General Chat

Hi Vera, Good that the window man came on time pity the plumber is not so diligent.
It is 12 degrees here and hot out there, I just had to come in as it was so hot on my patio that I thought I didn't have sun cream on and the sun was actually burning. I put the bins out and, as that means the brown bin is out the front, I spent 20 minutes pulling up weeds out there.
Not done much else todayJust one load of washing. anyway had a read out there for half an hour so that was very pleasant. waterworks seem to be behaving now, it is often the same mostly OK during the day and not so good at night. Definitely not finding this getting old a lot of fun.
Hope you managed to get a bit of gardening done.

Just contacted Jake, he is going to come next week I have a list of small jobs and a couple of bigger ones for them to do

Morning all

It was morning when I started but I got distracted and I see it’s afternoon now.

It was horrible first thing; thick frost and very foggy but the sun came through and it’s a nice day now. I’ve even hung washing out for the first time in ages. I don’t think it will get very dry as there’s not much heat in the sun and no wind but it always smells fresher when it’s been outside.

I hope your waterworks have settled down now AnnG and you get a better night tonight.

Mel, stick with the boot even though it stops you getting on in the garden. You need to let your foot heal properly. You don’t want the sort of problems I’ve got because the bones have healed out of alignment.

The window man came dead on time and has taken one window away with him and put a pane of glass in place temporarily. He’ll give us a call when the new window is made and arrange to come and fit it. He reckoned about a week. We used him a few years ago and we went to him again because he was so reliable. It’s a shame some other tradespeople don’t take a leaf out of his book. We are now waiting for the original plumber to call us back but I am not holding my breath.

OH managed to mess up all the settings on the TV daughter gave us while he was “just having a little play” and we can’t get the programmes we want anymore so I shall have to ask daughter to come back and sort us out. Why do men have to fiddle with things that are working fine?

Tesco are coming 3-4 pm so I am hoping that between lunch and the delivery I can manage a few minutes in the garden. If I only tidy up one plant before my back tells me to stop it will be one less to do next time.

Mandy it was not my tummy that was affected it was my bladder!!!

Not sure about the cauli and broccoli Mel as I have that quite often but stopped having cucumber when I had a similar problem the last time I had more than a couple of bits.
It is 6 degrees here now so the temp is creeping up. It is bitterly cold outside though.

Morning all,

Lovely sunshine now but a very sharp frost ,everywhere was really white .

Sorry to hear you had a bad night Anng hope your feeling better now ,its funny how certain how things can affect your tummy ,you'll have to give them a wide birth from now on .

Yes Mel it must be annoying when you can't get on in the garden but better to get your foot healed then doing something silly and setting yourself back .

Right going to see what its like out now and see if I can do a bit in the garden .

Morning all,

Same here again this morning 3 degrees and mostly sunny by the pc and there was another heavy frost last night which is stil out there in places the sun has'nt reached yet.

The deer have started eating the day lily leaves already as they ome out of the ground and showing their babes how to do it and get through the wire. The Snowdrops are nearly over and the daffs are comingh out.

Sorry you had a bad night Anng it was more likely the cauli and broccoli which made you get up so many times in the night than the cuecumber. Hope its settled down now.

I am so cross with this boot thing on my foot that I can't get into the garden properly and by the time I can leave it off it will be steady continuous rain.

Good morning all another lovely sunny morning with a frost. -1 but expected to go up to 10 degrees today.
I didn't sleep at all well last night, after gardening I thought I would but I woke roughly every hour and almost every time need the loo. I had a baby cucumber with my lunch yesterday, I have not had cucumber for ages as I don't like the ones you get in winter. I am almost sure that aggravated my bladder.

I assume the football over ran as Call the midwife is late. I was watching dancing on ice.

I really enjoyed my meal tonight. I had a duck leg with roast pots, roast carrot, purple sprouting btoccoli and cauliflower and I actually did it in the main oven.

Evening all,

Had a busy day doing all sorts ,we had a nice roast, its been sunny all day and tomorrow I want to get out and do a bit in the front garden.

Been having a look on Ancestry as the records are free at the moment including the 1921 census so been having a look at that this afternoon and now my brain is coddled lol

You certainly should not feel guilty of sitting in the sun Vera when we have seen so little of it. I sat in my conservatory with a cuppa too, I was going to sit outside but I left it a bit too late and the sun was behind trees. Never mind I had quite a lot of sun while I was gardening.
Going to watch country file now.

I'm here now Ann, just briefly. It was a cold night with a heavy frost but it soon melted and it has been a lovely sunny day. OH got a bit done in the garden but somehow I got tied up with other things and didn't get out there. After our Sunday dinner I did sit in the conservatory with a cuppa and my book. I had the door open and it was very pleasant so I sat there reading when I should have been getting on with other jobs.

I've just sorted out a load of paperwork that had piled up on our desks - mostly OH's who doesn't know the meaning of the word Tidy. It's now all filed or shredded or put in the recycling bin. I've also finished off an order for Tesco who are coming tomorrow afternoon. The glazier is coming in the morning to take out a window and put in a temporary pane of glass while he makes us a new window to match the existing ones. At the moment there seem to be people coming and going all the time.

OH is busy looking at the back of his eyelids and I have one or two other jobs I want to get done today so I'll say an early good night, sleep well.

Just you and me so far Mel. What a quiet little thread we are today.

Best to try not to spend too much time in wellies Mel. I know you can't not look after the chickens but try not to be on your foot without the sandal for too long.
Hope everyone has had as nice a sunny day as I have had (and Mel has too).

Lucky daughter Anng. Its 8 here also . I have done a whites wash and its all out on the line. I have been saving it up so I can give a good wash with quite a lot in it.

I still sleep ok if I get up late. I did'nt mean to sleep that long this morning as I could see it was going to be a nice day again. My mistake was turning the heating on at 7.07am got cosy and dropped off again. I think it has done my foot good though. I have nice black toes now and some of the swelling has gone down from the instep but think its the tendons that are giving me gip now and then and they take a long while to heal.

Mel, that is a quarter of the day gone by the time you got up!! I try not to go back to sleep after 0630 as I then seem to not sleep so well the next night if it is late when I wake up.

A beautiful sunny day here it is 8 degrees at the moment. When I got up around 0700 it was -1 and there was a light frost. It is warm in my back garden and I have just spent half an hour out there cutting back the ever growing ivy. bin day tuesday for garden waste so I will do some more this afternoon.

Heard from daughter and it is 20 degrees in Lanzarote.

Morning Anng and all,

Got up at just before 7am for the loo and it was thick frost so I turned the heating on and went back to bed. Beautiful sunny morning now with plenty of the blue stuff and no frost now. I woke again at 10am.

Good morning all sunny but -1 and a light frost. Hopefully it will be a nice spring day.

Vera I have always liked shopping (I think I take after my Mum as she liked it too, even when they dit have a lot of money to spend). I enjoy looking round the shops to see what is on sale even if I am not buying. And love hunting for bargains. Not at real sales though never go to those. Not that they happen often these days but I/We were never the ones to get up at sill hours to go to a big sale.
These days I am so glad I don't have to look for a car park and pay while I wander round the shops. I mainly go into town to be with people, often just wander round back alleys to the cathedral, sometimes to the docks. I do appreciate my bus pass and a good bus service.

Once the fog cleared it turned into a beautiful day, sunny and bright. It was still cold but without the bitter wind of the last couple of days so much more pleasant.

I did my friend’s shopping and took it round to her and spent a few minutes chatting with her. I put a bunch of pretty pink tulips in with the shopping which pleased her. I didn’t stay long as she looked exhausted and was clearly in pain.

When I started the car to go to the shop a message flashed up to say the battery only had a low charge. For the last month or so we’ve only used the car to pop in and out of town. It needed a longer run to charge it up so this afternoon we did a round trip of about 25 miles to a big garden centre we know. OH wanted a new garden sieve so we got that and I had a good look round the gift section. Lovely things and lovely prices too!

AnnG, at the moment parking is quite cheap though it adds up if you pop into town several times a week as we have done in the past. My concern yesterday was that I had paid for 2 hours which should have been ample but with delays everywhere I went I was getting pushed for time and I didn’t want a fine. I HATE shopping anyway and am not into browsing round the shops if we had any. Our town was a lovely little market town with an independent department store that we all miss and several little independent shops. They have all closed and we have a town full of coffee houses and charity shops. When parking was free for 3 hours people from outlying villages would shop here but if they have to pay they might as well drive to one of the bigger towns with more shops. Our narrow medieval centre is constantly clogged with traffic as well. We desperately need a better bus service then we could keep our cars off the roads. Shopping in our town is a necessity rather than a pleasure.

Anyway, that is more than enough of my moans. I’d better go and give my casserole a stir and get some roast potatoes in the oven. I hope you all sleep well. There’s a cold night forecast here, -4, so I’ll be snuggling under the duvet.

Mandy yes that is probably what it is but I can't think what caused it. probably something simple. it is still there today but doesn't look so red and isn't sore. Just leave it for a while I think with rings off.

I walked down to Irenes with a book and a couple of bags of bric a brac. I went round the house a couple of days ago and scooped up several small ornaments that had been there for years but I didn't see them any more (if you know what I mean). Some I didn't even like some presents received years ago. so much stuff in the house it was good to get rid of some of it.

Morning all,

Lovely sunshine here now but very foggy and frosty first thing .

Anng could if be a bit of dermatitis, I get that under my rings where its all red and itchy ,if I dust or when I empty the hoover I have to wash my hands really well as the dust can aggravate it.

Better get on got a few jobs to do .