General Chat

Lovely that the staff treat your son as one of them Mandy. He’s obviously a likeable man doing a good job. It’s great that he is close enough to do little jobs for you as well.

I hope the swelling goes down soon AnnG. It must be awkward with your glasses.

That was a long sleep Mel. I envy you. I thought I did well last night as I put the light out around midnight, got up at 2 am to go to the bathroom but went back to sleep till 7.

We had a little trip around this morning - first the surgery, then B&Q for some light bulbs, then Farm Foods as they had a couple of good deals on. I got 2 huge bottles of Persil non-bio liquid detergent and 12 tins of Heinz baked beans for a lot less than they would have cost in Tesco or Sainsbury’s.

The flu jab was fine. I just have a very slight ache in the arm which I am sure will go off in a day or two. The nurse was lovely but looked about 14. I must be getting old as everyone else looks so young lol. I turned up about 2 minutes before my appointment time and gave my name through a closed glass door to a receptionist who opened the outer door but wouldn’t open the inner door till I had throughly sanitised my hands , then it was temperature taking and sit in the waiting room. This room is very large and only 4 people were allowed in it at a time. After the jab I was taken out through a back door.

I felt sorry for the girls at the door as some people were causing problems. I was only in the waiting area for 5 minutes but in that time 1 woman arrived 25 minutes early for her appointment even though we had been asked not to get there more than 5 minutes before our slot, a man arrived at the door and when the girl asked him if he had a face covering he said he would put it on when he got in the nurses room. The poor girl stood her ground and told him she wouldn’t open the door to him unless he was wearing it (he didn’t have a medical exemption). He was quite rude to the girl but did comply. Then another lady arrived and got through the first part and got to the temperature taking. The girl doing that was standing directly in front of the woman and reasonably close, holding the machine up, and the stupid woman pulled her mask off and stuck out her tongue! I don’t know if she thought this big machine was going to be put under her tongue or what she was thinking but I do wonder where some of these people keep their brains.

Having said that, most people round here are being sensible and careful and yesterday our Council area posted the lowest infection figures in the country, so I shouldn’t really complain.

I hope you are keeping warm and comfortable Jane <3. I also hope anyone else with aches, pains or problems has an easy day.

Time for lunch now.

Mandy how lovely of the staff to include your son, especially with the left over snacks, I am sure he will be able to use them.
Yes it is just patience with the swelling and probably won't be right until I get the stitches out (ouch) on Friday. And this morning I got a letter saying I am due an annual blood test (which I knew) so have to make an appointment for that now. Certainly all things medical here at the moment.

Morning all,

Heavy drizzle here and very gloomy , I think it's set in for the day .

AnnG glad to hear you managed to get some sleep last night ,I suppose it will be a few days before any swelling goes down so your glasses fit better.

Elizabeth I hope you have a peaceful weekend too and stay safe .

Vera hope all goes OK getting your flu jab and you don't have a sore arm like some have ,we don't have our jabs until November so we have a while to wait.

Mel you had a good lay in you must have needed it.

Rang son this morning as our outside light isn't working ,when I went to let Max out last night it didn't come on and it's only just over a year old , he will sort a new one for us and come and fit .
He's really enjoying his job ,yesterday all the teachers were celebrating getting through another week of schooling and were having Bacon rolls they included him too which I thought was nice .
He also came home again with a whole load of fruit and carrots that was left over from the Nursery snack fridge ,he said the fridge is loaded with fruit and there's not so many children this term so they asked if he would like to take it or it would just be thrown away ,what a waste .

Better get my beef in the pressure cooker ,we're having a nice stew today and I usually make enough for two days.

Good Morning Anng, Vera , Elizabeth and all,

Thank you for the kind wishes Elizabeth and I hope you too have a pleasent weekend what ever you are doing.

Its raining here and quite windy with it not really the kind of wether for a weekend break for Frank and Ros but at least they will see family and have a good old natter.

I have forgotten to send a list to the shop so I better get one down on paper or I shall forget everything.

Slept like a log last night and was up at 7.52am for the first time!! Oh was still in bed so I went back and then he woke me at 11am!!!!!!!!!!! so no morning for me which will make the day short.

Hope Jane is having a good weekend and perhaps seeing H & G. Sending love and wishes as always.<3 <3 <3

Better write my list so will BBL.

Thank you Elizabeth

Good morning Vera pleased you had a good night. It is still very grey here but only a bit of drizzle so far. We had enough yesterday to last two days.

My main problem today is that my glasses are off balance because above my scar the ‘pouch’ under my left eye is swollen. Being varifocalsbit makes reading difficult.

Was going to the shop for a paper but decided I can’t be bothered.

Morning AnnG and all

I’m glad you managed some sleep last night AnnG. I had a good night for once. I did hear the rain in the night and it’s still pouring now and the forecast is that it’s set in now practically till tomorrow and then rain on and off till Wednesday. Great :-|

We gave in and put our central heating on last night, so the downstairs heating will be on now until about May. I am sure we don’t usually put it on this early in October but we have both been feeling cold indoors.

OH is driving me to the surgery shortly for my flu jab so I’d better get ready.

EDIT. Thank you Elizabeth. I hope you and your family have a good weekend too. Take care and stay safe.

Dear All

Hello

However you are spending your weekend, may you have a peaceful and contented time with your loved ones.

Take gentle care of yourselves
Love Elizabeth, EOS
xx

Good morning all another grey morning but already 12 degrees so not cold. Had about 6 hours sleep (all together) last night so not bad. Just wish the swelling under my eye would go down it makes wearing glasses awkward.

Mandy yes that was what I did last night the problem arises when I move my arm underneath me in my sleep. Just have to wait it out I guess. :-)

That's funny Ann i was only thinking of William the other day and was going to ask if anyone had heard from him lately ,nice to hear he is recovering from his op ,give him my best wishes please when you next talk to him .
Has anyone heard from Shirl lately ?

Mrs O seems a strange one , perhaps she has a nosey about when she thinks every ones asleep ,i don't think i would go wandering about that early in the morning .

AnnG could you prop yourself up with lots of pillows so your sitting/laying in bed and have a pillow to support your bad arm .

Yes I thought Frank said they were going to Devon today. Not good day to travel as you say. I think he said he was taking his laptop so we may be hearing from him.

We went to take our scripts to the surgery and noticed the traffic on the ring road was very heavy. Then the penny dropped that I'd read of an accident causing the M1 motorway to be closed both directions. We went home a different longer way to avoid the traffic and I gave up on going to fill my car up near theM1 junction......maybe tomorrow! :-S

I gave OH's hair a trim when we got back and then he did some of his complaints cases and I tidied up and chucked out some old magazines and newspapers. I need to get straight in here ready for the painting course that starts on Monday. I must varnish that flower pot tomorrow as it will need a few coats.

Some of you will remember Will Roe that used to be on the thread and his wife Carmel. He's just come out of hospital after having a pacemaker fitted and is recovering at home. He has asked to be remembered on the thread and for me to let you know.. He's always cheerful, looks after Carmel brilliantly and collects model cars.

Seemed an odd occurrence again this morning. I was awake when the security light at Mrs O's went off at 6.20am, so I got up to look to see if a cat had triggered it. It shines between the slats on our wooden blinds and lights the room up like a disco it is so bright. It was still almost pitch dark, but no cat. Then I spotted Mrs O next to her wallpots doing the usual deadheading. She then walked to the opposite side of the bungalow behind the van but I couldn't see what she was doing and was about to get back in bed when she appeared again in the spotlight and went marching up the close. That is the second time I have seen her do this at that time of the morning, so maybe she takes her exercise then? I wouldn't like to walk up the top end of the close in the dark as I wouldn't feel safe! It is out of sight round a bend and there is a field and hedge one side and a tall fence the other with back gardens the other side of the fence and no lighting. No-one could see you if you were attacked and I won't walk up there alone in the late afternoon in winter to post letters in the letterbox round the corner at the end! She wasn't carrying anything this time. Her hubby left in his van at 7.15am.

I hope all is ok with Gill and that Sandra's return is still going well. I expect M & M won't be happy at losing the extra income they had when she was with them.

Mmm Mel
I don’t think I will tell him that as he has been helping me all day today. The thing is tablets are not always suitable for everyone and one of the possible side effects is stomach pain. As it happens today he has only taken paracetamol and has no stomach pain. He is a responsible adult if he has stomach pain it doesn’t cause me any problems only him so I have to let him decide. No way would
I tell him he is acting like a child Inwould not be so rude to him.

Mandy I don’t hold out much hope as my arm will still hurt when I lay on that side.

Evening all,

Raining here now but it has been dry with quite a breeze and the sun tried to peep through a few times this morning .

AnnG hopefully you'll be able to get a bit more sleep tonight than you had last night ,i hope the face is not to uncomfortable for you ,can you take some pain killers .
Oh silly OH he hasn't really given the new tablets a chance to get into his system has he ,what a shame as i'm sure the Omep would calm his tummy ,Colin takes them and they help him .

Frank hasn't had a very good day for traveling ,i hope Ros managed to drive all that way ok as its a while since she's done it as they were picked up last time .

Mel that was a lovely double rainbow you manged to get a photo of and the lawns look really good with the stripes .

We've had quite a lazy day really ,yesterday we did sort out two more kitchen units ,tomorrow should be a wet day so we might do some more .
This morning when i got the boxes of cereals out for breakfast i thought we ought to do this one really and i got down to look to see what was in there behind the cereal boxes and spotted three jars ,one was sliced beetroot ,one some sort of chutney and the other was red cabbage ,all from last year ,they all went out as the beetroot was a funny old colour so was the red cabbage and i didn't fancy the chutney ,who knows what other treasures we'll find :-D

Love to Jane <3 <3

Well all I can say is that if T wants to put up with all the pain and won't take his prescriptions then he has only got himself to blame and he's acting like a child not a responsable adult of 82. :-| He should be thinking of how he can help you!

nO CERTAINLY NOT AND WITH THE WIND BLOWING LIKE IT IS IT WAN'T BE PLEASENT AT ALL.

Done it again was labling files and pictures, sorry.

My oh was getting terrible pains in his stomach and indigestion and the doc put him on Omep and now he panics if he has'nt got any. He is on 20mg I'm on 10mg. I think you'll find even Jane is on them and Frank.

How's your poor face now? <3

I can only suggest Mel, he is very strong willed.

I think Frank was going today. Not a very nice day for a journey down to Decon on the motorway.

Anng get him to take the Omep as they will help his tum but he must take them first thing in the morning. He needs to get them in his system and they won't hurt him.

I see Asda is up for sale. Wonder if it will upset the shopping?

Still very windy here.

Where's Frank??????????? and when is he going to Devon?

Hope Gill is ok and sending love. <3 <3

Still dark and wet out there.

Well re the new drugs. OH stopped taking the ant- inflamatory drugs Nurofen Plus as well as Co codomol because they gave him bad stomache pains (really bad). Then he took the two new drugs Naproxen and Omep*** and has had the same reaction. In the time between the pains disappeared. So guess what he has stopped those too. Last evening he had a reasonable meal and took paracetamol before bed and again 4 hours later. They seem to help withough causing problems. For breakfast he had two weetabix plus a banana and semi skimmed milk (we usually only have skimmed, and he enjoyed that. Now gearing up to encourage him to have some lunch. He also had coffee and a choc biscuit at 11.30. Playing it by ear now. :-)
My face is sore and you don't realise how many times you bend your head down when doing things. And I am very tired and not doing a lot.