General Chat

He actually only played 9 holes because there are no trollies so he was carrying and he said he didn't go fast. That made me laugh because it is an ongoing joke that he doesn't 'do' fast anything.

Well, according to the paper Frank the checking at Heathrow entails handing out a leaflet saying to seek help if you don't feel well. And anyway some could be ok now but have it two weeks time as it has a long incubation time. Then, when you get it ther is not treatment available anyway. So it is all guess work and it is quite frightening. Especially as our grandson is due to go to Beijing next month to work. It is more difficult because of all the movement for the Chinese new year. again worrying as we have quite a large Chinese community in Gloucester. I suppose we just have to hope that we can avoid it.

Gill, there you go again, stop worrying about trees falling on your fence, you will drive yourself silly girl :-D :-D A proper tree surgeon will make sure it doesn't damage property as he won't want to be sued for damages. Fancy thinking he could just ask for the Oak tree to be cut down.

Hope your hair is done now and OK Gill. Yes I heard about the earthquake on FB just a tremble I think luckily.

We did the Tesco shop this morning, another horrible dark and gloomy day today but no fog or drizzle so that is something. OH took himself off to golf when we got back, he has just come in so must have played 18 holes as he was gone about 3 hours.

Tesco have got money off petrol if you spend £50 or more.

Good afternoon all, NOTHING sort od day here, overcast and totally dreary. Not doing anything today, just reading and T.V.

I didn't hear about the EARTHQUAKE on the news this morning, it might mention it later. I do remember a small earthquake around Towcewster when I worked in the Vauxhall dealership. It rattled the BIG PLATE GLASS WINDOW, that I thought was going to break.

Six o'clock this morning I woke wanting the loo, but for the life of me, I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WAS. I had to wake Ros, she put the light on, and helped me out of bed. I then slept until 10.00 this morning.

Ros has showered and washed her hair. She always puts her rollers in and sits under her hair dryer for an hour or so. It's so nice and QUIET when she turns it off. lol lol

Mandy, Colin made me smile with his comments, I could just imagine a sparrow flying along, with a rear light up his bottom. lol lol

Ros usually puts the shopping away, but if I help I always put things in the wrong place, Well that's what she says.

I didn't get round to ordering the flowers for Sally. I phoned her this morning, and she is resting, and off work for 8 weeks. Simon was home also today, covering from the knee investigation. He's very sore, with all the pulling and tugging.

Mewl those eyes look very good, what are you putting them in ??

I'm the same as most OHs. Boredom can get you in very snappy moods. I often snap at Ros, but she know I don't mean to upset her.

This outbreak in CHINA, is quite frightening, you just do not know who or where you could become effected. I see Heathrow are checking every flight from China. GOOD.

Off to get a bit of lunch and a coffee. Take care of yourselves, and enjoy the rest of the day. xxxx

We heard the fella tell our neighbour that he couldn't cut to far back into the conifers for the reason you said Mel as it would hit the brown leaves then it would never grow back. We'll just have to wait and see how much is taken off, but hope it's not to much so we loose our privacy from the house on the other side. We were very over looked when we first moved in here 12 years ago and have watched the conifer grow, it's also where all the birds build their nests, so if they take to much off the poor birds will suffer.

We've got sunshine here now and it's still quite warm. I've just put the hair colouring on so have to wait a bit now before washing it off. I decided to just to the roots and about 5 inches down from there this time as the bottom of my hair didn't need doing and with having such long hair one bottle isn't enough to do the whole lot. I normally have two bottles in at a time but forgot to replace the second bottle last time I used it. I'm thinking of going a shade lighter next time so will Google it to see how much lighter it is. If I keep going lighter year by year I can finally do one that blends in better with the grey then it won't need doing so often. Well, that's the plan anyway. It'll take a number of years but I won't be completely grey for ages yet, so it's not a problem.

I must of scratched my scalp a bit when I've been brushing my hair as it's stinging a bit since I put the colouring on, unless it's because I've put more on that area this time. Never mind it'll be washed out soon and at least I won't have 2 inches of grey showing at my roots anymore. I think I left it a bit to long to do, this time around.

Going to get a cuppa before I run a bath to rinse my hair. It's to long to rinse in the sink. I noticed last night that it's down to my waist again after having it cut last year. Not as long as your's though Mel.

What are you planning on making today? Are your makes for another craft fair this Christmas?

Its so dull here all the greens in the garden look dark.

Morning Gill and all,

I have a damp miserable day here this morning and very dull with it. Like Gill said it is not that cold though.

Bathroom cleaning today and then playing if its bright enough to see what I am doing.

Gill it is quite legal for the man to xcut off anything that overhangs his garden but I don't know whether he would be able to cut the top out of trees that are in a neibours garden without his permission. If you are going to cut conifers back you can only do it in the growing season I think and only into green growoth or they won't grow if you cut them into the brown branches.

I was fast asleep at 6am so I wold'nt have felt the earthquake anyway not right down here.

Oh I forgot to say.

Has anyone heard about the earthquake this morning, in the north east, it was only a small tremor, but enough to wake people up? I remember that happening to me when I was about 17 years old, back in the early 80's. It's weird when you're woken up like that, you feel like someone is shaking you to wake up, but when you open your eyes there's no one there. The one today was magnitude 2.8, about 5km from Middlesbrough, just before 6am this morning.

Morning all

Another damp morning here, but quite warm with it. I was quite busy yesterday, after my post in the morning, so didn't have a chance to get back on here.

I've decided to colour my hair today instead of tomorrow, with my hair being so long it can become quite tangled which makes colouring it harder even though I give it a good brush beforehand. It takes most of the day so I'll be making a start soon.

Yes, Frank, you reminded me of the time I had to look in the children's section for shoes once as I needed a size three of a pair I liked, they were small sizes so my usual size was to big. It's only happened once though as normally I can find what I like in the adult section. I have very small slim feet and most footwear is wide fitting so they fall off when I walk, which is dangerous. When I do find footwear that fits I normally buy more than one pair, but that doesn't happen very often. I hope you managed to order the flowers you wanted over the phone in the end.

I see you've been sorting again Ann. I went to sort out the cupboard in the dining room the other day, only to find it didn't need doing, so it looks like I've done all mine now the kitchen ones have been done.......well, for now anyway lol ;-) Fancy fixing water leaks in the middle of the night, surely it could be done during day light hours. It's not like resurfacing a road where it needs doing when there's hardly any traffic around. You must be quite tired with being disturbed all the time.

Hope the weather is better today for your shopping trip to Tesco AnnG. We had thick fog last night, but it's all gone this morning.

Pleased to see your dragon eye worked in your new oven Mel, they'll be no stopping you now you've got the hang of it.

So it was daffodils in the pots Vera, I hope they flower for you and you don't have to throw them away. That could of been nasty when the hot water bottle fell into holes, good job you tested it before using it or you could of got hurt. We always have hot water bottles in and have had them leak a bit when they get old, you have to be very careful don't you? Sorry to hear your OH was a bit grumpy with you yesterday, I know what that's like as my OH can be moody at times. I hope he's in a better mood today and not in as much pain. It sounds like he needs to have it checked out if it's still painful.

Your OH sounds really funny Mandy with those two comments, I'm still smiling now
:-D :-D :-D

Thinking of Jane today and hoping she's not feeling to bad with any dizziness she may have.

Our neighbour had someone to look at the large oak trees and conifers at the bottom of his garden yesterday, they belong to the neighbour over the back of him, we heard him asking the fella if he could cut the whole oak tree down, but apparently you need the councils permission to do that, so he's just going to cut the bits that are overhanging his garden and take a bit off the tops of the conifers. We're hoping he doesn't take to much off the top as it's giving us privacy from the house on the other side. I hope when he does cut some of the top and sides off they don't fall onto our fence and screening or fall over onto our trees, it's taken 12 years for our conifers to grow high enough to block the view from the house at the bottom of our garden, so we won't be to pleased if they are damaged. So with the trees and his roof it's going to be quite noisy here in a few weeks time as we heard the fella say he couldn't do the trees for about three weeks and if the Insurance are doing his roof that normally take a few weeks before they start, so it could end up with both jobs being done around the same time.

O silly me of course she was.

Gill was on here first thing this morning Mel maybe she has been busy today, hope she is ok.

The eye turned out well didn’t it?

Annx yes I have had the numbing gel which was good that was when our practice had a private dentist working there temporarily. Our practice is sort of semi private so cheaper than full private but more expensive than NHS. Just a check up is £24 but some treatment is dearer than NHS. My present dentice in the practice is quite young last time he deep cleaned he used a spray before injections but I am not keen on that as some tends to go down my throat and numbs the throat so I feel I can’t swallow.

O pooor G ann. Not the best thing to have when you have notes to read. Hope it goes quickly with the tablets.

I like the worn around the edges Mandy and both comments made me laugh.

AnnG I always think the worse part of shopping is the putting away too. There never seems to be any room in my cupboards and I only buy replacements for things I have used. I always buy two washing up liquids as oh washes his hands with it and if he is doing outside things on the mowers he washes his hands a lot and uses tons when he washes up for me. I think he fills the bowl about three times for different things.
Yes I am pleased with the eye but the only thing is the actual eye I painted has changed colour in the cooking. I shall have to try one only painted with acrylic paint and not put nail varnish on them. I did take a pic before and after and will send them on. I have to paint it yet as it is only in white clay as oh bought me a big block of that to practise with.

No Gill I hope she is ok today after her day off yesterday.

They sound very nice AnnG and I have a hankering for bacon egg and chips now with a squirt of tomato ketchup!! :-D I seem to remember having numbing gel put on my gums years ago for ordinary cleaning and small injections for the deep clean. It must have been when my old dentist went private. Once I retired I went to an NHS dentist in the village here instead of travelling into the city one.

OH was doing 'hunt the bin' earlier, as someone else had taken it off the front where the bin men leave it. It was our nextdoor neighbour who has a much bigger bin than us so you'd think he would notice wouldn't you or notice our house number in big letters on the side. Typical, he'd thrown some rubbish in it already which is a bit annoying as we use any unrecycleable polythene bags to put our messy rubbish in to keep our bin clean.

Custard creams are hubby's favourite biscuit as well Mandy. :-)

OH got a migraine just as he got to his meeting tonight, but had migraine tablets with him which was lucky. It is visual disturbance he gets these days rather than headaches so I hope he could see properly to do his notes. It should be gone in time for him to drive home. It would be the furthest away where he has gone with a 17 mile trip each way.

Vera worse part of shopping is putting it away. I expect you were ready for a rest afterwards.

Mandy no way could I have that done without injections.

Well tonight we had eggs and bacon cooked by OH and chips in the air fryer and they were absolutely lovely, much nicer than in the oven and they were oven chips too but they really crisped up. Most impressed.

Ah I expect you ended up on the eggshell path after your head was snapped off Vera. :-) I think I get irritated and a bit snappy when I have a bad back. I expect the dining chair gives more support and would be easier to get out of too. We have 2 hot water bottles and use them mostly on our aches and pains!! We had to chuck one out and got another when OH collected his glasses from Boots recently as I had just read that you shouldn't keep them more that 2 years. OH got his foot burnt as a child when his mum used an old hot water bottle and it ripped open.

Ha ha Mandy! He's on the ball today isn't he and I like the idea of just being worn around the edges! lol. I just wondered where the birds would stick a fog light! We always wonder where they all go at night in the winter, when they would show up if they were on the bare trees.

Well done Mel! Let's hope you have cracked it......oh no I shouldn't say that!!

Evening all,

Dreary day here after yesterdays nice sunshine ,we went to Aldi and Tesco and then onto Mole Valley for Max's food .
When we were sat having breakfast we were watching the birds in the trees and i said to Colin it's funny how the birds don't seem to fly about when its foggy and he came back with "well no because they don't have any lights " :-D
Then this afternoon we were saying about people paying for things with cards and not cash any more and he said "even old people use cards these days " i said well we're old and he said "no we're not we're just worn around the edges " :-D

Jane i hope you've had a comfortable day after the treatment and that you don't have the sickness and dizziness like last time <3 Custard Creams are Colin's favourite biscuits

Oh well done Mel i'm glad it's come out ok i bet you couldn't wait for it to cool down so you could have a look .

Ann my wardrobe is packed tight like yours ,i have a sort out and then find i put most of back ,did sort through my bras a while ago and i had some i had hardly worn so they went to the charity shop ,the ones with the wires in mostly .

Hope you've enjoyed the stew Frank ,don't think i've used shin either for a stew it's usually stewing beef or braising steak like Mel .
What is Ros knitting is it still the poppies she's doing ?

Oh AnnG i should think you would need injections to have them work on your teeth if they need to go digging down into the gum , i should think you have a sore mouth for a while after .

Vera it's funny you mentioning about hot water bottles ,i was only thinking the other day i really should look at the hot water bottle i have in the cupboard as i haven't used it for a few years , that could have been a bit dangerous pouring hot water into the bottle and it going into holes ,it's usually the stopper that leaks the rubber just perishes .
I bet you've been racking your brain all day with what you had planted in the pots i know i would have :-D so annoying when you carn't remember .
Oh poor OH back to the hard dining chair , i hope he soon feels better .

Great stuff Mel. Don't forget to send us pictures.

I got all my jobs done and cooked our main meal lunchtime. I did a stir fry with chicken, various veg and noodles. I also did a few odd jobs. I found 3 hot water bottles at the back of a cupboard. I can't remember when we last used a hot water bottle so decided to test them out. Two seem absolutely fine and have gone back in the cupboard for emergencies but the other one just fell into holes when I put the hot water in, so that's in the bin. Now I'm waiting for Tesco to deliver my order. They are supposed to be coming between 5 and 6 pm.

I've remembered what's in my two large pots. It's daffodils. A friend bought me two small pots of daffs two years ago. They had lots of leaf but they never bloomed. When I had a look there were 6 bulbs crowded into each very small pot so I took them out of those pots and replanted them into the two big pots - half a dozen bulbs in each. If they don't bloom this year I'll dump them.

I stopped at this point as Tesco arrived. Now everything is spread over the work surfaces waiting to be put away.

I hope you are free of sickness and dizziness Jane and get a good night's rest.

OH is back sitting on a hard dining chair as the recliner was not helping much and he's quite grumpy today. I think it's boredom and frustration as much as pain but I've had my head snapped off a couple of times. I'll go and make him a CoT and give him a couple of choccy biscuits, perhaps that will cheer him up. Then I must get all this shopping put away.

Well done mel!

Its worked ok!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gosh that is a small size shoe Mel, you would be lucky in sales as there are always small sizes for sale.

Good luck with the eye, fingers crossed it hasn't cracked.

I do remember when our daughter was just eatin solid food I suppose in 1962/3 I used to slow cook shin in the oven for a long time until it had cooked right down and could be mashed with vegetables, she loved it and it tasted lovely.

I take a size 3 or four in my shoes. It depends on the width for me as I have a high instep and quite a wide foot and of course the funny toe that won't go up since injuring it and destroying the cartiledge (sp).