General Chat

Fiona...It seems you have work going on in your house too...I will look forward to watching that programme.

Jane...we have seed hangers at the bottom of the garden and have seen 3 robins in one go as well as other birds..my husband takes the photos

Frank...when we first got our tv I must of been about 10 and the firdt programe I remember seeing was Mr Pastry ..

Mandy..I did enjoy my bath even though I had a polythene covering down the side of the tiles above the bath...left by the painters ...ready for when they do the walls...
Mandy I hope you enjoyed your meal tonight.

Mel...hubby treated us to a take away (curry ) tonight..we usually only have one when we go to see our youngest son...Tomorrow he is calling in for a little while while on route to Skegness for his hols,,He lices in dover...

Liz.....I remember Muffin the Mule and Sooty...then my own children watched with Harry Corberts son being the puppet handler..

Frank Im glad Ross is eating tiny amounts now...I hope they find out whats wrong with her soon..I used to sing a rhyme about ....Old Mother Reily had afright in the middle of the night saw a ghost eating toast half way up a lamp post.

Mel...One of my lences fell out of my reading glasses while on holiday and I had to wait for 2 days before I got a screw put back in...I like reading on holiday.....I use an old toothbrush for getting in awkward corners when cleaning..I have been cleaning the house as the decorating goes along..but I suppose the dust will still keep falling..My net curtains are waiting to be cleaned when everything is done...


Ann,,, I have to stand up over the sink when Im at the hairdressers otherwise my neck hurts to much.. Im lucky I have the same skin type as my dad,,I just tan easier...Mind you I had abit of a tan before heading to Majorca..

Kim ..Glad you enjoyed the photo.. Will are off to Weston Super Mare in Somerset which is down south here for 4 nights in 2 weeks time..so I hope everything is finished then this end.. I have to wear old glasses when using the PC.lol

David,,,I had a hosp app on wed my dentist wanted a second opinion on one of my teath,,\it has to come out..The root is spiltting in two..

Apologese sp if I have missed anyone out...Just had to sit down and read all the comments and try to reply..

Ihave been up since 5 today,,,Just cant sleep properly at night...
Dont even feel tired now must have gone past it.

But I will say goodnight and catch you all tomorrow..

:-D

Morning Everyone,
Stomach not so good this morning so I didn't go to church, having an easy day. OH still cleaning after workmen, the dust and soot gets every where.it's frustrating me because I can see the dust and have to keep asking OH to bend down and clean, bending makes me feel sick ,

David hope your kitchen goes to plan,I have been sitting this morning with some kitchen magazines and looking at all the different units etc that is a job for us next spring, now we have the boiler and radiators done we plan to renew the old back porch (this year) and are thinking of exstending the back of our house to make the kitchen and dining room a little bigger, then we will be looking at putting a new kitchen in.

Morning Fiona and All,

It rained cats and dogs last night before I went to bed. Suns out now but everything outside is drenched. OH up caravan and has got the water back on up there and has just come and asked me for the old vax in sucksion mode?? I wonder what he has done?? :-(

Ann I have on eo f those little half inch paintbrushes that reaches under the shower doors i keep for when I have to have a good cleanup. I don't use the usual cleaners as you know I am elergic to perfumes and smells. They nie on kill me. I just use ciff lemon and washingup liquid for the doors on one of those green and yellow scoury sponges.

OH just came in and he turned the vax on and it still had the hoover bag in it. He has thrown evrything out the window!! he says. I did'nt check to see if the bag was still in it!! but it had the pipe on so I thought it was in water mode!!!!!!!!! got told off as caravan door was open last night in all that rain but i did't leave it open that I know of..........

Off now to finish bathroom and then start on the kitchen. May be back later as he told me to turn pooter off and focus on what had to be done :-P

Morning Fiona and everyone,

Sorry you're feeling so unwell today. It is frustrating to have dust everywhere. I can remember when they did the kitchen - it went on for months. We were all wearing masks for ages. Take care and rest as best you can.

Raining and cooler here today. Great while it lasted, garden getting a good soak. Sold our hallway table for $60, a bargain for the buyer who came and picked it up this morning. Keith has listed my tops - never been worn and our nest of tables is attracting some interest. About 10 books there now and heaps more to list. Will put the money towards Joel's 21st. Really enjoying this now.

Pat I have visited Weston Super Mare on my trip to England in the 80s. Good that you could take a bath at last. When do you go away??

I've just been pottering today and helping Keith with the e-Bay and catching up with emails. Joel had a good time with the band last night, although it was just observing and learning. He was able to advise with their sound and has been invited to attend rehearsals in a few weeks, so things look promising.

I hope everyone has a good day when they are up and about.

Cheers for now. 8.17 pm EST

Sorry Mel, good morning. Did not see your post until I submitted mine. :-)

Morning Fiona and Mel... and all......my OH has fitted the shelf in under the sink for me...Had to be cut around the pipes..so now I can put all my cleaning things back,,I have washed two plastic baskets ready to put some of the things in.

Treated my self to some new mugs..washed the other things that have been wrapped up while all the work has been going on.
Mel
He usually says the same to me when we are off somewhere as I have a last look on the 'pooter'

Fiona I hope you feel better soon...We dust and more dust appears with all this work..I have dry eyes and have been using my spray more..

Kim good evening to you... your post appeared as I was typing mine..We are away again in 2 weeks time so hopefully we will be straight by then..

Ann I think you can get "Sweet William" chocolate over here sugar-free. Just a matter of who stocks it. I could get by if I had something like that, lol

Afternoon everyone
All these kitchens being done.Mine needs desperately to be decorated.I have wall paper coming away from the bottom and it looks dreadful.

Fiona I hope your Tum settles for you.It must be so unpleasant for you.

Pat I don't know how you are managing to cope with all the things that have not gone right.It just seems to go on doesn't it.Great that you have a little trip away soon.Something to look forward to.

Mel It must have been the wind that blew the caravan door open !!!!!.I hope you manage to get it all dried out.

Kim you are having more luck than me on eB**.I think maybe smaller things are easier to get rid of.
It have been such a lovely morning bright and sunny and breezy.Not sure I like the look of whats up there now.Some rather dark clouds !!!!!

Off to Drs tomorrow Jane, tell her that I'm not happy because I'm lose
ing weight and that we want to go private for an endiscope and not wait till September for an appointment, fed up with having to be on a bland diet all the time and scared to eat certain foods cos I can't take med for the discomfort.

Ann I am looking forward to Allan Carr on WDYTYA.He is from Northampton.
Have we heard from Frank yet on how the festival is going?
There is a Music Festival down in Cranford today,with all sorts going on.I don't think they have held one before.Hopefully these clouds will blow over.I think it may be in the fields belonging to Cranford Hall.Could be a bit messy though as there have been Sheep there for months :-S :-S

I bet Liz is busy packing!!! as David is finishing unpacking lol
My Sister is still up to high doe after moving.Every time I speak to her she has a paintbrush in her hand.I'm actually quite worried about her as her BP is sky high and she still has this problem with painful legs with this fizzy feeling.All her bloods have come back normal .The Dr says they may have to look at Vascular trouble.I wish she could take things a bit easier,but she is like a whirling dervish lol

Getting locks changed on doors later today.There's a reason why.
The kitchen is Ellen's idea.The present one is ok,but Ellen's quite rightly putting her stamp on things,which includes a new kitchen and tiled floor.

That ache/pain is sometimes radiating from around R eye socket,down cheek/jaw into side of neck to upper chest.Alarming sometimes.

I feel that the amalgam tatoo on upper gum may in some way be responsible.God knows.

Afternoon everyone,

Very windy day here ,buts lots of nice sunshine .

We enjoyed our evening out last night ,went to three pubs all nice , we didn't go to eat ,we just went to try and find a nice pub to eat some time in the future ,as it happens we liked one of the pubs and have booked to go next week .

Sorry to hear your stomach's not to good today Fiona, you've probably got a bit stressed out with having work done in the house, and not being able to clear up as you'd like .

Kim , it sounds as if you now have the e b*y bug lol i must get son to show me how to do it and then i'll be able to sell a few things .

No sign of Frank again today , i expect he's enjoying his self at the festival .
I'm looking forward to the new lot of WDYTYA , should be some interesting people coming on .

Oh dear David , having to change the locks already doesn't sound good !!!
What happened ?

Mel, oh dear doesn't sound to good if there's water to be sucked up !! is the caravan flooded out ?

Might sit out with my book for a while .
BBL

Mel, have PM'd you .

Very busy morning, packing china, pictures and ornaments, house is beginning to echo! Poor Millie is hating it all and sitting on bags of bubble wrap and other 'muddle' giving us sad looks!!! Raining today on and off and quite chilly! Had a big clear out,hope I haven't been 'hasty' but it's mostly stuff that hasn't seen the light of day for years, and clearly never will! Talking of diaries, I'm going to try and keep a record of our move, and build, it might make interesting reading in a few years time, or horrifying!!!! Have just had late lunch, so must away to clear up, then back to the grind stone!! hope everyone's aches and pains are better today.

Afternoon at last.!!!!

Went out yesterday lunchtime with Ros. to see the Festival. We only went where we could park outside. Three stops, and that was enough for her. She has suffered since. These patches don't seem to be working, she put two on thursday evening, and no improvement.

I cooked a nice small roast dinner earlier. She looked at it and immediatley felt sick, so that went in the Fridge, see if she fancy's it later. If not WATCH OUT BIN. it's coming in there. She is in bed at the moment, feeling rather sick and in a lot of pain. Not just in my neck :-D :-D :-D :-D I love her really !!!

Plenty of work in progress then GIRLS. Won't it all look smart when it's finished ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

We must have had a lot of wind last night. When I went down the garden FOUR pots of tomato's had blown of the seat. !!! No damage thak goodness. So now left them on the bottom patio. Given them, and the greenhouse a good soaking, so they will be O.K. till tomorrow.

Will try to pop back later.

Bye for now.

Oh my ! Someone just called and had spotted Hannahs car in the Lay By.He is looking for a little car for his wife .Will be here within in the hour!!!.Better get my selling Head on lolol.Crikey there is no-one here to help me!!!!

Afternoon,

David, it is a good idea to change locks when you move, but what is your reason? It sounds as though Ellen has the right idea to get the place how she likes, it will feel more right and like home then. That pain you have sounds nasty.

Jane the move can't be helping your sister's BP! Maybe she is trying to do everything at once when really she needs to go at a slower pace.....not easy to do though, when you want to get things done. Alan Carr's dad is a footie manager, so OH has seen him a few times. Apparently his dad is a very 'macho' kind of man too!! lol

Fiona, I know exactly what you mean about bending and feeling sick. It is a horrid feeling and you must have to keep standing back up. We have found that we can't have any breakfast before we do any heavy jobs in the garden, especially OH, who has reflux like you. It will be good to move things on by going private for an endoscope, it must be worrying to not be able to eat enough to keep your weight from going down. I hope you can get seen soon. Your kitchen plans sound exciting. I know I loved getting my (quite small!) kitchen re-done 3 years ago. We made better use of the space, it was much lighter and we had floor tiles that are bigger and much easier to clean.!! It didn't make me want to do more cooking though! lol

Pat, I think I might ask the hairdresser if I can stand over the basin next time. I can't have this happen again........3 days out of action now and I want to get on with things!!

I use a lot of Cif in the bathroom Mel and those pads as they don't scratch. Some of the other cleaners are a bit fierce anyway and you can ruin chrome with them. I think I will find one of those small brushes in the garage, sounds as if it would be easier than an old toothbrush. I hope whatever happened with the caravan can be easily put right before Tuesday!!

Mandy, that was good, finding a new eating place to try. We have said that we drive past so many places we have never tried.

OH lost his rag a bit at Mor*isons this morning.......not like him, but he has his moments!! lol There were huge queues at all the tills and we only wanted a few things. They have now removed the basket only till (goodness knows why!) so there were just the 4 self service tills with another big queue. What annoyed him was that 2 of those were 'cash only' tills!! Everyone using the 4 tills seemed to have to call for help, so it was slow progress. OH went into 'manager mode' and asked why 2 tills were cash only. On being told it was because they had broken down, he asked the woman whether it had been reported and when!! She told him she had reported it last Tuesday. 'Last Tuesday' he said, 'so why haven't you re-opened the basket only till until they are fixed?' No answer!! Then when it was our turn it wouldn't let us have 3 packs of painkillers I wanted because of the 2 limit so he chucked the 3rd pack to one side as he didn't want to wait for me to put it through as a seperate transaction. He muttered all the way out of the shop about them not deserving to have customers!!! lol I must say I think the 2 packs of painkillers limit is silly and a bit 'nanny state'. I know it is supposed to stop people who want to take an overdose, but they could buy a dozen packs of painkillers in batches of 2 by keep going back into the store and using a different till each time. The poor folk who need more than 2 packs of painkillers a week have to do the same or make several trips or an extra journey elsewhere ......and they are probably in PAIN!!

Jane, don't let him drive off in it on his own to try it will you........I know it sounds obvious, but I know someone who did that and the chap didn't bring it back! More hassle!!

Sorry poor Ros is feeling sick again Frank. Maybe she will feel a bit better after a rest.

Liz, I bet you never miss what you have cleared out, I know I didn't when I moved here. I ought to have another one now I think!! lol I bet Millie can sense something is afoot with all the activity.

Sorry to hear Ros is feeling so sick Frank, those patches don't seem to be helping her do they , does the pain keep her awake at night too?

Jane, stick to the price you want , and don't let them bet you down !!
and don't listen to no sob stories LOL
Where are the men when you need them !!!LOL

We have had a nice Roast Chicken dinner , i thought i would do Toby a chicken dinner so i made the Yorkshire pud in a 6inch square tin instead of the bun tin that i normally use .....well you should have seen how it turned out ....it was huge !!!! it rose up lovely ...then it started to spread out to the sides !!! it nearly touched each side of the oven !!!! LOL
I thought the mix seemed a bit thick so i added another egg !!!

I wish my camera had been charged up so i could have taken a photo to show you .
We all had some and i threw three quarters of it away !!! years ago we would have had the rest for pudding with golden syrup !!