General Chat

good morning all. up at 0630 this morning to see daughter and SiL off back to the LD. Pouring with rain here and still very dark. And now I have to start to put the decs away.

All the people and cottages and snow stuff are back in their boxes and in the cupboard. It took about an hour all together. tomorrow the rest will be put away it will give me something to do to keep my mind off the empty house. I don't look forward to it, yet it will be good to get back to normal.

Morning anng and all,

Its quite bright at the moment here and pc says rain afternoon and 9 degrees. The sky has long whispy thin white clouds but I can see a little blue and plenty to make a sailor a pair of trouser,

Eye are a bit swollen today so I hope its not the telly which BIL changed yesterday. He changed the settings as I had had a go and messed it up. Had a very strange dream too about my new neighbour up the top and her two sons were curly haired and ginger but they are not they are both dark haired!!

Don't envy you having to put all those cottages and people away Anng.

Good morning all, grey but dry here and 7 degrees. daughter and SiL still in bed so I have put a load in the washing machine. another two loads at least to go, the only down side of being away for two weeks.

I will start to put the cottages away today then all the decs tomorrow can't really do it while they are here but it will help to have them assisting with putting the cottages in the cupboard.

Gosh I had'nt refreshed the page!!!

Not done any crafting today as BIL came and he sorted iout the telly for me. I had had a go at it and had a terrible picture so he and me found out how to change it all and now its not too bad.

I have also made another bid on ebay and won it and there's another coming up later early evening in about an hour.

Not had the heating on since this morning as I hav'nt needed it.

Em rang to see if the shopping had arrived so that was good.

Fancy having all those cards to open Anng and read the letters within them. All takes time. Glad you had a good journey home.

So nobody posted today yet?

Had BIL here. He came while I was in the library.

Good afternoon all. We had a very good uneventful trip home, left Lake District at 0800 in drizzly rain drove over Sharp on the M6 in mist/fog. It was then dull with some drizzle all the way home. We stopped once for the loo and for Joe to stretch his legs then had a longish stop at Webb’s garden centre where we had lunch, so a stop of about an hour and a l Alf and got home just after two.
I had 42 cards to open, several of which had letters in so it was a long session.

Vera, You've had a very busy and active day. Nice to get ship-shape again, but I hope your aches and pains don't cause another uncomfortable night.

Mel, glad to hear there is some improvement, but I hope that cold soon goes too.

I hope AnnG's journey is clear and uneventful.
She will have another mini Christmas opening all the late cards.

A mild overcast day here. Forsythia is still doing well and there are lovely large trees full of pussy willow over in the school grounds.

Good that you are stocked up with books now Mel. Has your shopping arrived yet?

OH took down some outside lights and the door wreath this morning and I took down the inside decorations and tree and rehung some pictures in the hall that we had taken down to use the space for card holders. We ended up with over 60 cards though we were missing a few we usually get. I think some people decided not to bother this year. Everything got boxed up and put away in the garage and then I hoovered through downstairs and got lunch. I’ve since prepared our meal for tonight and I’m now waiting for Sainsbury’s to deliver, so there will be 3 weeks of shopping to put away. They should be here in the next 45 minutes.

I didn’t sleep well last night so I feel shattered now and my back is aching from stretching and reaching over furniture to take down decorations. I hope you are all ache and pain free. OH has gone for a walk and the sky has come over very black. I reckon it’s going to pour at any minute.

I had an Amazon voucher for Christmas so I’m going online now to see what I can spend it on.

Done the library and got a nice klot of books to keep me going.

Been to Hazel's and gave her her Chirstmas present whioch she was delighted with. I put all the marzipan fruits I made them in a royal worcester dish with herbs on it. She said once the boys have gone she is going to ask me down for lunch and next time they go to the garden centre they will let me know so I can go with them again.

Morning all,

brightish morning here and 12 degrees and pc says cloudy.

My shopping should come today so we will see???

It is also library day so I hope it dos'nt come when the library gets here as its only here for half an hour.

What are you all up to today?

Still got this cold but not coughing quite so much and still blowing my nose a lot.

Its funny htis post lately. I don't know where they strike if its in London or anywhere but I have had none today.

Don't know what I fancy for something to eat tonight might just be a boiled egg or egg on toast, not so much to wash up with the latter. I had two good thick with ham sandwishes for lunch and a packet of hula hoops puffed so don't feel very hungry. Iv'e run out of butter so it will have to be spread.

Plants arrived at 6.30 pm. OH looked and said “How many are we getting?” and looked horrified when I said another 40 over the year. Goodness knows where we will put them all as some of them grow pretty big. There’s even a Choisya. They seem to love our garden and we struggle to control the 2 we’ve already got! I suspect we might grow that on for a couple of years in a pot and then see if daughter would like it for her garden.

The other plants are a potentilla, 2 centranthus, a lychnis, a musk mallow, a loropetalum and an aubrietia. I’ll have to look a couple up as I don’t know the names.
They all look healthy and have been well chosen to go together as they are all in shades of pink or white.

I am quite impressed but our pocket handkerchief of a garden is going to be stuffed to the gills.

Safe journey back AnnG.

What a pain of a day you’re having Mel. I hope your shopping turns up tomorrow. There’s no sign of my plants either. If they don’t turn up soon I’ll have to let daughter know so she can chase them. What did arrive today was a letter that I know was only posted yesterday afternoon.

I have been trying to sort Asda out all morning and in the end after yet another phone call it is now coming tomorrow......hopefully. I thought I would go up the top to see if the shopping had been left outside the potting sheds but the cars battery is now completely flat again. I tried ringing my little garage to ask him to get me a new battery but only got the answer phone so think they must be away.

Then I had to sort something else out that was outstanding and have something to eat and take my pills and now I think I have managed to get most things sorted there no time left in the day. :-| :-| :-|

Good afternoon all. We have the two girls today. So fascinating watching the 14 month old play. She is so intense putting cups one inside the other and she quickly learnt that it has to be a smaller cup to go inside a larger one. They have both been very good but Mum should be here soon to collect them. Daughter is going to meet a friend this afternoon and I have to pack.

Morning all,

13 degrees here and my goodness the wind is blowing well ,really gusty at times ,it was pouring with rain when we went to bed but the ground has dried up with the wind .

That's good you've sorted out your shopping Mel I hope it comes today .

Oh it will be interesting to see what plants you get Vera ,I think that was a lovely present to get.

Got the christmas tree boxed up its standing in the hall now until son comes its far to heavy for us to lift now especially with my wrists .

Colins just made a coffee so I'll sit and have that and then find the next job ,floors need mopping and the ironing is still there staring at me .

Thats right Vera make the gardener a nice coffee and he may do a bit more. Hope your plants are nice and things you hav'nt got.

Nothing to say that the shopping is going to arrive today so I think I may give them another ring.

Morning Mel and all

Fairly bright here. We had more rain overnight but it is supposed to stay dry today. It’s 12 degrees but there’s a fresh old wind blowing.

Mel, I hope your shopping arrives today. I’ll echo Mandy’s advice. Keep some long life milk on standby. I always have a carton in the cupboard. I don’t much like it in tea but it’s OK. It usually has a long shelf life, often around a year. If mine is getting near it’s best before date I use it on cereals, in sauces or in a rice pudding. I usually have a couple of pints of ordinary milk in the freezer as well but that does take a long while to defrost.

We’re still getting Christmas cards. There were another 2 yesterday.

Daughter texted me this morning to say she’s heard that the first lot of our plants will arrive today. You might remember she took out a sub for 8 perennial plants to be delivered every 2 months for a year. I wonder what will turn up. I’m also wondering where everything is going to go. OH is currently taking out a grass that we don’t want and putting the bird bath thing that son and dil bought us in its place.

I think it’s time to make the gardener a coffee and get on with the next job planned for today. I hope you are all free of aches and pains. Have a good day.

Morning all,

Very dark and gloomy here and pc says 12 degrees and cloudy.

I wonder if the shoping will turn up today?