General Chat

Mandy I have two cards put on the side. One arrived ages ago and the post mark is January.

Sounds like you had a lovely afternoon with your friend Anne.

Morning all

We have a storm here at the moment, very strong wind and the rain is awful. I'm just hoping none of the tall plants blow over.

Good luck with your injection today Ann. I'll be thinking of you. <3
I hope your glass is okay and it's not been ruined.

We were out all day yesterday visiting MIL and doing some shopping, I'm so glad we didn't go today in this weather. When we got back home, we noticed the scaffolding was down and the gutters were up. They had a damp proof course done to, we noticed them doing that as we were going out. I think the rendering was suppose to be done today, but the weather has put paid to that and the roof hasn't been finished either.

It sounds like you got some bargains for your crafts Mel. I'd love to see some pictures when you've finished everything.

Hi Ann, pleased to see you on the thread, see I told you you'd be made welcome. Please stay, we'd all love you to. Interesting what you were saying about the glitter. I didn't know it was made up of tiny bits of plastic either. That's my something new learnt today :-D :-D

It's nice to see you had a good nights sleep Frank, hope you had another one last night. Sorry to hear about the lab, I hope there's something the vet can do. The hat sounds fun, love to see a pic when Ros has finished it, especially if you can take one with Buddie wearing it ;-) ;-)

That was nice catching up with our old work friends Anne, like you say it's nice to see them face to face.

We're not going anywhere today with the weather the way it is, so I've decided to watch call the midwife I recorded then take another look at my family tree after that. The heating's on and it's lovely and warm here. I feel sorry for the workmen next door, even though they are doing work inside it's still cold in there. OH's just told me they have taken the front door off I think that was the last to go in all the other windows and doors have been done. He's hoping they put the door on the floor and not on top of the skip as it might get blown off onto our drive. Luckily OH has parked the car on the road but he'll need to bring it back down the drive later, so if they do put it in the skip then he's going to have to ask them to take it out as the skip it full. I hate it when it's so windy it causes so much damage, it's like living in a wind tunnel sometimes.

good morning Gill and all. bright showery and very windy here at the moment but it is Tesco day so off out to stock up for the week. I don't dislike food shopping as long as it is not raining too much when we have to unpack the car. I guess we won't be out long as OH got himself a new computer yesterday and is busy installing it and setting it up. He has had a practice recently as he set me up with the same model a couple of weeks ago. And blow me he got his £30 cheaper!! :-D

Hope all stays safe Gill with the door, could be nasty.

Back later.

Morning all,

So you lot seem to have the wind today. :-S we had gales last night and rain so I think it may have passed up to you. We now have sun and clouds of white and grey and blue inbetween. It blew he chikens drinker off the blocks it stands on so I hope its still in one piece as its a plastic one and Mole Vally don't sell those ones now.

It sounds like you have the same weather as us Ann, hope you don't get to wet when you're shopping. What a pity you didn't wait a bit longer for your computer, you would of had the £30 off too. I've just watched the weather forecast and it's going to be even windier tomorrow and Saturday......not looking forward to that. We've just noticed the roofers are back finishing off next doors roof, I hope they don't get blown off, it's awful weather out there. The door hasn't been put in the skip yet, so that's good.

Hope the chicken drinker is okay Mel, it does sound like we've now got the weather you had last night. When I saw the weather forecast earlier it looks like you're in for some more rain, I hope it's not as bad as we're got now.

And now its pouring...........

It must of been someone else on the roof as the roofers van isn't here and the remaining roof tiles are still stacked up on top of the new flat roof extension. I did noticed the fella who is suppose to be doing the rendering is parked outside, but I can't see the rendering being done today, so maybe there's a bit more plastering to do inside. At least some workmen are here which surprised us when we saw how bad the weather was when we got up.

You spoke to soon Mel, sorry to hear you now have the rain :-( :-( Hope it doesn't last to long.

And now the suns out again..........but the sky still looks a bit grey.

Is it today Ann has her injection in the knee? I seem to have lost count of the days this week.

NOw its pelting down and we've had a rainbow and the winds up now too.

I managed to fill all the bird feeders up and feed the bantams and pin their polythene back which the gale blew off but hav'nt got round to the big girls yet.

The rain's stopped here and we have sunshine now,

OH has just nipped to the post box for me to post your cards Mandy and Mel. Going to watch salvage hunters with OH, he's just come in, then I'll catch up with the soaps with Sandra before they're back on again this evening. I just need to add another baby to my family tree first, OH's cousin had a little girl just before Christmas and I forgot to pop her on my tree.

Where's our Frank this morning?

Suns out again now and there's lots of blue sky at the moment with grey clouds here and there.

I have just given the HP candles another coat of paint and I think that will be the last one.

We actually have not had any rain at all since we went out at 10am. Shopping done, quite a large shop this week as last week we went to the small Tesco near to us because of the weather. It is actually nice out there now, still a bit windy but not too strong. It is 30 degrees in our conservatory

If you shop in Tesco, watch for bargains as they are closing their deli counters soon. We bought a very large piece of Caerphilly with cranberries, obviously the pieces they have on the deli counter to cut up. It was reduced to £3.80 and we have cut it into seven and six pieces are in the freezer.

Afternoon All,

Horrid wind and rain earlier but it's stopped now and brightened up! Thanks for your good wishes Anne and Gill......I shall be off to the docs in half an hour for the injection. I've told OH he's not coming in with me as he's so squeamish about injections, he will make me twitchy as well!! lol.

The glass problem is thought to be due to one of the heating elements in the kiln failing as some of the glass was ok, but most not! The teacher will take all our glass to hr own kiln and refire it and we can collect it next Wednesday. The kiln was only installed last month as well and is new!! Having seen the tiny squares we decorated looking so similar, I doubt we will know our own out of the 80 there are when they come back. :-S

My sister does some scrapbooking although I have never seen them. She also makes cards and some of those are really nice. You got a bargain there with your cheese AnninG!

It's nice to meet up with old work friends isn't it Anne. I do that occasionally and so does OH. I have stained glass on my list of things I want to do and the dragonfly would look nice. The fused glass we have done is pieces of glass that are cut and layered together, then the glass melts and fuses together in the kiln. I have 2 bowls and a coaster I made before.

I hate changing computers AnninG as I have to set my own up and I always think I won't be able to find everything on the new screens!! It's bad enough Talktalk have updated their emails a few days ago. I couldn't find where to log off and now it's only when you hover over an arrow pointing to the right that it says 'sign off'. What was wrong with 'Log off' anyway?

Looking forward to seeing your Harry Potter candles Mel. The new paint sounds better.

Gill they made a bit of progress next door while you were out yesterday. I expect you have to watch the wind doesn't blow things out of the skip and onto your drive.

Better get ready to go now.

Late Afternoon Everyone

It is so good to have you with us on board Ann(G). 3 Ann's now one with an E :-D
I hope Ann's injection has gone well this afternoon and that it will take effect very soon so she will be in much less pain .

Oh I did hear about the Deli counters shuting down in Tescos . I shop there almost everyday. That is going ot be such a huge loss. Is it in every Store this is happening? What about the Bakery and Butcher/Fish counters? I think the whole store has been going down hill lately with many items being removed from shelves.I can see me going to Morrisons as they have a brilliant Deli and Butchers. Tesco is only a 5 minute drive for me so is really convenient .

The wind last night was quite fierce.Blowing a hoolie in fact. It has died down now thank goodness and no panes came out of the Greenhouse :-D

Gill it sounded far worse where you are with all that rain and hail . We have had no rain at all today. It is definitely staying lighter longer now in the afternoon.The Blackbirds were kicking up a right racket just now. I wondered if Thomas might have been lurking somewhere !.

I have had a meal in the slow cooker since 11.30 ,a Chicken dish. I was missing one ingredient .Fresh Coriander so had to hot foot it to TESCO. I hope they dont stop doing their fresh herbs!!!!. All mine in the herb bed are dead other than the Sage,so I can't wait to get some nice new ones in again in the Spring.

I wonder if Frank has heard anything yet on his Sister? It must be a worry just not knowing what is going on.

I am sorry to hear about Simon and Sally's dog .Hopefully there will be something that can be done . Is 11 a good age for a Lab? . I hope we get a pic of Buddy (I think Buddy) in his hat !!!!. I cant remember now where I was . Somewhere on holiday,and saw 2 dogs with flat caps LOL .They looked hilarious .If only I had got a pic.

Something in this lounge is making me sneeze again :-S. I only have a couple of Orchids and an Amarylis and they aren't scented. Oh yes and some Irises that I got this morning but they are still in bud. So I don't know what it is.

I am waiting for a delivery of Cat litter. The one I like I used to get in guess where .....
yep Tesco but they stopped doing it so I order from Pet Planet now. The delivery man was on job 108 out of 126 just now when I tracked it so should be here fairly soon. My word what a lot of deliveries the chap has .I bet he wont be a bundle of laughs by the time he gets to us.

Must go and get the rice out and on the go . I am sure I have missed so many posts :-S

I do hope Ann gets on ok withthis injection. I have been thinking about it all day.

I have finished two of the longer candles and I am just about to go and finish off the others. I want oh to put some hooks in the ceiling so I can hang them to get a picture. I also found a couple more battery night light things to go in the tops of them.

All your shoppings done then AnninG and all put away for another week. I always feel good when thats all done.

It dried up this afternoon but the wind was so cold when I shut the girls in.

Can't wait to see pics of your Candles Mel :-D

Evening all,

What a windy day , we went off to Norwich on the bus and it was getting blown about you could feel the gusts pushing on the side of the bus ,we had had enough by lunch time as it started to rain so we decided to come home ,no pleasure in plodding round the shops in the rain .
I did buy a new hand bag and some knickers and in Primark i got a pack of five pairs of socks for £1 :-D i have had their socks before and they wash up lovely but i've never got them for a £1 !!!!!!
Bought the girls some leggings and Jake a pair of tracky bottoms and a t shirt for Lewis ,they always need clothes .

This afternoon we went and did a Tesco shop and i did notice the deli looked a bit sparse but there was no cheese bargains like you got AnnG

I hope Ann is ok after her injection this afternoon .

Oh i carnt wait to see the Candles Mel

Thank you Anne for the envelope that came this morning ,i know it's yours by the little sticker on the back :-D it's on the shelf until Monday.

I wonder what it is that's making you sneeze Jane ,i keep meaning to ask how Janice got on at the weekend when they went up the Shard ? did they enjoy it ?

No Frank today ,hope they are both ok.

Well that was soon done and I'd barely warmed the seat when I was called in. It was no worse than a flu jab being done, took a couple of seconds, and seems fine but a bit early to tell if it's any better yet. He looked at my xray and told me they'd said it is moderate to severe which is worse than the doctor had said. Therefore he said he didn't expect the injection to last more than 3-4 weeks, whereas it could usually last about 6 months. To think the wrongly updated score sheet the doctor used showed it as mild and if I hadn't shown her the on-line form I'd filled in that said different, I wouldn't even have been sent for an x-ray. :-S He is going to do the other, bit better knee in a month and thinks that may have a better result.

We called and had a coffee after, then drove by to look at a 4 bed newish bungalow that's for sale in the village where the quarry is. The bungalow would suit us fine, but a largeish estate of what look like old council houses are next to it one side and children's trampoline and swings are close to the side fence of the bungalow so it may be quite noisy and not very private on that side. The other side is bungalows. OH used to live in the village years ago and remembers it being a bit rough in that part with gangs of lads hanging about where the shops are a short way away. Looks like that is one we can cross off!!

So many shops and supermarkets are cutting back. Our Sainsbury's is so huge now and they stock so many makes of things, they either run out or it is hard to find what you want. We don't go so often now and use the smaller Sainsbury's Local or Tesco Metro or the local Co-op more. I never used the Co-op till we moved here but you get money off coupons with your till receipt and you get money on your storecard according to what you spend, that you can use to pay for your purchases.You can park nearer too.

I hope Frank has heard what has happened about his sister by now and knows where she is.