General Chat

That's good there was little change with your eyes AnnG and your new glasses sound nice. It seems like the new young man may have got them up to date with the IT.

I had good intentions of popping to a garden centre this afternoon to get some plants for some more of my pots, but since lunch I feel more like a nap which is something I never do in the day! I'll pay a bill and do some admin for a while and see whether I go then.

I was in the opticians an hour. I was quite impressed as, as well as the lady on reception, he now employs a young man who is obviously IT trained as everything is now computerised. All seems very efficient. . very little change Just a very small increase in close up to be able (I hope) to read very small writing. Needed glasses though as mine are 3 years old and also needed new ones for the computer. It will be at least three weeks wait now. the ones that suited me best were very light stainless steel frames with a blue trim.
:-D I told my sister that the frames were very light. Ahe asked me what I meant by light so I said 'not heavy'. seemed to satisfy her. She is inclined to be picky over what people say on facebook.

Mel voicemailed me as I was driving to the hairdresser and it's double yellow lines so I couldn't stop and I thought OH must have a problem and need me home so I daren't drive into the hairdresser's carpark and waste time as you have to park and go inside the gym to get a code to get out again. I managed to park further on in the cafe carpark, saw it was Mel and she just wanted me to let you know she has no internet and said an engineer was coming on Monday. I couldn't post till I just got home as I don't use GR on my mobile and didn't know the password. It looks like she has been in contact on a tablet though.

Could be that your browser if doing updates I suppose.

Sorry Mel I was out at the opticians so couldn't let anyone know. You should be able to get on here on your tablet which you seem to have done. Not sure why you can't get on on your main PC though.

I had a problem again this morning before 0730 getting on here.

I,n on my tablet and eat to know if I am getting through.

Not read any posts yet as pc won,t connect to thenet.

Morning AnnG and All,

Sunny and hotter today here I think. My car issue is getting more complicated and the garage wasn't happy as they have now been told differently that the part for my car that they were told would be delivered yesterday will now have to come from France! They are going to wedge the window so it won't fall down so I can use it in the meantime and I can collect it at 10.00am. I'd better get ready now. Good luck with your eye appointment AnnG.

Good morning all. 8 degrees this morning and still sunny. I have an opticians appointment at 11.15 so am pleased that it is not raining as Cynth is out today so I would get wet walking. going to be a hot walk I think.

Just washing up at the sink and watching the deer up the garden when something caught my eye. It was a fox on the west lawn so I went out the front door and mad a noise and it ran away but so did the deer.

I wandered off to do something and so didn't post till later and missed you Vera.

Yes both of our OHs seem very alike in their escapades don't they! I told mine this morning while we were in the garden that I might lower the Holly and Camellia tops with the longhandled loppers he found, as they are getting hard for me to reach otherwise and will shade too much of the garden as they get taller. OH said he would do it for me, but looked less sure once I said they would need to be 'shaped'. I could just imagine he would cut them straight across like a hedge top! I don't want him to make his back worse either, so compromised by saying he could help cut out a few of the thicker stems that are harder for me and I would tidy the rest.

That was good news at the dentist then, no work to be done this time.

I did realise Mel but it isn't always as obvious. My aging brain doesn't need confusing! :-) I hate washing the washing line, even on the rotary but it's surprising how dirty it gets.

Apparently the part for my car should have arrived by 4.30pm and Steve said once he had the part he would work late to make sure the car would be ready for me first thing in the morning. I'd better be up early tomorrow in case it's ready to collect as OH could take me to fetch it before he goes to his council talk, luckily only a mile away. Otherwise, if it isn't ready, he said he would leave the talk early and take me to the hairdressers and collect me afterwards.

Oh Mandy how disappointing your image of a nice crab turned into a tin of tuna! We had a tuna salad today, so I ought to have told OH it was pretend crab! :-D We've noticed how small the market near the Factory shop is now, with just a few sad looking stalls.

It does look like it was only email addresses and dates of birth that were stolen from M&S data AnnG, so I expect it will mean scam emails to try and get bank details from us!

I hope you've got your car back Annx and will be able to get to your hairdressing appointment. Good job you got well stocked with plasters again as your OH does seem to be in the wars. Every time I read of his exploits I think that our OHs were made in the same mould.

I too laughed at Mandy's tuna/crab. I hope she enjoyed it.

Mel, what some of us call jumpy legs is RLS - Restless Leg Syndrome, a recognized condition. It is impossible to just lay in bed and hope to drop off again as you can't control the muscles which make your legs leap all over the bed. For a lot of people the only way to ease it is movement which is why I walk around. Usually that's enough but last night it just kept coming back. Like Annx, 30 years or more ago I was advised to cut down on alcohol and caffeine. I don't like caffeine free tea but I don't have caffeine in anything else, I cut down on alcohol and rarely have chocolate which did help a bit. Sometimes the doctors can't pinpoint a cause but other times it can be linked to another condition, e.g. the underactive thyroid that Annx mentioned. Over the years studies have shown that people who get migraines are twice as likely to have RLS as people who don't get them, and are much more likely to have severe RLS, so that must be my link. Here endeth the medical lecture ;-)

I managed just an hour's sleep after lunch but am too lethargic to do anything at the moment. I don't want to eat and OH has said he is happy to get himself a sandwich so I'm let off cooking tonight.

It's not all doom and gloom. There's some good news. Neither of us needed anything done at the dentist so it was just a good check over and a gentle clean and polish. Next appointment is mid November for the usual 6 month check up

OH is just starting to water some of the pots that are in the shade so I'd better go and check that he's not completely drowning the more delicate plants as he is very heavy handed with the watering can or hose pipe.

Pretended it was crab!!!!!!!!!!!! that made me laugh as I hate crab but love Tuna.

Sorry about the mix up on the jointace gel. I thought as Anng had mentioned about it our other Annx would realise. Sometimes I do it and sometimes I don't but willtry to remember in future.

Its a beautiful sunny day and warm when you're in the sun but theres also a good breeze. washing went out this morning and its ready to come in now. I was going to change the bed but did'nt get round to it.

Shopping came no subs but there was'nt a lot tis week.

I am now going to hoover before venturing into the hot garden. O I have done a little pruning this morning and washed all the washing line before putting the washing out. :-D

Temp has just gone down to 22, it was 23 when I was out there just now. I have planted out in pots and planters etc all my tomatoes. Hopefully some of them at least will survive until I get back, not that I am going just now :-D but I like to be prepared and it is easier to water them outside. I was only out there 30 minutes, it is sunny with clouds and a breeze but it was too hot to stay out long.

It was lovely walking out, I don't think it's quite as hot as yesterday, there's a nice breeze, we got our tablets and I needed some new cord to go in Colins jogging bottoms , not that he goes jogging lol I also got two balls of wool to go in my wool bag ,pretty pink and a nice lemon ,then we got into the market well if you can call it a market ,two stalls this week plant man and fruit and veg stall ,no fish man so no crab and we were really looking forward to a nice crab lunch so I opened a tin of tuna we closed our eyes and pretended it was crab lol

The garage man has popped out now and should be back soon. I hope so as OH will be going at at 4.00pm, so we have to collect the car before then if it's ready or leave it till tomorrow which will cause problems. OH just had one email saying his car insurance is due renewal next month and a bit later another email saying for business reasons they will not offer to renew as he doesn't meet their business criteria! At first he thought it must be due to his cardiac arrest which he notified them about and they said was no issue, but it seems that since the pandemic insurers are getting more picky and the age of your car (spare part availability?), whether it's 'high end' and more stealable, crime in your area, your age and other reasons can make them refuse to offer renewal.

We had some pretty Goldfinches in the garden at lunchtime. I must put some Niger seed out if they are going to be around now. We also have more cows in the field, another 4 that are just plain brown plus one that is mostly white, so that makes ten of them now and OH is certainly not going in the field and we haven't seen anyone else in there since either.

Ann it was me who Mel was talking too I use jointace gel on my legs if they ache. when my legs were bad last May/June Jointace was great at reducing the pain at night. Besides the aromatherapy oils it also contains glucosamine and chondroitin.
I get confuse too Mel when you just put 'Ann'.

Hope your car is ready Ann as it looks like you have a problem if it is not.

I have an optician's appointment tomorrow morning, never eally look forward to those.
that looks like one of those minor injuries that is going to be aggravatingly hard to heal.

I am envious of Mandy's crab as well.

Yes annoying about the M&S and Co-op. I think it was their online customers that are mainly affected with M&S but not sure. I do know they have my details with my credit card etc but they have not said their bank was affected. But who knows, they originally said customers' details were not affected but now they are saying they are.

Morning All,

I slept well for a change and it is lovely and sunny here with a cool breeze. I went in the garden and weeded a bit more and saw the Magpies on deliveroo duty feeding the chicks., then enjoyed a nice cool shower after. OH's hand wound bled a bit after I took the big plaster off as he managed to scrape his PJ sleeve across it! It's a flap of skin he managed to slice. So I had to help him shower and wash his hair and it's a good job we got more plasters yesterday. I'm beginning to think a puppy might be easier to look after! :-D

I don't think I've had jumpy legs at night for years which is a bit surprising as an underactive thyroid can be one cause of it. Maybe having to give up stimulants like most caffeine and also alcohol helped me. It's not a pleasant thing when you are trying to sleep though.

I'm hoping the garage gets the part for my car today and that I get it back later as tomorrow is my hair appointment and OH has a morning meeting, a zoom meeting and telephone appointment with the hospital dentist tomorrow and may not be able to take me or fetch me back. If you cancel a hair appointment sooner than within 48 hours now they charge you a late cancellation fee and I don't want to have to pay that. My hairdresser lives in the nearby village where I lived as a teenager and there's a murder investigation going on there now as a woman was found injured in the road on Sunday morning and has since died. A 39 year old man has been arrested. It was a tiny village with just three roads when I lived there but is much bigger now and more new houses are being built.

Mel I don't take jointace! I don't know always which Ann you mean in your posts. I take glucosamine and chondroitin tablets intead and use Ibuprofen gel. Have you tried vinegar to kill Ivy? I'm going to try it as some is coming through our fence again.

Mandy these roadworks are everywhere now. Just be careful walking to town. I hope you find a nice plant for your table. Our Frank would be envying your crab if you get one wouldn't he? I wonder how he is now.

Talking of card details in just one place AnnG, OH tells me that M&S have said they have had a security breach now and that it includes online shoppers, so that's M&S, and the Co-op as well as Talktalk that haven't kept my data secure enough! This is happening too often now. I'm glad I don't do online banking though, despite the heavy persuasion.

thanks Mel, yes it is but I have bought it at £11. now. I prefer to get most things via A,azon as that means my card details are only with one place and it is easy to order things as they have all the details. But I will remember that in future.

Ann is it the Jointace Gel you have? If you go to Vitabiotics its on there for £9.35 or three for two. I always get my jointace cpasuels from Vitabiotics and theres no postage.