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What a cracking semi final. i want Wright to win but both GB players eeeek

some of my younger family are the same JG. I think it is very sad that they don't choose appropriate cards to send. Cards are so personal. Texts and emails are the opposite.

Hello all,

Yes Florence we watch the darts as well . OH used to play darts for a local team . Nearly all the men in his family were dart players for their local pubs/clubs. In my family nobody played darts but were all avid readers . Strange how folk get together when they are very different. They say opposites attract and it did in our case.

Ann I used to make lots of cards as well but no longer do any at all. I still have craft stuff in a cupboard but stopped about the same time as covid hit . I used to make for a couple of friends who liked to send personalised cards but sadly they are no longer with us and I have a really small family that bother with cards at all. Most younger ones just send a text or message on fb.if they do that. lol.

Joan hope you and hubby managed to get your roast sorted and you enjoyed it.
Also hope the weather gets better so you can get a good nights sleep.

Hope you and your OH feel better soon Linda.


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Joan, thats good that hubby can peel the veg for you and also makes him feel useful too. Im making cheese & potato pie for tea with breaded fish for me and sausages for daughter. We havent had this for awhile so looking forward to it.

Im ok to eat but the gum is still a little sore so have to be careful.

Right back to the darts!

Anyone else on here a fan of darts? Im sat on tender hooks watching the semi final and later the final of the European Championship. Its on ITV4 just now til 4pm and then again from 6pm.

Gosh AnnG, you do loads of cards, shame you dont have an outlet for charity ones but maybe something else will come along.

Florence, I make and send out about 80 Christmas cards, I also make all other cards I send out which adds up to a lot as I have quite a large family. I have been making cards for over 25 years now, This room is my craft room/office and is full of papercraft stuff. Up until about 6 months ago I used to make lots of cards that a friend in the village would sell for various charities. Sadly she died this year so, at the moment no outlet for charity cards.

So sorry AnnG, I never noticed your post!!! Glad you are well and ok. How many xmas cards do you make? Do you make any other cards, ie blank or thankyou cards?

I counted them yesterday and we have 224 I think! If we sell half, I will be quite happy.

Happy crafting :-D

Morning everyone.

Its a very windy day here 40 mph and more so a strong gale really with showers.

We had no plans to be outside anyway so glad we are cosy indoors. I put my alarm clock back last night but still have 4 other clocks in various rooms on the wall that need changing! I don't bother with my cooker clock as I switch it off at the mains after I have finished cooking, same with the microwave.

I have some more wrapping to do later on and just putting the fayre boxes in order plus I washed 2 table cloths for the tables. One is xmas red with a runner, the other is a black linen one plus we have little lights to decorate.

So cant wait, I love these kinda of things. In my banking days, I could sell anything to customers as I am quite persuasive when i need to be lol. My manager said I was a Natural born Sales Woman :-D

Think today will be a gentle day, nothing to strenuous.
Linda are you sure you & hubby don't have Covid? It sounds like you have same symptoms? Either way, hope you feel better soon, its sounds awful.

Well I suppose I had better try and something productive else the day will be gone and wasted.

Take care all

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Well the sun is shining at the moment here and it is 12 degrees so quite pleasant.

Hope you and OH will soon be back to normal. I rarely go off food even when I have a cold. Just if I have a tummy upset I don't eat. I suppose we all deal with things our own way and I am pleased that he is feeling better.

Good morning, most of my clocks and watches change themselves Ann. There is just the microwave, cooker and the mantle clock in the lounge.

OH took himself to bed in the spare room after lunch yesterday, he always does that when he isn’t well. He doesn’t eat anything at all, something I find odd as I always feel hungry. He said he feels a bit better this morning and may get get up later. He just seems to have a heavy cold. I just feel short of breath and a headache, so am just taking it easy.

It looks grey and drizzly outside, so staying in is a good idea. I just saw the weather forecast and there is a lot more rain this week, sadly lots of flooding for some people

Good morning all, hope everyone remembered to put the clocks back last night or in the middle of the night if you wanted to be accurate. Mine were done before I went to bed.

It is a bit grey here and 8 degrees but then it is only 0755. I already have a load of bedding in as I have changed my bed I like to get that out of the way early in the gay.

Hope it is less windy for you Florence, and Joan as well.

A bit of clearing up in the garden to do, then I must get on with making my Christmas cards.

Afternoon all.
Bright and sunny but very chilly and windy here. I can see some very large black clouds on the horizon heading this way!

I did a small load of washing and daughter hung it out but well pegged lol Its almost dry so tumble wont be on long.

I have been working on a match from my DNA who is a 3rd cousin. We are both excited to work out the link as she is in the USA but we are researching a line and we hope we can work out our connection.

I took a curry out the freezer for my tea but have just realised no naan bread in the cupboards grrrr so shall have to make do with some crusty bread and basmati rice.

Linda, I hope you and hubby feel much better over the weekend and yes sounds like Esme passed the bug on to you. Not nice so just chill and leave your packing until you are over it.

Joan, you made a good decision in getting your guttering done, what a relief considering all the rain. Im sure your Cross stitch will be finished in no time.

I heard today one of my old haunts was flooded. Hastings shopping centre was evacuated and the streets under several feet of water and its on the seafront.

Well time I put the rice on and sorted the out the table etc.

Have a good evening whatever you are doing.

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Good afternoon, it is chilly here, so I have put the heating on because we both feel off colour. I have a cold and feel very “chesty”. OH has a cold as well and feels ill. We are blaming Esme.

The girls are in Chester in a Travelodge, very classy lol . We join in an online music session on Zoom on Saturday mornings which is run by a music tutor from her previous school in London. Esme still looked like she had a cold this morning. I think they are just lounging in the hotel while SIL goes to see Grandpa

I can’t be bothered to do much today, so I will probably read this afternoon and catch up with the family tree hints which keep arriving from Ancestry and FMP

I am glad the tooth extraction went well Florence. The gum will be very bruised, but hopefully in a couple of days, you will be eating steak again :-D
It has been drizzly and cold today. OH has actually turned the heating on which is very unusual for him, he says he has a sore throat.

We spent this afternoon going through all our files with receipts Ritchie in them. I have started making a folder with stuff to pass on. We still have a draw in the filing cabinet to go through, but it isn’t too long since I did that, so it shouldn’t take long.

Esme is up and playing about a bit, so they might drive over to Chester this evening. Eve and her father can go and see grandpa and Esme can just chill in the hotel with her mum. The photos from the social side of the conference are good, it is such a shame she missed it.

Afternoon everyone looking in.
Well, the dentist lady was a very gentle person who extracted the tooth with minimal effort, thank goodness. kept asking me if I could feel any pain every few minutes.

What had impressed me was, she had taken the time to read my updated medical history and I didn't have to explain anything and didn't use latex gloves either so was quite impressed.

I noticed on the pillow this morning, stains of blood obviously I was drooling in the night !

I am sore but really around the 2 sites were the injection went in and that was really sore and my gum is bruised today but expected that. Haven't taken blood thinners yesterday or today to give the clot a chance to heal and I'm fine.

I managed a bit of soft bread with cheese spread about 10 last night as I was starving but i didnt want to get anything stuck in the gap.

Not a nice day here, wet & very windy....again

Joan, so glad your power wasn't off too long and quite right going back to bed, its the warmest place to be. Take care outside though as the leaves will be wet and slippy.

Linda, hope Esme is much better but glad they were able to get their money back as must of been quite expensive.

I have done a basket of ironing but left daughters bedding as was feeling too tired to finish it but not urgent. I also finished a hat i knitted so just to finish off the scarf now. I like knitting whilst watching the tv.

I'm not chancing anything chewy or hard for tea so maybe a sandwich and a yoghurt and see how it is tomorrow. I wont be eating soft mints anytime soon as cant imagine losing another tooth. I have most of my own with only a couple missing and intend to keep the rest forever lol I hate false teeth, makes me feel sick just thinking about them!.

Right off to gently potter and have a tidy up.

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I don’t blame you going back to bed Joan, it is the comfiest place to be on a cold day.
It has been cold and rainy here today. OH was out with the Ramblers, but didn’t enjoy it.
Esme was sick throughout the night, some doubt my daughter got any sleep. She hasn’t been much better today. Thankfully they got all their money back from the conference hotel. It is a great shame though as it is good to get together with other families who have children with the same syndrome.
On Friday, they were going over to Chester for a couple of nights to see Grandpa. They can’t get the money back, but as it is a Travelodge, they can swap it to a different weekend. Unfortunately next weekend is fully booked.

Oops Florence, I have edited my last post as it didn’t make sense. My daughter had to waste her ticket to Manchester and buy a one to home instead.
Poor Esme started being sick just after I posted, lots of times :-(
She managed to get my jumper, so I was pleased to get home and change. Anyway mummy is back now, so she will be much happier.
Oh dear, you have had a disaster with your tooth, you are lucky to get an appointment so quickly.
One of my wisdom teeth had a large root filling and one day it just sheared off at gum level. The dentist decided just to leave the rest of it in the gum as it would be too difficult to get out . Luckily, it wasn’t too jagged.

Guess who has had a disaster? I was sucking on a soft mint and suddenly felt a hole where a tooth was. I quickly took the mint of out my mouth and then went to look in the mirror and all became clear.

3rd tooth along top left had had root canal treatment twice before some years ago but wasn't giving any problems. I could see that the front and back of tooth had cracked in half but the hole is huge! There are jagged edges too pushing against my top lip. I looked in the soft mint and found the tooth bit. I washed it and have kept it as I managed to get an emergency appointment after much discussion.

The receptionist was actually tbh very helpful and usually you have to tel at 9am for an emergency appointment for that day but they gave me tom at 11am. I had message my good friend who works part time and she is coming at 10am to take me there and back for which I am extremely grateful. I have to remember not to take my blood thinner in the morning!

I shall repay the kindness next time we get out for lunch and treat her.

Just when I was having a fairly quiet day and finishing my knitting, then this happens....whatever next.

Tesco is coming tomorrow but thankfully, daughter will be at home so thats a relief.

She got milk and I am now enjoying my first coffee in days but its a little strange drinking it with the tooth missing but enjoyable none the less.

Linda, oh dear me, what a disaster. How couldn't daughter get a ticket? Was the train full up? Hope Esme feels better soon.

Oh my whatever next!

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Gosh, I hope that your heart is OK Florence, hopefully the doctor will sort an appointment out soon.

We stayed over at our daughters last night and she set of at 6,30 am for her day in London. Esme didn’t look well when she woke up, but she went to school. They called just after lunch to say that she was ill and needed collecting because she had a temperature and her tummy was hurting. She is very snotty, we gave her some Calpol and she has picked up a little bit, but you can see by her face that she is not well. Of course she is demanding mummy every thirty seconds and she is not here.
The worst thing is that after school, SIL was supposed to be driving them to Manchester and meeting up with mummy who was getting the train up from London. They were staying in a hotel for two nights to attend the biennial Costello Syndrome conference. Then they were driving over to Chester for two nights in a different hotel so they could see grandpa. Instead mummy has had to buy a train ticket to come back home tonight. Non of the hotel fees are refundable :-(
They will stay here tonight and reassess in the morning , but they can’t take her near other disabled children or into a care home. We are staying until mummy gets home, then will beat a hasty retreat.

Afternoon all

The day started off bright and sunny, a bit breezy but chilly but overall a nice day.

However the sky is clouding over, sun has gone and very windy...again!

Not feeling energetic today as a bit wheezy so needed inhaler which I havent used for ages. Dr tel for daughter and whilst she was on the tel, i asked her about getting an echocardiogram as still not had it and its overdue. She said she would chase and see if she can get me an appointment asap.

I have been getting breathless if I move too quick or bend down to pick up something, all symptoms i had back in 2019!! It's just worrying me that the heart repair may not be working as it should or its come apart. Either way, I need some reassurance so hopefully my GP can work her magic!

Hope everyone's weather has settled now and noone flooded.

Joan, hope all ok with you and you are sleeping better. Have you managed to pick up the bird baths?

Hows everything going Linda, all certified now lol

JustGinnie, I have a special red linen tablecloth I use at xmas with a sparkly runner. Special mats, glasses etc and red dining candles. Like the tree, the table is a work of art as well even though there will probably just be me & my daughter, just a tradition but i love doing all the prep and getting organised.

We havn't had any milk since Saturday when it ran out. The ferry didnt sail and on Monday, there was no milk in the shops!! Daughter had managed to get some today but wont be home til nearly 5pm. So looking forward to a coffee :-D :-D

Hope all ok with everyone

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