General Chat

Oh no Jane not another leak and just before christmas too , what a time for it to happen ,i hope you can get the plumber in quick to get it sorted out ,can you turn the water off and put a bucket under the drip , has it dripped on any of your furniture ?

Ann i think it's the bag that Mel was given that had the hedgehogs on , i carn't see Mel wearing the bag :-0 :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D well i think that's how i read it .

Lol Mandy.......I said I was going barmy the other day.......now I've proved it again!! I thought it was odd she said it could be wiped? :-D

Just think how it would save on the washing if it was a wipe clean cardi :-D :-D

Oo goodness me Jane not another leak? We had one in the lounge last week which oh did for me. I hope it can be sorted out quickly for you. Whats above the lounge? Is it the bathroom? or your onsuit?

Mandy was it a Kitchen Devil knife?? I bought a new one and could'nt use it as well but I have found one since that is just as good and then I found the one I lost so I now have two that are ok.

I don't know what make the knife was Mel i've had it so long i carn't remember where i bought it from ,it was just an easy holding knife to use , it has almost a cut off square end a lot of the veggie knives have a point to them .

Just a quick hallo before bed,

Had a good day all round,but now feeling very tired,so off to bed, try to spend more time with you tomorrow.

Good night all

Morning all

It's very cold here today with a light frost, looks like the mild weather has gone now.

Sorry to hear you have another leak Jane, is it from your bathroom? Hope you manage to get it fixed soon before it causes anymore damage. Your tree, or any other electricals, aren't underneath the leak are they, you might want to think about moving them if they are?

So Mel has a wipe clean cardi now LOL :-D :-D My mind's been all over the place lately so you're not on your own Ann ;-)

Pleased to hear you had a good day Frank, did you manage to get to the pub for the match?

Have the pups been born yet Anne? We're all waiting in anticipation.

Catching up with more programmes again today, I'm getting there slowly with emptying the planner. Sandra had me putting more recordings in for Christmas last night so I need to make sure I have enough space on the planner for everything she wants to watch.

She said it's seven sleeps to Christmas last night, so the countdown has started with her now ;-) :-) <3 It had gone midnight so I didn't mention the sleep she needed last night as she was so excited I didn't have the heart to say it was eight :-)

Morning all,

O its a cold and frosty morning here in Devon.

I must say a wipe clean cardi would be a good idea! I must have worded it in a strange way. The cardi is blue marle with a big collar and a zip front. The BAG it came in has the hedgehogs on it.

Must go and feed the birds and defrost the bird baths.

Mandy what was the handle like? was it black or wooden?

Good Morning All

Another very foggy morning here and it has turned a lot colder too

Still no news from Sasha about the puppies, every time I go upstairs I check my emails,

Pleased to hear you had an enjoyable day yesterday Frank and hope you also had a good night's sleep.

Oh Jane, poor you another leak I hate anything like that that you can't fix yourself and have to rely on a plumber especially this time of the year, are you covered on your insurance to pay for a call out?

Mandy, I know just how you feel about your Kitchen knife, have you tried looking for a similar one in shape and size? I use to love going into Norwich when we were on the Norfolk Broads, a favourite holiday of ours for a few years, I first went with Mum & Dad when I was 14..

I haven't got a roast to cook today as it will only be Paul and I as Richard is going to his god daughters 16th birthday celebration and the girls are visiting relatives of their Mum's. We are going to the garden centre to buy a Christmas arrangement to put on Peter's plot at the Crematorium and then get something to eat out, hopefully

Watched Strictly last night, I didn't have a favourite over who would win as I liked them all but I was a little surprised at the final result. Michael McIntyre was also very good

That will be nice Anne so no cooling for you today. Enjoy your day.

The suns shining here.

Good morning my friends,and of course our Kim,

Have decided not to cook today, so have booked a table at a very nice restaurant about ten minutes away. Darby and Joan day.

Tomorrow will be all go" I have to be at the doctors at 8,45 for my injection. Ros has to be at the hairdressers for ten then onto the nail parlour. The car needs cleaning and filling with petrol. Tuesday morning will be spent trying to get everything into the car,before setting off to Devon. Depending on the traffic that can take 4/5 hours including wee stops,

We're you able to get your leak sorted Jane ? Or will that be after Christmas. Have you thought of naming your house "leaking Hallow". Lol

Still no news on the puppy front I see, nature always takes it,s course .

Have spoken to Jan and Conrad this morning, they are busy getting everything ready for when we arrive.

I had better get my backside into gear and get showered and shaved, and sort out what I will wear . Lol


Have a good day all xxx

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Afternoon All

Frank,the queues at the petrol stations here are LONG!.I think everyone must be filling up ready for the get away. Yesterday I had to go to 2 stations as there was no Diesel.

Mandy I have a favourite knife for doing everything.Even though I have so many knives I always use this one.Chris and James can't understand it lol. A couple of years ago Chris bought me a new potato peeler as the one with the wooden handle I had was rotten and the blade thing kept falling out the end.But I carried on using it until one day I couldn't find it.....Chris had chucked it out !!!!!.. I was fuming :-S :-S

The source of the leak has been found.Chris had the side of the bath off earlier and it seemed it was a loose nut or something somewhere .So he has tightened it up and it's fingers crossed now :-D. The drips were just landing on the carpet behind the dining table so nothing other than the carpet got wet. I have to say my heart sank at the thought of yet another leak. We have had far more than our fair share of them.

Larry had his eye injection ,He said it was not very pleasant at all and got a fit of the shakes afterwards.So Janice took him to the costa coffee shop in the hospital for a coffee until he had recovered.. I don't think he is looking forward to the next one :-S
He has gone up on the train to Leeds today to visit his Mum before Christmas ,and will be on the train home again this evening.

We are all like expectant Grandparents here aren't we ,waiting for the pups to arrive :-D..I hope Mum delivers soon. Nice not to have any big meal to cook today.

I have a deboned Chicken defrosting for tonight.It is one of my favourite things from Waitrose.It has a Parmesan and Sunblush Tomato Marinade.I might do Saute Potatoes and stuffed Pepper.

I cried last night at the results of Strictly. It was so blooming emotional. I think he was a deserving winner after his performance .It was just brilliant..
Laughed my head off at M McIntyre after that . He does get on my nerves a bit but I did think it was funny last night.

Liz did you watch the last of Modus? Great or what !!!!!!!. I am so glad you mentioned that programme otherwise I doubt I would have watched it. I think I have finally managed to get to grips with Subtitles now :-D :-D
BUT was the killer dead or not as he was carted off in the ambulance!!!!!... After so many stabbings I thought he must be dead.

FRANK,I meant to ask if you ever stop off at GLOUCESTER SERVICES on the way down to Torquay?...It is just the best service station .I think there is only one more like it in the country. You must stop there for one of your breaks. Have a look on Google and you will see what I mean.

Yes Jane we watched the last of Modus! What an ending!! Goodness knows if he survived or not, like you I wouldn't think so! I hope they show another foreign drama they're often so much better than ours and the sub titles are really no problem when you get used to them.
We've had a bit of a drama over the last few days so I haven't felt like posting. Don't think I shall till after Xmas now. I just don't feel like it - sorry,

O Liz are you all alright. I shall worry now that something has happened to Ian, Cas or Merlin.

Oh Liz. I hope whatever has happened or happening will resolve by Christmas.You don't need Drama now <3.You know where I am if you need to'unload'

I had great plans to do some stuffed pepper thingy with dinner tonight.But that is on the back burner now.It seems too fiddly and I just can't be bothered.

All the wrapping paper etc will be put away this evening :-D..Just wrapped the puppy's present and so all is done now :-D..Thomas can have his unwrapped LOL .Not that he will be bothered . Chester used to have so much fun helping unwrap all the presents with us on Christmas morning.He would get so excited and grab each present as we unwrapped and shred the paper to bits :-D..I do miss our dear old boy :-(

It is feeling really quite cold outside now.Lots of dew on the lawn. The fire is blazing and we are almost out of logs again.So that is a job for tomorrow ..order more.I just hope we are in time to get them in before Xmas.

Afternoon all,

A much better day here today no fog this morning .

Oh gosh Liz i hope it's nothing serious, we will all be worrying whats wrong now.

Mel the knife had a black handle ,i will have a look in our hardware shop tomorrow to see if i can find one to replace it .

Glad you got the leak sorted out Jane ,little William looks so cute in his christmas jumper ,i love all his curls in his hair and his lovely dark eyes .

I think those pups are hanging on for christmas day :-)

We had an enjoyable meal at a very old pub in Bracknell named the Old Manor. I had chicken strips with a spicy dip, coleslaw and chips, Paul had a large mixed grill.

I bought a potted Christmas Rose, just like the one in the photo to take to the crematorium, I wish I had bought a couple more for the garden now.

Liz I am sorry to hear you have had a worrying time and I hope it get's resolved very quickly so you can enjoy Christmas with Ian, Cas & Merlin

Jane loved the photo of little William in his Christmas jumper
. I''m pleased that the leak wasn't a big problem and you can relax now it's sorted,

Checked the emails as soon as I got in, still no news.

Richard bought me a really pretty orchid yesterday but as I have never had one before wasn't too sure where to put it, at the moment it's in the conservatory just hope Toby doesn't take a fancy to it

Anne is it a Phalaenopsis (moth orchid) ?

Gosh has'nt William frown Jane? Really a big boy now. Just love the jumper.