General Chat

I'm pleased you've at least heard from Frank Mel. I wonder why he is having trouble getting on. Has anyone seen EOS on any posts lately? I have been wondering about her as well. I hope she is OK.

That's a shame about your tooth AnnG. Maybe the dentist will be able to build it up again, you might be lucky. You've been good doing even a little bit in the garden. I had a quick wander around and noticed all the things that need doing but that was as far as I got. It was sunny but really cold, even with a jacket on. Writing this has just reminded me that I meant to give some argyranthemum cuttings a drop of water. They are in the conservatory in small pots. I have only watered them once since I took the cuttings in September but I noticed today that the compost has dried so much that it has shrunk right away from the stems and they are barely being held upright.

The owl gloves are great Mandy. Are they for you or for one of the girls? Somewhere I've got a pattern for mittens where you can flip the top part back if you want the use of your fingers and I remember making them for a few people years ago. I must have a look and see if I can find the pattern.

I ought to sort through some coats as well Ann. I know I have two quality raincoats, one a grey trench coat style that I loved and the other a dark green caped raincoat that I wasn't so keen on. I also have a very nice Windsmoor coat that was always kept for "best" so hasn't been worn much. The trouble is it is warm and heavy and calf length and not very good for wearing in the car so I tend to wear anoraks or similar for everyday and I have a short coat for when I need something a bit more dressy - not often these days.

We had our dinner just after 2 today and I still feel as though I've eaten far too much. We had pot roasted beef with a good slurp of OH's red wine in the gravy with roast potatoes and lots of veg, followed by apple crumble. I think a cup of tea and a biscuit might be all I want tonight.

Right, I am now going to water my cuttings before I forget again.

Mine was a smaller order today as well, I decided I must use what is in the freezer before buying more. As the part tooth left is a bit vulnerable I will have to rethink my menu plans for the week. No He won't rebuild it again, He will, I am sure take impressions and I will have to fork out for a new denture. I do actually need one and had though that at my next appointment in April that was what I would be doing but it has just come earlier. I do hate having dentures modelled and made, such a tiring lengthy business and the impressions are horrid.

Hello to Frank xx. I wonder if his subs have run out and that's why he can't get on the thread? I hope he can sort out what the problem is soon.

Those little Owl fingerless gloves are really nice Mandy and the button eyes really finish them nicely.

That's good you did a bit in the garden AnnG. I'm afraid all I managed was to put fat balls out for the birds and check the Snowdrops which are almost in flower now and look at my geraniums in the greenhouse! What a nuisance with your tooth. It sounds just like mine was after I broke half of it off on Boxing Day. I would think you can get in at the dentists quite quickly as it is quite urgent. They might be able to build it up again like they did mine.

I've just had a quick sort through my coats in the hall cupboard and found 2 to throw out, but OH has grabbed a short black padded one for him for the garden! I also threw out some gardening clothes as others have taken their place now. It's the food delivery soon, but at least it is a smaller order than usual so shouldn't take long to wipe down.

Oh so now I have to make a dentist appointment tomorrow, I had a tooth that I had root work on and the tooth rebuilt by an excellent dentist we had four years ago A front tooth next to my three tooth front denture. He warned me it would not last long and subsequent dentists have been ver gentle with it. Lunch time the half of the tooth that was the remodelled bit came out leaving a tiny fang next to the denture.. So far not hurting, I am hoping the nerve was removed but who knows it I will be lucky. I guess the sooner I see the dentist the better but the thought of impressions does not appeal to me at all. Luckily the gap is not very evident when I am talking. I bet I have trouble getting an appointment as well.

Been cutting up somem wood and now I am going to get the big breakfast.

Its good you got in the garden for a while Anng and saw all your bulbs coming up. My snowdrops are up now but still not all of them.

Sending love to Island if she looks in. <3 <3

thanks Mandy.

I just spent half an hour in the garden, cut a few more bits down and tidied up a couple of tubs to get dead leaves of the emerging bulbs. Lots of bulbs coming up in tubs but four yellow narcissus in flower actually in the garden border. It is the same clump that flowers early every year. I had not noticed them until today.
It was a bit cold on my hands but I didn't need a coat on.

Thanks Mel its good to know Frank's OK, perhaps he's got muddled over how to sign in .

Anng the finished gloves are in chunky wool and I've done one glove so far in aran both done on the needles it said in the pattern ,I've started one glove in double knit on no 10 for the rib and no 8 for the main part these will come out smaller and should fit Katie ,so depending who you want to knit them for they are fine done on those needles
I'll send a photo of those I've done do you can see .

Thanks Mel, wonder what Frank's problem is? Hopefully somebody is able to help him. At least we know he is ok.

Thank you for the pattern Mandy, Just have to get some heavier weight wool I think I only have DK.

Good morning Mel,

I am having trouble getting on the three.COULD YOU PLEASE tell everyone, as I don’t know who else to contact.

Love Frank

Morning all,

Beautiful sunny morning but frosty which the sun is soon shifting .

Mel I thought that wedding dress was beautiful did you see when they lifted it out of the box it just kept coming and coming .
I bet the grey silk was nice and unusual for a wedding .
It's OK on the buttons I've got just the right ones I'll send a picture now they are done ,
Katie wants some now so I think I'll do hers in double knit so they come out a bit smaller .

No family coming today poor Max keeps looking at the door in hope lol he misses them when they don't come .

Coffee time bbl

Morning Anng and all,

Bright sunshine this morning but how long will it last I ask myself. -2 and cloudy on the pc so I hope thats not to come.

Hard frost too which the sun is burning off now where is reaches. No sign of the big girls in the run so they must think its too cold to come out yet.

Mandy I meant to say I can't find my buttons but there was'nt anything suitable in mums button box for the owls eyes.

Good morning all dry and so far bright. I had a rotten night last night so feel very 'off' at the moment. Tesco shop this morning but no subs or missing items which is good.

Yes I saw it on the news and thought how it still looked new after all this time. It was beautiful the sheen on the silk and I thought it was so much nicer than many of today's wedding dresses. It's lovely that it is now in a museum.

Wow its very like the one I had to iron from my friend in Suffolk. It was her hubbies mothers wedding dress witrh all her underwear as well. All in satiny silk in a very pale grey. Cammie knicks too and gloves.

Did anyone see the news item about the wedding dress found in Australia ,a bride over there was looking for a vintage wedding dress and bid for the dress ,it was worn here in England eighty four years ago and packed away in the box with other wedding bits and pieces, as she had no family when she died her things were sent over to relatives in Australua where it was put up for bids .
The Australian woman didn't wear the dress for her wedding but it has now gone into a museum ,she did keep a hair slide and had it in her purse at her wedding .
The dress was beautiful and as the young lady said it flowed out of the box like liquid silk as good as the day it was made and to think it had been stored away all those years
If only that bride could see her dress now in a museum.

No not the main channels Mandy. I thought you could see those on your firestick???? or on catch up. I shall have to ask oh.

Afternoon Everyone,

It was windy here earlier but it's calm now and the sun has gone in again. The PC says 11 degrees but it doesn't feel that warm.

Oh very clever your OH and 'tetchy Vera'. I hope he was right and there wasn't a third thing! I would be stumped if we lost the channels on this new tv. I barely know how it works as OH watches it mostly.

Oh how nice to hear from you Gill and good to hear your news on all the progress being made on the bungalow. I bet you can barely keep up with all the changes, but it's good the water leak is repaired and that you can soon start decorating. It's an exciting time for you now being able to see light at the end of the tunnel. It's so good that you are almost there with seeing the extent of your garden too as it will make it easier for you to plan what you are going to do with it.

I recorded The Gilded Cage the other day as I thought it might be good and I recorded The Alpinist as well which is a true story about an explorer and my sort of thing. Yes I think SKY is too expensive although I have haggled twice and got a reduction. OH won't change because of Sky Sports and the BT Sports that's included with ours now. They cost the biggest part of our £120 a month. :-S I see NOWTV shows some main sky sports events as well.

I sorted some more things in the bedroom today. Some frilly and quite skimpy posh knickers I can't see me wearing again, also some misfitting bras and ones with narrow straps that dig in your shoulders! The bras were unworn so I might put those in the supermarket clothes bin. I also found my crown coins together with an old threepenny bit, a sixpence, 3 older silver sixpences and some farthings. To think 4 farthings would make an old penny, so there would be 48 farthings in a shilling or 5p as it is now.

I like the vinegar from pickled onions too Mandy.....a nice oniony taste!

Oh hubby is back from footie at Southam. I'll get him a COT.....will be glad when I can have one on Monday! :-)

Good to hear from you Gill. It sounds as though things are moving for you again now. You'll have to send us pictures of your garden as it develops

It's annoying that a lot of the writers that used to write for the BBC or Independent Television now sell their stuff to Now or Netflix or Sky. I expect they make more money that way. We don't pay for any of those services as we wouldn't use them enough to make it worth while. There is more than enough on terrestrial and freeview for us but now and then there is a series that I would like to watch on one of the subscription services and I have to miss it. Oh well, that's life.

It rained overnight but has been dry all day with alternate sun and grey skies. It's also been really windy. I went outside and by the time I came in I had been blown about so much I looked like a twin of Worzel Gummidge. I usually do the Big Garden Bird Watch and in a mad moment at 10 am decided to do it then and there, so I sat by the window for an hour watching for birds. I'll send my findings in but they are not representative of our usual bird life. All I saw in an hour were 4 blackbirds, 1 collared dove, 1 blue tit and 1 thrush. Usually there are plenty of pigeons and starlings and lots of blue tits, great tits and sparrows, a few goldfinches and often a robin. I think the smaller birds were staying huddled in the trees rather than trying to fly in the strong wind. They'd most probably have been blown to the other side of the world.

I cleaned out another cupboard that had all the medical supplies in. It made me think how much we have these days to what our mothers had. Sometimes I wonder if we are over-medicated but I suppose the population generally is living longer and older people need more medical intervention and a lot of the drugs successfully treat illnesses that were once very serious.

I've been lazy again today and we're having a ready meal tonight so not much cooking for me to do. I think I'll go and make a cup of something and then decide what I feel like doing for the rest of the day.

It is such a shame that programme is not on terestrial TV as it did sound good, I loved Downton.

I took myself off for a walk, the first time I have been round the park since November, although even today I just stuck to the main path through the park, it would be too muddy in the woods. I needed to get out to take my mind off the date. So far I have managed to keep bust. I will raise a glass to him at 7.15 5his evening and maybe light a candle.

jigsaw is progressing very slowly but I have got some pieces in, Unfortuately I really need to get suck into the wooden piece across the bottom. I have done quite a bit of the sky where the flower stems help but, even though I have every piece of sky out there are pieces I should be able to find but can't. :-D

Thank you Mel we did look but couldn't work out what package we would need as we need telly broadband and phone ,I think they are all separate not in one package ,and not sure what channels we would get with the entertainment package is it all the main channels like BBC and itv as I do like the soaps.