General Chat

I have vacuumed upstairs, always hard work as the upstairs cleaner, while very good, is heavy and is a 'plug in' one. I have also cleaned the stairs, and downstairs hall, not with a cleaner because I can;t easuly balance on the stairs with a cleaner so I did the stairs with a stiff brush on my hands and knees and then cleaned all down the wood at the sides with a clean cloth. Got a lot od fluff out of the stair carpet which I have put down the garden for any nest building birds. I actually need to dust upstairs now but that can wait while I get my breath back.

Thanks for the lecture Mandy and I shall do my miniatures but I walk around a lot more making them than I did standing in the garden cutting dead stuff off a raised stone edged bed. I was on the flat path and had the wheelbarrow next to me so was only standing in one place and cutting bit off. Left the barrow there and did'nt even attempt to move it. I think I have had too do the shoe thing up a bit tighter today so that would mean the swelling has gone sown a little. Its so hard to tell by just looking at it.

I shall be watching You Tube tonight as my Willie and Sarah are on at 6 pm Living the Skye Life. I watch others too.

I think Mel, re driving is because you actually raised the subject in a former post when you said you forgot to ask if you could drive in it. We are just answering that.

Morning all,

We've seen a little sun this morning but it's really clouded over now ,I think we should get rain late this afternoon.

Mel you need a good talking too ,rest that foot, I don't think you should be out there gardening even if it is on the flat ,you need to be careful for a little while suppose you slip in this boot thingy your not use to walking in it and could easily catch your footting and do more damage ,now you told me not to do anything silly when i broke both my wrists so now you must do the same , now is the time to get lots of your miniatures done , lecture over :-D

Morning all,

Pc is playing silly buggers again this morning and I have to keep correcting it.

Its wet, windy and werry nasty out there today. Not been out yet but pc is saying 10 degrees but feels colder.

I don't know why you all keep on about driving as I am definately not going anywhere in the car only if someone else drives. If I sell someting I now always send it through Royal Mail parcel collection service where the postie brings the label and takes the parcel.

I think I will do minitures today I did do some varnishing yesterday on 5 things.

So enough about me and my problems how did you all sleep last night and s everybody bright eyed and bushy tailed this morning?

good morning all dry at the moment and looks dull, we have a yellow wind warning and 8 degrees expecting a high of 11 degrees.
Gwyn nice to spend one to one time with your daughters. You are so lucky to be able to spend time with them, living near. I do miss both daughter and son, next week she is out of the country for three weeks and I hate that. I feel sorry for parents left on their own when their children live in other countries. One of my friends has one daughter living in Canada and one in New Zealand. She does also though have one living just down the road and, I think, a son living e;sewhere in UK.

Ann reading about the possibility of looking under the car reminded me how, when driving in to work(in both military bases) in the 80s and 90s we sometimes had to stop at the gate and the guards would 'search' under our cars with a mirror on a stick handle.

Mel flat would be OK. It does sound as if your 'sandal' may be different to Vera and Ann's. If it has a thick, rigid sole though it might even be illegal to drive in it as, I seem to think it is, with flip flops. It certainly would not be safe as your foot needs to be flexible on the pedals, you could also do more damage to your foot. Good that BiL did the shop for you.
Good opportunity now to spend some time making your miniatures.

My gardening was on level ground along the side of the box hedge and on the raised bit so no bending just some clipping off of the leaves on the Hellibore and the dead stalks of kafia lillies and a few foxglove dead stalks. cut a bit off the Cottoniaster too.

BIL came with my shopping from the shop and he brought lunch with him from the shop, some ham and rolls and milk. I did'nt need the milk but have canceled it on my shopping list for Tuesday. I would'nt drive in this sandle thing but I expect it would be like driving in Scholl sandles which I used to do when young. Mine is not raise but completely flat with just a little dip at the front so you can walk in it.

I can't believe what you just wrote Mel. Those shoes are certainly not suitable for working in the garden, or were you even more silly and not wearing it? It's supposed to support and restrict movement in your foot to allow it to heal, not make it more comfortable to garden in. You should be resting it to start with like AnnG says. What if you had fallen again and would you still think it was a good job done in the garden if that hairline crack becomes a fracture and takes much longer to heal? I can't believe the hospital said to do gardening today.

AnnG that is a nuisance the wifi has been playing up again. I hope when you get your tech man back he can improve your signal for you. The pothole was at the back edge of the pavement where you can park in 2 what used to be gravelled spaces in front of a set back gate the trail leads off from. The back edge of the pavement had water like a puddle level with it and must have broken away. When I was younger and more bendy I would have had a look under the car and will make sure tomorrow that nothing has leaked onto the driveway. It was more a scrape than a bang, so I'm hoping it was just a wheel strut scraping on the edge of the rough tarmac. If in any doubt I will get the garage in the village to have a quick look.

Better a Dettol smell than fish Vera. It smelled a bit of fish in the study this morning, yet we ate ours at the dining table yesterday, but the smell managed to travel. I can just imagine you with one leg in smart evening footwear and the other more fitting for a carthorse in the clompy sandal! I'd forgotten about the difference in height and must have matched mine with something with a higher heel.

I forgot to say yesterday that we saw a teenage boy on an e scooter, wearing no helmet, going at such a speed along the road and faster than the cars behind him. He approached an island without even slowing and sped straight across. Apparently these e bikes are being modified to go faster, but despite it being illegal to ride them other than on private land we are seeing more and more of them around here, both on pavements and the road.

Not done a lot today, but sat with younger daughter, while she watched the Nations Rugby matches on TV. She used to enjoy watching with her dad, so once in a while I sit down to watch with her. She is watching the England / Scotland match at the moment, but I am only half watching.
I spend more free time with elder daughter, as she is often off work in some of the school holidays, whereas younger daughter is working then. Yesterday I met the elder one for light lunch and a look around a local town, so it's only fair to share some one to one time with her sister too.

Mel, I would echo what the others have said, You are not giving your foot the best chance of healing, when you work in the garden. It must be very frustrating, when you really want to get on with something, but time spent resting now should help the bones to heal quicker. Walking on uneven ground could set you back and mean the healing takes longer.

Pleasantly mild today, after a very wet night. It was good to open the window and get some fresh air indoors without freezing. A friend and I are hoping to find a dry day this coming week, so that we can go to look at the snowdrop display at a local country park. School starts back on Monday, so may be we can plan a visit round our various other activities.... and that will be another month gone.

I think Vera asked recently about where I planned to meet my friends for our reunion.We are looking at Cardiff, where we all first met all those years ago. It will be lovely to all be together again, although I have seen one of them in 2022 and another about 2019, with my daughters, when we were travelling near their home towns and arranged to meet for a short while.

Sorry AnnG, I must have missed you this morning.

Slapped wrist for you Mel. You MUST look after that foot.

I was on here first thing Vera and, I haven't checked but I thought I had mentioned I intended going in to town. Which I did, got back around 1pm and couldn't get on line as the Wefi was playing up. I sat downstairs ad read the paper, or rather bits of it. I like the mail TV paper and Saturday is the only day I have an actual paper to read.

Not sure how long the Wifi was down but I came up to check about 4.30 and it was back on.

Mel half an hour in the garden is not resting your foot!!!!

Hope that bang didn't cause any damage Ann, awful when potholes are 'hidden' in water. I could have checked in M&S this morning but I am sure they must do alcohol free wine. They do nice boxes of chocolate!!

Iv'e done a good half an hour in the garden htis afternoon and filled my wheelbarrow so That was a good job done not quite finished but I was out there without a coat on and got a bit chilly so I have come in and made my self a COC.

Good afternoon everyone

It’s not quite as warm as yesterday but it is sunny and less windy so quite pleasant out. I planned to do quite a lot in the house today but don’t seem to have got very far at all. I scrubbed out a kitchen bin that I thought was a bit whiffy. We always use a bin liner but I think OH had put some fish skins and bits in without wrapping them and they had made the whole bin smell. Now the whole kitchen smells of Dettol so I think I may have overdone the disinfectant a bit.

Mel, I hope your foot has been a bit easier today. Rest up as much as you can. When I broke 3 metatarsals I had a heavy black sandal type thing for my foot. It sounds similar to the one Annx had. The toe was completely squared off and it was raised 2” off the ground from the toe towards the heel.. It was all quite rigid and there is no way I could have driven in it. In fact I struggled to walk in it because I was lopsided and it was causing pain in my back. In the end I found a pair of shoes in the cupboard with a 2” heel and wore one of those on my right foot to even me up. The only problem was that the shoe was black patent with a bow on the front. What a sight I must have been with one foot wearing a “posh” evening shoe and the other in this clumpy thing. Mel, please don’t even consider driving unless the doctor says it is OK. You don’t want to risk having an accident because your foot isn’t flexible enough for a rapid emergency stop.

Annx, I hope that pothole hasn’t caused any damage to your car. It’s good that OH is doing a little bit of walking now. You are of course right that any co-codamol above 8/500 is only available on prescription but I had been trying to explain in the long post I lost how our surgery deals with the danger of taking too many and possible addiction. I have had them on repeat prescription for 22 years now. Everything else on my script is on an automatic system so I don’t ever have to order them. A 28 day supply is available for me every 4 weeks. The co-codamol comes in a box of 100 and I have to put in a specific request for it. That way the doctors can see how often you are ordering them and judge how many you are taking. I never have a problem because I only order them about twice a year but if the doctors aren’t happy for any reason they won’t issue any more till they have talked to you. I wondered whether Mel’s surgery have a similar checking system with issuing 200 paracetamol at a time as paracetamol can cause all sorts of damage, particularly to the liver, if too many are taken.

I wonder what AnnG, Mandy and Gwyn are up to today. Whatever you’re all doing I hope the weather is being kind to you and you are enjoying your day.

Afternoon Everyone,

We have sunshine and it's reached 12 degrees now, so no heating on for a change. We went to the shop after laying in for a while and decided to try another short walk on the way back. I thought about the little spinney by the canal where I used to live, then remembered the road is closed while they do work on the railway bridge and under it to help stop all the floods they keep getting there. So we went towards the quarry and trail instead, although OH thought it would be busy and nowhere to park in the little pull off. Well no-one had parked there, so I turned off the road and into what I thought was a puddle, but a loud scrape under my car as it dropped at the front meant it was a large pothole full of water. Looking up the trail behind the gate it was like a bog, muddy and full of puddles/potholes, so I reversed out and we went home. As I was moving slowly I don't think any damage was done and the car drove ok afterwards. OH went for a 15 minute walk from home instead.

I've cleaned the hob,hoovered the bathroom and the lounge rugs and cleaned the inside of the study window and windowsill. I thought the windowcleaner hadn't done a very good job when the sun was shining on it, but it was the inside of the window that needed cleaning. :-S I've started putting things back under the kitchen sink in the baskets I got, but keep finding duplicates of things and even triplicates! It's what happens when you can't see what's at the back of a shelf. Hopefully being able to pull the baskets forward will prevent it in future, although I like to have a spare of some things.

Those are some more good ideas AnnG, and I expect they sell alcohol free now as well. He hardly drinks anyway now, but, like me, he is now supposed to cut right back or avoid alcohol as it is a heart stimulant. He could certainly do with some more socks and could safely 'flash' those at a meeting ;-)

Mel, my shoe was one of the black ones. At least your more flashy one will stop people treading on your foot. Is the swelling going down at all now?

Better start on my filing drawers now and see what I can shred.

Morning Anng and all,

We have a bright sunny morning here and its 10 degrees and I just hope it last all days.

Its good you slsept well Anng and I hope the others have too. Yes I can take the "THING" off at night its just like an ugly sandley type shoe in blue material with a bright white sole. I'll send a pic later. Well I wore it from 2pm something yesterday and into the evening and it hurt my foot more than my flat baggy slippers did and Iv'e got to wear this thing for at least 2 weeks maybe 4. You are going to come across a very cross Mel at some point this week and next. The first one the nurse tried on me was all black sole and all which would'nt have been too bad but the one I got screams out "looks she's hurt her foot".I forgot to ask if I could drive in it too.

O well better get on as BIL is coming today to take me to the shop.

Good morning all a bit misty out there but 8 degrees although we also have a wind warning.
Not sure what I am doing today, slept really well last night. I had thought about going into town but saturdays are usually crowded so not sure, and I don't actually need anything so I will see later how I feel. Trouble is, it is so easy to just decide to do nothing. Normally I would potter around in the garden but it was so wet yesterday that everything out there will still be wet.

Ann, M&S sell some quite nice men’s smelliest.
Or there is always socks. Or, if you have M&S food bottles of wine

I hadn't thought of that Mandy!! lol :-D :-D Perhaps he'd better get a scarf instead. he's been saying he needs a new one, or a nice tie. He's just shown me 2 nice suits from the back of his wardrobe. He thinks he will be able to get into them again now he's a bit slimmer in the waist!!

Mel I can't use bleach down the plughole as it will ruin the chrome. Buster like Mandy has used might be better as it has very little bleach in it, so I've put some on the next food order in case I can't find the long brush thing.

Afternoon tea and cakes at yours for your birthday sounds nice Vera. Did you have anything nice for lunch today? I think the stronger co-codamol can only be issued on prescription, but the lower dose one is sold at pharmacies. I think it's why OH was discharged with just a few days of it, as it can be addictive, so the GP has to monitor what circs they issue it in.

Oh no Mel good job you had it checked out , it was nice of Em to take you ,my sister had one of those big boot things when she had her bunions done , you might find it a bit easier to walk with it on as its giving you a bit of support .

Ann best not to buy pants ,what will happen when he goes in for a meeting and they say show us what you bought with the voucher :-0 :-D :-D lol

Vera it was just the one question out of the fifty that he got wrong.
Sounds as if you had a good lunch today ,did you have something nice .

Well the plughole seems better the water seems to be flowing better so another good job done .

I have just done a long post and somehow lost it. I pressed Preview, read it through, went to press Submit and it had gone :-P It serves me right for not doing it in Word and then doing a C&P.

I haven't time to do it all again now but I was commenting on Mel's poor foot and sympathising. I hope it's more comfortable now Mel. I'm also surprised like AnnG at the 200 paracetamol and explaining what happens at our surgery as I get 100 x 30/500 Co-codamol at a time.

We had a lovely 80th birthday lunch for our friend. I've received several birthday cards and a couple of gifts myself but I am saving them till Monday. On Wednesday several of the ladies are coming here for afternoon tea and cakes to celebrate my birthday.

That's the gist of what I wrote in the post I lost. EE have texted OH to say they are working on broadband in this area tomorrow and apologizing for any disturbance to our service so if I am not on the thread tomorrow it will be because we've lost the internet.