General Chat

Oh took a while to go ,its very slow .

When I tried to get on about half an hour ago it said the site was down for maintenance, I haven't any names up either .

Phew it's been very warm and it's still 23 ,got z lot of jobs done but we didn't get the canopy down ,I feel absolutely tired out now .

Will post this and hope it goes .

Yes, it was going so slow for me to try to post it produced an error page every time I tried. I still have no writing under the avatars as well.

It's good you went into town and found some sweaters to buy and could use your 20% off for one of them AnnG. Yes you get to know all the handy seats when you can't plod for long. I have to keep an eye on queues at tills too and have to give up if they are long as I just can't stand that long. People who just stand nattering to the till operators have no idea about the people waiting behind them.

I haven’t had any problems as such but the site is working really slowly today

Well I hadn't but as I posted that fiefox shut Genes down and I had to re-open it again. It still posted the reply though.

I have not had any problems.

Yes I've had trouble too Mel. This is just a test to see if I can post now.

I still can't get to the last page. Anyone else having trouble email me.

Having trouble getting on the last page

It's 22 degrees here Mel which must be why I felt so hot. The hoglet sounds very tiny and I wonder whether there were any other litter mates.

Vera I don't know the names of the cats we see in the garden so give them names like Snowy, Ginger and Pusskin. We don't have any garden ornaments except the stone squirrels with a seat between them. I call them Fatty and skinny for obvious reasons and a mistake sending OH to buy them and coming home with two not the same! I used to name my cars when I was young but don't now.

I did go into town But I had to take it slowly so really only went in to the bank (for cash), M&S, Bon Marche and Peacocks.

Bought a thickish sweater in M&S as I had 20% off with my spparks, and a thin sweater in Peacocks. I was in town about 2 hours but a lot of that was seat hopping. Still It was M&S I wanted to go to to use the 20% off before it expired. Legs are a bit sore now but I am OK and pleased that I went in.

Mel, have you raised a hoglet before?

Afternoon All,

It seemed muggy in the night and is still like it today. OH has two meetings this morning and after lunch, one nearby with someone he is meeting for a coffee and chat so I don't know when I'll see him. At least I've no cooking to do as he's taken food to have between the meetings. I decided to go to a garden centre and have poached eggs on toast while I was out. It was the worst poached eggs on toast I've ever had! The brown toast was just soft warm bread really, with about a 50p piece of pale brown on it, no spread or butter and the eggs tasted strongly of the vinegar they must have put in the water. The tea wasn't good either and very weak with just one teabag in the lukewarm water. A bit different to the 4 teabags Sharon gave us yesterday to add as we wished and take the rest home! The garden centre sells lots of other cheap goods and I found a soft bristled handbrush and pan. I always kept a seperate brush and pan to sweep snow off my car, but OH uses them both for everything despite being told not to use the one for my car. A lot have very stiff bristles that may scratch the car so I was pleased to find what I wanted. I'm going to put a sticky label on it saying Ann's Car. I also got some stick on hooks you don't need to drill holes with, A squeegee for the bathroom and some battery flickering tealights.

I forced myself to go out and do a bit of weeding and when my back started aching I began cutting back the Leycestria instead which was stifling everything around it with its long branches of heavy flowers. I have more than half filled the garden bin, but had to come in then as I was so hot.

I hope it will be good news on the car Mel, and Stu will be able to check it over for you to see if it's ok. You really need a car now so you can do your errands and will be starting your Christmas shopping before long. I keep meaning to get the slow cooker going and make meals for the freezer. We have a few ready meals and you do tire of them and home made are better for us as well.

It's a good idea to get the garden furniture put away while it's still dry Mandy. I was looking at ours and thinking the same, but I'm not sure with OH sorting some of his boxes of programmes in there that there is room, so we'll have a look in the morning before the rain is due.

AnnG I was only reading this morning that supermarket prices are expected to keep increasing at least till Christmas, but it is shocking how much they are shooting up, not the odd 5 or 10p anymore is it. I hope you decided to have a mooch round town as it is a nice day here and the shops are getting Christmas things in now.

Ha ha Vera I name all the garden birds I have Rupert Raven and his wife Rona, Robbie and roberta Robins, Willie Wagtail and willamina, All th eblue tits are berty and bertha, Cheeky chaffinch and Mrs C, Woody Woodpecker and Winnie, Percy pigeon and Peggy and so on. George Great tit and Gerty. I think the little hog is going to be Hoglet. Its squeaks Iv'e never heard one squeak before I jknow they bigger ones grunt as thats how I know they are in the garden soemtimes as I hear them. Its quite a peircing squeak.

Iv'e swept the decking but no sign of the oil man yet. BIL is mowing and its been dryish this morning just a little wetness in the air now and then. Its 18 degrees here and still very cloudy and grey.

I have a bit of egg left from washing the pie over yesterday so I am going to put some of that in with Hoglet. I hav'nt seen whether it can open its eyes or not yet so I may have to try and wash its face but it can roll into a solid little ball when you can't see anything but prickles.

Right pill time and lunch time lets see iff BIL wants any as I have seen him eating the apples off the tree as he mows.

Good afternoon from a sunny Suffolk

It’s a beautiful day and, as Mandy said, it is supposed to get to 25 degrees this afternoon. I even got tempted to work in the garden for about an hour and a half. OH lifted some troughs on to the big garden table for me so I didn’t have to bend too much. My back is aching now but I’m resting it a bit and then hoping to go back out later to finish what I was doing.

I hope Chelsea had a lovely birthday on her 18th which is a bit special. I wondered if you would be making a third blanket Mandy.

How can your littlest great grandchild be 1 already AnnG? I am sure he was only born a couple of months ago. Time has definitely got wings lately. Did you go to town today?

Mel, I hope the car Stu found is just right for you. You’ll be glad to get some wheels again. I am sure you will make a brilliant job of looking after the baby hedgehog. It will be thinking you are its mother. You must give it a name. I’ve even named the ornaments in our garden. We have Horatio the heron, Howard and Hilda the cats and Harriet the hedgehog. OH thinks I’m mad. He might well be right ;-)

OH is still working outside and will be getting peckish so I’d better go and make a few sandwiches and a nice cuppa.

Morning all,
Cloudy here this morning the suns trying to peep through ,it should be a nice warm day with the temperature reaching 25 .
We're going to put the garden chairs away in the garden box and get the table to bits and that goes in the shed then we're going to try and get the canopy down off the gazebo and get that away too ,all jobs to do while the things are dry so plenty to keep us busy for the morning .

Mel are you giving the little hedgehog a name :-)

Morning all,

Not been down to Hoglet yet. Slept right through till 9am not getting up once for the loo.

Whilst we were having dinner Stu had a look on his phone and said there was a car for sale in Newton Abbott so he messaged the man. I am hoping he got a message back. It seems he had taken the price down by £500 so perhaps no takers on it I am hoping anyway so now it a waiting game to see if Stu gets a reply. He went home with a good third of the pie last night and some of the cheesey leeks and one half of potato saying that was tomorrows lunch for him and James. I bet James dos'nt get a look in!!

I have suddenly gone off of the meals for one from Asda so are now making my own for the freezer so I don't have to cook everyday.

The oil comes today and maybe BIL so I better get my skates on and get in the shower.

Mandy yet another blanket! I knew they would all want one once they had seen the first one. They will certainly keep you busy up until Christmas. Hope Chelsea had a lovely birthday. <3

Good morning all 15 degrees, a bit grey but getting brighter I think. Not sure what I am doing today, trying to make my mind up as to whether I wan to go to town or not.

Doing my shopping order today I realised it was way over £80. Ok I have 2 books of stamps on there so that is £12 not food but not al long ago it was a struggle to get it over £50 so I didn’t have to pay delivery.

Thank you all for your good wishes and a Happy Birthday to Chelsea too. <3 I wondered whether she would like a blanket when she saw how nice they were Mandy. I wonder what colours she will choose? You are going to be busy between now and Christmas making the different things. I have never seen wool with a pattern to make shown on the band before. Yes the prices seem to go up every week don't they. I think your cues have been incredible this year!

Sharon was pleased to see us and we had our usual two biscuits, but there was only one other couple there. She was saying that the breakfasts are the busy time now, yet when they did their delicious carvery in the past it was always busy.

I got a refund at the Co-op but no apology or explanation and the woman asked me for the magazine. Why she thought we'd bring that back with us when they'd charged me for two I don't know, but it became apparent it was to save her walking to the magazine rack to get the details! It used to be such a friendly shop where the staff would always say hello to regular customersas you walked round the shop and often pack your bag for you. I've seen them carry shopping out and cross the road with some of the less able customers who live in the pensioner bungalows opposite too. Since the nice manager who was like a whirlwind getting things done moved to other stores it's gone downhill and there are less staff so they all have to stack shelves as well as serve now.

It will be good to do a good deed and see a little Hedgehog over the winter Mel. I haven't even seen any of the poor little ones that get run over this year so they must be in decline like they say..

Evening all,

Happy Anniversary to you both Ann ,I hope you enjoyed your lunch , I knew it was your Anniversary the same day as Chelsea's birthday .

Oh Mel a little lodger for the winter ,they are so cute when they are tiny .

Shopping day and the bill seems to rise every week now ,I did get some wool from Aldi this week two balls of red and a nice golden yellow ready for a Christmas project if I can fit something in as Chelsea would also like a blanket ,I also bought a ball of mixed grey colours with a glove pattern on the ball band .

We've just had beans and tomatoes on toast tonight as neither of us were very hungry and it used some of the big toms up ,there's a huge one beginning to ripen it must be one of Mels seed ,I want to save some seeds from one as they are nice toms .
Cut three more cucumbers so the count is 91 , I can see about two more coming along and that might be it so don't think I'll get to the hundred