General Chat

Afternoon Everyone

Jane,yes I did get your e-mail ,

Sent one Garden e-mail to Annx- came back failed

Sent one Garden e-mail to Ruby-came back failed

Sent 2 garden e-mails to Shirl -came back failed

sent 2 garden e-mails to William- came back failed.
:-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S

Chilly here today and dull have had to put the fire on for a while while I had lunch and watched a bit of tele ,

Ann I bet that site will be very interesting for some people.Hopefully you will soon get to see OH's Grandfathers will.

The sun is out and there is a nice little breeze.I have one more lot of washing to put out,pick some beans,do a couple of other bits and then the Dentist :-S

I don't think I have ever known this thread so quiet !!!!!

Morning All and Evening Kim,

Off out for a while so see you later on. Won't be long.

Morning/Evening All

The sun has vanished .it was lovely earlier but is now cloudy.Maybe it will clear.

Ann I have tried sending Fiona's pics to you but just get the Failed notification.
Fiona did you get email from me yesterday? as I got the failed message like with Ann,but when I looked on my sent mail it says it has sent.It's all a bit confusing.

William ,Hannah used to live within walking distance of the High St in M H.I think I have been a few times to the 3 Swans but many years ago.

Right I am going to crack on with some H/W :-S and I must remember I have the dentist at 4.20.

Went to see the film, which was quite entertaining. All those rhinestones and big rings took me back and I'd forgotten about those cloak things he wore with the collar that stood up high behind his neck!

Glad you had a nice time Mel. I'm not sure I'd be keen on the marshmallows. They use them in some icecream sundaes and I always give mine to OH.

Can someone send me Fiona's greenhouse pic?

This is an interesting site that OH read about today. Apparently soldiers serving in the British Armed Forces wrote wills and sometimes letters to their loved ones in case they were killed. If they were killed, you can now trace whether there was a will made and order it for £6. The searches are free. Frustratingly I found there was one for OH's grandfather killed in WW2, registered with the site, but they haven't sent me an activation email so I can order it!! :-S Maybe it will be sent tomorrow.

This is the site:-

www.gov.uk/probate-search

Edit.....the dates (of death) covered are 1850 to 1986.

David I'm sure it will look great when it is all done.....My house needs a really good make over :-S.The decorator can't begin our lounge until October.Still have to decide on colours.
We have just finished eating outside with the help of Candle Lamps.I could hardly see my plate lol but it was so nice to be able to sit out and eat.There is not a breath of air out there.
I am now off to bed so will see you all in the morning.Sleep tight xx

Glad you had a lovely day Mel.Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows :-D.I haven't had one of those in a very long time.Poor duck with fishing line and floats.It always upsets me to see that.I remember the poor Seal on the Farne Island with green netting wrapped around its neck :-(

Yes it is good to have the dishwasher up and running.It was actually missing the knife tray and another click on rack thing,so I went back to Curr** and they took them out of a machine in the showroom and gave them to me.You should have seen one of the chaps who installed the machine.A proper Body Builder.Muscles all over the place,Tatttoos everywhere and a disc thing in one of his earlobes.About the size of a £2 coin.He was quite funny really.He said you have a good machine here,not Curr** Essential Sh** !!! Then he said his wife is due to have her baby next week by Caesarean .His description was Baby was not coming out through the basement ,but through the skylight :-D :-D

I got a lovely pic of a spider in its web today and it was busy wrapping a bug in webbing.But then I accidentally broke the web :-S :-S.So I think it must be setting up a new one.There was also in the web a wasp all wrapped up.
In the green house was a little Lizard with a very yellow tummy.Chris called me to take a pic but I couldn't find it,so got him to come and tell me where it was.It had gone into the soil and I think was 'playing dead'.I never forget the one I put in the bin as I thought it was dead ,and then Mel said it could have been playing dead.I felt so bad about that :-S
Strange here with just me and Chris.James won't be home for a couple of weeks and Hannah is in Barcelona .
Don't know if I said but we will be going to London on the 8th to bring back some of Hannahs things to store in the garage.(again).At least it is not furniture this time.We still have the Farmhouse Table and 6 chairs in there.
Dinner tonight is Chicken with Asparagus wrapped in Pancetta and a tray of roasted veg including Fennel (which I have never cooked before).Some Potato wedges on the side.I am not hungry at all .I have felt so bloated today (full of wind) I think it might be the result of that huge steak ...like half a cow I had 2 nights ago :-S

Starting with the corridor ,then the intention is to do them all.

Which room are you ahveing papered and painted David? The Lounge?

When we were newly married we were forever arguing about who was going to wash the dishes.So one weekend I went to the Electricity Board show room amd bought Ellen a dish washer.Made us both happy.Were noe on our fourth or fifth machine I can't imagine E being without one.

Painting has progressed very well.Maybe wall papering by the week end.

Ive never been one for cracking the whip Jane,if it's not being done properly I would rather do it my self.

Hi I'm home after a lovely day at the beach at Widemouth and then after a nice stroll along the beach finding shells for Stephanie's garden we had a hot chocolate in the cafe place there, it had marshmellows cream on top sprinkled with choc and a flake. Us three girls had those the boys just had an ordinary coffee and a black one for oh. We then went on to bude and had a walk up the quay bit and then back for an icecream and we sat on the big bench things at the sid e of the canal and watched people making fools of themselves in the boats. They have peddlos and rowing boats for hire. We saw a poor duck that had fishing line stuck in it's beak and was towing the float and weights.

Then we walked across the beach to the cafe ( Lifes a Beach) and had lunch there and walked back.

Glad you got your dishwasher machine plumbed in today and it's now working for you.

Fiona thats an awful long while for a dishwasher to go on for? 2 and a half hours of leccy too. I am glad I have'nt got one.

Evening everyone,

Been sunny here all day again, at times a bit to hot to sit out !!

Jane , good to hear you've got the dish washer sorted in the end , i would miss mine especially when i have the family come for tea , i have two loads some times ,the top is usually full with tea and coffee cups .
I do wash up if we're only having a light snack or we've been out for a meal .

Hope the weather was sunny for Mel on the beach today and that her side is not too sore so she can enjoy her day .

Fiona, hubby is filling up the green house i see ,plenty of room in there for the salad stuff next year :-D

Yes i wonder what our Frank has been up too ,i hope his tum settled down ready for curry night tonight !!

No ,no news from Kim lately ,the computer must still be playing up.

I wonder how our Shirl is too <3

Fiona I missed WDYTYA last night,maybe I have a look on i player .

Ann I'd love to see that film.I think it will come to the Wednesday morning showing at some point so will hopefully get to see it then.

Dishwasher in after a bit of a struggle .It seems it is just a tiny bit deeper than my old one and the back of the unit where it fits in has blown so has warped a bit.But it's in and is working so I'm happy :-D.The kick board though now needs a bit taking out .That will be a job for Chris.I wonder how long it will be before he does it ????

I went and bought some Pansies this afternoon and managed to drop a whole tray of 20 on the floor :-S :-S.What a mess.I pulled the tray out and as I was about to actually lift it the polystyrene broke off.So it wasn't really my fault ;-)

I expect Frank has been enjoying his little break in Hastings.I wonder if he has got himself into any bother ????.Did he say he is back tomorrow?

Hello all,

Just popped in for a minute. I have an applesauce raisin cake in the oven. It's one of my DIL's birthday today, and she likes a solid cake! I should have made it last night, but couldn't drag myself away from the computer.

What a wonderful apple tree Jane. Don't see many apple trees in this immediate area. I planted a couple years ago, but they didn't survive. They do grow up in the mountains. This weekend is Labour Day weekend, and there is always an apple festival at Hendersonville. We usually go and bring home loads of apples.

Great pictures William. I'm accustomed to the old car shows here, but so different from those posh cars! The flowers were super - I loved the colours in the arrangement that had different shades of green, with a little yellow and salmon colour. Green is my very favourite colour.

I have started back with exercise at the pool. I have a YMCA not far from my house. I used to go two to three times a week, but found I didn't have the energy for working outside, so quit for a while. It is with a great group of people - we have lunch together once a month. You can do exercise in the water that you wouldn't be able to do on dry ground. Many people there have had joint replacements.

I must go as I'm having company.
Rubyx

Morning All. Evening Kim.

Quiet here today, OH working but not getting many phone calls some work people are still on holiday.

You will be glad when you can get back to your dishwasher Jane, mind you I would be lost without mine, the only problem I have with mine is that there's no quick cycle in this dishwasher, we didn't get a choice it came with the new Kitchen, and every wash cycle takes two & a half hours to wash, so it's quicker really to do the dishes by hand, BUT I don't :-D :-D

Did anyone watch WDYTYA last night with Nick Hewer , I found some of it interesting but very slow going, he mostly just sat and chattered on , he didn't even do any research himself.

Morning All,

Lovely and sunny here and OH just called me to see the Buzzards circling at the back.......tried to get a pic but they fly so high they look like specks on the camera.

Hope all goes well with the dishwasher this morning Jane.......I would hate to be doing dishes again now. I remember thinking do we really need one just for 2 of us, but even when I lived on my own I still used it! Market Harborough is a nice place and reminds me of Loughborough which I also like. Did you go in the charity shop at the carpark in Lutterworth William? I pop in that one sometimes.......very good for haberdashery bits and they sell bags of beads that I like to look through as well.

I'm off to Melton on Friday as OH has a council meeting there. I haven't been round the centre part for years as you don't drive through that part any more as it is pedestrianised. I might get OH a proper pork pie while I'm there! :-) It used to be great on horse sale days years ago......the old boys in gaiters would be sitting outside the pubs!!

This afternoon we are off to see 'Behind the Candelabra' about the life of Liberace at Warwick.

Hope you have a good day at Widemouth bay if you get there Mel and that your side is less wrenched today after your fall.

Popping to the shops down the road now while OH is weeding. :-D

Morning/Evening All

You did well William to get the coat from your BIL lol.Market Harborough is a lovely place isn't it.There is a great Butchers there that I always visit if I'm that way.

David you can be there to crack the whip and make sure the decorator does a good job :-D

The chaps should be here any minute now to fit the dishwasher.I hope it is just a straightforward job today.I always used to think we didn't need one and was quite happy doing the dishes but once we got one I realised I never want to be without one :-D

How is Kim? Does anyone know?

I need an automatic with lots of leg room as I can hardly bend the L leg


Are coxs available? I haven't been to the shop in 6 months.

Painting under way here to be followed by wall papering

and all I can be is an observer :-(

Jane, I didn't know we were that close to you. To be honest we haven't been to M H for a while now, and it's less than an hours drive, and a nice drive at that. We took Carmel's brother and his wife one time when they were over from Ireland. In one of the charity shops Harry managed to buy a brand new light mac for only a £1 ! The shop had been pretty crowded and I remarked that if I'd seen the coat first, I'd have had it as I was on the look out for a light mac.
Before they left here he said I could have the coat as it wouldn't be warm enough for him, so I got an even better bargain !! To be honest, Harry would wear a vest, shirt, jumper and waistcoat on even the hottest day.
I'f we are heading that way again, I'll let you know but it was all on a whim yesterday.

Breakfast calls - C Y A L

Morning All and Evening Kim,

Bit overcast here today and we are supposed to be going to the beach. I hope it brightens up in time otherwise we will go somewhere else but I have no idea where.


Did'nt have much trouble gettiong on here today.

Hope everyone is well. Thanks for all your pics.