General Chat

Mel what did you think they were. I think everyone has had a chance to have a go now.

I have asked him to send me a essage but he never does. I think he was here so many times as he was trying to get the new mower right after breaking the shaft on the sweeper. He sorted that but now he can't get the deck to cut straight its cutting lower one side. I think too he goes over the moor to take some photos and then comes here afterwards. He meets a friend over the moor who he shares a drone with. He got another shot of the white pheasent the other day too but said it was out of focus a bit so has'nt sent it to me yet. She seems to be somewhere up the top by the old workshop. thats where I have seen her a couple of times.

As to your pics Anng I think I got three of them but not too sure if they were right. I got the wine one first I think.

Morning all,

Arose at 5.13am for the loo and went back to bed and then could'nt sleep for a while but dropped off eventually and woke again at 10 11am so I had a good sleep in the end. Must have been all the road scraping I did yesterday and pushing the big trailer out of the way by the side of the chickens run.

Not read all yesterdays posts yet so must go back a page and see what I missed.

I have decided not to go. Feel really weary and just don't feel right. so not worth going for the sake of a £10 ticket in case it is a bug.. sorry to miss lunch at one of our favourite restaurants but there will be other days.

Good morning all, a bit grey, still dry but 9 degrees and no rain very little wind.

I had one of those 'hourly' nights, sleep an hour wake for the loo repeat. So feel a bit off. supposed to be going to town. It is Gloucester History Week and several of us are going to an hour long talk by Bendor Grosvenor at blackfriars Priary It is on the history of British Art. He is part of the team of Fake or Fortine. Hoping I feel more like going in a couple of hours.

Vera what were you thinking with HoO I can't get that one but you got it right anyway.

Ann good that OH is happy with his teeth now, and that he is eating more comfortably.

did you emjoy your meal last night Mel?

Ann it is an old oak tree if that helps and it is red wine in the glass.

Evening All,

Sunny and no wind here today. The weedkiller came that's for the nasty weed today, so I'll be testing it tomorrow!

OH has had medication for reflux for some time AnnG and I get it sometimes if I eat later, which I try not to do anymore and as Mandy said some foods can cause it. What I do now is keep a packet of Rennies handy and just one sucked till it dissolves usually neutralises the acidity in about 20 minutes. Like you I sit up too. It's a really horrid feeling though so I sympathise and hope you have a better night tonight. Thank you for the photos and I couldn't get the wine one either or the hole in the tree one. No I daren't try my car window again in case I can't shut it with it being electric. The garage suggested me taping over the switch so I don't use it till it's fixed, which I did this morning as it was a good idea.

yesterday after OH went to his dentist for impressions for teeth to be added to his plate, we were having a coffee at Costa on the way back when he had a call from the doctor's receptionist to say a GP wanted to see him that day at 2.30pm about his blood test. Well that ramped up his worry and anxiety straightaway as he only had it the day before. A few minutes later he had a call to book his liver scan for Monday at yet another medical establishment, but not in the city which is good. The first thing the doctor said was that she'd been reading his notes and that he'd certainly been through the mill lately. She wanted to examine him again as his liver test was a bit worse than last time but could still feel nothing. She asked him all kinds of questions, weighed him and he hadn't lost anymore weight. I'd said to ask about the double dose of statins he takes since the cardiac arrest, as I know they can affect the liver. He had to stop the much smaller dose he was taking last year, as he thought they might be causing his pain. The Dr didn't think they were the problem and said she'd ring him later after she'd had a discussion with another doctor. The surgery called him again later and said to stop taking the statins!! Then they rang yet again to tell him to book another blood test in a week, so I imagine they are wanting to see if the statins are the problem. This morning he was back at the dentist to have his denture fitted and he is so chuffed as it fits perfectly and he looks and speaks just how he used to, so that was good. He's eaten well today and been for a walk and done a bit more in the garden with me. I think our cutting right back on inflammatory foods is helping his back as, although he has to be careful with his back, he is sleeping better and not needing painkillers as often.

Mandy I wasn't sure about those rails in the chapel bedroom either. For one thing we'd need more rails than that and the tops of my clothes get dusty inside the wardrobes, so it must be worse with them in the open like that. No I wouldn't want everything on show either. I'm glad you got your potting table in the end. It will make it easier now you can set things out when you are doing it. I like the sound of the kits you got to make after your rabbit! :-) I must check out Lidl's and Aldi's plants as the geraniums you told me about before were really good.

Gwyn it was me that asked after your swans and I wondered about them again the other day, as the ones we saw here in two different parts of the river seem to have disappeared again now. It is a shame there is just one left without it's mate. I didn't know so just had a google and apparently they will often find another mate if one dies, so if that's the case, I hope the one you see will soon be two again.

Mel can't you ask BIL to text you when he sets off for your place so you at least have chance to be up and ready for him? Or would he be likely to forget?

You are having a bad time with your eyes and sleep as well Vera. It would be scary to suddenly find you couldn't see out of an eye too. I do hope you manage a better night tonight. I meant to mention a little while ago, in case it was useful when you were talking about new blinds, that if you have the vertical sort, you can buy the slats on their own from some suppliers and just replace the old ones by unhooking them and hooking on the new slats. It's something I never realised before but may do when we replace our conservatory ones.

TAYR was the one I decided on but I also thought of HoO.

At photography it was the cat that caused a puzzle but I realised when I downloaded it to send out it had the name on. Actually that is Ernie one of son’s cats.

Neil Diamond or UB40

The bottle one

Which one is it you know Mandy?

Vera initials TAYR. That one?

Oh I know what it is now :-D

Of course it is AnnG. Got it now or at least got an answer though it might not be the one you intended. Funny how we are all different. The one Mandy doesn’t know I thought was the easiest to guess.

Vera yes it is horrid, normally I catch it quite quickly and it only happens a very few times a year but last night I must have been sound asleep and it had got my throat which was very painful. So I sat up for about two hours. Strangely I didn’t feel tied as I had had two hours sleep. I tried drinking cold water but that only worked temporarily. I finely made a mug of ginger tea and that helped but I was too scared to go back to sleep. I have not really felt tired all day and I bet I will be too tense to get to sleep tonight in case it happens again.
Gwyn what a shame about your swans I wonder what happened to the other one.

Vera you seemed to get a lot done today so that is good.

Mel. I can’t make your BiL out, he said he was not coming today. He is sometimes a bit selfish pleasing himself when he gets to you and not expecting you to have a life. I know he is very good doing things for you but it seems to be always on his own terms with no thought for you. :-)

Evening all,
It's been quite a chilly day ,managed to plant all the runners out this morning so I hope the slugs keep away until I can get some pet free slug gel to put round them I don't like using the pellets where Max is but I do use them on my hostas in the pots out in the front garden ,there was a hedgehog on the grass last night I was watching it on the security camera .

Anng that wasn't very nice having the reflux in the night ,what did you have for your meal could it have triggered it off .
Now the photos I can't get the one with the bottle of wine and the glass ,think I have the others

Gwyn that's sad about the swans I expect a lot of people will miss seeing the nest with the young ones in.

Vera thats good your feeling a little better today but don't try and do to much to soon
I've never seen bamboo socks ,but I know they do lots of bamboo things.

It is an oak tree Vera???

Sad to hear about your swans Gwyn. The one left will be lonely without his/her partner. I haven't checked on ours this year. I must try to find time to walk down to the river.

Thank you for the lovely photos AnnG. They were good illustrations. I could see what they were all illustrating except one. You might have to enlighten me about the old tree with the hollow in the trunk. There are lots of songs and poems about trees but I suspect that there's something about that picture that hasn't registered with me.

Sorry to hear you didn't get much sleep last night AnnG and I hope you do better tonight. That reflux is horrid, isn't it. I can see why you tried 3 pillows. I only get it very occasionally but have to sit up for quite a while till it passes. I found out that I had a large sliding hernia when I was sent a copy of a letter the consultant sent my GP after a scan for a bowel problem. It doesn't give me much trouble so will be left until it does. I suspect your possible hernia might be much the same. I hope you weren't feeling too tired at your photography group. I'd love to see your pics illustrating songs etc.

Your bil is good to come to help you so often Mel but I think I'd get irritated too if I never knew when he was coming. It must make it impossible to plan anything. I hope you got to Stu's for your meal.

It's been a nothing sort of day - no rain but no sun, not too cold but not very warm, not really windy but with a bit of a breeze. I did get a bit more sleep last night so have felt a bit better today. I got the ironing done and then decided I had to get out to the shops. I needed a birthday present for a friend, several birthday cards and some more eye drops. I've also got a couple of vouchers and some cash that I had for my birthday to spend. OH offered to come but I sometimes do better on my own and my eyes felt OK for driving. It's not far. It was very odd. I'm sure I was safe; I could see all the traffic, pedestrians, signs and signals clearly yet I didn't feel comfortable. I felt I had to really concentrate in case I didn't see something properly. Tbh, I think the problem was in my own head rather than in my eyes. I had about £50 from my birthday to spend on me but all I spent was £5 on some hand cream. I did get everything else I wanted, including a nice veggie quiche for tonight. I got my friend some Olay face cream that I know she likes and some soft bamboo trainer socks as I noticed she was wearing trainers when I saw her yesterday. I think she'll like them. She has booked a table for lunch on Wednesday at a pub about 15 minutes drive away and then we are all going back to one of the others in the group for coffee and cake and we'll all give her our presents then.

I think there's time for a quick coffee before I bring in some plants for the night. Not long now before I can leave them out.

Hopefully that worked. Photos sent re photography