General Chat

Morning All,

White over here this morning too, yet I was so hot last night I shoved the throw off and the duvet down to my knees.

I think a cough with flu can last a few weeks Mel, probably more if you smoke and it can take a long time to get your energy back. Often it's the change in temperature in the bedroom that can start you coughing at night and I found taking sips of a warmed lemon and honey drink helped with the bad tickly coughs I used to get.

Your poor OH must be worn out Vera, as must you with all that's been happening lately. I see you are having a 'medical' week, but at least it's good the doctor's test for your OH was clear. I hope all goes well with the rest of the tests and that they can soon sort him out. I'm not surprised you threw your rubbish in the wrong bin. It happens when your head is all over the place. I'm intending to get rid of my big dyson this year as I never use it now. Like you say it is heavy compared with the stick ones and to think I thought it was so light after having even heavier hoovers before. I do want to get another stick one though so I have two. Then if one packs up or needs repair I have another to fall back on in the meantime.

It sounds like you will have had a tricky walk this morning with the frost and all those road repairs AnnG and have to be careful and allow extra time. It will be good if you can get your February appointment changed. I would be having visions of the possible weather and it being dark and more traffic at that time too.

OH has gone for his eye test now, but if they use eyedrops and if he can't drive, I will go and fetch him and we can fetch his car later when the eyedrops have worn off. It is less than a mile away so not far at all. A bit of HW and decide what's for lunch now.

Morning girls,

Everything was white when I got up this morning but the sun has come out and patches are now thawing. Pc says afternoon rain about 4pm and its now 1 degree.

Sorry to hear your oh has a nasty cough now so join the club. I had a better night getting up once for the loo and bacjk to sleep afterwards. I did take a couple of paracetamol before bed and think that helped with the constant coughing.

Iv'e had a chest x-ray in hospital and they said it did'nt look too bad and they actually showed me the x-ray. To begin with I had coughed so much all my tummy muscles hurt like fury but tht went off after a while. I don't know how long this flu is supposed to last but I do know its been a blimmin long while so far and I still don't feel completly right. Still don't have much energy or want to do things.

I hope all goes well with your oh Vera and he can get some relief.

Heavy frost 0 degrees and the suns coming out here.

There’s a heavy frost here but it’s sunny so hopefully it will clear soon. It’s just reached 0 degrees and there is rain forecast again. I slept reasonably well and have been up a couple of hours but I still haven’t showered, dressed or had breakfast so I’d better get on.

AnnG, the roads sound horrible round your way. Be careful when you go out.

Good morning all -2 here and hard frost on roofs but hopefully by the time I have to walk out at 11 o'clock, the paths will be ok. I have to walk, Cynth has visitors and the bus I could usually catch has bee re-routed a few days because of the horrendous road works covering replacing gas mains. goodness know what it will be like walking as I know traffic has been backed up so hope they have the pedestrian lights working.

Vers, sorry you hare going through appointment overload. It seems once we start with medical appointments it doesn't stop. Hope all goes ok with all of them.

I am just about to try and change one of my February ones which is at the main hospital at 4pm. I have visions of maybe ice or snow and very dark when I have to walk to the bus. Fingers crossed I can get it changed.

I think I saw a request for Christmas trees for an animal sanctuary as well Gwyn. I can’t remember where I saw it, might have been the local paper.

The reason I said we’re not having a good time at the moment is that we just seem to have had one problem after another lately. As I think I mentioned OH is struggling with a bad cough. He now has an X-Ray arranged for Thursday. Last night through the early hours I could hear him coughing away and then walking around downstairs and going into the kitchen. I didn’t get up as it’s been like that for several nights and he doesn’t really like being fussed over. This morning I discovered he had a problem when he went to the bathroom which worried him enough for him to ring 111. He talked to a doctor there who was prepared to send an ambulance but OH didn’t feel that was necessary, so 111 said they would notify our surgery and OH should ring them this morning. When he did he was told the doctor was set up to phone OH this afternoon. He called by 2 from the main surgery and asked OH to take a sample to our local surgery which he did. Doctor called again at 3 pm to say tests had all been OK so nothing obviously wrong. He had therefore already referred him to a urologist at the hospital for tests. If we haven’t been sent an appointment within the next 2 weeks OH should ring our surgery and they will chase the hospital up. So this week it was the surgery on Monday and today, Thursday it’s the Health Centre for OH’s X-Ray and Friday it’s the hospital for my eyes.

Added to all this my cordless vac decided to die on me so I need to get a new one pretty quickly. I have a big, plug in Dyson but it’s very heavy and I struggle to push it around and can’t manage it on the stairs at all. And I don’t know where my head is at the moment - I keep doing the stupidest things. In the kitchen we have quite a large square bin where we put the recycling rubbish. This afternoon it was very full so I took it outside and emptied it into our blue bin for recycling. As I stepped inside the back door I suddenly realised that I had just emptied all the recycling rubbish into the brown garden waste bin and not the blue bin at all. What an idiot! I then had to spend a jolly half hour in the rain getting all the recycling out of the wrong bin, disentangling it from bits of greenery and putting it in the correct bin.

So that’s my tale of woe but it’s not all doom and gloom. We had such a happy weekend that I’m still smiling. I can’t wait to see them all again.

I hope, everyone, that your day has been better than ours and that you all get a good night’s sleep tonight and wake up full of beans tomorrow.

Not that I know of Gwyn ,I did hear something last year about goats liking christmas trees but them I think goats will eat anything lol it does seem a shame to cut it as its still lovely and green but has no roots so can't be planted .

Mandy
Do you have any animal sanctuaries nearby?
Our local TV news carried a request from one asking for donations of Christmas trees.
I know goats in particular love a nibble :-)

Evening all,

It's been a dreary old day , drizzle started about eleven and then heavier rain after lunch ,we went to Tesco's for a few bits then on to sons to take Lewis's birthday presents for Thursday , sat having a coffee when son got a call out for the school ,they had a blockage in a loo so we quickly finished our coffee's and came away .

Ann hope it was a bit warmer for your eye test ,sounds as if the Air-conditioning was on rather than the warm air blowing out.

Mel hope they can sort out this cough you still have and do the respiratory test at the doctors it would save you going to the hospital .
That was another job we did this morning called at the doctors and put our prescriptions in and I had a letter to make an appointment for my yearly mot , 19th March!!!! No wonder people miss appointments when they are made for so far ahead .

Gwyn ,no no wool sorted out yet ,I'm hanging on until Thursday when Aldi should have their wool in store ,but I must look a pattern out to see how much wool I'll need .

Vera sorry to read your not having a good time at the moment.

We want to get a few jobs done outside tomorrow, it should be a better day with a little sun but a bit of frost first thing so we might have to wait untill a bit later before we get out there ,the Christmas tree needs cutting up and putting in the garden bin ,I'd like to sweep a few leaves up and wash the window sills too .

Corned the girls and the Robin always has a few fat sticks on top of the girls run and came in and had a lovely long shower. All ready for bed now just have to do my hair. I am having a burger new pots and sprouts for dinner tonight, I just fancy that and a little bit pof what you fancy does you good, so they say.

Sorry to read that your cough is still bothering you, Mel.
It's a good idea to talk through your concerns to a nurse to perhaps get help to try to clear it.
May be if the cough is lingering, they will want an X-ray to check how things are.
I know these things can seem a bother, but it is better to get it sorted.

It's such a dreary dull day today.
The temperature is a couple of degrees milder than of late, but having no sign of the sun makes it seem colder.
I really don't like winter much :-|

Lovely to have that special family time Vera.
My, that little girl seems to be growing up so quickly. It sounds like she is a bundle of fun and energy :-)

AnnG..You have been so busy since returning home.!
I hope all the road works and alterations finish soon, so you can plan any outings better. A town near here has so much going on too, - improvements, they say, but it seems to be taking an age to get things organised. It is costing a fortune, so I hope it is better in the town, once completed, but I have my doubts. They seem to be going for 'a look' rather than practicalities :-S

Annx. Your factory shop sounds great, but I know what you mean about wanting to actually see things. I wanted to feel how heavy the kettle was, when I was buying a new one and wanted it to be comfortable in my hand.
I hope you find one just right.

Any luck finding wool for your hat Mandy?
I'm not one for hats, but it's a case of 'needs must' if I'm heading off to school on these cold mornings and I have several pull-on style ones for warmth.
One of them is ribbed and really warm, but tends to ride up and has a crazy angle at times helped by the big pom pom on top. The one that fits best is a looser fit and has no pop pom. It has added depth, so can be turned back and pulled down over the ears. When I get to school, I have to sign in on a machine that takes a photo :-0 The 2nd hat makes for a tidier look ;-)

It’s rained pretty much all day today, sometimes heavily, sometimes a bit lighter and the forecast is for rain every day this week :-(

It would be good if you could have your respiratory test at your gp surgery Mel rather than having to go to Barnstaple. Fancy the hospital not yet telling your docs that you have been discharged. They’re a bit slow off the mark aren’t they. I hope the nurse can sort out your cough.

It’s good that your hearing hadn’t deteriorated since your last test Annx. I really ought to get a test booked but at the moment I don’t want to try and fit anything else in.

We are not having a good time at the moment. Oh, that’s the doorbell. OH has answered it and I am wanted. Will post this bit and come back later.

Iv'e just rung the docs to see if I can have this breathing test there instead of going to Barnstaple and they told me they had'nt even been told I was sent home yet and been signed off from the hospital. I amn seeing the nurse at the sugery on Thursday in the morning about this cough I still have.

Afternoon All,

It's been a bit drizzly here but the worst is yet to come this afternoon according to the forecast. We went to Boots on the nearby retail park for our hearing tests this morning and it was freezing in there. I'd put a thin waterproof on expecting the rain, but wished I'd got my fleece coat on. Anyway, no change with our hearing and still just mild impairment so that was good. I'm back there again in less than an hour for my eye test,so will go suitably dressed for the cold this time. We called in Sainsbury's opposite for OH to get fuel after and then a few bits from the shop and a new kettle. Just had a quick Sainsbury's cod in parsley sauce meal with extra mixed veg and now better get ready to go again now so will catch up with the posts later.

Shopping came with a few subs two went back one was acceptable and that was Craverndale milk instead of semi skimmed Asda's milk. They sent me Hovis again and I don't lilke it anymore it tastes sweet to me. So its just as well I had a Warburtons wholemeal in the freezer.

Still need to feed an army with all the food I have in stock.

Morning all,

About the same as Anng here but its raining and everywhere looks very wet out there dark and gloomy and 9 degrees here.

Nothing planned for today. Had a bad night coughing even though I had extra pillows.

Good morning all 10degrees so quite mild but still dark and gloomy. Lulling us into thinking ice and snow are things of the past. Not that I have plans to go anywhere. Unless urgent it is not worth tryinr to get out of the village at the moment as we are surrounded by temporary traffic lights, one ser on five way traffic is causing 30 minute hold ups to travel less than a mile at peak periods. One set was planned, then another added for a possible leaking gas pipe (It is what they find when they start digging up the roads, then on an adjacent road a burst water main,

Ann I hope that you can sort out your frustrating problem with EW. Really annoying when you can't get help from customer services.

Vera, it is lovely to have visitors but doesn't it cause a lot of work with all the wshing. However, don't rush to get it all back into place it is only the two of you that can see the upheaval. Take it easy and don't spark another migraine.

Glad you enjoyed the family visiting Vera. Now have a nice rest.

Had a phone call this afternoon from the hospital and I have to go for a resparity (sp) test on the 13th Feb at Barnstaple hospital, the day before my birthday!! Not looking forward to that and not sure I can still find my way there on my own. they have changed the route since I took mum there years ago.

Hi all

I just haven’t had time to get on here since Saturday. I still have a couple of jobs to do tonight and I’m beginning to feel tired now so this post might not be as long as some of mine.

I have read back over your posts and you all seem to have been busy. I have had a busy day today as well. Lots of tidying and washing with all the extra bedding this weekend and I still have towels to do tomorrow. After lunch we went to Tesco to shop for my neighbour while she was visiting her OH in hospital. Next I went with OH as he had made a doctor’s appointment for this afternoon. He has a dreadful cough still and is not getting much sleep but the doc thinks it is just an inability to clear his lungs after a very bad cold and it will get better in time. Just to be sure that it is nothing more serious she is sending OH for a chest X-Ray. Shortly after we got back from the surgery our neighbour arrived back from the hospital and called in for her shopping, wanting to chat and I got even further behind.

Needless to say, we had a lovely time with the family. Our great granddaughter is a joy and full of energy. I think her parents must wind her up in the morning and let her go. I felt exhausted just watching her. She’s just coming up to two and a half and is such a happy mite. We didn’t have a single tear or grizzle from her at all.

We heard this afternoon that the lady who lived in the bungalow at the end of our Close died this morning. We didn’t really know her. She moved in with her husband 4 or 5 years ago and we met her briefly then but she was ill and very soon became bedridden. She was then diagnosed with dementia and just a few weeks ago had to go into a care home. Normally I like to write a personal sympathy letter with thoughts and memories of the deceased but it’s difficult as we barely knew her so this time I’ve got a nice card to send to her OH. I must now go and write something appropriate in the card, then I’ll tidy the kitchen and go to bed with a book.

I hope you all sleep well tonight.

I had salad