General Chat

Dear Vera and All

Hello

I am just looking in and seeing how you all are, my friends.

Take gentle care of each other.
Lots of love Elizabeth, EOS
xx

AnnG, you asked if OH has a slight hearing problem. No, but he has a mega listening problem. Mostly he only half listens and then hears what he expects to hear. We have many a set-to about him not listening. He actually has very acute hearing.

While we are on his strange foibles......earlier he asked me what we were going to eat tonight. I said we would have cold chicken and mixed salad and he offered to prepare it. Well he certainly took the mixed salad literally. Every vaguely salad item in the fridge was chopped up very small and all thoroughly mixed up together. As this included the beetroot, the whole lot was a lurid shade of pink. Tasted OK though.

You’ve worked hard today Mandy. I hope you don’t ache too much tomorrow.

If you’re looking in Elizabeth I hope you also have a calm, peaceful week.

Waves to Island ~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mandy I gave up on finding Alice I thought it was probably not for me, maybe it will improve, who knows.

I bet you will be stiff my arms are a bit stiff after knitting 8 rows hopefully the more I do the less they will ache.

Island hi good to see you, hope you are ok. :-)

Cooeee :-D

I hope you're all well

Yes Mel my barrow started up first time :-D

I wheeled round sixteen barrow loads and Colin did the last one ,he loaded the barrows while i wheeled the barrow round ,we then stored the logs all away in the wood shed and now i'm absolutely worn out and i think in the morning my arms will be that stiff i won't be able to use them ,it will be an early night for me tonight .

Ann how did the painting lesson go today ,did you manage to keep awake , what are you painting now .

Its very early days Vera and your bound to have times like that when things suddenly hit you but it's good to cry and let it out much better than holding it back . <3

Mel it's much better when you have help with the bed ,i find it hard to tuck the sheet under the mattress as ours is a deep one and so heavy ,i find the fitted sheets are the worst so i like the flat sheets .

AnnG that was a lovely thing for your daughter to sort out the oranges for her dad ,it will be a nice surprise for him when they arrive and i hope he enjoys them

Nice to see you popping in Frank and letting us know your ok ,hope you feel better soon so you can start posting on here again .

Gill how is your mum now ,i hope she's feeling better .

What did we think of the Finding Alice programme last night ,i think it was ok ,i won't say to much in case some haven't watched it yet .

I think she had an on line course Mel

That made me chuckle Vera. Eric Sykes wore glasses that were hearing aids though so not so silly really.

I got on quite well today as I changed the bed this afternoon and oh helped me so it did'nt take so long and I did'nt need a rest inbetween stripping and remaking. Thats in the machine which will go on tonight but its forcast rain for tomorrow so may have to go in the dryer. I try not to use it too much as it runs away with the leccy. I had hoovered the kitchen and diner and hall and the bedroom. so I think thats enough for today.

I expect Mandy is all cosy now she has her logs in. Hope the barrow started first time and the battery was'nt flat. :-D :-D

Now what our Ann up to today?

That made me giggle Vera, several senior moments there and a phone call very similar to this I have with T. Sometimes mobile phones are not clear, I actually had to ask him not to shout the other day it is how clear not how loud that helps. Does your OH have a slight hearing problem.

I am sure it must sometimes seem unreal to you. I still 26 years later sometimes half think about telling my Mum something.

Yes looking after her Dad and saving her Mum from having something else to fret about. She is so good. I do hope they get there ok. She said they are the most expensive oranges she has bought. And she won’t let me share the cost.

Hello Frank glad you are ok.

Good to hear you are OK Frank.

I’m pleased you have heard from T. AnnG. I hope he enjoys his oranges. Your daughter doesn’t let the grass grow under her feet does she? Bless her, she’s looking after her Dad which isn’t easy when you’re a distance away.

I had a Sainsbury delivery on Saturday and there was no problem with veg. I had large and small potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, cabbage and lots of salad stuff. The only thing they didn’t have was watercress so they sent rocket instead.

Today has been a day full of phone calls. My brother’s funeral is now more or less sorted out. It will be 3 weeks today. It has been fairly easy on his partner as during his last few days my brother wrote down what he wanted so we haven’t really had to think at all, just sort his wishes out with the funeral director and celebrant. It all seems a bit unreal at the moment. Although he was 6 years younger than me we were very close. Most of the time I’m OK but occasionally something will knock me back. Last night I read something in the paper and immediately thought that R. would be interested in that and I must email him. Then it hit me that I can’t ever email him again. That was a tearful moment.

On a lighter note I had a laugh at you going to start your barrow Mandy. I hope your logs are all stacked now and you don’t ache too much. OH had a silly phone conversation yesterday. It went something like this.

Voice: Is Vera there? This is Karen
OH: Which Carol is that?
Voice: Karen from Cornwall
OH: Oh, Carol from Cornard. It doesn’t sound like you at all.
Voice: Doesn’t it? I wonder why. Anyway, Mum asked me to call....

At this point OH realised something was wrong as Carol’s Mum had long since departed this life so they started all over again and he worked out who was on the other end. Karen then apologised for not speaking clearly and OH said it was his fault. He couldn’t hear because he was wearing the wrong glasses :-S. Lots of giggles all round :-)

Yes Mel, good to hear from him as I didn't hear yesterday. I was telling daughter that he was going on about oranges again and it is hard for me to ask somebody to drive 20 miles there and back with half a dozen satsumas. Next think I know she has ordered 2.5Kg of mixed oranges in a basket to be delivered (Wednesday they should be there). Wonder if it will work.

Great to hear from you Frank and know you are ok. Sending love and wishes and come back soon please? <3 <3

Raining here now that horrid fine stuff thats makes everything soaking wet.

Had lunch and watched Father Brown on the telly. Got the chicken out for tonights curry and ordered our acripts. I am now going to go and change the bed and then corn the chickens and the rest of the afternoon is mine.

Good that you heard from dear T Anng perhaps he rushed off to get his milk. At least its nice to hear anything from him. Sending you a gentle (((hug))) and love <3

Hi all, Just to let you know I am O.K.

T just phoned. I do get confused as from getting used to the fact that he is frail and weak, he then phones and his voice is quite strong and I can understand him clearly. He said nothing changes there, he was just phoning to make sure I am ok. He also said they keep trying to get him to sit out and (his words) go outside. I think he probably means a day room. But he says he doesn’t want to because it is too much trouble. I told him to do what he feels like doing.

Someone spoke to him offering a drink I said try orange squash, he said no he would stick To milk. Then he said, speak later and was gone before I could say goodby.

Yes surprisingly I did. Just walked down with a load of FH books for the book stall. Gosh that wind is icy. then managed to cut back a few more bits, need to get that bit finished soon as it is rambling rose and should really have been done by now.

So you had a good sleep in the end Anng.

Just doing my list and no cauliflower at all on there. I did read that a lot of veg, carrots, cauli as well as others will be short because of the new Brexit rules holding up lorries crossing the channel. So I will have to check my order carefully next Saturday.

Morning All,

Ha ha ha love the see if my barrow will start!!!!!!!! very good I like it.

Bit grey here today but it keeps trying to brighten up a bit.

Hope you get the logs in ok and it dos'nt rain for you whilst shifting them.

Two subs on my order so far, one my ciggy papers which dos'nt matter and the other is the cauli and brocc veg I thought I would do a cauli cheese with. I shall have to change the menu.

Missing Franks posts...........

Morning Mandy be careful of your back with those logs.

I went back to bed after I had posted, fell asleep and woke up again at 0905.

Morning all,

Thank you Elizabeth I hope you have a peaceful week too ,keep safe .

Ann you had a restless night by the look of things I hope you managed to nod off in the end .
You little devil playing a trick on OH lol have you tried a little cif on the stain if you have any I find it good for lots of things I use it on my window sills where the birds have left there marks.

I buy my carrots and store them down the shed in the cold I put them in a cardboard box loose and they keep for ages ,I'm still using some I bought before Christmas , I used a cabbage yesterday and that too I bought before Christmas .
I put all my veg in the shed and that's where we keep the spuds too just throw a cover over them in case the frost gets to them but it never has .

Oh Mel fid you see the pottery programme, I thought of you when the chap did the fairy castle , that was my favourite.

Just having a coffee ,log shifting later so I'd better see if my barrow will start :-D
I made Colin laugh when I said that .

Good morning all. Slept well from 11pm until 0530 but then couldn't get back to sleep. Still dark outside so no idea what the weather is doing it is 2 degrees so no frost though.

Sounds like your problem is with the people who pick your orders Ann. There should be a space to tick for 'or any' for veg like carrots. I have had a similar problem with Tesco with carrots, I also find there is no way of giving size. I have had huge carrots when ordering loose and also massive potatoes when ordering baked loose. I think there is going to be a shortage though so it will be take what they have. But no excuse if they actually had some and you didn't get any Ann. I think I might get a tin of carrots with my next order for use in stews or other slow cooked things.

We enjoyed the train journeys with MP in Asia, he is so entertaining.And interesting. I like the Attenborough programmes within reason, I get a bit bored when it is all sea things. I also like the programmes like one we watched about the Grand Canyon, mainly because we have actually been there a couple of times, but the programme went into and along the canyon which we didn't so it was interesting.

I have the same trouble about returning things. Although once the delivery fellow had put the subs on the top and when I refused one he just said, 'I'll get it refunded but keep it'. But things like the eggs I wouldn't have time to find and return, once the bags are inside the front door they are off.