General Chat

Chimney all swept and I've got all dusted and hoovered , son got about half a small bucket of soot so not to bad, he also put a new battery in my car remote, put the joiner on the dishwasher pipe and sorted the front camera which had stopped doing a full record it hasn't worked properly since the CID came to get some recordings so I think it might have been them that mucked it up but all sorted now.

Ann I hope OH doesn't have to wait to long for the results of his MRI scan .
I'm getting on with Laceys blanket just 6 more aquares to do ,I did ask Chelsea what colours she wanted for hers and she said White,Grey and two shades of pink so I might buy the wool tomorrow so I can start her squares while I'm sewing Laceys together .

Mel perhaps bil is a bit worried he might make the problem worse on your PC ,didn't you say Ed would look at it.

It's lovely and warm in the sunshine, I have two old sheets on the line that we laid over the carpet ,I hope no-one thinks they are off the bed as one has a hole in it.

What's wrong with it Mel? Can you even get into it with your password? Is the screen blank?

Been in the garden all morning sweeping the leaves off the decking so he can no them up. sived one lot of mealworms and sorted another lot of nice big ones for Robby.

I have to send in bits and pieces as I keep losing the posts.

Yes still on ipad thing. Bro in law is here and mowing. Asked him about the pc but he dos,my seem to want to know and keeps telling me new ones are cheaper now. He doesn't seem to want to do oh,s for me either.

It's me

Afternoon All,

I hope it's a good journey home AnnG. I know Fridays can be busy with commuters on some roads on a Friday.

Vera it sounds like your grandaughter's horse is being exercised with some lungeing if she's been longreined doing circles. I bet your granddaughter is looking forward to and excited at thoughts of hacking with her. I think your OH needs you to do a map of your garden you can make photocopies of and hand him one marked with what is to be planted/moved and to where. Come to think of it, I should have done one for my OH too!

It will be a good job done getting your chimney swept now Mandy before it gets colder and I hope it doesn't make much mess. How are you doing now with the other blankets?

OH has been for his MRI scan this morning that the NHS rheumatologist wanted. I wonder how long he will have to wait now for the appointment to see him with the results.

Are you still on your Ipad Mel?

Morning girls,

Grey and chilly here this morning but dry.

Is it today you come home Anng? If it is I hope you have a good journey.

Did you all sleep well?

Morning Anng, morning all,

Bright and sunny but a bit fresh out ,I nipped out to the shed to get the things in for son to sweep the chimney, he'll be here early so we want yo be ready for him .

Safe journey home Anng hope the traffic isn't to bad should be a dry day for travelling.

Just having my cuppa then I'll get on .

Good morning all, up early to check out, first up so I get to empty the dish washer :-D

Third time lucky! Sounds like you had a good time looking over AC,s house i bet it was interesting it's somewh I have never been.

Good buy of the books for T then ANNX i bet he,s pleased with his bargain.

I am going to post this as I have lost it twice.

Afternoon all
We’ve got a bit of sun at the moment and it’s dry and not too cold so quite pleasant. I managed a short stint in the garden this morning before my back gave up on me. I cleared a couple of tubs and troughs of dead or dying annuals and did a little bit of weeding, though not enough to make much difference. I really don’t like the garden at the moment. It used to flow nicely but OH won’t plan anything properly and tends to take things out and shove other things in willy nilly so it’s a hodge podge now. The latest thing is that he wants to move a rather blowsy double fuchsia that I don’t like from outside the garage to the back garden as I apparently said I wanted some colour there against a fence there. Somehow he has forgotten that I said it needed lightening up in that area and we had agreed to take out a large fern and move a white Red Valerian there. What would you do with him?

Sainsbury’s arrived spot on time at 2 pm. There was nothing missing and no subs so that was good. It still seemed to take me ages to repack some bits for the freezer and put the rest away. Thank goodness we no longer do all the wiping down we used to do.

Mel, what has happened to your pc? Can you do anything on it or does it not come on at all? Hopefully Ed will be able to sort it out for you.

I hope you don’t catch your daughter’s cold AnnG. My daughter was just getting over one when we went away with her for a couple of days. Colds and bugs seem to be doing the rounds again. Did you get to Greenways? I’ve never been there but a while ago I read a biography of Agatha Christie and there was quite a lot about the house . Oh, I see from a new post that you did go there. It sounds the sort of house I would like. I can’t believe you are packing up to come home. Where has that week gone? Safe journey back.

I’m glad your doctors’ appointments went OK Annx but what a faff having to book with two different doctors. Gone are the days of the family doctor who knew you well and treated you for everything. I hope you have enjoyed your belated anniversary lunch.

The girls and Lewis will enjoy their water colour sets Mandy. We haven’t got a Range anywhere near here. They didn’t want to take over our HomeBase when it closed which is a pity.

Granddaughter texted this morning and said it might be her fault I couldn’t see the videos etc as she had turned something off on her phone but I think the problem was my end as the EE site told me it had all downloaded successfully. I suspect it might be my phone is too old to receive from such an up to date programme. Anyway, it’s not a problem as gd managed to send it all to me via WhatsApp with some extra photos as well. As I suspected the videos were of her horse Moira. Son mentioned in his last phone call that the horse had been away somewhere but was due back soon but I never got to ask why or where. These videos were taken while she was away. In one a man is walking her on a long lead up a lane and in the other the same chap is trotting her on a long lead round a training circle. She is a beautiful looking horse and seems very calm. Gd tells me she is now long leading her down the lane from the stables in company with other horses and hopes to be able to do a short hack with her soon.

That’s more than enough for one post and it’s high time I had my next cuppa. Waving hallo to Gwyn and anyone else who looks in ~~~~~~~~~~ Have a nice evening everyone.

Just checking in to get to the !last page to read your
Posts.

We had a good morning at Greenways. The house is not big but every room is full of stuff that AC collected, and her son added to the collection too. So many beautiful little pill boxes and a large number of beautifully engraved wooden boxes, China and pottery by the cupboard full and one huge number of book shelves where all the books are AC first editions. It has been a beautiful day warm and brilliant sun and blue sky. Not possible to sit out as there are clouds of tiny flies, we assume from the trees.

After the house we walked out through the trees and past the walled garden to the view point overlooking the estuary. Of the Dart.

We then had very nice pasties for lunch then drove back to the lodge via Th Range where we bought a few bits.
Now more or less packed.

Morning All,

Slept well and got an appointment at the docs as I needed the annual checkup for one condition and needed to see about two other issues too so ended up with a double appointment with one doctor and a single appointment with another although all three issues could be connected! What a world we live in and thank goodness we can still drive. All is well and sorted now and prescriptions sent to the pharmacy. OH had a wander round the charity shops while I was there and has bought 7 books for £5, all in very good condition. What a bargain and he was quite chuffed with them.

I thought you had a new PC Mel, so I wonder what has happened with it? I assume it switches on ok.

Vera, some success then with finding your download folder, but like you say where did the downloads go I wonder?? I hope your Granddaughter can help or try sending them again.

I hope you don't catch the cold AnnG and enjoy your visit to Agatha Christie's house. I've never been there, probably because I didn't know about it years ago.

We've decided to go to the Italian restaurant for a much belated anniversary meal. It's good there as with all the seperate dishes you can choose the healthier things.

Enjoy your visit have you been there before? Iv,e seems it on the tv.

Morning girls,

Still no pc working I,m on my tablet again it's 15degrees and cloudy.

Ed is coming at lunchtime to see if he can sort the pc out.I

Hope you all slept well.

Good morning all. Light cloud here, dry and no wind.
Daughter seems to have developed a cold which is ominous for me if I catch it as my vacc is due Saturday week.
Today we are probably going to Greenways NT it is Agatha Christie’s house.

Good morning

It seems a bit cooler again and still a bit grey though the weather app says it’s sunny. I’m not sure what I’ll be doing today. None of the group are meeting for our usual coffee so I have the morning free but there’s plenty of h/w to be done if I can get motivated. This afternoon Sainsbury are delivering between 2 and 3 pm. Have a good day whatever you are doing.

Hope you all sleep well tonight.

No Mandy I didn't go to stu,a on Sunday as JOhn didn't come to do the
Plastering.

Still no pc. Hope Ed can do something tomorrow for me.