General Chat

Nothing has come through Ann ,strange as I've had other emails .

Vera what a busy bee you've been today you've got loads done ,I think Colins cough is a little better he's been having some cough mixture for a couple of days which seems to have helped .
I'm sure I saw that lady ride down the churchyard her husband has a scooter too and there was a chap behind her , she seems to be keeping away from coming this way ,but I'll catch her one day .

Its been a really cold grey day and even with my warm jumper on I've not felt warm all day ,I think tomorrow should be the same .

I agree with you all about the pendant. It is great and I told Annx in an email that I too love the colours.

Oh Mandy, that naughty lady. There's no excuse for stealing even if you are really hard up. Is your OH's cough any better?

It's good that you got your screening, your jab and your feet all done today Mel. I'm a bit confused. What was so bad that it made you want to throw the PC out of the window? Did I miss something?

I've had a busy day today. The weather hasn't been good; it's been cold and grey with a real nip in the wind but at least it stayed dry. We both worked in the garden for a while this morning. I cut various plants back, tidied up all the hostas, cleared a half barrel of marigolds and pulled up all the rest of the antirrhinum plants as well as sweeping a lot of the leaves up and bagging them so that in a couple of years they will have made decent leaf mould. OH concentrated on three tall grasses, dividing each of them into half and planting one half back. He won't cut them back till there is new grass growing in the spring and they give a bit of movement in the winter breezes but they do look rather tall and thin now.

After my stint in the garden I came in and cleaned the kitchen and uti windows. Then after lunch I flew into town. I quite like Waitrose fish but it is so expensive that I only buy it on a Friday when it is 20% off. I go about once a month and buy several bits. I also popped into Roys for a couple of bits as well and bought a new baby card to send to my son's stepson and his wife. Got back to find OH in a bit of a paddy. He had discovered that a payment for diesel was on his bank statement even though he paid by credit card (he said!) and he'd been googling for some while and couldn't find the number to ring the bank, blah, blah, blah. It took me 2 minutes to sort out that he'd actually paid with his debit card but rather longer to convince him. I also pointed out that in our filing cabinet we had a file marked Bank; and right at the front of that file was a card with the Over 60s customer help line number. Do all men get worked up like that rather than calmly sitting down and thinking it through?

After all this I remembered that the only postal collection round our way was at 7 am tomorrow so I had to quickly write the card I had bought and walk to the postbox with it. Also this morning I had a text telling me that a play granddaughter is appearing in at the Edinburgh Horror Fest is being live streamed tonight. Granddaughter had told me about the play which I think is a 2-hander that lasts 55 minutes (all the productions at this Horror Fest have to be between 40 and 60 minutes). To get the link to view it you have to make a donation of at least £1 but I don't know if the money goes to the group putting the play on or the organisers of the Horror Fest. The play is described as "One workshop. Two women. Three bodies. A dark, psychological tale of the relationship between the sculptor and her muse". Could be a bit creepy.

Well I'd better go and start cooking our meal if I want to cook, eat, clear up and be upstairs at around 7.30 to view this "psychological tale" on the computer.

I've forwarded it to you again Gwyn.

Yes, I got the 'reply all' mesage too, but not the photo.

Sorry Mandy, my fault! I will forward it to you now!

I didn't intentionally reply to all but it is not a problem.

Great pendanr and, as you will have all seen I love the colours.

I got Anng's reply to Ann too but didn't get a photo of the pendant from Ann .

Still a murky old day haven't done much except a bit of repair sewing for my neighbour she was telling me that she thinks the lady that stole from my board is the same lady that shoplifted in poundland , I still haven't seen her go past .

What a cracking pendant Ann has made I have replied in an email.

The other thing is I have had an email about it from Anng!! Did you put reply to all??

O I have forgotten when my next appointment is!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I asked him to write it down for me and he did'nt. I know its not till Jan and its a friday I think at 2.15pm but what date I have no idea. Honestly I would leave my head behind if it was'nt screwed on. :-|

It realy makes you want to throw the blimmin pc out of the window. :-| :-| :-|

Went and had my jab but on entering the surgery a friend was in there so I told him I needed his son to look at the bathroom heater which is'nt working. He said he would send Nick out to have a look. Then his MIL came out and asked him for some money to pay Anton so he gacve her a twenty pound note and Anton came out with her change and I asked him if he could squeeze me in. He said he had 5 mins so I went through for the jab and Chris the nurse said go to Anton first and have the jab after. This is what I did and I had taken £12 with me just in case. So I have done so much today been to Holsworthy and had my sqashing been to the docs and had my feet seen to and my jab done and did'nt feel a thing and now I am going to have something to eat as I have built up an appitite. :-D

Back home at the mo BIL still here but I hav'nt seen him he must be up the top talking to Phil. The mower has gone and he got a twig out of the garden hoover for me too. He said he may not be here when I got back and I asked him to please wait till I was home.

My tum is grumbling so I may have something to eat now.

With all the talk BIL was doing I had forgotten to take my letter with me and had to pay £2 for the car park. They don't say on the letter that you can leave it in the car so you don't have to pay.

Morning all,

Very dull here and I can't remember if it should get out or not ,it doesn't seem that warm but it is November goodness the year is going so quickly .
Hope you get on OK today Mel with no waiting about ,what will you do between appointments as you have quire a bit of time between each one .

You soon finished the pendant Ann looking forward to seeing it.

Good morning all. grey so far and 9 degrees. Not sure what I am doing today but must walk to Irene's and see if there are any books I fancy. took 6 back to her yesterday Hoping others have returned some I haven't read.

Vera, yes, that is why I took the photo, it looked very magical. The fairies stayed away yesterday the light was entirely different.

Morning all can't stop have to get ready. BIL emailed me last night to tell me he is coming today and is having the mower picked up. I emailed him back and said he better be as I am out all morning.

Must go see you all later on I hope.

Evening all

Lovely picture of your garden in that strange light AnnG. It looks like an enchanted garden from a fairytale book…..follow the stepping stones to a magic land ;-). Ignore me, I’m being silly.

I wish my nails would grow long but as I’ve grown older they have started to split and break all the time. My hairdresser tends to keep hers short but when she was away once I had another girl and, boy, her nails felt as though they were slicing into my head.

That business with the thyroid register sounds frustrating Annx. Phones not being answered or.getting suddenly cut off seems to be the norm these days. A scam call at that hour of the morning is very annoying Gwyn. I’m not surprised you shouted at the caller.

Mandy, I hope Colin’s cough improves quickly. There seem to be a lot of colds around. Take care of your back for a day or two, you don’t want the twinges to get any worse. I’m being very careful still though I’m hoping to do just a little in the garden tomorrow.

Mel, I hope your screening and jab are OK tomorrow. You need to keep your strength up and Corn Flakes don’t sound a very nourishing meal. If you don’t feel hungry could you at least manage a bowl of soup? My go-to when I don’t feel like eating is either porridge or scrambled eggs as they both take next to no time in the microwave.

I had a bad night again and didn’t get up till about 8.30, an hour or so later than usual so I’ve been behind hand all day. It was misty early this morning, then it cleared but stayed grey right up till late afternoon when we had about an hour of sun before it set.

We went to our usual coffee meet today. The 2 men there took themselves off to another table leaving 5 ladies to put the world to rights. I shopped for a few bits of salad and veg on the way back. This afternoon I spent a couple of hours on the computer doing the household admin. There are 2 of us here, both computer literate, so why is there only 1 of us apparently able to make sure the paper bill and the window cleaner get paid or capable of finding the details of a painter we used a couple of years ago? OH says it’s because I’m quicker, my answer is he’d be quicker if he got more practice.

Son rang to tell me his stepson and wife had a baby boy a couple of days ago so he is now a grandfather or a step-grandfather. It was lovely to get some good news so I think I’ll end on that happy note. Sleep well everyone.

I hope you get done quickly tomorrow Mel. Do you have to travel far to have it? Then your jab too. I had absolutely no effect after mine so I hope yours will be the same. We don't have to have that one next year either.

Finished the pendant but will photograph it tomorrow as the artificial light is changing the colours.

I don't know what to eat tonight and I'm really not hungry so may just have a bowl of cornflakes. I have the screening tomorrow at 9.50am and then the other jab at 12.15pm so if BIL comes early I shan'nt be in.

Afternoon All,

A dull day here, but dry and no cold. I think I saw somewhere that Americans call moons like that with pinky light a Wolf Moon. I thought it made a lovely tinge to your garden AnnG.

I had a similar thing when we were sent a new router Mel. We were told to send the old one back using the return label provided or would be charged £30...........only no label had been provided. I rang them and queued and queued and was told they would send me one in the post. Nothing arrived, so I sent a message on their chat bot and they said they would send a label. Nothing happened so after about 2 years we threw the old router away.

My hairdresser has very long nails and the head massage that comes with your shampoo can be quite painful when she catches you with any sharp bits or scrapes the pointy bits round your ears.

I've just tried notifying the Thyroid Register that I've already been tested since my last annual request they send, but isn't it annoying when you get out all your papers to find the exact dates and results to tell them to then get the message that no-one is available to answer your call?? I tried again an hour later and got the same so decided to leave a message and was just about to ask if I still needed to do their test and a voice said 'thank you for calling' and cut me off! so I still don't know! :-S

Shopping bags can be another problem when you are short like me. So many have long handles which means they can drag on the floor when you are short. Because of back trouble I used a small wheeled case at work instead of a briefcase most of the time when we started using laptops on our visits. When I took mum out or to do her shopping we used a wheeled trolley I had. We could buy much more that way, especially if I took her to Birmingham, as she loved the markets there. There was a fabulous selection of net curtains when they were fashionable and hundreds of rolls of lovely materials and buttons and trims you'd never see anywhere else.

I'd better find a clasp that will match and finish this pendant now. OH is out later.

I had BT email me this mornng telling me that as I hav'nt sent the box back I am going to be charged £30 on my next bill. I got on to BT right away and explained everything about me changing to EE then cancelling it so never got the box, anyway after speaking to two different peole the last very nice lady said she has marked it as returned so I should'nt get that bill again. This all takes ages out of your day and its nice and sunny and 15 degrees here. I have fished leaves out of the big pond this morning and washed up, boiled an egg for a sandwich and thats all I have done this morning, O and I fed the girls and birds.

You tell him Gwyn, hope it gave him earache.

It is a beautiful day here, sunny with clear blue skies. Which means I should be out in the garden. :-D