General Chat

I have no excuse really for catching keys. I don't touch typ and I am typing on a full size keyboard. I am 20 times worse on my phone and mobile as my nails tend to catch the adjacent keys then. The strange thing is it is often the semi colon for the L that gets printed.

I bought a bra yesterday and when I got home it was very much the wrong size. (34D) it is a long time since a 34 would go round me and even the D was wrong. I am sure that it was on the correct size hanger that I needed but I was in a rush and late for the chiropodist if I didn't get a move on so didn't check it until I was home. anyway, no problem as I went into town this moring, got a bus in at 0940 and was home by 11.30 having stopped at the free book stall on the way back from the bus. I also bought a pyjama top as it was 20% off. Then I bought a camisole in Primark because I have had one from there before and they are only £2.00

Ann was the garden centre one of the ones that have been taken over by British garden centres. I hate the way they lay them out, very claustrophobic.

Morning All,

Misty and more like autumn today and quite chilly too. We nipped to Costa down the road first thing for coffee and a hot, egg, mushroom and spinah cob. Afterwards OH looked at books in Waterstones opposite while I had a mooch round Next homeware. It's all in the Next building so not much walking. As it's a cold morning I tried starting my car when we got back and it behaved perfectly! If it carries on like this the next few days I will have to tell the garage to cancel me bringing it in.

I'm a devil for catching adjacent keys when I type and don't like texting for that reason. It's easy to understand though when you do it yourself and realise it's an adjacent key. How do these young men with big thands that type with just their bigger thumbs manage on their mobiles??

When I tried to open the Cockerel pictures on your email earlier there were none there Mel, so I left it a while. Now there are some pictures and the Cockerel is very good. I like how you have curved the tail feathers down and managed to put short bits of feather where they would be shorter. One picture said it couldn't be loaded and one was of your car and not all 9 were there, so that was strange.

I still just about manage to cut my toenails, but lately they seem more brittle, so harder to do. I have my thy thyroid blood test in a few weeks, so if my tablet dosage needs changing that could be the reason or it might just be that I am getting older!!
I had another of my 'toilet' dreams and I've had a few like that lately. It's always a public toilet in a place I don't know and either the door won't lock or there is more than one door to it so not very private, or it is overflowing! OH says they are my anxiety dreams, but I read recently that toilet dreams mean you feel overwhelmed.

OH is taking his laptop and has a meeting with a colleague at Jenno's cafe which is near the old chapel and Santander head office on the site of the old mental hospital so only five minutes away and not in the rush hour.

My visit to the different Garden Centre yesterday will be my last! They have redone the inside to be like IKEA only much worse. Now you have to zigzag right to left down one side of the store before zig zagging up the other side to get to the exit and tills. There are high walls each side of the 'tunnel' so you can't even look across to where anything is and there are no short cuts and it is the only way to access the outside. Having to walk past everything was too much walking for me so I was glad to get to the end without buying anything.

It sounds like a nice place where you had your meal yesterday Vera. On the rare occasion I have sausages I like sausage and mash especially with a nice onion gravy! Your OH is good steam cleaning the floors, as mine hasn't got beyond 'putting the hoover round' as he calls it. I hope the tv engineer manages to sort your tv without too much expense.

Well I'd better get on now. BBL.

not that strange Mel, made sense if you realised that twice my finger hit the semi colon instead of the letter l that is adjacent. I was ruching I think. And the post was connected to the one about the chiropodist. I am fine.
Oh and no idea why that posted twice. I have deleted one now.

Strange post Anng same as the one last night mistakes and all are you ok?

Strange about the socks, he is quite an older chiropodist I would think he is late 60s. maybe he has recently been on a refresher course.

Morning all,

Grey day and pc says 4 rainy days ahead and its 5 degrees.

Slept well up once and back to bed at 4 23am. but am up now.Lots to do today so see you all later on.

Thanks for the cockerel pictures Mel. You’ve made a good job of sticking those feathers on. I showed OH and he was impressed. Did you have a nice dinner with Stu? The chicken casserole sounds tasty.

Yes, my chiropodist puts my socks on for me as well. I’ve got an appointment on Tuesday. My feet are more than ready for a bit of TLC as they are overdue. I had an appointment a couple of weeks ago but had to cancel it as OH was still unwell and I hadn’t got transport. There isn’t a suitable bus route so it would have meant yet another taxi.

Your OH does work hard Annx. The council and schools he works with are lucky to have him. I hope he was able to park close to his meetings today.

I had a partially good night in that I seemed to wake every hour but went back to sleep fairly quickly. As I woke each time I felt the bed had been turned round. Goodness knows where this feeling is coming from. It’s very weird. Once I was up I set to and cleaned the downstairs toilet and set out chairs in the lounge. Then I only had to whip the cream for the trifle and get myself ready.

The pub where we ate is in a lovely old building. I’ve been told it’s about 650 years old. Everyone cleared their plates as the food was nicely cooked and presented. I had sausage and mash which I rarely choose. The sausages, I think, were made by a local butcher and were delicious and the onion gravy was really flavoursome. Then it was back to mine. I didn’t think my trifle was that good but everyone had some and several people had a second helping. The cakes were good too and the remainder are now in my freezer. There was lots of chat and laughter and between us we put the world to rights. I’m feeling quite tired now.

I hope we all have a good night tonight.

Sent pics of the cockerel. Stu's gpoing to be about 5 mins. O he's here.

My chiropodist always puts my socks on for me always has.

BIL has just turned up and I asked him what he was doing here on a Thursday to which he said he took the day off. He wants toget the long grass deck on the old mower and pick up some sticks so he can mow when the weathers right. There are so many twigs on the outside lawn from the trees on the boundry with all the strong winds we have been having. Down here its the big ash tree in the orchard that has branches and twigs everywhere even on my bit of road down to the shed.

Bet your feet feel nice now Anng. My one cuts my nails with both hands left and right he said he's learnt to do it like that as its easier. He always finishes them of with a drill with a sanding attachment on it so no ctchy bits. I had to cut my toenails myself the other day as I had an appointment for 9th Jan and cos of the flu I forgot itso when I rang up the only one I could get was for 11th March I think. He has not done them since before Christmas and my next appointment would have bee just before Christmas and I did'nt want that so we made it for after.

forgot to post this and BIL has just left.

It has been and still is a lovely day here 16 degrees. Still went out in my winter coat but it seems too early to leave that off.

I was in M7S and checked my watch it was 11.45 and my chiropodit appointment was for 12 o'clock and i was about 8-10 minutes away. Still I made it but didn't seem to cover as many shops as I wanted, Probably took too long over coffee. Not to worry. I could have walked back over to the shops but was too tired by then and not far from the bus station.

Chiropodist was just finishing my feet getting rid of hard skin on my right big toe. I remarked that I though I had been walking awkwardly because I was favouring the leg with the op. He nodded but then asked me why I was favouring that leg then realised why but I said well there are a lot of aches and pains, only to be expected at my age. Told him I was 85. He carried on with what he was doing (he is a manof few words). Then he suddenly stopped and looked at me and said. "Did you say you are 85?" I nodded. He was really amazed, goodness knows how old he thought I was I have been going to him for over 20 years. when he finished he reached over and took my socks and put them on for me. Obviously now registered with him that I am old...... need assistance.

Gwyn have an interesting day with he children today or is it Friday. I wonder what those wearing costumes with be like?

Morning all,

Misty moisty morning here and its 9 degrees and pc says mostly cloudy. I don't mind that as long as it stays dry.

Slept well and up once for the oo but it was getting light then went back to bed and dreamt about oh and we had scorpians in the garage and one on the wall was over a foot long. Other were smaller down to a few inches and one fell on me and I hit it with the watering can I take the girls water round in.

Laying there after waking I was thinking of the magic painting books I used to get as a child. Do you remember them?? I used to get them for my son too and I wonder if they still do them for little ones?

That will be so nice to see your granddaughter in the begining of June when she comes home for a visit. Its something nice to look forward too and should cheer you both up.

Annx I have'nt had a pork chop in years enjoy. May get myself some for next week. I haave homemade apple sause in the freezer.

Well I need to get the slow cooker on with the chicken casserole for tonights dinner and get tidied up and hoovered for Stu coming tonight.

Morning All,

Beautiful sunshine again, but a bit of mist still clearing. OH has gone to a council meeting, well to a meeting before the meeting and there will be a meeting after the meeting as well. They couldn't even get him a parking space today which I think is poor when his help and advice is free.

Not sure what I will get done today, but first I'm going out to another garden centre if the car starts ok. Then washing needs doing and a list of other things. This sunshine is showing up dust and mucky windows for starters and I want to get the garden bin filled for the first collection this year.

I had a better night AnnG. Is your chiropodist handy? I can't remember whether you walk or catch a bus. Yesterday I decided on the pork chops this time after seeing the price of the lamb ones! I did a slow cooker meal with the lamb mince and a tomato sauce and used up odds and ends of veg in the fridge so we can have half today with rice.

Enjoy your meal and get together after at your house Vera and it will be great to see your granddaughter in June, something to look forward to as you say.

I'd better get going now so BBL

Good morning all. a bright morning here and 6 degrees. I have to go to town this morning as I have a chiropodists appointment at 12 o'clock. Slept ok last night but still woke 3 times for the loo. Got back to sleep ok though. there was a lovely full moon and clear sky last night too.
Hope everyone else had a good night.

Mandy that was frustrating for you I thought you made the appointment specifically for the funny turns not to check your BP. Do you think somebody got their wires crossed. So now another long wait.

Ann thar farm shop order sounded good. Was that pork or lamb chops.

It was apparently a man in next door last night. Very strange and a weird time of night.

As to whoever the new neighbours will be. If it is the daughter. She is very strange. No idea what her partner is like. She has actually passed me in the road without talking or acknowledging me so it could be quite quiet. :-(

The ECG is probably a good idea Mandy but if the doctor doesn't talk to you about your funny head how does she know it isn't connected to your blood pressure? Our doctors tend to say it's one problem at each visit but they are a bit flexible and sometimes recognise that different issues could be connected.

Your system for getting your meds sounds similar to our old system Gwyn which worked very well. I still get a new script with my meds each month but don't have to do anything with it, other than turn up in 4 weeks' time to collect the next lot. Have fun with the children at World Book Day.

Like Mel says, it's nice to do something that hasn't been pre-planned so I expect you enjoyed coffee with your neighbour AnnG. I wonder what will happen to the empty house by you. I hope whoever eventually moves in turns out to be pleasant.

The downstairs has had a thorough clean today. OH was helpful and steam cleaned the floors for me as well as doing one or two other jobs. While he was doing that I had a good sort out of all the bits of paper lying around in the study and it was all either shredded, recycled or filed. I can't believe how tidy both the desks look now.

As I mentioned 8 of us are out for a main course lunch and then it's all back to mine. I have a big trifle ready in the fridge. I just need to whip some cream for the top and I'll do that in the morning. The only other thing I need to do tomorrow is just have a quick wipe round the downstairs loo.

We've found a TV engineer and he is coming on Friday to see if he can sort out the TV for us.

We had a phone call from son asking us to try and keep the beginning of June free, though he doesn't know the exact dates yet. Granddaughter in Hong Kong is coming back for just a few days holiday. She will need to see her mother and will want to see her sisters but is planning to spend a couple of days at son's house. She has asked him if he can get us up to his house so she can spend time with us as well, so that's something for us to look forward to.

I'm hoping for nicer weather tomorrow as there hasn't been a sign of the sun at all today. The temperature supposedly got to 12 degrees but it didn't feel like it. I'm also hoping for a restful night for all of us. Night, night and sweet dreams everyone.

Evening All,

Another nice sunny day here and I did a wash, but like others of you have said I couldn't face reaching up and pegging it out so I put things in the coservatory on the airer as it was quite warm in there.

It was nice of Jake to take you to the docs Mandy and I bet he was keen to be out driving now he's passed his test. What a game trying to see the doctor though and doesn't your heart sink when they say something you think may be connected is another issue needing another appointment. It's happened to me before too. It feels like they are making three appointments out of one, so they get paid more. At least you have an ECG booked now which may be helpful.

That was a funny time for someone to be visiting the house nextdoor AnnG, even if it was the daughter. Almost like they didn't want to be seen or to talk to anyone. Perhaps they were switching water and gas/electric off and getting meter readings ready to sell. As you say it will become clear in time. It was a nice way to be sidetracked with a chat and coffee with a friend. Jobs can usually be caught up another time.

Gwyn your repeat prescription system works exactly like ours, but with the choice of ordering online which we do to avoid having to go and hand in our request. Online it tells us when to pick up our meds and shows against each of our meds when we can order again.

I can imagine the young children enjoying world book day and it is a great idea to allow them to wear pyjamas if they want instead of dressing up so they can take part without worrying if they haven't got a costume. It's good The school where Mandy's son works do the same.

I hope we get to see a pic of this cockerel Mel. Do you need some stronger glue for the cage? It sounds an interesting make.

You had a strange night with dreams Vera. Sometimes I wake up in the night and think the window is in a different position.

Well ERNIE has only given me a measly £25 the last two months, but that is better than I used to get years ago and is better than nothing. I have forgotten if I said, but with the blackout blinds in the bedrooms on the front the plastic connectors have started just breaking. They are out of warranty, but I rang the company and they are sending new chains and connectors free of charge so that's good.

Today we went to the farm shop and had poached eggs in their cafe after we called for OH to have all his blood tests. I got some eggs, chops and veg, apples, nice mushrooms, bread rolls and cottage cheese. The meat has certainly gone up in price! Then we called at the usual Co-op and they've made another change that isn't going to work very well. At present there are three tills with no space to put your bag to fill with your shopping as they use the same space to put your purchases as they swipe them. What they have done is put a self service till in front of each of the other tills, again with nowhere to put your bag and your purchases have to go on the same cramped surface as people using the old tills. People will be squashed together like sardines when they are busy like Saturdays and getting their shopping mixed up on the counter. I wonder if the next step will be to reduce staff even more.

Well I'm non the wiser really at the moment after visiting the doctor she did say my blood pressure wasn't to bad but she would like me to have an ECG which I booked as they do that at the surgery .
When I mentioned the swimmy head and the indegestion she said we're here to discuss your blood pressure and I'd need to book 2 separate appointments for those .
She did say perhaps I should get my eyes tested so I must book an appointment for that as I do have cataracts so perhaps they are ready to be done now .
So until I have the ECG in a fortnight that's all I know .

probably why you were knocking thigs about Mel, hands not steady through hunger.

That was nice Anng its good to do things on the spur of the moment and forget about what you were going to do. There's always another day. :-)

I have just tried to stick the cockerel in its cage and knocked the bars out three or four times so have had to stick them again. I have now walked away.........

Think maybe I will have a hot Ribena as I have just realised that I have only had one crumpet to eat today and maybe another crumpet......:-)