General Chat

Oh that is sad news about Frank.
Quite a character, as you say.

Mel, If they are in the freezer won't some of them keep better in there until you need them?
We have a small gammon joint in the fridge ready to make into several meals. We find we can make quite a range of different meals with the lean meat.
Lovely to be given some homemade soup- very warming, that was kind of Em.
Hope you are feeling better now.

Daughter had to go out for a work meeting today. It involved quite a journey on the motorway, so I was pleased to see her safely home a short while ago.
I hope AnnG's family have a good safe journey home too.

For those not feeling well, I hope you soon feel a lot better <3

Oh that is sad. did you hear from Roz? Hope she is coping OK. Thanks for letting us know.

I am back from the dentist, that was pretty gruelling today, he seemed to be digging deeper. I lost count of the number of injections he put in as well. Home now, Cynth waited with me.

I just had some sad news that Frank passed away in June from a stroke and dementia. What a shame as he was such a character.

Yes Annx I have a small shoulder of lamb, a chicken crown, a small piece of ham to cook ad some pulled pork which did'nt get cooked so I shan'nt need any shopping much this week.

Em just came round with some homemade leek and potato soup for my lunch. Both boys went back to school yesterday so getting up at 6am was a bit of a shock. She said she may have a doze after lunch.

Afternoon All,

Had a sleepless night with tummy pain. It's almost gone now and felt like when I think I pulled a muscle before. I feel tired now though. I just looked at our weather and it says severe snow warning! I've never seen that for us before and just when it has all melted. With that in mind I'm going out when OH gets back from his walk to get a few bits like Mandy. We might need to stay in if it's a lot of snow. Snow never stopped me driving in the past and I needed to with my job anyway, but it would be an unecessary risk with dodgy knees now.

You have got jobs all done AnnG . Good luck at the dentist, it's not one of those deep cleans is it? It's good Cynth will take you after climbing all those stairs.

It's good you can use the Christmas food in the freezer Mel. At least it won't be wasted.

Morning girls,

I think my weather is the dame as Mandy's as it rained here last night too so no snow left when I went to bed and no fresh stuff this morning.. The suns out but it took a while to break through. 6 degrees here with a moderate wind warning.

I have washing to get out of the machine too and I want to do some cooking today to use up Christmas food in the freezer that did'nt get cooked.

There is always one thing..... that you have put away and can't find. I just spent ages looking for a picture I had removed temporarily from the lounge, I took down two, found one, other one not with is. Found it upstairs in a drawer. Asking myself why, this year, did I put it there :-D :-D

good morning all. 5 degrees here and sunny, daughter left at 0740 and there was not frost which is good for their journey.

I have finished putting the decs away, packed up all the cottages this morning and the floral arrangement and thenutcrackers off the mantelpiece. so all the decs in the cupboard in the spare bedroom now. I lost count of the number of times I climbed the stairs. with the cottages for a start. Legs ache a bit. I was up at 0630 so one load of washing is washed and dried.

Just got to go and put all the ornaments etc back in place now. Dentist at 2.15, Cynth is taking me round.

Morning all,

We had some rain during the evening so by the time we went to bed the snow had all gone ,it's 2 degrees out there now so we're hoping we can go out later and get a few bits , the suns now trying to peep through .

Afternoon All,

It was snowing lightly when we woke up but didn't last and most of the snow has thawed now. We are due some rain overnight and snow on Thursday.

Minus 12 is very cold Mandy so I hope it isn't coming your way. OH mentioned earlier about the Factory Shop going into administration. If they can't sell it, then it will close which will be a pity as it's the one I go to. I must pop there soon as I could do with a new kettle! When I saw Keith on the pottery programme it reminded me of their chapel renovation. It will be interesting to see the changes and how it looks now. It sounds like Keith has plenty of space for his pottery.

You have quickly got things taken down and packed AnnG. I expect all those cottages and the smaller things have to be wrapped too, so it's not a quick job. We were going to go out, but changed our minds and might pop out tomorrow instead. We need some foam pipe cover for the outside tap pipe as the temporary fix won't manage for long.

OH has been doing his tax return and then at last got through to rheumatology at the hospital and managed to speak to a helpful nurse who has told him, that despite his doctor telling him that it would be a waste of time him chasing up an appointment for him, to go back and tell him he must do it. He was diagnosed in March last year and still hasn't had any treatment nearly 10 months later, just yet another scan. It's meant he couldn't finish his cardio rehab either which is said to be imperitive. He's also contacted a scheme he has paid £6 a month to for years since we were at work. His free physio he was having via the other health support we both pay into ran out at Christmas. He's found that this one pays £40 towards every fortnightly physio session and doesn't run out, so he is going to look into starting physio again using them.

I took our cards down today as well and saved some suitable ones to go with others I've saved from previous years to cut out to make some bunting and I think I may have enough now. Otherwise I've done admin tasks and tidying. We watched an episode of Keeping up Appearances at lunchtime and it was one we hadn't seen before where they went on a cruise on the QE2. Patricia Routledge was so brilliant as Hyacinth wasn't she!

I hope Vera is ok too and keeping warm.

Really Mandy? Two extra people and all their stuff plus all the bags with my presents in and other bags unloaded from the car every surface covered I never stand cards up except the two from daughter and son. It would have. Den a miracle to find a space to stand 21 cards. I have looked at and reds them twice and will go through them all again in a couple of days.

Ann I've just read that our Original Factory Shop is going into administration ,shame if it closes as they have some nice bits in there .

It's not very nice driving in those conditions Anng ,I hope their journey home tomorrow for them is a little better .
Oh I think I would have stood the cards out for a few days .

Really clouded over now and the sky looks as if its full of snow ,its one of those days where its hard to get warm , they said on the news at lunch time Marham was -12 last night that's not that far away from us .

Did Em not come and help you at all Mel, that is strange if she said she would. Hope you have managed anyway.

Mandy no once it snowed I knew we wouldn't go out. Yes they were tired, even just as passenger it was tiring because it was not at all relaxing for any of us. They do share the driving SiL does two thirds and daughter a third. Hopefully it will not be as traumatic tomorrow but they leave earlier from here to get through Birmingham traffic.

I meant to tell you I had 21 cards waiting for me here. Not the same as they didn't even go on display.

Afternoon all,

No more snow here but it was a very sharp frost on top of the snow so not a nice day if you have to go out anywhere , main roads seem OK but the side roads are bad.

Ann, no it didn't take Keith long to well up did it ,he's a very emotional man, I see they are or have made a third lot of their programme doing the Chapel up ,their was a bit on fb of them wishing everyone a happy new year and they were in a huge room in the Chapel which was his new pottery room ,there was loads of bits of his pottery on shelves and when he shouted his voiced echoed round the room .

Anng I don't blame them for not wanting to go out in the snow ,that drive home yesterday must have a bit tiring with the washer nozzles freezing up and having to keep stopping, then they have to probably do it all again on the way home .

I got my ironing done this morning ,gave the downstairs loo a good going over and hoovered the stairs ,got another wash in and put that on the airer to dry .

Mel be careful if your climbing about getting the decorations down, I thought Em was going to help you.
Yes I saw there was a new lot of Father Brown and I see Mrs Mccarthy is coming back in ,don't know if it's for the one episode or for longer ,perhaps it will perk it up a bit ,I don't think the stories have been as good .

We n ow have a snow warning for Thursday

I have taken the tree down and packed the ornaments away but boxes and tree are all stored in the front 'office' until after they go home.

Pc is saying rainy days ahead again now and its 5 degrees.We did'nt have snow last night it was just a very heavy frost.

When I got downstairs I realised it was snow not frost and we were not forecast snow, a nuisance as nothing will persuade the 'young' ones to go to the garden centre in the snow. It is about an inch thick but not melting as ther is probably frost on top. I have strate dismantling the cottages and am about to do the little tree. I can do that and put the boxes away tomorrow after they have gone home.

Morning Anng and all,

Very heavy frost here this morning and pc says partly sunny and 2 degrees. The suns shining and theres wall to wall blue sky.

Have to get the rest of the decs down today and they are the highest ones. Wish me luck. Hope you all slept well.

Good morning all, not dressed but slept well and had had enough sleep. I can just see that it is very frosty out there on roofs,

Hope that the windsceen cover helps. I always used to have one when I worked and it did help. It is a long time since we have had such hard frosts so I am sure a lot of young drivers will be having problems with frozen windscreen wipers.

Nor sure what we will do today, maybe go to local garen centre but I also have to start on putting decs away. I can't really do the cottages though as the boxes are in the 'guest' bedroom cupboard.