General Chat

Well dinner is over, and it turned out O.K. Dish washer on with everything in. I couldn't stand being tied to the kitchen sink tonight.

Was just about to have forty winks, when Harvey rang. He took Lewis fishing today. Lewis caught 6 fish to Harvey's 3. So one happy chappie. :-D :-D :-D

Just going off into the garden for another read. To hot in doors, even with the big fan working overtime, and all the doors and windows open.

Glad you had a nice day out Will. It will do Carmel good.

Ann,they have landed in Miami and now have 2 hours to wait for the next flight to Lima.(Just had a text).She will be fine..she will have to be.But I hope the scenery and Machu Pitchu (?sp) will just be so amazing that it will take away the anxiety thing.
I won't know until they are back...We wait and see.

And I am still waiting for dinner.... :-S..It's all looking good and smelling scrumptious
My tummy is rumbling :-D Just a few minutes now !!!!

That's good news Pat and a start in the right direction!! :-)

Evening All,

I'm glad the little bat found it's way out again Jane! Well done Janice for attempting and finishing the walk!! :-D She did well!!

I can understand Hannah feeling like that. I remember when I first got married worrying about being away on holiday and that was in this country. It was similar as I had it in my head that I needed to be at home if anything 'happened'. It was all due to anxiety and the fact that I only went away a few times as a child I think. Thankfully I realised it wasn't that likely and am ok now. I might well have the jitters going to Peru though, but that would be more due to the flights and creepy crawlies there!! It is good she isn't letting it stop her do things and I'm sure she'll be fine with John with her. I must say I envy her the adventure and seeing Machu Pichu !!

Yes Murray won, but they both played some good tennis. It did look scorching for some of the spectators....I would have wanted the players' towels with the ice packs in around MY neck if I'd been there!! lol. We we both saying that we'd want the higher seats in the shade if we ever went to watch.

We did go to see the open gardens today.....there were just 3 where we went but they were all huge with ponds and veg as well as big lawns and flowers. There was a freshly killed mole in one of the borders, but the house had a catflap so it is quite likely that was the prime suspect.

Bowl of water Mandy? :-S I'd have thought you'd have your spa filled now and be frolicking in that making us all envious!! ;-)

I've just been out deadheading, but soon came in as I was boiling again in minutes. :-D :-D

There was an outdoor band and party at one of the big houses last night......it was quieter than it has been before but the thumping beat was still going on at 3.ooam and it was too hot to shut the windows. I could have joined Frank on the patio a bit later and we could have had a cyberchat!! lol.

Nice pics William......baby Grace is growing fast!!

OH has to have the 24hr BP monitor on at midday tomorrow, so we need to see how loud it is before we decide to see the Liberace film at the cinema.......folk might be startled by it going off!!!

SNAP FRANK ;-)...but I'm not cooking :-D..I'm just waiting for Chris to get this flipping BBQ on the go...........I'm HUNGRY

Well done Andy Murray.About time we won Wimbledon :-D :-D :-D

HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE. WELL DONE ANDY.
¬I am bharmed and list, have had three hours of great entertainment. I have now depleted my stock of cold beers, and I still have to get dinner ready.

He did it..............................................

Hi folks,
In spite of still getting the better of our colds and coughs, the weather has put some juice in our batteries today. We went out to Bulkington Carnival day - that's the next village out, but still in our Borough. Four floats for a carnival, but even so it attracted loads of people and there was a fun fair and stalls in the park.
I'm sending some more photos, this time taken on my phone so if some are a bit fuzzy, please excuse them. Most were taken in the church where there was a lovely atmosphere, tea, cakes and sandwiches being eating by the ton. The photos I've taken are in the church, all of their flowers displays connected with summer. I thought they were super, hope you all do too.
You'll so see one of 'The Basket of Flowers', which stand but the main street. They actually have their own 'anthem' and it's played by the silver band and sung by their choir. If I get the words sometime, I'll post them.
There are also a couple of Baby Grace, so I'll divide the emails up.

After we left there we went on to Rugby for a drive, little bit of shopping and now were are both home, tired, sweaty and I need to wash my socks!!! Too much information?

Off to do the emails.

Janice completed her'walk' in 1 hour and 11 minutes.Now sitting in a cool bath at home :-D :-D.They have the family coming tonight for a BBQ.Her daughter and OH with Finn and Amelia and her son with little William and Ranti the new Mum to be.
I'm very proud of Janice doing that today,just hope her knee is holding up ok <3

Jane can i see the Bat please?

Well i sit here watching with the fan on and my feet in a bowl of nice cool water :-D :-D

Don't think i could sit there ,i wouldn't be at all surprised if some one doesn't pass out !!

Come on Murray :-D :-D :-D

I would be flagging too Mel in that heat ! :-S..Just look at the spectators all flapping away with fans.I'm just glad I'm watching it on the tele ..But Murray is 1 set up :-D

Poor old Murray looks like he is flagging already!

Frank ,the Bat must have sneaked in through the metal fly screen as James came back in.I can't think how else it could have as all the windows were shut.But at least it went out again.
I remember some years ago when my Mum was on her own after Dad died ,(in Plymouth ) and me living nearly 300 miles away.She rang me one night in a real panic as a Bat had got into her bedroom.......What could I do !!!!!!!!! I had to ring a neighbour of hers at some ungodly hour and get him to go over to Mums.I can't remember the outcome but just remember feeling so helpless when Mum was so upset :-S
Fitz has been up to see us with his tales of his 'little cruise' and trouser trouble lol.

Pat I am so pleased that things might be on the right road again with your son.Day by Day is a good idea.
Phew it is too hot and sticky now.I have come in to watch the mens finals.The big fan is whirling around behind me :-D...Someone has removed my lounger !!!!!!! ....Chris :-S.
Yes I hope Janice has completed her 'walk' for life '
Just heard the temp on centre court ..In the 40's :-0 :-0...........BBL

Morning all/Evening Kim,

Maureen that is so good news. !! Lets hope you can put it all behind you and get along as before.

I loved the little bat Jane, how the devil did it get in doors??? We see them circling the street light on warm evenings, I suppose that's where all the little flying insects get.

So glad you had a good day for your birthday, Jane. and good luck to Janice on her fund raising walk. She might be finished by now !!

I didn't get round to watering last night, will have to do it this evening without FAIL

I went to bed at 11.00 last night and was up again by 1.,30 am too hot to sleep, I sat on the patio for an hour, then sat and read my book till 4.30. I did manage to sleep till 7.00. Then dropped off again till 9.00. O.M.G. doesn't your brain work overtime in the small hours when you can't sleep. I covered to many things during my lifetime. from the Air raids, to walking down the street to go into the RAF. nursing my Dad and Ros's Mum and Dad. My children of course. I feel like a wet week now. so I'm off to my lounger and see if I can get a few zzzzz.

Last night,I prepared a shoulder of pork for dinner tonight. 4 cloves of garlic, tsp of Paprika, tsp of salt, 2 tbls of oil. All rubbed in the skin which I scored with a new Stanley blade. It's in the fridge, and will need half hour in a hot oven to start the crackling, then three and a half hours slow cooking. I'll do various veg and new pots with that. We will eat about 7.00 or 8.00 pm tonight.

Don't get BURNT>

Well Janice will have started by now then. I wonder how long it will take her? Not too long I hope in this heat.

Good luck Janice and I hope you raise a lot of money for that worthy cause. X <3

Just watered the tunnel and now I am all hot and sticky. Think I shall jump in the shower and then wash my hair as oh is out ringing I can take my time and enjoy it.

Morning All.
The ice has been broken with my son..( last Tuesday ) .but I am taking one day at the time with him....
When we get to see him again who knows ..It is a 2 hour drive away and has to be arranged..If we lived nearer I don't suppose we would of got into this state in the first place..

A Lovely sunny day here again..It was to hot for mocha yesterday..

Enjoy the day all..

I hope all goes well Kim..

Morning/Evening All

Have just sent out a little film of a bat we had in the house last night !!!! James got it on his phone camera.

Hannah has now left Heathrow and is on her way .I will not have to worry about the anxiety thing as I am not able to help and I don't want to be thinking of how she is for the next couple of weeks or so.

Yes another scorcher today..BBQ for us this afternoon/evening.
Janice will be setting off on the Race for Life at 11 o clock.She is doing it in memory of little William's mummy Jo.

I need to go and get some fruit and ice cream,but must remember to take the cool bag and Ice Block with me otherwise the ice cream will have melted before I get home .
Mandy you just have a nice relaxing day on those loungers.I'm keeping mine in the lounge ready for Tennis lol

Morning everyone,Evening Kim,

Looks like its going to be a hot one, we decided to get the sun loungers out of the little shed ,by the time we had opened them out and put the cushions on we were both sweating like mad !! i'am now sitting in front of the fan !!

Oh i see William ,less weight to lift up to water the planters than with a watering can, your full of good ideas :-D

Ann, i hope the gardens have lots of trees so you can get some shade ,it's hot already out there :-)

Hi Pat nice to see you , how are things with the family now ,any better ?

I made a jug of coffee to go in the fridge so we can have a nice iced coffee later ,with a blob of ice cream it goes down a treat .

I bet Frank is out in the garden soaking up the rays :-D

BBL

Morning All and Evening Kim,

Another beautiful morning here today.

Jane hope you are feeling ok this morning after your wonderful day yesterday.

Hi to Pat, it's nice to hear from you.

Glad you had a good day Jane. We were sitting out till late as well.....glad of the cooler air!! :-) Your meal sounded very nice and I would have been testing my lounger in the lounge too! lol.

Fancy Fitz nearly losing his trouser pants!! lol. I've heard of 'flying by the seat of your pants' but not 'sailing by the seat of your pants'!! :-D :-D It made me wonder what OH packs when we go away, but he has assured me he takes more than 1 pair. ;-)

Kim, that is more good news.....I will keep everything crossed that the treatment will have some good effect for you. I hope Joel's thyroid problems are easy to sort out. It looks like Miranda has been behaving at work if they are making her permanent! lol. It's good she seems to have settled into it and that's less worry for you too.

Thanks for the lovely pics Fiona.....your little grandson has lovely grey eyes.

I hope your friend is recovering well Ruby.....I bet she's glad to have visitors with not being very mobile!

William, you must spend a lot of time working in your garden to have it looking like that. Those wall tiles are quite a novel idea!

We were out in my car with the roof down yesterday and today, but still had the aircon on to get the cool waft up our fronts. We ate at the garden centre in the village today and they had 2 big fans on as well as the doors wide open.

OH has managed to paint most of the main panels of the bottom fence today, some was in the shade so he was glad of that. I have advertised our old pond pump, 2 big plastic water reservoirs and the surplus slabs we've got. Might as well have them out of the way and get a few bob for them. We did some watering then, but the rest will be done in the morning.

We are hoping to go to some open gardens near here tomorrow, but they don't open till 11.00am..........we might be wilting by then!! :-S :-S