General Chat

Brass door knobs/handles if you have any of those AnnG kill off any bacteria and viruses in 8 hours, so those don't need doing in the morning till after they have been touched. They have to be unvarnished though. I think most of the varnish has worn off on the ones we have.

Yes, he will be standing at the match and I hope it isn't muddy as well. At least he changes his shoes before he drives home now and puts the muddy ones in a cardboard box before he drives home. He wears thick soled ones with deep treads that hold chunks of mud that drops out everywhere.

I just heard some banging over the road. The neighbour diagonally opposite is planting a tree as tall as himself that has red stems. It will make their lounge window more private which is good, but I hope it isn't something that will grow big and drop leaves that will blow everywhere. Don't I sound like an old fogey! With gravel in place of a lawn they are hard to get up though.

Here's a blast from the past. Did anyone used to listen to Sparky the Piano Player on the radio as a child? We were talking about vocoders that distort your voice like in ELO's Mr Blue Sky and OH remembered listening to it.

Jane that is good that the entrance at the hospital for you is separate. Will this be the last chemo or have yo got more to follow. I am sure that your break will do you good and you don't have to go out to eat.

I think Frank must have gone to Southend. I do hope he stays virus free he can'e be very resilient as he is often unwell. Anyway Frank if you went, hope it was worth it.

Annx I think it is the supermarkets for self catering food and also loos on the motorway etc that decided us.
I hope the field is not too mudy for your OH I guess he will be standing to watch as well. He really is keen isn't he?

My OH has spent all morning in the garden and greenhouse, came in for lunch and has gone back out again now. I did a load of washing, dusted all downstairs and cleaned the kitchen and also all the door handles (again).

I have to say if we don't avoid this B virus it will not be for want of trying!

That's a good point about the supermarkets AnnG. We could take a lot of food with us, but not everything, and if most other holidaymakers decided to self cater rather than eat out, there could be food shortages. We would happily avoid busy places, sitting in the car reading on a clifftop would suit us and driving round taking photos and enjoying scenery, but we would get more peace of mind reading in the back garden! lol. :-D

Mandy I think a lot of surgeries will follow suit. OH is due to see his doctor after next week so I think his could well be a telephone appointment by then. I have had my new appointment come for the hospital this morning, but think I will ring them on Monday and see if I can put it back a few months. I need more time anyway to see more results from the exercise bike and losing weight so it seems a waste of their time to go when their hands will be full once this virus affects many more. I can't say I'm happy at sitting in a cramped waiting room with others as it gets worse either.That's good you are in a separate wing and entrance for your chemo Jane. You must have to be extra careful while your immunity is less good.

OH has found a footie match as he describes it 'in a field' where hardly a soul will be watching and he will keep well away from everyone. I asked him about toilets and he replied that there would only be ones for the players at that level, for everyone else it is the 'hedge' :-S Well at least he won't be touching any handles. I think it could be the last match he will be able to see for a while. I hadn't thought about tv sport for him AnnG! He has lots of historical, political and other things recorded though.

Mel that colour paint will be beautiful for your dragons. I like the violet as well like Mandy. I'm looking forward to finishing things off and doing more painting as well as catching up with some jobs.

Jane that's good there's a chemo entrance doorway at the hospital you won't have to pass by lots of people on the way in .

I think you'll like doing the cross stitch ,just remember you have to start in the middle of the pattern and fold the aida to find the middle too that way you don't start the pattern and have no edge to the aida .
What is the cross stitch picture ?

Morning All well afternoon now

It is just so difficult now as to know whether to go out anywhere !!. I did nip to the co-op this morning It is just a small one and was very quiet. I made sure I wore my gloves and stayed well away from any other customers. I was about 6 ft behind the person in front of me at the tills :-D.
Ann I do hope you can still go on your holiday .But do understand the worry with it being a 6 hour journey home should you not be well. Gareth was supposed be going on a stag do to Chaminey ( I have no idea how to spell that) ski resort in Northern France.But Rhodri the stag has decided to cancel it now. Rhodri is Gareths future Brother in Law. Hannahs friend who lives in Valencia is in virual lock down now .

What a to do :-S :-S

Vera I am so glad you had a lovely day yesterday :-D :-D. Your friends may be best to cancel coming to you especially with the man having just had chemo. I will still have to go to the hospital for my appontment with the consultant on the 23rd and then Chemo on the next day. Just going to a hospital is a bit of a risk but the wing I have to go to has it s own entrance and means I wont have to go through the main part of the hospital.

So what will OH do then Ann with no sports on the TV???? I am sure you will find some jobs for him :-D :-D

Hannah says I need something to do SO I have just ordered a beginners cross stitch thing :-D :-D.. Never done cross stitch so it will be interesting LOL I may become crafty :-D

I think too that Frank and Ros have gone to Southend.Fingers crossed they have a lovely time and come home virus free.

Has anyone been watching Noughts and Crosses on TV? I didnt think `i would enjoy it but have watched all the episodes on iplayer .

BBL time for lunch

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000g817/spotlight-evening-news-13032020

She is on about 5.20 along in the video.

I bet Frank has gone to Southend................ I don't think that was sensable at all.

Last night on our Devon news there was a doctor on Spotlight talking about the virus and she had self isolated herself. She was the doctor that told me off for being latish that time. The one I said I wouldnt see again and the one who told me she did'nt know what was wrong with me and when I saw another doc he said what it was and gave me cream and the rash on my arms went in a couple of days. Her name is Dr Fianloa O'Neil.

Good morning all. Sunny here with a strong wind temp says 10 degrees. OH has pottered off down to his greenhouse to plant tomato seeds. I have washing in and dusting to do.

Mandy our surgery have sent out the same message, do not attend the surgery without first phoning. at the moment blood tests and other nurse appointments will go ahead but patients will be phoned first to be asked questions on health. Appointments by phone only and they will then be triaged and it will be decided who needs to see the doctor.

Mel a day almost free for crafting then. Yes my arm has healed well the little scabs are just where the stitches were.

Vera I am pleased to hear that you had a good day with your brother, and great that you found him looking so much better, one fewer thing to worry about.
I wouldn't think it was a good idea for your OH's sister to visit as planned but they might not like to let you down. The fewer people in the house at the moment the better. If one of them were taken ill while at yours they could be there for 2 weeks.
Our daughter has even put off a visit to us early April which is sad as we have not seen them since Christmas, but it is sensible.
Don't overdo things and put your back out again.

Annx I think a lot of people must be cancelling holidays. We haven't actually cancelled yet buy fully intend to. We had an advertisement from the Valley where we were going to offer cheap Easter breaks and explaining their cleaning programme for the apartments. It is not that we think they won't be clean but on holiday you visit places and mix with people from all over, self catering you have to go to the supermarket and then, as you say a horrific journey home if either of you were ill and in our case I can't drive OH's car so we would be stuck if it was him that was ill, just not worth it.

Morning All,

Wet here but not raining at the moment.

That's good your brother is doing well and is much better Vera. As for your visitors due next Saturday it's probably best to see what happens in the next few days. I expect there will be more closures and advice. As for the garden, we have barely touched ours yet this year and we never got it properly ready for the winter with pruning etc!! We are both intending to do even just a quarter of an hour a day, weather permitting, to ease ourselves into it gradually and hopefully strengthen rather than injure our backs!

Hello Kitty was waiting on the front for us when we got home yesterday and the little tinker sneaked in the porch to see what was in our shopping bags. He shot out looking guilty when he saw us coming back from the car. lol He has recently resumed sitting in the road at the top of the close to watch for mice in the hedgerow which is worrying with the speed the new people and their visitors turn into the close.

Jane we haven't actually cancelled yet, but will most likely do so nearer the time I think. There is only a handful of lodges on a fairly remote site, but they are all booked up, including the weeks before we go. I had thought to start our holiday with a good clean :-S and had bought the Milton sterilising tablets to use as that kills viruses (baby area in Sainsbury's have them in containers like you buy vitamins in) and we can self cater foodwise. The motorway toilets would be a hazard though and if either of us became ill, so would being confined together in the car for 6 hours to get home.

Morning Mel ,we posted at the same time :-D

Morning Vera and all,

I am so pleased you had a lovely day with your brother Vera. You must have had a lot of catching up to do. It good he is eating better and has more energy now.

Not so nice this morning here as we have grey sky but it is dry at the moment. It rained last night before I went to bed. It is brightish out the back of the bungalow but there's no real sun shining.

Wonder if Frank decided to go today. I hope he has a nice time and safe journey if he did. Did he say Simon and Sally were picking them up?

Shop to do today and the egg delivery and then the rest of the day should be mine apart from doing the chickens.

Hope you all had a good sleep last night and are feeling well and rested this morning.

I keep meaning to say the picture of your arm op look good Anng. Its healed nicely apart from the one stitch. At least its not all catchy now the stitches are out and must be more comfortable in bed at night.

Love to Jane. <3 <3 its nice to see you posting. Give that Thomas a big hug and kiss from me.

Morning Vera,morning all,

Glad you enjoyed your day with you brother Vera ,you must have so pleased to see him so much better after all he's been through .
Don't over do it with the HW today you don't want to have a set back with your back .

Just spoke to son and he was saying that the doctors surgery where DIL works and our surgery are now only doing telephone appointments ,i have an appointment to see the nurse on Tuesday for the results of my blood test and my Hypertension review ,if they don't ring i shall have to ring to see whats happening as i don't think anyone is going in to the doctors at all.

I wonder what Frank and Ros has decided to do about this weekend .

Mel that paint is a lovely colour ,the Violet Gold looks nice too .

Good morning all

Rained overnight and it’s wet again today. Hopefully it will dry up a bit soon.

I’ll be here forever if I try to respond to all the posts but I have read them all.

We had a lovely day with my brother yesterday and it was good to see him looking so much better. He’s eating more and has more energy.

We have OH’s sister and her husband coming for a couple of nights next Saturday. As of yesterday they were still planning on coming. I am not sure what we are going to do with them as we had planned to take them to a couple of visitor attractions and to have a restaurant meal out Saturday night at least but that might not be a good move at the moment, particularly as the chap has had cancer treatment in the last few months so his immune system might still be a bit wonky.

I hope you have a lovely time if you decide to go to Southend Frank.

Right, must get on. I’ve not done anything much in the house or garden for about a month with my back problems and other commitments so I am chasing my tail a bit now. I hope you all have a nice day whatever you are doing.

Just realised. They have stopped all sport, rugby, football, what on earth is my OH going to watch on TV now?

You did a lot today Jane. I went round with the anti bac on all the door handles and I had a delivery of some paint I ordered yesterday so I wiped all that down before I opened it and then wiped the jar of paint too. Its a nice colour. Its called Halo blue gold. Its a metalic acrylic and has gold in it but its really a greeny blue colour.

Evening All
Just a quick post tonight as I am really tired and have come up tp bed.I have done quite a bit today . H/W and ironing plus doing dinner.
Oh Ann what a shame there is not another week you could change to for your holiday. Gutting to lose the whole payment too :-(

We are still going to have our 4 nights in the Lodge at the beginning of April at Foxton.We are going to do our own clean when we get there with the antibac cleaner.As for eating out I am not sure about that but it will be easy enough to do somesimple meals ourselves.Janice will probably bring her 'famous ' Broccoli and Stilton Quiche :-D. Plus I have plenty of pre cooked meals in my freezer. Where we are staying is only a 30 minute drive from here so god forbid one of us should be ill it is easy and quick to get home.

I hope Vera has had a lovely day today with her Brother.

That is a shame that you can’t find a week to transfer to Ann, and a pity to have to lose your money.
I expect you will be relieved when your OH’s meetings are cancelled.

Mandy hope the girls enjoy making bunnies.

Oh he's a lovely little bunnie, thanks for that it looks a nice little thing that the girls could make ,I might knit some squares as it would take them a while to do but they could do the running stitch to sew him up.

So far I don't think we have any people with the virus in Norfolk ,or I should say no reported ones there could well be some people that are self isolating .

I think the dry sore throat I have is more acid reflux as it seems to be worse after laying down .

Two cases in the city today so that makes 7 now. I think OH's meetings will soon be abandoned for the time being which will be good. AnnG we had to pay our holiday balance last month so will lose it all if we cancel, but sooner that than have a holiday of worry about going anywhere or taking ill with it while away. I looked to see if there were any vacancies later in the year as we know the site owner well and he let us swap weeks once before. Not one week free right up till Christmas at the moment, although that could change. I did see that prog and it was useful. Now they are saying it could be June before it peaks, so that would mean it would be around most of the summer! The little bunny is cute and would be quick to make. It' sounds like it is the meds affecting your tum if you think it is a bit better today.

I didn't know Pheasants scratched either Mel! I have never seen one doing it yet. Have you been crafting today?

Frank you were giving the mint a very good wash! lol It's confusing as a child when you get told off for something you think is a good idea. When I was 7 I discovered that sand was a great way to get the rust off the chrome wheels on my bike. Dad went ballistic!!

I wonder if Gill has been making pies for the freezer?

Yes Mel, I have seen Pheasants going that.

Here's a blast from the passed. As a child Mum sent me to pick some Mint to go in the new potatoes. I was only 5/6 years old if that. When I bought it in, she said wash it in the sink. As we didn't have washing up liquid in those days, I put it in the sink and sprinkled WASHING POWDER on it. It was then that a got a clip round the head, and to be told how STUPID I WAS.

This came to my mind when I was washing some cabbage for tonights dinner. So the old grey matter is still working.