General Chat

I think what you call thunder flies we call midgies ? we get them when the corn ripens in the fields ,once they start cutting they are gone, and i noticed they are now cutting .

Oh Ann, lets hope your not in for a big bill , how on earth have they got the wrong meter number ? and how long has it been going on for :-S

Phew to hot to sit out today , i have been keeping Toby in too poor old boy he really feels the heat now.

Hubby's home , his bottom lip is all swollen , i think he's been bitten !!! who by that's what i want to know ;-) :-D :-D one of those old flies again i expect .
I soon told him not to give me any lip !! LOL :-D :-D

Jane you just took the words out of my mouth.

I though AH a bit of shade under the cherry tree. so took my book and sat in the lounger. After 10 minutes I was being pestered to death by the little blighters, so have come in doors. I think I could be ready for another shower.
itch itch itch, scratch scratch scratch.

It is certainly the sign of a thunder storm, why does that happen ?? Ros was only saying yesterday "We haven't had any thunder flies yet" Why can't she keep her mouth shut :-D :-D :-D

Mandy, Ros changed the bed this morning and washed all the whites. They have only been out an Hour, and they are dry as a bone. If I put a magnifying glass on them, they would catch fire. !! What a good idea to give the cues a bit of a break from the sun.

I remember as kids, we would get hold of "KIDS" who wanted to join our gang, and put a magnifying glass to the back of their hand till they YELLED and it started to burn, then they could JOIN.!!! What horrible children we were in those days. I bet kids today still have torture for other children. Do you remember the "CHINESE BURN" Lewis still tries to do it to me. Another one was to put your arms through railings and bend your arms across your chest., drop candle wax onto the back of the legs. (THAT HURT) :-0 :-0 :-0

Well I think it's an afternoon in doors for me. Roll on the rain. !!

Afternoon All,

Well, we thought we were in for nice quiet mornings now the dog nextdoor has gone for his hols and sitting out with peace and quiet in the garden. But now the builders have started building in ernest in the field. They've been doing bits and bobs with drains for ages but it was never before 8.00am. The last few days they have started at 7.00am with big noisy pile drivers thumping away. :-S I suppose that's how it will be from now on.

I was at M*S before 9.00am this morning, before the queue for returns built up. By the time I left the cars were streaming in.

OH was painting the rest of the shed when I got back so I made us some nice crusty french bread bacon butties!! We sat outside eating them and the Buzzards were circling over the field.

Waitrose Frank, that was a bit cheeky of her ........we occasionally buy a few things from there as we have one about 2 miles away, but they are pricey for everyday stuff.

Got your pics Jane, some more lovely memories for Hannah and John. Those clothes the people are wearing are so colourful, surely not 'everyday' wear.

We have just discovered our gas people have been using the wrong meter number for us and so have not been using the meter readings we have sent . I had to send photos of the meter and reading and now it has to go to their Investigation Dept!! :-S I just hope whoever's gas we were paying for was using more than us so we get a refund!! :-) If not, I shall be :-(.

Gawd Kim, that's a lot of pill to swallow!!

Arrrrrrggghhhh! Thunder flies :-S :-S :-S :-S

Morning all Evening Kim,

Phew hot hot hot, the fan is on and i'am cooling off ,i've only been out to hang the washing out and i'am sweating , the washing won't need long to dry if i leave it too long i think it will be dried to a crisp !!! :-D

I've also hung a throw over the green house ,the poor cucmbers are really wilting in the sun thought i'd give them a little shade, i did nitice that there are three toms now turning red and we have a few tiny runner beans forming .

Oh poor Kim, fancy having to get six of those big tablets down !! lets hope she soon feels better for taking them .

Right time for another drink i think .
BBL

Morning to all my Playmates and eving to Kim.

Forgot to say, Shirl showed up on line yesterday, so I SKYPED her. Her eldest son doesn't seem any better, with his medication. I think this morning she will be getting in touch with the ER (A & E) with view to having him admitted for observation and other treatment.. Her young son is at home helping with the situation, and daughter and Monsters stayed over last week for one night, Will keep you posted.

MANDY,I can't get into neighbours back garden, without climbing over the fence :-D :-D :-D I can just see me doing that. I would still be there when they come home next Saturday :-0 :-0 :-0 Ros would have to feed me over the fence <3 <3 I had the new nozzles turn up this morning in the post, together with a DE-CALC filter for the iron. I will fit that later.

With all the expense of setting up the new business in Spain Conrad and Jan are a bit short of cash. So over the weekend Ros took Jan shopping for groceries which we agreed to pay for. She was not satisfied with going to Tesc# but went to Waitro#e where things are much more expensive. When Ros told me. I thought you cheeky little mo. :-0 :-0 :-0. Won't be rushing to do that again. We have paid out over £4,000.00 now. and we just can't afford anymore. Yet she stills throws out food that would be perfectly alright to eat the next day. I have to BITE my Tongue .
I think, you have never had to go hungry, and glad to eat what ever was available.

Mel, can't you do an order on line for your shopping. I know it's not the same as going round the shops. but under the circumstances it might be a good thing till your knee improves. <3 <3 <3 See how I think of YOU.

What's up with you Jane, did you wet the bed :-D :-D :-D Doing all these jobs while we good people still rotted in our pits. ;-) ;-) Yes, there is talk of THUNDER STORMS this evening and into the night.

Yes Will. I remember those sayings, and all being good sports. took notice of them.

I see KATE is in labour, wonder what it will be. ??

Speak to you all later.

It is getting really hot here. Just opened up the ends of the tunnel and picked a few sweet peas but all the butternut squashes are wilting and I dare not water them till tonight. My Gardeners Delight toms are red underneath and yellowy on the top. Think I shall have to give them a strong feed.
My runners are flowering like mad but no beans yet. Perhaps it is just too hot for them in there this year..........................................the flowers keep falling off.

Morning Everyone, Evening Kim

Totally cloudy today and a lot cooler too, done half the ironing, will have my coffee then tackle the other half, mainly T shirts, for OH and tops and skirt, and dress and a couple of linen trousers for me. nice to see them all hung back in the wardrobe.

Jane I had a piece of beef in the oven & by the time we ate it it was cold but it was good with salad and new pots for adults ,peas and new pots for Sofia, she is like her Aunty Katherine at the same age won't eat salad, but her mama loved salad sandwiches :-S :-S when she was little, Victoria would share here sandwiches with her pet rabbits Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny :-D :-D. we had blueberry flan to follow

Need to pick the blackberries today, they will all drop he we leave them any later. not as big this year as others, they could do with a good drink of rain(, never happy with the weather are we ;-) ;-))

Jane looked out of breakfast room window this morning and there was another mouse sitting on the flagstones, (Glad I was in the house ,so I didn't scream or run,) a huge bird came down and chased it into the bushes, I thought it was a bit daring of the mouse to come out in the open :-D :-D

Morning/Evening All

I have been up for hours or so it feels.I cleaned the main bathroom at 6.20 and was in Tes** by 8. 20 !! I'm now just about to clean out the drain thing in front of our garage door.I think it is called a French Drain.It is full of leaves and if we are going to have some heavy downpours flash flooding etc I don't want the garage flooding again.We always get some water coming under the door with really heavy rain .I have just bought a couple of rolls of bubble wrap which I am going to try and block up all gaps .The ones I can reach any way The garage is so full of rubbish as we are having a skip any day .

I have never heard that expression before William.

Poor Kim having to get all those pills down.Hopefully it will all be worth it and she will soon be feeling a lot stronger <3

I did stupid thing last night.I put the casserole pot with the Normandy Pork in outside to cool off before putting it in fridge.Chris got up this morning and found it still outside !!!!!!!.I think it should be ok as it will be going back in the oven again and then on top of the hob when I add the creme fraiche and mustard.It was very foggy last night and the temperature was cooler so I'm keeping everything crossed.

Right off to clear the drain

Morning All and Evening Kim,

William we would say Vainights same thing I suppose really.

Another warm one today. Oh has put the bins out and I should go shopping. Am dreading it with this knee. May get soemone to push the trolley for me as it is always heavy.

Heard from Kim. She will now be taking 6 HORSE PILLS a day now and has to cruch them and take them with apple sauce as they are rough and she can't swallow them.
Poor kid, I do feel for her.

Good day to you all. Waiting now for the news to say what the Royal Couple can expect to find in the cot tonight :-D Another historic day.

I was reading something this morning that made me think back to my childhood. When we were playing games like tag, hide and seek etc, if you wanted a truce, break, call it what you like, we would cross our first and second finger and shout 'Fainlits'. Do any of you remember a similar thing?

Frank, welcome back, hope the weekend went well.

Thanks, got them Jane, some of them came through twice now !! :-D

Frank , did you find the end of the sprayer when you did the watering next door ?

Frank ,you were lucky to see the sun near here.I blinked and missed it.It never did come out :-S
Glad all the veg etc are doing fine ..I have to pull some carrots I think tomorrow.
Pleased you got all the pics.It seems a bit and miss as to who gets them all.
I am away up the stairs now .I need to see if I can finish my book on the Kindle tonight.It's a good mystery /murder :-D

Night Night all x

All home safe and sound. We left a dull evening in Rutland and as we approached Kettering the sun came out. Now its a bright sunny evening.

While Ros unpacked I watered everywhere including neighbours. Picked our first Tomato., peas are starting to pod up, and the runner beans are starting to appear. Must get amongst potato's and find the carrots, spring onion and beetroot plants. Caulis have flowers developing and cabbages hardening up in the middle. So everything is coming along fine.

Have sent a load of Emails some good ones to have a giggle at !!

Going to settle down with a cold beer and watch a bit of tele.

Look after those bites Mel,

Jane I got all your photo's thanks. Hannah and John have memories to last them a life time. I know when ever I look at my "ROUND THE WORLD" photo's the memories come flooding back.

Thanks Mel, I can sleep tonight now LOL. They must eat a lot of that in Leicestershire (Ann??) - they call that 'wooly back county'. LOL

Mandy, Edward has to have another coat of blue on his dungarees yet, but he's looking good out among the others.

Well I have 6 emails from Jane and hav'nt opened any of them yet!! In fact I have 9 emails so I think I had better go and have a look.

William that is oh's name for Shepherds Pie.

Mandy I don't know why all the pics won't send :-S :-S.I wonder if it is because I send to so many at once.I'll do a test and send just you several .I did that to my sister and she got them all.

Two more friends to fit into your garden William, the little bit of paint on Edward has brought him to life :-D

Jane, i've only had two photo's come through, one with a little girl on and the other with Hannah and John on the floating island !!
Think i'd be a bit scared the reeds would give way and i'd go through them !! not sure if i would like the bobbing about of the island either :-S

Suns out :-D :-D

Have sent an email out with photos of my purchases at the car boot sale this morning.
It cost 50p each to get in complete with car. I was talking to a stallholder and he said they were all there at 7.30pm and if they stayed till close (12.30) they got there £6 stall fee refunded - and they all stayed. I don't think the organisers made much money today!!!
It was poorly advertised and poorly supported.

Jane I got a load of your photos by email this morning.

Mel I think I know just the type of sandals you mean.So comfy too.Hope that knee gets easier.
I have sent a load of pic .Can someone just let me know if they got through as I'm not sure if they did.