General Chat

I meant to say I had a postcard from my neighbours Janine and Simon and it was plastic!! Same as ususal pictures on one side and writing on the other. They are in the Netherlands and went to see the tulip field for her birthday, Have any of you lot had a plastic postcard?

Morning Anng and all,

Cloudy here this morning and its 14 degrees and going to stay cloudy most of the day.

Have to have a good tidy up today and a hoover as Stu should come tonight and get the dinner out of the freezer so it defrosted ready to cook. Its only sausage and mash tonight so nice and easy or I may bung everyhing in the oven for a tray bake and do a bit of cheesey leeks. Will see how I feel later on.

Slept well.

good morning all sunny and 12 degrees. going to town in a bit, catching the bus of course. Chiropodists appointment. Vera, good to see one of your long posts. OH is obviously OK after his fall if he was able to vacuum for you. Glad that you had a nice time with your friends, at least yu could relax then.

It's been a sunny day and warm in sheltered spots but there has been quite a strong and cold wind blowing.

I am sorry your legs are still giving you so much pain AnnG. It does sound as if you need to see the doctor again. Don't do anything too strenuous for a day or two to give them a bit of time to recover from your last bout of gardening.

Gosh Mel, a 1/12 scale lemon squeezer sounds really fiddly. If anyone could manage it, you could. Don't forget to show us when it's finished.

You're getting sorted out with your veg Mandy and reminded me again that we need more compost from Roys. We only bought 1 bag last time and OH usually buys 3 or 4

I hope your arm doesn't feel too bruised and sore after your jab Annx. Mine was aching for about 3 days but nothing too bad. It sounds as though you need to give your legs and back a good rest from gardening or any heavy work for a few days. Did you enjoy your ice cream?

Today a friend picked me up at 12.15 and 6 of us met up for lunch to celebrate a birthday. We went to a place we hadn't been to before and the food was excellent. We all just had a drink and a main course and all 6 of us cleared our plates. Then it was back to the birthday girl's house for coffee and cakes and lots of chat and laughter. I got back home about 6 pm to find OH, bless his little cotton bedsocks, had hoovered right through for me. Where did the bedsocks expression come from? I'll have to google.

I do still intend to tell you all that was happening here from Friday to yesterday but it will take me a little while and I am so tired now. By the time I do tell you it will be ancient history. Right now it's time for the last lot of tablets for the day, clean my teeth and get into that cosy bed, though I'll probably read for an hour or so. I hope everyone has a good, pain free night.

Mandy yes I do intend to make an appointment with the doctor, it takes a bit of planning as I can only get there by one bus if Cynth is away and that bus is hourly.

Evening all,

Been a nice sunny day but very chilly with the wind ,we went down to the shed and sorted out the canes for the runners this afternoon and decided we'd get a few more tomorrow when we go shopping ,hopefully Roys will have some and we need to get a couple of bags of Roys compost too, It was really cold near the shed but we were in the shade
This morning we called at Tesco's for a few bits bur apart from doing that and sorting the canes we haven't done much else .

Ann I hope you enjoyed your ice cream ,we haven't had any ice cream yet this year but I did buy a tub for the freezer as we like a cornet in the summer and sometimes we have a little with some fruit .
That's good you were in and out quickly for your jab ,we called at the doctors this morning and dropped our scripts in ,Colin said there was no one in there ,when you think before covid the waiting rooms would be full .

Anng the little walk must have helped your stiff legs , do you think you should have a word with the doctor if they are painful at night .

Mel that sounds a fiddly little thing to make ,looking forward to seeing the finished result .

I did walk down to Irene’s with some charity stuff. It was hard walking against the wind going and fast coming back :-D my legs were stiff but they are not too bad now. I have done nothing else all day except read the mail on line and a couple of emails. I have walked round the garden in the sun. And rescued the nearly empty wheelie bins from across the drive where they were blown.

That sounds nice Annx. May have to treat myself to one out of the freezer with a few fresh raspberries.

Its a bit windy here and its again blowing all the bits off the tree into both ponds so I have been fishing this morning so I can feed them.

Had the first ones out of the moulds and now I have cleaned them up a bit I am going to take another mould of them.

Afternoon All,

Sunny and bright, but windy after yesterday being so cold. I've just got back from having my covid jab and was in and out 10 minutes before my appointment was due which was good. I had the same nurse that did my blood tests yesterday and you hardly feel the needle go in she is so gentle. I expect my arm will feel bruised later though. There were hardly any people there today and loads of parking spaces so it looks like people were enjoying the fine weather instead of visiting the doctors.

I had to request a refund on some actimel drinks Asda delivered on Sunday as they were out of date by yesterday! No quibbles though as they sent a refund off after a few minutes.

Oh Vera I think your OH will have to not do steps unless you are there to hold them. Thank goodness he wasn't badly hurt. OH had some aluminium steps of mine bend and collapse when he helped paint my tall garage doors at my old house. He fell onto them and cracked a rib so you can do some damage without even falling far. I think we are all having to take extra care as we are getting older. I left the kettle lid up boiling the kettle a few weeks ago and the steam filling the kitchen has left streaky runs all over the doors of the high wall cupboards and walls. They all need washing and I'm trying to work out the best way to do it safely, probably with something with a long handle!

Mel the lemon squeezer sounds like those you twizzle a lemon half on and it must be fiddly to make.

AnnG I seem to have done the same with my knees and back as you have with your leg. I was bending and lunging forward further with my knee than usual in the garden for a few days, hoping with exercise it would improve, but think I must have overdone it as they've both been troublesome since so I've had to leave things for now. I had pain straightening my legs in the night which hasn't happened before. It's good you are having an easier day today, but isn't it frustrating wanting to get on and get things done.

OH is out shortly, so I am going to pop out to a garden centre and to treat myself to an icecream as well.

Morning Anng and all,

Nice bright sunny morning here and its 11 degrees with a cooling trend over the next 5 days according to the pc.

Nothinjg planned here apart from something I have been asked if I could make of all thing a lemon squeezer in 1/12 scale. Its tiny. Don't knbw yet if its going to work but I'll let you know.

good morning all. sunny here again but still windy I think and 8 degrees so far. Not sure what I am going to do today, had a bad night with my leg very painful, I half guessed it might be, three days quite intensive gardening when I knew I had put pressure on my legs bending leaning over etc. Plus walking to and from the hairdressers yesterday. I took a couple of parasetamols in the night and finally woke at 0830 so had quite a bit od sleep. an easy day I think today.

Goodness Vera I am pleased that your OH is ok. Maybe now is the time he will realise he should not be up a step ladder. Did he slip or forget which step he was on. That was a trip you could have done without.

Oh my goodness Vera ,no more step ladders from now on for him me thinks ,I hope he's not to bruised and sore today ,that could have been very nasty .
Colin would go up a ladder if he had his way but I stop him as I know his legs wouldn't hold him now ,and to think he use to stand on the roof of a house or walk up the tiles to the chimney and not batter an eye about it .
Well we had some lovely sunshine and I got all the washing dry , we dug some compost into the garden where the runners are going but never got round to doing the canes .
I did have a good hoover through and a bit of a dust .

The suns just come out for the first time today now the day is nearly over.

Hallo ladies
I am still in the land of the living but the last few days have been so hectic that I haven't had a moment to do a proper post. I have read everyone's posts in bed late at night so I have seen what you have all been up to. I will try in the next day or two to tell you all that's been going on from our friend's funeral on Friday to yesterday when my very own Mr Accident-In-Waiting managed to fall off a step ladder outside so we were at the hospital till 1.30 this morning. Thankfully, he is OK so we were able to come home. Sunny here but with a cold wind. Enjoy the sun if you've got it. I'll be back soon.

Meant to say two subs returned my coffee and I also returned my butter as I had ordered unsalted by mistake and Jim bless him said he's not supposed to refund that as thats what I ordered but he did so I got £10.26 off my bill.

No wind here and its 13 degrees and has got brighter although still cloudy out the front.

Shopping did'nt come till just before 1pm so it has put me all behind and I am trying to make a new mould of a lemon squeezer the old fashioned type.

what a change in the weather, yesterday short sleeved Tee shirt, today camisole, long sleeved tee shirt and sweater and winter coat. It was cold and very windy walking to and from the hairdresser. It is actualy 10 degrees here at the moment.

it is only 8 degrees here and feels cold, I have just added a sweater.It is also windy and complete cloud cover so not really a pleasant day for a walk.

Morning all,

Was late up and I'd had a strange dream about mum and Ron and oh and do ing the garden.

Its 12 degrees here and a cloudy grey morning but at the mo its dry.

I hav'nt got my hair up yet and the shoppings due between 11am and 1pm so must do that. Two subbs nd I order two of the decaff coffee I klike and thats both the subs so that will be goijng back and I shall be £7 better off. I only buy it when its on rollback and I have one in the cupboard so shall try for it again next week.