General Chat

Good morning AnnG and all

About 13 degrees at the moment and very grey. It looks like rain and I hope we get some but not till the afternoon as I’m getting my hair cut this morning. I’ve also got to pick up my meds and go to the bank and I also want to look for some bits in Roy’s so it will be a busy morning.

I think the muscle aches from my tumble have taken a couple of days to really come out as I feel stiffer and more achy than yesterday.

I need to go out at 9.30 so I’d better get my skates on. Probably bbl

EDIT. RIP Mel’s bu nny

Good morning all 11 degrees here and I think there may have been a shower overnight although it is cloudy but dry here now. slept ok until just gone four then lay awake until I got up at 0600. Not dressed yet though, in my office with the door shut.

I'm one baby bunny down now. I just shot it. Sorry.

Been in since 7pm. Got the back fence back up sort of and put cable ties on it and on the rose Iv'e put along it. Its that thug rose that smells like old fashioned cold cream probably Ponds. Got lot of ivy off the wall and filled the trailer up and took it round outside the wall and emptied it onto some cutting BIL had dumped out there and set fire to it so thats one trailer load burnt up and out of the way.

Mandy I am so sorry I have only just read about your poor sister. I do hope they can give her treatment for it and she did well to go to the docs so quickly. They could'nt have been too worried as they would have kept her in otherwise. She's better at home with hubby and I hope the appointment comes through quickly.

Minced lamb hot pot for dinner tonight and yes I did eat at lunchtime I had a thin slice of porkand egg pie and coleslaw and a small packet of crisps and a big glass of water. The midges have started biting here so I may be on some antihystamins each day now. More blasted pills.........

Good that your sister seems to be OK. Hope they can fix the problem for her.

Vera SiL says please no photos of the bruise, sound a bit to much for the sensitive soul. Good job you are more or less OK then hope the bruise soon goes.

Good that your sister seems to be OK. Hope they can fix the problem for her.

Vera SiL says please no photos of the bruise, sound a bit to much for the sensitive soul. Good job you are more or less OK then hope the bruise soon goes.

That's good your daughter and sil arrived safely Anng ,a day of rest tomorrow then before the journey back , are you staying at your daughters or going to a holiday home.

Oh that was a very poor carvery today then Ann ,they obviously don't see if the veg is cooked properly or perhaps they think the heat lamps will finish them off .
Oh yes please to the mouse pattern I think son and dil's cats would love one of those to play with ,I never buy the WW now sometimes I flick through a copy when I buy the television book .

Vera it sounds as if you were very lucky with the tumble ,I wondered if it was the ankle /foot that you broke the bones in as that might have set it off again .
What did your OH say when you told him ,mine would have said did you damage the pot or the plants lol only joking .

That's for the wishes for my sister ,I was pleased she sounded OK when I spoke to her .

I’m glad your daughter and sil have arrived safely AnnG. I expect you are like me – a bit on edge while family are on the road and relieved when they walk in the door. Enjoy your time with them.

I don’t know how you manage to go without food all day Mel. I am sure it isn’t good for you. At least make sure you have got liquid to drink while you are outside. Poor bunny having to face the wrath of Mel. In our old house I had a large veg garden and we were surrounded by fields and farmland with lots of rabbits but they never seemed to go near our plants. I can only put it down to the fact that we had 2 cats then and one of them was a real hunter. She’d have had any bunny that ventured on her territory.

I’m so sorry to hear about your sister Mandy. That must have been a shock and a worry for you all. I’m glad she’s feeling a bit better now and hope they can quickly get treatment underway to prevent it happening again.

Hoping you are feeling a lot better now as well Gwyn and that the antibiotics are doing their job. Keep resting as much as you need and don’t overdo it.

What a disappointing carvery Annx. You’ll have to find somewhere else next time you fancy a carvery meal.

Thank you all for enquiring about my argument with the plant pot yesterday. I think the pot won. Really, I think I’ve got away lightly. My muscles are a bit stiff and achy but nothing seriously amiss. Even my back seems OK. My ankle is a bit sore but feels as though it only needs a day or two to get back to normal. However my backside is decorated with a VERY large, very purple bruise. If it were on my arm or leg I would send you a photo but I didn’t think you’d appreciate a picture of my nether regions. Having seen how hard I must have hit that pot I can only feel thankful that I wasn’t a few inches to my right as then it might have been my head that hit it. I think I would have been in serious trouble then so, all in all, I got away lightly.

I'm sorry to hear about your sister Mandy. It must have been worrying for you all. It's good she's feeling better as it must have been frightening for her. Hopefully they can treat her now to help prevent it happening again.

There's a pattern in WW for making knitted mice for rescue cats (or might be good to use up scraps of wool for things like the school fair, as I bet the children would want them for their pets at home). If you are interested I'll photocopy it for you.

Well our carvery was pretty disappointing. We were only given a couple of very thinly cut strips of turkey an inch wide, the carrots seemed raw and the cauli quite hard and even the peas were quite solid! We decided we shan't go again as they don't do decaf drinks anymore either so we just had water.

We did better at the factory shop where I got some small compost bags and some weedkiller. I also got us two quite small flasks for us to take in the car filled with cold water on hot days. I read the other day that plastic bottles of water in a hot car leach more plastic particles. They were £4 each but will last ages. I remembered my full wardrobes and resisted buying any clothes!

We called at the big Co-op on the way back and saw more bare shelves, but we managed to get some things our little Co-op doesn't sell and the Bob milk that keeps ages.

Mel, did Adrian get Echo working properly as well? Oh heck that poor little bunny has strayed into the dragon's den! I hope he runs off and doesn't come back. I noticed the edge of two Hosta leaves had been eaten this morning and thought about that rabbit we had in our garden that time. We never did work out where he got in so another might find the same way!

I see your daughter is with you now AnnG and hope that you are all sorted ready for your break after tomorrow. I hope you have a nice time and some more nice weather while you are away.

How are you today Vera? I hope your ankle is ok and that you aren't too stiff and bruised.

Daughter got here ok, they are both now reading the paper on their IPads. Apparently the sun shone all the way down and it is warmer here than up there. And traffic was heavy.
No Mandy not tomorrow Thursday.
Hope carvery was good Ann.

Mel poor bunny, cruel Mel :-D :-D

Vera how are the bruises.

Afternoon all,

Much warmer today although yesterday was a nice day too ,Colin had his cataract appointment and after the tests he was told they are not ready to do yet .
We did a few jobs in the garden in the afternoon.

In the evening I had a phone call to say my sister had had a couple of funny turns on saturday and they took her to hospital but she came home in the afternoon but then Sunday she had another one and had trouble getting odd words out ,yesterday she had a doctors appointment and she told her the scan the hospital did showed a tiny bleed in the brain so she's now getting an urgent referral to the stroke clinic .
I rang her this morning and she said she now felt a lot better and she's doing her jobs OK but just forgetting the odd things ,bil said she had forgotten how to use the washing machine, hopefully the appointment will come through fairly quickly.

Anng safe journey to your daughters when ever you go I assume its tomorrow .

Ann hope you enjoy your carvery I haven't heard you say you've had one for a while .
Handy OH can swap books with his friend .

Mel I hope you've had something to eat today before you go out in the garden thats a long time to go without something inside you especially as your doing all the work in the garden .

Vera I hope your not to bruised after your garden tumble so easily done and once you start to go there's no stopping yourself , be careful out there today .

Gwyn I hope your feeling better and the antibiotics have helped .

Wish we could have a just little rain everywhere is so dry and the water butts are going down ,Colin cleaned one out the other day as we had emptied it ,lots of dark sludgy water in the bottom yuk .

Enjoy your carvery Annx.

Shopping came and no subs today which was good.

Fed the birds and chickens and fish and topped up the birdbath.

Am just going to have some lunch and then put the strawberry net on as I have seen one turning red.

Iv'e also had a very small baby bunny around the patiop yesterday and today it was up on the patio so that needs to be getting rid of and I shall have to fix a bit of netting under the patio and across the end of the decking where it can get underneath.

Morning All,

Sunny and warmer than yesterday here. OH has met his pal and exchanged books and had a chat and I've had a chat at the bathroom place and come away with a few more questions for the fitter, so I'll email him later. I called in the shop and we've done a little more weeding in the back garden and are going out for a carvery and to the factory shop next.

Morning girls,

Safe journey to your daughter Anng it will be good to see her.

Lovely morn ing once again with plenty of the yellow stuff as Frank would say and its 17 degrees no I lie its now 18 degrees.

More gardening planned for today so I have something to show for this week. My right hand keep getting pins and needlesit must be the way I am sitting at the desk.

Its also shopping day and I hadt o change the tim eof them coming againg to my usual time of 11am til 1pm. They keep doing it from 1pm till 3pm and thats not good for me as I usually have appointments in the afternoon.

Good morning all. 12 degrees and sunny here. Daughter left at just before 8am apparently so they should be almost on the M6 now.
I have a hair appoitment at 12 o'clock but they quite likely won't be here then. she has a key anyway.

Mel you should report the scams otherwise they keep sending them and sell your details to other scammers and you could get even more. You say you've lost a day but don't forget that those that have tried to help you have lost some of their day too! lol. I hope you took note of what Adrian did to sort it. What made you decide not to eat all day? I don't usually eat till early lunchtime, but no longer than that. Maybe you had some milky drinks.

Vera I think our package is about the same cost, ( I suppose they all compete with each other) and it's certainly worth it for peace of mind when something goes wrong, a bit like breakdown cover for your car. Well that was quite a nasty fall you had in the garden, but thank goodness it was a padded area that hit the pot and not your head! I bet you have wrenched some muscles that will be stiff and a nasty bruise as you say. I had to smile though when you said you had no idea what tonight's talk is about! I hope it turned out to be an interesting one, :-)

OH has sorted a few books to take when he meets his footie friend in the morning for a coffee and chat. They have started to swap ones they won't read again and lend each other the ones they want back. It's a good idea.

My main task in the morning is to go and order the fittings and wall coverings for the tiny ensuite. I'm looking forward to it being done now as the wobbly toilet seat is getting risky and I need more cupboard space for my meds!! I also need some more 'nasty weed' killer.

Yes thats right and then I had two slices of wholemeal bread with butter and strawberry jam just so I could take the rest of my pills. I'm having steak and kidney pie tonight with new pots and peas.

Mel do you mean that at gone five o’clock you have had no food all day? If so how do you have any energy with. no food? That can’t be good for you. I would feel I’ll.

Vera sounds like you will ache tomorrow. That could have been a lot worse hope you can sleep ok tonight.

Glad you seem to be sorted now Mel :-)

I have had my neighbour in (Adrian) and we fiddled with the pc and at the moment I am back to using the pc but he changed something and the home page is different now and it all seems a bit slower. I get the norton antivirus with my bt package so they said I did'nt need McCaffi anymore.

I am just hoping everythings is alright now. He took bluetooth off and that seemed to do it.

Keeping my fingers crossed now that its going to be ok.

Vera enjoy your evening out with a surprise without your program and I hope you don't ache too much tomorrow after your tumble in the garden.

I feel I have lost another day with all the goings on and have only managed a little sweeping up out the front but not picked it up yet. I have to walk right up to the border to get my wheelbarrow before I can get rid of the sweepings and dump them over the side of the orchard. Iv'e not eaten today yet!!