General Chat

Having cold chicken and chips tonight after my somewhat annoying day! tomorrow WILL be different! probably worse!!! Having to get use to 'doing' Merlin for when OH isn't able to! He's very good but a bit prancy if you know what I mean! I'm not really a 'horse' person, cats and dogs are more my thing, but he is a lovely boy and I am fond of him., so must get to grips with the care bit!!! Some people we know in the village dropped off a late Xmas parcel or us today! biscuits, jams and tea, all done up in a nice basket! really kind of them, but embarassing as we only sent a card!! will have to just say 'thankyou' as anything else looks a bit obvious!! Nasty neighbours away till 14th April!!!! apparently they're cruising to China and Japan! OH hopes that they may get locked up in China! wishful thinking I'm afraid! Someone coming to view the house on Saturday, knows ALL the problems, and is still interested! Laura said 'perhaps you'll have moved by the time they come back'!! again, wishful thinking!!!

Hi Ann,Nice to see you have joined us .Beware of that FRANK !!!!!!!!! He can be a bit of a devil you know lol
My Mum too was in a home and I left her clothes for anyone who could make use of them.Mum was always very particular about her clothes and they all had 'good ' labels.Eastex,Jaques Vert ,Windsmoor etc.They must have been a smart lot of ladies lol.Mum always had a few airs and graces we called her
Mrs Bucket(bouquet) lol.In a nice way of course.

Well I was just going to start peeling spuds when Fitz turned up(Ann, Fitz is a friend and he lives down the lane).He needed to escape from his Mother !!
So as usual we had a glass of wine ,and then my James arrived home.So now about 3 hours later I have just done the pots and veg .

I am in Kettering ,Northants ,not far from Frank who lives about 20 miles away.Our little gang are spread from Devon to Scotland to Canada.We are a decent lot !!!!! and yak on about anything and everything.


Maureen is fine ,I spoke to her the other evening ,but she hasn't got her new computer yet.She said it can take 2 hours or more to boot up (or whatever you call it) and then it can suddenly crash.She may get your emails if you send her one.
Must go and attend to cooking .BBL

17.15

4.32pm

Hi all, and welcome again to Anne.

Have had half hour on SKYPE to Shirl. She is very cherpy and having a laugh and joke will me and Ros, Ros, was sitting at the table beside the computer doing a jigsaw, so could hear all that was being said. She sends her love to you all.

Just a little tip for you girls. If came from Harvey, eldest son. If your detergant and softner get bunged up in the draw of the washing machine and the little holes (JETS) get blocked,use "LIMELIGHT" it's a lime scale remover, just spray it up into the nozzles (JETS) and it disolves the gunge. and clears the jets. Ros has started to use it, and she says the machine is better than it's ever been. Might be a bit of useless information, but who knows.

Had a real lazy day again. Ros have been washing, I've been reading yesterday's paper and been on computer.

Anne, What part of Yorkshire are you living.???? and are you in our age group. I need to know so I can add you to my list of "GIRLS" It's a stanard JOKE with everyone on here, They refer to me as the silly old S#d !!!! but all in good humour. I was born and bread in London, and have lived here since 1964. Married twice two of my own children, two of Ros's (my wife.) All ove 40 years old. Never see my own children or Grandchildren. But have one wonderful G'son from Ros's eldest. His name is Lewis and 12 years old. Please join in with us, you will be most welcome.

Ann, Around this way you can get a Monthly ticket to the cinema. It might be worth you looking into that. You can go as many times as you like, and see upto 10 films a week. You could take your lunch with you and stay the day. lol lol

Wheres our Jane today. wrapped up in front of the fire, or knitting another jumper for her son !!!!

Hi all
Finely can take a rest. done all my chores today as OH worked from home seeing we went to see the Solicitors which went fine by the way, collected dad's clothes , the staff had them washed, ironed and all packed in boxes for us. also gave me a photo album of photo's they had taken of dad's activities over the last year, that was a lovely gesture. I have promised to keep intouch and let them know how Sofia is getting on.

Glad maureen's ok,

Look forward to hearing your childhood stories Anne wether their long or small, it's good to have someone new, their stories often trigger about memories we had forgotten.

I can't decided if were having chicken or mince tonight, thank goodness the turkey's all gone, waiting for daughter no 2 to phone . she said she hopefully will be home about 6.

Fiona

Thanks for the welcome. My dad also died in a nursing home and they were grateful for his clothes

Frank Look forward to chatting with you. I live in Yorkshire where its both cold and wet today. Must carry on doing some family research now before tea.

Disjointed day today! OH woke in the night coughing, woke me and Millie (who thought it was morning!!) took ages to get back to sleep. This morning OH went out so I rang Laura and was on the phone to her for ages, which was nice as she sounded quite chipper!! after that I went to get a floor cloth from underneath the kitchen sink, opened the cupboard doors to discover that a pipe had worked loose and under the sink was flooded!! emptied it all out, mopped it up and put a bucket in place!! and went next door to say 'Hello' to nice neighbour When OH came in it was a nice little job for him!!! when I came back it was fixed but I had to hear how there was a LOT of grease and rubbish in the pipe!!! pointed out that I'm not the only one who uses the sink!!! not much comment from OH, so left it at that!!! walked Millie, had lunch and here I am!!! Very dark and dismal here today, just about to pour with rain. You are very welcome Ann, I hope you stay with us and join in all our banter! Enjoyed 'Larkrise' but. they are ALL too clean, and perhaps a bit too virtuouse?!!!

Hey Thanks for letting me join you. Was hoping to do some shopping today but the pouring rain and the fact that my other half has developed conjunctivitus overnight blew that idea so I have cleaned out the fridge.
It's amazing the rubbish you can collect over the Christmas period but now I am feeling virtuous!!!

I know ...... you only go to sit in the back row lol

Afternoon everyone,

Another frosty start to the day ,but when i went to Tes*o's the screen on the car had cleared so the temp must be up .

I have sorted through one kitchen cupboard ,chucked out three saucepans ,a frying pan, several chipped plates and dishes and put back some bits that i should probably have throw away !!

I hope all goes well for your daughters exam Fiona, i'am sure the home will be very grateful for the clothes, i'am sure there's some residents who don't have many clothes and could make good use of them .

Frank, you'd have thought they would have got Ros in this month ,after all they made the mistake !!so that's more weeks she has to put up with the pain .

12.58

OH is taking me to the cinema AGAIN......I am about cinemaaaad out! Seeing 127 hours this time........a bit gory I expect. I told him all this 'sitting' won't shift the xmas pud!! lol

Afternoon All,

Maureen contacted me just before xmas to say she was having trouble with her computer. She could just about read her e-mails before it packed up each time she said. She reckoned that after xmas she was getting a new one and would be back. She has emailed me since xmas when I let her know about Shirl. Maybe she is still sorting it all out and deciding what to get.

11.54am

Morning all,

Had a phone call this morning from the Hospital. New appointment 18th Febuary, so Ros is a little happier (ONLY A LITTLE !!!!)

Cold frosty morning today, not going out so it can do what it wants.

Have only just rung the places that we had some things for mum from, for them to come and collect. They were put behind the fireplace in our lounge and forgotton about. then today I was doing a bit of clearing up and found them. Rang straight away and they are coming Wednesday between 9am and 3pm. Could'nt ring while we had the snow and it stayed around for so long. Our drive is downhill!!!

11.41

I think Jane rings her sometimes. She'll know!

11.38

Does anyone know how Maureen is, ?

Zoro !!! now what made me think of that?

11.20

Morning everyone.
Gray & dull day here, but no more snow ,
Daughter no 2 left for Galashiels this morning for her exam, say's she'll ring when it's over, fingers crossed.

off to SOLICITORS (thank goodness for dictonary's) at 12, hopefully all will go well,

then paying a visit to the care home to collect the last of dad's belongings, I want to return the new clothes they bought him as a christmas present , I am sure they can be of some use to one of the other elderly residents there,
the rest I will probably take to one of the charity shops in town. they are all in good condition as everytime an occasion like birthdays, fathers day's came up we bought him clothes.

Welcome Anne.
Yes I have many happy memories of when my mum was alive and well.
and ofcourse through family history lots of stories from other relatives about her. thanks for your kind words.

JANE , mum has been gone 11 years she died 31st December 1999,
So now unfortunatly with dad dying Christmas morning, the festive season will always bring a ting of sadness to our family, but I look on little Sofia to give us lots of fun now, and hopefully in the future who know's I might have other grandchildren to keep me busy.

WOW sorry I had to laugh a little when I saw the pic of James's jumper, I don't often shrink things in the washing machine but have learnt the lesson the hard way of being careful not to mix coloureds with whites.
Now the tumble dryer is different, I have often put in tops, T shirts , Socks and they have shrunk, I aways make sure to read the care labels now,

catch up later today.

Morning Mel
Here it is very cold and it was quite slippery earlier.I see the bird bath has defrosted a bit now so it must be warming up even if it doesn't feel like it .The sky is looking kind of snowy but we aren't forecast anything.
I don't think I shall going out anywhere today,maybe just to get the paper later.
Coffee time now before I get on with things.BBL

10.51

Morning everyone,

It is dull and dreary and weet here in Devon. A right mucky day. Can't really say if it is warmer or not because of the wether.

I sad to OH this morning "It's bin day" he replied "yes it has bin a dull day"

10.09

10.10pm
Hope you have a good few hours Jane,

Welcome to the mad house Anne. You don't have to be mad but it will help. Please join my little nest of lovely woman. I post every day, the other chap David posts now and again. I am a young 72 year old, who likes winding up the girls. Please stay with us, you will enjoy our little gang.