General Chat

Oh Congratulations Vera how lovely to look forward to the arrival of a new baby in the family ,a little twig to add to your tree <3
Not much meat on a hedgehog but I enjoyed the stuffing lol
Holly the Hedgehog is all done and I'm now doing Bella the cat ,its a ginger cat so I suppose it should be a tom really ,can you get female ginger cats , anyway this one is female as she has a skirt and top .

Lovely sunset here tonight .

Spent a pleasant morning with my friend over the road. mostly grey here too Vera although we did have a splash of sun earlier and a nice sunset. Strangely no birds around here at all today only three in my garden this morning a wren, a great tit and a blackbird. And none at all in friends garden. I did the birdwatch for an hour on Friday but even then only saw about 12 birds. (list is downstairs).

Congratulations on the great grandchild expected Vera. How lovely.

Thanks Ann, good to see you popping in. I don't think I could persevere with one on line course let alone two. they must take a fair amount of time.

It’s been very grey all day but no rain so far. I don’t seem to have done much today. I sat for an hour this morning doing the Big Garden Bird Watch and then went to shower and wash my hair. While I was doing that OH washed the kitchen and hall floors which was a nice surprise for me.

Lol Mandy when you said you were going to stuff the hedgehog I thought you were planning roast hedgehog for Sunday dinner :-D

Just been interrupted by a phone call from grandson and what a surprise.........he and his girlfriend are going to make us great grandparents in 6 months or so. I need a bit of time to take it in I think.

Thinking of you Ann. <3 I am still here but busy with two courses so not expecting to post too much but I do occasionally pop in and read.

Good to see you Gill and I will be replying to your message later...........ASDA delivery due anytime now!

Thank you all for your thoughts. <3

Morning all,

Sending love to Anng today and thinking of you. <3

Miserable day here today and its rained a bit as the grounds wet . Did'nt wake till after 10am as I went back to bed after my second visit to the loo. Fatal I should never do it now Iv'e not much left of the morning.

Morning all,

Anng thinking of you today <3 lovely to have the beautiful flowers from your family .

Cloudy here with a little wind but no frost ,not a lit happening here just having a lazy day recovering from wood stacking .

Hope to stuff the hedgehog today ,I've started on Bella the cat already .

Thank you Island <3

Thinking of you Ann <3

Thanks Gwyn, horrible day to remember but lovely memories to think about. <3

Thinking of you and your family today AnnG <3

How lovely to have some beautiful flowers from your thoughtful family.

Thank you Vera <3

Gosh Gill, you have got a lot done in the house and you must be pleased to see everything moving along now,after a bit of a slow start. Your neighbours sound nice. It makes such a difference when you all get along.

Talking of neighbours, the man next door knocked late afternoon. He explained he hasn’t been Zoom cooking lately with his grandchildren overseas as they have been busy packing up to move house. However today he made cake for an event at his church and made too much so he brought us 2 large slices of cranberry and orange drizzle cake and 2 large pieces of Guiness gingerbread. We’ve made pigs of ourselves and eaten the lot and very nice they were too.

The flowers were a lovely gesture from your family AnnG. I will be thinking of you tomorrow and wishing you a calm day filled with memories of all the good times.

Sending a wave to everyone who looks in or posts from time to time ~~~~~~~~

Forgot to say I didn't need to sand the plaster in the end, just give it a wipe down to get rid of all the dust. OH's in work tonight and the wall was still a bit wet so he's going to to the miss coat tomorrow when it's dried properly. I'm going to level the hearth tonight as it doesn't look level, I could be wrong so will put a spirit level on it first just to make sure. If it does need leveling then it'll be dry by tomorrow afternoon when OH wakes up, ready for him to do the painting, he's not in work tomorrow night, although he's back in work Monday night so how many of the cement boards will go down I'm not sure yet, that job might have to wait until next Friday when he has a proper day off without having to sleep during the day. It's a bit of a nuisance him only having one free day a week as it slows the DIY down and it can't be nice for him working on his day off either, so the sooner the jobs are finished the better.

Thanks AnnG. Yes things seem to moving much faster now all the building work has been done, it took us ages to have the two coal fires out plus one of the chimney's and the wall knocked down to the bathroom so we could extend it, then of course the new wall built, not to mention all the plastering we've had done and the re-wire and central heating put in, plus the wall insulation and underfloor insulation and a new back door and that's just what I can remember that's been done so far, I'm sure there's other jobs I've forgotten, so lots of building, dusty, jobs. We can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel now, well inside anyway, there's still lots more to do in the gardens which we're hoping to get back to in the spring.

We're very lucky the neighbours around here are brilliant and say they understand the jobs need doing and I'm always careful about the time of day and do the quiet jobs away from the adjoining wall if it's late. All the neighbours here are great and the day we moved in there was a bottle of wine and a card for us on the door step from next door......how nice was that.

The neighbour we're attached to got lots of quote to replace the broken fence at the back we were suppose to go halves but we had to buy a car and couldn't afford it, plus the quotes were very high so we did the job for free and she bought the fence panels. She was thrilled with the job and bought us both a present as a thank you saying it would of cost her much more if we hadn't of done it. Like I said the neighbours are lovely so we're very lucky. We're like a family.

How lovely to receive the bouquet of flowers, what a wonderful thoughtful thing to do.

After the meeting here this morning with 7 of us, to discuss a trip next Friday to Tetbury (organised by me) 5 of us went to the Hare and Hounds pub up the road for lunch. I had Scampi and chips and cheese cake and it came to just over £13. It is a lot cheaper than that mid week for seniors )£5.99 for 2 courses. We were impressed. the rest all had fish and chips which they said was nice. I also had a medium glass of red wine which was quite drinkable and cost £2.99.

When I got back, on the doorstep (Cynth is away) there was a beautiful bouquet of flowers. It just says 'thinking of you this weekend Mum' Tomorrow is the second anniversary of Tony's death. <3

Morning Anng and all,

Just done the asda order so thats out of the way.

Murky old morning here and pc says 3 degrees and cloudy but I can see that for myself.

Just the hsop to do and Em's eggs then the rest of the day is mine.

Good morning all very dark this morning so probably another horrible low cloud day 0 degrees so no frost as far as I can tell.

Seems like you are moving on well now Gill, good to get that room clear. I had not realised that your bungalow was a semi so you have an adjoining wall.
. I hope your neighbours are ok with all the work you have had to do. I am sure, no matter how careful you are all the DIY can sometimes cause a bit of noise. But that was thoughtful to not start sanding at that time of the evening. It looks like you are beginning to see the end anyway. Well done. It will be worth it.

I was about to start the sanding then realised the time. Because it's a joint wall with next door I can't do the sanding tonight as it will be to noisy so I will have to get up early and do it tomorrow before the cement boards arrive.

Well the living room is finally emptied, apart from the sofa as we ran out of space in the other room with it being a bit smaller than the living room, so I've covered the sofa for now as I need to do a bit of sanding on the chimney breast and a bit of coving ready for OH to do the miss coat on the fresh plaster.

We've ordered the cement boards for the living room and they are arriving in the morning, so with a bit of luck we'll make a start on putting them down tomorrow. The living room hasn't been emptied since the day we moved in so I'd forgotten how big the room is.

I noticed the floorboards on the traps in the living room and hall hadn't been put back properly when the electrician came to bond the gas meter so I asked OH to screw them down properly. It's a good job I asked as when he took them up the electrician had taken the underfloor insulation out and dropped it down under the property. i wondered why this place felt a bit cooler lately. Anyway OH has put the insulation back and sorted the floorboards and it's less drafty now. Once the cement boards go down in the living room it'll act as an insulation above the floorboards as well so will be nice and cosy like the other room we've done then.

Once the living room is finished well move all our bedroom furniture into the living room so we can do the cement boards in our bedroom, then they'll only be the kitchen and hall left to do. So still lots to do but we're getting there, slowly. ;-) ;-)

Going to grab and drink now then start sanding the living room while OH is watching his football. I'm hoping he'll do the miss coat on the fresh plaster tonight but if he's to tired he'll do it tomorrow, there's not much to do so it won't take long.

Sorry I haven't read all your posts, I'll catch up with them when OH is back in work and I have more time. I hope everyone is keeping well.