General Chat

obviously to do with the metal used in that coin.

Iv'e go a little torch with a magnet on the end I use if the lights go out. I just used it to see the setting on the toaster and it did'nt light up. Funny I thought, when I looked it hada ten pence on the end!! Did'nt know our silver money would stick to a magnet.

I got them Anng ,you have a lovely collection there .

No Mel the other two will have there cushions for Christmas.

We had a little sun as we went shopping and I managed to get five more presents ,tomorrow son is coming and he's taking me to the food warehouse .

Thanks for the p[ics of the village Anng.

Been doing the wreath for Phylis and took a heavy parcel for a neighbour as the driver did'nt seem to understand left and right outside my gatway. Gosh it was heavy but I got it in the boot and then went to the shop with a small parcel came back and called at neighbour and the driver had rung her and said he had left it with a neighbour. Anyway she has it now.

Just need to make the bows and wire the cones for the ring and thats done and I can do three more arrangements as I hav'nt anymore pans for the oasis.

Glad Katie had a nice day and loved her cushion. Have the others had theirs yet???

I have sent cottage photos but hoping that there are not too many. let me know that you have them.

Good morning all. 12 degrees here, dry but dull. I didn't have a good night both my legs decided to play up and I didn't want to take more medication so waited it out, so sleep was in two hourly slots.

Mandy glad Katy had a good birthday but a shame they had colds. good idea not to catch it though. Apparently this latest flu is a bad one and, somebody said, is resistant to the latest vacc.

Ann yes do keep on with this painting, hope you can fit in some time on it around jobs. do you have to leave it all in place while working on it? I too look forward to seeing it.
an indoors do nothing day today, might do a bit of H/W. although with decs up it is a struggle to clean the downstairs.

shame about Lewis leaving Strictly I loved watching him but that dance was too messy and he didn't shine. I so hope Amber doesn't win.

I have just googled and it seems that this years vaccination is still protective to a certain extent to the new variants.

Morning all,

Very dull here and its 11 degrees it should get out to be a sunny day and the tomorrow it looks a very wet day .

Thank you for Katie's birthday wishes and yes Ann she did hug the cushion lol
We only went as far as their front door as dil has a cold and son said he didn't think we would want that for Christmas so we didn't stay long .

Ann I can't wait to see your painting they are all so good .

Might go and do a bit more christmas shopping later once I've done a few jobs .

Morning all,

Dry but dull this morning and there's a rain warning and its 11 degrees.

I have to go up the post van this morning and then Aaron's coming about 12.30pm.

Oh Vera, just as you want to get on, extra jobs turn up! I expect your neighbour is very grateful for you doing some shopping and you are a good neighbour to help, but I'm the same about night driving for the same reasons and avoid it if I possibly can. Speaking of eyesight, how is your eye now?

Mel I think I upgraded to W11 just after OH had his new laptop and he upgraded first and had no problems so I did too. I remember there were a few glitches with W11 when it first came out and which had been sorted by the time we uploaded it. I think it was a bit different but not difficult. I think you will find your OH's PC much better. The candle decorations sound nice. Do you keep a wreath and candle for yourself each year?

AnnG I'm getting on quite well with the painting, better than I expected after all this time. I want to try and do a bit each day this week, but it has a more tricky sky than any I've painted before. I must get on with the bathroom this week too and hope the painting break has helped me regain some enthusiasm! I want to call in the bathroom shop tomorrow and see if two colours I've chosen look ok together.

A wet, windy and very gloomy day; we've had the lights on pretty much all day. I've been chasing my tail all day again. Just as I start something there is an interruption. At one point I had to cut short a phone call from daughter as my chicken was cooked and I hadn't even got the roast potatoes in the oven. Everything was cooked in the oven today and very nice it was too. We had roast chicken and stuffing, potatoes, parsnips, carrots and cabbage wedges, followed by odds and s*ds oaty crumble. Basically I had 2 small cooking apples and quite a few oddments of fruit in the freezer so they all got chucked in together.

We had just finished that when next door neighbour rang to say her OH had to go back into hospital last night. She doesn't drive but when she rang she was on her way to visit him with a friend taking her but the friend couldn't bring her back. I think she wanted my OH to collect her but he will only drive after dark in an emergency which she knows but I had to explain again that with his eyes and modern car lights he is not safe because he cannot see properly. Anyway I've agreed that we will do a bit of shopping for her tomorrow. Then in the next breath she told me that she was late going to the hospital because she had to wait in for a Sainsbury delivery! She clearly didn't order all she wanted if she needs me to shop tomorrow.


I was a bit confused about your computer problems as well Mel but I understand now that you've explained about Windows 10. What a shame you didn't upgrade from 10 to 11 when it first came out as it was free, easy to do and didn't cause us any problems. Never mind, what's past is past and hopefully you'll soon be all set up and problem free.

I hope Katie has had a lovely birthday with lots of treats. I don't know why but 16 always seems to be a bit of a milestone birthday. I expect she seems quite grown up now.

OH is calling that a friend is on the phone so I'd better go. Hope you all have a good night.

I had mentioned before a while ago that I was still on windows 10 as when oh put his pc on windows 11 he asked me if I wanted to go on it and I think at the time Annx had gone on it and was finding it a bit different. I maybe wrong but perhaps I should have gone on it when he said. I think I had this pc in 2009 so it is very old.

I have had Aaron here today he is trying to fix the chicken run where some of the wooden frame to the run has rotted. He's coming back tomorrow to finish it off as it had come over rather dark by the time he had one nice klong peice of wood on over the door into the run.

I have done the bows to the two arrangements I made the other day so thye are finished and I have mossed a wreath for my friend Phylis and I have done some of the greenary and the yellow stuff ready to go in and the ivy so its just the bows and the holly to get on there and wire up the flowers and that will be done.

Then I can start on another couple of arrangements with big candles in. I have prepared the big candle for the one I did the other day . I have to stick cocktail sticks round it to fix it in the oasis so it dos'nt fall over.

Sold another pair of things on Ebay so I think I will parcel those up now ready for posting tomorrow.

Bet Katie loves her cushion. She'll be able to put it on her bed so she can either watch telly or read in comfort and be well supported.

I hope Katy has had a lovely day, quite the young lady now. I met T just before my 16th birthday,

Ann it is such a pity as to many people the receiving of Christmas cards in the post is something they look forward to. Especially as we get older and try and keep in touch with friends from the past.

I hope the painting is coming along nicely and that you are enjoying doing it.

It was a shame that the music didn't seem to be right for Lewis's dance last night He was very good but the spark was missing. At least his marks were OK but it all depends on how the public vote now.

Afternoon All,

Happy Birthday to Katy. I bet she's been hugging that cushion! <3 <3

It's rained and is still gloomy here, but there's always things needing doing inside. I couldn't get to sleep last night and was still awake at gone 3.00am so lay in this morning.

You are not alone regarding cards AnnG. I have only had Mel's out of our group up to now. I have a feeling most people will get some cards after Christmas this year. Most parcels seem to arrive the quickest now. How nice of your son to bring some white Chrysanths with him. I felt sorry Lewis didn't do as well in Strictly this time. Being so near the end of the competition you don't want low scores. The music didn't seem good for the dance they were doing, but he seems fearless with the things he attempts. He would be a natural even if he hadn't got dance experience.

Lunch is over now, chicken breast with cabbage, broc, onion, carrot and parsnip and now I can pick up my paintbrush for an hour or so before the food delivery arrives. They have the salads we want this time after 3 previous deliveries were without them and just one sub.

Misunderstandings come from the explanation Mel if several don't follow you. It makes more sense now and if you'd said you were still on W10 it would have explained some of the problems you have been having. It sounds like BIL has copied eg your pictures to an extended plug in drive which I also have and use as a 2nd copy of my FH pictures and notes. It will be good once you are all sorted and rid of the problems. I was told last year that my 5 year old laptop was 'getting on a bit'.

Glad it arrived OK nice to know people are getting cards even if we are not.

Son arrived at 11am and left after a chat and a coffee at 12. So he is now on his way home. And he brought two bunches of lovely whie chrysanths to add to the remains of the bouquet he sent last week.

nd I love the snowman.

Just on the end of my post it went!!!

Morning girls,

Happy birthday to Katie hope you have a lovely day <3 <3 <3

Raining here this morning and pc is telling me its a record high today, its 13 degrees and raining.

I think you have all misunderstood me about oh's pc. He has never had a laptop. He bought a new pc in January of 2022 and he died in the August so it was only used for 8 months. BIL is putting all myuff on it so I can have it in the kitchen instead of my old one which is giving me trouble as its too old to be put on windows 11 and 10 is not supported by some things anymore.

He has put some of my things from my old pc on a mobile hardrive which oh bought me a few years ago. This pc I am on kept telling me to make more space and all my pictures disappeared with only their numbers on so I could'nt see them unless I clicked on them. It made it very hard trying to put things on Ebay.

I put up a few decs last night so it looks a bit more festive in here but I had a job to find my tinsely bobbley strings to put the cards up. Found them in the end in a box of decs I had looked in four times.

Anng thanks for your card and I love the snowman.

Right posting this before it goes again.

Good morning all very wet again and dark so all lights on, but it is 11 degrees.

Son should be well on his way now so I won't be happy until he gets here. then I can worry as he drives all the way back again.

As I have said to Vera, I like lol g posts.
Could you hear that you have had a go at painting.

Strange that you had a problem with Fitz’s emails and then something strange with Terry’s face book.

I have put photos of the cottages on Facebook and tomorrow will add some close ups of the figures.

Mel Why are you having the laptop fixes as well as OH’s computer. Why don’t you just get everything g transferred from the PC to the lap top? Or maybe I have. Issed something if misunderstood.

As I have said to Vera, I like lol g posts.
Could you hear that you have had a go at painting.

Strange that you had a problem with Fitz’s emails and then something strange with Terry’s face book.

I have put photos of the cottages on Facebook and tomorrow will add some close ups of the figures.

Mel Why are you having the laptop fixes as well as OH’s computer. Why don’t you just get everything g transferred from the PC to the lap top? Or maybe I have. Issed something if misunderstood.

Evening ladies and Gent!

Here I am Mandy and yes, it's been a bit busy the past two days. I don't usually like to post when it's late as they don't always get read. My word Katie 16 tomorrow! How the years fly by now. I bet she will like her cushion. Does it have a face? What a shame and shock that Colin's brother had the same happen in the shower. Much as I'm not keen on them, we will certainly be having one of those mats in the new shower when the bath is taken out.

Good to see you pop in Will. I hope Carmel's health soon improves and didn't realise her hospital visits had been so recent. The stairlift will be a big help and handy for things you usually carry up and down too! We have a just 2 of us Christmas too, but we enjoy it now after years of going here, there and everywhere and then the return invites while we both worked full time. We were glad to go back to work for a rest.

I don't know if others will be the same but the village Co-op I usually go to have had a revamp and it's been chaos in there the past few days with gangways blocked with goods while they move almost everything into new positions, so no-one can find anything or walk down the aisles! They've even taken down the plastic counter guards put up for covid which seems silly just as we are starting a bad flu season. They have stupidly moved the newspapers and magazines next to where people queue past for the tills. People were getting in each other's way, and the newspaper getters were not realising the queue was building up behind them and jumping the queue. I told the girl on the till it didn't seem a good idea and she said they had told 'them' but 'they' wouldn't listen! She also said they would be stocking less things now as well. Methinks I could be one of the customers they will lose in that case as I will go to the big Co-op instead.

I had my hair cut and lowlights on Thursday and they have a new shampoo girl, a very pleasant gentle sort of girl with long, wavy blonde locks. Well she was anything but gentle and as my head rocked violently back and forth it reminded me of the ladies who would scrub their front steps with gusto years ago. Thank goodness when the rinse started, but no, she then applied more shampoo and had another session! It's a wonder I had any hair left to cut off!

We are the same regarding no post for days and I must get the rest of my cards written tomorrow and posted Monday. With so infrequent post you wonder if they will arrive before Christmas otherwise. Students often worked delivering at Christmas AnnG but these days they don't seem to need the money. Your meal yesterday sounded lovely and my mouth is watering. I hope your ankle has improved with having some rest.

Mel I can't keep up with your pc saga. I don't follow why your emails needed transferring unless you mean a list you type out. Mine go with me whatever PC I'm on.

Vera it must be frustrating when your hands are shaky for writing your cards. We seem to have less to do each year which is a sad reminder of people we have lost.

Yesterday's heavy rain had flooded the fields again this morning but it was quite warm and still today.

I have managed to do some painting today and it seems to have gone quite well, which will encourage me to carry on tomorrow.

I have had trouble contacting Fitz by email for a few weeks and ended up with pen and paper to contact him. My emails were undelivered each time and a complicated instruction taking half a page that only a geek would follow was coming back that suggested 'security' was blocking emails from some provuiders. Anyway I was gritting my teeth to phone my provider and try to follow fast instructions from a call centre abroad when I gave it a last try and it worked. They never tell us when they fix something they have caused do they?

Then yesterday I had a Facebook friend message from Terry and accepted. I got messages then asking me things and thought it didn't shound like the Terry I know. The Avatar was one of him playing his keyboards, but all the posts were of him playing and the same as on his piano FB page. So I emailed him to let him know I thought it was a fake and I think he must have reported it as it's gone now!

Well, sleep tight everyone, especially AnnG. We are glad we don't sleep on the back as one of our neighbours decided to add to their green lights which I don't mind, by surrounding their summerhouse in the back garden with powerful dangling icicles of lights that have the brightest white flashing I have ever seen.

PS I will try to keep posts shorter! You must all have nodded off with this one!