General Chat

It was chocolate with chocolate buttercream and a soft toffee bit on top AnnG. Naughty as you say, but at least not much of it and no seconds! Gosh you've done a lot today! I have 'pending' stuff too and things like big packs of toilet rolls in the 2nd bedroom. A man is coming in the morning to measure the bedrooms and study for new blinds so I don't know what he will make of our 'stores'. We are are having blackout verticals on the front and in the study. I hope it will mean Mr O's headlights and security light opposite won't wake me at ungodly hours then and that as the blinds are quite thick the study will be cooler as the sun beats on this side in the afternoons. I can tilt them a little to get enough light. We are having a roller blind for the tiny ensuite window in a leafy pattern in white and a pale shade to match the vertical ones. It's made me do some tidying and filing so that's good.

Done the little parcel up Mandy just have to catch the post office van as he's only there for a little while. Must get up early to get there before he goes.

Had 4 eggs this mroning two little brown ones and teo bigger ones NONE brocken, hooray.

You've done well in the garden this mroning Anng. Don't knock yourself out there's always another day.

Spent the morning looking for something to pop in Mandy's parcel.

2 laps of the walk well done Ann. Then that cake :-) :-) Naughty but apparently nice!!

I walked to the post box and back which is probably only a quarter of a mile However after doing the lopping and changing the bed, doing the washing (bedding), I cleared off the main work top in the kitchen and gave that a good clean. I always seem to have stuff 'pending' on the work top as there is nowhere else to put it. Having cleared it off there were, of course, a few bits that I didn't really need to keep. Looks nice and clean and clear now. (for a while). Next job was to work out the plants I need for my baskets. I usually buy them as plugs and keep them when I pot them on into larger pots in the conservatory.

Afternoon All,

I see some have been busy this morning getting the garden sorted. It had rained in the night here so we didn't venture in the garden. OH had an online seminar too so I went and did the ice house walk again, but managed 2 laps round it today. I'd put OH a small birthday cake on the order as his birthday will be before the following order. He decided we'd have it today so I thought I'd better do some exercise first! The cake was a sub and a smaller Thornton's cake was sent, but it was very nice. :-D The sub was one of 9 subs this time. We don't order white bread but that's what they sent for OH. Asda said their slots were full?? so our order came from a different store. The driver didn't use our bags as requested on the order and he never even let us know he'd been and just drove off!! :-( Service seems to be getting worse)

I thought how nice it was that a lorry park owner has invited any Ukraine drivers to use it as long as they like if they want to stay where it's safe. It has a shower and toilets. I hadn't thought how some would be stranded here and scared about going home. Goodness knows where all this will lead.

OH wants to do our puzzles now so BBL.

You are getting on well in the garden AnnG. Ours looks better than it did but there are still jobs to be done. I’m not tackling them as my back is not getting any better and OH’s shoulder is paining him now after his cutting down and weeding.

My back is very bad this morning but I’ve got a lot of washing done. OH did hang out the sheets for me but he left them hanging too low and they draped themselves over some bushes so I had to rehang them anyway.

The receptionist at the centre where I go for chiropody rang this morning and they have fitted me in with an appointment the day before the chiropodist leaves. I’ll be able to find out why she’s leaving and if the centre will be replacing her.

OH is just getting us some lunch ready but I have no idea what we are going to eat tonight. I need to check out what’s in the fridge and freezer.

Just spent half an hour with the lopper cutting down the thicker branches of the three buddleia bushes and also a few long straggling rambling rose branches. Can feel my stomach muscles tweaking now. Still that is a good job done. Nothing else to do out there at the moment. temp gone up to 11 degrees.

Yes the news is very upsetting, That man is unhinged and a bully and as such he is dangerous. His latest threat is unbelievable, however, sadly I don't doubt he will fulfill his promise if he feels he is being thwarted. He has no feelings other than is own ego so don't expect him to have any care at al about civilians, women and children). The people of Ukraine are all so very brave as they follow their also brave leader. Heaven help them though if Putin gets his wish and kills him, and heaven help us if NATO eventually join in. Very scary. He has his hypothetical finger on the nuclear button.

Morning all,

Dull and very grey here this morning and a bit windy too. Such a shame after the lovely bright days we have had recently.

Oh has the news on all the time as he like to keep up with things like that. Such a terrible thing and as Mandy said the fear in the childrens eye is heartbreaking.

I don't know where yesterday went and see I did'nt post after the morning one, sorry about that.

I did a bit of crafting and finished something for Lewis so I must get that packed up and sent. Oh mowed some of the lawns and thats about it really.

I am going to do a sausage toad for tonights dinner as we hav'nt had one for a long time not having enough eggs for breakfast but now the new girls are laying I can spare them.

Morning all

5 degrees here this morning little bits of thin cloud that you can just see the brightness of the sun behind ,I have the bath mats washed ready to hang out not much wind so don't know if they will dry as they are quite thick.

Yes Vera it does feel wrong to carry on as normal when the Ukraines have so much to cope with ,I see our Morrisons are having a collection point so people can take things in .
The first thing we do in the morningis put the news on to see what happened in the night ,all so sad especially for all the little ones you can see the fear in their eyes and it brings a tear to mine I can tell you.

Right better get these mats out on the line .

Good morning all

No sign of sun today :-(. I’ve been sitting here with a CoT watching the awful news from Ukraine. It seems almost wrong to be carrying on our normal life.

I have no plans today. I suppose I’ll do the washing I hope you have an enjoyable day.

Good morning all a grey looking day out there 7 degrees still dry but I think we are expecting rain.

I slept okish. woke around 4 for the loo then again about 5.30 then couldn't get back to sleep so got up 7.15 and stripped the bed and put the bedding in to wash. came back up made a cup of ginger tea and still not washed or dressed!!

If it stays dry might potter in the garden for half hour or so.

Evening all,

What a beautiful day its been here ,not a lot got done in the garden though as it was so chilly out so deceiving with all the sunshine .

We did a bit more on the jigsaw ,I think we'll both be glad when its done now as it's been hanging about .

So a bit going on in your road Anng ,we saw an ambulance down the road this afternoon but they are always going to see the little girl there as she's on oxygen and gets loads of infections bless her ,some times they take her into hospital and she's in for several weeks at a time .

Vera thats good the plant pot trays have been found ,perhaps they were put up there when the Christmas tree stand was put on the shelf after Christmas.
Your right why do we keep all these things in the cupboards, I have cups and saucers for best which use to only come out at Christmas but they don't come out at all now as we use mugs all the time .

Oh Mel I'll look forward to seeing what the make is for the hat ,the only thing I've made for it is a couple of eggs ,I might go in the works and see what they have and then Lewis can come and decorate it , it should really be him decorating it and sticking the bits on .

Ann thats good your getting a few walks in again ,the knees will soon tell you when they've had enough .
I find my knee doesn't like it if I use the steps ,I think it's because I go on one leg when I reach to do things and I find if I sit in my chair and have the lap top on my knees I tend to sit with my knees up on toptoe if you know what I mean .

I noticed my little daffs are now flowering and I have a little pink flower out and more Buds on the Dianthus.

Oh they are looking at Bats on country file and the teeth on them :-0

I doubt if we will ever know what the police were all about. Strange I didn’t see him come back one police car was here fir four hours until 2.30 so .i assume until he returned. I think the girl must have gone off as well and two people waited as weall as the police car. I assume it was some sort of domestic. Although I call him a lad he is in his 30s. He is my friend)# nephew so I might get to know more. If she dies...

The garden looks so much better for the lawn being cut. Sitting out in the sun I could feel that spring will soon be here and we have seen off January and February at last. I feel I am looking forward again instead of just drifting.

Sorry Ann, I missed you there. Our aconites have been in bloom for quite a while though the flowers tend to close up in dull weather. The daffodils in the flower bed are early flowering ones called February Gold. I have some later ones in pots and I reckon it will be April before we see any flowers on those. i’ve just been out to fill the bird feeders and noticed that there are a couple of chiondoxia (sp?) showing blue.

You wouldn’t want to be in the garden here AnnG. It looks great with constant sunshine but it is so cold. According to the computer the warmest we are going to get is 7 degrees which is what it is now but the weather app says it only feels like 3 degrees. Brrr. OH went for a walk this morning early and came back frozen. I wonder why all the police cars were in your road. It sounds as though something was happening with that young man.

I decided I must ignore my back pain and just get on with some jobs so I’ve cleaned out 2 kitchen cupboards. The trouble with a big kitchen is that you have lots of cupboards and what do you do with cupboards? You fill them! Why on earth do I have so many cups and saucers as we nearly always use mugs? When did I last use a toast rack or a goat’s cheese baker? At least all the wall cupboards are done. Now I have to tackle all the floor cupboards.

I’ve also prepared and cooked a full roast dinner which we had at 2 pm and I am just going to relax for the rest of the day now.

Afternoon All,

A lovely sunny day here and I did the short walk around by the ice house this morning. It takes me about half an hour and I'll be standing for the wipe a bit later so thought it best for my knees not to go far. More dogs today and it's lovely how many of them trot up hopeful of making new friends. I'd like to do a bit in the garden but will leave it today with the food delivery due. Don't want to set my back or knees off before that!

Those girls up the road have been coming down the bottom of the close yesterday and today. I saw them on our front garden yesterday, but they were walking up the close before I could get to the front door. We think the black and white cat was theirs and that the RIP sign in their garden must have been for it as we hadn't seen the cat for ages. We think a young black cat OH saw drinking from our mini pond this morning is the replacement as we haven't seen it before. Ours is the 3rd garden at the bottom here that I have seen them walking on and touching things. I was hoping they'd grown out of it by now. They aren't little and must be aged about 9 and 11,

You have done well getting some weeding done AnnG. Every bit is a bit less to do, but best to do a little at a time. I want to make a start tomorrow as the gardening bin gets put out ready for Tuesday. I hope that young man is ok. I wonder what it was all about?

Yes I can do twice as much without OH around Mel like you say and AnnG is right about us moving seamlessly from one job to another, which I can't do with OH distracting me and asking questions, getting in the way etc. He's watching footie on the tv now, but I got him whirring this morning, reading the meters outside and getting the plastic shower curtain down in the bathroom for washing and putting it up again after. The machine worked fine this morning, so hopefully will be ok now. Your OH is making good use of his new toy isn't he.

I hope doing some of the exercises you were given for your back help Vera. I'm managing to catch up with more things lately, and I hope your back soon improves. Pain is very tiring too. That was funny you found the pot saucers! I expect your OH put them up there as well!! I bet he couldn't believe you had found them. My OH would be saying 'but I know I looked there'. With you saying how good the Daffodils are, are your Aconites in flower? Mine just seem to be a mass of leaves at the moment.

Yes it is a while since we heard from Gill. I wonder if we will hear from Frank again and Island hasn't been on the boards recently.

I guess, if your weather is like mine, you are all out in your gardens.

it is so warm here in my garden, (12 degrees and a light warm breeze). I cut my lawn and then sat on the patio finishing my book from 2.30 for half an hour. It has been a beautiful day but I believe we have bad weather forecast next week.

Seems ok now only one police car still here. There seems to have been a young female in the house but she was just chatting to a policeman outside and another PC brought her sweater out to her.. Lad has gone off with the police but he was smiling so he is ok. Probably something kicked off after a heavy night. :-) :-) and this is one of the more up market areas this end of the village.

Managed a good 40 minutes in the garden but it was heavy weeding so had to come in for a rest. Well that and the sight of police cars in our little road again. Three cars now, lad lives there on his own, no problems that we know of and looks like his Dad has arrived there too. Maybe a concern for welfare, I know he recently split with his partner of a couple of years. don't suppose we will ever know.

Morning Vera Anng and all,

Bright sunny morning here and its 7 degrees pc says mostly clear with a cloud over the sun.

Slept like a log last night and went to bed earlier than usual so up with the lark as it were.

My bit of ironing sounds silly after all the jobs Ann did yesterday but its surprising what you can do when no men are around.

Good morning all. Looks like you all had a busy day yesterday while all I did was a load of washing and an admin job for photography group then seemed to mess around doing bits all day. I was tired after not sleeping well the night before. I slept ok until about 4.30 this morning then couldn't really get back to sleep but at least I had about 5 hours.

Vera what did OH say when you found the saucers? Anyway now you have then I bet you don't need them. I hope to get out in the garden today as it looks dry and sunny if cold (2 degrees at the moment. Oh yes I did put the chairs and table back out on the patio from where I had put them in the conservatory,

Ann you got jobs done as well Even oiling the garage door. Wow!! It seems we are all the same, jobs are all or nothing! Once I get going I seem to move easily from job to job but if I am tired and don't get started then nothing useful gets done.