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A two hour lesson to start seems unusual but Inexpect there was a lot of talking to start with good luck to him Mandy.

Ann it seems as though they might be getting to the root of OH# problems. Theinflamation is affecting his whole body. Is he on antibiotics I can’t remember.

It must be stressful and worrying for you as well but it was good to get your hair cut. And good of Futz to get in touch. Something to look forward to, a meal with Fitz.

I only had a laptop once and didn’t get on with it, I prefer a desk top.

A lot of my stuff is backed up on USBs but some was not and some had not been updated. I feel really lucky that Dom had the facility for retrieving stuff.
However you have to be licensed to have that facility.

Yes that was right as mum passed her test in the Escort she bought herself and she could'nt drive anything else but an automatic. I think its silly to learn only on an automatic. It took me a while to get used to the automatic when I drove the Escort.

Don't know where the day has gone I waited till after 1 o'clock for my order and our postie was on a weeks holiday so the relief lady took a long while to get around but the parcel went anyway and the letter with it.

Why did G get told off for using tthe eye drops again?

I broke off before I posted and so missed you there Mandy. I thought the same as my driving lessons years ago were just an hour as well. That's quite a while for a first lessons, especially if it was a nervous person. Jake's made a start now though and he'll soon learn. I heard on a tv prog the other day that so many younger people have learned to drive in an automatic that they wouldn't ever buy a manual car now as they wouldn't know how to drive one. I think if you pass your test in an automatic, you can't drive a manual car anyway.

Evening All,

Yes we were very busy yesterday, first with the Physio appointment at the surgery. She listened to all of OH's issues and pain and said she wasn't going to touch him. She thought a lot of the pain was a result of inflammation in his body and he has to have more blood tests, which we booked. He also managed to get repeat prescriptions sent to the chemist for the ones they haven't put online yet. I then drove him to the new eye assessment place at the hospital the other side of the city. It has 6 carparks but we found the right one and mastered the pay machine with rust covering the instructions. He was told off for starting the eyedrops again, but said Eye Casualty hadn't treated his eye anywhere long enough, so I don't think that really mattered this time, especially as no-one was answering their phones when he tried to ask for advice. He has a month of eyedrops for his eye. She had the results of the blood tests that Eye Casualty did and said that he has inflammation in his body and she named and wrote down a gene he has which predisposes him to inflammation. It seems the Physio was on the right lines. On the way home we called in the surgery and got them to make a note to pass on to the Physio. Once his GP has the latest has the latest blood test results I expect he will want to see him and discuss it all.

Today he tried ringing the cardiologist's secretary again re his tooth extraction and was told he is on holiday for a week now. This secretary promised to speak to him then and ring us as OH has his dentist appointment the following day.

Today I had my hair cut and it was wonderful to have a bit of normality. The hairdresser is very close to home and OH said I ought to go and he was fine.

Last night I had a lovely email from Fitz and he even offered to drive up to see me despite him still waiting for a replacement hip. As soon as I'm able he suggested a meet up and light lunch.

AnnG I think I am soon to be in the same position as you and getting a new laptop. I phoned the man in the village and he said it needs a new keyboard, but when I gave him the serial no etc, he checked and said a keyboard isn't listed for it where he gets his spare parts from. He suggested I could try Dell, which I did in the end and someone I could hardly understand has emailed their parts dept for me who should email me back to say whether they could supply one. The man in the village also suggested I get (or he will) a seperate keyboard to plug into my laptop as an alternative if I don't need to take it anywhere. It means more space taken on my desk, but it seems a good idea to have a spare keyboard anyway in case of problems in the future. Otherwise I will have to get a new laptop. This one's only about 4 years old.

AnnG last time I swapped my PC I got a plug in hard drive (goes in one of the USB ports on the laptop) and copied my documents folder and picture folder to that and then just copied the two folders from there to the new PC. It means I have a seperate copy of my photos should anything happen to my laptop. I eventually realised I could access my emails from any PC so that was no problem. It's good that Dom managed to rescue your folders from the dead hard drive for you and that he swapped a lightbulb and reset the fuse for you. I see you have an electric garage door now which is what we had this time. So much easier to operate isn't it.

We had a tv problem and couldn't change the channel on one of the tvs last night. We tried new batteries with no joy and left it till this morning and suddenly it was fine again!

Like you say Mel, if you are waiting for someone to call, whatever you do, it seems the opposite will happen!

Evening all,

It's been quite a cold day and very windy hut there was no frost so we went and did a shop as we needed milk so thought we might as well get other bits we needed rather than go later in the week .

Anng that was handy the Pc man could sort your electrics ,hopefully the garage door people with the electrian will soon come back and get you all back up and running properly.
I wouldn't know where to start with a new Pc ,son usually sorts all that out for me .

I did send Ann a message about something and she replied yesterday so hopefully she has just been busy and they are both OK.

Jake had his first driving lesson today I thought and I don't know why that it was an hour lesson but it was a two hour lesson ,I suppose it was because I started with hourly lessons and thought that was how everyone starts .
He has another two hour lesson on Saturday as he's on holiday this week ,he said he got on ok .

Mel did your shopping come and the postie

She is ok and said about an hour ago that she was just about to post on here.

I will do that tomorrow. My brain hurts a bit with understanding W11 and a new machine. It is also complicated because (much to my gratitude) I have a long list of all the folders that have been recovered from the dead hard drive. Dom is so good, that was a long programme to run. During which time he re-set the fuse in the garage and changed the bathroom light bulb. I have not found anything yet that is important that has not been retrieved. I am sure there are some things but not many. Even all my photos are there. Because there is a difference in between W10 and W11 in some of the things and a slight difference between Microsoft office and Libra Office layout I have to think hard as to where to put them all. I shall have fun sorting it all out. Finished on there for today though.

So do I as I was thinking of her yesterday and thought they may have had hospital appointments of the dentist I can't remember if he had had his tooth out or not.

I really need to cut my nails as I keep catching them on other keys.

No shoppig yet or the postman to pick up a little parcel and a card. When I need them to come early they never do and when I don't they come early. sods law I suppose.

We didn’t hear from Ann yesterday. Was she planning anything? Hope all is ok there.

Dom I’d here at the moment. I will hopefully be able to get him to reset the fuse before he goes if I have not heard from the garage door people.

Pc is going in quite quickly.

11 degrees and its raining.

Morning Ann and all,

Poor you if its not one thing its another. You do seem to be having a run of bad luck at the moment. Hope it is someting to do with the garage door being fitted so that it can be rectified quickly.

No frost this morning as far as I could see but I think there may have bee a little rain as it all looks wet out there.

I have the postman coming for another little parcel today and the shopping is coming this morning too.

Good morning all.

8 degrees and dark outside I need it to brighten up as when I switched the bathroom light on it fused so I have no overhead lighting.
I have separate fuses for overhead and sockets. Confused by the fact that lounge wall lights are off the overhead fuse..
I can’t be sure that what the lads did yesterday has not affected my lights as they rigged a temp measure up until the electrician can get here. Fuse boxes are in the garage.. have to wait until he comes. Garage door opens ok I have checked,

You can do more than I coulkd if I had a new one as I hav'nt a clue what to do in that situation.

I have just tried to light a bonfire again without any luck. The twigs and branches are just too wet. Now I stink so think I will go in the shower now.

Yes sunny and 10 degrees here too. Although this morning when I walked to Irene’s with a bag full of CDs it was a heavy mist like rain. You couldn’t see it but my hair was wer. It was not cold though.
But the job is not actually finished yet. It is usable but the electrician has to come and finish the job. Still it is nit paid for yet either. No invoice yet.

And Dom is coming tomorrow to install my new PC. Mixed feelings. Good to get it but a lot of work ahead of me to get it up and running.

That was'nt bad for fitting a whole new door.

Thanks Mandy I will put some in the freezer.

I have just been attemptng to take down the old little greenhouse on the decking. I have got the pots out of it and taken down the old to,m plants and some of the metal work but need the srewdriver to take some screws out holding it against the top decking rail. Came in as I am hungry.

Its 10 degrees here now positively hot compared to what we have been having. Even the koi are swimming about a bit today.

The door is finished and looks good, well worth the money I think very solid. I was wondering what happened in a power cut but, problem solved as there are two emergency keys.. two fairly young men putting it in but the electrician was called away so the electrics are on a temporary plug and socket. I have to wait for an email to tell me when he is coming. Bit of a nuisance but couldn’t be helped. It took them two and a half hours to do it.

Mel you can freeze the pancakes for up to three months I had a Google, just need parchment paper between each one so they don't stick together .

Gwyn was it a Sunday lunch you had ,we were going to have roast beef yesterday but we changed our mind and were having it today instead .

Good morning all.
No frost for us lately, so I was surprised to see thin broken ice in a puddle, when we went out for lunch yesterday on the outskirts of another town
We have beautiful sunshine, but laptop is telling me it's 1 degree :-0

Thank you for the photos Mel. Well done for persevering. I'm sure the birds will enjoy your rejects ;-)
Mum would sometimes make dropped scones for Sunday tea. She made them on her well-seasoned cast-iron Welsh bakestone, which she also used for Welsh cakes.
I haven't made either for years. Lemon curd sounds a good addition. :-D

I hope the doors get fixed early Ann. You are certainly busy with all your jobs lately.

Morning girls,

Don't know if there was a frost as I did'nt wake till 9am and lay there for 20 mins watching the rainbows on the walls from my crystal hanging in the window. It looked frosty last night as the fish tank on the edge of oh's pond was frosen.

Pc is telling me there's going to be a cooling trend over the next five days. Its 8 degrees sunshine and blue sky.

Morning all,

Frost is beginning to lift ,it was very white again, lots of cloud so no chance of any sun today .

Hooe Vera has a nice couple of days with her granddaughter and her boyfriend.