General Chat

Good morning all. Ooh Mel. I know how you fell. Hope all goes well at the dentist, not sure if it is a check up or an appointment to do something but hope it is not as bad as you are expecting.
11 degrees here and lashing down with rain at the moment. I want to go in to town to post a couple of things but if the rain keeps up that will have to wait until Thursday.

Good morning all,

Really grey and very windy here this morning and pc says nearest rain 2 K away and 10 degrees!!!!! Certainly dos'nt feel like it.

I put the heating on at 7.30am but I was up before then so it felt cold in here.

Must get on lots to do before the dentists, wish me luck please. I think its going to be a nasty one this time.

Good that you had a pleasant walk Vera but what a shame the swans were not there. They don’t usually change their nesting area do they.
I have been on the book thread

FOR ANNG: Just letting you know I have put something on the book thread as, like me, I don't suppose you look at it much these days. It would be good to get that thread moving again.

Sounds like you really enjoyed your walk by te river with hubby Vera. Nice to get out once in a while to take in nature. Hope your swans come back. Perhaps they were eating somewhere else as its Sunday!!

It clouded over just after I posted this morning and now its all grey and raining again. Pc says 11 degrees and rain showers so nothing new there then.

I have done a bit of casting this morning and most came out ok, I have also put more layers on new moulds of bread and washed my hair. Next to tackle the bed and do a bit of ironing so I have nice ironed things for tomorrow and finish wrapping up the little parcel I have to send off.

Sorry you didn't sleep well AnnG. I was restless too and I felt as though I had been dreaming all night though I can only remember one dream and that was a pretty stupid one.

It's much warmer today, 12 degrees at the moment. There's been a fair bit of sun on and off but it's cloudy at the moment. I'm really not getting anywhere near enough exercise at the moment so I persuaded OH to come for a walk with me this morning. We went down to the river and walked along for a while. I wanted to see if the swan pair that are usually on the bit of river closest to us were still there but there was no sign of them. I hope they haven't succumbed to avian flu. The river was up very high. It was very pleasant out though it was cold when we were walking into the wind. We were out about an hour. We only walked about 1.5 miles as we kept stopping to look at the river but at least I got some fresh air and a bit of movement in my legs.

Of course I now feel guilty because I didn't spend the time gardening and the garden really needs some work. We've normally cut various plants back by now but I am a bit wary while we keep getting cold spells and heavy frosts and I ought to get some seed sowing done. That'll be in indoor seed trays so won't be affected by frost.

We had our Sunday roast about 2 pm. Loin of pork today with lots of veg and a pud to follow. It was all very tasty but I feel very full. We'll probably just have a light snack at about 8 pm.

I hope you get on OK at the dentist's tomorrow Mel and I hope everyone sleeps well tonight.

Sun is still in and out here now and it is 12 degrees. then I see we are expecting another Arctic blast from Monday night possibly into April. Fed up with this weather now.

I have stripped and changed the bed and washed the bedding. and put away my Tesco shop. plus sending out a report of the meeting on Thursday.
also swept up all the moss dropped by the birds on the path to my front door.

Morning Anng and all,

Much brighter here too at the moment but how long will the sunshine last as it seems to be fading while I type.

Lots to get on with today, I have a small parcel to do up, wash my hair and get clothes ready for tomorrows visit to the dentist. I can post the parcel after the dentists.

Good morning all. 6 degrees here and bright and dry at the moment. Tesco due this morning so not going out. didn't sleep that well, kept waking up. :-)

Yes it was a good get together, a good chat over coffee and planned several more outings to look forward to. And then a nice lunch (fish and chips).
Mel looking at on line orders today you have more eggs than Tesco.

Vera good to get to a garden centre but disappointing not to find anything you liked.

I put I had the dentist on Tuesday and it should have Monday.

Had a call from Aunty Joy this afternoon and I blimmin well blocked her number by mistake. Now I have to find out how to get that taken off my landline. She now has my mobile number and I have hers so if she rings me I can ring her back as she dos'nt have the deal I have on my phone. We talked for 55 mins!!! Put the world to rights and had a giggle at the same time.

Well Vera you got more done today than I did. I did do the shop this morning and delivered some eggs to another neighbour. Em still has eggs but she is going to ask her mum and sister if they need any as I have 2 and a half dozen sitting here in the tray. May have to bake some cakes.

Hope you enjoyed your time out and about Anng.

Right need to get myself something to eat now.

It’s been quite sunny this afternoon though it is really bitter cold and the weather app says it will start raining again by about 6 o’clock.

I faffed about yesterday afternoon and eventually decided to make some soup. I left some out to reheat for lunch today and put 2 two person helpings in the freezer so at least I felt I’d done something useful and not wasted the whole afternoon. It went down well at lunchtime with some fresh ciabatta rolls.

As we didn’t get to the Dobbie’s Garden Centre yesterday OH suggested we went to our local one, Perrywoods, this afternoon. I couldn't believe how busy it was. We had to park in the overflow car park. I had £20 of vouchers to spend but couldn’t find anything I wanted. I did buy one small plant but that was to go with some raffle prizes for our Club meeting next week. We then went to town and went in Roy’s but I didn’t find anything there either.

I hope you enjoyed your lunch AnnG. I laughed at your neglected cup of coffee. It’s the sort of thing I do these days.

I think I said that the eye doctor yesterday said he would see me again in 3-4 months so I made a note on the calendar to ring them in 3 month’s time if I hadn’t heard anything. I needn’t have bothered to do that as today I have been sent my appointment for 12th June. How’s that for good service? We are very lucky with both our GP practice and the hospital.

We’re having salmon tonight so I’d better go and sort out something to have with it.

I'm so plesed you got to your appointment and had some good news era. You rest up now and try to stay warm.

Its 3 degrees here and dull as sidh waterbut I don't think its raining yet.

Anng my desk is a mess and needs a clear up too. There's also lots of notes on mine as well so your not the only one.

I have a pile of ironing to get done today some time if I don't get distracted by my miniatures. I also need toget osme more on ebay as the others have all sold now.We have no post van next week so I shall need to go to Holsworthy if I have to post a parcel and thats why I did'nt put anything on there this week.

I have the dentist on Tuesday.

Hope Gill is ok and did'nt get covid from hubby.

Morning all,

Done my Asda order and now I am going to read your posts from yesterday.

Good morning AnnG and all

Very cold night and a heavy frost this morning. It’s -2 at the moment . My beautiful daffodils look very sorry but they might pick up.

Wrap up warm and be careful of slippery roads when you go out AnnG. My only plan today is to stay warm.

Good morning all 0 degree here but no frost or snow sky looks quite bright and dry so far. going to meet friends for coffee in one place (community hub) walking from here, then going on to lunch at local pub. Hoping any rain or snow stays away.

sounds like the only thing to do is a doze in the warm Vera. so glad everything was good with your appointment it must be a relief to hear that. glad that you got there and home safely. Well done to your OH for driving you.
the sun is shining here but it is a very cold looking sun.

I first emptied the dishwasher which was full with all the stuff from the meeting yesterday. then I did a large colour wash then while it was washing I cleaned the filter and all round the outside of the tumble drier, it gets a bit dusty in the conservatory. The man is coming to service it on Tuesday so I thought it should look clean for him. then I walked to the post box and took a couple of books back to the charity lady. I did a few bits of admin on the PC including my shopping list, then had a bit of a tidy of my desk which seems to accumulate bits of paper with notes to myself on them.
Quite funny I must be going more dotty than I thought.
I made a coffee and sat in the lounge with it and a piece of the cake left over from yesterday. took my plate out to the kitchen and took some dried washing upstairs. After an hour pottering upstairs I went down for lunch and there was a full cup of coffee. Cold of course. I must have really wanted that. :-D

The weather was the same here at the time you were posting Mandy. It had rained for a lot of the night and was still raining when I got up but had turned to heavy sleet by the time we left for my hospital appointment which was at 9.45. By the time we were a couple of miles up the road it was snowing and as we were driving it was getting heavier and heavier. It's a good job we had left extra time as, with the snow and roadworks, it took us twice as long as usual and we got there just at my appointment time and I was called in immediately. It was still snowing heavily as we left but it stopped as we arrived home. Although it was laying a lot of it has melted already. It could be very icy tomorrow as we are forecast overnight temperatures of -7 or -8!!!

I got on well as the hospital. The various sight tests I have to do showed a slight improvement. That is unlikely to get better as I was born with poor sight in that eye. However the scans have shown a considerable improvement to the swelling behind the eye so it looks as though the injections have done their job. I don't have to have any more injections for the time being. The doctor will keep a watch on me and will see me again in 3-4 months. I'm feeling very relieved and pleased.

We were intending to go to Dobbies after my appointment as it is not far from the hospital but, as it was snowing heavily and we didn't know how long it would last, we decided to go straight home. My eyes are still quite blurry from all the different drops I had in them so I can't see properly at the moment anyway and I am probably better at home.

About 5 minutes after we got in the doorbell went and it was the next door neighbour. She had gone out and forgotten her key. I have a key for her house so she let herself in and then brought the key back to me. If we had gone to Dobbies she would have been stuck outside in the cold so it's a good job we did come straight home.

I'm not sure what I am going to do for the rest of the day. I'm not in the mood for h/w, can't do anything in the garden at the moment and my eyes are quite sore so I don't want to read or watch TV.

Whatever you are doing, stay warm and dry.

Morning all,

Raining when we got up but it's now snowing quite heavily and beginning to lay ,its 2 degrees .
Going to make a couple of sponges one for us and one for the family ,I made a fruit loaf for them yesterday, dil is busy so making a couple of cakes for them will help a little bit.
There's a pile of ironing that keeps looking at me so I might get that done and OH said shall we start a jigsaw saw so plenty to do .

Hope you all keep warm and don't have to go out if you have the same weather as us here take care going out.

good morning Mel and everyone.
A light coating of snow on roofs and grass but very wet and sleety stuff coming down. 1 degree here now.