General Chat

Ann there seems no power going into the box now..It's DEAD :-S.No light no nothing :-S
I remember your OH's Birthday as it is the same as Hannah :-D :-D

Makeup !!!.As you know I have this watery eye and Blepharitis .I decided to try Cliniqu* mascara just to see how things went.It seemed fine and I didn't have the awful irritation
like with my normal stuff.So I have now bought Cliniqu* (think this is how to it is spelled)
eyeshadow.That seems ok too.It is all not perfumed and anti allergenic .I have missed not being able to use eye makeup for a long time so I'm keeping fingers crossed that Cliniqu* will suit me now :-D..Need to glam up sometimes :-D :-D

I have just had a shower and rinsed my hair.I just can't stand smelling of cooking.(plus I changed the bed today) so I don't fancy the pillowcases smelling of fried onions ,Cumin etc.The only thing is I haven't dried my hair so will look like I have been dragged through a hedge backwards in the morning :-S.

Just seen it is face cream Ann (not makeup) that has caused your problem.(sorry) whittling on about makeup !!!....I use Oil of *lay and have used that for years with no troubles.

Rubbish TV again tonight :-S I have Border Control (New Zealand on)Desperate or what lol

Evening All,

When you say your box doesn't work Jane, do you mean it won't power up at all or do you mean it says it has no signal? I suppose you have already checked all the connections both ends. It might be best to ring the S*y helpdesk. We don't have one of those boxes yet so I don't know how they are set up etc. S*y is in OH's name so he gets all the correspondence from them. He mentioned getting a box a few months ago.....so I think he needs another reminder!! :-S Fancy you remembering OH's birthday being tomorrow the same as Hannah's. I have just written his cards while he is out at a meeting. We are going to The Windmill at Brascote for his birthday lunch tomorrow. We've been there on our birthdays the last couple of years.

My eyes were less swollen and not so itchy this morning so I didn't make an appointment. It wasn't like your eyes go with hay fever Jane. My eyes themselves looked the same as normal, just the wretched eyelids were itchy. This morning the lids had patchesof crusty tiny blisters that feel like fine sandpaper to the touch and are a bit discoloured. I had the same thing happen just before Christmas (not as bad but in just the same places, top lid on one eye, bottom lid on the other!!) That lasted a few days then gradually went. I'm beginning to think it was some face cream I got last year that protects against the sun. I know I used it one day last week and may have used it before Christmas as well. Well....... I just broke off to google and I think it WAS the cream as this is the same make, but this lady used their wrinkle cream!!!! :-0 I'm chucking it out tomorrow. :-S Have a good look at ingredients in creams ladies!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2449482/Woman-suffers-blistered-face-using-LOreal-anti-wrinkle-cream.html

Thanks Frank :-D
Where is everyone today? It's awfully quiet. I am quietly sweating off dinner..Oh my goodness that sauce I made to go with dinner was way too spicy for me.Chris and James were fine.Maybe not even spicy enough for James.I used our home grown Chillies.Might be having a visit to the 'White friend' at some point as Chillies and me don't go together :-S...But other than that dinner was a huge success :-D :-D

Jane. I think you can buy a lead that by-passes that little box. Next time I speak to Conrad I will ask him. He did mine when he was last home. I will get instructions where the lead goes. IT WON'T BE PAINFUL :-D :-D :-D

No Mel I didn't see it. Might watch it tomorrow on catch up while Ros is out with Carolyn.

It's certainly turned cold this afternoon. I put the bins out earlier and the wind almost cut me in half.

Football tonight. It's on BBC so might stay at home to watch it. Will see if Tony rings. !!

I did watch it Mel and quite enjoyed it...But I fell asleep just near the end :-S :-S.It looks like it will be a good series :-D.
How are your Chooks? Can they be let out now?Or is Foxy still around?

Tomorrow is Hannah's and Ann's OH's Birthdays....I must remember to ring Hannah first thing in the morning :-D..I have her presents here ,but we are going to see her on Sunday for a Birthday/Mothers Day Meal out so she will get them then.

Chris has painted the Lobby/Porch.But where he did a load of tester paints they were so thick he will have to rub the wall down tomorrow and repaint!!! as it is all showing through...You should see the state of his specs !!!!!!! all speckled lol.That was from the ceiling paint :-D

Jane did you watch Poldark last night? Or for that matter did anyone watch it?

At last here I am .The Broadband has been off :-S
I had mad idea this morning to cook something out of this new Cookery Book.it is a dish that Hannah did when we went to see her the other week.But I reek now of fried onions,and strong spices.I seem to have been doing it nearly all day and am now trying to get a sauce reduced and to thicken up.it's taking ages.I probably have the amounts wrong.
There is a nice big Free Range Chicken cooking too at the moment .I hope this is going to worth it lol

I mentioned the sky catch up box not working.It isn't the main box,but the little free one that came through the post from Sky some months ago.Turning everything off doesn't make any difference :-S :-S.So we are stumped.Its a real pain as I miss so much.

How awful that that poor dog died after being poisoned at Crufts :-( :-(..Wh would do such a terrible thing.
Hannah and the girls will be getting their 'Borrowed Doggies soon.They are called
Sunny and Monday.Have a pic if anyone wants a look.They will have them for one night a week each month :-D

There has been a big Male Pheasant in the garden nearly all day.He has been very happy pottering around and sitting on top of some of the big pots lol
At one point there was the Pheasant,the Moorhens,the Squirrel ,2 Wood Pidgeon,2 Magpies and some little Sparrows all pecking away at the seeds I had put out.

Glad you passed your MOT Frank.Tip Top now eh? :-D.....Its been a funny old day weather wise.Thick frost first thing (it looked like snow) but that disappeared very quickly.Then it went all cloudy with a fair old breeze.It is quite dark now.Lights on.

I better go and check this sauce and see if has thickened up. BBL

Back from MOT all good and sailed through. My hairdressers is on a day off, so will go back later in the week.

Stopped and had lunch out. Ros had a small steak and I had a LARGE fish. Very nice it was too. Now for a cuppa and a sit down.

Good Morning Mel, and all, evening Kim.

We will be off soon to get the MOT, then haircut. Might go for a bit of lunch somewhere for a change. See what Madam says.

Not a nice morning here, very windy and chill in the air. Looks like we might get rain.

I managed to see "REBUS" last night, but it was swearing all the time in that Glasgow accent. and on till 11.30 pm so I went off to bed about 11.00 with my radio.

Off now,

Morning all and evening Kim,

Dull morning with a little of that fine rain that gets everywhere.

I did enjoy Poldark last night but I am getting a bit fed up with Mr S.

Nothing planned for today but I have the dentist very early tomorrow morning so please excuse me till I get back.

Evening all, Or should I say GOODNIGHT JANE !!!

Nice restful day, reading and the T.V was on but not being watched. Ros has been busy making more blankets for the children's hospital. The sewing machine has been going FIFTY to the DOZEN. Where did that saying come from ??

I think I missed your posting about your box Jane. But as Mel said, turn it all off and give it a few minutes, and all should be O.K.

I have SIX bird nesting box's around the garden, on the shed, garage and fence. Two in the tree. and one on a tall pole. That's the one the blue tits have been showing interest in. The two on the arbour had wrens in last year. They have been cleaned out, so hope they show interest again this year. I also have Two large open front box's for blackbirds, thrushes or even an owl on the back of the garage wall. High up so no cats can get to them.

I think I must contact the knee surgeon, as my left knee in really plating me up. I keep putting it off but the day will soon come when I can't put it off any longer.!!!

MOT for the car at NOON tomorrow, then onto the hairdressers for an estimate !! It was way before Christmas when I last had it cut. My little Asian girl will think I have passed on :-D :-D :-D :-D

Glad you are sorted on the paint colour Jane, I think White is best on doorframes etc. Always looks nice and clean and easy to wipe down.

Mr S is almost over, so will say goodnight, and try to find SOMETHING I WANT TO WATCH.

JANE I meant to say unplug your box and leave it a min or two and then plug it back in again. It should reset itself.

The front of nest boxes should face north and not be put in the full sun otherwise the baby birds die from the heat.

Ann ,have you been handling any plants that might cause your eyes to play up? try taking an antihistamine tonight if you have them.It sounds like it might be an allergic thing .I have had to take Zirtec for the last few days ...There is Spring in the air and pollen beginning..I have sneezed on and off all day :-S .Opticrom eye drops are quite good for irritated eyes.

Our last bird box rotted away ,this is a new one ,we have to be careful were we put it as the cats next door will get the babies ,so we put this one on the front of the shed ,the cats carn't get to it but it's so out in the open if you know what i mean ,i'd like to put it tucked away in the honey suckle but the cats would come along the wall and get to it .
Touch wood no more rats , i'll talk them up now :-0 hubby did say he would put some more bait down between the fences ,nothing can get to it only the rats .

Hope your eyes soon feel better Ann you don't want to miss your glass fusing class you've been looking forward to doing that .
I only said to hubby yesterday my right eye feels quite itchy ,he said perhaps i should start my hay fever tablets ,i don't think i've ever taken them this early in the year :-0

I never do a huge shop any more ,well only at christmas , i just go with my list and then again in the later in the week for the things i forgot !! ,hubby says Tes*o's is my second home !! :-D he tells son mums gone for her Te*co's fix !! :-D :-D :-D

Ann maybe all that work on FMP site has played your eyes up. I find mine get very sore if I do a lot of looking up.

It stayed nice and sunny here all afternoon so the rain must have past your ways.

You should'nt have bird feeders near your nest boxes. Ours are a long way from all my feeding stations. Don't forget a lot of birds are territorial so feeders near their nest is very off putting. Blue Tits usually time their babies for when the hawthorne comes out as they get little green catapillas on there just right for tiny beaks. It's not till they leave their nests that they start coming to the feeders with their fledglings to feed them.

We have had the Long Tailed Tits about again but not as many as there was last year.

We have just had Scotch Pancakes with clotted cream and seedless blackcurrant jam. Bit near to our weekly cheese and biscuits really but I just felt like making them. I also blew the egg I used as I want to make something on the egg shell and did'nt want to waste the egg. Next week I shall make one of those fratata (sp) things so I can get more blown eggs. If what I want to make turns out as it should I will let you see it. If not I won't :-| :-| :-|

Afternoon All,

It's poured with rain here this afternoon so I'm wishing now that I'd washed the sheets yesterday. :-S

I pile it high and make sure my BIG shop fits in the small trolleys Jane, so I don't bruise my ribs bending in to get the stuff at the bottom. Like Mel says it is hard on your back and knees getting them around the corners of the aisles too! It was me that put a link up for Frank, but it was for how to connect the box, so not much help to you I'm afraid. Well there's something to be said for being a shortie then.....at least we fit into small sleeping bags! I still have one somewhere from my caravanning days. It's a shame the weather wasn't too special for James' weekend.

We said we'd go and get a few proper roof slates next week as I have 3 birdboxes I want to put up and the slate will be nice and waterproof for the roof bits. Feeders or no feeders, the little bird was still 'viewing' the desirable residence on your shed Mandy. :-) Any sign of the rats now? My friend with the chickens is getting pest control people in as they have noticed so many in the garden this year. :-0

One of my upper eyelids is itchy and swollen and the bottom eyelid of the other eye is the same with my cheek near it swollen too. It happened previously, just before Christmas as well and I thought the anti fungal cream I put on then seemed to do the trick but it hasn't worked this time! I look as if OH has given me a 'shiner'!! :-0 I want to be right for next weekend as I'm doing the glass fusing class. :-S If it's no better tomorrow I will have to make an appointment I think. :-S

Hope it was about you Mel LOL.I used to talk in my sleep all the time...I often wonder what secrets I let out ;-).Hannah use to sleep talk too and walk.I found her one evening in the dining room fast asleep under the dining table.
I think I have mentioned this before (in the early days of the thread) But my Dad had to put a lock on my bedroom window as he found me with my sheets tied together and me trying to climb out the window !!!!!!.It was in the days when I was into Enid Blyton and the Famous 5 and Secret 7..Mum and Dad knew when I had been sleepwalking when they got up in the morning and often found my sheets on the landing.
The only thing I remember James doing in his sleep was weeing in his desk drawer. :-S.What a bl***y mess that was...Typical boy!!!!!

Mandy I keep meaning to put up a couple of bird boxes.The last 2 we had went rotten and i have never replaced them.

The sky cleared here just after lunch and now we have sunshine. got my hair washed this morning but did'nt manage the shower before oh came in so |I did the big breakfast and am still recovering from that.

I could'nt get into my email this morning so I am going to try now.

The other night oh was fast asleep, it was the night I could'nt sleep, and he was mumbling away as he usually does when as clear as a bell he said I love you. Confronted with this a few days later after he told me I was snoring, I told him what he said the other night. His reply was "what a bu**er when you can't remember what the dream was". I had to laugh........ :-D :-D

Afternoon all,

Started off here nice and sunny ,i had all the windows open and even had the back door open for a while ,then after lunch it clouded over and has just started to spit with rain .

Yesterday when we sat having breakfast hubby saw a little blue tit eyeing up the tit box on the shed ,i haven't seen it about any more since ,i suppose now the bird feeders have been taken down the all inclusive pad has now become self catering so he probably not so keen to take up residence :-D

James will be glad to sleep in his bed tonight after roughing it in the stone hut :-D

Hubby has now lit the fire ,it's got really chilly now .