General Chat

We decided the same at lunch Vera and opted for the lounge for lunch rather than birdwatching in the conservatory. That's good all went well with your OH's appointment. I had to smile at the airconditioning being too cold. You'd think the shop wouldn't want to waste money overcooling the shop wouldn't you. If you try the cold waterbottle and it's too cold against your side I just lay my arm on it palm down and find it cooling or slide it around to cool the bed. The small child roaming round the carpark could have ended badly couldn't it. Hopefully the father had a bad fright and has learned a lesson.

I wrestled the cabinet out of the box and it is perfect for the space thank goodness. There's a very small dent in the metal one side, but not very noticeable or worth sending it back. I got it back in the box and was sweltering after!

It's still 28 degrees here and only a few spots of rain before it stopped. It's looking a few degrees cooler where you are Mel but still hot. I'm off to check what I have recorded now. Oh my word I just noticed you have seen a Kingsisher! I have never seen one. I hope it comes back.

Just opened the back door to take the waste paper bin out and there was a Kingfisher sitting on the wire over oh's pond. No time to get the camera and as it flew into the beech tree it was a tuquiose blue flash.

Phew it's 28 degrees here now, but the forecast says it will rain soon which may make it cooler. Yesterday reached 29 degrees, too hot for me. It's the Co-op I usually go to Mandy and ours is air conditioned, so I dawdle when it's hot like this to get cool. I remember leaning over the supermarket freezer cabinets to get cool years ago. Lucky Max with his nice cool water to drink. I can't find my ice cube trays. I must have put them in the top of a kitchen wall unit, but am not rummaging in there today.

Mel Timothy Spall lost weight many years ago. I like how he gets into the character like in Dickens. I've done nothing since getting lunch and reporting a load of spam emails.

I agree Mandy. It is sooo hot now. All this week we've been having a lunchtime snack in the conservatory with most of the blinds down and the door open but I stepped in there today and said a definite no to lunch there. We had it in the lounge where the blinds have been down all day back and front and we had the fan going. I can just about cope with the heat during the day but nights are difficult and apparently the coolest it will be overnight tonight is 18 degrees around 4-5 am. I think I shall try Annx's trick of putting a hot water bottle filled with cold water in the fridge for a few hours.

We were in town from 10 am to noon and it was sweltering. Thursday and Saturday are market days and it is always busy so there were people everywhere and not a lot of shade to walk in. While OH was in the optician I got the bits I wanted in Boots and went and picked up my script. By the time I walked back to the opticians I was really dragging my feet. All is well with OH's eyes. He will still need reading glasses so they are on order but his distance sight is fine now.

We then went to Waitrose for some bits and pieces and I did have to laugh as everyone, including me, was complaining that the shop was too cold. I don't know what their air conditioning was set at but it was freezing in there. My arms had goose bumps. It was almost a relief to step outside into the heat.

When we first arrived in town we parked at the nearest car park to the town centre which is at Roys store. OH waited by the car while I went to put some money in the machine and get a ticket to park. There was a short queue and the chap in front of me seemed very fidgety and kept looking across the car park. Suddenly he screamed out No, No, Stop and went off across the car park like a bat out of hell. I was telling OH about this and he said that a small child had got out of a car some distance away from us and was wandering around the cars crying for his daddy. Nothing moves that fast around the car park but, even if you are only doing 10 mph, if a little one runs straight out in front of you you wouldn't be able to miss him. Thankfully his daddy reached him before anything worse happened but I bet he won't be leaving his little one alone in the car again.

I've never seen that programme McDonald and Dodds so I can't really compare it with Death Valley but I thought it was nice to see something set in the Welsh Valleys for a change.

Our study/office, whatever you like to call it, is upstairs under the eaves. It is really hot and airless in here and I can't stop yawning. I think I'm going to put a cold hot water bottle in the fridge and go and sit in front of a fan for a while in the hope that it will wake me up. I always think of Jane when it's hot and I'm switching on fans. She really did hate this type of weather.

Oh my goodness it is so hot out ,we've been in all the morning with the fan going and plenty of cold drinks .

Mel we liked Mcdonald and Dodds ,I see there's a repeat of Vera on tonight so we might see that again .
I put two ice cube trays in the freezer yesterday so we can keep the drinks cool with the ice ,I usually fill the trays and keep the cubes in an old ice cream tub ,Max likes to crunch them up ,I also add them to his water dish so he has nice cool water .

Morning girls,

Got up at just light for the bathroom and then went back to bed and lay with the covers off but the corner over my tum. Its 23 degrees here nw and I have seen a little rain and pc says heavier rain soon.

Just the shop to do today for a few bits like my paper and their nice ham and then it may be try and get some bits on ebay. ~They keep changing things and it takes me ages to get the listings right and I now have to put my postage in the title as they keep putting a much lower postage on it to get me to get their labels with tracking.

I do feel for you Vera in this heat with your poor head and not getting much sleep it drains you so much in normal circumstances but this heat makes it so much worse.

I did'nt like Death Valley I thought it was copying McDonald and Dodds with Jason Watkins. I watched all of those and thought they were good. Has'nt Timothy Spall lost a lot of weight.

We had a short sharp shower about 10.45am just enough to show on the car but not enough to wet the ground and now pc is telling me light rain and thunderstorms.

I started this post ages ago so I think I better post it before it disappears. Have a good day all whatever you are doing.

Morning all,

Little bit of cloud today but warm already and it should be scorchio later
I slept until about 2.45 and got up for the loo then laid there for about an hour woke again about 6.30 and then through till 7.55 so not a bad night I wasn't really hot as the bedrooms had cooled with opening all the windows in the evening.

Vera I think you cope well with all your headaches It can't be easy and all this heat doesn't help ,I hope all goes well with OH's appointment you'll have to find a shop with some nice air conditioning while you wait .
When I went in the co op yesterday it was lovely and cool ,I asked the cashier if people linger in the shop to cool off and she laughed and said you could bring a chair in and sit and read your book lol .

Ann fingers crossed its third time lucky with your cabinet hopefully this one is just the ticket .

Anng yes it would be just your luck it will rain now Cynth's back after all your watering

Going to have my cuppa now then hang some washing out. .

There is a sign on the bottom of my computer that says "rainy days agead" The garden would be pleased about that but it would be s*** law as Cynth is due back tomorrow so if it rains she won't have to water her garden!!!

25 degrees here now and I am just about to get dressed. I have spent an hour reading the mail on line. Or at least the bits I can read for free as many items are for subscription members only.

Morning Vera, AnnG and All,

I had my cold water bottle under my sheet tent last night and managed to sleep about 4 hours, went to the toilet and dozed a bit but got up at 6.00am and went outside and watered the plants I put in and the pots. I had the hose in one hand and the 'nasty weed' spray in the other as it is popping up somewhere every few days. I went round the front and sprayed some more bits in the drive.

I haven't watched those progs, but think they are recorded. I usually like Timothy Spall, he plays some good parts.

I don't think the sleep we get is good sleep when it's hot either AnnG and I seem to have no energy. I shan't do much today when it hots up more. As OH parked next to one when he popped in the pharmacy yesterday I noticed I could see right along a 'jitty' as we call them here. One of those paths/shortcuts that run behind a row of houses. They might be a good subject for your photography group, if there are any where you live of course!

I think you are often a couple of degrees cooler where you live Mel and tend to get more breeze. It can be sticky and stifling in some places. I think I would hate living in London where it can be very hot.

I hope you head is better today Vera and you don't complain, you suffer a lot with your headaches and I think you do well to stay as cheerful as you do. I hope it is all good with your OH's appointment.

Shower next and pop to the shop and then I must open and check medical cabinet No 3 that's arrived.

Morning AnnG and all

It’s going to be a hot one. I slept from about midnight until 3.30 am but have been reading and dozing on and off since then. We have to go into town for OH’s eye appointment at 10 am and to do some other errands but I don’t think I’ll be doing much else today.

Funny how we all have different tastes. I’ve watched all 6 episodes of Death Valley on iPlayer and enjoyed it.

Good morning all 20 degrees at the moment and sunny but not yet 7am. I woke around 0530 and it was too hot to try to get back to sleep so I came into my office. Not dressed yet of course. I did sleep from 11 to 0100 and then waking every couple of hours. I don't think any sleep we get when it is so hot is good sleep. So another day with little energy. Good job I have not planned any trips out. Tesco due 4-5pm that is all I have for today.

I watched one of those Death Valley and did'nt like it. I am watching Miss Scarlet on U.

Not yet Anng I recorded it as I thought it sounded good perhaps it will get better as it goes long .
I recorded that death Valley thats on sunday night with Timothy Spall in it but I didn't like that .
We sat out this evening until about nine then it turned quite chilly again

Has anybody else watched the new series on ch5? About the crossword puzzle lady and crossword clues etc? I have just given up on it. Wondering if it improves.

Its been so hot today I hav'nt done anything much just fed the chcikens and fish and went round to Stu's for something he had got for me. I can't find the beef dripping chips he uses so he got me some.

Vera I hope the head eases off during the day for you and you can manage abit more sleep tonight.

The heat saps your energy and makes you feel tired.

Its the longest day tomorrow and then its all down hill after that and I have been enjoying the long days of daylight and when its hot like this I garden in the evening when its cooler. We did have a good breeze today but still very hot and even now its 22 degrees.

Builder has finished :-D. I offered him a sandwich when we had one but he wouldn’t stop to eat anything. He has left us a very reasonable bill and asked if he can come and see how it turned out when the walls are painted as he’d not done a job quite like this before. Next thing is to tell the painter we are ready at last and see when he will be able to fit us in.

Yes, AnnG, the pain is associated with my migraine. It has always been centred above one eye but can spread all round my head. I wake up nearly every morning with pain round my eye and over my head but it will usually ease after I have been up a while. In the past I have wondered about the pillows on the bed and have tried every variation of flat ones, fluffy ones in ones and twos and a very expensive, special Tempur pillow that was so heavy I could barely lift it to put a pillowcase on. I think I moan about it so much out of frustration that it stops me doing a lot of things but it is what it is. You all have your pains too and don’t complain half as much as me.

I can’t remember our koi ever producing eggs. We certainly never saw baby fish. Perhaps we didn’t give them the right conditions for breeding.

I took some salmon from the freezer this morning so I had better go and sort some vegetables to go with it and see if I can produce something light but filling.

I expect a lot of the eggs do get eaten without tons of weed to hide in Mel. It's nice if a few survive each year though and interesting to see what colours they eventually become. I used to breed some tropical fish and eggs and baby fish would disappear unless they were in a seperate fishtank.

Vera those head pains sound horrid and you lost a lot of sleep last night. I think it was a good decision not to go into town having had a bad head, especially with the heat today and also saving you an extra trip. I hope your OH's post op check and eyetest are early tomorrow so you won't be out in the worst heat as I think tomorrow will be a bit hotter still. It's good the builder turned up and is making progress fuelled by strong tea! :-) I am the same with the tv and don't like exploring it much although I have had to go into the settings in Sky before now to follow their instructions. OH is the same with his car. He changed something a while ago and ended up with the screen that tells him which road he is on instead of the usual one. When the car came back from being serviced the garage had changed it back again, but he hadn't asked them to, but he was glad. He's lost the beeps that warn him about speed cameras now. No-one tells you it is free for three years and then you have to pay when you buy the car. He's happy without it though as the beeps could be annoying.

It is 26 here and overcast with occasional sun and a coolish breeze. I sat out for a while with my coffee then swapped a couple of pots around, changed a couple of cushion covers in the conservatory and binned one cushion that had disintigrated. Well I think that one came from my Mum's so must have beenover 20 years in the heat and sun of the conservatory. Strange that I have cushions on lounge chairs and the settee, being not very tall I need a cushion behind me for my back but I have noticed daughter and SiL and people who come for the monthly meeting always push the cusions off.

Vera that pain sounds nasty, is it connected to your migraines, it sounds more like sinus or tooth pain. Hope it soon eases for you.
Good idea to leave everything in town until tomorrow, get it all done at once but if it is still hot don't go rushing and overdo it.

The blackbirds obviously like it not so sunny hot as there is one here singing away.

Thats nice you have started going out with friends for lunch now Gwyn and a little walk each day will be good for you too.

Annx you asked about the fish. The kio do ay eggs but they are soon eaten up by the others as there is nothing in the kio pond for them to stick on. Not a scrape of weed. The goldfish and shubbies in my pond have been laying eggs but there are so many of them in there I think they eat most of the eggs too. I did see two of three little black ones last year that must have been last years brood that got away. I have taken a lot of weed out this year but theres still a corner that baby fish could hide in if I am lucky enough to get any this year. I had to release a fish stuck in the weed where they like to lay their eggs and had a devil of a job to get it out but did in the end.

Its 26 here but we have a lovely strongish breeze today.

My hand is itching like crazey this morning.

Good morning

It’s good to hear that you are managing to do a little more each day Gwyn, and it’s sensible to walk early before it gets too hot.

It was a bit cooler here last night. I did keep the fan going and the temperature was bearable but the pain going up one side of my face, round my eye and down the back of my head kept me awake. I got up at 1 am and wandered around the house, went back to bed, got up at 3 and made a cup of tea, went back to bed at 4 and eventually fell asleep till 7.30. The pain is much easier this morning though it’s still there in the background.

At the moment it’s 25 degrees but it’s cloudy and there’s a breeze so it doesn’t feel too bad. I was going into town while it feels a bit cooler but then remembered that we have to go tomorrow for OH’s final post op check and eye test. There’s not much point negotiating the road works and traffic lights and paying for parking 2 days running so while OH is in the opticians I’ll trudge round town in the heat.

You ladies are putting me to shame with clearing your wardrobes. I know I need to do mine but can’t seem to motivate myself to get started.

I can’t advise anyone about TV set up as since daughter gave us hers in February and she and granddaughter set it all up I haven’t really got to grips with it. I mostly just watch BBC News on it and OH watches films that are on the Freeserve networks anyway so we haven’t bothered much. Granddaughter bought a Firestick so that’s plugged into the TV and there is so much downloaded that we are never likely to use. I have promised myself that when I have time and OH is doing something else I’ll sit down and have a play with it but I haven’t got around to it yet.

I forgot to say that our builder/handyman turned up at 8.30 am and has been working since, fuelled by a regular supply of strong tea. I’m not at all sure how long the job will take but hope he can finish it before too long. We have a couple of other jobs lined up for him but we’ll get the outside painted first and give him time to get over all his problems.

I started this quite a while ago and then got distracted so it should now start Good Afternoon and not Good Morning. I’d better get on with one or two jobs. Keep out of the heat and enjoy the afternoon ladies.