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Evening all,

Frosty first thing but it soon thawed and by lunch time we had a little light snow but it hasn't laid as every where is so wet ,now it's pouring with rain .

Mel i haven't really got on with my knitting very well today i did start a little jacket but i wasn't happy with it so pulled it all out ,i did knit a little pair of sandals the other day but i didn't take a photo of them and Lacey has them now ,she loved all the little things i've done so far .

You'll miss little JJ Frank ,i wonder what he's done with his ball ,you'l have to keep an eye out or it, you don't want to be putting your foot on it and going for a burton ,the times i've done that with Max as he lays down behind me when i stand at the sink and his ball is beside him and i don't notice it when i turn .

Your neighbour did very well to get that tree all cleared away Jane ,i bet he's stiff as a board today .
Enjoy your trip ,it will be interesting to see what the Gown is like , Vivian Westwood.does like bright colours doesn't she .

Oh dear Ann you don't want to be with out your heating and hot water for to long in this weather ,i hope it's nothing to bad and can be fixed fairly soon ,that was a blessing getting the fan heater .
Like to see the rings you've made ,that little Chihuahua knew the best place to sit .

Anne glad to hear your feeling a little better ,there's so many people with this flu it does seem to be knocking people for six .

Good afternoon all

Feeling a little better now and gradually getting my appetite back but feel so tired all the time, keep falling a sleep in the armchair. When I got up this morning there was a dead baby rat outside my bedroom door, I think it was probably Shadow's gift as there wasn't a mark on it poor little thing

Colin rang a couple of days ago and he has also had this bug despite having a flu jab he had spent the last 5 days in bed, something I was unable to do because of Ruby. He had to cancel two lectures he was booked to do in the Lake District.The main reason for ringing was he had to reapply for a Russian Visa and they ask different questions every time, this time they wanted details about our parents , where and when they were born and where they died and when, he is off to St Petersburg next month.

We woke up to snow this morning as well but not as much as Jane it has turned to rain now. Your neighbour has been busy Jane removing the tree, good job he did it before the snow. Hope Thomas has settled into the cattery, where are you going? I must have missed your post.

I haven't been on here for quite a while so hopefully I can get back on track now.

Suitcase packed.We are sharing one for the first time EVER !!. Guess whose stuff is taking up most of the space? Not Chris . I am actually being very good.Just 3 tops 2 pairs of trousers a loose cardigan and my undies.All that needs to go in now it the toilet bag and my hairbrush. I am sure I will be throwing a few more bits in though at the last minute (just in case I need them :-D)

Yes Gill it is Hannahs Graduation for her PhD. Apparently the gowns are designed by Vivian Westwood. I thought all Grad Gowns were the same other than the coloured scarf things.They must have a name. Bit like a vicar wears if you get what I mean.

I wonder where JJ's tennis ball has got to Frank. Has he other toys to play with ?He might sniff it out himself. I hope you manage to have some food tonight. A ham sandwhich is not enough !!

Mel ,Has OH a little bed up in the loft he can have a kip in LOL He has been up there for days :-D He must have nearly finished now.
You asked when Matthew and Kelsey are back. They went on the 16th and are in Jamiaca for a fortnight..

Fitz is taking us to the station tomorrow so we dont have to leave the car in the station car park for 2 nights.The train isnt until 1.30 so no rush in the morning. One thing I wont have to do it get up at a ridiculous time to let Thomas out :-D. I bet I wake up though :-S

Going to give Janice a ring now.

Afternoon All,

We awoke to thick snowflakes and a covering of about an inch and a half of snow this morning. We went out for lunch and the roads were all slushy, but the snow had stopped by the time we came out from lunch. We called in the factory shop after to buy a small electric fan heater. We'd said the week before when we saw them that we'd get one 'in case' we needed one sometime and I had a £5 off voucher we could use. I also had a £1 off from the cards they give you each time you shop so OH got a long sleeved white shirt for only £7 with the £1 off.

Amazingly we'd had a drama when we got up this morning and found the boiler was leaking water over the worktop and into the wall you don't see behind the cover below it...........so we needed the heater sooner than we expected!!!! :-S OH topped the boiler water up and we managed a speedy shower before switching it off again and have left it off since! We've put trays on the worktop under it but there have been no further drips, so maybe it is just happening when the boiler is running and under pressure or hot?? Don't really know so we are leaving it off till we can get Roy to come and look at it. He has done our servicing for a few years now, so hopefully will do his best to come and look at it quickly, although he's bound to be busy this time of the year. I checked the warranty first and wouldn't you just know it, it ran out less than 5 months ago. :-S :-S I had a secret chuckle earlier as OH was sitting in the lounge watching footie. He was wearing extra layers t shirt etc and fingerless gloves to read the paper!! lol. He's worked out how to light the gas fire now (we never use it) as it's gone colder. It looks like an old fashioned style wash from a kettle of water tomorrow morning and no shower or hair wash which we both have every day. :-S I have an optician's appointment at 9.00am.

Yesterday I went to the silversmithing workshop with a friend and 5 of us made a couple of silver rings each. It was really good and they turned out better than I expected. There was a little Chihuahua there with his own little cushion in front of an electric heater. He looked like he might be a bit spoiled and after barking at us, he was quite a softie for tickles. :-)

I think Jane and Chris are going to Hannah's graduation.

Just going to have a look and see what oh has done today.

OH's back is still sore Frank, he has another appointment with the doctor on the 26th for the results of the X-ray and blood tests, he'll know more then. Depending on the results the doctor might send him to a back specialist.

I'm sure your appetite will return soon. It sounds like you've got the situation under control with your drinking if you're comfortable with it. Will you stop drinking altogether or stick to a few cans each night? I know you said you were going to quit, but just wondered if you had changed your mind. Like you said you don't have any other vices. So long as you're happy, that's the main thing :-)

So JJ's lost his tennis ball, I'm sure it'll turn up eventually and like you said he has more at home so he probably won't miss it. Pleased to hear your friends in Jamaica are safe.

Where are you going Jane? Sorry I must of missed the post of you going away. I hope you have a nice time and Thomas enjoys his little holiday too ;-)

Snow has stopped now and everywhere in SLUSH. JJ has lost his tennis ball. We had searched all over the place, I finally went down the garden, but no sign of it. I am sure he has more balls at home, and it will turn up sometime
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Jan and Jo are going our to lunch with Kerry and Mark and will make their way here later.

I have a friend in Jamaica, I see on FB hat they are safe, and staying away from the trouble area. I think they are back next week.

I am still waiting for Jonathan to come round and sort out CATCH UP and the connection to WiFi. I have tried, but I am useless at anything technical. !!

Gill I haven't really got my appetite back. I only had a Ham Roll all day yesterday, and as yet not eaten today. I will dish myself a small dinner later, but doubt I will eat it all. As for the beer. I have settled for THREE to FOUR cans a day. I don't have any other vices, and feel comfortable with what I am doing.

The sky looks full of rain clouds, which they promised in the forecast. So I expect it will come and clear all his slush away. Then the ground will be soaked again. Roll on some dry weather and sunshine.

Has OH finished the loft now Mel. ?? and how is your OHs back doing Gill.??

I have a self of Lewis and I on my phone which he took Friday. I have connected the phone to the Mac Book, but don't know what to do to transfer it. Once I can do this I will forward it to you all, so you can see Lewis.

The poor old birds looked soaked sitting up in the bushes. I Also they find somewhere warm and dry for the night. Likewise all wild animals etc.

I bet the homeless are feeling this cold snap. It must be a nightmare for them finding food, and somewhere dry and warm to get away from this weather. My thoughts are with them. I know some do it as a way of living, but dos, it has been forced on, through terrible circumstances . We are a lucky lot aren't we. xxx

Afternoon Everyone
Cor Blimey what weather!! Lots of snow,which I didnt really expect. It is turning to rain now so I reckon it will soon disappear. Chris drove me to the Cattery with Thomas which I was pleased about. The A14 was horrible . Poor Thomas .I think he will be all tucked up in the sleeping quarters to keep warm. I felt bad leaving him in this cold weather.But I know he will be fine. Just put him out of my mind now.

I must start deciding what to pack now and get that done this afternoon.I will no doubt be changing my mind a few times LOL
I'll have a bath later and do my nails. Hair in the morning.

Sensible JJ staying in the warm. I am sure the Motorway will be fine for the journey down to Devon even if they have to take things a little slower. We saw 3 Salt /Gritters on the A14 this morning.

I'll be back later on.

I wonder what Mandy has knitted now? She is so quick with those needles.

I worked on my craft last night and got on quite well. I just love ivy leaves and thats what I have been making in felt. Tops for something else.

Must start the breakfast now. I can hear sawing going on in the loft. He is making the area around the hatch safe for me to be able to get up there. I have to have a step as the flooring is a foot higher than where you come through the hatch so not good for my little legs.

Afternoon all,

Lucky begger Frank getting some snow.............................

Its just continual rain here and the chickens are still paddling in their mud bath.

We have had the leccy off this morning as oh had to move some plugs up in the loft as they would be under the lagging.

Hope Jan and Jo have a good journey back down here anddon't meet with any floods. The ground can't take the watedr thats coming down all the time. There is even water coming UP the mole holes in the chicken run.

Good girl Gill putting the books you want to look at to the side and getting the others packed away.

Its good to know that Matt and Kelsey are 45 miles from the troubled area but I bet Janice still can't wait for them to be home. When are they due back Jane?

Did we hear from Ann yesterday? Hope she's ok. <3

The snow was only light and has now stopped, so Sandra missed it. Hope Jan and Jo have a safe journey back to Paignton.

So JJ is fascinated by the snow then Frank, maybe he didn't want to go out again as he now knows how cold it is to run in ;-) ;-)
Your meal sounds nice, pleased to see you have your appetite back again. How many pints each day are you on now, didn't you say you need to reduce them each week?

When you mentioned Ros under her hair dryer it reminded me of the birthday card I bought you. Did it make you laugh? I thought about the noise from Ros's sewing machine and hair dryer when I saw it and hoped you'd see the funny side to it :-D ;-)

Good morning all,

Well Sandra should be down here Gill, snow everywhere, and it's sill snowing with large flakes. JJ went out at 7.30 for a wee, and came in covered in snow. I towled him off and he got the wind up his bum. Dashing up and down the lounge with his toys. He's how lying on the back of the chair in the window, watching the snow.

Roast Beef today. I have done all the Veg. Carrots, Runners, Cauli, Broccoli. Parsnips ready to par boil with new Challote potatoes, which I will crush lightly and roast in the oven, with herbs and olive oil. Still have the Yorkshire and CHEESE SAUCE to make.

Ros has showered and washed her hair. She is sitting under the dryer as we speak.

I will hav to get Lewis to send me a SELFY so I can forward it to you all. Thanks for wanting to keep in touch with his growing up. !!!

Poor Jan and Jo have to drive back to Paignton this afternoon. I expect the main roads and motor ways will be clear. But still not a nice journey.

Thanks for the photo's Jane, I would still love to know what he is going to do with it. ??

JJ just went to the door of the conservatory, I opened it and opened the door to the green. He took one look and turned tail and went back in the lounge. Can't call him stupid
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Still unable to get CATCH UP on the Tele. Jonathan is suppose to be coming round to sort it out. But I can't blame not wanting to come out in this weather.

I hope you are not having to much snow, APART from Gill, for SANDRA Lol xxx

Morning all

We have a few flakes of snow at the moment but it's melting as soon as it hits the ground so I didn't bother waking Sandra up. I had problems with my laptop last night and couldn't shut it down, it finally played nicely around 3am, needless to say I had a late night last night.

I watched the news last night Jane, it's sounds really bad with all those gangs. Pleased to hear Matthew and Kelsey are far away from all the trouble. I think Janice will probably be less worried when they are both home safely. When are they due back?

I took your advice Mel and have put some books to one side that I want to look at so I can put the rest in boxes. I came across a few books I got for Christmas in 2016 that I hadn't read. I wondered where they were and found them yesterday so will be looking forward to finally reading them. It sounds like we're both finding present we bought for our OH's I must remember if I buy anything early to put it all together this year, so nothing is lost again.

Nothing much planned for today just carrying on with all my sorting. Our bungalow is starting to look a right mess with empty boxes everywhere and my belongings out waiting to be sorted, so I'd better get on with it so I can see my bungalow again ;-) ;-)

What is everyone else up to today?

Matthew and Kelsey are 45 miles away from Montego Bay where the problem is so they should be fine :-D Relief all round :-D
There was no way the tree could have come down on the summerhouse Mel ( thank goodness)It probably looked closer in the pic. Not sure when or what will happen with the fencing yet Gill.

Gill I dont know what is going on in Jamaica other than shootings and stabbings in Montego Bay area, but I dont know why. Maybe Gangs/Drugs. Who knows .

Meatballs and Spag again for us tonight. We only had that last week !. But I just couldnt think what else to do and there was the meatballs staring at me from the freezer . Problem sorted :-D

Still raining and the forcast for tomorrow is more rain. When will it ever stop??????? or will it?

You must keep out the book you get interested in and carry on packing the others Gill.

It looked like the tree avoided all your plants so that was lucky. He didn't take long to take it all away did he Jane? When is your fence being sorted properly, did he say?
Hope Matthew and Kelsey are okay, do you know what the problem is yet? I haven't seen the news today so haven't heard anything.

I still haven't packed my books, I started to take a quick look at a book Sandra got me for Christmas on the 80's band QUEEN and before I knew it I'd read the whole lot. Needless to say I didn't get round to watching anymore programmes off the planner either. It was a brilliant book telling the story of how Queen started and of course when Freddie Mercury passed away. I'd forgotten that he told the press that he had AIDS on my 25th birthday, then sadly passed away the following day. Queen were never the same after that even though they tried to use someone else as their lead singer.

Well, I'd better go and pack these books up. Sorting through books is almost as bad as sorting through photo's, you never seem to get on with it as you spend lots of time looking rather than packing them up and I really should watch a few more programmes before I run out of space on the planner. See you all later.

Gosh Jane were'nt you lucky it did'nt land on the summerhouse!!

How's the knitting coming along Mandy. We will want to see pictures again you know.

All done then Jane. Gosh he did'nt hang about then but like we have all said it was so so dead and had been for a very long while. Can't wait to see the pictures.

I bought one of those long plastic boxes to go under a sideboard in the lounge. I had all my wreath making stuff in two cardboard boxes which went under there. Now I have put it in the long box I can't get it all in there like I could in the two boxes so it may all be coming back out and back in the boxes it was in before. The long one will go under our bed or I may put stuff in it up in the loft. I have all my wool in one deep box from my shed.

I too found two more things I had bought for oh yesterday. One was a set of serclips with a key attached to do them up with and the other was a light you can plug into the pc. So thats three pressies he has had this week with the assortment of gins I found too.

I hope Matthew and Kelsey are ok. I can understand how Janice would be worried about them. It seems like nowhere is safe to go to abroad lately.

Its good Rob has kept off the grass with the wheelbarrow Jane. I should think he is going to use the wood for a fire if he has covered it up with a tarp. It won't last long before he has to keep topping it up if is is as rotten as it looks.

I love Call the Midwife too but I do wish they would'nt keep going forward in time as I liked it when it was a bit more old fashioned. So two things to see on a Sunday now, that and Vera.

Still that horrid fine rain blowing in the wind here.