General Chat

I seem to remember dad getting het up when there was Fablon to put on. lol I remember doing some cupboard shelves with it years ago. It had squared paper on the back to help you cut it straight. If you weren't careful and stretched it there would be wrinkles you couldn't get out.......a bit like bits of me!! lol Like Frank says, always seemed to be bubbles to pop with a pin. I think I actually used some when we moved here to put on the back door to the garage so you couldn't see through. Like frosted glass.......it is still there. lol

What Garden Centre did you go to for lunch Frank?
MOI !!! upset Mandy? No I wouldn't do that Frank.You might have upset though by calling her OLD Mandy lol.....I have the Dentist next week!!!!

Yes Fablon.I think Mum thought that was dead posh then.Did it have a peel off backing?

Went out 11.45am. Hospital with Ros, there for 1 1/2 hours.Morriso#s, did shopping then about 2.45 So I said lets have a late lunch. Save me cooking tonight. Ordered, Liver and Onions and Roast beef. (SOLD OUT) Sod it. Went to all day Pub 2 for £10.00 Closed for refurmishment till 11/11. Then went on to the Garden centre, had dinner there.

Maureen, It just shows how easy it is to spend all that money on Fireworks. I know No.2 son used too, I told him it wasn't needed as only him and his partner, Ros and I. He hasn't done it now for about 3 years. Pleased that Alfie is still showing signs of improvement., give him a cuddle from me !!!!

Mel, the way you are going you will have enough space to take in lodgers. How many can you get in ????

Cold and raining now. Didn't know there was all this flooding around.

Yes Jane, FABLON. If you got a bubble under it you had to stick a pin in it to smooth the surface down. !!! Trust you to upset poor old Mandy, about her tooth. I can feel it myself now.

Fiona at least you know the reason for your reflux.The pills will probably work fairly quickly now.
Good Luck tomorrow for your OH Ann.I'm glad it's not me !! I hope they get you sorted on Thursday.I would be lost lol.

Maureen I did hear some wailing in the early hours.I did think it could have been you lolol.Glad you had a good time with your family.I bet Alfie is glad to have you back and have you nurse his boxed ears !

My logs haven't arrived!!!!!!!.I know the chap said he was run off his feet but I thought he might have given me a call.Oh Well,they come sometime.

It is Hannah's last day at work tomorrow.She is looking forward to finishing now and setting out on her new venture.I think the patients are going to miss her.It will be difficult for them to get used to someone new.

Fiona, you should feel so much better when that bug is cleared up and I would think may not need the acid reflux tablets then. Good to have discovered that that was causing the trouble.

Maureen, it made a change then for Alfie to be getting HIS ears boxed!! lol Lets hope he hasn't learned any new pranks while he has been away. Look out Coco!! He seems happy enough, even if he isn't quite right.

Mandy he isn't quite sure what they will do or even if he will have to be put out to do it. I think it may be just that they will have better tools for the job than the dentist and perhaps a stitch.

No tv on our lounge tele till Thursday........no signal....took ages to arrange for S*y to come, got cut off on the phone once and had to start all over again. My car is booked in for the heated rear window to be repaired........just a month out of warranty too..........why didn't I try it a month ago!!!! lol More expense. I might have left it but with no rear screen wiper it is rather necessary.

Shirl, you'll be able to shower together!!!! lol

Evening all
Another busy day , got a phone call yesterday evening form my doctors surgery, the blood test I had taken last Thursday came back saying I had HELICOBACTER PYLORI infection, that was the reason why I was having a lot of acid reflux and why I asked the doctor if I could take 2 pills instead of one.
so had to go and get a perscription this morning , so I now am taking 3 lots of pills for this, one to line my stomch and 2 antibiotics to clear up the infection.

I then had a phone call from a friend to say all Christmas shoeboxes had to be in by this Sunday so I have been shopping picking up bits and pieces to put in a box.

Thank you Ann, Shirl for the nice comments about me looking younger, probably because I have lost a bit of weight due to back exercising, mind
you after that walk I didn't feel young I felt quite old and tired LOL
It does surprise people when they talk about age and they find out I am 50 plus, one lady thought I was only 45 while I was shopping the other day, she asked me if I thought the dress we were looking at was to young for her , I said no actually I have the same one in a different coulour, Ah yes but your only young she says , when I told her my age she was really surprised, I take after my dad, he always looked younger than what he really is

Maureen , a loch is the Scottish term for a lake,

David, Pink Gloves, I have a few different pink Gloves, it's one of my favourite colours, , I like pink in all shades. I have pink Jumpers, blouses, T shirts, I like all pastel colours

Ann , thanks for your pics, goodness there's alot of water there, and I thought we have had a lot of rain.

Just read my e.mails, lovely photos Ann, I think the alpine looks out of place this time of year because of its colour. You have had a lot of rain, those fields look waterlogged.

Hi All,

Got back quite late yesterday from a really fun weekend. Son-i-law spent nearly £200 on fireworks, he never does anything by halves, so we were standing out in the rain for a couple of hours, with lots of oooo's and aaaahhh's. I think even he was glad when he lit the last one.

Hope we didn't keep you up Jane, we were singing till 4 in the morning, come to think of it, you might have heard us too Ann and Frank ...... bet you thought there were a load of cats out on the tiles that night .....lol

Alfie had a nice little break too, staying with my son, they have four cats, one is a kitten a bit younger than Alfie, and their kitten chased him everywhere and kept pouncing on him, now he knows what it's like because that is exactly what he does to Coco.

He is okay at the moment Mel, no fits, touch wood, and I keep a bandage round his neck so he can't scratch it, so that's healing up too. Comparing him to my son's kitten though you can tell he's not quite right, his reactions are much slower and he doesn't walk normally, he hops like a rabbit up the stairs, and practically tumbles down them.

Thank you Fiona, Frank and Jane for the wonderful photos. Is that where you go for your walks Frank, along the canal. The loch, is that the same as our lake, looks very serene and if I hadn't known I would have said that owl was one of Ann's photos Jane.

Oh Ann, i hope your OH gets on ok at the hospital ,rather him than me !!!!
It will be soup for him then for a day or two !!

Thanks Jane !! i know they poke in the tooth with the metal thingy !! oh i can just see me shooting out of the chair as he digs it in !!! Do i have to go !!!!!!!

Shirl , we have a Wet Room ,we've only used it once ,son says it will be good when we're in our wheel chairs ,he'll be able to just wheel us in !!! cheeky boy lol it will be so much easier for you and the bathroom seems much bigger with no bath !!

Crumbs Ann .You have had a lot of rain!!!I could just about see the bridge there.Poor dogs.I bet the old one is in a right mood now lol.Chester would have loved to play in all that water

That's what Frank has Shirl.It'll be better for OG and YOU!
Do you need to hide to escape them all?????.You come and stay with me for a while lol

Sticky lining paper.Was it called Fablon?That seems to ring a bell.

There was a flood sign on Barton Rd by the river Ise.Frank will know where.
We have had no rain so far.I was hoping the logs would have been here by now to start stacking.But if they don't come soon it will be too dark.

Ann I think there a lot of people who seem to be behind in doing things about Xmas.I have still only got my Xmas cards and a new dressing gown for Hannah.I think I am getting a new phone.I did say I would just like a very simple one.But Chris doesn't do simple lol.I just need to be able to make calls ,receive calls and text .Thats it really .

Oh Mandy....just wait till the Dentist taps your tooth with the metal thingy !!
Maybe it will just settle down.You don't have a bit of food stuck in there somewhere?

Ann I think I would let him decorate the tree and then when he is out ,put it all right lol

We often get power cuts.So I had better check on our batteries too Mandy.Thanks for reminding me.We always have a stock of candles.I think I may get the fire laid in preparation,as that will be the only heat if power does go off.

HELP--HIDE ME-----lolxxx
just what I was going to say Frank-- When I growing up We had wall paper on shelfs--& in drawers--My Mum had this ''THING'' loved things to smell nice So drawer/cubards chest's everything had Bar's of SOAP all through out-- She loved sandlewood the most ,But any nice smelling soap.

when I was moving house for Dad would you beleive i filled 4 Tesco bag's of soap xxx I
must say I do the same soap all over the place..

Will be mess here next week bedroom carpet going --vinil going down--
make life easy for me to keep clean.

Then we get the bathroom done Tub--OUT --and just have walk-in shower
OG can't manage getting in Tub.---OH Joy lol xxxx

Afternoon All,

Dry here , but down the road the river was flooded when I walked down there this morning. There is a little park next to it that was under water and a man had just arrived with an Alsatian and a puppy. He picked a stick up and walked through the gate ready to throw it and then saw the floods. The dogs were racing way ahead of him ready to fetch the stick. When he saw how much flooding there was he turned around and went back to his car. The look on the older dog's face was a picture of disbelief. Eventually he realised they weren't staying and such a hang dog look as he reluctantly followed the man. The puppy couldn't care less was enjoying himself tearing about anyway. lol

I usually turn the food cupboards out about now to clear a way for the xmas stuff. I have always used lining paper even on plastic surfaces after some tins of cleaner left rusty marks that wouldn't come off. I have that plastic roll you cut to size on them now.

Mel, is the doll's house getting a spring clean too? You are certainly having a good sort out and decorate......not moving are you?

Mandy, it's awful when you KNOW the dentist will have something to do isn't it. Maybe it is just a nerve pain that will go away. OH is at the hospital tomorrow to have the rest of the root out that broke when he had a tooth out a few weeks ago. He is not looking forward to it at all.

I feel all out of kilter and behind this year with OH at home. I haven't done anything towards xmas yet. lol, lol He is talking about decorating the tree this year!! OMG, if we had a fairy it would be upside down. lol I have warned him that anything that drops on this floor smashes.

Afternoon all,

Bright here at the moment ,but we have had heavy showers this morning .

You are having a good old sort out Mel, have you found any treasures ?

I remember mum lining her shelves with old wall paper ,it was also put in the dressing table drawers !! along with a Lavender Bag !!

When i woke this morning one of my teeth were playing up ,i could feel a nerve keep shooting, good job i've got a check up next week , so now i know i've got to have some thing done !!!

Been thinking about the winter coming ,i've been out and stocked up on batteries for the radio in case the electric goes off and a new battery for the gas fire ,it needs a battery for the sparker is that the word ,well the thing that helps it fire up !!!
Also going to charge up the torches ,when we have wind our electric goes off so now i'am all ready !!! lol

Well done Liz.I just had a peek in the cupboard under my sink too....but have just shut the door on it lol.
It smells great here .It is that time of year again...Venison Casserole!! Chris will think it's his birthday lol.I think I will do mash to go with it.

I'm going to have to put the heating back on.Brrrr! That wind is finding it's way through all our old worn window seals .

Wow, that was a really horrible job!! Yes Jane , my mother used to line kitchen shelves with newspaper, chest of drawers with pretty paper!! The paper I removed was dated 2006!!!! I also turned out an old tub of vim, date unknown, but clearly vintage! cleaner stuff dating back to heaven only knows when! and sundry other yucky things! what a job! all clean and tidy now though for another 4 years!!! hopefully we shall be in a nice manageable bungelow by then nearer family, then they can come and do it!!! Millie and I went for our usual walk along the river bank, and the river was well up, so had to be careful what with the slippery bank etc. Have rung roofing man and he will come,.......sometime soon?!!! Am interested in this owl; we have a lot of small birds which we feed, and pheasants and collard doves, but I haven't seen an owl. Always a worry when they go off, I worry about our swallows when they go and wait anxiously for their return, there are SO many hazards out there for them, it's a relief to see them again.

Frank I haven't seen the Owl since Sunday.Maybe the bad weather has put it off ,or maybe it has moved somewhere else.I just hope it is safe.
I was very disappointed not to hear back from Safewings.I would have thought they could have answered my call.
I went past your old house in Orton Rd earlier and that has a fair size extension at the back.

Beds out our room now and a huge set of draws that was a dressing table. Still lots to get out though. My dollshouse for a start and two bed side tables.

I have'nt had time to look in my inbox yet so apologize to anyone I have'nt replied to!!

I did get some pics from Frank so thanks for those. I got two of the same of the canal and some of the canal and your garden Frank??