General Chat

Oh no Vera not you having battery trouble too ,hope OH managed to get it started thats the trouble this time of ths year with all the extra things you use when driving blower,lights etc they all drain the battery and on short runs its not putting much charge into the battery.
Our tyre has stayed up but I'm not keen on driving it until its been checked just in case it goes down again ,I know we have break down cover but it's the waiting about for them to come and I don't want it happening if I'm driving in town, son said he would take the car one day this week and get it checked for us ,Colin doesn't drive now as his reactions are not what they use to be although he still keeps his licence up just in case
We have a load of wood coming on Friday it was booked for Thursday but son has safety checks to do at school so we had to ring and change the day as he wheels it all round for us ,Jake will help too.

I'd give the roofer a ring Mel it might have slipped his mind .

Have you contacted the roofer again Mel to ask why he has not been to do the job?

One thing about not having a car, I don't have the problems with the battery that I used to have every winter because it was not driven far enough.

So thats two of us with cars that won't start! :-| My new battery should come tomorrow and I keep thinking I will go here or there and then remember I can't.

Really sunny here and 6 degrees. I just wish the roofers would come and do the roof before it starts raining again.

Now the car won’t start. Grrr :- OH has attached our old charger to the battery in the hope of getting enough charge to get the car going, then we’ll have to give it a good run. I’m glad he wanted to take some bottles to the bottle bank and went to start the car, otherwise we wouldn’t have discovered it till Wednesday when we are supposed to be going to Southend to deliver some pressies that came back from Yorkshire with us.

EDIT. My emoticons don’t seem to be working. There was supposed to be a frowning face after Grrr :-|. Well, that one worked! I think it is going to be one of those days.

Morning all

It was a bitter cold night and there’s a thick frost again. Tablet is saying -3 but it is sunny at the moment.

I’ve got a load of washing in and I need to update my Tesco order that’s coming tomorrow but I haven’t any other plans for the day.

good mornomg Mel and Mandy and others who call/look in

No frost at all here and what was on the trees and bushes all day yesterday has gone. it is -1 here and sort of sunny. Nothing planned for today. Just put washing in the machine. I will probably find other jobs to do. but breakfast first I think.

Morning Mel morning all,

Tablet is saying minus 5 here ,very white out there but the Suns up and shining away again so hopefully the frost will soon melt.

Got a bit of ironing to do and I think I might make a sponge we haven't had cake for ages .

Morning all,

Frosty again this morning but the suns coming up so looks like it is going to be another sunny day. Pc says mostly cloudy and 2 degrees.

Lots to do today so see you all later on.

Hope you all slept well last night.

Pleased you seem to have got your appetite back Vera. Hope you enjoyed it.
No ice/frost on the road or pavement today so friend made it safely over to me. She doesn't have anything on her wrist now but her hand is still very swollen and her wrist still hurts a lot. she is OK though. I have just walked down to the charity lady with the surplus too big Christmas decorations. (I did ask if they wanted them and she said yes she did.
3 degrees out there but my hands were very cold and I was glad to get back inside.

According to the iPad the temperature is 0 degrees, the computer says it is 2 and my phone says 3! Which do I believe, if any? The computer is some sort of Microsoft widget that I have never installed and it is never quite sure of my location so that might well be a bit wrong.. The phone is not always very accurate. The iPad has the BBC weather app which is usually fairly good but the fog has cleared, the sun is out and it feels as though it ought to be a bit more than 0 degrees.

It doesn't matter - I'm as warm as I feel - but I'm puzzled as to why they should differ so much.

Pork is cooking, roast pots and parsnips are about to go in the oven, apple sauce for today and to go in the freezer is made. When the pork comes out to rest an apple crumble will go in. Carrots and broccoli will do quickly in the microwave. Dinner about 2 pm and I'm looking forward to it today.

I think I'll start with a pre-dinner glass of wine. A girl's got to get her priorities right ;-)

Morning all,

Very foggy and frosty here first thing but the fog has now lifted and I can see blue blue sky and lovely sunshine.

Anng I hope its not to slippery for your friend to walk over to yours with a broken arm ,I have to admit since I broke my wrists it does make you weary when you walk out ,I walk with my head down now looking at the pavements in case there's a dip and I wring my ankle again .

I've just had a good tidy with all my containers with my craft bits in ,I'm fed up with having to hunt for things so I think I've sorted them in some sort of order .

Morning all

You sent your fog to us AnnG. It’s a white world here with heavy frost and freezing fog. It’s -2 and might reach 0 degrees in the middle of the day before going down to -7 again tonight. Roll on spring.

Apart from cooking a roast dinner I have no idea what I am going to do today but I expect I’ll find something to keep myself busy.

good morning all. -2 here at the moment there was a frost but I don't think as hard as yesterday, no fog this morning thank goodness, it lasted the whole day yesterday and was very depressing to look out at. Friend ( neighbour across the road)coming for coffee/tea this morning. 8 weeks ago she fell and broke her arm, still not healed so she is a bit fed up.

Morning all,

Not as sunny here as it has been over the last couple of days and still cold and also frost but not as hard as it has been again.

Pc says 4 degrees this morning and cloudy so thats something to look forward to.

I have some bits on ebay which finishes today so I better go and have a look.

Hope you all slept well or well enough to get through the day.

It is good that you are eating well Mel so often people on their own don’t. Having said that tonight I had fish cakes and beans. Fish cakes cooked in the air frier.

I usually cube mine and cook it and mash it and add a bit of butter and pepper or some clotted cream if I have it. Thats the Devon way. Once it cold I put it in small freezer pots or yoghurt pots cover it with foil and feeze it in portions. I have a freezer full of indivual dinners at the mo. There's chicken casserole, veg soup, mince in gravy and cauli cheese, tender stem broccoli, roast pots and yorkshire puds, plus two more portions of liver and a nice piece of rump steak which would do two days. O and a sheep sh*t pie with no potato on top yet and one more bubble and squeak, I'm having that other one with tonights stew and a dough boy.

I suppose it is trial and error depending on the size of your swede ,the one I saw was a lady on fb ,I would say it was a medium sized swede she had but she did say you need to peirce it all over and cook in microwave for twelve minutes .

I have tried cooking swede that way Mandy with a smaller swede but there seems to be no timing recommended all I could find was try it and test so easy to under or over cook. I found when one worked it was OK but somehow didn't taste quite the same and was a bit grainy.

Afternoon all,

Very frosty day here ,nice sunshine but the frost is still laying in the shade ,it was really slippery this morning poor old max was slipping on the slabs when he went out first thing.

So it's better cooking things on low then Anng ,I tend to cook on high because of the time as its usually getting on in the day when I sort out whst to do .

I saw a lady cooking her swede in the microwave ,pierce the swede all over no need to peel it, cook for about twelve minutes and then you just scoop out the swede and it looked lovely and soft so I'm going to try it that way next time I cook swede ,you can see how it's done on you tube .

Mel thats good you've sorted your battery it's a nuisance when you go out to the car and it's not holding the charge and won't start .

Glad you had a better night's sleep Vera ,fancy the Christmas card taking all that time ,it makes you wonder how many cards are still in bags somewhere waiting for delivery.

Vera :-D tell her it is really an early one for next Christmas. Save a stamp. I still have 11 missing, I know some of them probably didn't bother but difficult to know which ones and a couple are a bit of a worry because they are my age or older and you never know. I do know one posted here in the village has not arrived.

Yes it is annoying with the size of veg. I am assuming ther were no small ones as they are usually quite good reading the notes. I know I can freeze it but with a large one it is difficult for me to hold and peel it I suppose I could cut it and then peel it. I have never frozen swede. would you cube it and freeze raw or cook and mash and freeze?

I have done the floors and dusted lounge and dining room. But the fog makes everything look so miserable. It is still thick, I am so pleased I don't have to go out. And I think the heating may be going on very soon.