General Chat

Morning Anng ,morning all,

Just a bit of rain in the night but no wind ,its raining a bit now and really dark .
Nothing planned for the day really I thought I'd give the bedrooms a hoover and dust .

Yes hope Ann is OK and hasn't had anymore tummy pain .

Sounds as if your going to have a busy weekend Vera with all the family coming to stay ,have a lovely time with them .

Just having a cup of tea and looking at the television at all ths people affected with the storm .

Good morning all. very dark still and looks very wet as well - what I can see. Not going anywhere today. Bedding (mine is in the wash. Bedding, guest room is waiting for the next wash and another clothes wash after that. still a lot of odds and ends to put away from my break
Vera, enjoy your visitors, try not to do too much or you won't enjoy the visits.
Mel hope you enjoyed the tray bake.
My chiropodist just cuts and files my nails and clears the hard skin. no extras like cream but good to get the nails cut. My nails suffered when I was in my 50s and got athletes foot from a swimming pool we were members at, They never recovered and the nails are horrible so I never have 'pretty' feet. But it is comfortable once they are cut and he only charges £27.


We didn't see Ann yesterday, I hope he tummy pain didn't get worde and she was just busy. <3

No Vera tray bake just for me with a bit over for tomorrow. I could'nt eat all I cooked.

There's things blowing around out there now its getting a bit wild.

The winds just hitting us now with rain too.

Evening everyone

It's been a dreary and very cold day with a little bit of drizzle but I haven't seen a sign of the promised heavy rain and possible flooding. In fact both the computer and my phone are telling me it's raining heavily now but, looking out of the window, I can't see any rain.

We went out to Tesco this morning as I needed some shopping and I've been busy since we got back. The reason I wanted more shopping was that grandson rang last night to ask if he, his partner and our little great granddaughter could come on Saturday and stay overnight. As my daughter won't otherwise get to see them she and the dogs are coming too. It is hard on grandson as both his parents naturally want to see him and their granddaughter but as they are long since divorced they live separately and his paternal grandmother likes to see them as do we, so that's 4 places they have to visit in the course of a weekend, and they are not all close together. This time they are staying at his Dad's Friday night and ours Saturday night, fitting his other grandmother in for a couple of hours on Saturday morning and meeting his mother here. What a palaver!

After we were back from Tesco we had a late lunch and I set to and sorted out beds. Daughter will go in my room and will bring dog cages with her so they will also sleep in that room. They are used to doing that. I can't really organise that room till Saturday morning as I will sleep in it till then. Grandson and partner will sleep in a twin bedded room with little one in her own toddler air bed between them and I will go downstairs with OH. When littl'un is a little bit older she can have a bed put down in the study but she's too young to be on her own in case she gets up in the night. I don't have stair gates and I'd hate her to fall downstairs. When the house was built there were 2 bedrooms downstairs but they were knocked into one and turned into a bedroom with a dressing area and an en-suite before we moved in. That's now OH's room since I moved upstairs. Luckily all the rooms are a good size so plenty of room to move around even with air beds down and dog cages in place.

I'm like you Mandy. I know I should wear a hat when it's cold but I hate them. I have a lovely oatmeal coloured pull-on hat in a cable design that a lovely lady, long since dead, knitted for me. Every winter I put it on for 2 minutes and then push it to the back of the drawer again. I have another hood type hat with long ends that act like a scarf and I have worn that a couple of times when it's really been bitter but not so far this year.

How are you feeling now Mel? Much better I hope. Your tray bake sounds nice. We are just having egg, chips and beans tonight. OH is cooking that. He's a bit inclined to undercook the ovenchips but no-one can spoil baked beans and he's a dab hand with fried eggs. He seems to get everything thoroughly cooked but still have runny yolks whereas by the time I've got all the white of the egg to cook properly the yolk is going hard.

I bet your feet feel nice now AnnG. I always enjoy having mine done. She charges £45 but is a hundred times better than the one in town who charges, I think, £39. According to friends who go there, all he seems to do is spend 10 minutes cutting the toe nails, whereas mine does a thorough check of my feet, even checking the pulse, discusses with me any problems she can see and advises on how to deal with them, cuts and files nails, creams my feet and even puts my socks back on for me.

OH has just brought me a glass of wine which probably means dinner in about half an hour so I'm going to shut the computer and go downstairs. I'm getting a bit chilly up in the study anyway as I haven't put heating on in here. I hope you all sleep well tonight. Stay warm and cosy.

Not sure what colour Mel but I need some wool so not sure when I'll get that , have you got Stu coming for a meal tonight or is the tray bake just for your meal .
Are you feeling better ?

Iv'e got sausage rolls in the oven and a tray bake with pots parsnips carrots and more sausages and I shall pop some sprouts in it too later on.

You do yourself a nice long bobble hat so you can turn it over your ears Mandy. I use them all the time. What colour are you going to make it?

Afternoon all,

We've had some watery sun this morning and it's been dry but still very chilly at only 2 degrees.

I meant to say thank you Ann for letting us know about Frank ,it was a shock yesterday and I forgot to thank you .

Stripped the bed and remade that and then got the bedding all washed ,then I've just been pottering about ,I must get some knitting or crocheting on the go ,I'd like to do a bobble hat for myself as my ears always feel cold when I go out but hats don't really suit me so don't know if I'd end up wearing it , I suppose I could give it to dil .

Nice comfey feet now then Anng. My appointment is on the 15th Jan.

Its absolutely tipping it down here.

Back in time for the meeting. Very dark and damp here and 5 degrees but it din't feel at all cold out.

Morning All,

Dull and dreary here this morning with a wind warning on the pc and its 5 degrees. When I think of all those lovely sunny days I lay in hospital it make me mad that I missed them all.

good morning all, very dark still at the moment. Chiropodist later but going for shower and hair wash now so BBL.

Mel probably because when you said this……….,,’’I want to do some cooking today to use up Christmas food in the freezer that did'nt get cooked.’ We misunderstood. :-)

I don't know why you thought I was going to cook all the stuff in the freezer. It was bought so I could give Stu some meals he dos'nt cook and we were going to have our own little Christmas dinner after Christmas. I stocked up when I went to Morrisons as I do like to choose my own meat. When you get it from Asda they people who pick the orders just pick up the first one they see.

I decided not to make the pigs in blankets and am going to do sausage rolls instead.

It was very nice of Cynth to wait for you and bring you home Anng. Sounds like you had a bit of a bad time today at least its over now for a while.

I tried to ring the library today to get my books renewed as they were due back just before Christmas and then I was whisked off to hospital and then it was the weekend and today I just could'nt get an answer after holding on for qite a while. Of course they said ring later and I forgot. I shall probably have a hefty fine now.

Oh no not our Frank RIP Frank what a character you were you kept us amused at times and I use to tease you about having a nice crab as you loved a crab ,

Stocked up with shopping and it was a lovely sunny day to go out ,got Lewis a nice pair of jogging bottoms with a matching top ready for his birthday on the 15th and there was 25% off children's clothing so that was good .

I had to laugh as we got caught up in a lot of traffic and I said to Colin " was is all the hold up " his reply was " mainly elastic " :-D

That is sad news. RIP Frank. I’ll always associate him with the words MORE EXPENSE. I hope Roz is managing OK.

Poor you AnnG. It sounds as though your visit to the dentist was a bit of an ordeal. It’s good that Cynth was able to wait for you. I hope your daughter had a good journey home.

Why do you need to get all your pre-Christmas food cooked Mel? If it’s frozen it will be safe to leave and just cook bits when you need them. I’ve got a turkey breast and a half leg of lamb that have been in my freezer since before Christmas 2024. That was good of Em to bring you some soup for your lunch.

Annx, I hope your tummy pain has cleared up. It’s horrid when you are in pain at night and can’t sleep. I didn’t sleep much either. If I wasn’t coughing myself I was listening to OH coughing in his room. Did you get out to get some bits from the shops? We will have to go early tomorrow I think as the weather from tomorrow on looks horrid. At the moment we are on a yellow warning of heavy rain and possible flooding for tomorrow and then several days of rain, sleet or snow.. I can’t wait :-(

I had a busy day yesterday. I gave the hall and lounge, where we had taken down decs, a thorough clean and then did some cooking. At the back of the fridge I had found a large unopened pack of cream cheese that was just reaching its best before date. I looked through the cupboards to see what else I had got and ended up making 1 large and 1 small orange flavoured cheesecake plus 6 individual little pots of cheesecake mix without the biscuit base. We ate 1 little pot each and the rest are in the freezer.

OH took me to the chiropodist today and waited in the reception area while I had my feet sorted. We both wore masks so we didn’t breathe germs over anyone. It felt quite strange as it’s a long while since we’ve needed to use masks.

I’m now going to ring a friend who’s invited us for coffee on Friday. We had accepted but we’re not going to risk it while we still have colds. They are both vulnerable but particularly the husband who has heart and lung problems and has to use oxygen all the time. What’s a slight infection to us could put him in hospital.

The snow disappeared with overnight rain but it still feels very cold. It’s supposed to be 3 degrees at the moment but it’s quite windy and that’s making it feel a lot colder. Keep warm everyone, enjoy what’s left of the day and sleep well tonight.

I am going to cook it as I need it I am only cooking the sausages today to put back in the freezer and use some for tomorrows dinner with mash and sprouts. The rest will be pigs in blankets for a later date.

I had a feeling about our Frank. Poor Ros it was her first Christmas without him but I did know he was in a home from the conversation I had with her a while ago. RIP our lovely man. <3 <3

It seems to be getting dark early tonight to me.

Yes Ann it was the second half mouth of the deep clean and was a lot more unpleasant than the first. I think he was digging deeper as even though I had a load of injections (I lost count, He still hit a nerve in a lower front toothe which is when he believed what I had told him. two of those lower teeth have crossed nerves so, when he thinks he has injected for one on the left it causes pain in one further right so he gave it another blast od injections. thankfully Cynth waited with me and brought me home, I would not have had the energy to walk I don't think.

I hope that your tummy pain has gone now, sometimes if I have overdone a stretch for something I wake in the night with a pain in my stomach, weird isn't it?

Downstairs is ready for the meeting tomorrow now, all tidy, disted and floor cleaned.

Gwyn yes thank you they got hole at 1.30 and had a good run with no hold ups, so different to Monday. I could not believe the number of lorries on Monday sometimes three abreast on the 4 lane stretch.

Mel, I would have though it would be better to leave stuff in the freezer and cook it when you need it.