General Chat

It’s a much warmer day today though there is still quite a nip in the wind.

I didn’t sleep much and was up before 6 am but I made a cup of tea and took it up to the bedroom to drink and about 7 I must have fallen asleep again. I slept for 2 hours so by the time I was up, dressed and breakfasted half the morning had gone. I put the towels on to wash and we both did some gardening. I managed about an hour and a half so have cleared a lot of dead stuff away and weeded.

Last autumn we booked the painter to come and paint the outside of the house this spring but things have to keep being put off for one reason or another. There needs a bit of work done by the front door first and the first chap booked to do it changed his mind at the last minute. So we booked the chap who boarded our loft to do it on Monday. He has just rung to say he’s been out of action with heart trouble. The hospital say he can work again as long as he doesn’t handle anything heavy, so he is still coming Monday to do some measuring and will do the job on Friday. I feel sorry for him but I am concerned he’ll have a heart attack or similar while he’s here or OH will do the heavy lifting and put his back out. We don’t seem to have had much luck with workmen this year.

Now I had better go and hunt through the fridge and freezer for something for dinner tonight. I’ve got lots of odd bits of veg so I might do some sort of stir fry but I need something to go with it.

BIL is here and I need to go up the shop now before 2pm when they close. He is mowing the orchard and then we are going to put the greenhouse together.

AnnX just seen a post from you on FB. After trawling a bit I found Darwin's slipper plant. Try googling that to see if it is the correct one.

Morning Anng and all,

Nice this morning bright and sunny with hardly a cloud in the sky. Hope it warmer where Mandy and Vera are. Its 14 degrees here but Iv'e not been outside yet, in fact I hav'nt been up long at all. I hardly slept the night before and did'nt drop off till it was quite light so fell asleep the mo my head hit the pillow last night.

BIL is coming again today to cut the orchard and put the greenhouse together for me and anchor it down to the decking. Better get ready now as I'm not dressed yet.

Good morning all 10 degrees here but low cloud. Forecast said it would take a while for the cloud to clear so I guess here it will be afternoon before we see the sun. I have a letter to post so maybe I will take advantage of no sun and walk to the post box.

Thanks for logging on early Vera, it seems I could get past the error message earlier this morning somaybe I was not persistent enough before. doesn't explain why I am getting the error message at all really though.

Mel, I find it a bit confusing that not paying a microsoft bill stopped you getting your BY internet. But maybe it is the way you have things set up I suppose. The internet is one long puzzle for me :-D

Vera hope the ocular migrain has disappeared this morning

I slept well last night just need to wake up my brain this morning so maybe slept too well. :-D

Welcome back on board Mel. I don't know what arrangement you have with your internet provider but, if it's a regular bill you are paying, would it make sense to set up a direct debit? We don't want to lose you again.

You really have been poorly Gwyn and I wish you a very speedy recovery. Keep resting and don't be tempted to try and do too much too soon. Baby steps for a little while until you are fully recovered.

You are right Mandy, it is flipping cold. As you know, when we put our underfloor heating on around October time it stays on until we turn it off again around May. We turned it off a week or so ago and we've been fine till now but we've both already put thick jumpers on tonight and I am thinking of getting an electric fan heater out of the cupboard to at least take the chill off the lounge as OH is unlikely to go to bed before about 11.30 pm

It sounds as if you have had one of those days Annx with the garage not noting down the change of booking and the air con not working and OH needing yet more plasters. These men! I haven't known whether to laugh at my dearly beloved or throttle him today. I opted for laughing in the end. He keeps telling me how well he can see now his cataract has gone. However, his sight wasn't good enough for him to see the bacon in the freezer or the screw driver in the drawer or the fly spray right in front of his nose. I expect he'll manage to not see anything twice as much when his other cataract is done.

I did rouse the energy to do a bit of gardening this afternoon and I ironed OH's new shirts that I'd rinsed through this morning. No Mel, I am not going to do your ironing for you! It's a job I hate and I do as little as possible. OH's warmer, check winter shirts never need ironing if I hang them carefully to dry nor do my thicker shirts and jumpers. I seem to do far more ironing in summer with lighter weight and cotton things.

After that I had another ocular migraine so lay on the bed with my eyes closed for about 45 minutes till it passed. Thankfully it only left me with a slightIy niggly headache but I think I am now going to prepare myself some overnight oats for my breakfast, have a bit of a wash and brush up and try for an early night

I fixed it by paying my microsoft bill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had deleted it by mistake. Silly old fool.

Sounds like you got a great bargain there Mandy. Would the old one go back to the foundation?

Oh Gwyn pneumonia can be nasty I had it several years ago now and had a night in hospital I came home with antibiotics too but if does take it out of you and you must rest and don't try to do to much to soon , I hope the antibiotics help you and your soon back to your old self again <3

Well we have just lit the fire its blooming cold here with lots of grey clouds that look like rain clouds ,no sunshine here today.

Nice to see you back Mel ,how did you fix it .

Good job you stocked up with the plasters Ann , it sounds as if its going to take a while to heal up ,he'll have to be very careful he doesn't keep catching it or it will take forever and a day .

I always look on the Benjamin foundation site at the second hand furniture and today I spotted a nice little side board ,cotswold oak just a bit smaller than the one we have here in the lounge which we paid quite a bit for ,this one will fit nicely in the conservatory and we can get rid of the older one we have in there that is a bit bigger ,this one was only 95 pound so we went and snapped it up .

Hope that recovery continues then Gwyn it must have been frightening. And has we wondering how I would cope if I had the same problem. One of the worries of living alone. Anyway keep getting better.

Ann, I went to A & E last Saturday afternoon, as I had central chest pains and when I went upstairs, I was really breathless, my heart was pounding and I had to sit down, when I got to the top.
The staff were all so lovely and very caring, even though they were so busy.

I had all sorts of tests, ECGs and a chest X- ray, but they couldn't define quite what was going on, so they found me a bed and on Monday morning, I was told it was an infection, - pneumonia, so I was allowed home with antibiotics.
I feel completely washed out and everything is an effort, but want to do more for myself, but I just have to accept it may take a while until I can walk round to the bus again.
I made myself a sandwich, at lunchtime, which I couldn't have done a couple of days ago, so it will be gradual steps of improvement.

School finished today for 2 weeks holiday and I'm hoping I feel a lot better and can join them, when they return early in June.

You have not told us what was wrong with it Mel and who fixed it. Sounds weird if it fixed itself. Yes it is not a lot of fun if we are suddenly incommunicado. Anyway good that you are back.

Gwyn I must have missed something (not unusual), as I had no idea that you have been unwell. I am sorry to hear that and hope that the antibs will have done the job. If it has been as hot as it has been here, that won't have helped. You are so lucky to have your daughter to look after you. I assume that means that you have been missing school, so you will have half term soon to help to get your energy back. <3

I'm getting funny things come up again so I may be disappearing again but I hope not.

O Gwyn its nice to see you and I hope the antibiotics will work thier wonders now and you will soon feel your old self again. They say they don't work till you have finished the course.

BIL is here and he's mowing. I have given him a packed lunch of a cheese and pickle sandwich, toms, grapes and pineapple pieces and a cold drink with ice in it. I got a kiss for that!! He said he is coming tomorrow and will put the little greenhouse up for me as my mato plants are reaching for the sky in the uti room.

Just rang the oil company and its not coming now till Monday so have to clear around the tank a bit so they can get there easily. I have great big docks growing there and I see there is also ivy growing round the tank. Then I need to strim some more of the orchard and also need to cut off some low apple branches which hit BIL on the head when he mows round there in the corner of the orchard. He hs'nt been doing it lately with the snowdrops being all round there but I have docks growing there now too.

Its so good to be back................................ :-D Iv'e really missed you lot over the last few days.

Just popping in to say 'Hello'.

I try to read the thread most days, but I have zero energy at the moment and spend much of the day resting or dozing ;-)

I can't concentrate on anything for very long and even small tasks are tiring.
Today I took the last of my antibiotics, so I hope they've worked their magic and I will soon feel better.
I can at least get upstairs now without getting breathless.
Daughter is looking after me really well and willing to cook whatever I want, but I've lost all interest in food, although I am drinking plenty.
We settled on egg sandwiches for tea last night.

Good to see you are back in the fold, Mel.

Hope to be back with you before too long.

Gwyn x

Frustrating for me having spare time and hearing about the pot planting going on when I dare not plant any more before going away. there ia enough for cynth to water as it is. One of the tomatoes hhas already given up so has been binned I do have surplus so that is not too bad at the moment. I think that was the one that got scorched whe the conservatory got hot when I was out. The tumbler still doesn not look healthy but is still alive so hopefully when we eventually get some rain it will be ok.
Not the time of year that you can have the air con playing up at least with the hot weather we have had. Having said that, it is not that long ago that we didn't have air con in cars. It was just 'open the window'.
Your life today Ann seems to be a tale of 'well laid plans!' So solicitor another day.
I assume the blood thinners are not helping the wound to heal. Sounds as if the plaster need to stay on a while longer. If it is open enough to bleed it can let germs in from soil in the garden.

Morning All,

Warmer with a bit of breeze today. We lost connectivity with SKY last night and OH was really tetchy as I tried to reboot the box. He seems to think I should know how to operate the big telly where the sky box is, but I never watch it these days as he always has sport on!! He gave up and said there must be a problem with the line and went to bed, so I tried again then and got it working, but only for 5 minutes. I did it again this morning and it's fine now.

He had to go for more blood tests first thing this morning and we were then going to the solicitor as she wanted a copy of something and lists from us both. I did the photocopy and told him it was next to his PC on the table to remind him to do his list. So Mr Tidiness decided to move it off the table into a pile of his other papers and forgot about his list! We had planned to have poached eggs on toast at Morrisons nearby after the solicitor and I needed a few more of the plants I got yesterday from the garden centre that wasn't far from there, so we went but left going to the solicitor. On the way the garage rang wondering why OH's car wasn't there for the service and MOT!! He'd had to ring them over a week ago and re-arrange it for next Friday due to his blood test this morning, but they hadn't noted anything in their book, so I don't think they were convinced. Then we noticed we were getting very hot in the car and found the aircon wasn't working. We tried all sorts, temperature full on then low, full blast to no avail, but on the way home just OH's side started working again but mine wasn't. Another thing to sort out! I bit my tongue and said nothing, but there's always been a problem with one side hotter than the other, but he never got it sorted out even while the car was under warranty.

I'm beginning to despair. I took his plaster off his hand yesterday afternoon and everything was dry and healed over nicely. This morning he pushed his hand hard enough in his jeans pocket to scrape and start it bleeding again. More plasters!

That is a strange problem with genes AnnG. I'm waking around 6.00am lately and think it is the light mornings in my case. I must try going on genes then and see if I have any trouble.

Vera and Mandy are putting me to shame with getting jobs done so I'd better go and plant up the pots each side of the arbour near the field.

Good to see you back Mel what was the problem and who fixed it for you?

Your meal last night sounds nice. Glad Stu enjoyed it.

Lucky the weather is warm then if they didn't deliver the oil. don't they let you know if they were unable to access it?

Yes that building is lovely, it is not far from the cathedral ane there are several old buildings along there but none as lovely as that one. all the buildings are close together but the alley between the others (where there is an alley) are much wider. I dread to think if there was a fire, there was some years ago in one further down the street.

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mORNING ALL,

iTS A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE AND ITS 17 DEGREES AND VERY SUNNY WITH ONLY A COUPLE OF WHISPY WHITE CLOUDS IN THE SKY.

iTS SO GOOD TO BE BACK AS i HAVE MISSED IT SO MUCH FEELING ISOLATED.

Sorry did'nt mean to shout but i'm not typing that again.

Stu came last night for dinner and he enjoyed the home cooked ham. He came down on his electric byke instead of his car. We had the ham with carrots brocc, mash, and creamy leeks and even though I say it myself it was delish. Not cooked that dinner for a long while.

Lovely pics of the old building Anng and what a lot of work to save such a wonderful building. It looks good now for a few more hundred years bt its a shame it is so close to other buildings.

Annx thanks for letting the other know I could'nt get on here and hope G's cut is healing well now. If I have a cut that keeps bleeding I put vasaline on it and then the plaster. It heals well like that.

Vera can you come and do some of my ironing please as with the nice weather Iv'e done loads of washing but hav'nt ironed it!

My oil was supposed to come yesterday and it did'nt turn up so I have to ring them this morning to see why. I bet its because they did'nt send the small tanker. I must go and clear the old greenhouse BIL has dumped by the oil tank or they won't be able to get to it.

O its so nice to be able to geton here and now feel like you are all there for me if I need you. Thank you for being my friends. XXXXX <3

I spoke too soon. The sun has gone in and the wind has got up again. It’s a cold wind as well. I’ve given OH’s new shirts a rinse through to get out the “dressing” before he wears them and they are blowing away on the line. I’ve also had a good hoover through downstairs. Yesterday’s h/w and ironing gave me backache so with what I’ve done this morning I feel shattered and it’s barely 10 o’clock. If I can find some energy I could get some gardening done. Perhaps a coffee will put some life back into me ;-)

Morning all,

Another cloudy day should only get to about 16 /17 degrees ,yesterday was really chilly all day I had a cardi on but I did get dusted and hoovered right through .
Yesterday we drained one of ths water butts to give it clean out ,it collects water from the little wood shed and I've been using water from it so it was getting low, hopefully we'll soon get rain to fill it again, they get all sludgy in ths bottom so it will need the hose in to clean it .
Hair cut day today