General Chat

Morning my lovelies,

Very windy here, but dry at present.

All this Spring cleaning and it's only November !!!! We are lucky I suppose only having a small bungalow, we can clean through in very little time. Ros has the glass unit out now and again and wash everything, when thy go back and the lights on inside, they sparkle, being that there are lots of crystal. We still have the crystal in the window, that I bought last christmas.

Going out later, might have a bit of lunch at Morrisso#s, very good quality and fairly priced.

Any news on that Owl Jane, or is it still arounf the field. ????
Can't remberber having to line shelves for years. All the kitchen units are plastic, and only need a wipe over. I use to use odd pieces off Wallpaper that matched the kitchen.

Morning,ladies and all
Windy here too ,but dry(so far).I hope it does stay dry as we have a load of logs coming sometime today and O don't fancy trying to stack them inm the wet.
I don't think I have ever lined shelves with paper Liz.I know Mum did but I think the shelves and drawers were wood .I seem to recall getting a splinter or too.Good job I didn't get any in my knicks lol

I think we are going to be having major disruption to traffic on the road where I get the dog food.It starts tomorrow so I am off to get supplies in this morning.There is no way I want to get held up in queues of traffic.

Morning All,

Was very busy yesterday cleaning out all the sets of draws to go back into the spare bedroom.

It's not nice here today and very dull and wet. We have finished in the spare room and now OH has started on our bedroom. When he pulled out a set of draws!!!!! well I have never seen so many or such long cobwebs!!! They all went up the old vax.

Today he is taking all our sets of draws out as I type. I dread to think what I have stowed away in there that I have'nt seen for years.

Have to strip the bed now so BBL.

Hello Everyone, What an AWFUL morning it is here!! during the night the rain came down in torrents, and the wind was literally howling. This morning it is as dismal as can be and, of course, raining HARD!! At least the wind has dropped a bit!! Noticed that a couple of tiles have slipped on the roof, and are now resting in the gutter, will have to ring roofing chap to get them fixed before the next onslaught! Must pay Car Insurance today, oh dear, more and more money, and I haven't even started to think about Xmas!! Today I'm going to re-paper the shelves under the kitchen sink, they haven't been done for AGES and look, well, yellow!!!!

Well its time for bed for me ,so will say night night all

Good on the chap with the strimmer David!!A good Egg I think is the expression.

Fiona nice pic's don't see swan's here--your looking good

Thank you for the email Fiona. Lovely photos.

Appalling weather we've had all day.
Sleet and hail comming down sideways.
I went to Ashington this morning.Just before I left to return home down the dual carriage way the sky went black and the heavens opened. Hail.
Comming back along the dual carriage way I saw the strangest thing amid the horrendous weather.
A Wansbeck District Council employee in the cente using a strimmer!!
He's a hero.All his mates had gone home.

I thought about going to the Craft Fair Sheila, but I would be bound to forget which carpark I was in!! It sounds as if it was really good. I think that is what is so nasty these days.......if you haven't anything to be robbed of, they have to beat you up as well.

Lovely pics Fiona. Strathclyde Loch looks very big and I see on the board that there is an ice house there. There are more of them about than I thought. Lovely blue skies .....you seem to be getting younger in your pics.....must be the fresh scottish air!!

Have sent you two e-mails.
Annx & Shirl

Toad in the hole was good ,we had an early tea tonight .

Sheila, you have had a busy weekend ,you were very good not going over your budget , i bet it was hard not to spend more when you see all the lovely things on sale !!

Very wet here now and still windy with it !!!

I bet it's dusty under our bed it hasn't been pulled out for a while ,the base of the bed is not to heavy its the mattress thats heavy ,hubby and i really struggle to turn it .

Not sure I want to know what your spares are Frank lolol.I can guess though !
I will look up that Japanese Rose .It does look beautiful.Roses are probably my favourite flowers.

I should put your feet up now Sheila.It's nice to hear Aprils latest joke lol

I've got a couple of spares.!!!!

Our bed is one of those that is flush to the floor, that lifts from the bottom, for all the storeage. so no dust under there.
Ann was kind enough to tell me what that bush was. It's "KERRIA" a Japanese Rose. if you Goggle it you will see what it's like.

Beef and onions, with potato round the dish in gravy, plenty of veg. Will have to go and check on it. See you later.

Hi Jane son in law gone to work he said he needs a job and they might get rid of him. I told you I was doing a couple of things but did not expect to go to Wales.
I have only read a few threads off to read more now then settling down by the fire I am frozen solid have a nice evening.x To be honest I am shattered now.

Wow Sheila ,you have had a busy few days haven't you.I forgot you were going to the Craft Fair.My sister used to go to that every year.How awful for your Son in Law.I hope he recovers from his ordeal.What is wrong with people these days.

Lol Shirl.Sag bag and drag sounds about right.I don't run anymore as I have too many bits that I need to hold on to lol,and I don't have enough hands.

Sorry about errors we got back at 10 pm not am and it was a lovely owl !!!!
the glasses I had from a well known company just fell off my nose having lost the arm again and bit that goes round the ear will complain a lot this time this is the third time so I think I should get some free frames for my trouble.

I had a go under my bed the other week .Ee by gum was it filthy.don't you find it awkward to hoover the whole bit under the bed.I keep having to heave and shove the bed around into different angles,then find I am pinned in a corner and all the extension lead etc is all tangled and just in the way .I always have to have a lie down after doing that job lol.It would be ideal if you could just hoist the bed off the floor on a pulley,clean and then lower it again.
My bed weighs an asbolute ton too !!!

Hi Jane just popped on here to say the photoes of the barn owl are lovely lucky you being able to get such a close view and photoes. I saw my one and only siting at night in a tree and it was a white owl .I think I told you. It
looked so spooky sat in the tree but was a lovely

I have been busy I went to see the Despicle 3 d film with my son and then went to a restaurant but just had beer battered fish and chips and it was a nice afternoon loved the film.
But where ho takes 30 mins to get the the cinema son did it in just over 10 and left me shaking in my socks .I said do you ever drive slowly and he said that was slow. I was in a daze when I got out the car.I think my stomach was left at home.
My daughter and I took the train to the NEC craft show we went in the art show ,christmas crafts ,and cake show all
very nice spent a lot. It is at least a mile to walk from the station to the hall but got a shuttle bus back we went to a italian restaurant and had a prawn kebab on speggetti that had prawns and a very tasty sauce. Then chocolate and toffee ice cream. Out went my dibetic 2 diet. but with so many meatballs wanted a change.

Saturday was shopping for the week and yesterday we went to the Elan Valley in Wales before taking April home
I got some very good pictures of the dams that supply Birmingham with water. Aprils been learning about the dams at school. Now back in Wales for school we got back at 10am and went to the cricket ground for a firework display and jacket potatoes. I am tired now up at 5am Sunday and on the way to Wales by 6pm was a long tiring day. I had promised to take the little boy next door to the fireworks could have done with my bed but that was nice too . Watching my diet this week though just had a call to visit the doctor for this latest blood test its is not good news if you have to visit the doctor for the result.

Aprils latest joke !! Where do you go if your doggies looses it tail
answer the Retailors.

I watched the final part of Downtown Abbey it should be good when it returns next year and the wartime years.

My favourite programme is the apprentice its amazing though that they get any business going they argue so much. Lord Sugar sacked the one girl I hated last week for being so nasty about two other members.

I did not spend over my budget Amanda they had some wonderful embroidery .My friend asked for a set of green silks there are loads of greens, leaf green lime green grass green and many more and she asked for twelve and that was £ 24 85. When I gave her the bill she said oh I thought it would only about eight pound she gave me the money but insisted on seing the bill which I had put in the bag. I was not amused at the request.
Mel I think I have said before I am not really good at water colour I can sketch small objects and water colour them and that is my limit but would love to see your mums painting. Shadows are difficult to get right.

Well had better go Teddy the adopted dog is having his tail pulled off right now by a jealous Jasper who is hanging on to it like mad and growling .

It was dark very early and is wet and cold. Will watch part two of the spooky Francesa Annis play about the couple whoes baby she is trying to steal nasty women. I hope it got a good ending.
I ordered a christmas tree and lights a table top spruce for the 20th Dec they sold out last year and the one I did order was massive we had to cut it down to get it in the house. poor tree. it came from Scottish Trees.
have a nice evening ladies xxsorry about your ordeal David
the world is getting very nasty my son in law who is Tunisian was hit over the head coming back from work at 5am Saturday and was robbed he only had £4 and when
the robbers knew this they kicked him so hard in the ribs he could hardly walk home. He is off work today and tomorrow doctors orders.

Hi Gang---or is gang a bad word now ??--with all these thugs-#####
This' world sure has changed since childhood--You knew what and who the thugs were---Now you take your life in your hands going out ####

Seem's we all like the yellow bush Frank need to get the name xx

Jane don't feel to bad ---Over here ''WE-HAVE SAGING DRAGING,& BAGING,LOL XX
Never had Toad-in-the-hole always wanted to try it.

Fioan may i have pics---
It's a nice day bright & sun trying to come out

Mel how are you enjoying Pillars??