General Chat

My lawn and the neighbours lawn cut and trimmed. His was such a mess. Buttercups, daisies and dandelions everywhere, and the grass around the boarder was at least 12 inches long. There's no way in this world would I go away and leave my garden looking like that. Perhaps they will take the hint. Ros is going to buy them some long handled shears for their birthday, and a half moon cutter. Both their birthdays are in Sept.

He had put his bin out for collection tomorrow, so all the grass cutting and rubbish has gone in his bin, Ours is quite full from all the cutting back that Ros has done round the back boarders.

The weather today is exactly as it was 35 years ago. Wall to wall sunshine. We had our reception at Billing Aquadrome,, with the doors of the hall opening onto a lawn in front of the lake, where everyone could sit with a drink. I didn't want to leave, but we had a drive to Hastings for our Honeymoon and my entry the week after in the World COD FISHING competition.

Off for a coffer, and a sit in the garden.

David I think anyone in a contraption like that would go barmy after three months!! It is one of those things that you cannot imagine having never been in one.



Yes I forgot too.

<3 Happy Anniversary Frank and Ros <3

Thanks for your replies.
The complex injury is 3 months old today.
It's put years on me having to sleep on my back all this time.
Ellen's been sleeping in the other room so as not to disturb me or knock the contraption.She's thoughtful like that.

Talking about this contraption,it does make sleeping for any length of time difficult.One morning I woke myself by trying to get it off with the right foot as though it was a tight boot...............

Must be ganning barmy?

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY FRANK AND ROS <3 <3 <3
WHAT A LOVELY DAY TO CELEBRATE :-D

Morning All and Evening Kim,

Another beautiful day here. No more chicks have hatched but I have had one dead in shell.

Frank I don't sell the chicks as you said they just replace the ones I lost. Trouble is with this lot of eggs they were laid at different times so some have been sat on longer than others. The broody was in one of the chicken houses and as another banty went in and laid broody would pinch the egg and get it under her.

I am so pleased we have heard from our David. Poor fellow you must be going through hell with all that metal on your leg. I do hope the scan results are good and you can have the ironwork off and out of your leg. As everyone else said another day nearer to your complete recovery with each day that passes. I bet the days are really going slow for you David.

Jane when we had our windows done they started on the ground level ones. We live in a bungalow don't forget. It was all done in a day.

Girt or gurt is large or huge down here in deepest Devon Frank as Jane explained. When I read it it was plain to me what she meant.

Fiona nice to be able to go to church again. Glad your shoulder is easing a bit and you are more comfortable. How's MIL did the op go ok and is she more comfy now?

I think curtains are the one thing that gets forgotten when we are hoovering. I often think I should have done them but can't be bothered as my back is aching and think I will do them next time..........

Morning all/ Evening Kim.

What a smashing day. straight out of bed, showered and into shorts. Been round the "Estate" everything looks tickerty Boo. Will get the front lawn done this morning, and do down the neighbours side, now that they have gone away. I will also take the heads of his dandelions , so the don't seed and blow over our garden.

Ros's flowers turned up about 10.00 am. There was enough to fill four vases, which she has now displayed around the lounge.

Conrad rang this morning to wish us a happy anniversary. Ros was so pleased he had remembered. We haven't heard from Harvey yet to let us know he home.

Nothing planed for today, so I will potter around the garden and sit in the sun with my book.

David, So pleased you have let us know the update on affairs. We all think about you, and wish you a speedy recovery. Try to keep in touch, if you can. All the very best with the next round of treatment.

So it's all happening at your house then Jane. How on earth can someone get out of bed, after a nights sleep and go into the summer house, and sleep again. ?? she must have sleeping sickness. LOL

I have never herd the name GURT before, Thanks for that.

"Well this won't get baby a new hat." as the saying goes.

See you later.

Morning Everyone, Evening Kim


Jane good idea to have your windows renewed during the summer months, when we had ours done, it was spring and about twice they took window out in one bedroom then went into another room and took the window out. it was a bit draughty at times.
I was worried they would run out of time and go home leaving us with empty windows, daft me. :-0

Dull here, but dry , so glad we had a good day yesterday, when the family were down

Coffee time :-D :-D

Morning/Evening All

Workmen have been here for half an hour already.I just managed to shower and get dressed when James shouted to say they were here.Jess has dragged herself out of bed and is now asleep in the Summerhouse.I'm not impressed really :-S.Neither is James .

David thank goodness you are ok.We have all been so worried about you.Lets hope your scan is all good and you can finally get rid of your Metalwork .You must be just about at your wits end with it all.But Pecker up you are a day nearer each day.

The sun is shining and I have curtains nearly ready to hang on the line.I'm doing my bedroom ones first.Many you are right ,they are doing the upstairs windows first :-D
We have a Rob and Levi.

I forgot to post this lol Curtains now on the line and the first window is coming out :-D

LOL Frank!! I've been kept INFORMED don't you worry!! :-S He's been glued to the box too!!! :-)

We've got a neighbour whose passion seems to be strimming!!! Every fine day he is out there flaying every blade of grass in sight!! lol. They make racket too........except when the string bit in it snaps!! :-)

Oh David, how awful to be in pain all this time......I bet you feel like taking a hacksaw to the contraption at times.....I know I would. Fingers crossed the catscan will look good so it can be removed soon. Getting rid of it will seem like a big step forward I would think, goodness knows how you manage to sleep with it. We all think about you and wonder how you are getting on so keep your spirits up. Each day is a day forward in your recovery. I hope Ellen is coping ok too.

NIL NIL AT HALF TIME. FINAL REPORT IN AN HOUR :-D :-D :-D

Hi Everyone.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIM <3 <3 <3

Weather been lovely today, warm when the sun came out behind the clouds, family down for dinner, but by the time the meal was cooked we decided to go inside, it was easier than carrying all the food outside, (not a BBQ) .

I managed church this morning as my arm is a lot easier. :-)

Frank. we have the same problem today. man across the back from us has a shredder, why he wants to start cutting tree's down , but shreds every little bit what a noise. :-| :-|

Frank ,I think it should be GURT ......means big ,humongous .It might be a West Country expression,and as you know know I'm a Devon Dumpling :-D
Windows they say should just take 2 days all being well.

OMG I have just seen on BBC2 an Interview with the owner of The RANG*.Estimated he has £400,000000.(4 hundred million) not sure I got the number of noughts right lol)I knew him when I was at school .I remember he fancied my best friend Anne when he was digging the road to put drains in down our road.Then when bunking off school we all used to go to Mo's (the cafe) and Chris Dawson (the owner of the Rang*) would always be there.He was a right one lol

EVENING ALL.
Sorry I have'nt been on for a while.
L legs still in contraption and paining some thing awful.
Physio on Wednesday,been promised crutches if she can trust me on them
Been using a walking frame all this time.
Cat scan in 2 weeks.If the surgeon likes what he sees he says he will book me in to ward 23 and then an operation to remove all the fixators rings and pins.
June already......
Tempus fugit

Ann, I love fresh sardines, but am not allowed to cook them in doors. It's the only time the BBQ gets used now. I have one of those things where you put the fish on and close the other part on top, you can then turn the fish, till they are cooked.

Please tell us Jane, what is a GIRT. Not a rude name for Chris I hope. :-S :-S

No call from Conrad, we have tried to SKYPE him but can't get through

We hope to hear from Harvey later. I don't know what time his train is, so it might be the early house before they arrive home. If so, we will hear tomorrow.

SODS LAW. When we came in the afternoon, everywhere went quite. Why do people have to do noisy jobs on a Sunday afternoon. What's wrong with SATURDAYS especially as most round here are OAPs, and can do jobs anytime
I'm off again aren't I :-D :-D

Mel, what you do with the baby chicks ?? keep them to replace the ones that get to old, or sell them off as DAY OLDS ??

Hope everything goes O.K. with the windows tomorrow Jane. Do you know how long they will take ??

Off to get a bit of tea, before the football starts. WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THE SCORE :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ You know you want to know. :-D :-D

Afternoon All,

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I hope you made it for the meal and had a nice time there. :-)

Mel I hope the other little chicks all hatch ok. I remember when my canaries were hatching it was exciting to see how many there would be.......they weren't as cute though with no feathers at first!! You could tell by their skin colour where any dark feathers would grow. The hogs seem to be out partying in this fine weather.......I never knew they hissed!!

I'm glad the wedding went off well Maureen..... you little 'bopper' you!!! lol. I remember that a 'glass' always helped ease me onto the dance floor, either that or a crowd I could mingle with. :-) OH tends to muck about if he's dancing and reduces me to laughter with his 70s disco 'moves'!!! lol. (not in public though!!!)

We went and got the rest of the buy 2 get 1 free paint for the fence this morning. The colour we wanted was right at the back of the bottom shelf so OH was on his hands and knees getting it, but at least they had 3 big tins of it left. Now he says he's pulled his shoulder!! :-S

Jane, I wondered if they would start at the top...........in case they dropped something to damage the bottom ones if they'd done those first!! :-0 I nearly got some curtains with the 'holes' in the top, but changed my mind when I realised I'd have to get the poles down to get them off!! It sounds as if yours are like that. I bet mine are well dusty by now too as they've not been washed for about 4 years, just been brushed down!! :-0

Frank, that is a bit odd with your neighbours. We don't have a barbeque, it seems a lot of faff and the oven inside is handy and will cook stuff properly. I have thought about doing fresh sardines outside on one of those disposable ones........it would keep the fish smell outside!! lol I'm glad you both enjoyed your meal. It seems a lot of places load up the drinks prices these days.

Here we are, It's like every man and his DOG has decided to mow the lawns this afternoon, when one stops another start up. I've had enough and come in doors. We have been sitting on the loungers, reading and relaxing. The ice cream man came round so I had to go and get madam a 99 er. I just had a plain ice cream.

The neighbours are the ones that have been next door for years, before we moved here. No Jane they are 5 years and more YOUNGER than me, It's them that should be looking after me.!!! But I wouldn't trust them to do that. lol

We had a very nice lunch. JUST THE TWO OF US. Masses of Roast beef, Roast and new pots. cabbage, cauli, carrots, and broch. We didn't fancy a starter, and after the main meal ,no room for a sweet. It was very quiet there with very little customers, but with the price of drinks, I can see why. £4.70 for a pint of Abbot Ale and £2,55 for a tomato juice. You couldn't get drunk there, you couldn't afford too.

What a perfect end to a perfect day, I am just going to make Ros a cup of tea, with a piece of cake. I will join her with the tea.

Hope you all have had a good day, and feel relaxed in this lovely weather.

Conrad should SKYPE us from Spain at about 5.00 pm. so will look out for him. !!

Ah Mandy! I bet if was my OH he would say get rid.I do still have the Stork with the hanging cradle in it's mouth from my Christening Cake.With a very sickly looking pink plastic baby in the cradle and some icing still clinging to the storks feet lol

So upstairs start then.Ive cleared all downstairs windows and round about .Trouble with the curtains downstairs is the whole bl**dy rails have to come off to get the curtains down :-S :-S.Is it a really mucky job? Any way I can keep the curtains up????

LOL Chris in his lounger looked like a girt big Gnome :-D :-D with his belly :-S
I am still really confused as to how all those photos went through.I'm sorry you all had to suffer the whole lot.

Oh my goodness ,just taken down all the curtains in Lounge /Dining.....THE DUST !!!!!
I have given them all a good beating out on the lawn.A lot of the dust must have come from when we had the kitchen floor up and all the dehumidifiers and fans blowing .I can now see all the grot and filth that is on the battens .I need the hoover extension to suck all that up.....it's very echoey now :-D

Did anyone see the Audience with Les Dawson last night when he was brought back as a Hologram?....I thought it was brilliant.

Just cleaning out the ark from Hogwart which has been sitting down the garden where we let him go so I can put Snowy in there when she has hatched a few more chicks. At the mo we have had one dead one and one is in there alive and well and some more showing chippings on the shells.

Mandy have replied to your email. Thanks.

Afternoon everyone ,

Happy Birthday Kim, i hope you managed to get out to enjoy a birthday meal <3 <3

Very strange goings on next door then Frank!! are these the new neighbours that moved in a few weeks ago ?

Jane, you were saying about where the men would start upstairs or down ? hubby says they usually start up top first .
Got all the other photos thanks , Chris looks nice and relaxed in his chair :-D :-D

All upside down here too in the kitchen :-S hubby's now taking the tiles off the walls , we have been to the tip with two big tubs of old tiles , he thinks we should fill another three tubs with tiles .
I have been cleaning out three of the wall cupboards ,washing my glass dishes and sorting out some glasses for the charity shop, i didn't realise how dusty they were in there !! Found the top decoration that i had on our wedding cake in the back of one of the cupboards, it's all gone discoloured , and looks quite tatty now , i wanted to throw it but hubby says no lets keep it !! he's a bit of a softy old thing at times :-D

Right time for a cuppa .
BBL

Frank ,I take it your neighbours are elderly ??.I'm sure you will keep an eye on them.
I hope you have a lovely meal with everyone.

Maureen ,glad all went well for the wedding.Pity about the drizzle for some of the photos.But at least it didn't tip it down.Yes we had a Thai Take Away.But the dish I ordered had so much Chilli in it I couldn't eat it,so I swapped with Chris .He even said it was too hot.I ordered Chicken with Basil and couldn't taste any Basil :-S :-S

Mel was it you who said you have a Bearded Iris in flower? We have one now :-D :-D

Well my house is being to look like a tip (no change there).Everything coming off window sills,and furniture being dragged away from the windows.All the Lounge curtains will be coming down later,but we have to keep the bedroom ones up tonight otherwise we won't get any sleep.My little birds won't be able to eat their fat sticks off the window sill for the next couple of days.I bet they will have the hump lol.Chris has just moved ALL the pots etc from under all the windows to give the men a clear space for working in.He is now going around with his 'flame thrower thing ' burning the weeds that were behind all the pots.
I think it is time for a spot of lunch.