General Chat

It is good news that your leg is going down Florence, I hope that trend continues.

The snow has been melting quickly so most of the garden is clear, there is just some thick ice left on the decking.

OH went to his Old Mans talking Club this morning, I have no idea of the official title. but they have weekly talks on topics of interest .I forgot to ask him to get the car out of the garage before he went and as I wanted to go to Aldi, I had to get it out myself. For the first six months or so when we were here we left the car out because the garage was full of building material . Once everything was done and the winter was approaching, we started to put the car away. It is a double garage but as it is slightly offset to the drive, we have to put the car into the right hand side. That means that the divers door is against the wall and there isn’t much room to get the door open to get in and out. It would be better if we could put the car in the left hand side of the garage, that way the drivers door would open into the middle, so there would be no problem getting out. He tried that once, but was very worried about scraping the car on the main house wall when he backed out, so we use the other side now. The garage doors are also really narrow, so he folds the wing mirrors in as the first time he got the car out, he scratched the wing mirrors on the door edge.
I don’t know why he always gets the car out and puts it away, but it suits me fine as that is once less job for me to do. Anyway I managed to back it out without causing any damage.
We never had this problem in the last house as we had a massive double garage because the way the house builder had designed the garage, it turned out that they couldn’t get the cars in, so they had to alter things and we ended up with a huge garage with nice wide doors.

Afternoon everyone looking in.

Well it is bright & sunny but the wind is strong and oh soooo cold. I stuck my head out the front door just to see and oh my, i quickly snuck back in. I had some more carboard for the bin but far too cold so it can stay by the back door until its better outside.

Just waiting on the nurse to come and look at my leg for a check up. Amazingly the fluid has gone down so will be interesting to compare the measurements from the first time she came back in October.

Linda, hope you snow melts quickly so you can get back to normal.

Stay safe all and keep warm

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Sounds like rather a nice area to live in better weather Linda. Hope all is clear when you go to your meeting tonight.

It was nice to get out for the day Ann. I was looking in the Tog 24 shop because I had seen a couple of fleeces in the online sale which I liked the look of, but they didn’t have them in the outlet shop. I tried a couple of things on, so I knew the correct size, then ordered them online last night.
It was warmer last night, so some of the snow has melted, but our garden is still well covered, especially in the back. Tonight is going to be even warmer, so hopefully it will melt because after that it says we are going back to zero overnight.
This evening is the monthly history society talk which I go to with my daughter, so I hope the school grounds are free from snow. We live on the top of an area of land which is a large promontory with steep cliffs on two sides. It is very obvious in the landscape from a long distance away. That is probably why, it is so cold here and it seems to be a windy place. The local junior school was one of the last ones to reopen because the roads and pavements were so dangerous.

Linda good to get out for a good look round the shops and sounds as if you and your OH got a few things. Strange how the snow seems to have been contained in certain areas. Even here, part of Gloucestershire had snow and others didn't (and not just the usual high Cotswolds. We were very lucky although did get very hard frosts. Fine here this morning though 5 degrees.

It is four degrees here, but we still have all of the snow. The icy edges are beginning to look wet and the snow on the roof is starting to melt, but it will probably take a couple of days to clear everything.
We decided to have a day out to a designer outlet village at York. There was noticeably less snow as we got away from this area. OH managed to buy a new coat, so he was happy. I wanted a couple of thick fleece tops , but couldn’t find anything I liked. I did buy a pale blue knee length cardigan from the Marks outlet , not for this time of the year though. I also bought a knee length button up fleece which is more like a dress, so that will be cosy with some thick tights
It was very cold in the house when we got back as the heating switches itself off when it senses that both our mobiles are out and no one is walking about in front of the sensor. It saves money which is good, but I forgot to switch it back on before we got home. It was just coming on as we arrived because it could sense the mobiles. It should soon warm up though

Morning all
Wild wet & very windy!! Back to our usual here.

The rain has got rid of any snow now and its def warmer. Yes Ann, hope Spring is on its way!

Off to tackle the huge basket of ironing that's waiting patiently for me lol

Hope everyone looking in is well and warm today :-D

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It is five degrees here and a weak sun so positively tropical. Can't see any wind either, the frost had all gone yesterday so maybe a taste of looking forward to spring.

I hope that you are all warmer than we are. It was supposed to creep above zero today, but I don’t think it has. It is due to be minus three overnight, so not as cold as it has been. It is now foggy, so that isn’t good. Tomorrow it is forecast to reach the dizzying temperature of five degrees. I hope that it does so that the ice can start to thaw.
We haven’t been out again, so OH was looking for jobs to do. He decided to move a couple of rails up in his wardrobe, so he can store some shoes in the bottom. The previous people were quite short, so the rails were low. As we are much taller, we can have them higher. After he did his, I asked him to do mine. As it meant taking all the clothes out, I have sorted out a bag for the charity shop before I hung them up again. The clothes in the wardrobes where we have a second tier hang better now the rails are higher

It is due to be minus five here overnight. The temperature is dropping really quickly now it is getting dark. All the curtains are closed, so the house should be nice and warm.
I managed to find some fairly recent baptisms this afternoon for OH’s mother and her siblings. They must have been added to Ancestry fairly recently, so that was time well spent this afternoon.

The sun is setting now, but has been shining nearly all day, after a frosty start.
We have had no snow at all this winter.

It was a lovely afternoon looking out from indoors ;-)

I do believe the afternoons are already looking lighter for longer :-D

Yep sun has gone so heating on now and the wind is picking up once again...

Been lovely up to now. Bright blue sky and sunshine. But now the sun has gone and the temperature is falling rapidly. It wasn’t warm and the frost on the grass and shrubs is still there. Not due to be so cold tonight.

-2 now and misty sun has disappeared.

Afternoon all
A bright sunny day here but the brisk NE wind means it is very very cold outside. No snow here but there was a lot more in town on Thursday. Daughter went off to town today so i shall hear what it was like later.

I managed out to the recycling bin with a load of broken down boxes and was good to get some fresh air for a few minutes but I didn't hang about brrr. It is good to see the sun though even if there isn't heat as it brightens up the the surrounds etc.

Plenty jobs to do indoors today to keep me busy and a baby's blanket to finish off later.

Well better see to the laundry as the wash has finished and so to tumble it.

ironing can wait until tomorrow!

Hope everyone is safe and keeping warm

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It was -5 earlier but has gone up to -1. Lovely sunshine and pale blue sky so looks nice out, but I am staying in the warm. :-)

The thaw has set in here, thank goodness - so far.

First thing this morning, every twig on every tree and bush still bore the snow which fell on Tuesday evening.
Little bits have gradually melted or fallen off during the morning, and now many are snow-free.

The ground (except on the roads, which are clear) is still covered with snow, but less densely than it was.

On the other hand, milder weather will mean rain instead of sunshine and blue sky.
We're never happy!

No change here, it is still minus one and everywhere is covered in frozen ice and snow. I think that I have tidied everything I can, so am getting bored now. I can’t wait for it to thaw so I can get out for a walk.
I have been looking at the family tree again, so will probably do that again this afternoon to fill the time in.

Another reason to not wear jeans when hiking or walking is that, if they get wet, they don't dry quickly.

Pleased that you managed all that without slipping over Linda. We used to go to a department store in workington (and also have been to the one in Whitehaven) for morning coffee or lunch. It was really nice but the workington one has closed. It was Dixons.

The weather here is still the same, sunny, but absolutely freezing. Originally, it was supposed to thaw by now, but that has gone back until Sunday or Monday. We decided to go to the super market today instead of tomorrow. That was fine apart from the car park being icy. Then we decided to go for lunch in our favourite cafe on the nearby retail park, it is part of a posh furniture shop, the food is not the standard cafe fayre, so is always very nice. We had parked at the far side of the retail park as OH wanted to look in TK Maxx. We walked over but the last part was icy, so once we had finished lunch OH went for the car while I waited outside the shop. It was so cold , I was wearing jeans and in just a few minutes, my legs were incredibly cold . It just showed why you shouldn’t wear jeans when you are hiking