General Chat

I’m pleased that your wound seems to be healing at last AnnG and the nurse was gentle and you’ve got some cream now.

I am happy again now. We left our boiler problem with British Gas for a quote and they have really got moving. They rang at 5.30. It’s MORE EXPENSE as Frank would say but the quote was less than we expected and the boiler will fit in the same space as the existing one so they haven’t got to knock walls about. There’s a 5 year guarantee and the annual fee we pay to cover things like the service and a few other things will come down because it’s a new boiler. But the best bit is that we are on their over-70s list so we they treat us as a priority and will fit it this Thursday :-D

O poor you Vera Lets hope its not too expensive to have a new one. I think we should be having a new one really but we are hanging on.

Good you had a nice gentle nurse today Anng it makes all the difference and now you have new cream too. Lets hope this does the trick for you. When have you got to go again? next week?

Just as I had finished indoors putting stuff away and doing our pills for the week and went to corn the girls oh decided it was time to sit by the pond with a coffee. So that stopped me doing what I was going to do, clear out the soak tray by the seats at the pond and get some plants up there. Its got lots of leaves in it from when the red tree was bitten by the wind or frost whatever it was. I did notice they have one at the crossroads up the road and whatever it was has got that one too.

He is out on the mower again now.

Oh dear Vera, that is not good. Every time our boiler is serviced I wait for that verdict as it is about 25 years old.

Nurse said the wound was looking quite good. The pharmacy phoned and I collected the replacement cream before going to the surgery. She was the most gentle nurse I have had so far.

I am not happy :-(. We have got to have a new boiler. The engineer has hung a label on it which says “Danger. Do not use”. He says the boiler was never fitted properly in the first place. I think it was put in when the house was built in 2009 and I suspect the builder used the cheapest fitter he could get. I did ask why it hadn’t been found at an earlier service and OH gave me an explanation which was a bit technical for me but sort of made sense. I dread to think what a new boiler is going to cost and wonder how we would get on if we couldn’t afford it. In the meantime we have no heating so good job it's summer, and we’ve had to put the immersion heater on for the first time ever so the leccy bill will go up.

Off to drown my sorrows in a cup of tea now.

I have cleaned the bathroom and cloakroom and dusted my bedroom.
Pharmacist has just phoned and left a message on the answer phone to say she has contacted the surgery and they have suggested another cream which she has there waiting for me so I will collect that before going to the surgery.

Tony used to be quite good at changing his slippers for shoes if he was actually gardening, as am I, but neither of us were/are good if just 'popping out'.

(Oh bought new flip flop slippers so he could go inthe garden with his old ones and keep the new ones for indoors. What did he do? the first time he had the new ones on his feet he wenty out to the workshop in them.

I am nearly through the wipe down but thought I would see if anyone had posted and you all had!!

Back to work.

This morning I had a spider suck up right through the kitchen bathroom little loo hall and bedroom.

It looks as though we are going to get a dry day at last, though it’s still chilly. It’s about 15 degrees but feels less because there’s quite a stiff breeze from the north east.

I hope the nurse is gentle with you AnnG and they can get your steroid cream sorted out. It’s very frustrating when something is prescribed for you and then isn’t available.

Mel, we pinch out our side shoots all the time. OH and I automatically check every time we’re by the plants and pinch them out when they are about an inch or so long. Mine are all outside in pots. That was annoying treading some muck in on your carpet. It’s so easy to do. I had a little go at OH this morning. We each have a pair of garden clogs that sit by the back door This morning he put his clogs on then, instead of going out the back door, walked through the utility, the kitchen and the conservatory to go out the conservatory door. Where’s the sense in that? I sometimes think he was back of the queue when common sense was handed out.

I laughed at the grandchildren’s plaque for Colin, Mandy. They obviously know him well ;-)

I have managed to hoover downstairs this morning and am trying to decide if I can tackle the ironing. Standing is the most painful for me. Oh has said he will do it if I want but it’s the one household job that he doesn’t normally do. He is sooo slow and can’t seem to fold anything so he drapes stuff over tables, chairs and anything else that’s handy. I obviously have never trained him properly.

We have British Gas coming this afternoon to service the boiler. OH only rang to book the service yesterday and was surprised to be fitted in so quickly.

I think I’ll slip a jacket on and go and walk round the garden. That’ll take about 30 seconds lol.

Morning All,

Another good sleep and I had a job to be ready in time for my course! The window cleaner has been as well so that's out of the way.

That must be the reason for the different charge then Mel. Like you we were just glad to be able to sort something at the start of the pandemic so I took the first thing I saw. Maybe I should look to change the day now as I would prefer a week delivery. We very rarely shopped at Asda before the pandemic, even though there is a large one almost next door to Sainsbury's just down the road. OH wasn't keen on the clientelle there! At the start of the pandemic I joined Sainsbury's on line shopping as well as Asda, We usually shopped at Sainsbury's before but they mucked about giving priority to others and you couldn't have recurring slots so it was too much hassle to book slots so we stayed with Asda instead. I must admit Asda save you quite a lot on your bill with their deals and we have found we now prefer some of the things they do. We also have a Tesco not far away but I haven't done weekly shopping there for a few years. I thought they tended to cater mostly for families with sizes of things at that time. I like Morrisons, but the nearest is in the city where the virus is worst so we wouldn't want deliveries from there

It was the last pastel class this morning and we did a big wave! The teacher is doing a one session brush pen flower class in a month or two, that I might join, but otherwise she'll repeat the classes we have done, till the Spring when she is doing an improvers class for pastels. I might try that. Just one more pen and wash class next week and that will be the end of those too.

Lunch next, something quick as OH has another meeting. He has his eye on the bacon from the farm shop, so I think a brunch/breakfast is on the cards.

What a game it is this time AnnG, with different nurses and now a shortage of the cream. I remember what a panic we had when OH's eyedrops were out of stock everywhere when he had his laser surgery. We ended up having to go back to the hospital to get some. I hope this nurse turns out to be good.

Better get started now before OH's meeting later so will BBL and read the rest of the posts.

Morning all,

Lovely sunshine here so we're getting some jobs done in the garden, I need to pull out a lot of the old bluebell leaves in the front so I can get my Dhalias in and the grass needs cutting and I need to weed as the rain has helped the weeds grow.

Anng I hope you get on OK today when you see the nurse perhaps she might suggest a different cream if this one is hard to get .

Looking forward to seeing Ann's pastel drawing for this week as they are always lovely

Hope Frank is ok its a while now since we've heard from him and he said he wasn't feeling so good when he last posted .

Yes Mel I had already taken some out when you saw the photo, then it rained and I forgot the rest but I have taken them all out now. It is only in the Sirley, the others don't need it doing they are bush tomatoes, more like tumblers only larger tomatoes, I shall see what happens with the tomatoes if and when they come. The basket tumbler has 30 small toms on it.

So annoying when that happens seeing different people so they don't really know what it was like the week before. I do hope it heal;s for you soon as its such a bother to have to keep going to have it dressed for you. Have you taken any side shoots out of your toms yet? You just need the main stem otherwise the strength will go to the side shoots.

It is 7 weeks since the op now Mel. The cream is out of stock, I read somewhere that there are problems with lots of medications being in short supply, I guess this steroid cream could be a popular one if the whole sellers didn't have it. I will have to wait and see what the nurse says this afternoon, unfortunately it is yet another different nurse.

Morning Anng and All,

Glad you slept a bit better last night Anng. Why can't they get your cream? Hope you get on ok with the nurse this afternoon and it is starting to heal now. How long is it since you had the little op done?

We have love sunshine at the moment but they did forcast rain for later so lets hope they are wrong and it stays like this all dal.

Big wipe down this morning and I hope its earlier this week than it was last week.

Em gets me things from Tesco I can't get in Asda. When we were looking for a shop to delive3r at the start of the pandemic we could'nt get Morrisons or Tesco but could get Asda so oh went with them.

Good morning all, slept for a decent length of time, got up at 0430 for the loo then slept until just before 7am. It is an uneasy sleep sometimes though with lots of dreaming.

I was right then Mel, a lot cheaper than the rest and mine would be the same whatever the day/date. Mine also gives advance choice for bookings at Christmas and Easter. I don't really miss £7.99 a month though so it is fine by me. And I prefer Tesco to Asda as well.

Isn't it annoying when we take bits in onto the carpet from our slippers. and we are all old enough to know the remedy there. One of the worst culprits is potting compost, I am always getting bits on the conservatory carpet/mats. I have a carpet shampooer but have never used it. T used it a lot but I think he was starting to think it was not working as well as it should.

Nurse this afternoon, a nuisance that the pharmacy have not been able to get the steroid cream.

I have a yearly payment of £35 and a weekly delivery.

I have my delivery on a Tuesday and I think that is why its cheaper. Weekend deliveries are dearer.

Its been cl9oudy here all day and with rain now and then but not a lot of it. Then about 7pm the suns decided to come out too late in the day to get in the garden.

I did some spot washing of the kitchen carpet where I yes I had walked something in on my slippers. Whether it was on the patio from me going to the chickens in my wellies or what I don't know but I emptied the draining board putting things away so round the sink there were loads of spots. Could'nt see anything on my soles and washed a couple of spots off yesterday so did the rest today with some soap powder in the water. Then last night I had gone on the decking that was wet came in and went in my little loo and as I sat looked down at the crpet and it was in there too!!!!!!

I then took my slippers off which have a black sole and there was the affending spot on my left sole. I wiped it off and it was black so not sure if it was potting compost or something nastier. I now have lovely clean spots all over the kitchen Flotex which means I shall have to shampoo the lot on a nice day. I have a carpet shampooer but it makes a hell of a noise so I have only used it once before. I shall have to get my ear plugs out.

Tum has felt a bit better today not so bloated. I did go up the border and tie up the delphinum and the smaller one which is a bit off the big one. My lovely flat iris is out too and I must try and get a pic of it tomorrow as I have missed one flower already.

What a nuisance it raining just as you had two loads of washing out Vera. Mandy was lucky with hersespecially as it waas towels and tea towels. Just love Grandad's shed sign.

Thursday at 9pm Escape to the Chateau make do and mend.

Maybe Mel has paid for a 3 month pass AnnG? Although we have a fortnightly delivery with Asda we can have a weekly one if we wish at no extra cost. We just set up a fortnightly recurring slot at the start and don't even have to book any slots unless we want extra ones. The date of your next order comes up on the site for you and you just add to it till the day before they bring it.

Yes, we were up early this morning for the window cleaner, but he didn't come so will probably turn up tomorrow, just when we both want to shower early as I have my pastel class and OH has a meeting. We'll just have to keep the bathroom window shut! lol.

I wonder if Frank saw the family for Father's Day or had a special meal?

Hope everyone has a good sleep tonight.

Good to see you Ann wondered where you were. Busy lady yesterday then. You and Mel both have Asda delivery I think. Why is yours so cheap Mel. I have a weekly delivery and can book four weeks ahead paying what I do so I am happy with that.

Vera how annoying, especially with your back to have to get all the washing back in. I am afraid I don’t bother to hang mine out it goes in the tumble drier.

Yes phone and get physio advice for your back.

The cream ordered by the nurse has not been available for the pharmacy, they are trying to source an alterbpnative.

Afternoon All,

Yesterday was a busy day, what with getting up late and then the order and sketching today's picture. Mel I paid £60 for our last Asda Delivery pass for the year. It works out at £2.50 a fortnightly delivery which is well worth it and nothing extra to pay if you order over £40 of shopping.

Did I already say I did a home covid test earlier in the week that was negative? Sorry if I did.....age! I'd had a sore throat that must have been hay fever. Well the online art teacher has to self isolate now as her daughter has tested positive this morning. Her daughter's boyfriend tested positive on Wednesday, but daughter's daily test had been negative till today and she now feels hot and has a headache.

I don't think I've seen Delphiniums that tall Mel.....what whoppers! Is it the deer or the rabbits that eat them? I hope you are more comfortable today after the trip to the hospital. Be careful with your back though. One day's wrench can mean a week's recovery! Have you removed the tick now and how is the swelling? It sounds like the mower will be better than when your OH bought it by the time he has finished which will be good if he can adjust the haircut!! Those midges eat me alive so I sympathise. Some mesh should keep them out at night.

We had more subs on our Asda order yesterday and a couple of short dates so I will be letting them know about those.

It's rained here again this morning, that very fine misty stuff that soaks you. The cues and toms in the greenhouse are growing well though.

Mandy you just sneaked your washing out and back in just in time then! I like Coin's new shed sign! He will be getting a queue outside. :-D

Gently does it with your back Vera. The physio might be a good idea if it isn't easing at all. OH can't seem to get rid of his neck pain. I've told him to try my ibuprofen gel I use on my knees but he is such a fusspot about using anything messy! What does it matter at home though and he has enough old T shirts he wears around the house.

We had to give the heating a quick blast yesterday AnnG as it seemed so cold.

OH has put the bins out for tomorrow. We needed to get rid of paper shreddings as the smallholding isn't wanting them at the moment, but the bin is too full this week.

Oh dear Vera so annoying when it rains just as you've hung washing out .
I'd give the physio a call you don't know how long you might have to wait .

Mel thats one tall Delphinium, we tied the yellow rose back this afternoon as all that rain had taken it right over so we tied it yo the brick pier behind it ,I shall have to be brutal next time I cut it back as it just shoots up .
The white rose in the front has really droop over too such a shame as once it has flowered thats it and its loaded with flowers.

Colin had a new metal sign for his shed from the grandchildren for father's day it says

Grandads shed Quarters
Open for business 7 days a week
If you think its knackered bring it to me :-D