General Chat

Oh what a game with them messing up your son's order Mandy. It's a good job you stood your ground and made them sort it properly or who knows what they would have ended up with. Good idea to send off that second test in case nothing comes of the first one. Hopefully they can go back to work after the holiday then. OH asked and got some tests from the chemist today. It's a good idea with venturing out more as you can spread it without having symptoms. . Yes, I expect the phone queue must have been worse because of the Bank Holiday as you say. We can't even walk in to make an appointment now either. Yes it will be nice to get a sunday lunch again. There shouldn't be any problem like before as they are delivering them to your address again, but it's free delivery now so even better. Yes, you do get the gossip don't you. Mind you I don't think men get get to know as much as us ladies! :-) lol. Apparently they were asking about me as they hadn't seen me for ages and wondered if I was ok! :-)

Mel obviously the heavy rain won’t have helped I don’t know how much rain they had here though. The baskets are the plastic ones we have had for years, no liners but drainage holes. I think I may have used different compost as I couldn’t get the sort T used. But only one basket out of seven has lost the plants. One calibrochoa and one surfinia petunia.

Annx yes as a temporary move we have put the lawn mower into the greenhouse so I can get it out without lifting it. My wound has not healed enough to allow me to lift although daughter says it is looking better this evening. She dressed it twice for me this week.
That sounds like the private ambulance they send to collect a body for the undertakers. What a shame when they have not lived there very long really.

Hope your OH can get something for his painful elbow.
And hope you enjoy Sunday lunch.
Mandy the baskets were outside and the first thing Indud was to tilt them all to drain them hopefully we might now have a couple of days to dry out.

Oh Ann thats sad if it was the undertakers ambulance .
I expect everyone was ringing the doctors as its a bank holiday weekend all trying to get an appointment because they'll be closed on monday , we always have to queue there's usually nine or ten in front of you some times more than that .
Oh it will be nice to have the sunday lunches again ,hope they don't keep OH waiting like last time and serve others before him .
It's annoying when your gardening and want to get on and some one stops for a chat ,although you do find out all the local gossip :-D

Evening all,

Its been quite a nice day we sat outside and had a cuppa this afternoon /
I went between twelve and one to pick up sons shopping at Aldi ,i parked in bay one rang son and he then emailed to say i was ready to pick up the shopping ,out the young lady came with all the boxes and she said about the subs which son said were fine ,we started loading up the boot and then i noticed one box had nappies and baby milk ,no i said that's nor their shopping ,oh the lady said well i don't know what to do so she said well take whats there and bring back what s not yours , no i said they want what they have ordered not some ones else's shopping ,off she went gone for a wile out came another lady ,Brooks order she said ,she then said what happened was the picker doubled picked so she picked two orders at the same time !!
Then another car pulled up for her order and the nappies and milk were hers ,so they then had to go all through the shopping to find all her things in the mean time out came more boxes with some more of sons shopping .
She said take whats there and if there's any thing missing call customer services and they will sort it out .
Son messaged me and said all the shopping was there but he wasn't very happy to think he had taken up our time with them messing up the order ,and he had to pay five pounds to have it picked !!
So not a very good first order of a click and collect from Aldi

No results through for Lewis so son sent for a postal one as that's the one they used months ago when he had to be tested because of his cough ,test came today and i posted it just after lunch as it had to go in the main post box at the post office ,the last postal one took a couple of days so hopefully this one will be quicker and will probably be back before the drive in one they did last Monday .

AnnG were your baskets outside or in the green house ,it might have been all the rain that soaked them and nothing to do with her watering ,my poor baskets had water running out the bottom with all that rain we had.
That was good they managed to get your lawn cut ,is there anyone you know who could cut it each week for you .

Oh naughty Mona eating the eggs ,has OH managed to sort the mowers and get them going again ..

Vera hope you enjoyed the birthday tea with your friends and it wasn't to uncomfortable for your back sitting in the low chair ,did you have cake .

Dermot you have a good memory to remember all those class mates .

Hope you enjoyed the birthday tea Vera and that the lady liked your present. Yes I think most of us are plagued with backache as we get older. We both had to stop our pruning and weeding this afternoon when our backs started giving us gyp! We were only out there about half an hour as well. OH decided to do the front garden while the neighbour is away as he seems to have a sixth sense when you are out there and suddenly appears for a chat which isn't always what you want when you are trying to get done quickly. Blow me, neighbours diagonally opposite screeched up on their bikes and were chatting to him for ages instead.

I'm glad you had a good journey home AnnG. I did wonder with it being the Bank Holiday. It sounds as if it was bad going the other way though so I'm glad we avoided the Bank Holiday. It's a shame about your basket, but they usually drain and get too dry if anything. It will soon look fine with the new plants you bought. Hopefully if your wound is ok now you will be able to mow the lawn with it having been cut.

It's good you have found the egg eater Mel. Naughty Mona will have something to moan about if she doesn't stop. Yes I have trouble shaking the filling down the duvet on my own.......we aren't tall enough are we! Well fancy another mower acting up as well now!

OH managed to make an appointment at the docs for next Wednesday after queuing on the phone for 22 minutes! It's not good enough is it! He's got a sore lump on his elbow that is getting bigger and he has some kind of infection at the back of his ears now so he has been given a scrip for antibiotic cream for that. We whizzed down the road for opening time to look at the beds, only to find they had vacated the premises!! (why don't they update their websites!) The other branches are in the city and we aren't going there, but there is a bed factory that sells direct to the public in a village about 8 miles away so we will try them in the morning at opening time. They also have the right drawers we want as I have checked. They have closed the old showroom and incorporated one within the factory......a sign of the times to save money I expect.

The local place that we had a few delivered Sunday lunches from in the lockdown before, then changed to click and collect have combined with their other two local pubs and are delivering again, only it is free now. We have ordered 2 Turkey lunches for this Sunday for 12.00pm so that will be a nice treat to have a day off cooking. :-D

When we were going out this morning there was a different type of silver ambulance at Jean's old bungalow where there was an emergency ambulance a few weeks ago. Two masked carers were walking to their car parked up the close and a man in a smart dark jacket and white shirt got out of the ambulance and then another. I thought perhaps it was to take the man to an appointment but OH thought as they were smart and not in uniform they looked like undertakers. I think he may be right which would be really sad. The man had a stroke just before they moved in less than 2 years ago and they had just about got lots of alterations done inside, including converting the garage to rooms. They were keen gardeners and it looked like they were going to extend at the side of the bungalow as they had started removing a brick arch above the gate. We know they have a son as they told us when they moved in that they had inherited his aged Boxer dog.

O Dermot you must have agood memory to name 19. As a birthday present for my aunt (86) I gave her a B & W picture of her mum (my nan) at 22years old. She was delighted and was going to frame it.

Anng you don't think the heavy rain we have had filled your baskets with water do you?
What have you got them lined with and have they got drainage hole? Glad you got home safe and sound and that you got othe grass cut. What did you buy at the garden center apart from compost?

Been in the garden and tied up the clematis in the tubs and repotted a penstemon and cut it back and took cuttings. Thats all I have managed this afternoon and its so hot here but with cloudy skys.

As an early birthday present, I received a B&W photo of our class at school dated 1963.

And I was able to name 19 of the 20 in my class at that time.

I bumped into two of them in London, c.1975.

Great memories. :-D

Looks better now. daughter strimmed the lawn ans SiL mowed behind her and it looks good now, reduced to a good length to dry out.

The basket that died was over watered, when I tipped it water flowed out so I did the same to all of them, all sadly over watered. Hopefully if we have a couple of dry days they will recover all but the worst one and I have new plants for that one.
We also went round the garden centre and I got some compost and some more plants so have a busy week ahead of me.

We got home in good time, so much better than last friday. Traffic was heavy but moving fast. Traffic going South West was almost at a standstill again and that was just in gloucestershire so it looks like the same as last week. We stopped at a garden centre for a coffee and I managed to squeeze two replacement plants into the car. Can't see yet what is wrong with that basket, the lawn is awful, so long. SiL was going to cut it but it has drizzled all the way home and here too. rain was not forecast for today here so that is really annoying. Goodness knows how I am going to cut the grass.

Meant to say yesterday I know who is eating the eggs, its Mona one of the older ones. She may haeve to go we'll see!

I now need to clean them out.

Well I did a post earlier and then the leccy went out so I'll try again.

Morning Anng and all,

Safe journey home today and you will be able to see whats happened to one of your hanging baskets. It could have been the wind we had at the begining of the week that blew it to bits or blew it off its roots. Still you will be able to see when you get home.

Nothing sort of day today with grey sky and a big buzzard has just flown over as I looked up to seeif there was any sign of a patch of blue. There were two magpies up the garden this morning eating that rabbit oh shot last night so perhaps he's seen the remains of that.

Did any of you see about the man who spotted two very very rare lobsters that were yellow. He was in Leicester and he got the manager of the place to donate them to Birmingham Sea Life.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/man-saves-two-lobsters-pot-24197109

Have a read its interesting.

Good morning all

Safe journey home AnnG. I hope your baskets and garden are flourishing when you see them.

Oh dear Mel, it wasn't your day yesterday was it? It can only get better. Sending you lots of good vibes for a lovely day today <3

That's good that your 2nd jab is now booked Mandy. I wonder when they would have got round to you if you hadn't phoned. We had our 2nd one after 10 weeks but I know every area is different. It's funny that you mentioned having 2 single duvets instead of a king-size as I have been considering doing just that. We've had individual duvets when we have been overseas, particularly in Germany. It doesn't look so elegant but I would have a nice quilt over the whole bed and just take it off at night.

Island - you're a girl after my own heart . I love made up words that describe things exactly and "distraughtedness" is perfect.

I hope Frank is OK after his fall and it would be good if Gill popped in just to tell us she's OK.

It's a lovely day out there, perfect for gardening but I won't be doing any until my back has eased again. Aren't backs a nuisance? Everyone I know above a certain age seems to get back problems from time to time. Sometimes you can go to bed in agony and wake up fine and other times the bloomin' aches and pains linger for weeks. I'm getting really frustrated seeing all the things that still need doing. OH says he will do some for me which is good but even more frustrating as I want to be out there doing them. OH's neck is improving now and he went for his walk again this morning.

This afternoon I am going to one of the ladies in our group for a birthday tea in her garden. OH is going to put a heat pad on my back before I go as I suspect I might have to sit in a low garden chair which won't be very comfortable so the patch will help. I've bought the birthday girl one of those wall ornaments that can go inside or out. It's a butterfly and I expect she will put it up outside. She likes ornamental things like that so I hope she's pleased. We do buy each other birthday gifts but try to pay no more than £10. This butterfly was originally a lot more but it came down in price in a spring sale and I had a 15% off voucher so I got it for about £9. Several of the group tend to give a £10 voucher for somewhere like Boots or a garden voucher but I always think it's nice to have a surprise gift to unwrap. I do think quite hard about it and try to match the gift to the person. One of the girls put a £10 note in a card for my birthday but I didn't like that, though of course I thanked her nicely.

I'm rambling again aren't I? Time to stop. Enjoy your day everyone.

Good morning kick out time is 9am so it is all systems go here now.

The meal this evening was nice. I had barbecued pork ribs followed by brownie and clotted cream The brownie was much too big for me O.h and I always used to share a sweet annoying when I have to leave half. It was a nice evening and my treat for them taking me on holiday.

I am a bit nervous about seeing my baskets when we get home. Lady who is watering is not a gardener and has sent me a photo of one of the baskets which she says is not doing well. Actually the plants are all dead so goodness knows what has happened there. I will have to replace the plants. Hopefully we will get home in time to visit the garden centre so SiL can help with some compost. They will leave very early Saturday I think to go home.

Oh dear a Frank another fall, do take care

We do have a king sized bed but oh often sleeps on top. He also has a thinish quilt thing mum had and sleeps under that. Its only when its really cold he comes under the quilt. He usually helps me with the cover as he can give it a good shake but it nev er seems to work with me and then I end up walking around the bed a million times. IU did'nt want to ask him today with him working on the mower deck he was all dusty amd had paint all over his hands.

I hope Frank is not too bruised after his fall. I wonder where it was this time.

Safe journey home tomorrow Anng. You will notice how your plants have grown when you get and see them.

On a better note oh shot two rabbits this evening before dinner so thats two down.

I have parked my wheelbarrow by the rose tonight and put three pots in front of it. Oh did say he would make me some netting rings to go round thing so we will see.

I found out tonight that the old mower is'nt working either so that need seeing to as well.

Oh dear Mel, now the mower! Best start afresh tomorrow. :-S

I'm glad you are booked in now Mandy. I wonder if you would of heard if you hadn't rung? So son and family are still waiting to hear the test result for Lewis. I hope his croup is getting better now. It's a good job you can go and collect their food order from Aldi for them. I expect there will be quite a lot to collect too. That's good your tum is ok now too.

The glass man arrived true to his word and seems a nice man, all smiles. :-) He didn't need to come inside, but measured up the 7 panes of glass including the frosted ensuite one and says he can get the same pattern for that so no need to replace the opening window glass as well. He says he will email the quote tomorrow and should get be in a position to fit them in about a fortnight so that all went better than I expected and should soon get done. :-)

Tomorrow we are up early to get to Bensons Beds down the road on the retail park to hopefully order a new bed for the second bedroom. We use both bedrooms a lot so we sleep better and OH says it is like sleeping on a mountainside now with the lumpy mattress!! lol.

Glad you had a nice day AnnG . The garden sounds very nice with those lakes. Hope your meal later was nice too. I hope you have a good journey home and that the roads aren't as busy as before.

Oh no Mel your not having much luck with things today

Oh was going to cut the top lawns this afternoon. Guess what the better mower would'nt start. It was working when he parked it there last night. So its not his day either. He fiddled with it all afternoon.

Evening all,

Much better day here no rain but we could have had a bit more sun instead of all the cloud .
My tums ok, today ,I've been shopping for son and family and tomorrow they have a click and collect from aldi so I'll have to go and pick it all up for them ,son rang again but still no result he has to ring again on Saturday now if they haven't heard by then.
I rang about my jab and spoke to a nice lady who said she could book me in so I have an appointment on 7th June so thats sorted ,I didn't like worrying them but it was nearly twelve weeks .

Oh Mel your poor rose must be so disheartening when they help them shelves to your best plants .
Do you have a king size bed , perhaps you could try two single quilts on the bed ,its suppose to be better if you do that as when one person moves they don't then disturb the other, plus it would be so much easier for changing the bed and hanging them out .
You'll be glad to get to bed and have a better day tomorrow.

AnnG at least you've had a couple of dry days to finish off your break away , shame you couldn't get a table to have the cream tea there but I suppose as it was lunch time they were then getting busy ,safe journey home tomorrow.

Ann thats plug adaptor sounds handy ,I have a job to pull plugs out some times .
Thats good you have someone coming to sort your glass out in your windows .

Oh no Frank not another fall have you hurt yourself, take care hope your not to bruised .
Hope your back soon eases with the heat patch Vera ,no more gardening for a day or two .