General Chat

MEL, It all depends on the S I Z E of your FEET. :-D :-D :-D :-D Yours must be bigger than Mum's were !!!!

Nice Photo Jane. Who's who. ???? I reconise you on the end, Who wouldn't. :-D :-D :-D :-D I see you had stopped talking at that moment. Glad you all had a nice day.

I got the lounger out this afternoon, under the big cherry tree. With an extra pillow for my head. Sitting there minding my own business when down came the rain, Only a slight shower, but I got the bedding in, and couldn't be bothered to go out again. I was so comfortable !!!!!
Mel, Please get yourself of to the doctors, if you are not well. At your AGE you have to be careful. ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

The clouds are certainly building up, so if and when it comes, it will be so hot and humid I could hardly sleep last night, tonight will be even worse.

Glad Hannah has got over her experience of Glastonbury. Something to remember in years to come. I don't ever remember having concerts like that in the 50s.

Kim, I trust you are keeping well, as with Pat, Shirl, and all my other lovelies..

We have had thunder today and we just came in because it started to rain. I have been fighting with the ivy on the wall in the back garden. There is such a lot of it and it comes over from the firld behind.

Sausages tonight, I have a varity pack!! 2 old english, 2 pork and leek and two cheese and tomato. What to have with them is the question now?? :-( I could have new pots and I will do him rice I think.

Jane thanks for the up to date photo.

My car goes in on Wednesday for two new tyres on the back so it will then be well shod all round.

Thuesday I have a girl coming to do my feet!! Never had them done before but she is a friend and helps with with paperwork etc so I thought I may as well give her a try as she dos'nt charge me for the paperwork but is charging £20 for the feet!!!!! Mums lady only charged a tenner.

Evening everyone,

What another scorcher !!! so hot for Jake's sports day , we thought that they might cancel it ,but it went ahead , all the little ones had hats on and bottles of water ,after each event they all had to have a drink of water .
Jake's team came second so he was pleased , all the children had an ice lolly when it was over and they all came home early .
They went in the Spa this afternoon ,and son went in the big pool so Jake thought he would go in to ,so it couldn't have been that cold !! Katie went in the Spa ,she loved it she didn't want to get out !!

Pat , Jake is six , Chelsea's three and Katie's eighteen months , they keep me on my toes bless them .

Fiona, hope you will soon feel better , it's lovely when the little ones start to talk , you say Sofia has a tan , i noticed Katie is getting quite tanned , she grazed her forehead and were the scabs came off is now quite white , DIL made sure she had extra sun cream on the white bits, so it didn't burn .

Frank, you mind what your up to doing all that in this heat , you'll be knocking your self up !!
Hope Ros's pain has eased a little today .

We've got loads of those thunder flies , i've just hung some washing out , thought they might get dried to a crisp if i hung them out this morning ,and the i noticed all the flies on the washing .

Mel, i told you to get your chest to the doctors !! you make sure you do or we'll all nag you till you go LOL

Jane, thanks for the photo, glad you all enjoyed your day .

Looks like we might be in for a storm and some heavy rain tonight , two inches was mentioned , but it should be cooler thank goodness .
Just wondering if i should water !!!

Well it was lovely today even though it was far too hot.Garden centres are not the coolest of places lol.We had a good old natter and a little light lunch and then a wander around.Ann will be on the M1 now on her way home.She came in for a cup of tea before setting off.Maureen hopefully will be back at her house now.She does look good after losing weight.A lot of determination.I wish i had that lol.
Hannah is looking a bit like a zombie ,and hardly has the energy to speak !!A couple of good nights sleep should set her right again.
why have I decided to cook flipping pork,on the hottest day.I need my head seeing to.
Frank you have been a busy boy and you too Mel(well girl)Yes Frank the thunder flies have been out in force.Irritating little so and sos.Storm brewing???.I think I will need a third shower later.I'm so sticky.My arms are sticking to the table here and my fingers on the keys. :-S :-S

That's me for the day !!!

I had an early start. When the binmen had been I decided to wash all three bins. The main one (BLACK) when I opened the lid, I was almost sick. It stank to high heaven. I put the hose on and washed it inside and out. Toof the bad water to the main drain in the road. All strayed out with Jey# fluid. I then decided to do the drain from the sink and dishwasher. What a job, thick with greese. I had to scrap that away down under the water line. Then high pressure water, and the hot tap running, scrubbed that clean and put a loat of Cili# bang greese remover down the sink and drain.

Then it was onto the front lawn, trimmed all round the boarders. Then mowed. The beds looked they could do with a freshen up, so went round with the hand fork and turned over the earth.
Did the same on the back lawn, and trimmed round all the stepping stones, What a job. That's all done now, so I can relax for the day.

Going to sit in the garden with my book. But it does look like we will get rain before too long.

Fiona, Please take care of yourself, and rest as much as possible.

Mel, Those B. horseflys, don't arf bite, don't they. Have you been plagued with those horrible little THUNDER FLIES. They are all over thew place.

Hope the girls have a nice day out. Not to much talking or they will get "LOCKED JAW" :-D :-D :-D :-D

Well it started off here nice and sunny. I went up the tunnel to water and did all that and a bit of digging. Turned off all relavant pumps and electic and went up the potting shed to turn the well pump on to fill my tank up. Did that and then went into the fruit cage to pick some tayberries and raspberries. Just got in there and picked a few and it started to rain!!!! it has clouded over now and still spits and spots. While picking I was bitten by a horse fly on the hand so have had to come down and put TCP on it and have just taken a antihystamen. Hope I don't fall asleep now!!

Just having a milky coffee.

Pat where are you going on holiday please?

Fiona poor you still under the weather. Do rest and give that grandaughter a big hug and kiss for me please. :-)

Morning All
I didn't get on yesterday day as I spent most of the morning in bed, relaxing or sleeping. pain is not to bad now, I have been just drinking and drinking gallons of water and eating small quantities of low fat foods and snacks every 3 hours which is helping to keep the acid at bay.
I was sorry to miss church and the special retirement party that was being held in the church for my our Minister who had now retired after 30 years of service, but would not have been able to keep going as I have no energy, also I have lost the few pounds of weight that I had put back on after my dad died,

SIL & Sofia came for dinner yesterday afternoon , daughter no 1 was at work,
Sofia has grown and filled out a liitle in the face must be all the pasta she eat in Italy. she also had a bit of a light tan . she now is talking more and can say her name and calls out to everybody using their names.
was glad daughter no 2 was there as she was kept busy playing as I still don't have the strenth to dash about,
Daughter no 1 has to work on Wednesday so daughter no 2 boyfriend who works from home will come and help me look after Sofia till daughter no 2 comes in from work then SIL will come & take Sofia home.

Weather dry here but no sun, looks like you lot are getting it all again :-( :-)

She is home!.Looking rather sunburnt and grubby lol.I am leaving the washing to her.She Mum,you don't really want to touch it.She is now sat outside with James telling him all about it.I won't go into how they used the long drop loos but it sounds hilarious.They had to devise a way to go without touching the seat which was a 2ft or so high!
She is now in the shower and says she will be gone a while lol

Mel Get that Chest of yours checked out.Better safe than sorry.Have a good day everyone.I expect you will get a couple of pics later of the 3 of us at the garden centre.Must be careful where we use the camera there as last time we were told we weren't supposed to take photos.I have no idea why!!

Mandy...It is hard to see the grandchildren being told off by their parents and us having to stand back,,,Well they were naughty...How old are they..

My grandchildren can be terrers somtimes...Point is you never know who starts the fights..lol..

Annx It was hot here as well in the night...Windows open more so you get woken early by the dawn chorus,,,

Morning All

Mel it is 6 months since the damage..Working with no units after all this while does get you down......Hopefully they will start next week some time... THats while we had the rush of going out to find the bits we needed...

The first 3 days will just be putting different layers of plaster up on the wall and allowing this to dry inbetween ...We should have different tradesmen in every day then together...
We break up from school in 4 weeks then Im off on my hols...If the worst of it is done by then I will be happy.

Jane ...I hope Hannah arrives back ok ..Think of all that washing... THe hot water will be on continuesly

Frank From what I read Ross has abad back? hope she is feeling more comfortable

Morning All,

I did some clearing in the back garden yesterday as this was in the sort of shade. We have a little lowish brick wall along the edge from the bungalow past the new pond and it had all ivy growing up it. Took all that off which always takes ages. Dug out the brimbles that had grown along there too. I am about just over two thirds of it I should think. The next bit is a bit nasty as it has two old roses and oneof those little flowered yellow clemetis which has been in there 20 odd years. They have all grown together. OH chopped it back earlier this year and the rose is flowering over the other side of the wall.

Hope Jane, Ann and Maureen have a good day today. Hope it is not too hot for you all to enjoy yourselves and don't spend too much in the garden center!!

Frank hope Ros is feeling a bit better after her sleep yesterday and the pain has eased a bit today. Give her my love. Back pain is so terrible as you don't realise how your back moves with silly little movements of the rest of your body.

Think I may have to take my chest to the docs after all as I have been getting that pain across my back again. Think it may be muscular but not sure.

Pat it is good you now can see some light at the end of the tunnel with the repairs to your house after the water doing so much damage. It will be wonderful to have a kitchen back again after all that time. Did you say it was 6 months?

Morning one and all
Phew that was a hot night ;-) ;-),even with the fan just a couple of feet away.
Hannah will be home any time now !.I thought it was this evening.Goodness knows what time they left Glastonbury.
I am all showered ,hairwashed,and even ironed a few bits.I will need another shower before Ann gets here lol.I'm sure Chester will give her a big welcome.
Must get myself a cuppa now,so BBL

Yes, I'm off now too, with a glass of cold water. Just the sheet over me tonight. All 3 bedroom windows have been wide open for a few hours so it should be a lot cooler now. Mandy's spa sounds heavenly doesn't it. :-D :-D

I wonder if Chester will be too hot for his usual lively welcome tomorrow.......I bet he will be trotting around like mad, tail wagging, with a toy in his mouth!!! lol

Night, night xx

Is it me you are calling "Chatterbox" Frank ???.I am a quiet little soul really lol
I am off to bed now to rest my tongue for tomorrow when I see Ann and Maureen.
Have just taken the big fan up to the bedroom.I think I might just need it tonight.
See you all in the morning xx

Hi All

Have had avery busy weekend....yesterday went to look for a bathroom suit which we have to pay for... Chosen the tiles for the bathroom and kitchen which the insurance people pay for.

Today we had to go and look for a light out of our pocket to go in the bathroom...we already have a new one for the kitchen....The electrician will fit these when the new ceilings go up.....
Saw some plants whlle in B and ~Q so filled my last empty pot up

It has been to hot to sit in the garden to read today...
Did have the big umbrella up but still too sticky... Did some gardening when it cooled and cut the grass..Sitting in PJ at moment just had a shower and hair wash...Need to dry this soon before my programme comes on at night....Left a glass of water in the freezer to get cold...Im an now breaking though the ice to drink it...

I will comment on your posts later...It seems we all have been enjoying the sunshine..

I've just come in from watering and feeding.The sun isn't so stong now, and the front garden is in shadow

We had our Roast about 5.00pm. Everything went in the dishwasher and thats on at the moment. Won't take long to empty that.

Thanks all, for concern about Ros. She goes for her injection on trhe 1st July,so not long to wait.

While watering tonight I found two more rouge potato's one in a pot, on the patio, and one in the front garden, under the trees. When I emptied the bags last year all the compost was put around the garden, so that's where they came from.

I agrtee with you Mandy. The little bugge## will do the most naughty things, what one dose'nt think of the other one will.

Have you seen the No. of postings from CHATTER BOX> !!!!

Hello, .......wrinkled prune here :-D have been in the water so long my fingers and toes are all wrinkly LOL
Jane, you would have cooled off a treat in there .
Hope you all have a good day tomorrow , will be a hot day for traveling about , hope the old air con is in working order !!
We decided to have a salad for tea , to hot for hubby to stand in front of the BBQ .

Frank ,the family were only here for the morning , and the Jake and Chelsea were naughty ,they both thought they would climb in Katies cot and they broke it !!!
I coudn't let them go in the Spa when son and DIL had said no., they've got to learn !!!

Hope poor Ros can get some relief from the pain when she has her next injection , did you say it was tomorrow ?

Thought we would leave the watering until its a bit cooler outside .
Might have a iced coffee now .

Afternoon All,

It was 34 degrees on the car thermometer earlier Frank......boiling!! Sorry Ros is in pain......good idea to let the poor lamb sleep while she can.

I think despite yesterday's rain, the pots and baskets will need water tonight.

Jane, we decided it was too hot to see the gardens..........didn't open till 11.00am.....I would want to have been there by 9.00am on such a hot day and on my way home by 11.00am!! I won't notice any dust......too used to seeing it here at the moment......too hot for cleaning anyway!! lol

Mandy I bet the children will be as good as gold tomorrow to make sure they get a dip!! I'm envying you in that lovely cool water! Fancy Toby moving back into the sun!!

Kim, it sounds like you had a really great time with your friends. You must all do it again!! :-D

Mel, yes it just shows that there is often some reason for these names being carried forward.

I was looking at travel to America in the 1700s and it sounds pretty grim!! A type of sailing ship called a Carrack and Galleons like Jack Sparrow's Black Pearl were used. There were no specific passenger ships and cots for people to sleep in were lined up, men and women mixed together. There were no areas to eat and fresh food would go rotten or sour after a week. The journey to America would take 5-6 weeks, but because there were no weather forecasts ships would get blown off course and end up in different ports to those they were heading for!! Disease was rife and dead bodies would be thrown overboard. Travel was a serious risk and until the mid 1700s pirate ships operated on the american shores so that was another risk.

I'm looking forward to seeing Jane and Maureen tomorrow........I don't think we'll be wanting hot drinks!! lol

Better get the salad for tea now.

Decided to lift the stray potato, got 15 off it. just rubbed the skins and they were clean. Will have those today, with some over for cold nibbles for Ros, she loved cold new potato's.

No news about neighbour excepl thet are going to put a camera down her throat tomorrow.

The sun is even too hot for me !!! I have been in the shade reading my book, but now come in doors. Have put the Roast" Crackling" Joint in the oven, dinner will be about 6 pm. If it's not to hot to eat it, (weather wise) not the dinner !!!!

Ros is lying on the sofa with her leg up, she looks as though she has dropped off, will let her rest. she won't be in pain while asleep.

Temperature showing 35 degrees on the conseravtory window, and the sun's not on that side.!!!! On top of the bed tonight. for sure.

Going to get myself another shower, to cool off a bit. Make sure you have plenty of hot water for Hannah tomorrow Jane, I'm sure she will be in there for hours and hours and hours !!!!! Then she still might have mud in her ear holes :-D :-D :-D :-D

Hello Frankie Boy.
Chris has just got the potatoes out of the first bag.They do look good,but never seem as many as I think there should be.They will do a couple of meals with 4 of us.
I bet Ros can't wait now to get her injections done.Fingers crossed she gets relief from her awful pain.

I am looking at all the dust in here.Ann will just have to shut her eyes tomorrow.I will leave it until it gets cooler.There will be no chance in He** that my car will be clean Frank.I do think it is parked in a field some way away from the actual festival,so hopefully no-one has been tramping around to stir up the muck. Maybe after todays heat some of the mud will be baked lol.
I bet the service stations along the M5 will be prepared for the onslaught of revelers tomorrow morning lol Proper toilets !!!
I have just been dead heading some roses but it is far too hot for me out there.
MANDY I want your spa and pool !.Next door has a swimming pool but it is empty.........Sheesh I could do with a dip right now.