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What kind of things do you remember from Childhood

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Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 18 Sep 2023 14:59

Been and collected my scripts and its a good job I checked as they had'nt put the patches in so I was asking about something else and the girl came and gave me the patches. I now have an appointment with the doc on Monday when they are going to give me the other pills I forgot to ask for. Then I booked to have my covid and flu injection as well so now its back down the docs on Thursday for that and on Monday to see the doc.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 18 Sep 2023 12:19

We had a bit of sun this morning but now its raining again.

Done the parcel and done some casting.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 18 Sep 2023 11:56

Thanks Anng. Gwyn has aslo collected me a few shells so I can now expect two little parcel at your convenience. No rush. Thanks

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 18 Sep 2023 08:33

good morning all. slept well last night, had about 8 hours sleep.
Blue sky and sun at the moment and 15 degrees but don't think it will last somehow PC says 16 degrees and partly sunny.

Vera. that was nice to see your daughter. A bit of a shock when she arrived solo though I bet.

Hope it won't be too long before you get to see the little great granddaughter, they grow and change so quickly.

Mel, I have a few tiny shells to post to you but it won't be immediately as I need to work out the best way of posting so they don't get crushed. Might have to find a small box I think.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 18 Sep 2023 08:06

Morning all on this dull old cloudy rainy day.

Its miserable this morning 15 degrees and pc says rain stopping soon.

I have a small parcel to post this morning and a cheque to bank then just carry on as normal for the rest of the day. Dinner is in the freezer so I only have to get that ot and defrost it and cook a bit of broccoli.

What are you lot up to today?

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 17 Sep 2023 21:43

How lovely to have that new great grandchild to look forward to meeting Vera. Now I see Granny is a byker. Good on her. I had all the leathers in my younger days but never the byke to go with them just rode with the boys in our gang.

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 17 Sep 2023 19:00

Good evening all

Overcast but warm and muggy today and still no rain. Rain is forecast for tonight so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the forecast is right. We are definitely in need of some now.

I hope your daughter and sil have had a good journey home AnnG. I am sure that at first you will miss having them around as you have had a long spell with them this time. I am very jealous as we haven't seen our Yorkshire family since Christmas. We were of course supposed to spend just a couple of days with them at the end of July but OH managed to go down with food poisoning so we never got there.

Because of all her work and other commitments we don't see a lot of our daughter, although she is only about 25 miles away, but I had a nice surprise this afternoon. I got a text saying she and her fella were going to have a pootle round the countryside and would we be in for a visit. They turned up about 3.30 and stayed a couple of hours. They came on motorbikes in full leathers so that will have given the neighbours something to talk about ;-) Daughter's partner has a powerful bike and I knew she had leathers, helmet etc and sometimes rode pillion. What she hadn't told me till today is that she has now bought her own bike, albeit a less powerful one. She has to use L plates but has already done some of the training and passed various parts of the course. We did point out that she is now a grandmother and should be looking at mobility scooters, not powerful motorbikes. You can guess what her answer was to that comment.

Daughter had been up to Yorkshire last weekend to see her new granddaughter so brought back some photos. Of course, like all babies of nearly 6 weeks old she is adorable and I can't wait to meet her.

This morning we did our "Unlisted Heritage" walk. After all our kerfuffle changing inks and getting the tickets printed no-one wanted to see them. It was a really interesting tour as we saw lots of things that we hadn't noticed before and we thought we knew our town well.

After daughter coming unexpectedly and me getting out cakes and things I didn't feel like cooking a full dinner so we're saving it for tomorrow. OH has just made himself some cheese on toast and I am now going to do a bit of scrambled egg for me. That'll do us for tonight.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 17 Sep 2023 12:56

I have done two loads of washing including all their bedding and towels, cut the lawn ans cut back a lot of long rose branches with the lopper, I have weeded two parts of the garden and then cut down a large hardy fuchsia which looked as thought he flowers had been got at by something. garden wheely bin almost full and this morning it was empty. I have also put away the Tesco order.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 17 Sep 2023 10:54

I can't get going today and now its raining.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 17 Sep 2023 09:40

yes I am grateful for the long visit and there is so much to do I am keeping busy so don't have time to wallow!!

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 17 Sep 2023 08:35

Morning Anng and all,

We are 1 degree lower than you this morning on this dull old day. It rained again last night so we have had quite a lot now and I think thats enough so please can we have some fine weather back?

Its horrid when the family go is'nt it, its suddenly very quiet. At least you had a nice long time with your family but mine was just a fleeting visit really.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 17 Sep 2023 08:24

Good morning all, up early to see L & J off home, hate to see them go and wishing I was going with them at the start of my holiday. However, back to normal now. showered and hair washed one load in the washing machine and the bedding from their bed waiting to go in plus towels etc.
Lots of things to do both physical and admin so will be back later. misty and 16 degrees here.

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 16 Sep 2023 17:14

I'm glad you had a nice day out yesterday Mel.

A good day's work for you AnnG. I used to hate defrosting the large ex-Canteen chest freezer we had at our old place. Now we have an upright in the kitchen and another in the garage and they both self-defrost, so just need a bit of a wipe out every so often.

I've done 3 loads of washing and got it all dry and I've been shopping for fresh veg, salad stuff and milk.

Tomorrow morning we are going on a guided tour of our town's "Unlisted Heritage". There are a large number of listed buildings locally but this is taking us to look at places that have interesting architectural features or interesting stories attached to them but aren't Grade 1 or 2 listed. It's free but had to be booked and the tickets were emailed to me so I had to print them off. It's taken me ages as first the printer was out of one colour ink. We changed that and printed off one ticket only to get a message telling me that another one of the inks had run out so had to go through the whole process again before I could print the second ticket.

It was sunny and warm all morning but this afternoon it has been overcast and very heavy. It feels as though there ought to be a thunderstorm at any moment but there's nothing forecast.

I'm feeling a bit peckish and we won't eat for a couple of hours so I think a cup of tea and some biccies might fill the gap. Time to put the kettle on, methinks.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 16 Sep 2023 17:13

I forgot, in between melting the ice and emptying the water from the rapidly filling tray where we took it I. Turns daughter and I, I managed to quarter fill the brown bin by cutting back stuff that had grown since I cut it back three weeks ago.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 16 Sep 2023 16:43

A second load of washing done, a visit to the garden centre and some compost bought while SiL was here to carry it for me. and the freezer had its first defrost in about 6 years. It took us three hours to get rid of the build up of ice. It took three of us as we could not have done it without SiL to carry all the food drawers up0 and put them in the bath.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 16 Sep 2023 09:45

It was now I just have to work out where to put it.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 16 Sep 2023 09:41

Hope you've cured it now Anng. Its 16 degrees here now but still very cloudy.

Postmans just been so better see if its my pond bomb to clear the water.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 16 Sep 2023 08:28

Morning all,

Been raining heavily in the night as everywhere is really wet this morning and the wheelbarrows have about an inch and a hlaf at least in them from what I can see from the patio. The deer are lying on the front grass this morning.

Slept like a log last night must have been all the walking I did yesterday but I so enjoyed going out to a beach and walking onthe sand. I am so pleased we went yesterday and not today as the sky is very grey and pc says 14 degrees and cloudy. Yesterday was perfect comfortable weather with plenty of the yellow stuff and a nice warm breeze.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 16 Sep 2023 08:27

Good morning all. quite bright and 10 degrees. Just had an hour battling my main PC it didn't want to run properly. I have ended up totally switching off and back on again and re-loading google facebook and genes so hope it is ok now.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 15 Sep 2023 20:09

Hi all been out to Bude today and had a lovely icecream ( I had a ginger one) and then walk right across the sandy beach looking for shells but did'nt find any. We then walked back and had a meal of fish and chips in th eposh Olive Tree bistro which I was treated to and a nice fresh orange juice. It was a OAP meal of fresh haddock with a great crispy batter with poppy seeds in it peas and chips and a great tartar sauce and a wedge of lemon. Went down a treat. We then came home and I gave Vic one of oh's fishing poles as he had got all the fishing gear out of the car up the top garden and we laid it all out and took pics of it on my phone. We went in the fishing shop in Bude first but the manager was'nt there so the chap gave me a card so I can send the pics to them and they will see if they want to buy any of it.

Am really tired now so am going to have a little relax and watch gardeners world. May have a bit of toast with it.

Glad you all arrived home safely and I do hope you all get a better nights sleep tonight in your own beds.