General Chat

Spent a morning in the garden and got all the Geraniums in the shed along with a trailing Fuschia I had in a hanging basket and two Canas in their pots ,did a bit of cutting back and half filled the garden bin .
Now it's just started to rain and gone over very cloudy.

Well you can see what time I was up Mel from my first post this morning, just about the same time as usual, maybe a fraction later but I rarely lie in. I did deliberately go to bed an hour later last night as that seems to sort me out whenever the clocks change for some reason and I slept well too.

Morning girls,

Nice bright morning here with sun and blue sky. BIL came just as I was going in the bathroom so I did'nt let him in and the back door was locked anyway. He is up the top by where he keeps the mowers over Em's dad's place.

I had to go up the shop to post a parcel this morning which I forgot to take with me yesterday and it was just about closing tme for the shop.

I don't have to do any clocks here as I don't have any wind up ones its all on the pc or Echo or the smart meter I don't use the cooker clock as the leccy going out all the time I am always resetting it so I don't bother and the same with the microwave.

Mandy if you've had a frost you had better get your plants in the shed if you want to save them. I still have a geranium outside Iv'e had for over three years so I must bring that in. I brought the fancy one in Iv'e had for 25 years and kept going through cuttings and it needs cuttings taken from it now.

Did you all have a lie in this morning? I had a little one but not long aas I knew I had to get up the shop and it only opens for a couple of hours on a Sunday morning.

Have a great day whatever you're doing today. :-D

yes Mandy I did all the clocks before I went to bed except the one on the wall in the kitchen which I did this morning.

Morning Anng, morning all,

4 degrees here and we had a frost ,the shed roof was white this morning so I must get out there and get the Geraniums and my two Canas in the shed ,think I'll wait for the temperature to rise a bit before I go out ,its nice and sunny with a blue sky .

Ann ,yes I am hoping the flu jab will give me a little protection, I couldn't have that covid jab and feel bad for months like I have done the last couple of years .

Anng I think your right about knickers breeding lol the trouble is I just put the new ones in the draw and don't take the old ones out and its the same with the socks ,although I have given Max a few to chew as he loves socks lol I tie them together and he will play for ages swinging them about and trying to chew the knots .

Better drink my tea ,oh did everyone remember to put the clocks back ,we have one more to do ,the one on the wall in the conservatory.

Good morning all sun shining at the moment but only 3 degrees so a bit chilly, Nothing planned for today except to change my bed, bedding is in the washing machine now.

I hope also to wrap the Christmas presents that are going to Hampshire as they will probably be collected soon when Grandson and boys plan to make a visit.

I am sure that my knickers breed in the drawer, or it could be that I buy new ones when I don’t need to and don’t get rid of older pairs. Same with bras.

I am sure my knickers bre

Evening All,

Chilly again but sunny most of the day, with just one little shower that came just as I was doing an errand.

OH has gone to meet some of his old staff at Burton upon Trent for a meal so will be late home. He was disappointed with the menu, nothing on it that didn't have something he either didn't like or shouldn't have. I think he will end up with the sea bass and tell them to leave out the sauce with cream in and have it with the house salad. He woke with head pain this morning but some of his meds and the physio session cleared it completely.

Mandy it was a good idea to ask about the covid jab as it has affected you for so long afterwards the previous two years. If you did get covid I would think your flu jab should give some protection against getting a chest infection with it. You were very quick weren't you!

I know what you mean Gwyn abut a week free of medical appointments. OH will be chasing up an appointment with the Rheumatologist on Monday and every time we pass the pharmacy in the car we have to think whether we need to call for any meds! That was good the hospital advising you of a half hour change in your appointment. I can't imagine ours doing that. We have Sky and have to switch the box off at the wall and then on a few minutes after too. In fact if it says anything like there's no connection as well we do that and it reboots itself and is usually ok again. I wtached Hamza on Strictly and he's on tv much more since. I have recorded some of his progs and like his enthusiasm.

I'll have to see if our garage remote does that AnnG as it would be useful and is a good idea.

I have looked online and it seems the price for clearing the gutters is at the low end of what the cost is for a 3 bed bungalow, so I have texted Dan I will fix a date for the work on Monday.

Determined to do something useful today and needing to think where I will put things once the old cupboards are replaced with smaller ones, I decided to clear out my knicker and bra drawer! Well I chucked a lot of things out and found some small boxes so I could separate things out so they didn't end up in a muddle, but do you ever find when you put things back they just expand to fill the space again?? At least it looks neat and tidy now but I hope I find some extra space when I do my sock drawer tomorrow. :-D

Better finish the food order for tomorrow now.

Celebrity traitors Mel.

I agree with Anng its good you got advice about having the jab Mandy.

I did a wash this moring as there was sun and a good blow and I have just finished ironing it all so I feel I have achieved something today. Its always good when the ironing is finished.

Then Hazel my neighbour up the top came down and brought me back Santas pants and the box I gave her last year which was pretty so I can fill those up for this year. We had a good talk and I found that she watches lots of thing on U and Drama too. She still could'nt tell me howt to get rid of the things on my continue watching bit though. I have three Catherine Cookson films and a couple of other programs that I can't get off. She told me to watch Celebrity something with Clausia Winkleman and said it was good so I may give that a go tonight.

Sounds like the right decision in your case Mandy but it is good that you went and got advice.

Well we didn't even sit down again in the doctors and we were early again too ,very busy in there loads sitting and we just went straight in ,I did say to Colin as we came out that we were out before our appointment time just in case people thought we were late .
Well I asked why I could have the covid jab and its because I have rheumatoid arthritis and taking the tablets can affect your immune system but she then said "but your tablets you take are not on that list so I don't know why you've been told that you can have the jab " so I didn't have it .
The last two years after having it I've felt so bad and really have to push myself to do anything because it affects me so much because of the long covid I wondered if the jab brings it back ,when I asked the reply was it could well do .


Gwyn that's good you've had a week free from medical appointments and I hope after next week you get good results and no more appointments will be needed .
Have you been into school at all ,It's half term here next week but I know lots have already had half term .
Our TV freezes sometimes and we just turn the switch off leave it for about 30 seconds and turn it on again ,you do have to wait a while for it to reset its self, ours is a bt box .

Lovely sunshine now but we still have a chilly wind and some black clouds looming.

Nice long post Gwyn. I wonder if what your daughter does when the TV freezes is to turn the power off to the TV at the plug, leave for a few minutes and turn back on when the TV re-boots itself. If I have to do that it does take a while to come on so you think it is not going to happen so patience is required. I am on Virgin but I think the same thing happens to daughters and she is on Sky.

How efficient of the hospital to notify you af that slight change.
Good to have a week off from medical things. Sometimes it all gets you down, although not getting appointments is more wearing here of course. At least I have a doctors appointment Monday, but did it really have to be at 0845?

I do like Hamza, love him on country file (did like him on Strictly as well) and his new programme is interesting, although for some reason I preferred the first programme to the second. He does love being with his nieces and showing them things.

Nice to see you Gwyn That appointment was quite near your original time you would think they would'nt have bothered. It will be a treat to have a week off of appointments.
I hav'nt watched Hamza but I like him when he's on other programs like Country File etc. I shall have to have a look tonight and catch up.

Its turned out nice this morning and although its on 10 degrees the suns out and the sky is blue and white and the washer is on. Its quite warm when you stand in the sun. I was fishing leaves out of the big pond and Gill turned up with the poppies and I had'nt seen her for ages I don't think she even knew oh had passed. She said she had forgotten how long a walk it was to down the house as her oh had parked up in the village hall carpark.

I was quite surprised to see Annx post so late too. Wish I had known we could have had a chat but I turned the pc off earlier last night.

Better get on as I hav'nt done the shop yet.

Morning everyone.
Mandy, I hope you get helpful advice about your covid jab.
I have never had any strong reaction, but our bodies are very individual, so what suits one person is not neccessarily right for another.

AnnG
You did well to fathom out how to fix your connection problem. Once in a while our TV freezes. I really must learn what daughter does to sort that. I know she unplugs something, so I must learn what and where instead of relying on her.

Annx The delivery people don't give you a chance to get to the door, but what hope if they haven't alerted you. I can understand that they want to be on their way, but the attitude that 'I've delivered it, so it's not my responsibility now' is not good.
So different when daughter used to deliver BT phone books and Yellow Pages years ago, for a bit of extra cash. She wasn't allowed to leave them, where they could be seen from the road, if there was no reply. It took so long and sometimes required a 2nd visit, so hopefully get a reply at the house. :-0

Vera, I hope you have had some success choosing your new cooker. I don't like having to replace big kitchen items, as I know what I want, but can't always find it. I could probably do with a new cooker, but my problem is opposite to yours. I would want to re-vamp the whole kitchen to make better use of space. Do I still need the family-size chest freezer? Should the windows and back door be replaced at the same time, so there is just one upheaval?.... and so it goes on.

Mel,
Great to get so much help from your brother-in-law, especially as he doesn't live that close. The soup sounds good. Daughter lives near a Co-op, I'll ask if she'tried that one.

Is anyone watching Hamza and his Wild Isles programmes on a Sunday evening.?
Wonderful photography and I love his unhidden excitement, when he catches a glimpse of what he has hoped to see.

I've had a week off from 'all things medical' :-0
Another echocardiogram next week, which they rang about recently and said they were sorry, but would need to re book to another time. I will now go half and hour later !
They could have just kept me waiting on the day, so I appreciate them being upfront and saying they were short staffed. That department is pretty good on time, so someone is obviously keeping their lists well organised,
That should conclude hospital tests for a while.

Right, a fine dry day, so perhaps a spell in the back garden to do a bit more trimming. There's nothing in the garden bin and it has to justify the charge ;-)

Mandy you should probably go and ask the advice of whoever is giving it. Has the problem been diagnised as caused by the jab? If so you should tell them. Has it happened every time?

If you have had the flu jab did that affect you at all?

Morning all,

Very overcast here and it was raining when we got up but I think its stopped now.

Ann that was a late posting for you ,we have had parcels delivered and don't hear them come, I did put a new battery in the doorbell outside the other day as I did ask one delivery man if he had rung the bell and he said yes so I tried the bell and it didn't work ,we have one of those doorbells with the other bit inside that rings and you can move it about so it can be taken outside ,never have done that so I don't know how far away it can be away from the outside bit but they both have batteries in so we must remember to test them now and again .

Covid jabs today but I am in two minds whether to have mine as it does make me feel so poorly and takes me a good two or three months to get over it ,the tiredness is horrible and with no energy I just don't know what to do really ,the hairdresser said she doesn't have it either as it makes her ill too .

Good morning all fairly bright here so far and dry. It did rain yesterday evening I could hear it on the conservatory so it must have been heavy.

That soup sounds tasty Mel. BiL is so good to you, I wish I had a relative living that close. Yes I did wonder about lightening but had not had any storm around that evening it could have been a switch over between programmes though. Had never happened before and, as it only affected the mic and that is a new addition since the new VM control I suspect it was to do with that. The most awkward thing really was manually doing the garage door as it is very heavy but it was good to see the untried emergency key worked.

Ann Some garage doors have a remote that if you use it from indoors you can see on the remote that the door is shut or open. But good job that you realised.

Vera glad that the appointment went OK. I was once told at one such appointment that there was nothing they can do about low BP just gave warning about sizziness etc.

Ann gosh that was late for you, hope you finally got to sleep, I sometimes wonder if parcels are damaged.opened if the driver is looking to see what is inside. I do find these days that, now Amazon seem to have gone away from using cardboard boxes, a lot of things in thos card enveloped actially go through the letter box.

Morning girls,

Bit dull here today and it feels cold and pc is telling me rainy days ahead so no change there then. Its 10 degrees but I am still in my pj's.

Annx thats the thing here they can't get away quickly as they usually have to turn round. Don't you get a box to write in on the Amazon site where you could put about the driver or the delivery and state of the parcel etc?

Just the shop to do today and the rest of the days to myself as BIL said he would'nt be coming any more this weekend.