General Chat

That's not very nice is it Mel. :-D :-D :-D Just the sort of thing I wouls say. But it wouldn't be taking as a joke with Ros.

Glad you are at last seeing the doc.

Have tried out the new steps. Cleaned all the windows and frames, I can now reach the gutter, so thats had a wipe too. Quite high up there, but a least I can hang on the the top of the steps. !!!!

Ros poped into Tesc#'s this morning, and left the whites wash on. When it finished I put it on the line. She won't let me do it when she's around. SAYS I DON'T HANG IT OUT PROPERLY. You can only peg it out, after all said and done !!!!

Have beed sitting on my bed/chair reading this morning, nice and comfy. with plenty of bum space.

No-one hangs the washing out properly here except for me Frank.I always have to go and peg things the way I do it lol.So I am with Ros on this one.
I have a line full now and it is coming over a bit black so i better nip out and get it in quick.

Sorry frank I have my own way of hanging washing out as well...Have to give it a shake before hand..lol

I did manage to get my bits dry before I headed off to school..(Lunch time)

All the girls came up from their jnr schools to look around this big senior school...They also had dinner as well...So was extra busy..

Frank...I do have alarge sheet of polythene I may have to do that..My other half is in from work at four..I had just text him to see if they have given him a starting date yet...They should have rung him back yesterday,,so he will be on the phone straight away...

Some dark clouds have been appearing. but are passing now...Do I read my book for 20 mins or start to prepare dinner..Are having a curry tonight... A Medium one...my OH would like it hotter but not me lol

Catch you later

Oh my Sheila, your posts are a laugh a minute. I bet you wonder what Beryl and Donnie will do next when they visit. You should be taking it easier though, get someone else to cook dinner, you never mentioned your OH does he stay out the way when Beryl is there ........

Just got a letter from my surgery, they are doing a preventing heart & circulation diseases so I'm going for a health check, can only be a good thing, hopefully all is normal but you never know.

Afternoon All,

Quite muggy here but sunny. Sheila I can just picture the 2 newlyweds and Beryl losing her top.........just like in the carry on film!! lol I went to the concert to see Andre Rieu at the end of April. It was superb and we got a really close view of him as he walked past us with the orchestra to get to the stage. He looks so smart in his tailcoat......gives me goosebumps!! Such a charming man too.

Glad you are off to the docs Mel. I have to put up with quips like that all the time. lol I had a tax letter this morning and my tax will go up (I knew it would do!) and I happened to jokingly say to OH I would have to look for a clerking job too at this rate. He said he knew just the job for me.........a life model for art class!! lol Then he added, they would need to bring a lot of pencils!!!!!!.........and TINS of Du*ux paint!!! He has such a cheeky grin and can hardly say it for laughing so I can't help but laugh myself!!

Frank I think you get more done in a day than we do in a week! I'm not sure about those higher steps you have......hope they are very stable.

We fetched the water butt this morning and the bits for the pipe to it. We got some concrete blocks to stand it on and OH is out there fixing it up he says. It needs a new tap fixing on first, one that the hose will clip to so he will be crawling inside to do that I bet there are a few naughty words!! OOps.....I just got called......he thinks he will get stuck in the water butt and wants me there in case!! I asked him if that had shrunk as well like he says his clothes have!! lol

Well the opening in the new butt WAS quite narrow and he nearly got his shoulders stuck, but it is all done now and in place with piping to it. Oh has gone all hot and bothered and is sitting watching tv.

That sounds a good thing your surgery are doing Maureen. Worth going as you say.

Yes Sheila,I have to say I had a good chuckle picturing Beryl and Donnie sunbathing and then her losing her top lol,and the mind boggles about Donnies metal jangling bits !!
It sounds as though Jessica is happier again now.She had a such a rough time,and it would be nice to think that things will work out with Ryan,and young April would have a new Daddy.
And Michelle too with Moshen.Time will tell .Maybe once he has given a kidney to his Mum and has recovered from that ,they will be able to sort things out.

I think I have just got a photo of the Heron ,but his head was hidden in an upper branch.I will stick it on the pooter and if it's any good I'll pass it on.

You did well to get that shot Jane. They are usually quite shy and are OFF at the sight of a camera lens. There must be fish nearby!!

Evening everyone,

Another nice day here ,hope its fine tomorrow for the show , just heard a rumble of thunder !!

Sheila, i would love to see a photo of Beryl and Donnie , what a pair they are , must be a laugh a minute with those two LOL
I don't know if i should even ask where Donnie's Jangly metal bits are !!!!LOL

Cheeky OH Ann , you should have shoved him in the water butt and put the lid on and rolled him round the garden !!! LOL
Hubby did our new water butt the other day and after the storm its full already !!!

Frank, i always like to hang the washing out ,hubby never does it right !! i was always told what you wear on your top you peg by the bottom ,and what you wear on your bottom half you peg by the top .

Good photo Jane, what a sight it must be when he takes flight .
Hope Mel got on ok at the doctors

Ann ,it's next doors little lake that attracting the Heron.I don't know what fish are in it but I know there used to be Koi Carp.
Hannah and James have gone of for a brotherly and sisterly game of Badminton ,and then a bit later we are all going to have a nice meal together with a bottle of Bubbly to celebrate James's degree and to say tatty bye to Hannah for 2 months.At 7.30 one of Hannah's friends is coming to pick a few bits of her furniture.That will give us a tiny bit more space back in the garage :-D :-D
It is a lovely evening here and not a breath of wind.

Thanks for the pics Jane and Maureen.

Been to the docs and she said I just have to live withit for about 4 weeks. She thinks I have upset the muscle round the spin bones and the ribs which is why the pain travels round my ribs. Would'nt give me antibiotics as I had had the cold two weeks. If you go and say you have a nasty chesty cold at about 7 days they say see if you still have it in ten days time. It seems they have an answer for everything!! :-( I must'nt lift anything heavey and don't do any strenuous ? gardening. she knows how big our garden is!!

OH out ringing again and I have to water the tunnel.

Mel, It sounds like you have got what I had. A strain between the Sturnam and rib cage. Jane will know what it is. she can explain it better than me.

I have been in the WARS tonight. While cooking, I lifted a lid of the boiling potato's and it splashed over the back of my hand by my thumb. I now have eight little blisters coming up. Then when cutting the LAMb (yes Jane Lamb again) the carving knife slipped and went through the tip of my index finger on my right hand. Now have that wrapped in kitchen towel, secured with a rubber band. I bleed like a stuck Pig. Due to the blood thiners I am on. It's throbbing like mad now. Must take the band off in case I stop the blood circulation.

Been and done the watering this evening, the greenhouse was as dry as a bone, and the pots and tubs on the patio.

Oh, I forgot this morning I cut my toenails and cut through the skin, had to wrap a handkerchief round it, then put my slipper back on to keep it in place. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Ralph's sounding a bit more cheer ful,but he's not well.

The bottom of his right lower leg is swollen and coloured purple.

He has a catheta in which he says is leaking?

The doctor has drawn a dotted line around it so that they can tell if it is getting larger.

Well, what a sight you must look Frank!! Everything wrapped up like that. Don't whatever you do attempt to mow the lawn.......else you may be like that unlucky chap who chopped his toe off. The worst bit was it flew up and hit him in the eye!!

Mel, it always makes me chuckle when you arrive at the docs hardly able to move and they say don't do anything strenuous! lol Does it hurt with breathing too? I suppose if you try to do much it will take longer to get better. Next time you will know to say 10 days not 7!

I used to love Badminton and played 4 times a week at one time.......I think I may still have one tiny-waisted, white skirt in the loft somewhere......might go around one leg now. I still have my racket and some shuttles we use in the garden when it's still enough. Sounds like a pleasant evening Jane.

Mel, you make sure you don't do to much now !! did she give you anything for the pain ?

Jane, have a nice meal , did you mean you were all going out for a meal , or just having a meal at home ?

Frank, what are you like :-S three things in one day !! you should buy plaster by the yard !!!

David glad to hear your brothers a bit more cheerful, must be a worry for you.

Hope Fiona's ok ,we haven't heard from her today have we ?

Off for a shower then into bed , will be a long day tomorrow with lots of walking .
Night Night xx

Flipping Heck Frank.You must look like a Mummy with all your wrappings lol
don't you dare touch a knife or anything sharp tomorrow !!!What are you like?????
David I hope the purple skin doesn't reach the marker.Not a good sign.
As for his leaky catheter ,it might need flushing out to clear any clogging up muck.Is Ralph Diabetic?
Mandy ,we ate in .It was lovely with the 4 of us (just for a change ) lol.Raised a glass (or 2).I feel a little squiffy now :-S :-S I think my bed is calling me.I think I had better go and answer it lol

Morning all,

Started sunny but now it is cloudy and the sky is quite grey. Am sitting here in the corner of the kitchen diner and cold round my back so am going to shut the back door. Back painful when I sit down or when I get up this morning.

David so sorry to hear that Ralph is unwell again. I do hope they get him sorted quickly.

Hi All

When hubby got home from work and checked his emails there was one from the building firm...giving us a quote for the extra work...

We are having anew ceiling put up in bathroom...the quote for that all tho dear we will accept...They also want to charge £50 Plus vat to paint this...

We can paint this ourselves thank you...


We were told because the toilet and basin has to come out anyway to do the tiling there will be no charge to fit the new one.

But they want to charge us £300 plus vat for .. labour to take the bath out
and fit new one and ta\ke old one away £360 incudes the vat
Hubby was trying to keep his cool when he then rang up....
WE were told aprice by the builder must have been in under manager who came round on friday...THe person who has given us these prices now is the owner of the building firm

THe first man told us to have the bath etc and everything ready incase they start next week,,,,This is arriving to morrow,,

Hubby says at this rate he will take bath out and refit..if we dont get a decent price.. he put the bathroom in in the first place...the first day we were to have plumbers plasters and elecricains in as they were doing bathroom and kitchen at same time....plus the man who came out on friday.

At the , moment Im trying to keep calm....but I think I will go and take my frustration out on the garden before I go into school to be greated by about 900 hormoneal girls lol

Frank, try putting honey on your scalds and cuts. It works a treat particularly for burns and scalds, need to put it onto lint, then onto the wound and a plaster, else you get VERY sticky!!! David, did you say your brother has got Osteomyalitis? I had that when I was a baby in 1943! very touch and go then but these days easily cured with antibiotics. I would also suggest that his catheter needs attention, it shouldn't be leaking, and could be partially blocked. What with that and other ailments it must be very worrying for you, and horrid for him. I do hope he will feel better soon. Sorry to hear about your back Mel, mine is still painful from when I fell over in February, it aches a lot and feels kind of creaky and compressed! some days better than others! Jane I haven't congratulated your boy on his degree, a brilliant result, well done!

How are the boys (Merlin and Ian) Liz??

Still waiting for the foot lady to arrive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-(

Supposed to be here at 10am and I was up early and ready and waiting. Don't think she is going to turn up.

Where's Jane this morning??

I did have a bit of trouble getting on here first thing but got in via a pm. Then got in ok the usual way.