General Chat

Vera ooh that was an awful bad back by the sound of it, hope it clears up soon and that you sleep tonight. Yes Christmas is sad snd/or lonely for many people, it is obviously T I. missed most this year but it is also daughters late husband who died on this day I. 2014 and my Dad died on Christmas Day 2001

You had some lovely presents. Hope granddaughter is negative soon.

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keyboard on the blink - or it could be me as I'm tired.

I’m pleased you each had a good Christmas. We did too but I have spared a thought for those who are alone or those who simply don’t enjoy this time of year.

We had a lovely time at my daughter’s, just the 4 of us until the evening when a close friend of daughter joined us for a couple of hours. Grandson joined us on Boxing Day morning, again just for a couple of hours, and it was lovely to see him. He arrived looking very embarrassed - he had bought us all presents and left them behind at his flat!

Santa was very good to me. I had mentioned to OH that my dressing gown was past its best and so that’s what he got me. Not one, but two. They are a sort of velour and both very pale colours so may get grubby so when one’s in the wash I’ll have a spare. Other gifts for me were an M & S voucher, smellies, several pairs of the socks I like and, as joint gifts with OH we had a bee and insect house, a metal hedgehog garden ornament and some garden solar lights. We also had a voucher for afternoon tea for 4 in our own home.

We had a long FaceTime call with son and family after Christmas dinner. I don’t know how it was set up but granddaughter was able to join in from her isolation in her room. She wasn’t her usual bubbly self and looked very pale and heavy eyed. With luck she’ll get a negative test and be out of isolation in the next couple of days.

Yes, several of us have sad memories at Christmas time. My fil died in the early hours of Boxing Day in 2004 and today was the date last year when my brother went into hospital for the last time and I wasn’t able to see him. I sent a few thoughts your way AnnG as you were in the same position with your loved one.

I have had a problem over Christmas. I had a bad back for several days before Christmas and over Christmas it got worse and worse. I didn’t want to spoil things for everyone else so I just gritted my teeth, took painkillers when no-one was looking, and tried to join in everything. I even managed to go for a longish walk in the drizzle but by the time we got home at 7 last night I was in a terrible state what with the pain and hardly having slept for 3 nights. I was in bed by 8 and was in agony all night so OH insisted I stayed in bed today. I do feel a lot better now. What was excruciating is now just painful and I have slept on and off all day. I don’t know how well I’ll sleep tonight now but at least I can distract myself with a book which I couldn’t do last night.

OH is just cooking us a meal and wants to bring mine up on a tray as he did with a sandwich earlier today but I am insisting on sitting at the kitchen table to eat, even if I come back to bed straight after.

Ann shame you had a wet day. I think we have rain to come this next week, we hope for some dry weather as we will be at Far Sawrey near Hawkeshead this Wednesday for a week and hope to get some short walks in. Joe’s girls will join us for New Year.

It is a pretty sunset here at the moment but I can’t photograph it as it is an awkward angle. Sort of round the corner from the house over the sea.

Afternoon All,

I slept well too but stayed in bed longer than OH who was getting ready for footie.

Mandy I would have loved your books too. Do you follow the Chateau on FB? Some of the things people make and restore are beautiful. I think Miriam is brilliant in Call The Midwife and think children must love her and her outrageousness! I bet the children loved showing you their presents and that you will need that rest later! :-D

What a pain when the PC freezes Island. I hope it has loosened up again now and that today is a tad better for you.

No chance of any washing here as it rained heavily as soon as OH set off for the match. Phil knows the routine doesn't he and when food is due! It's getting the same here with the Pigeons and Magpies. They sit on the fence and top of the arbour waiting in theafternoon. Two collared doves have appeared the past few days as well. It's a good job they can't get at the fat balls or the little birds wouldn't stand a chance. Hopefully Phil is lying low in your garden after hearing the shoot!

I bet it was nice to get a little fresh air with a walk round the harbour AnnG, even though the day had a sad memory too about your first SIL passing away. I think we all eventually have a sadness of some sort around Christmas. I had first MIL's funeral just a few days before Christmas many years ago now. I remember going for a work Christmas meal after the funeral as my first OH insisted I went. I even remember wearing a dark brown midi length mac to it.

Good afternoon Mel and Island. I slept well last night as well.

My fingers were like your laptop Island...... frozen. We just went for a walk round the harbour at Maryport. Sunny with some cloud but very sharp. And I have been sitting too long because my legs really ached after walking. We intended stopping in the little cafe for coffee but it was crowded so we didn’t go in and it was too cold to sit outside.so we came back home. Peaceful at home as Greg and Izzy have gone shopping in Carlisle. :-)

Just lost a post!!

Hi Island hope the pc behaves itself and you can get back on here later on. Have you been making anything lately? <3

We've had a little sunshine this morning and the washing is on the line bu we've also had rain and at the moment its very dark and gloomy so I don't think it will dry much.

Just going to do a sandwich and then its roast beef for tonight with all the trimmings.

Hope Frank had a good Christmas we need to hear from him and Gill too. we now know Island is about and posting so why can't we hear from the others.

We've had the Boxing Day shoot going on over the back forest and fields so I hope Phil is in the garden somewhere.

I must feed the birds too as oh put fat balls out this morning and we had a LTT attack so thye need pesnuts and seed.

Hi all
Grim and grey here today.
my laptop keeps freezing :-| I'll catch up when it stops sulking.

Morning all,

We have a little blue sky out the front this morning and old Phil is up on the wall in his usual place surveying his grounds. when he sees me go to the garage he comes for his breakfast and the same in the evening he turns up just as I go to corn them. Last night he waas'nt about so I called to him and put his corn in the usual place and did the chickens . When I came back to the workshop to put the scoop away he had nearly finished his corn so he must have heard me.

We had a lie in this morning, well I did and oh came back to bed as he always gets up very early in the small hours.

Hope you all slept well. I went out like a light again lat night.

Good morning all a sunny morning with blue sky but looks cold. We hope to get out for a walk later down by the sea. Seven years ago today the daughter’s first husband died. Time goes so fast. Hope you all have a peaceful day, almost a return to normal.

Morning all

Hope you all enjoyed Christmas, we had a lively time it just went so quickly ,had some nice presents ,books I had the two Escape to the Chateau books and a Miriam Margoyl one ,a Cath Kidson apron and a Cath Kidson bag ,chocolates and lots of other bits and pieces .

I have the washer on and I've just emptied the dish washer which has done overtime the last two days .

Quite dull today and only 5 degrees, we're off to sons later to see all the presents that the children got and then home for a nice rest .

I am confused now I am sure there was another post from Island that mentioned about people enjoying Christmas and that not everyone was all sparkly. Did I imagine that or not?

I think you mentioned in an email that you were still having 'effects' from the new meds or dosage Island. Does your 'no' mean you are no better or that you aren't having a good Christmas or both?

Your presents up to now sound great Mel and I do like the sound of those wireless earphones, which are ideal for listening to your books as you say. :-) It's a nuisance your ear is aching again and I hope it has settled down again now. I'm not surprised your cake took a while to decorate with the intricate decorations you made. It's really lovely! Tell your OH I said he's a lucky man!!! lol. :-D :-D.

I don't think I mentioned that OH broke that tooth the hospital and dentist dispute who should take it out for him. Well, eating a mince pie after lunch today I lost half a tooth. It's the one the dentist said at my last checkup might be tricky to extract. I'm also a bit nervous now after the injection made me have shaky, tremors inside the last time I had a tooth out. It isn't aching and when I had a look it seems to be all filling under where it broke so unless I break the other half off I will leave it for now. It looks like there may be another lockdown in the next week or so and the dentist will only deal with emergencies then if so. Why do these things always happen at weekends or bank holidays? :-S

AnnG it sounds like you had some lovely gifts. I could do with some new birdfeeders too and a new pole. What kind of things did Inara have for Christmas? I am out of touch with what things young children have these days. I see Hobbycraft have started their sale with some good reductions, so I am going to order some art stuff like paint pads and acrylic paints as there are good reductions

OH is watching footie on the telly and going to a match tomorrow.

It's nice not having to cook today, except for poached eggs this morning. OH wants turkey and ham sandwiches later which he will get and there is plenty else to eat.

I've sent a pic of Ted in his jumper. :-D

Thank you Ann but no!
I'm a bit confused - how, where, did you hear from me? :-S

Good morning all dry here but we have lost the sun now. Not used to having so many people all talking at once early in the morning. However it only feels like a crowd there are only five of us. One more expected lunch time plus dog.

We ate late yesterday and probably drank too much Prosecco, wine and Baileys but I slept well. Dreamt a lot though.

I had some nice presents and still have a gift card to spend in Pandora from daughter. Had a giant box of milk tray from daughter too plus a lot of smaller gifts.also had books, a portaPuzzle, smelliest, a very attractive bird feeder plus bird food, an attractive tea light holder which is like a bubble with a robin on it.. yes very happy with all I had

New keyboard is set up now and I now have to get used to it as its much smaller than my old one and the mouse is smaller too. The mouse is nt responding as it should but I will get there in the end.

Unfortunate Morning Ann and Morning all others,

So sorry you had a bad night Ann hope you can get back into a routine soon.

Can't wait to see Ted in his new jumper after all this time. The wireless headphones I can walk all around the kitchen in and still listen to my talking books. I also had a new cd player with a blue tooth speaker that I can take in the uti room and listen to my tapes so I have been really spoiled this year. Still got 8 pressies to open today plus two from Em and her mum. I hope the boys liked their Christmas eve presents as they are getting older now its a bit hard to know what to give them.

I itched my left ear yesterday and ever since I have had that earache I get. Its still here this morning and I am hoping its going to go off today.

Glad you liked the cake and it took me three days to do it as I had to wait till the things dried and then I broke a few leaves putting them on the cake.

Morning All,

I think going to bed later has upset my body clock as I couldn't sleep all night so here I am!

Those were handy pressies for you Mel and I know you didn't like your old keyboard. It has never occurred to me that you could get wireless headphones, but what a good idea. Your decorating of your Christmas cake is brilliant! It would take me all day to do something like that!

While we were watching TV yesterday after our lunch we saw a Buzzard through the patio door fly really low towards us just above the bottom fence. It's wingspan was huge and it veered off to the left. You don't realise just how big they are with only usually seeing them high in the sky.

Ted is wearing his jumper I started knitting ages ago. I finally finished it Mandy! I will send a pic later.

Nice to hear from you Island and I hope you are ok now on your meds and are having a nice Christmas whatever you are doing.

Well do I get up or try to go to sleep? I think I'll give it another hour!

Gosh I have had some lovely pressies. I did get a new keyboard with the right kind of keys on it I like. Its got the raised keys that my findgers stay on and a nice big Escape button.

Headphones too wire less.

Thanks :-S