General Chat

That was a nice present Mel. You will find the paint brushes useful I am sure.

What a pity that the F&C was disappointing today Ann. You will be put off getting them from there now. Did you get the trifle or was it sold out?

That was a nice gift for you Mel. OH would like your marzipan bar and I would enjoy the paintbrushes!

Our F&C were a bit disppointing today. We have a small fish each, but today both of us got 2 tiny pieces of fish. Perhaps they are economising by buying fish bits! :-S I still haven't popped out yet so will go now. OH is fancying the chocolate trifle but I've told him they will most likely all be sold by now with it being Valentines day.

Just had a neighbour come down with a card and presents. Lovely dark choc marzipan and a holder with 18 paint brushes in it.

Morning All,

<3 <3 :-D HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEL :-D <3 <3

Hope you have a nice day although, like Mandy's weather, it's gone very dull here now, but it's 13 degrees so warm for February. I wonder what is in the present you will receive tomorrow?

We have decided on F&C for lunch and when OH got his Valentine cards out he found a box of Guylian sea shells in the cupboard, left over from Christmas, so that was an unexpected treat for today.

Better get my skates on as Jane would say as I want to pop to the shop for a chocolate trifle before lunch.

Thank you Annx, Anng, Mandy and Vera for your lovely cards. They are all on the window sill with Aunty Joy's and SIL's. :-D :-D :-D

Morning all,

<3 <3 Happy birthday Mel <3 <3 hope you enjoy your day .

I definitely put a stamp on your card as I only had two stamps left and I put one on yours and one on Vera's and I have Vera's here ready to post today.

Just need to go into town to get our tablets from boots and go to see Jake in the butchers to get some meats .
It's a very grey day here so I hope it stays dry while I go to town .

O and its 12 degrees!!

Morning All and thanks for the birthday wishes. :-D :-D

Just having a coffee and then I am going to open my cards as its a miserable day with one of those yellowy grey skies, a little rain in the wind and dark.

I too found all the cards I had either made or given to OH in one of his draws in the spare bedroom, a couple in his office draw.

:-D <3 HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEL <3 :-D. Hope you have a lovely day

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEL <3 <3 <3
Yes hopefully that was my card with the date on the envelope.

Good morning all. Valentines day. T didn't believe in Valentine's cards said it was too commercialised. He did but cards for the first few years, sometimes flowers. Once he actually bought perfume. sometimes I would make him a card even though I didn't get one from him. After he died I found those cards I made in his office. Guess he was more romantic than he let on re V day.

Anyway, hope those of you expecting cards got them :-) ;-)

:-D :-D <3 Happy Birthday, Mel <3 :-D :-D

I hope you have a lovely day and that the sun shines on you.

It would have been my grandfather's birthday on this day too.

I love my wheat bags and have two every night, ione on my back and one on my knee. I asked m for one for Chriostmas but she bought me one of those long hot water bottles. Its quite good but it takes some filling and holding with arthy hands.


I have a card that has 14.2 written in the corner and wondered if it was from Anng. I also have one in a pearly envelope and one I can't read the writing on which says where its from and thought they may be from Annx. You will all be in suspence now till tomorrow or the 15th when the other thing is coming.

The postman said to me today while the asda driver was here, lots of Valentines cards then and I said no Birthday cards.

O well watch a bit of telly and bed I think so I hope you all have good nights. <3

I also posted several things at the same time and I've been trying to think whether Mel's card was in a white envelope or not. I think it was in a coloured one but if it was me I apologise in advance. You've certainly got us all wondering.Mel. Your keyboard eems to behave very strangely. I've never heard of one going quite so haywire before.

No pancakes for us today. If I'd thought of it earlier I could have told OH I would get lunch today and done some pancakes then. We prefer just lemon and a little sugar with ours. We don't like them too sweet, though a little stewed apple is OK.

Is your hospital dental department far from you Ann? It sounds as though you had to turn round and go back for OH almost as soon as you arrived home. The hygienist seems to have been helpful.

What a pity Jake's got an infection in his hand now, AnnG. It must be hard to keep it completely clean and dry in hiss line of work and he's probably worried about how long he will be off work if he is dependent on the income from these jobs. I was thinking of you yesterday. Memories do come flooding back and I hope yours were all happy ones. February is a bad month for me with memories. Not only was my brother's funeral on the 8th but my mother died on 23rd, a very favourite aunt's funeral was also on 23rd and my father died on 27th. This year will be the 50th anniversary of my mum's death and it still seems like yesterday. It doesn't really get any easier does it? You just learn to live with it. I wonder if you didn't sleep well because of your thoughts during the day. I hope you have a better rest tonight.

I'm still hearing about people having trouble getting appointments to see their GP and it made me realise yet again how lucky we are with out practice. OH has been having a leg problem again so yesterday he filled in the online form. Within an hour or so he had an email back saying he needed a face to face appointment and to ring at 8 am today to set it up. When he rang at exactly 8 am he was no. 60 in the queue and wondered how far ahead his appointment would be. When he finally reached the head of the queue he was given an appointment for 3 pm today. There might have been a longer wait if he had wanted to see a specific doctor but, as luck would have it, he was allocated an appointment with a doctor we like who has seen him before. We really do get good service.

I went to the chiropodist this morning so I have tidy feet for a few weeks. Her price has gone up to £41 now but she is very thorough and very good so I'll stick with her. I also had an unexpected visitor this afternoon. I was ironing when she arrived and had a couple of other jobs planned before cooking our meal. She didn't stay as long as usual but I felt all out of gear when she had gone and I haven't caught up with myself since. I'm now feeling quite tired so I think I am going to get a wheatbag to put against my back and a hottie for my feet and go to bed with a book. I hope you all sleep well tonight and only have lovely dreams. Night, night.

You've got us all wondering now Mel! lol. No pancakes here I'm afraid. We do like them, but don't often have them on pancake day. I have fond memories of visiting The Hungry I pancake house with my friend as a teenager. They did wonderful ones and the ones with maple syrup and fresh cream were my favourite. At home I just like lemon juice with a tiny sprinkle of sugar.

AnnG I did half wonder whether to pop in Morrisons where I was going to meet OH after his appointment, but with being early enough for him to get a breakfast and not knowing how long he might have to wait if they were running late, I decided to go home instead and hope the traffic would have eased going the opposite direction. I popped in our local shop for a few bits and had just got home and put the kettle on for a COT when he rang to say he was done and walking to Morrisons, so I didn't even get my COT. :-) The match he was going to tonight was cancelled as the pitch was too waterlogged. It has rained all day here.

I hope it is not mine. It sounds like one with no stamp. I posted six when I posted yours and I checked they all had stamps. However I did once have something I stamped which arrived minus a stamp, I think because they are sticky if they catch they can peel off.

so whose having pancakes tonight?

Well Iv'e done it and its should be here on the 15th. Dying to know what it is as I think I have all your cards and aunty Joy's. No I have three from you lot that I know of.

We,ve got rain blowing in the wind and it make everything wet and soggy.

Feels colder in than out and its 11 degrees out. Just corned the chickens and its really miserable out there and its getting dark now.

I am going online now to see if I can pay the £2.50.

Had you switched it off Mel or do you mean it was on but won't call up anything onto the screen? Is it an Iphone or Android?

Good job he took his toothbrush ann or a cooked breakfast before the hygenist would not be a good idea. What did you do while he was enjoying himself :-D

that would be a handy way to get rid of the demolished stuff.

Jake would not have been here today anyway as it has rained non stop all day.

O thank goodness its doing it now maybe I had'nt held the button in for long enough. Just going to pay the house insurance now. The phone is now telling me I have a message from Asda.