General Chat

Pippyn, That will really nice for you to see your Son this evening :-D Where in Canada has your Daughter been? I spent a couple of weeks there back in 2005 and went from Vancouver /Vancouver Island across to the Rockies and finished in Calgary. The scenery was just to die for and the people are so friendly. I loved every minute of it there :-D. It sounds like your Daughter too had a great time if it took 2 hours to tell you all about it :-D :-D

Frank, sorry you are still getting cold showers.Brrrrr ! At least it won't be too long now before Harvey can get the new one in for you.

Decking next door!! That would worry me regardging Val. Decking can get so slippery and with her unstableness she will have to be really careful. I think you are right and it is for Tony :-S

Mel I could not not have a bath.I just love to have a soak sometimes and find a shower is just not the same.My Sister is like me and loves a wallow :-D
I am always disappointed if we stay at a Hotel and I find no bath . At least I am sure there is one at the cottage we are going to :-D. I will take my bath mat with me :-D :-D

Well my car is still not ready so I have said I will pick it up tomorrow now. It was being worked on just now . The new tyre didnt arrive until this afternoon which is why it is taing so long.

Thomas was a good boy at the Vets this morning for his jab and health check. What a gorgeous Vet . He was Spanish and very handsome :-D. He was so gentle with Thomas and just spoke in a really quite voice.I was very impressed. I do find it a shame though that you never seem to see the same Vet any longer. It has all changed . This Vet works for a week here or mabybe at another practice and then goes back to Spain for a week or something and then does the same. So he is back and forth all the time and he has a wife and 3 children in Spain !!. It can't be an easy life for them .

It's been a funny old day weather wise here. Mainly just cloudy with a few glimmers of sunshine. But the temperature now just suits me fine :-D

THIS SHOWER WILL BETHE DEATH OF ME. There I was, enjoying a nice warm shower, WHEN for no reason it went to FREEZING COLD WATER. I nearly jumped out of me SKIN. I will be glad when Harvey gets back from France and fits the new one.

The decking is going from the Patio door, to the middle of the lawn. Their garden is about FIVE TIME smaller than mine, so he won't have hardly any grass left at the back. Val's son it here again. He is digging TWO DEEP HOLES in the lawn for the support of the decking. Gawd only knows what cost this is going to be, and the size. Val is actually sitting on a chair on the patio this morning. She said she is feeling alright, and has NEW TEETH, after her fall, that broke her hip and smashed her teeth. Lets hope she will get some use from all the sons hard graft.

Wind is getting up and the clouds are building up, so it looks like we will get the promised rain. I have just closed the patio door.

Frank it sounds like Tony is getting things done for himself and not for poor Val. How big is this decking going to be?

You know that bath must have been bliss for you Jane after so long without one. We don't use our bath. I only use it when I wash my hair as thats the only place I can wash it in with it being soooooooooo long.

Can't get back again.

Cooking a quiche.

Nice day here. Daughter rang this morning. They've been on holiday to Canada and so she was full of it! Two hours later!!!!!
I got on here really easily by pressing 'post date' so again thank you to Jane and AnnG for that info!
Son's calling by this evening after work to check up on us! Fond though we are of his family it's nice to see him on his own now and again!
Nothing else doing here! All is well!!(at least for the time being!!)

GOOD MORNING at last. I have been round the houses many, many times this morning trying to get on here. It makes your blood boil. Why oh WHY is this happening.

Glad to see you are bathed, and feel a bit better Jane. I bet you are pleased with the way you are progressing.

Ros stood for what seemed like hours yesterday, ironing. She got it all done and put away.

It's a good job I didn't do the front lawn. Green thumb are coming tomorrow for the Autumn treatment. I can't cut the grass for THREE DAYS either side of the treatment. So it will be next week when I can do it.

Not sure what the weather is doing today, there is plenty of cloud with a breeze. There is talk of rain, but it didn't happen yesterday, as promised. Just a short shower, that didn't do any good for the ground.

Ros is going to make an eye appointment today. Carolyn has her eye test later, so Roswill gro with her. Tomorrow she has an eye scan at the hospital, and won;t be able to drive, so Martine will take her and bring her home.

I had a terrible night again last night, I was awake at 4.00 am, and laid awake until 6.00 am. Then got up and sat drinking tea. I did myself Eggs on toast for breakfast, which pleased Ros, as she doesn't think I eat enough.

Vals son is here again this morning. He is putting down DECKING which Tony feels will be better for Val. the truth is, it's what he wants, and it's nothing to do with Val's needs. It wouldn't surprise me that he is getting things done by Val's son, before she either has to go in to a care home, or passes away. What a horrible thought.

We are continuing to receive these silent phone calls, and ones about your internet being shut down. I now ring 1572, and put them on my "BLACK LIST" it's the one sure way of stopping them.

I have PORK CHOPS out of the freezer for tonight, which I will do with bags of Rice and Vegetables. Nice and easy, and very little washing up afterwards.

Now going to get my shower and shave and put on some shorts. So will say goodbye for now, and hope you all have a nice day. xxxx

Morning all,

Yes we have sunshine too this morning. It makes such a difference to the way you feel when its bright and sunny.

I hoovered yesterday after doing the ironing but in the late afternoon it got brighter for a little while and I saw cobwebs I had missed in the morning when hoovering and I thought I had them all. drat..... so thats a job for today, hunt the webs.

Nothing to report today as nothings happened yet. Oh is out doing his filters on the pond and I need to get on.

Still having trouble getting on here in a roundabout way and its getting on my nerves now.

Morning Jane, morning all

Bright and sunny here today.

So you've had your first bath since your op now Jane, I bet you slept well last night after a nice soak in the bubbles, I know my OH did. I can see why babies have a bath before bedtime now ;-) Pleased to hear it wasn't something electrical on your car and you just needed a new tyre.

It sounds like you had a wonderful day out AnnG, the places you go to sound lovely.

I bet Val's son was pleased you told him what has been going on Frank, although I think he had a pretty good idea what Tony is like. I hope something can be done for her now.

I see your OH managed a slow walk to the opticians Vera, he's coming on nicely now isn't he?

Your bites sound nasty Ann, keep up with the antihistamines they will help with the itchiness.

My Internet was off again yesterday but this time they didn't tell me and I only noticed when my laptop asked me to log in again.

Mum called around yesterday with a funny looking skirt of her friends that needed altering, I couldn't work out how it had been made so thought it best not to do it myself, so I suggested she took it to a professional. I'd of never forgiven myself if I'd of done it wrong and ruined it.

I've just heard workmen next door and when I looked they are having what looks like a 4 foot fence built between us and them along the front to where they are putting their gate. I'm hoping we can take our broken one down once it's finished and just leave his fence, it should look better than the little one we had put up last year. I wonder what type of fence they're having done, they're just putting the posts up at the moment.

OH has gone to make a start on mum's painting, she's out all day with a friend so he thought he'd do it while the place is empty. He'll probably finish it off tomorrow.

Morning All

Ann, I finally had a bath last night :-D :-D. Got in and out on my own although slowly and gingerly and had a luxurious soak in plenty of bubbles :-D. It was heaven.I was so tired too as I had not had a good sleep on Mon night after having a message from my friend in hospital. From her words and saying her Daughter was in bits it seems that she has most likely been told that there is nothing that can be done for her. :-(
I will get my car today. It was a huge bit of Metal that was stuck in a rear tyre that set off the warning sign !!!!!. So thankfully it is nothing electrical . Just the tyre to be replaced :-D

Off the the Vets shortly with Thomas for his annual vaccination and health check.

Frank, I am so glad you had the opportunity to speak to Val's Son.He is obviously very concerned about her too.You will feel better now you have put him in the picture as to your worries and concerns.

Must fly. ..At least it is much cooler now,its such a relief :-D

Me too!

Frank I'm so glad you got to speak to Val's son. It sounds like he will do something as he sounded as annoyed as you at her lack of care. Well done!

Well OH did some impromptu ballet moves on the patio, almost the splits too he said when he was coming in from the garage this afternoon. I usually jet wash the patio but haven't managed to do it yet this year, so with a bit of rain on it it was slippy and he does rush around. :-S He'd really banged his knee hard, but has managed to go to a local match this evening! I think he will be feeling it by tomorrow though.

AnnG it is nice at Hidcote isn't it, but I didn't know about the other private garden. I wouldn't have liked the wasps though, but your lunch was nice.

I wonder if Jane has her car back now, hopefully it wasn't too expensive to fix. Was it this week she was having her first bath since her operation? How are your bites now? Mine are quite hot to touch but not getting any bigger. The cold hot water bottle on them was a good idea to stop the itching.

I found a nice new shiny Sherlock Holmes 50p in my change today so I have kept that for now. I have a little collection of special edition ones including a few Peter Rabbits, but not the sought after coloured ones. I hardly use any cash now, but you still need it for most car parks and the car wash.

It would have been first OH's 74th birthday today. I can't believe it's been over 8 years since he passed away.

Now I am sure.........................................................................................................

Having trouble again

I suppose it's just a matter of personal choice AnnG and what we as individuals feel comfortable with! Neither of us are on facebook, twitter or anything like that as we simply don't choose to be. I am on a history forum which is very interesting and informative! Its free too which is an added bonus!
Dull here now and looks like rain! Saves watering, which is a good thing!!

Good afternoon all. Had quite a bit to read there. Our internet is on and off it is the Wifi and we hare having a new router tomorrow. I am on line at the moment so will try to get this done quickly while it lasts. No time to answer all the posts but, thanks yes we had a a lovely day for our anniversary. We spent over three hours at Hidcote garden, including having lunch. Goodness it was lovely and sunny but very hot in the morning, lunch was outside with the company of plenty of wasps After lunch we crossed the road to another garden called Kifsgate, this one is a private garden that has been designed and managed by various families of women and it is beautiful. We have been before but just love it. Not quite as sprawling as Hidcote and much more formal but very pretty and so much to see. We were at the furthest place from shelter when there was a sudden heavy shower, needless to say we got wet but it was warm and soon dried. We stopped for a cup of tea and a piece of shared cake before driving home. No meal out in the evening as we had had lunch (chicken and vegetable hotpot and granary bread). But we had a couple of G&Ts with our special blue Saphire gin, and then shared one of the half bottle of red wine that son bought me for my birthday with chicken and dalad sandwiches.
Jane Poor James, I suppose in a way it was a relief to get it sorted and he probably knew it was going to happen. At least if he works the week it is another weeks pay so he can grit his teeth and look at it that way. I hope he is able to find something to his liking and that it will prove to be a good move for him.

Ann & Vera glad the tums have settled down.

Frank good that Val's son was there and you could talk to him, hopefully he will get something done now.

Pippyn and Vera, sometimes it is good to chat about things in the family to people that are not close to the situation. I know I have done it, but unless somebody knows me personally (and my family), I doubt very much if family members mentioned could be identified. I rarely use names. I have to say that most of my family are on Facebook so are aware of how people do chat on social media but mostly nothing really persona; is said. I look on GR as a sort of safety valve Lol!! And have done for 16 years now. So some people have been with me and my family for quite a while. :-) :-)

You are the lucky one Mel, IT IS NOT MY DAY TODAY :-P :-P :-P :-P

First I decided to get the mower out. As I went to the garage it spotted with rain, so came back in doors. As the basket of ironing was sitting there I got the ironing board and iron out. THREE TIMES, as I put the iron on a item, the trip went in the fuse box, I reset it and tried again and again. Finally I unplugged the iron, and left it. Still not sure what the trouble is, but Ros is home and got the SPARE IRON out and is ironing away happily. So I can only put it down to the iron. I will check the plug, and if it's O.K. it must be the iron itself, so that will go in the BIN.

The sun is out again now, so I might try to do the lawn in a mo.

Val's son is next door, while Tony was out, I was able to talk to him over the fence. He has his suspicions of how Tony is treating his MUM. He was telling me, that Tony said he was spending FOUR HOURS a day at the nursing home with Val. Where in fact, he was going there PUTTING DOWN HIS PAPER, and going off to visit another woman who was in a different part of the home. Making it look like he had just popped out. The son said he took TWO WEEKS of work and was going to the nursing home to fed and care for his Mum, and Tony was nowhere to be seen. He is seriously thinking of taking his mother, back to Rushden to care for her, at his home. THAT WILL REALLY PUT THE CAT AMONGST THE PIGEONS. He and his brother are contenplating, having it all out with him.. He couldn't believe that his Mum had to ring Ros for help the other evening. I told him exactly what I thought of Tony, and in between Effing and blinding, he agreed with everything I said. He is going to sort out the carer situation, so some good should come from this.

This endeth the latest episode. !!!!

If I send the rain up to you lot you won't have to mow the front lawn Frank.

Just stopped for a coffee. Still ironing though so I better get back to it.

Good you slept well Ann. Its not at all nice when two bites turn into one big one and the itch is still there. The Antihystamins should kick in and take them regulary and they should help a lot. I am not saying much about bites as I have been very lucky so far this year and the only one I had was just above my eyebrow so not too bad. Its when they get you in warm places along the bra line or pants line that they really itch so.

I wonder how Jane's bites are today, gone now I hope.

No breeze at all and the rain is falling straight down like stair rods.

Morning All,

No rain here yet Mel, but it's forecast so will soon be on it's way. At least it is much cooler which is helping my bites and the itch! The worst one on my leg has spread a bit wider again so I took another antihistamine. The ones on the front of my neck have merged into one big lump.....not a good look. OH said the insects must see bacon and eggs when they see me!!?? Despite the itch I slept really well so that was good. I watched the last Poldark, but still prefer the earlier episodes.

It's good your OH got the infection treated Gill and will soon get the tooth taken out. He must be getting quite used to the dentist now.

I hope you enjoyed your anniversary AnnG and had a nice day. Do you swap gifts? I' m afraid we only swap cards and have a nice meal out.

Only another two days and James won't need to go back there Jane! I would just want to slip away but I expect there may be a leaving speech and gift? At least he can look forward afterwards. I was made redundant when dad finished his business and it's an odd feeling because you are being finished without having done anything wrong. I realised being older that getting another job might not be easy. It was the days when office jobs for women usually stipulated ages 18_22. But I got a job in the Civil Service before I finished working my redundancy. It turned out to be the best thing that could have happened, so I hope it does for James too.

Our tums settled quickly Vera so maybe it was the heat after all. Good that your OH managed the opticians ok. Is it new specs now?

Good morning Mel, and all,

Much cooler here today, a good breeze and clear sky's.

The washing basket is full to overflowing, so Ros has LOADS to do today. I will try to get her to do some, and leave some, for another day. SOME CHANCE OF THAT. ;-) ;-)

Wouldn't you have thought they would have let James have these few days off. I can't think he will put much effort into the job, I know I wouldn't. !!!!

I'm between the devil and the deep blue sea, If I ring someone about Val, and he finds out, there is bound to be trouble, and if I don't what will happen next. He was out mowing his front lawn this morning, so at least he is nome. For how long I just don't know. Perhaps, if I see his car go out, I could pop round on some pretects (sp) to see if she is alright.

Ros will need to go to Tesco's later, I have quite a list of things, we are running short off. How my mother managed all those years ago,with FIVE children under SEVEN to feed and cloth, and no car, to pop to the shops, and a War going on around her. WHAT A WOMAN.

Who's doing what today, ?? I am going to try to mow the front lawn, and if we don't get the promised rain, water the pots and baskets, plus greenhouse and bottom beds.

Outside decorating is something of the passed. Being that I had all new UPVC gutters etc done a few years ago. I don't have to worry about it. Just a wash down when I do the windows. Which need doing !!!!

Now I will do and see what we are going to have to eat tonight. I do wish Roswould say that she FANCIES THIS OR THAT.. It would just give me a break of deciding all the time. Mind you, she never complains with what I put in front of her. lol lol GOOD JOB. !!!!

See you all later, and thanks for your input regarding next door.