General Chat

Turned cloudy this afternoon and with a cold breezy wind.

I am baking a sponge cake. They are cooked just waiting for them to cool down and I have made butter icing which is in the fridge.

Just put some garden photos on the photo blog.

Here we are again,Good morning to all you little BEAUTIES. xxxx

Not a good night. Went to bed 10.45 pm was up again by 11.30. Read my book till after 3.00 am. For a few hours sleep, before my foot and leg started throbbing. I was awake then until I got up around 7.00 am

With all the SHUTDOWNS, we had a job finding a Chinese takeaway. However we found one, that we used, back in the 80s/90s. Still going, so we thought we would give them a try. Their MENU is now in the RUBBISH BAG as is the food. Ros likes her Beef in green peppers and black bean sauce, I Sweet and sour KING PRAWNS Hong Kong style. with Egg fried rice. I ordered a portion of BBQ spare ribs in sauce also.When we got it home, all seemed O.K. until we started on the Spare Ribs. They were very greasy, and as tough as old boots. My king prawns were done as BALLS, which I don't like. Ros also didn't like the flavour of her meal. Rather than cause a stink, we binned the lot, and promised ourselves we won't go back.

Earlier in the day we had a cll from SUSAN and ROGER. Sue has to go for a scan on Tuesday, and asked if Ros would make her two face masks, which she did, and we dropped them off when we went for the takeaway. Susan is not in good health, having been treated twice for CANCER. She was putting some plants in the garden, when we arrived. I just opened the window and threw the envelope to her. Making sure we kept our distance. She has put on so much weight, she is a least twice the size she was. Ros will ring her on Tuesday/Wednesday to see how things are.

We also had call from Carolyn to tell us a women round the corner passed away in hospital at 2.00 am. The Hospital rang him AFTER SHE HAD PASSED AWAY. He's not happy they didn't ring him earlier, I think I would have been the same.

I haven't read back on the posts, but hope you are all staying well, and doing as BORIS tells you. Keep safe everyone.

Roast beef with the trimmings today. As we haven't eaten breakfast, I will get lunch at lunch time, rather than dinner time tonight. If that makes any sense.

Might get back later this afternoon/evening. IF I have any news for you. !!!! xxxx

Afternoon All,

Blue sky and sunshine Mel? We have wind and rain!! lol. Such a change from yesterday. It's supposed to get colder still so I will be covering some new plants up tonight. I moved my car back onto the drive this morning now next door's power washing is done and the tree on the front was swaying too and fro. It's much cooler too.

I loved your photo AnnG, as Mandy said all those different chairs and so many of you all looking happy! I have the wipe job this afternoon when our delivery arrives. It is a tiring job with all the putting away as well.

Gill I know I am spending too much time on the computer now and try to break it up every half hour and do something else, even for 15 minutes or so. In my case it helps my knees not seize up too! :-)

I hope your toothache has eased a bit Vera ad how is your sore mouth now Mel? I wonder how Frank's ankle is too. We are old crocks aren't we!

Better go, lunch is ready.

Vera, I have not heard of anyone having success with this but wondered if you had seen it.

The app that lets you 'cheat' your way to the start of supermarket delivery queue by spotting open slots
• Almost 2000 Brits have signed up to Visualping, which tracks website changes
• Monitors Tesco, Ocado, Morrisons and Waitrose to alert to open delivery slots

Morning all

Cloudy here but so far no rain, I'm not sure if we're due any rain or not, time will tell though and the garden will love it if it does rain.

I love the pendant Mel, it's so pretty and a beautiful color to.

I hope your mouth starts to feel better soon Vera, it must be getting you down now. Enjoy your quiz on zoom today.

Sorry to hear you have some concerning symptoms Jane, I hope the scan goes okay for you, I'll keep my fingers crossed for good news. It sounds like you're having fun with your family, it must be so nice to have Hannah and Gareth living close by now.

Hope you're feeling less sore today Frank. I watched Captain Tom's story, it was a lovely programme.

OH never heard back about the jobs he applied for so it doesn't look very promising, he's pretty sure he didn't get an interview for the first job, but is still holding out hope for the second one as the application form didn't go in until Wednesday. OH said his boss isn't allowed to give a bad report, let's hope that's true. It sounds like the boss doesn't need him now but doesn't want anyone else to employ him so he's there should she need him for the occasional shift in the future, but that small amount of work wouldn't cover the bills, so he's going to see what other jobs are out there and try something different if he has no luck with carer jobs. An old friend who he used to work with might be able to get him into the home he works, so you never know something might come of that as his friend can recommend him.

I've woken with a headache so won't be on my laptop much today, the last thing I want is a migraine lasting days on end. I think it's to much screen time this week, I've been doing my family tree quite a lot, which probably hasn't helped, so less screen time will hopefully make me feel better. I've not long taken a painkiller so I'm going to sit outside and get some fresh air and a cuppa.

Sorry I haven't caught up with all the posts, hope everyone is okay.

Good morning all. Another fairly good nights sleep once OH had stopped twitching.

Very dull and threatening here so OH has done the lounge and conservatory floors and I have just done the veg for this evening and finished off the tins that were 'quarantined' over night. No way could I have finished it all yesterday. They have been wiped over and I just have to put them away. Not sure what else I shall be doing.

Morning all,

We have sunshine and blue sky at the moment but they did say rain for us today. I'm glad the're wrong as it means if it stay like this I can go back up the border today.

How' and ankle Frank? hope you slept ok with it last night.

Vera how's the tooth? Is that now easier? I do hope you can get some relief from it soon as its such a nagging pain.

Hope you all had a reasonable night and got in some zzzz's at least.

I asked son Vera and he didn’t know, it was late afternoon he found that one when he was looking for his mother in laws slot in Derbyshire. He was surprised to find it. When I looked it was up to 25 I think still behind the 27th I already have.

AnnG, I would love to know how your son can get slots so far ahead. I have just been on the Tesco site and the latest date showing is 29th May. At midnight tonight it will show 30th May. I’ve always been able to book whatever I want but since this virus, it’s been impossible. Do you think it varies from region to region?

OH has just called me to do something so must go.

Gill I actually think it would be illegal for the home to give a bad reference. So I wouldn’t worry.

Son just emailed me (sorry Vera) he said he was on the Tesco site and noticed a slot nine days after our next delivery so the 5 June. I am pleased about that and he was not even looking for ours.

Annx I will sort out your email later might be tomorrow.

Lazy tonight pizza and salad.

Afternoon All.

Yet another lovely day of sunshine. I had to move my car onto our gravel at the front this morning as our neighbour had put a note through the door to say she was having jet washing done today. The first 2 years she had it done my car was covered in brown spots that I couldn't wash or clean off and I damaged the paint in a few places trying so I was glad she remembered to let me know. Being as I had to start it I drove through the village and down one of the lanes and back to put a bit of charge back in the battery. The grass verges were lovely with not being cut and the hawthorn blossom was magnificent. It reminded me of being a child and walking down the lanes near the Cannock Chase where I lived and seeing the wild flowers on the banks either side and hearing all the birdsong. I'm sure the lack of traffic pollution is making a huge difference.

Oh Vera, it is a nightmare, this booking slots business! Our neighbour signed up with Iceland and seemed to get a quick delivery a few days later, so I hope you have better luck with them. Yes I think we are all becoming obsessed with our shopping now. I hope your toothache has settled down now. Yes it was the oilseed rape that started both my and my mother's hayfever. I had a drop down roof on my car when it first appeared and made it really bad at that time.

We have an Asda and Sainsbury's less than a mile away, almost next door to each other and we always preferred Sainsbury's so didn't use Asda. Since trying some Asda things though, we have found some things we now prefer to Sainsbury's! Isn't it always the same! Despite having a delivery pass (mine was £60) I wasn't offered a recurring slot on my first orders but then got offered one. A fortnightly slot works fine for us and means there are more slots left for other people. We have a delivery tomorrow so I checked my order this morning to find 16 items on my order were sold out! They leave them showing on your order though, so I am never sure whether they will substitute, as they can't if there isn't an equivalent or they are sold out of those, can they? I usually end up deleting them myself and finding something else.

I will PM you my email address AnnG. You did well to have only one thing unavailable on your order.

Sorry you have more worry Jane and I hope the scan comes through quickly for you. It must help having H & G nearby and able to pop in with you having your huge garden. <3 <3

Frank what have you done to your ankle? AnnG is right in that you need some advice if things don't start to improve soon. I can just imagine the pong in Harvey's vehicle. Still it's a better smell than in the former butcher's van on a hot day that I drove for dad! :-S

Gill I don't think your hubby looking for other jobs will affect the reference he would get. After all, they have been happy enough with his work to want to keep him on their books and may want to offer him full time work again in the future. They would be shooting themselves in the foot if they burn their bridges.

O I missed Franks post this morning and have only just read it. You are a silly boy tripping over the log edging. I hope you hav'nt done any serious damage to your ankle but as the others have said you may have to ring 111 even if its for advice.

I went up the shop this morning for the rolls etc and while waiting in the queue there's a bit of garden on the driveway to the old doctors surgery. The other week I saw lovely cowslips there and this week a lot of clover was growing. I thought its a long while since I have seen a four leaved clover so was having a good look while waiting . I found one !!!!!!! Hav'nt found one since I lived near the River Roding when I was young. I picked it and put it in my phone and when I got home I have pressed it in a gardening book. I looked some more but did'nt find another but hsall keep my eye out if I have to queue again. Funny thing is I was sure while I was looking I was going to find one, how strange is that?

We are still not talking and he won't even look at me.

Just a quickie while I catch my breath. order arrived at 11 o'clock so we must be fairly near the first of that batch as our time was between 11 and 12. Only a few subs and no problems with any of them only one thing unavailable (bicarb) a lot of people cooking I suppose, didn't order flour as that was unavailable early on. And neighbour got me some yesterday in Sainsburys.

I am prepared to wait for a Tesco order Mel as I know what they do, never shop at Asda these days, haven't been particularly impressed with their stuff in the past. anyway we do have an order for 27th now. Frank our son gets more than one order for different addresses but not on the same day.

Oh dear Frank and you were so looking forward to the sing song last night. Do you wear verifocal glasses, if so maybe get them checked because you seem to trip over things that maybe you can't see with the glasses. I hope you have not done any real dmage if it is no better Monday you ought to ring 111.

Jane I did wonder the last time to were on here if you ought to be having a scan. I hope everything is ok for you. Such a worry but hopefully Hannah will take your mind off things.

Annx Can you message me your email address please. Twice now when trying to send you a photo I have had a message to say it couldn't be sent for some reason. I am sure i have the right address but need to check.

Vera Gosh those slots went quickly, such a pain and yet I am sure they said somewhere, maybe on the daily update, that vulnerable people (not shielded) elderly and others (by which I took to mean the over 70s who were instructed to stay home and only go out to exercise or get essential shopping right at the start of the lockdown) would be able to get priority slots. However nowhere can I see where you can apply for said slots.

Morning All
I a m ok but have some concerning symptoms.I am waiting for a scan now which could take a couple of weeks or so.
H&G came yesterday which was good as we placed croquet and had my lovely homemade scones with clotted cream and jam so it all took my mind off things.
They are coming around again at 12.30 and are cooking a BBQ.
It is so nice to be able to have them here as we have so much space in the garden for social distancing.
Croquet too is easy with distancing and good fun.
I cut Chris’s hair again yesterday a good bit shorter this time.Hannah did Gareth’s too.

Hasn’t the weather been amazing.It was so hot yesterday we all kept having to stand in the shade after our shots at croquet.

Don’t worry if I am not Posting much at the moment.

I too kept getting the error message this morning Vera.I hope that tooth of yours gets no worse and settles down.

I need to get cracking .

Morning Vera and all,

Beautiful day here too today. Lovely blue sky with some white clouds.

I still don't know why you lot don't pay for a years shopping with Asda for a midweek slot and there would be no staying up till midnight trying to book a slot. I told you this in the begining. I think it was £35 and I have a slot every week if I don't mess it up.

I do hope your tooth is easier this morning Vera and is ot giving you so much pain.

Waiting to hear how Frank got on with the sing song last evening. I do hope he managed to get tere and enjoy it.

Sending love to Jane and hope she is feeling ok so can enjoy the bank holiday weekend. <3 <3

Good morning to you all. WHERE ARE YOU ????

Oh boy, did I do something wrong yesterday evening. I took something down the greenhouse, and tripped over the wooden logs that hold the gravel from the lawn. It felt like I had broken something. But thank goodness I hadn't. Due to that happening, I got myself showered and didn't move again until I went to bed. I had hells own job getting in and out of bed during the night to go to the bathroom. Ros very kindly got up to put the lights on, so I didn't stumble.

This morning MY FOOT felt like I had a CLUB FOOT. no feelings in it. Ros felt all around and said she couldn't feel anything out of place. The pain goes right up to my crutch on the right hand side. This morning,I've had it in a bowl of cold water, but hasn't improved on the discomfort.

Harvey and Lewis have been up this morning, with the grocer order. They are on their way to Coventry, to get a unit that bolts onto the framework of his work truck. Without it, all his tools, mowers and petrol strimmer's has to go in the cab, with him. Julie got in the cab yesterday and said "IT STINKS OF PETROL IN HERE" Which I expected it did.

Due to Sainsbury's not allowing him to do TWO ORDERS for different address's. He has offered to continue ordering our requirements, and bring them up to us. I said I would open my Tesco account again and do it myself. He has been so good helping us out, during this very difficult times.

Yesterday Carolyn rung and asked Ros to pop round, to have a distant CUP OF TEA in the garden and a chat. She also said that their HOME is listed as being VULNERABLE. And therefore entitled to a food parcel. She snd John made it quite clear that they were anything but Vulnerable, but the person INSISTED THEY HAVE THE FOOD PARCEL. She took a couple of tins of soup out and gave the rest to Ros. When I opened it., there was "READYBREK" Baked beans, Pasta shells, two bags of rice, Pasta sauce,tin tomatoes, McVitie's Digestive biscuit. various other odds and sods, so it will get used and save us a few £££££.

Not a lot of singing going on in the close last night. I watched "CAPTAIN TOMS WAR" then Monty Dom, what a garden he has there, more like an open forest, with lawns and beds. So beautiful to see, It would be interesting to know how many staff he has, to help run it.

Harvey tells us this morning that Garden Centres are being allowed to open next week. I bet their seedling plants will be almost FULL GROWN, being shut away all these weeks.
Ros has had QVC on all morning. She keeps picking up the phone, and pressing lots on buttons. So everything she is ordering, is by remote.I suppose you can speak to a HUMAN BEING if you get stuck. lol lol

Book at the ready, so I amok for a read outside, away from all this chattering, coming from the TV. :-| :-| :-| :-| :-P :-P :-P :-\ :-\ :-\ ;-) ;-) ;-) <3 <3 <3 <3

BE GOOD AND STAY SAFE. xxxx

Good morning

Another bright sunny day. It’s already quite hot out there.

I’ve been trying to get on the General Chat board since soon after 7 this morning, but every time I got the error message, yet I could get on to the site and the other boards with no problem.

I decided to do the midnight shift to book a Tesco slot for the end of the month. I’ve got one for 17th and knew that the slots for 29th would come online at midnight. I only had about 5 minutes wait before getting into the booking page at 12.01 :-). Would you believe there were no slots available :-(. How could they all go in one minute? I’m not faring any better with Waitrose or Asda so I have now registered with Iceland as well. You can’t seem to book far ahead with them but you seem to be able to get a slot within a couple of days so I might try them towards the end of the month AND, a big plus, they release their new slots at 11 am, a much more civilised hour than midnight.

I never thought that my main topic of conversation would be shopping lol.

OH has just made a cuppa so I am going to take it into the garden to drink. Enjoy the good weather while it lasts.

IT IS NOT A DISH ITS A PENDANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT IS NOT A DISH ITS A PENDANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT IS NOT A DISH ITS A PENDANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT IS NOT A DISH ITS A PENDANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have I now made that clear?

I have been up the border again this afternoon cutting out Brimbles and ash tree a foot and a half tall. I had some big docks out too but I have only cleared about a 2' by 3' bit of ground. I also cut back a lot of Brimbles from the west corner of my border as they were coming out over the lawn. Oh has mowed the west lawn and it looks so nice now.

We have drain trouble so he's been rodding that as the soak away was'nt working properly.

Vera I hope your mouth is a bit better tomorrow. Have you any mouthwash to use. I use Corsodyl if I have a sore tooth or gum and I find it very good. They now do a daily one too.

Good you had some chat with your beading friends Ann. It must be really weird not being able to meet up each week when you have been doing it for so long You must all miss one another.

Gill's getting on with her tree with the free Ancestry over the weekend I see. Don't stay on the pc too long you don't want to get another bad head.

Hope Frank has enjoyed his sing a long. Did he have to go far to it?

Thumbs hurt tonight, the one on my left hand. Must be all the digging up of small ash trees and Brimbles. There are so many up the border this year. My bearded iris are going a bomb this year and I still managed to knock one of the blooms off pulling up some ivy which seems to have got all over the border towards the big arch. The Brimbles in the corner have a lot of dead in them which I have been cutting out. I took 4 big barrow loads over to the bonfire outside the wall. I could'nt have got any more on the barrow without it falling off.

I think I shall go and shower now and have a relax.