General Chat

Oh dear Anne.I'm sorry you haven't been well.Is it Arthritic Knees?I seem to remember you mentioning your knees some time ago.How long is it before you go away?
Would your OH care to come and do a bit of decorating here????I stay well away from Chris when he is decorating,especially if it involves wall paper :-S :-S
I am changed and ready now,Chris is up making a strong coffee and yawning away.
Frank young Miles sounds gorgeous.Ethan (in Dubai) is now a whopping 14lb (plus).Rachel says he is a monster !!!.I don't think he is even quite 3 months old yet.She is enrolling in swimming classes for Mums and Babes .That will be so good for Rachel as she will get to meet some other new Mums.
Frank we are off to the Pheasant at Keyston.Hannah bought us a couple of vouchers through'Groupon" Each voucher cost £20 and normal cost for the meal would be £50.It is 5 courses(small I hope) and you don't know what you are getting!.You can say beforehand if you can't eat fish or something ,so hopefully won't get served something you can't stand.It will be interesting!I had never heard of Groupon before.Its worth having a look up to see what deals are on in your areas.Hannah has bought 2 tickets for herself and a friend to go to a Comedy Cafe/Club for a Fiver each instead of £20,and another couple of vouchers fora Japanese Restaurant.
I bought a nice new top today which I have on.I think it might be a little big but have cut off the tickets now.I think it will keep slipping a bit low in the front :-S

Tatty Bye again

Yes Jane I do have Arthritic knees and rather nasty varicose veins which do not help.
We are due to go on holiday in 4 weeks and, much as I am looking forward to it, I am not looking forward to the 10hour flight. Will have to wear my extra thick support tights and keep moving around. Wish we could afford business class but we can't.

Family all gone home now , Shepard's Pie all went so they must have enjoyed it .

Jake and Chelsea had new shoes , Jake wanted to play out so he slipped his feet ( with his trainers on ) into sons trainers, why have you done that i asked ......... he said it's to keep the bottoms of my trainers clean !!!! lol

Maureen ,nice to see you back, have missed your posts ,i bet little Harry has grown.

Anne, sorry to hear you've not been well, nice to have you back too, get those knees rested and ready for the holiday , the cold and wet weather doesn't help the bones !!!


Time for a cuppa .

Hi Maureen.......we have missed you too!! I thought you must be making the most of the sun on your new decking.......or painting a masterpiece on the lounge ceiling. Different to what you had I know, but I get those things that pop up telling me my computer is infected with umpteen things and used to panic. Now I just do a full scan with my own M*Afee and that usually says it is fine. Then I just close those pop ups down and they stop after a few times. Glad it's all been quiet in your area......did wonder about you.

Yes, got all your pics in the end......it looked a nice place to walk.

Loved the pics Mel, Shires are such gentle beauties. It must take hours to get them all ready.......such big bodies to wash and brush!! Hope all the walking you did hasn't upset your back too much. I spent longer in the garden yesterday and paid for it. I was all set to do a bit more today, but as soon as I headed for the back door it started pouring with rain......so it has had a rest!!

That must be very painful Pat, I know knee pain can make you feel miserable. Does the weather affect them too?

Fiona, we watched WDYTYA and thought how fantastic June was too, quite a funny lady and marvellous for 84. OH couldn't believe all the fags she was smoking! We thought her children looked a lot like her.

Mandy, I will remember that about the tides at Wells and walk out further next time I go. You wouldn't think the gazebo would have moved with the heavy pots of concrete holding it would you. I can hardly move some of ours with just soil in.

Frank, you ..... a boring life with all the mischief you get up to......I don't think so!!! lol Maybe a bit of time on your own would help while you feel as you do, you have been under a lot of strain lately. I love Maureen's remedy of a good singsong......I need earplugs when OH starts!!!! lol Now I come to think of it, we often have a singsong in the car on long journeys!

Pat, it must be lovely to look at nice fresh wallpaper now instead of plaster. I hope it is soon all finished for you.

Forgot to say......hope you have a nice evening Jane......you could get a lot of attention in that top!!!!! ;-) ;-) ;-) I get emails from groupon.......must have a proper look at them next time.

We called in the churchyard at Kirkby Mallory not far from here this afternoon. It is the village where Mallory Park Racetrack is that was built on the site of the old Kirkby Mallory Hall. There is a memorial in the churchyard I had wanted to see for a while to Ada Lovelace who was Lord Byron's only legitimate child. She went as a baby with her mother to live at the Hall which was her mother's parents home.

Ada's story is quite interesting.......she became known as 'Mathematical Ada'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace

We also called at Shenton railway station which is at the end of The Battlefield Line. (referring to the Battle of Bosworth) I took a few pics as last week I discovered a distant rellie on my tree had died of injuries he sustained there at age 70. I knew in earlier censuses he had worked on the railway.....now I am wondering what happened to him. There was a pretty railway cottage there (might have been the stationmasters in times gone by?) Will send a pic when I have sorted them out. A lovely collie that lived there came over and just lay at my feet while I was snapping away. Another dog that came into the yard didn't get such a nice welcome!!!!! lol

Off to bed now.......sleep tight everyone and may we all wake up with less aches and pains.....xx

Ann you do find some interesting things don't you when you are out and about.
I will have a look at Ada Lovelace tomorrow.
Well we had a nice evening .The meal was a bit odd.Every little course was delicious but I would not have paid the proper price of £50 !!! (per person)
First course.....a Teacup of Vichyssoise(cold Leek and pototo soup)
Second course...Hock Terrine.......(nice)
Third course...Broad bean and Lemon risotto (scrummy)
Fourth course..Slow roast Belly pork with a pigs cheek(!!!!!) on a bed of some shredded veg and a Pea puree.( it was absolutely delicious)
Fifth course Greengage Fool with tiny ginger biscuits(.Nice ,but nothing special).All in all a very nice meal ,but not right if you just fancy a Meat and 2veg meal ;-) ;-)
All I can say is it was different but nice too.

I'm off to bed now.
Mel I hope you have had a great day at Bude.
Hope everyones aches and pains are a little easier tomorrow.I am sure the weather has an effect .I know it does on my big toe lol
Night Night ,sleep tight ,and hope the bed bugs don't bite.zzzzzzz

Morning All...Couldnt sleep again.

Was up before Hubby Alan who left for work at 6.30..We hope to go to Dunhe*ms today...He only works to 12 on a friday..
The electrician is comming some time today to put the bathroom light in and to change some sockets in the kitchen
The wall in the kitchen has been stripped and painted 3 times now...this was done yesterday with some of the paint work in the bathroom
But we have a dispute to do with the bath..The headman looked at it Tuesday and THE plumber came back to see what he can do yesterday..So Alan took more time off when we knew what time he was comming..He is losing pay everytime he does this..

The bath has been put in to low so the panels dont fit... This is an extra..We paid for the bathroom suit and also for it to be fitted.. They can either remove some tiles to higher it or cut the panels to suit...We are haggling now...It seems everything we have paid extra for has not been right..The extractor ducting was a bodged up job..Alan went out a bought bits which cost quite a bit and done the job himself . we are already going to be billed for the original fitting of the ducting and kit..

Jane I hope you had a nice meal last night...I take it you couldnt get back to change you top..

Anne I also go quiet when Im stressed and retreat into my self too...I hope your knees feel alot better today..My back is still painfull when I move but that is self inficted because I done some gardening wed.. Yesterday we had rain so I suppose I did it just in time. The sun is comming out now but for how long..

Electrician arrived at 7.55 while I was in the bath lol.I had just washed my hair as well...Had to answer the door in a towel ...Frank no comments ;-) ;-)

Fixing light now so I had a chance to quickly dry hair before he pulls those fuses..

Catch you later..

Electrician arrived at 7.55 while I was in the bath lol.I had just washed my hair as well...Had to answer the door in a towel ...Frank no comments ;-) ;-)

Fixing light now so I had a chance to quickly dry hair before he pulls those fuses..

Catch you later..

Electrician arrived at 7.55 while I was in the bath lol.I had just washed my hair as well...Had to answer the door in a towel ...Frank no comments ;-) ;-)

Fixing light now so I had a chance to quickly dry hair before he pulls those fuses..

Catch you later..

Morning Pat and all.
Bet the electrician got a bit of a shock Pat ;-).It is bad that your OH keeps having to come home to sort things.Can he put a claim in for loss of earning?
You have had a right bunch of incompetent workmen haven't you.

It is a darkish morning with not a breath of air.Washing on the line ,but I bet it doesn't dry as there is a dampness in the atmosphere.When I wes down the lane just now with Chester a huge flock of Canada Geese flew right over us.There were about 25 of them.It looked like they were heading for the Lake at Wicksteed Park.

I am going to pick some Runner Beans now.The first this year!!!!!! I have waited so long for these.

Morning All,

Well it rained that awful fine mizzle yesterday. I went with SIL and Vic to Bude. We left Vic to his fishing just by the bridge on the canal. Chrissy and I went and had coffe and I had a bacon bap. Not impressed with that asit only had one rasher in this great big soft bun but the coffee was'nt bad. We then went off to Widemouth Bay which is only a little way from Bude and Chrissy and I like it because it has nice pebbles if you walk all the way along to the right. The tide was coming in and you have to go through a narrow bit in the rocks so we had to watch the tide incase we got cut off!!

Then we went on to Brook's Nursary and had a nice piece of quiche and a pot of tea for two. Quick look round to see if there was anything for my border to give it a bit of colour but there was'nt. I wanted a Hellenium and they had some there but only one stem in a big pot with flowers on but they wanted £4.95 so I would'nt buy one.

Then back to pick up Vic and he had had a good day fishing even if the weather was'nt too good. He caught a fair sized bream and two big carp plus many other smaller fish. He took picks to prove what he caught and to show OH when he got back.

My poor little feet hurt after walking all over the big pebbles and still feel as though I have bruised the heel on my left foot this morning. Also my back is playing up again on the right side.

Mizzle and dullish again today but am hoping to get up the tunnel to water and pick beans and toms and probably masses of courgettes. It is surprising how thing grow when you have'nt been in there for two days.

Morning to all,

ALL CHANGE Ros, feels very sick this morning, so has decided the best place for her is at home." I TOLD HER DIDN'T I" I must ring the GIRLFRIEND to tell her not to come over. :-D :-D :-D :-D Ros went to the Doctors this morning, there's nothing he can coment on, till we get the results of the MRI. He has perscribed a higher dose of patches. They might be here this afternoon. I said I hope I haven't got to go throught that lot again !!!! Will go into Morriso## with neighbour in the morning to get what I need.

Thats meal certainly sounds different Jane, Not sure I would enjoy some of that :-) :-) :-)

Come on Ann, Lets see you getting better, we don't like to see you feeling down, with bad knees, etc.

Mel, All this going out, ;-) ;-) ;-) Your OH will have a job to train you again :-D :-D :-D :-D

Pat, You are a little teese, having the electrician in the house with a towel round you. ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) You certainly have had your fill od ban workmanship. I would think you OH wished he had done it himself. I see you have got my trouble, repeating yourself !!!!

BBL

Hi Everyone.

Wet and gray here again, last night the builder who is going to build our back porch came round and all is sorted out, hopefully the work will start sometime in October as we don't want it it happening to near the winter and Christmas. This morning OH took a few hours of work and we went to the bank and sorted out the money, scary all this money being handed over we have only just paid for the central heating too.
But we feel it is the right time to get all these jobs done in the house, as we do have the extra money in the bank, as both kids have almost flowen the nest, all university fee's etc are finnished with so we might as well treat ourselves and add value to the house aswell.

Afternoon everyone,

Bit cloudy here and quite muggy .

Jane, not sure if that would have been my sort of meal, that Groupon sounds a bit like Tickles , we got the tickets for the Norfolk show from Tickles ,it was a good saving ,they have a different offer each day.

Oh Pat, you must have the patience of a saint !!! how do you keep your cool ,i would be so cross , i'am not surprised you carn't sleep ,you must lay there thinking whats going to happen next !!!!

Got a check up at the dentists this afternoon , hope i don't need anything done !!
Then we're off to sons for tea , so no cooking ,also out for our meal tomorrow , another day of no cooking ....i could get use to this !!! lol

Just popping in to say goodnight.

Hope things calm down over there and the government gives police lots of power to deal with the thieving murderous monsters.

Happy to see Maureen's back.

Off to the couch now, so tired, but thinking of you all.

Night night 11.04 pm EST

That sounds an interesting restaurant Jane, should think after all that food your top will fit now ....lol We go to a Spanish restaurant where you can order lots of different tappas, they are quite small portions but I prefer to have lots of different things rather than one main meal, I always end up pinching something somebody elses has ordered too ...lol.

Poor Ros, it does seem never ending for her Frank, best place to be when you feel sick is home. No, I don't want the book back but pass it on if anyone else fancies it, The Kite Runner, the same author as A Thousand Splendid Suns, I really enjoyed both. I've been reading Karin Slaughter, more your cup of tea Jane, have you read Blindsighted, Kisscut and Skin Privilege they go in that order, if not I can send you them. Not as scary as I thought they were going to be.

My daughter will be taking Harry for swimming lessons as soon as he's had all his jabs, both her and her partner are very good swimmers, daughter swam for Ealing swimming club for a few years and her partner swam for Surrey county, I dare say they'll be getting Harry out on his own little ski board too !!!!

I really enjoyed WDYTYA couldn't distinguish between June Brown and Dot Cotton. I thought that too Ann, one daughter in particular was really like her. They've got some interesting celebs on this series, I'm looking forward to Len Goodman.

Don't know how you've stayed sane Pat, you must be wondering if it will ever get finished. Is the kitchen all done now?

Hope your knees are not so painful Anne, not a nice place to have pain, when you stand up it hurts and when you sit down it hurts too. I thought mine was bad enough and that's just one knee.

Maureen the portions of each course last night was very small so we didn't feel full at all.But it was enough.I didn't think I would have liked the pig cheek but it was lovely and so tender it just melted.

I have read all of Karin Slaughters books Maureen.Yes right up my street !!!

Night Night Kim.I hope you have a good sleep tonight.

Next lot on eb**.Farmhouse style table and chairs.There are very few bids on tables so I'm not that hopeful :-( :-(

Oh dear Frank,poor Ros.Lets hope these stronger patches do something for her.
As I sit here I can see all the dust on the surfaces around the room :-S :-S :-S.I think I had better do something about that :-D