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Oh my Linda, what a situation you have with SIl. Not sure I could be so polite lol I'm very much a dooer person and very good at" organising" people so no one around me gets to "slack."(that's the bossy teacher in me lol)

How on earth does you daughter cope I wonder? She is probably just used to him and his ways probably.

Haven't done very much this afternoon. Just put chicken in a dish to marinade and some paperwork. My head has been sore for 3 days now, especially my neck but not sure why. I always blame the weather lol

The viewee on mums property was a waste of time. They said they didn't like being so close to a busy main rd as they had a cat!! Well they viewed it online so knew where it was etc. Cant be doing with timewasters as we need it sold asap!

Hope your daughter doesn’t get Covid Florence. It is 27 degrees here, but a bit overcast

Good news, I don’t need new glasses, just a slight change in one eye. She said I could get some new ones if I wanted, but I declined as the ones I have are only a year old and because of my prescription, they cost a fortune. I also have a very slight cataract, but they said that last year.

SIL now says he has an online meeting with some Dutch people at 1pm tomorrow :-S

He said that he had received an email from his solicitor saying they had the cash funds from them and the money from the Nationwide mortgage, so they should be able to complete first thing. I very nicely told him that as soon as the van is ready, we can take our daughter to get the keys, so the van can start unpacking as soon as possible and we can start unpacking the boxes. I am not sure if he thought that we were all going to sit and wait until he was ready, so I squashed that idea straight away. To be honest, as he is totally useless, we are better with him out of the way. All he will want to do is mess about getting his computers set up. He was exactly the same when they moved into the London house about twelve years ago. It was me, OH, my daughter and my son who came to help who did all the work

Morning all

Oh dear Linda! What a stressy time but why doesn't SIL take time off??? How does he expect to move and pack when he is working?

When tomorrow comes you can take a deep breath and relax hopefully.

Joan, gosh what a palava! The cost too but at least its all getting sorted out. The rubbish will get cleared and soon you will be all back to your usual.

As they say in order to get sorted, it has to get messy first or something like that.

Well so much for 3 hot days here. Yesterday was warm at 22 but overcast and sooo windy. Today the sun is out but the wind is so strong, I couldn't stand at the corner of my house. Was hoping to be able to sit outside with a cuppa and a snack yesterday afternoon but it never happened and wont be able to today.

Tomorrow, it starts to go down in temp and get more windy so that's summer officially over me thinks. But 32 down south is far to hot for me, I'm asthmatic and couldn't cope in that heat.

Daughter is much better, but stress levels have been through the roof as several member of her trip away have Covid grrr but she is negative thank goodness!

Waiting on some chunky knitting needles coming today as I bought some chunky wool and desperate to get knitting with it.

We are having chinese chicken wings with chips and salad tonight and that has freed some space in the freezer and fridge.

Well better try and be busy, women's work is never done!

Have a good day all

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It is good that they discovered the slate Joan. A nuisance that it needed more work doing, but better to find it now before more water gets in and causes even more damage.
It is a glorious day here, but I am tired as well. I woke up with a start about 4.30am because my phone which was charging on the other side of the bedroom suddenly lit up and made a noise as it does when it is notifying me of something. What was going on, I have no idea because it it set to not disturb me over night and there was nothing to see in the morning. Then I had set an alarm for 6.30am, so OH could get up and take my daughter to the station, then the normal alarm went off at 7 am, so I could get Eve up. I had to drag her out of bed this morning, she is always tired when they first go back after the holidays. I had to make sure Son in Law got up and left on time to take the girls to school, not an easy task as he is so ………

I need to go and collect a new sharps bin for Esme now, she has growth hormone injections and gets a new bin every few months. Then I need to go to Tesco for a few bits including some more strong bin bags to pack the rest of the bedding and their towels.

Then I am getting my eyes tested at midday. There are some more boxes to pack, but they have run out of boxes and can’t get anymore until lunchtime when the storage company who have them will be open. At least I can get on with that this afternoon before Esme gets back.

I impressed on SIL that all the packing has to be done tonight because the van is coming at 9 am tomorrow, but it is like water off a ducks back. Last night my daughter made him put the few clothes he has in the bedroom into a box. That would take less than five minutes and that is the sum total of packing he has done :-| :-|

I told him that he would have to pack up all the technology in the study tonight, but no- he announced that he was working tomorrow morning, so he would pack his stuff after that. He grudgingly agreed to pack up my daughters things when I pointed out to him that the large desk they are sitting on has to go in the van. He is totally off his trolley. Poor OH was shattered yesterday because he had to dismantle the large trampoline and even larger play centre all by himself. It has huge wooden poles which had to come out of their fittings, an incredibly difficult job. He had to use a large mallet to move them with me standing on the other end of the pole to try to stop it moving. Luckily OH has gone walking today because he is just about at the end of his tether.

Grr, grr, grr.

It is glorious today, going to be 27 degrees apparently

It is so quiet in the house as Esme is back to school today. :-D

I have spent all morning packing boxes to help my daughter as she is working. I need to go to Tescos this afternoon then do more packing. It all needs to be done by this Erving as my daughter is in London all day tomorrow.

Hi all, another lovely day here. grandson has been helping me clean the windows and as he is tall (over 6ft) he can reach the tops without standing on the steps. He is good at changing light bulbs as well. lol .It's not always easy to do these things as we get older.

Hope your daughter is feeling better Florence and your dad has got the internet back on now.
We had our house phone changed to wifi in July and although it works the same if the wifi goes down we lose our phone even for 999 calls. So we have to make sure our mobiles are charged up just in case. going to be awkward I think for people who do have internet or mobile phones. .

Linda you must be so pleased your daughters house move is on the way although packing up and moving out can be stressful in itself.

Enjoy yourself Ann I hope the weather stays good for you.

Good that your work is getting done Joan , always something to be done though.

Ginnie

I hope your daughter is feeling better today Florence.

It is always good when workmen finally turn up Joan, the new guttering will look very smart, you stop noticing how old things look after a while.

It is so hot here, going to be 27 degrees. Poor Eve has gone off to school in her wooly jumper and black tights. They don’t have a summer uniform, just short sleeved shirts, but they have to be given permission to take their jumper off.

I helped my daughter do lots of packing last night, mainly Esme’s toys and all the art and craft stuff. We are having a sort out as we go along. Tonight we are going to pack up Eve’s bedroom and the study. It is going along all right, at least the house doesn’t have to be emptied like a normal move.

I won’t be treating myself to wine and a meal Florence, I will be back on my diet big time, I need to get back to my target weight, but when they are here, there are all sorts of temptations. On our own, I don’t buy naughty things.

Morning Joan and everyone else looking in.
Its foggy but lifting a bit and the sun I think will put in an appearance once its all cleared....hopefully!

Glad for you finally getting the guttering sorting Joan, what a long wait youve had. At least it will be all sorted before the winter comes.

I had a very stressy day yesterday. Dad's area had no phone, mobile or internet yesterday but he could tel me on his mobile. He was moaning and groaning and I said, regular occurrence here as internet up & down as is the mobile signal and I just have to live with it! He was ranting and raving like it was the end of the world!

In the middle of that daughter is very unwell and was trying to get antibiotics from GP. She waited 4 hours in town for a dr to tel her back before finally they send a script through to a chemist at 3.30!!!

So with dad tel me every 5 minutes to look things up on google and daughter tel me as well, my own head was sore. Daughter was home by 5 and went straight to bed. Her temp was 39!

However the tablets soon got into her system and made her sick. Honestly you cant win can you?

So hoping for a quieter day today.

Linda, hope the packing isnt too stressful and all going smoothly. Once they have moved, treat yourself to a nice meal and a good wine :-D

Not sure what food we shall have today, be a wait & see meal me thinks lol

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A hot tub sounds good Ann.

It has been very hot here today. Eve goes back to school tomorrow and Esme on Wednesday.

It is panic stations here because after all this time, they signed the contract for the house. The solicitor emailed it this afternoon and a neighbour was going to witness it. Then they noticed that it had their London address on it and they don’t own that house anymore. So they had to get that changed. Once it was correct, I ran to the post office to catch the post so it could be guaranteed delivery tomorrow.
They are going to complete on Friday. Amazingly they managed to find a furniture van, so assuming it all goes to plan they are leaving on Friday. Unfortunately my daughter works in London one day a fortnight and it is this Thursday. She leaves about 6 am and gets back at 10pm. There were lots of collapsed cardboard moving boxes in the garage from when they arrived, so she is starting to fill them all. It won’t be disastrous if not everything moves on Friday as long as all the large stuff and double garage worth of boxes go. We can just ferry the small stuff over later

Hello all from Dumfries and G. We seem to have struck lucky so far for our eeeks holiday. It was lovely here today. After a.thick morning mist that didn’t lift until about 10.30, We drove to a little rocky beach called Southerness. We took our coffee and biscuits and found a sear to sit on. We went to look at this beach because it is at the narrowest point of the Solway Firth, from there we could see across to Siloth and Allonby where we were last week. We sat here in the sun for quite a while before driving back to Kippford where we had lunch of fish and chips in the Anchor which was really nice. It was too hot to sit outside in the sun so we went inside. They were very busy but service was excellent. After a wander watching the boats we came back to sit reading on the patio and spend time in the hot tub.

Fog & drizzle here...blooming terrible as i think we are the only corner of the uk without sun :-(

Done another basket of ironing and legs are sore now so sitting for a bit.

Got my bin in thankfully or who knows where it would have flown away to?

names, me dad says its gonna be sweltering down south so he is gonna stay indoors as its too much for him now.

It is beginning to really heat up all the way down here. Could reach 30 over the next couple of days.
But it is much too early to be calling this an Indian Summer. That is very much an autumn thing and we haven’t got there yet.

Hello all,

Beautiful day here, the gardener is cutting the grass opposite our house it is a small green with trees and shrubs and the council gardeners look after it very well . Seems we are having a good end to summer strange how it better weather when the children go back to school,

Done a load of ironing this morning while OH was in the garden sorting out his fish pond he can always find something to do out there. lol.

Hope you have some sunshine Florence.

Ginnie.

Well what a day!!! Blowing a hooley here although grasscutters managed my grass.

Waiting on the bin lorry and I will need to get it quick before it blows away so I have my lightweight jacket at the ready. Its low cloud too and misty so dampish.

We are promised a mini heatwave from tomorrow onwards....will believe it when it arrives :-D :-D

Just housework and usual chores on a Monday here...nothing exciting.

Couple of presents I ordered for daughter's birthday on the 17th arrived so glad for that. Hid them away incase she goes looking....yes even at 26!

Hope those that have the sun are enjoying it and please can you send some better weather over here lol

Stay safe all

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I am sure you are a lovely granny Joan. I just see more of mine because they have been here for two years, not the three months my daughter thought it would be :-S

They had a nice day at the farm, then went to a furniture shop and bought two mattresses. Eve had already chosen a bed on line, but wanted to try the mattress out

It is summer here, hot and sunny. I have just had a good prune of nmy outdoor tomato plants. I have cut lots of the leaves off, to expose the tomato as much as possible.it is going to be very warm all week, so fingers crossed some of them will ripen.

The girls and their parents are out today at a nearby children’s farm. My son bought Esme a family ticket for her birthday, so they are using it before school starts. Eve goes back on Tuesday and Esme on Wednesday.I am looking forward to some quiet days

Afternoon everyone looking in.

What a change in the weather! The storm clouds are gathering and its blowing a hooley. I went out to the bin with a bag and oh my I nearly got blown over it was awful.

I think later tonight we are due a deluge of rain too. However looking forward the weather next week is looking great with high temperatures so summer is not gone yet, just a wee blip today maybe lo

Well I made soup in my newish big black pan. It is a huge pan like a le Crueset one but with handles and was far chepaer! Its tasting good.

Lentils, onions, turnips, my own carrots, plus stockpots and pepper. The carrots were a disappointment but I did get a few small chunky ones. Cant wait to have with some nice bread later for tea.

So glad we got all daughters clothes washed and dried yesterday, just a basket of ironing for tomorrow now lol

I bought some chunky wool. Different shades of cerise pink, orange, flecks of green. Really lovely and soft. Going to knit a scarf and see how it turns out. I'm using 6mm needles but have ordered some 8mm.

Nice to see you posting JG and hope your planters look good when they come.

Linda, good news re the house for your daughter, fingers crossed.

We have a viewing today, so hoping they like it and put an offer in. The market is really slow what with interest rates rising recently.

Having a lazy afternoon as after the work we did in the garden yesterday, my fingers are aching in the joints using the trowel and my hip is aching too with all the bending I did!

Hope everyone is well today :-D

Hello all , weather ok today cloudy but not too chilly and I have been able to put the washing out thankfully. Yesterday I had to dry the towels in the dryer as it decided to rain almost as soon as I put the washer on..

I have ordered 2 xl raised planters for the veg end of the garden, got them at what I think is a good price OH priced up what it would cost to buy the wood etc to make them himself and decided it wasn't much more to get ready made and less work for him.
Linda pleased to hear things are hopefully being sorted for your daughters house move , you will miss them of course but having some time to yourselves will be good as well. They will miss you as well.

Not ready for it to be Autumn yet. lol. This year has flown by, must be getting old . I bet the C/cards and decorations will be on sale soon if not already. Don't bother with halloween except to buy a few sweets for next doors children if they knock the door..

Doing pizza tonight for tea with some salad ,haven't had for ages so quite looking forward to it.

Take care all.
Ginnie

Well, things are looking up. My daughter just had a phone call from the estate agents to say that the land registry have redrawn the map, so that the property border no longer goes right through the middle of the large out building they want to convert to a home office. Hopefully they will be able to complete and exchange quite quickly now. At least the girls have been here for the school holidays. Eve isn’t a problem, but Esme needs to play and that is difficult as they are both working full time. If I wasn’t here to play outside with her and take her out, she would just have to play around them as they work, but that isn’t ideal.

So there is light at the end of the tunnel and we may get our house back soon after two years of them being here. Of course we will miss them dreadfully and I have given up most of the voluntary things I did, somI will have to think of new things to do.

It is cloudy and cold here, there was a lot of rain overnight. The garden plants are starting to fade fast. I have three outdoor tomatoes which have lots of green ones on them, but they haven’t ripened at all. We are supposed to be getting good weather next week, sonI hope that will help

I am with you on the ironing Joan, I never iron sheets, towels etc.I, or rather OH irons shirts, trousers etc, but every else just gets folded and put away

Afternoon all.

We have brilliant sunshine and warm too so a fab day for washing which is just as well as daughter came home last night! 3 loads for the machine in all, one out on the line so far and another nearly ready.

She enjoyed the trip but was very tired as not used to "rushing in the city,"

So all the bags emptied now and things everywhere but getting through putting it all away.

Tesco coming between 2-4 pm and 4 things substituted one of which was my smoked haddock...again! So its gonna be cod instead. Its ok but not as nice as the haddock. My fridge is so empty and the freezer too so it needs restocking.

Linda, oh my. You need a medal! But what will happen when they move? Mum & dad will surely have to look after Esme not you? What did they do when they lived in London? Hope the house move is progressing anyway.

Daughter and I are going outside to deal with all the plants and see which ones are finished and some need a bigger pot etc. Really want to make use of the good weather before Autumn settles in properly.

I was always taught that the 4 seasons were as follows:
Spring 21st Mar
Summer 21st Jun
Autumn 21st Sep
Winter 21Dec

We never thought 1st Sep as the beginning of Autumn??

Joan, I'm sure you are busy too in the garden? Hope your B12 jag went ok.

Well a quick sandwich for lunch then off outside.

Happy sunny afternoon to all looking in.

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