General Chat

Good morning AnninG. and all,

Nice morning here again, had a reasonable night and was awake at 6,00 am.

Yes I was out there with Ros last night, clapping, quite a few people out in the close, doing the same.

I managed the front lawn, but didn't trim the edges, will do that today. Eos put her veg seed in the VEG bed, and I watered everywhere last night. Her beans are coming along a treat.

Havey has a slot for us for Saturday 3/4 pm. He is also popping up to bring us something. He can take back the flavoured water he ordered for us, as we don't drink it.

Another THIRTY scrub bags, were collected last night for the hospital. I also had an Email from two other wards, asking for some. Helen, the girl who in a nurse in the Hospital, has promised to take sone to them. SO FAME IS GETTING AROUND FOR MY DEAR ROS. xxxx

Right folks, I'm off for another cot then my shower. Please take care if you are out today. STSY SAFE. xxxx

Morning AnnG and all,

Its another lovely day here too. Plenty of the yellow stuff and the blue stuff too.

Knees not a lot better for a good nights rest but I must be more carefull with it today. Its when I turn it gets me like I have twisted it.

Hope Jane is feeling better after her refueling yesterday.

Gill' back too hope thats a bit better this morning.

good morning all, another lovely day out there.

We had a good lot out clapping last night 12 out of the 16 houses, good to see there are actually people around us :-D

Gill hope your back is easier, take it easy today.

Mel and Ann hope the knees are improving.

Jane hope you feel better today for the blood boost.

Trying to order a few plants from the local nursery. Well OH is actually. I just made the list. BBL.

Gill that sounds painful. When I hurt my back I found I got the best relief from deep heat cream rubbed on. Hope you can sleep tonight and hope it easies soon

Just a quickie. Somehow I've hurt my back and can't seem to move around very well. I tried a soak in the bath, but pulled it again getting out, so that didn't go to plan. It's very painful in my ribs, it started late yesterday afternoon. I don't know what I've done but it really hurts so I'm laying down on the sofa, just getting up to move around every now and then. I hope it stops hurting soon and I have a better nights sleep than I had last night.

I tried to read all the posts but there were to many. I''ll be posting everything to Sandra either Saturday or Monday so will add everything you all send to the parcel.

I hope all those that have hurt themselves feel better soon.

Thinking of you Jane, hopefully you'll be home and resting now.

I hope Ros is getting on well with the scrub bags Frank, what a horrible thing the woman said, I don't blame Ros for not doing anymore for her and is now making them for the General Hospital instead.

Going to take another painkiller now, see if that helps. Hopefully I'll be back on here tomorrow, if it's not as painful as today.

I dar'nt clean my corner cupboards out next to the sink as all I use is to hand more or less and if I clear them out I shan't be able to reach and get what I want. I know there are about four or five 1lb loaf time in there so perhaps they should go to the charity shop and I shall keep just one for a tea bread or lemon drizzle cake, or maybe I will keep two...............

I wish I could get some of that quick action yeast. I keep looking for it on Asda's lists but its always out of stock as is the strong flour.

Finished the bed and cleaned the windows in there.

Washing all dry, good.

Hurt knee again walking around the bed.

Sometimes I think those plastic boxes with click shut lids are breeding in the cupboard. There are more than I need at the moment but that is because I recovered several from the freezer in the last couple of weeks. I have put three items into the charity shop bag two sealable containers meant for left over lemon and limes and a contraption for cutting potatoes into wedges.

Oh Jane it's not a quick job is it getting blood into you. What a long day. I just had a silly thought.......I wonder where your own blood goes when you squeeze in 2 extra bags?? I expect your vessels must expand and kidneys remove some of the extra fluid though.....it sounds feasible. ;-) As Mel says, a nice relax at home and COT after. <3

It ended up quite a large meal AnnG, but we polished it all off, spinach and all and won't want much else today. I'm lucky in that OH isn't a fussy eater and will eat almost anything as long as there's no chilli or much curry powder. We turned our chairs round after lunch and just sat in the sun looking at the sky and garden. The Buzzard was back with the strange whistle they make and was climbing on the thermals. OH is annoyed at the moment, as he was booked on a webinar this afternoon and had reminders yesterday and today, but when he tried to log on it said it was full. He's fired off an email as they had obviously overbooked!

Frank that woman will lose the NHS a lot of help if she wasn't very tactful and upsets helpers like Ros who are doing such a sterling job. Good for her changing to help the local hospital instead........is she doing double seams on those or shouldn't I ask!!!! Glad you got your Cooper order sorted.

Some of my cupboards are quite crammed AnnG and I know if I empty them that it is likely something won't fit back in! I have some things that I know I'll never use so I've decided they should go to the charity shop once they open. I keep reminding myself that there will be no room for new things if I keep hanging on to the old or never used. I mentioned we have a sandwich toaster to OH and his comment was that the fillings stick to it and are hard to clean off and that we have 2 different sizes of bread anyway. I think that will be going to the charity shop! I'm a bit of a hoarder of all kinds of plastic box, but there comes a time when some need sorting and chucking out or removing to use in the garage or greenhouse. I used to hoard jam jars too but keep just a few now in case I make pickles or jam.

I think more seeds have come and may be the french beans but I will open them tomorrow.

I still can't get through to the holiday people and have been trying all day. :-(

I did put TCP on my thorn scratch can't use Savlon as it dos'nt agree with me.

Soooooooooooooo good to hear from you Jane and you must be on the way home by now or soon anyway. Have a nice rest when you get home with a nice COT. <3 Who took you and picked you up?

How is James getting on with the new job and working from home?

I had an eventful morning as I washed the three tray they strawberries sit in on the old barrow. Washed the first one ok with the hose and then the second and put that to dry and then the third and as I pointed the hose at it the sprayer came off and it soaked me through. Luckily it was a bit of a time when I did the third one and the water in the hose was really quite warm so I carried on.

Got up from lunch and realized my trousers were still wet, that won't do much for my right knee will it.

Oh saw it happen and came over to me and said "I promiss not to laugh"" HE HE HE but he did put the hose back on for me so it was nice and tight. I must remember to tug it by the pipe and not the sprayer. :-0 :-0 :-0

Oh Jane what a long day for you. Yes it is a lovely day, I haven't been out there much, just for a coffee this morning, been busy clearing out one of the kitchen cupboards, the one with saucepans and tupperware in. You know, do much of it, can't use it all but can't throw it out!!! Hope you will be home soon and ready to run round the block.

Frank, I suppose some of the bags have maybe split on the seam if people are a bit rough with them and the double seam would make them stronger. But it may be that some people have not used suitable material for the bags. ros is still giving to the NHS if she is giving to the local hospital though. She is doing well.

Afternoon All
On my second bag of blood now.So just another 3 hours to go :-) I am looking out at this beautiful blue sky ,it looks so nice out there.
Mel I hope your finger is less painful now.AnnG suggestion of putting some Savlon on it is a good idea.
Frank at least Ros is still carrying on with her good work :-D :-D She is a real trooper
Now I need to go to the loo so will have to manoeuvre this drip stand and try not to get tangled up.

Good afternoon Ladies.

Where on earth has the morning gone. Was late to bed again last night, and again SLEPT LIKE A LOG. Went to the loo around 5.00am The next thing I knew it was 10.00 am.

Ros had a phone call from Carol down the road last night, criticising her seam sewing. Someone decided that there should be DOUBLE STITCHING on the seams of the SCRUB BAGS. As you can imagine she was not best pleased, and said there and then, the the NHS would get no more from her. She will continue to make them, but for the local General Hospital, who she has heard are desperate for them. A nurse who lives round the corner sent her daughter round last night to pickup 47 that she had ready for her. Another woman in the village has bought loads of more material round this morning, with a bag of tape for the ties, The machine is going 50 to the dozen. lol lol

I MUST get the mower out and do the front lawn, or find a couple of SHEEP to eat it all. lol lol

Ros managed to get through to Coopers, and order the cushion I wanted.. Thanks for the advise.

After getting showered this morning, I went straight into the kitchen and prepared tonights dinner. Lamb Steaks, new potatoes (I stood and scraped them, with my own FAIR HANDS) Carrots, sugar snap peas, sweetcorn and sweetheart cabbage.

The fish and chips were quite nice last night, but poor Ros, they didn't have Fish Cakes or Pineapple fritters, so had Sausages. They were these enormous FRANKFURTER TYPE. She said they tasted horrible, and ended up with EGG and CHIPS.

Stay safe dear people. xxxx

Mel, make sure you put some savlon or something on the place the thorn went in you don't want an infection. It does hurt though doesn't it they go in so deep.

Annx you have been busy cheffing then!! I have tacked the lower half of a double kitchen cupboard, the one with saucepans and frying pans in plus the food processor and a tub I keep potatoes in, it wasn't very dirty just needed a wipe over but is all nice and clean now. The top shelf is not making me feel I want to rush and do it, it is the one with all the tupperware and other plastic containers and lids etc in. I just know once out it will be a devil to get it all back in and it is low down too so sometimes means kneeling on the floor (which entails getting up again) or bending right down, not good for my back.

Isn't it strange, none of us seem inclined to be doing craft work?

Ouch Mel, those thorns can make you sore for days too! I must get our bedding changed again.....it soon comes round doesn't it, same as HW.

I ended up quite busy AnnG as I took the veg into the conservatory to sit and prepare where I wouldn't disturb OH. I put the ice packs in the freezer to put back in the cool bags later. I've frozen some spinach (first time ever) so I hope it will be useable! Then I went out and did a video of our small patch, but no sound so I need to check if my camera will record with sound which I doubt? Then I watered the seeds and seedlings and was pleased to see the radish are making an appearance. I tried and failed to get a pic of a bumble bee but got a nice shot of a little Robin singing. Then I tiptoed through the lounge barefoot carrying my slippers so as not to disturb OH and came in here. As we need to use up a few potatoes, we are having a turkey casserole instead of risotto. I've sneaked a bit of spinach in it to use the rest up.

Your crumble sounds lovely Mel. I keep meaning to make one and have rhubarb and frozen fruit I can use. I keep thinking I will have time to do some craft soon, but seem to be too busy with everything else at the moment. I expect this nice weather won't last for ever so it's best to do the outside jobs while we can.

Just cut my little finger on the pad on a rose thorn and it bled like anything. I was just about to strip the bed so oh has put a plaster on it and it feels awful now. Quilt cover sheet and pillow cases in now so I will have a rest and tackle the other bit in stages and then I can get this plaster off as its really tight and the finger is throbbing.

Morning Ann and all,

Lovely sunny day again and arn't we lucky to have this wonderful weather and can get out in our gardens and do whats needed.

Washing machine has just stopped and its the bed cover soI better get it on the line so I can get the rest of the bedding in and out quickly so it drys well.

I really don't know how those people slept on the rope but I suppose it must have helped and I wonder how many fell off during the night?

The rest of the cold lamb for us tonight with chips and peas so nice and easy again and not much prep. May make a crumble as oh likes those and I have a couple of cookers and some plums from the freezer off our very old plum tree. Yes I actually got to them before the deer ate the lower ones last year.

Hoping our jane will feel better today after her bloods and will be back to chat soon. Love and wishes to my friend Deirdre whose birthday it is today and to aunty Joy for tomorrow. xx <3 <3

Mandy the little parcel was sent first class but may take a few days. It should go through the letter box as it was checked. I had to put it in one of our meds boxes so they did'nt get squashed. its in an envelope too.

Right cover on the line now so hope you all had a good nights sleep apart from Ann whose knee woke her many times. Mine feels ok today but we will see once I get out i the garden doing something.

Good morning all, nice and sunny although not peaceful as Phil next door is cutting his lawn again, it will be bald soon, he seems to be cutting it about every third day. OH has gone off down the greenhouse to do some potting on. I have been working out the menu for tonight (Cod fillets and mash) and started on sorting the top shelf of the airing cupboard, I need OH for the rest as I can't reach safely.

Ann and Mel hope your knees improve soon. A quiet day then Annx have you got a good book to read?

I agree about the press they just seem to want to stir it, especially the left leaning ones. the same with Starmer. I thought this was a national crisis and he should forget about trying to make his mark and try and be helpful. he was not there at the start to offer advice so his criticism is not helpful now. I do wish they would listen when scientists, MOs, and government and now military explain the horrific logistics about having to supple such a tremendous number of places with PPE. Of course mistakes have been made and things could have been done better. But, the constant criticism is not helpful. Sorry rant over.

Off to attack one of the kitchen cupboards now...... I blame Vera! :-D :-D

Morning All,

Looks like the sun is trying to come through. My knee has been waking me at night. I must be turning and moving it in my sleep. Two of us with hurt knees then Mel. Mine is getting better but the jet washing is on hold for another day I think. OH has virtual meetings twice today so he won't want all the noise and he will be able to help move the washer and hose and cable if I wait till tomorrow. It looks like Asda are out of seeds if you didn't get any and I only got 1 packet last time. The manure has come in handy for your bean tub and they should do well with a boost of that. I think mine will have to make do with the tea bags. Lol.

Mandy you did well to get the trays of plants! A good system to not have to go in the shop as well. Yes he did help a lot and carry my tray etc to the 'garden restaurant ' yesterday, but he never seems to notice that help is needed. I don't know if it is a 'man' thing, but threatening him with Joelene may have helped!

Sorry you haven't been good Jane and I hope the transfusion and some rest soon perk you up again. Cc

Vera, following your 'discoveries' in the utility, l must sort my cupboards in mine too. I'm sure I have one of those sandwich toasters in there somewhere. I think we only used it a couple of times, so it might come into it's own for a bit of variety now.

Yes AnnG it was good to hear the many and great tasks the military support is providing. I just feel the press aren't being helpful. It's their nature to pick holes and judge all the time, but I'm not sure it is helpful in these unique times when everyone is doing their best. I do wish they would get the slides up and the banner down before they start talking about them! I find bed changing exhausting, but better that than those poor folks in the past that slept leaning over a rope and paid for the privilege.

Better get showered now. I want to get lunch veg prepared so there' s no chopping noise when OH has his meeting. Nice and easy risotto with the rest of the cooked turkey today.

Poor you Jane. You really have been through the mill over the last few months. I hope the new blood will perk you up so you start to feel better very soon. Sending lots of good vibes your way <3 <3 <3

I hope your knee isn’t too sore Ann, and yours too Mel. You’ll have to take more water with it ;-). It looks like Sandra is going to get the same card from both of us. You know what they say: great minds think alike. I don’t suppose Sandra will mind if she has a matching pair.

The one good thing about all the Covid-19 news is that it has stopped the endless Brexit news. I think it would be useful if they are going to compare death rates in different countries to give the number of deaths as a percentage of the population as the numbers themselves don’t mean much. Of course, every single death is a tragedy for the family concerned.

I haven’t come across any hidden treasures in the utility Mandy but I did rediscover a couple of things. There was a tagine that was a present and I don’t think I have used it so I must look up some recipes for that andI found a set for espresso coffee still boxed. It had a tin of coffee, 6 little cups and one of those little pots that you put on the stove to make the coffee. We must have had it 15 years but had never used it because the pot wasn’t suitable for our hob. We have a gas hob in this house so could use it now but how often are we likely to want an espresso?

This morning I did the ironing and OH ran the hoover round downstairs, then I sorted my Tesco order for tomorrow’s delivery. I intended to sort another cupboard this afternoon but developed such a stonking headache that I just prepared tonight’s meal and had a shower. Then a couple of minutes before son was due to FaceTime us he sent a text saying he was tied up with work stuff and could we postpone till tomorrow.

My headache has eased up a bit but I think it will be an early night with a couple of my pills. I hope you all have a good night. “See” you tomorrow.