General Chat

Good you got a new pair of crops I hope they will be cooler than the ones you have.

I have been in the garden today as it was quite breezey and cooler but we still had sunshine most of the day. I cut some of my ladies mantle and the Hypericum that has nice flowers and seed berries and took it round to Ruth who sells bunches of flowers. She wants more on Friday!!! she paid me for it which I was grateful for. Wehn I came home I started to clear the sweet pea box of weeds and the fern thats grows next to it was right over the box so I started cutting it away and putting it in the barrow when I thought it is in such lovely condition so I sorted 12 stems and took that round and she was delighted. I know she sells her bunches of flowers for £5 but what I took will go well with the flowers she has. Lovely Larkspur, cornflowers, sweet peas and all sorts. So I came home with £4.20 and 6 bizzy lizzies.

My cramp leg has been aching a bit today but I am hoping it will be better tomorrow. It was a nuisance as I could hardly walk when I got up and needed the loo.

Hope you all sleep well again tonight.

Ann yes I've used volterol on my knees but this time it hasn't helped at all, I'm beginning to wonder if its the reactive arthritis come back again I had it years ago when I got bitten abroad and it set it off in my feet and ankles ,it was so painful and I had to go up a size in my footwear as my feet and ankles were so swollen.
You got a few bits in the factory shop ,we don't use a flannel in the shower since I bought the wash clothes we like those .

Oh Anng I see you've made a start on getting a few Christmas bits ,good idea to have a drawer rather than tucking them away and then can't find them.
I like the loose crops rather than the tighter round the leg ones I find those cooler to wear ,they had some nice linen ones but I think they soon crease .

It's been windy all day with lots of black clouds but no rain

Back from town it was windy and not that warm when I went so I had on a long sleeved top and light jacket. It has been very cloudy and looked like it would rain but it didn't I just got a pair of crops in Bonmarche, most of the ones I have are old now and some are in a material that makes you hotter rather than cooler. I also got a couple of things for the Christmas drawer. It was very hot on the bus home which was one of the older buses normally used as a college bus. It is 20 degrees now.

Morning Everyone,

It's reached 16 degrees here and is a bit blowy so much cooler. I woke at 5.00am. dozed a bit and got up at 7.00am and put the washer on and then found a cardboard box and emptied 3 more shelves. OH has gone to a council meeting in the city. I went to the Factory shop for opening time as the town shoppers fill their free carpark if not. They have had a big changaround and some different stock. I bought a couple of flannels. We haven't used one for years with showering, but one would have been handy for OH in hospital. I saw some door wedges, useful to stop the doors slamming in this breezy weather so got those, some gentlegrip socks for me, some kitchen foil and some of the weed killer for the nasty weed that is cheaper there. I got £1.50 off the bill with my last scratchcard and managed to not buy any more clothes! I popped in the shop on the way back and collected the new light fitting for the kitchen that the sparkie coming to fit the ensuite light and fan will also fit. This one has LED bulbs so should save a bit of electricity. I feel worn out so it might be a quiet afternoon sorting papers and shredding.

It's good you got a better night's sleep Vera, but don't get too enthusiastic with the h/w!

I hope you enjoy your trip into town and find something to get AnnG, although it's just nice to look around sometimes.

Mandy it keeps saying we could get showers but there haven't been any yet and we could do with some now. It must be horrid with the gallstones and pain and not knowing what to eat. Knee pain too which I sympathise with. Does Ibuprofen gel help your knees. You can get the 5% tube over the counter.

Mel that time has gone so quickly and I'm sure I would have shed a few tears after a dream like that. I remember how fit and strong he looked when we came to see you that time. Oh that cramp can be agony! I have felt the soreness for a day or two afterwards some times.

Morning all,

16 degrees here so a lot cooler ,I think we had a few showers over night as ths ground was wet, there's sunshine at times but there's lots of clouds some a bit black ,very windy too, its nice to be a bit cooler after all that heat.

My gallstones are still painful so I'm just sitting about just have wait for them to calm down it's such a job to know what to eat as everything seems to lay heavy ,I had porridge and banana this morning , my knees are painful too.

Oh Mel cramp is painful and can leave your calves very sore for a while .

Vera that was a decent night's sleep for you ,don't over due it with the h/w
Oh I couldn't believe your OH kneeling on the windowsill my heart would have been in my mouth .

Moirning girls,

Its 16 degrees here and pc says mostly sunny so I wonder if its going to get hot today?

Slept well up once and back to bed and then woke with cramp in my right calf, O the pain........................Still hurts now a bit when I walk about. Better drink some water after my coffee.

No plans today but do need to wash my hair so thats on the cards I think.

Good morning all only 13 degrees here so a lot cooler over night and I slept until 12, then until just before 6am.
My brain was all over the place yesterday as I was convinced it was the 23rd which of course is the 'memory date' so it is today that is 69 years since I met T.

Nothing planned although, now it is cooler, I might go in to town as I have something to post that needs weighing and it is easier to get a bus into town and the main PO than walk to the local one.

Good morning all

It was a much cooler night. I still only had a sheet over me but I didn’t have the fan on at all. I slept soundly from about midnight to 3.30 am but have been awake since then. The day promises to be cloudy and windy and at the moment it’s 15 degrees. I haven’t any plans. If it’s a bit cooler perhaps I will be able to face a bit of h/w.

Just off to bed. No rain but temp has dropped to 15 degrees.

Very muggy here indoors and we've just had a good steady shower of rain .

No rain here it seems to avoid us.

Mel you had 25 good years so that is great. Those sort of dreams can be very upsetting when you wake.

Not sure what the temperature is now but it still feels warm. It is still very windy though with some strong gusts.

Its been raining here that fine rain just as I was ging to corn the chickens the girls must have thought I forgot them. I think they are starting to moult with allt he hot weather we've been having and are not eating their pellets but wll always eat the corn they have at night.


O vera what are the men like!!!! I would no t have let my man out on the window ledge at 88. there again mine would have done something like that being a retired firefighter. He told me once about going up that longest ladder firemen use and how it uesed to sway quite a bit even in the slightest breeze. It made my knees and legs go funny just hearing about it. I did learn one thing from oh though about heights. WE sometimes park right up the top of the carpark in Barnstaple and going down the stairs you could see right over the rooves of the houses and building and when I looked over I felt like I was going to fall. He told me to turn sideways on and look over and that seemed ok.

I dreamt about oh last night and it was a bit upsetting seeing him in his prime again. I can't beleive it will be three years this coming August 12th. I only had him for 25 years and 10 days and I enjoyed ever minuet.

It's odd how the avatars either disappear, but not always all of them and sometimes mine are an elongated shape.

Yes Mandy, I thought it shows some pickers can't look at the dates. They've already refunded me though so I shall have two free bottles. They also sent a sub for cress they didn't have. I had to smile as I already had a pack of small cucumbers on my order and the sub they sent for the cress was a whole cucumber! I must have puffier eyes than I thought. :-D It's a good idea to use the water for the garden, but men don't listen to us do they. I've been using the water from my hot water bottle and where the hose was leaking at the tap we put a humper under it and used the water we collected in that for watering too.

Yes I ignored it and it is back.

I can see it too but it did that a couple of weeks ago all I could see was Ann's.

I now went to the bin and felt a spit of rain so fingers crossed we get a little to save watering later .

Ann thats very naughty sending them with such a close date no one would drink 12 that's quick ,they must have seen they are one a day .

Are you back AnnG? I can see your avatar.

I wonder what has happened to my avatar. I am blank!!!

We have aluminium ladders at the side of the bungalow but don't know what to do with them either AnnG. I think it is three ladders that extend that OH had and brought here with him. I had similar at my old house, chained to a downpipe, but the key was lost so I left them when I moved here.

The food just arrived 15 minutes early and the driver seemed a bit put out at leaving the crates for us to empty and taking the previous crates with him. We have always done it like this and emptied the crates ourselves so the driver could be on his way and not have to wait and be held up for his next delivery. In fact a couple of times they have left the crates on the doorstep, took the empty ones and driven off before I could get to the door. This driver seemed to suggest they have always had to wait for the crates to be emptied because of people stealing them! He did leave them for us though and just took the ones away from the previous delivery we leave by the door. I was annoyed they sent a pack of 12 little one a day bottles of actimel drinks that expire in just two days time!

Well that is one thing T would never have done Vera, he didn't like heights or ladders after once when in his late 20s he had a work colleadue in the navy who, when locked out of their house the man decided to go up a ladder and get in an open small window. he fell and died from his injuries. The strange thing was, when we moved here Xerox paid a certain amount to allow for resettlement. It covered all sorts including ladders and he bought a huge set of ladders long enough to reach the rook. Only the smallest of the three has ever been reluctantly used by T and the two long ones are still fixed along the side of the house. I have no idea what to do with them.

Anyway I am glad that stressful job has been done for you. Maybe he will stop doing stressful (for you) things soon when he grows up out of his pseudo teens. :-D :-D

Oh Vera I see it is actually still very hot where you are. You have a very intrepid OH! Whatever next? I can see his next birthday present being an abseiling harness! I could imagine you both flying out of the window with you clutching his legs, hopefully with his trousers staying put with the strain. I think I would have tied him to the bed with knotted sheets (Oh that sounds a bit kinky!)

Well the carvery wasn't as good as the last one, but we had a big helping of Turkey this time which was nice.

Mel I started watching the Puzzle lady last night. I thought it a bit strange too, but fell asleep watching it, so will try and watch the rest tonight, unless it sends me to sleep again.