General Chat

Good morning all,

Wet here also. Eos went to see Carolyn as it's her B'Day today. She took down her card and present.

I am expecting the woman who is going to look how safe the bungalow is, to see if there are any

bits that can be improved on TO STOP ME HAVING THESE FALLS. I don't think there will be anything in doors, but going down on the lawn will need some looking into. That's where I had my last fall and ended up in hospital, and stitches.

At 2.00 pm we have a funeral at the CREM in Wellingborough. We won't stay long. It will be the case of being there, and off home. I think we might stop on the way back for a meal, to save us cooking tonight.

Jan has been on the phone this morning, asking if Ros will get the "CRACKERS" for Christmas. She always manages to buy NICE ONES. So she has a job for life. She also wanted to know what I wanted for Christmas. I don't need anything, so she buying me some JOGGERS.

Already for the young ladies visit. So will sign off. I hope you are all well, and please stay safe. xxxx

Good morning all,

Wet here also. Eos went to see Carolyn as it's her B'Day today. She took down her card and present.

I am expecting the woman who is going to look how safe the bungalow is, to see if there are any

bits that can be improved on TO STOP ME HAVING THESE FALLS. I don't think there will be anything in doors, but going down on the lawn will need some looking into. That's where I had my last fall and ended up in hospital, and stitches.

At 2.00 pm we have a funeral at the CREM in Wellingborough. We won't stay long. It will be the case of being there, and off home. I think we might stop on the way back for a meal, to save us cooking tonight.

Jan has been on the phone this morning, asking if Ros will get the "CRACKERS" for Christmas. She always manages to buy NICE ONES. So she has a job for life. She also wanted to know what I wanted for Christmas. I don't need anything, so she buying me some JOGGERS.

Already for the young ladies visit. So will sign off. I hope you are all well, and please stay safe. xxxx

Morning all

Tipping it down here. Scruff is on his third towel already - he doesn't mind a mosey in the rain. Our weather clock says 0 deg. It doesn't feel like it.
Oh well..... another day off :-D Time to play with new toy I think.

Mel, get yourself some waterproof gongalongs! LOL

Stay home everybody :-D

Morning Vera Anng and all,

Moist and murky here too and very dull and dreary with it.

Anng Iv'e not got your card yet perhaps it will come today.

Shall be doing the wreaths today to get those out of the way but its not nice to be going out there in the rain picking foliage as its a long way across the garden.

I have received a message from DPD to say they have a parcel for me with some of the address missing and I hav'nt ordered anything big enough to be delivered by them. Iv'e only got till tomorrow.

Good morning all, like you say Vera, very wet out there and 4 degrees here too. so no pottering in the garden.

Just lining up all the admin jobs that need attention after I have had breakfast and put a wash load in. If I don't make lists things get forgotten. Fortunately I usually do most of the admin anyway.

Pleased that you got my card Gill, I thought they should be there by now, they all went together.

I will probably be back later.

Good morning all

It looks like another very grey, wet day. According to the forecast it’s going to rain all day and not get any higher than 6 degs. It’s about 4 degs at the moment but feels warmer to me, probably because the house is warm now, except for the lounge. OH went off around 8 to pick up our friend and drive him to his 9.30 appointment.

Have a good day everyone. Stay warm and safe.

Thanks everyone for letting me know your cards arrived okay, our post has been a little slow lately so I wasn't sure how long they would take to get to you all. Thanks AnnG for your card, it arrived today, so that's two we've got now as Mel's arrived the other day. I already had 1st class stamps so used those.

Possibly a loose connection Ann. I will have a look tomorrow, it is a bit awkward in the evening as the Socket strip thing is behind the curtain.

Well that wasn't what you wanted to hear about your heating Vera. Thank goodness you have an OH who is able to at least isolate the valve so you can have heating on again. We wouldn't have a clue what to do. I hope the mnfr can do something for you.

I haven't actually been feeding proper bird food. I have just been putting crushed up crusts from my seeded bread and OH's bread out for them up to now. I haven't fed them all summer. Clearing the garage shelves I found some old birdseed and some mealworms so will try those tomorrow. They turned their beaks up at a bit of cooked potato I tried. I thought they would like it as mum's chickens loved boiled potato peelings. I know the Magpies that have come back now the Jackdaws have gone have had some, but we've seen the Robin and Hedge Sparrows feeding as well.

I've done what I can with my painting AnnG so I will send a pic tomorrow. Do you think a bulb has gone or maybe it's a loose connection with your Christmas village.

No-one in the close put lights up when we moved here 20 years ago but a lot do now. Both neighbours opposite have them, but I feel sorry for our neighbour who is opposite the all singing, all dancing ones! With being a single lane road, the bungalows opposite are close and even we can see them through wooden blinds plus curtains. The twinkling ones opposite us are fine, but the flashing and pulsating ones at the bungalow next to them would be no joke if you wanted an early night as our bedrooms are on the front. Makes me think of One Foot in the Grave when the street light went through the window!

Mel yes bought in the sale. Actually it is fine although it doesn’t work as it is the station and has a little train that goes round.nee had to turn it off last year as it got noisy

Gosh you've been busy posting today!! :-0 :-0

Oh has just told me that the first class stamps are going up 9p.

Vera what a stupid thing to tell you once the man was there. They could have told you on the phone as you knew it was a valve. You'll have to fine someone quickly with the cold weather ont he way this weekend. It was lucky the pins and needles kept their tops on when they were dropped on the floor. Saved a lot of clearing up.

Mandy what a lovely gesture from the ladies who had your masks. Some people are thoughtfull if not all. It makes all your trouble worth it when things like that happen.

Frank you must tell Ros to be careful up the new steps putting the lights up. It woudl be better if Jonathon could do them for you.

Ann I am sure you will be able to right your mistake in your painting as you're such a clever girl. Yes that was what oh said when you came down here and it still is all round. We never use the lounge only the corner where my craft tables are and the shopping on a table in there too. The stuff I can't get in the cupboards!!! I can't get down to the bottom cupboards now and only use the front bit I can reach. If I get down I can't get up. :-S

Anng its good you got all the Christmas village set up but a shame the new one is'nt working. Was that the one you bought at sale price in January? Lovely phone call from T.........

Asda lamb steaks in garlic and rosmary rub for us tonight with new pots and peas. and sprouts. We did 'nt have them yesterday as I cook the gammon that needed cooking in the end. It was a very nice piece too.

You are lucky that your bird food is being eaten Ann. Our birds seem to have more or less deserted us. I am putting just a little out at a time and dumping it a couple of days later when it’s got wet and grungy. Yesterday I put some meal worms in the caged ground feeder and some in a shallow dish on a garden table. The ones in the dish have gone and I think they’ve been eaten by blackbirds, the only birds I am seeing in the garden. The ones in the cage are still there which means the starlings aren’t around and probably the robin isn’t either. I hope they reappear.

When you are in hospital and have problems in your innards a trip to the loo is an important event and OH wanted to share it with you AnnG :-). I hope you are not kept in limbo for much longer.

I did smile at the picture of Joe Biden in our paper today. He’s got a right foot Darco shoe and I have a left foot one. Do you think we could do a deal?

The ongoing saga of our heating: it was put in when the house was built in 2008 and was manufactured by a Swedish company so we found their website and found the names of about 5 companies in this country who are “UK partners for sales and service”. OH contacted them by phone and all they are interested in is providing and installing the complete system. They definitely don’t want to know about 1 small spare part, the activator to the valve. He has now emailed the Swedish company in the hope that they can help us. If they can’t I am not sure what we will do.

OH has now isolated the valve to the lounge and managed to shut it down so we can have heating to the rest of the house. Thank goodness I’m married to an engineer. The heating is now on but it will take 3 or 4 hours to reach full heat so it is still cold here. If we want to be in the lounge we’ll have to have a couple of fan heaters in there.

Nothing much will get done tomorrow as OH is taking our friend to the eye hospital again. Friend has no idea how long he will be. Last time OH had to wait 3.5 hours and there’s an hour’s drive in each direction as well so he could be gone most of the day. He’s taking a very thick book with him.

Tahnks for your card Gill. Not read the posts yet.

Missed you there Vera. No change with OH but I decided to get two things that needed doing out of the way.

Cottages are all out. One is not lighting up so I need to look at that tomorrow.this is where I miss my electrician. This one was new in January this year and I seem to remember it playing up then.

Oh what a nuisance Vera a day lost and cold weather is forecast this weekend.

Annx I am sure that you can find a way to use your mistake.

I was late sending my post so didn't see yours Vera. What a disappointment not to get your repair done today! They just wasted time by not telling you before didn't they. I hope you can get someone else quickly. Yes I think you can still do electrical work but it has to be checked and signed off by a certificated person. I expect that could cost almost as much as them doing it though.

Well that is at least progress for him AnnG! lol. I hope you get to hear more about what they are going to do this week. That's a nice task to be doing, setting out your cottages. I really enjoyed 'seeing' them last year!

Afternoon Folks,

Dull and dreary here too and very cold. After the vaccine announcement this morning we went to collect our meds from the pharmacy and they had had to order mine so it won't be there till tomorrow! :-S Three cars outside the asian house again this morning. I did get my air mail Christmas cards posted in the letterbox and must start writing the rest.

Thank you for your cards Mel and Gill! They are my first so will start to cheer the place up!! :-D

Oh Vera your heart sinks when you drop something like that! You were so lucky those boxes stayed shut. I drop a box of beads sometimes and the tiny ones go everywhere. As long as you can stay cosy in the kitchen diner you will be ok. My summer duvet was a bit chilly last night so I flung my fleece dressing gown on top of me as well.

I remember your big, roomy kitchen Mel. Hubby called it your 'centre of operations' didn't he, which was right!

The bird food I put out last night was all gone by the time I looked this morning! :-0 I had also blocked up the gap in the mortar between the house bricks with gravel and it had all been fetched out again this morning so I'm sure it's a way the mice are using to get into the loft and garage. I'm going to see if I can order a small ready mixed bag and seal it up properly. I know where the trowels are and have done crazy paving before! :-)

Oh Island! I watch the youtube tutorials too and know just what you mean about the faffing! Often on the beading ones they move 'off camera' too so you can't see what they are doing.

I have washing drying indoors today too. Not ideal, but at least it will get dry.

How lovely those ladies thought to get you the tulips Mandy. They will look nice and cheerful.

Frank, I wouldn't be climbing steps to put lights up if I was Ros. I do hope she is careful as you need both hands to do it. You don't want any accidents.

I'm going to do a bit more of my painting to see if I can 'use' my mistake! lol. Then I have 2 evaluations to do for the last 2 courses. I'm beginning to wonder how we found time to go out like we used to!

Good afternoon, late again. I had to go to the chemist this morning to get my prescription and to the post office to post some foreign cards. Post office is a pain, only one window open as the two are quite close and it is always busy. And sods law says somebody in the queue will have a shipping order. When I was next in line for the counter I looked round and there were 8 in the queue right out the door and along the pavement.

Thank you Gill for your card. I was going to ask the same question as Vera, first class is so expensive.76p against 65 for second. 11p is a lot of money when sending a lot of cards.

Vera hope you are managing to keep warm, it is quite a raw day here 7 degrees and so dark.

No Island no real news at all. But romance is not dead, when he phoned this morning he told me he had been to the loo. I suppose that is an achievement of sorts.

Frank I hope Ros is ok and safely down from the ladder.

I am in the middl;e of putting my cottage scene together. Got all the little figures to put out now, sorrted out all the plugs and sockets this morning. I am missing my electrician.

What a lovely gesture Mandy.

Well, our week is going from bad to worse. The gas man turned up, OH explained the problem and gas man said we don’t cover underfloor heating, not even the above floor controls. As OH had explained what was wrong to British Gas on the phone, why didn’t they tell us then that they couldn’t deal with it? Anyway, the chap cancelled the call out charge but we now have to find a company that can supply the right part and then get a competent electrician to fit it. OH could do that himself easily as he was a chartered electrical and mechanical engineer but legally you are supposed to call in someone with up-to-date certification. I am not a happy bunny :-|

I hope AnnG’s OH is OK as she hasn’t been on yet today and normally she is quite early.

Afternoon all ,

Still dreary here and it was very frosty first thing .

Frank I hope Ros will be OK up those steps ,what a shame Lewis couldn't come a little earlier he could have popped those lights up for you .

Oh Vera that was a bit of luck the boxes landing with their lids intact ,oh it doesn't bear thinking about standing on a pin :-0


The doorbell went a while ago and there was a couple of ladies going down the path and there on the step was a lovely bunch of yellow tulips, I said oh what are they for and they said they are from us ladies who have had the masks, how nice was that.

Thank you Gill your card came this morning.

Ros works hard Frank. Make sure she takes care on those steps.

I have received your card Gill. Thank you very much. You may be waiting a while for yours as I haven’t written them yet. Do you put 1st class stamps on all your post? It must add a bit to your costs.

I’ve just managed to knock a box of sewing things on the floor. My first thought was whether we possess a magnet as there would be pins and needles everywhere but I couldn’t believe it when I saw both the box of pins and the box of needles had landed upside down with their lids still in place. What a relief!