General Chat

BIKINI!!!!!! I don't think so Frank lol.I have never owned one lol.If I did wear one anyone who witnessed the sight would be in therapy :-D.Shorts are as far as I go ,and that is just in the garden.
I have been weeding AGAIN.That's all I'm good for in the garden lol.Chris is just finishing of blasting the Patio with the new Karch** power washer.
He has hung the Dining room end curtains up wrong.Too much pole showing at each end .But I can't sort it as it means standing on steps to unscrew the things on the end of the poles.I'll get James to do that for me tomorrow.

Our veg look like they are all coming along nicely.The Cucumbers in the greenhouse are looking good too :-D.Can't wait to pick the first one now.

Fiona that was great ,you getting to Glasgow :-D :-D Another step forward.

Ann Chris is so tidy too.Puts me to shame really ,,but I always say he has a bit of OCD :-D.Everything in his study has to be just so even the pens and pencils facing the right way etc.Lots of things he does irks me.Like every Sunday morning he has to trim his beard.Not on a Monday or Saturday or any other day .It has to be a Sunday lol.I could go on ,but it would be boring .

I just had a peek in the main bathroom....it's as clean as a whistle now :-D :-D.I need to be tougher,but sometimes `i just find it easier to get things done myself rather than wait for others to get their backsides in gear.It is my own fault as I have always been too lax .

I'm trying to think what to get Little William for his first Birthday,and I am stuck :-S.I thought about premium bonds bit I think I'm right that they can only be bought at no less than £100 now :-0..A bit different from the old days when you could get one for £1.I still have one for £1 that was given to me back in 1954
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I think I will go and see how much more Chris has to blast on the patio........My new windows and back door are splattered :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S :-S

Afternoon All,

That's great you going into Glasgow for a trip with your daughter Fiona.......bit by bit you can do a little more!! :-) That is a good idea to try the hairdresser at home. It will be easier to explain the sensitivity you have there than in a crowded salon.

My peas are doing fine, they are climbing the obelisk now, but my french beans are hopeless!! About 3 eventually grew, then something ate the leaves!! :-|

What is it with some of these men.......they need HOUSE RULES!! lol. OH is like you Frank, he wipes,( but doesn't clean) around the bath after showering and after we've showered, he takes the towels and puts them to dry in the conservatory or outside on the line and then hangs them neatly on the bathroom radiator after. He hangs all his clothes up after he takes them off or puts them in the laundry bins. (they wouldn't get washed if he didn't!) He puts his shoes away when his slippers go on and vice versa and tuts when I leave my slippers in the porch if they aren't neatly 'together' or the left and right are the wrong way around!! lol :-0 He never sees dust or dirt, but he is unbelievably tidy. I wouldn't pick up after grown men unless they were ill. !! :-| Mind you this morning......he was tidying my tools away in the garden before I'd finished using them!! :-S

You be careful on those steps Mandy, don't want any accidents.

Seriously, I don't know why my body won't hold Testosterone levels. When the doctor first started the injections, I felt great in myself, and less depressed and angry. So it must have done some good I will have to look up the symptoms for lack of it in the body. At the moment I have my temper under control, but anything can set it off.

I've done all my little jobs around the house and in the garden. I thought I would sit in the lounger and have a read, and even a doze. No such luck, a neighbour has his grand children with him this afternoon, and the noise is deafening, no way can you relax with that going on. I don't seem to have a lot of luck with quiet lately :-| :-| :-|

Mel. My peas are a new crop this year, I did get down and peer into the ground, and I can see some little green coming through. So I won't disturb them. I did have mice in the shed but put some stuff down and they have disappeared.
I think you should be in CROCKS down the tunnel, they would certainly be cooler on your feet. !!!

That's one thing I can be proud of. I always clean down the shower cubicle when I am finished in there. AND NEVER leave any dirty under cloths on the floor, as I take things off they are either hung up in the wardrobe or put in the linen basket.
I think TWO YEARS in the RAF taught me to clear up after myself. You should give them PENALTY POINTS for not doing it. Having said that Jan says she has trouble with Conrad, I don't know where he gets that from !!

Think I will water the "PLOT" that is now in the shade of the bottom fence. Be less for me to do later.

What's our Jane up to this afternoon. "SUN BATHING IN THAT BIKINI" don't get your little bits burnt. ;-) ;-) ;-)

Afternoon all ,

Yes another hot one here too ,been shopping and put that all away ,should have gone to the farm for the eggs but as i had frozen things i thought i'd do that another day ,i bet hubby will want a boiled egg for breakfast tomorrow as i haven't got any !!

Frank i had to smile when you said a voice piped up from the end of the lounge saying no more tablets :-D :-D ;-) Poor Ros :-D

Hair cut today ,i'll be glad to have it done it seems to have really grown the fringe bit keeps flopping near my eyes !!

We've having fun and games with our house phone , some times it rings some times it just pips and if you answer it the line crackles and you carn't hear any one talking and there's no tone when you pick it up.!!
We have to pull the connection thingy out to disconnect too.
The chap should come and have a look at it ,hubby seems to think we need a new box were the phone and internet connect into.

Right i'am off to clear another wall cupboard , we bought some new steps yesterday so i'll give them a go .

BBL

His excuse with garden clothes is that they are covered in grass cutting or woodshavings and he did'nt want to get that in the bin!!!!

Frank my peas are taking a long while too. I have about three packets, BIG packs from Mole Valley Farmers. One I knew would'nt grow and that was open. two others were not and I opened one and sowed some but there is only one showing. The purple podded ones I sowed just over a week ago are up!!!!!!!! Think I shall have to have another go maybe this afternoon.

Were they fresh seed this year Frank?

Have you had a look to see if there are any left where you planted them as the mice will have them you know :-| :-| :-| :-|

I keep meaning to buy myself a couple of lengths of guttering to sow peas in but keep forgeting.

Jane oh is the same with the bathroom. Never puts his towel back in there leaves it wet on the bed inthe spare room with his toweling robe. Clothes just taken off and slung over the bath or in it and the linen bin is just at the other end of the bath. Never rinses the shower out after him either. Same when he comes in from ringing, just chucks clothes on the bed in the spare room and if I leave them there he just gets more out and does the same again..............men :-|

Just down from the tunnel, hot hot hot hot hot :-(

I had my wellies on and the bottom of my trousers are wringing wet.

Morning folks/Evening Kim.

Home alone today. Ros is at Stitchery Do. at the new scout hut. She will be back about 3.00/4.00 pm.

I have hovered all through, washed and dried up breakfast things. I have been down the garden and feed the birds changed the water in three dishes and two bird baths. So they will be alright for fresh water today.

I have cleaned the half moon/circle hanging basket things, was thinking of giving them a coat of paint, but being plastic, I suppose it will peel off pretty quickly. I will get them filled, ready for madam to plant up when she gets home.

What do you mean getting frisky, HA HA HA. It's all in my mind, but by jov, does it make you feel young again :-D :-D :-D Ros thinks I am after her all the time. WISHFUL THINKING. Well passed all that sort of thing, I'll leave that to the youngsters ;-) ;-) ;-)The mind is strong, the body is weak.!!

Mel, That was very interesting about those Roses. I didn't know they existed. You learn something new every day.

The day is brightening a lot earlier today, but that breeze still has a nip to it. So I will keep my T shirt on till it warms up.

Nice JOB for you then Jane, I do wish the dirty bugge## round here would do the same. I get feed up when walking round the village to see piles of Sh## on every grassy corner. I am always putting notices in the local "ROUND AND ABOUT" its a quarterly village news paper I will catch one of them sometime, then GAWD help them. !!

Liver and onion, mashed potato's and peas for dinner tonight.. I get, that I don't know what to do for a change.

Off to do a few jobs, around the garden, I will take my stick in case I need it.

Oh Mel, Should my peas be showing by now, they have been in two/three weeks. Everything else is up including my garlic. ??

morning All, Evening Kim,

Another nice day, cloudy a little but when the sun comes from behind the clouds it is hot.

Having an easy day, yesterday I achieved another of my goals and went into Glasgow with Katherine, and managed to shop for a few hours though we did stop for lunch and a couple of coffee breaks,

next door neighbour has a new hairdresser who will come to the house, must remember to go round and get her phone number so I can go for the chop sometime very soon.

No I haven't Mel. That is the one thing that's good about not having Chester lol

My bedding is in the machine too :-D.So it will be all nice and fresh tonight.I'll be putting the same set back on.

I just had a bit of a shouting do at James :-S.Told I'm fed up with the main bathroom looking like a tip and that he is living like a pig in S***.I was told to keep my hair on !!!!!!.....My Dad used to say that a lot .(when Mum had a go about something )Nag Nag Nag :-D :-D.

Still waiting for the sun to come out .I don't think it will be too long as it is gradually breaking through the cloud.Hooray!!

Jane you hav'nt done that for a while!!

Frank you must learn to keep yourself under control when you have those injections!! As Jane said, poor Ros............................

Forgot to post my last post again. Just came to the pooter and it was still there. Think is may be losing it!! :-0

Off to strip the bed now and the sky is now blue, o happy days. We've waited a long while for days like these. :-D

Morning All and Evening Kim,

It was a bit cloudy whne I got up and there's a chilly breeze today but the sky is now clearing and the sun is shining and the washing machine has just stopped.

Oh has gone back up the borderto dig out more switch from under the magnolia Stellata.

Saw two hedgehogs last nightat what I thought was 12.15am. On coming in I glanced at the cooker clock and it wa 1.05am!!!!! Bl**dy watch had stopped. Another job to go and get a new battery for that.

Must sow some more lettuce in the tunnel and spring onions and beetroot. Also need to put my short beans in were they are going to go.

Must get washing on the line and get another load in. The trouble with nice weather is that you wear a lot more cloths!! One lot on and then a cooler lot and so on.

Morning/Evening All

No sun yet :-S.Just cloud.I think it supposed to be nice by lunch time .Fingers crossed.
Ooh Frank what did those injections do to you ;-) ;-)..Poor Ros lol
I hope that knee holds you up ok today.We have several of those supports knocking around here.

Chris is at the Dentist ,then when he gets back we will get the lounge curtains back up.It sounds so echoey with them down.After that I'm going to go and see if I can get a couple more summer tops.
But now I have the job of poop scooping (from Meg yesterday).Lovely job :-S

Gawd Frank, those injections weren't making you frisky were they! ;-) What a nuisance the knee letting you down like that. It sounds a good idea to wear the support it a bit till it's a bit stronger again. I don't envy Conrad in that heat, I don't think I would be able to get any work done if I was him!!

Yes, there is only Chris who hasn't had the lurgy at Jane's...... yet!! Last night when I spoke to her the cough still sounded quite bad, so they must all be worn out with it.

I feel really tired now so am off to bed........nice not to have to be up early tomorrow. :-) Nighty.....night x.

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Evening all,

I will start with this mornings mail. A letter from the Drs. asking me to ring to make an appointment regarding my blood test. So like a good boy I rang. Told the receptionist, and she looked it up. AH she said. IT'S YOUR TESTOSTRINE LEVEL It's very low again. A voice from the other end of the lounge declared. YOU ARE NOT HAVING ANY MORE OF THOSE INJECTIONS. I am speaking with the doctor on Monday.

It's been a very dismal day here, no sun till after 4.30, then cloudy, and finally clear blue sky's. Lovely evening here now.

Ann, How on earth did you keep a straight face with that chap in the surgery , was he a vagrant ?? or a local. I think I would have ask him to leave the surgery till his appointment was called.

Yes Will I knew you were at the hospital this afternoon. Glad Carmel got the all clear for 6 moths. Ros has the same complaint, and has to stay away from spicy foods, or it gives her hell.

Ruby, Can't help with the Roses, but oh how I would love to have those humming birds in my garden. Whenever (not very often) I go to a zoo, I am always amazed at the tint little things, and how beautiful they are.

Jane I think you lot should go into quarantine , till you are all over the LURGY. I can just see an outbreak in Kettering General, caused by you lot lol lol.

Bloody knee let me down again this evening, I went down the lounge like a steam train, trying to get my balance. It's now strapped up in one of those knee supports.

Conrad managed to SKYPE us tonight. It's very hot out there, up to 30 degrees, and his office is a porta cabin, with no AIR CON. that will be fitted within two weeks.
Jan also skyped this evening and Ros Jan and Conrad had a three way conversation. Marvellous what technology can do.

<3 Happy Anniversary Mandy <3 Frank will be drooling about you getting a crab. :-D
That was kind of you to offer help William and much appreciated I'm sure. Good news for Carmel that things are under control.

I meant to say that there was a notice at the physio clinic saying 68 people didn't attend their appointment last week. Disgraceful isn't it and not showing any appreciation of our free NHS or thought for others that could have had their appointments. :-S

Shirl what a disappointment and after you have psyched yourself up as well.

Ruby, how wonderful to have those beautiful little birds come in your garden. I would be out with my camera trying to catch their fast little movements. I like the sound of those yoghurt places but haven't seen any here. :-( I looked at the Crookneck squash, but haven't seen those here either. Is this what's up with your roses Ruby? I hadn't heard of it before.

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Mum and dad used to take my brother and sister to Drayton Manor park in the 70s. It had fairground rides then and animals and was near Tamworth I think. As far as I can remember I've never been there.

Well, the waterfall is working well now with a bit stronger pump!! :-D :-D The electrician had put the connector on rather than a plug because its smaller to hide and you can actually submerge it in water so is completely safe. Now I can finish off putting a few more plants and chippings at the bottom to hide the pipe and cables and it will be another bit DONE!! We had a good old chinwag for hours as usual and he is chuffed with some Banana Custard Verbascum I gave him last year. He refused to take any payment and is retiring at the end of this month, but I'm sure he will be happy to carry on looking after us!! :-) He loves the little waterfall so I'm going to make him a surprise 65th birthday card with a photo of the waterfall on it!!

We finally have a clear blue sky......bit late in the day though.It started to shine about 3,30 but then disappeared again .I think it is supposed to be a cracking day tomorrow.I have no plans to go anywhere.We will just get the curtains back up in the lounge in the morning,and then I don't intend to do anything much other than a bit more weeding and chill :-D
Chris has the Dentist :-S,and I'm hoping thatJames and Jess might take themselves off somewhere.Although Jess now has the lurgy :-S.She has started coughing and blowing her nose.
We could probably make a musical with all our coughs, sneezes ,nose trumpeting,and sniffing. :-D :-D

Well this is a new one on me. I have just had a phone call from a chap in Italy who was asking if I ate Italian food. Yes says I but only anything without fish or prawns in it. He said he was doing a promotion for Olive oil and asked if I used it to which I replied yes. then I asked if he was selling something and he said "of course" to which I said Goodbye.

Been shopping and then watered the tunnel.

Shirl at least you got a reprieve from your injection for a while. Shame about the biop what a nusiance having to go again. They must think we have nothing better to do than rush off hither and thither to appointments.

Hqave taken a couple of pics of my bearded iris's and still waiting for one to come out to see if it's a different colour.

Oh is waiting for dinner so I better get it started. It is chicken curry so won't take long to do. Cheating with a tin of curry sauce! I have pomps too though. That should keep him quiet.

He has done loads of work in the garden today. Mowed the back lawn and the fronts and strimmed round the edge of the back garden and pond. He put in my bunny rabbits and asters this morning after digging out a load of twitch and bindweed from the top border. Yesterday he dug it roughly with the digger so he could get it or most of it out.

Goodness me I have missed lots of posts today.
Shirl ,sorry you had to miss your eye appointment ,and that you have to have another biopsy done .bit of a Bummer as we say :-|

Ruby how lovely to have Humming Birds.I would love to have them in my garden.I just love my birds.What are Knockout Bushes??? Never heard of them.Have not heard of the Yoghurt places either :-S

William that was really kind of you to give the lady your number.Hopefully it will give her peace of mind to know she has someone she can call on in an emergency.

LOL Ann an interesting time in the waiting room then :-D :-D.At least you know know what the trouble is in your side.Hopefully the exercises will do the trick.

Mandy ...I just knew you would buy a Crab :-D :-D.Glad you had a good day out on your Anniversary ...HAPPY ANNIVERSARY <3

Frank !!.Poor Ros having you land on her like that.I hope she is not too battered and bruised !
I hope I haven't missed anyone out .
Meg has just gone home and now I need to get dinner on the go.