General Chat

Yes best to match your phone which mine does. I actually thought it would be good in a power cut.

Good idea to keep doing all the small jobs too, besides keeping you occupied it gets them out of the way.
Do you think this will encourage G to cut back a bit on all his jobs? To ease the stress?

Vera I do dislike talks that are read out verbatim. I start to lose interest and just wish they would come to the end of the page. It gives the impression that their knowledge of the subject isn't that good.
Nice to have a 'do' to look forward to in a couple of months.

Lunch was very nice today 13 of us on a long table and very pleasant. It was in a local pub restaurant which was very busy. The interesting thing is that they have a menagerie of animals in the grounds. All in separate enclosures. A large pig, a goat two pigmy goats, a lot of ducks and chickens and a couple of rabbits. and a lot of fish. good for the children to see in the summer.

That certainlky was a lovely present of the owls and to be able to have them on her hand must have been wonderful. I did see the barn owl the other day at just dusk hunting over the back field and you just have to stand and watch it till its out of sight.

I have had the fridge out this afternoon as I hav'nt done it since well before Christmas. Lots of thing went in the bin and I now have room in there!! even in the salad drawer.

I am pleased you bought a power pack as I find mine very handy to have just incase. Give G my regards when you next speak to him please. Been thinking of him today being in hospital and having nothing much to do. I wonder if he has had the library round? or maybe they don't do that now with all the infections that are about nowadays.

Vera something nice to look forward to the little do for your friends wedding anniverary. What was on the menu? we used to get menu's for the bell ringing dinners and they were always nice.

I have sent another parcel by the poostman for collection tomorrow but it came up a bit different today and it said I hadtwo items when I was only sending one. I shall have to see if the postman turns up withthe label and if not I shall have to try again or go to the van on Thurday as I canceled one and am hping I have done it right. Iv'e not had a problem before.

Well I am saying night night now and hope you all sleep well tonight.

Good morning all 1 degree here and very dark. slept well. Chiropodist today, it is all go here.
Nothing else going on. probably catch the bus into town at 1010. BBL

Morning All,

There's a mist over the field at the back and 2 degrees here. I slept a bit better but visits to the white friend followed by the time I went to bed and this morning, due to being worried and the shock I expect, as waves of what happened keep coming over me. I'm thinking we won't be able to stay here much longer as we have so much clutter that still needs clearing and the garden is going to pot and I can't manage it all now. Perhaps I'll feel a bit better in a day or two. Sorry to sound such a misery.

Yes I'm glad I'm getting one now Mel and it should arrive today. I'll pass your regards on when he phones and the good wishes from you all. He didn't want any money while he's there and I doubt the library has any books that would interest him, even if there was one. I thought about taking some of his own but he'd fret they might get taken by someone and I don't know which he's read anyway. I might clean my fridge today while it is nearly empty and it hasn't been done since before Christmas as well.

I never thought about power cuts Anng so that makes a power bank even more handy. He's already said to me he's going to have a complete change of lifestyle, was going to cut back as contracts run out this year anyway, so I hope so. The place you had your meal yesterday sounded nice with the menagerie that children would love.

Morning girls,

Misty moisty morning here but bright so I think the sun may burn the mist away. Its 2 degrees and pc is telling me to expect rain showers by Sunday.

Ann the power pack is good if you camera battery runs out you can put it on charge if you're out and about. I'm glad I am not the only one whoi had'nt cleaned the fridgeout since before Christmas its something I forget about! and the other thing you need to get is one of those chairs to walk with like oh had and I have one too. I can walk much better with the chair like going round the supermarkets I can always walk better pushing the trolly. Mum was the same but she wouild'nt have a chair.

Stu messaged me last night at 11.23pm to say he has a friend coming to have his carbs tuned tonight so he won't be able to come to me but I can go there and he will do something quick. I have the postman coming for the parcel today and I need to go and get deisel in the car so I think I will forget it and see if he will come tomorrow.

My bruise from my blood test has just turned yellow now. It was very black and very wide this time and the nurse is usually so good you hardly have a mark.

Love and wishes as always to G when you speak.

Ann when you start second guessing what is going to happen in the future is when it affects your stomach. At least it does with me. But you are leaping ahead aren't you with your worries. I am sure when G comes home he will have been told what to expect in the future and you will hopefully be surprised. You can always find a gardener or a person who will do what you want then to in the garden. Try not to let your imagination run away with you. (I am sure I remember the ladies on here saying similar to me 4 years ago. It will be good if he does cut back so you can slend more time together. :-)

Mel, sounds as if you have too much on at the moment to worry about feeding Stu. He has no problem with changing the arrangements around so I would do what you need to do and leave it for this week.

It was cold in town this morning and I didn't buy anything except a small toblerone in the pound shop and a book in a charity shop. I couldn't believe my eyes in the charity shop there was a woman in front of me who had bought 10 carrier bags full of stuff, and just as I thought she was going to pay she would say, 'oh I have spotted something else'. And it was mostly china and glass. I reckon she has a market stall somewhere. She spent about £150. Good for the hospice charity anyway.

iV'E MESSAGED sTU TO SEE IF HE WILL COME TO ME TOMORROW. Sorry did'nt mean to shout I had been doing pictures.

Suns still out here and its 7 degrees and pc says cloudy.

Thank you AnnG and you are right of course about my mind running on and second guessing. It won't help my tummy. As you say we could sort someone to come and do our small garden. I remember when we moved here, there were 2 ladies in the close who had help with the garden.

Fancy that woman buying so much! She might do car boot sales as well. The more they sell the better to help the Charity though.

I've spoken to OH and a nurse, who brought me up to date, and he has had a shower this morning so is out of bed now. He might be home on Friday once they are confident of his med doses. She said that in 3 months they will assess whether he will need a defibrillator fitted.

I went to update the neighbour who called round before and he said he was coming over when his wife came back from popping to another neighbour up the close who had had a stroke! They'd bought us both a lovely Peace Lily plant which was kind. His wife popped over after she got back. Their son, who is in his 40s now had a stroke at age 21.

I've had some soup and a glass of milk but may do the fridge tomorrow. I've just had a wrestle to get the top off some bleach, those caps with the pinch sides. I ended up crushing it against the worktop between the handles of the tin opener.

That sounds a better idea Mel, then you can manage to do it all.

Thank you AnnG and you are right of course about my mind running on and second guessing. It won't help my tummy. As you say we could sort someone to come and do our small garden. I remember when we moved here, there were 2 ladies in the close who had help with the garden.

Fancy that woman buying so much! She might do car boot sales as well. The more they sell the better to help the Charity though.

I've spoken to OH and a nurse, who brought me up to date, and he has had a shower this morning so is out of bed now. He might be home on Friday once they are confident of his med doses. She said that in 3 months they will assess whether he will need a defibrillator fitted.

I went to update the neighbour who called round before and he said he was coming over when his wife came back from popping to another neighbour up the close who had had a stroke! They'd bought us both a lovely Peace Lily plant which was kind. His wife popped over after she got back. Their son, who is in his 40s now had a stroke at age 21.

I've had some soup and a glass of milk but may do the fridge tomorrow. I've just had a wrestle to get the top off some bleach, those caps with the pinch sides. I ended up crushing it against the worktop between the handles of the tin opener.

That sounds a better idea Mel, then you can manage to do it all.

Ann, you’re not a misery; you have things on your mind and better to talk about them to us than bottle them up. However, as AnnG says, try not to let your imagination run away with you. Things are rarely as bad as we think they are going to be and you’ll be surprised how well you will both adapt to any necessary changes. Sending you a gentle (((((hug))))) <3

We are having some problems with getting the programmes we want on this new TV. Last night OH got into Netflix and watched a film. When I wanted to watch the lunchtime news I couldn’t get out of Netflix so OH had a go. He seemed to be flicking backwards and forwards on 3 different remotes without achieving anything so we gave up and watched the news on my iPad. Daughter will come up again after the funeral and go through everything with us.

I don’t know what is the matter with me lately but I just cannot sleep. I’m a comfortable temperature, I’m not worrying about anything and, apart from a few twinges, I’m not in pain so I should sleep like a log so why don’t I? Last night I slept from about 11.30 to 12.30, then I was awake till 6 am when I slept till 8 am. I’m still managing to get through jobs I need to do but I now have a permanent bad headache, though not a migraine thank goodness.

Just had a text from one of our granddaughters. She and her boyfriend want to come and see us in a couple of weeks and will stay the night so that’s something to look forward to. They live in Manchester and we haven’t seen her for about a year though she texts from time to time. I’ll have a headache after that visit as she never stops talking ;-)

I’d better get my pork casserole in the oven. I meant to put it in the slow cooker early this morning but I forgot to take the meat out of the freezer.

EDIT. Sorry Annx. I missed you there. I was probably typing when you posted.

Those tops on the bleach do vary. Sometimes I can get them off ok and sometimes I can't. I take a big breath in and hold it and go for it with all my strength and it works most times. Can't ever do it with my left hand. I must admit to not always screwing it on tight but I worry I may drop it onthe carpet and it will leak. I have even used wide neck plyers!!!

Did a little bit of scraping in the garden today but not a lot but every bit helps I just wish it would stay clear for longer than it does.

The birds have been feeding like crazy today and now I have Jenny Wren coming to my feet for mealworms as well as Robby. I can't grow them quick enough.

Sorry you have a headache Vera and hope you manage to sleep a bit better tonight. Have you ever tried the talking books? I used to get them for mum and they made her sleep well.

Just made the chicken curry so I may save it for tomorrow if Stu comes and if not I shall have it myself and put half in the freezer.

Thank you Vera, it's hard to take one step at a time at the moment, but it does help to be able to talk to my friends on here.

It's a shame you are having a problem sleeping and have a headache. I hope your body needs to catch up now and you will have a better night tonight. Nuisance about the tv channel seeming to be stuck. I did a quick google and the easiest thing to try was switching the set off and unplugging it for a while which you may have tried. The other suggestions looked more complicated for me, but your daughter knows the tv so will probably know what to do when she comes. The visit from your granddaughter and boyfriend is something to look forward to like you say.

Good idea to do the curry Mel, so you can freeze half if you need to.

I have saved the curry and just had soup tonight . It was my homemade with lots of veg in so it filled me up and its all gone now.

I was going to say to turn the tv off for a while and then plug it all in again. I don't understand why they have three controlers unles its like my old telly in the bedroom which I can't work at all but that has a freeview box with it and two handsets.

I am going to watch Granchester after its finished on ITV does anyone else watch it?

I record it and watch it so I can skip the adverts.

good morning all 4 degrees and still quite dark at 0800. Hopefully later today going with friend to small local garden centre where they already have their large selection of seed potatoes in. supposed to be very windy in our area but not sure actually when. I know tomorrow is supposed to be bad but here it also said very windy today.

Morning all,

Rained here last night and had stopped by the tiume I went to bed but is raining this morning and its a bit windy with it.It also very dark and dingy pc is telling me it feels colder and its 8 degrees but feels like -4 with heavier rain soon.

Thin I will go back to bed!! as there's nothing to look forward to today.

So how duid you all sleep last night? Hope Vera got some well earn zzzz's in and everyone else.

Don't think we hard from Mandy yesterday hope she was just busy.

patchy sleep last night Mel but not too bad. raining here now and wind is up a bit. all of the south is under warnings of tornadoes. Can't say I am thrilled by that thought. Supposed to be going out at 11.15ish. :-(

Morning All,

It's pouring with rain here but the trees aren't blowing around yet, but I aught to push the bins a bit further round the corner in case they blow down when the wind arrives. I hope it stays dry for your trip to the garden centre AnnG. It sounds like you might be looking for some seed potatoes to grow this year.

OH phoned early today and said they gave him morphine for his back pain and he had to sleep in a chair last night. The beds are harder in the ward. When he had his shower yesterday he said he was black and blue. He's been able to phone a few people now and he's already planning which schools to give up which is good. Bless him he's concerned about effect on me and said to see the doctor if I need to, but I slept a bit better till 4.00am last night. I told him that you had all been very helpful and supportive as well as the neighbour.

Your soup sounds ideal Mel. Is it just veg or do you add any meat at all? I'm defrosting some turkey to have on sandwiches with salad later. I don't blame getting back in bed on a morning like this.

I was wondering if Mandy was ok too.

Its so dark here I need the lights on.

Have you heard anything from oh today Annx?

Hailstones now.