General Chat

Hi all

Sorry to hear your back is playing up Frank. You should see the doctor tomorrow, better to be safe than sorry after what you've read on the internet. Hope it goes ok for you. <3 Maybe with all that walking you've just pulled a muscle like Jane said. Let's hope it's nothing serious.

Sound's like your Chris is on a roll Jane. Your meal sounds nice. We're just having fish chips and mushy peas as I did the roast yesterday while OH was off work.

It's very strange how everyone seems to have the same problems with their hands, hope it all clears up soon.

The sun's finally come out here, but it's still very windy out there.

Off to check the meal
BBL <3

Evening all,

Mr S has started so I am out of the way for an hour.

The pain in my back is very low down almost on my hip. so don't really know what it might be, I don't think it's muscle problems, but hopefully the doctor will give me some idea in the morning.

Gill, I had F & C and mushy peas yesterday when we came off the Motorway. I said at the time "I BET IT PLAYS ME UP" and it did, it repeated on me all evening. I have told Ros never let me have batter on my fish !!! (BUT I DO LIKE IT)

The wind this afternoon was very strong. It bent a tree in the garden in half. Good job is was a bendy one, or I think it might have broke. The rain had hail in it also.

I spoke with Lewis this evening, he played football through all that weather, but they won 8--2. and he scored TWO with his head. So was well pleased.

We have been asked down to Devon, go down Wednesday and come back after Easter. I have told Ros, it's to far for her to drive after all the sitting and walking we have just done. So we will stay at home (DARBY AND JOAN) will suit me down to the ground. !!

What plans have you got for Easter ?? I think I will ring up and book a table for Sunday lunch out for the two of us. If I can get in !!!

I have noticed I am getting very dry skin around me thumbs, (dead Skin) I pick at it and peel it back until I find skin that is alive. Then it bleeds, and I have sore thumbs. Naught Boy I hear you say !!! Ros is always getting on to me. She says "STOP PICKING"

Glad Chris is getting on with his memories. Why does he count the number of words ???

The meal tonight was no more than average. The meat (lamb) was a bit stringy. The veg and pudding was great, and the CHEESE SAUCE very tasty with the garlic added !!!

Have something to find on Ebay, so will say NIGHT NIGHT ALL See you in the morning.

The tractor run is all the farmers around here get together at the village hall out our front and do a follow my leader drive for about 14 miles I think back to the village hall for a dinner. They do it to raise money for the village hall. They had a fish and chip van this year and did desserts in the hall kitchen and cheese and biscuits. I usually go and take pics but I did'nt this year. Then they go in the parish mag.

Frank,I don't think Chris actually counts the number of words.But there must be something on the computer, in which ever thing he is using to type, that 'counts' the words..That is me just having a guess at how he knows how many he has done :-D

I am fading fast now.It must be the changing go the clocks :-S

So night night all x

Night night all I'm signing out now.

Morning/Evening All

Bright and breezy at the moment. :-D.Hopefully I can get a load of washing dry before rain later.
Chris went to the Dentist ages ago ,,I wonder where he has got to :-S....Most likely a garden centre or B&*.
I am going to be a good girl today and do a bit of housework :-D :-D.First thing is to get the stairs hoovered.BBL

Morning all

Bright sunshine but still very windy. At least the rain has finally stopped.

OH has had a poke at the drains this morning they seem to be blocked a bit. It hasn't made any difference to the loo, water still rising a bit to much when we flush it. Next door seems to have blocked drains to and we both think it might be in the road so the neighbour has rang the water board. So far no one's been out to fix it.

I had a good run on my family tree yesterday and finally finished the line I was on, so now it's onto the next sibling to see what I can find out there.

The tractor run sounds fun Mel How do you raise money for the village hall, do you collect money off people along the route. Let's hope the weather is nice. Do you take photo's I'd love to see them if you do.

Morning Everyone, Evening Kim.

Been raining here all morning Gill, glad you have the sun, I'm hoping it stops for about 1/2 hour at 12.30 as thats when I am going into town to do some shopping and then heading for the Church Centre to do my fortnightly coffee duty at 2pm

Would you believe I am going into Ne*t to pick up the sun hat I ordered last week, I know we are no where near it being summer, but I have to get it early on or there won't be any off my size left. WAIT FOR IT. BOYS TRILBY > NAVY BLUE size 7 to 10 Years, ;-) ;-) hee hee I have such a small head circumference that ladies hats swamp me, only need to replace one hat this year as the last one came apart at the brim & the grandchildren play with it now.

Better go and get some lunch and get ready to go out.

Morning my lovelies, evening Kim,

Lovely photo of Kim's granddaughter on FB this morning.

Much better day out there. I have been round the "ESTATE" to check all is in order. :-D :-D Greenhouse is looking good. Broad beans and Runners are coming up in their pots. and all seeds seem to be doing well. I grew two dozen Carnations from seed last autumn and they look ready to be planted out

I see I have onions on the top of the soil again. I must put them in a bit deeper later.

I am feeling much better this morning. The pain in my back (ROS ) has gone !!! and I feel fine, So no waste of time ringing the doctor. I think it might be down to all the sitting and walking I have done. We old people have to take it a little bit at a
time ;-) ;-) ;-)

Hope Chris hasn't got abducted by aliens Jane. Can't you ring him to check he is O.K. ???

I see you have water problems them Gill. Do you or neighbour have and drain canes. ?? then you could rod the drain from the cover on your property. I had a lot of trouble when our young neighbours lived next door. She would continue to put BABY WIPES down the toilet, which seem to build up and cause a blockage. After a few words, and getter her OH to rod the drain, IT STOPPED. I wonder why ??? lol

Ros has washed and dried the sheets pillow cases and towels from our bed at Hastings. All ironed and aired ready to be delivered to Carolyn later this morning/afternoon.

Feet up now for a quiet day. If fine tomorrow I might do the lawns !!!

Afternoon all,

What a day yesterday high winds, heavy rain and hail like i've never seen before ,boy did it come down.

Today is a brighter day with sunshine so i've got the bathmats on the line and they are having a good old blow.

Frank , do you think it might have been sleeping in a different bed that made your back painful ,was the mattress comfy ?

Sad news ,little Abbey was put to sleep on Saturday ,her breathing had got so bad with all the water round her heart ,there was nothing else the vet could do for her , they tried their best to keep her but they couldn't see her suffer so it had to be done bless her <3

Time for a cuppa , BBL

Ahh Mandy such a shame to have lost little Abbey but you just can't let them suffer and now she will be in doggy heaven.

I could'nt get on the net first thing this morning then Di called in and it was quite a bright morning and looked promising till she arrived and it clouded over. then we had a little fine rain in the air but nothing to make everything wet and it's still like it now.

Di's eyes are much better now and the pressure is down to 20 in one eye and 21 in the other and she can drive again now. It must have been so frightening for her when she could'nt see. She still has to go to the hospital for tests and now only has to have drops in her eyes 10 times a day instead of the 20 odd times she had to do before.

Well it just goes from bad to worse with Ta*k Ta*k, before I left last week I checked the phone and Vir**n have disconnected me so I have no landline and I only have a pay as you go mobile for use in emergencies really, had to use son's mobile to ring them and all they kept doing was apologising, I said sorry isn't helping me, another apology. I now have to wait for them to ring me on my mobile either today or tomorrow to let met know what's happening, won't hold my breath, I shall expect some compensation for all this inconvenience but will probably have to get hold of a manager for that. At least I've still got the internet, how does that work when I've got no phone?

On the bright side I have had a lovely long weekend in Bedford, ate far too much so It's back to healthy eating for a while now. Poor Finley didn't want me to go.

Yes I saw that photo of Sophie on FB Frank, she is a little sweetie isn't she.

Afternoon All,

I see Frank is back and seems to have enjoyed his time in Hastings apart from the new white friend. Frank, DON'T EAT THE BATTER ON FISH.......it isn't worth it. I'm beginning to think you like feeling ill!!!! :-S It's good your back is feeling better today. I find sometimes if I sit at the computer for ages, my back aches when I walk about.

Gill, do any other neighbours have a problem with their drains? If not, do your and your neighbour's drains merge? If so, the blockage may be before the drains reach the road.

OH went with MIL and FIL for FIL's assessment at the Alzheimers clinic this morning and I am beginning to think it should have been me that went, not FIL!! I thought it was bad enough that I nearly left my credit card in a reader the other day, but this morning was worse than that. While OH was out I decided to nip to Sain*burys and do some shopping. Soon my trolley was piled high and I went through the checkout, carefully packing the bags, went to pay.........NO PURSE!! I searched all through my bag to no avail, so apologised and left my trolley with a member of staff, saying I'd nip back home for it and be back before anything defrosted. What a faff I thought as I drove the short distance home. Then MEGA PANIC as I couldn't find it at home or in the car either!! I knew I'd used it at a garden centre near Nottingham on Saturday, so I rang Sain*sburys and told them I couldn't find it and that they'd better empty my trolley. Then I rang the garden centre and asked if a purse had been handed in and described it in detail. Yes, someone had found in the car park and they had it in their safe. I told them I'd be over this afternoon to pick it up. PHEW, I thought, that was lucky and was relieved I hadn't got to get new cards etc. Then the phone rang and it was Sain*burys ringing me .........to say they had found my purse........it was in the trolley. :-S :-S So now I had TWO purses! I got them to check the name on the cards in it to be sure and yes, it was mine!! Then I had to ring the garden centre back to say the purse they had wasn't mine after all!! It was a good job I hadn't driven straight off to Nottingham to go and collect it. :-S

Glad you found a hat you like Fiona. All you need now is the sunshine. :-)

Afternoon all,

Oh Mandy how sad to have to had Abbey put to sleep. How old was she, and will you consider getting another ???

Ann, what are you like.?? IT'S CALLED GETTING OLD :-D :-D :-D If that wasn't your purse in Nottingham who's was it ?? You would have thought they would have checked your details in the purse, before saying it was yours. Ros did exactly the same thing two weeks ago in Morrison's. She put her card in the machine and put in her code, loaded her shopping, and walked away. It was only when she got outside she remembered it. The girl on the checkout said that it was in reception. The woman behind her found it when she tried to put her card in. !!!

Maureen, You hear so many stories about these phone companies.. It's also happening with the fuel suppliers. (GAS AND ELECTRIC) I have had fall outs with two different ones now. You stick out for compensation. (they can afford it) ;-) ;-)

Did Chris get home alright this morning Jane ?? Where had he been.??

Ros has felt a bit iffy this afternoon, so has gone into the garden for an hour, doing a bit more boarder clearing.

I have prepared a roast chicken, Daphanaure (sp) potatoes with onions, garlic mushrooms in a garlic and herb sauce. Carrots, and runner beans. Will make a change from Roasts.

Mel, How is the deer and pheasants ?? I assume they are still calling in to be fed.

HI TO SHIRLEY IS SHE'S LOOKING IN. HOPE THE SNOW HAS GONE NOW.

Where's our Liz. or have I missed her ??

Might see you later.

What a shame about Abbey Mandy, but they did the right thing didn't they., although they must feel so sad to see her go.

Maureen, what a saga it is turning out to be! I don't understand how you can have no phone, but still have the internet either. :-S Let's hope they sort you out quickly now. That's lovely Finley didn't want you to go. :-)

It sounds like Chris is on a roll with his memoirs Jane! Are you tempted to write yours? :-)

I forgot to say before that FIL has to have a brain scan. Luckily they didn't let MIL go in with him or she would have answered all the questions for him! He didn't do 100% but didn't perform too badly. How do you tell the assessor that for his whole married life MIL has dealt with everything and answered questions for him when MIL is sitting THERE! He's never been used to having to know or remember things, so his brain hasn't had much practice with recall.

Frank I see the pheasents evryday at different times. The deer was right near our patio the other day eating my rose bushes.

Goodness that wind blew last night!!! but all is secure here this morning!
So sorry to see about your little dog Mandy, it's so hard when you lose them. We still miss Millie very much, but we are toying with the idea of another 'darling'! We'll see, we need to have our Dutch visitors first and then give it some serious thought The family are trying to persuade us as they say the house feels empty! and it does!! One or other of our two would take on any dog we get if it outlived us (it well might!!) so who knows!
Family on Thursday for lunch and on Friday we're supposed to be boat moving but I can't see it happening as the weather is so stormy, again we'll see! Probably end up with us all meeting for a pub lunch!!

Morning all and evening Kim,

WE HAVE SOME SUNSHINE and I think that is something to shout about but it is still extremely windy with white clouds scudding across the blue sky.

It does make you feel so much better when we get a bit of sun dos'nt it?

Liz it was Mandy's dog but her inlaws dog. Mandy still has Toby.

Nothing planned for today but I may clean the ark out ready for the hogs return as I think I may have seen some little calling cards about.

Morning all, evening Kim.

"I've never known a night like it" from an old pub advert. !! My that wind and rain certainly came along with great force.

Was up at 5.50 am this morning, but was in bed by 10.30 pm last night. Bin day today. I looked out and saw at least three bins over and open to the Jackdaws and rooks, who were having a great time. !!! Even the food caddied were on their sides.

Still very windy outside, I have been out the back and stood up the flower pots that have blown over. I thought about my HOG also Mel. Do I need to clean out the box ?? and should I start feeding again ?? We have seen some "CALLING CARDS TOO" Ros thought it was a stone, and picked it up. It went soft to the touch !!! So she soon flew indoors for a scrub up !!!

Madam has gone off shopping with Carolyn, So I am HOME ALONE till about 5.00 pm.

Will get myself some lunch and a coffee now, and have a read of my book.

Afternoon all,

Still blustery today with nice sun shine , the wind was strong in the night though,next door has a fence panel down ,but all my pots were still upright when we got up i expected to see some blown over.

Yes it was my sisters dog they had to put to sleep , my Toby keeps plodding along ,he's full of lumps and bumps but the vet said best to leave them alone .

Ann, you are a clever old stick what a lovely painting , did you say you did it in an afternoon ? i'd never paint like that mine would look like something the grandchildren had drawn !! :-D

Jane's quiet !! hope she's not poorly .