time I was sending her silent messages, if that makes sense lol
Good news tho on another note, I finally found cucumber seeds lol, I've sent them already, but a really nice lady found me carnations seeds, I cldnt find them anywhere, but she did, @@@@ @@@@ is her name, we call her @@@@@ drawers, and she didn't want any money for them as we inspired her to buy some, she so sweet x and her hubby is a sparky and sorted out my hall light for free, they live in .........., and came to my rescue just out of niceness, peeps like that r hard to find, nice to know they r still out there
That's all I got for now, apart from b/f ended up home tonight, job got cancelled,the out of town run.
Funny it's taken me 3hrs to do this e mail, keep doing things in between lol, like dinner, cats, shower, so it's finally done now lol should of just called pmsl x
Love u lots
Xxx

I do have some more recent updates , but shall do those a little later when I have had some more coffee - I need a little breather ....

Elle x

I was gonna blog something but I forgot what it was ..... Sorry I am muddled.

Today I phoned and spoke with my Mum, she said she was just tired and had been in bed for a few days - this is an email I received from my youngest daughter yesterday, she had texted Rocky 1st and told him there was an incoming email - when he told me that I knew bed news was incoming - so here it is (some of it anyway).......

Hi ya mum,

How u doing today ?

I visited nan today, I'm afraid it's not good news, maybe u want Rocky to read for you x

I was warned she she is not well and had been in bed for 3 days, I took her some red with yellow tips tulips, Aunt & Uncle called upon the McMillan nurses this morn,as each day she was getting worse, they have said its now a matter of weeks and that nan will prob remain in bed now, they continue to make her comfy and visit every day, Aunty is gonna give up work coz nurses coming in n out, n dogs need restraining, its too much caring and working,
So I visited her in nieces pink bedroom lol, she was awake with nice bed hair
She says she felt lousy and so tired and that she naps all the time, she did look tired but ok considering, her speech is a bit slurry but still nowt wrong with her ears lol, we watched antiques road show together and chatted about random stuff like the weather, she seemed a little confused in conversation and answering questions like what she had for breckie, she kept touching her front teeth, dunno if she had tooth ache or something, but she don't seem in pain, I stayed with her for about an hour and left her watching carry on matron as she was yawning her head off, bless her, I will visit her next Sunday for Mother's Day, all being well, I reckon if u gonna phone do it soon, Oldest daughter said she chatted with her on the phone the other day and it was short n sweet and she was repeating herself a lot lol,
The nurses are getting in a single bed as it will be easier to get nan washed up u stuff, she is still using her commode so does get outta bed every now n then,
That's all I have for now, will let u know if I hear anything,


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So not good news and this seems to of come a lot quicker than I anticipated ........

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Hugs,

Elle x