General Chat

No joy at the dentist she just gave me a checkup and I now have to go back to have a tooth out and my plate mended and two teeth put on the old plate. Why do I keep getting these young just out of quailifying people who only work on a Tuesday so I have to see a different person for the next lot of treatment. She wanted to give me an appointment for my birthday and I said NO so now its the 5th March at 8.30am !!!!

Then I had a look round Lild and bought a few bits. came home and had a cuppa and a doughnut.

Another uneventful day.

I watched two episodes of the post office thing last night It was really dreadful what happened to those poor people who ran the post offices. I shall watch more tonight.

It's wild, wet and very windy here. I was going into town this morning to pick up my meds and do a bit of shopping but I would have got drenched and I doubt if I could have managed to hold an umbrella up in the wind. We've now moved from a yellow warning to an orange warning and it's really gusting hard. I hope it eases by tomorrow as I shall have to get my meds then or I will run out of the most important one. I hope it's better weather wherever you are.

I hope you got to the dentist OK Mel and you are all fixed up now.

Oh dear Annx, you do seem to be going through a bad time at the moment with TVs, locks and cars all having problems. Fingers crossed that you can get everything sorted quickly and without too much expense.

I've had a day of doing bitty jobs - you know the sort of thing I mean where you are working all day but don't feel you've achieved much. I've sorted out all the Christmas presents we received and found homes for them (and wondered what on earth I could do with one or two of them ;-)), packed away unused wrapping paper and cards ready for next year, washed some jumpers, paid some bills and had a fight with the Sainsbury site. I went into it and booked my slot for Saturday and started shopping. The site was flashing on and off a bit but I ordered the first four things with no problems, then every time I tried to order something the screen scrolled backwards and forwards through everything on the site, So I emptied my trolley, logged out, left it a few minutes and tried again. It was even worse! When I found that my trolley apparently contained 135 packets of tea and 94 bananas I gave up. I managed to empty my trolley again but it wouldn't let me cancel the slot I had booked. I assume when I don't check out within a couple of hours the booking will lapse anyway.

I am now going to have a cup of tea and get my head together again before trying to place my order with Tesco instead.

Afternoon all,

It's been raining here all day ,I was going to get the lights off the outside tree but will try tomorrow if its dry.
I have been getting my Christmas China and cutlery put away in the cupboard and also taken a few decorations down so I could have a dust, the tree and other bits I'll do tomorrow.

Ann thats awful OH's car got damaged I don't know how people can do something like that and just take off ,they must have felt a bump when they hit it.
They say things happen in threes but you must be up to half a dozen with one thing after another ,I hope you can soon get things sorted .

Mel hope your shopping came in time so you weren't late for the dentist .

So it's been a baby sitting morning for you then Anng ,did the Gas man cometh.

We had a nice day yesterday quieter because the older two girls were with their friends and Lacey went off to friends late afternoon so it ended up with son,dil and the two boys .

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Its happening again I shall have to change the keyboards over.

Morning all,

Very dark here so I really need the light on. Still loos windy out and wet. Itsa11 degrees and pc says light rain.

Lots to do before I go out today so BBL.

Good morning all. We are having the two littlies this morning so are up early. Their Mum has a contract cleaning the village community centre. And the gas man is supposed to come between 8 and 12. We shall see. It is dry out there but dark clouds so looks like rain later. That will make a change (not).

Ann all still happening there hope you can find a locksmith for the door and sort out the car problem. Awful how many people get cars damaged and nobody admits to it.

Actually step granddaughter did take herself in to work, she tested negative but still felt very unwell. She was so poorly at work they sent her home :-D so what was the use of that.

Good morning all. We are having the two littlies this morning so are up early. Their Mum has a contract cleaning the village community centre. And the gas man is supposed to come between 8 and 12. We shall see. It is dry out there but dark clouds so looks like rain later. That will make a change (not).

Ann all still happening there hope you can find a locksmith for the door and sort out the car problem. Awful how many people get cars damaged and nobody admits to it.

Actually step granddaughter did take herself in to work, she tested negative but still felt very unwell. She was so poorly at work they sent her home :-D so what was the use of that.

Thanks Annx. I don't know if I shall be coming home toothless as the top plate has had a crack in it for some time now, over a year and they said it would be ok but it has now got a lot bigger and has come round in a semi circle to past the middle of the two front teeth. MORE EXPENCE as Frank would say for me too.

I am going to watch Robson Green and then the post office program. With this high wind and lshing rain I don't get a signal so have to watch everything on Iplayer.

Hav'nt done anything today just sat about and watched some telly. Em popped in for eggs and I just had a dozen for her. As she arrived I was going to shut the chickens in and there was an egg in the nest box so I have one if I need it for anything. I am putting their food in the house as it gets so wet outside under the little table and then they won't eat it. I must put some water in the house too which they have to come out for.

Right off to watch Robson on one of his walks he is with Kevin Wately today they are going to make pictures in the sand on the beach and I thought that may be interesting.

We also have a new season of Silient Witness next week and Call the MIdwife so some decent programs at last.

HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all. Let us hope it is a peaceful and healthier one too. :-)

I've also recorded that programme too Gwyn. It should be interesting.

Well we have a list of things to start sorting now since the SKY problems. (they are coming on Thursday). We now daren't unlock the conservatory door to outside in case we can't lock it again, which means a longer trek from the back door to the garage freezer. The cordless Dyson went on strike on Saturday and the last few days the boiler keeps running cold at times and showing error messages and it doesn't need topping up, so our showers have been a bit of an adventure! Then to top it all, after we popped to the shop this morning, I noticd the the bottom of the back passenger door of OH's car was partly caved in. It must have happened when he was parked at a footie match on Saturday as there was no-one parked anywhere near his car today. Something else inconvenient to sort as he needs his car to get to his meetings. Looks like I will be his taxi or he takes my car, meaning I can't go out. I just hope they will be able to get the parts to repair it with there being shortages. At least it is driveable though, so it could have been worse. As our friend Frank would say......MORE EXPENSE!

I weighed me this morning and have put 4 pounds on in the past 3 weeks, so now I've almost eaten the goodies, it's back to the diet tomorrow. I haven't eaten one mince pie, no Christmas pud or any cake this year either and OH ate 90% of the sausage rolls.....must be too many biscuits and chocolates. :-( :-(

I had to ring Asda yesterday. We have those little Actimel drinks in packs of 8 or 12 and Actimel have started printing pictures of the fruit on the foil tops and it's really hard to read the dates that are on there, but there is a date printed on the box too, but we usually throw that away. I was checking the dates on mine which were up yesterday and looked at OH's and his were up on the 20th, the day they delivered them!! They only allow you to claim refunds for 3 days after delivery so I couldn't do that, but was annoyed at them expiring on the date of delivery. Anyway, they have refunded without a quibble which is good. They are good on refunds online too and don't ask for the goods back or any proof and sometimes you can salvage what's not damaged.

This morning the floods in the fields by the river near here were the worst we've seen them and have reached into the short back gardens of some of the houses, so they must be worried, as it's pouring with rain now and more promised overnight.

Our neighbour has told us the farmer who leased the field at the back of us to keep cattle on has sadly passed away aged 77. He'd recently had his lease renewed for the next 3 years which meant the field was safe from builders till then. Now who knows what will happen with the field.

I suppose there's been some skiving done, but employers are taking silly chances making people with covid come into work. Masks only reduce, not remove the risk. The latest variant is more infectious still, so it could spread very quickly between their other staff as well as the vulnerable residents.

Bin day tomorrow so I'd better make a dash with some rubbish and then start my list of phone calls to make tomorrow to start getting things fixed.

Annx

P.S Good luck with the dentist Mel. :-)

Iv'e go the dentist tomorrow.

Yes it makes you think Gwyn. My uncle (mums brother) was on the train when the great train robbery took place. He was in the sorting car at the end of the train and they were set free on the track when it was taking place.

Em's just been round for eggs as Sam wanted yorkshire puds with his dinner tonight. They were having casserole. I had just a dozen so that was ok and I shut the girls in when she arrived and there was an egg in the nest box so I have one if its needed for anything I may want.

Good afternoon everyone.

My best wishes to you all for a Happy New Year with some good times ahead, which will cheer you.

Quite often on New Year's Day morning, I get up early to go down to the coast to watch the sun rise on the new year. I didn't feel up to it this year having been fighting off a cold, cough and ear infection. I hope the weather brightens and the winds drop, so that I can take a walk near the sea soon though.

Is anyone else going to watch the ITV dramatisation about Mr Bates and the Post Office Scandal?...It's on tonight. I'm going to record it, so I can flip through the adverts, when I watch it later.
Thinking back, that all happened about the time that our local shop lost it's Post Office due to 'false accounting' I believe it was termed.
We all liked the young postmistress, who ran the shop with her husband, when she wasn't on P.O.duties. They were kind, helpful and hardworking and I now wonder if they too were part of this terrible injustice.

Your certainly right there Ann.

Pc is saying 9 degrees and light rain so there goes another dry day. There is not a lot of wind today though so thats good.

Just washed my hair and was wondering if I shoud cut a lump off but I hav'nt. Its getting so long now that the long handled comb I use dos'nt always get to the end and I get in a tangle.

Well I better get on as I hav'nt fed the wild birds yet and they have run out of fat balls and need some seed on the bird table and fat sticks.

Good morning all a nice dry bright start to the New Year. I am hoping it will last but the forecast says otherwise.

Got to bed at 1am, we didn’t do anything special, watched a film watched a Queen concert then the New year program. Then stood on the doorstep and watched fireworks over the town.

I always find New Years Eve a bit hard and I am sure you do too Mel, a strange time going forward into another year without them.

Morning all,

A nice quiet day here this morning with no wind at the moment its 6 degrees and pc says cloudy but the sun is trying to shine.

<3 <3 HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL <3 <3 <3

I had a email from my dentist yesterday and my appointment is tomorrow at 2 pm so I hope the shopping comes early as it takes at least half an hour to get there.

At 1.16pm we had a hail shower and it made a terrible racket on the plastic roof outside the back door. we've had sun and rainbows and rain and very high wind all day. Poor chicjkens won't come out of their house and the water is running along the side of the chickens run. I have shut them in tonight for hte first time this winter. I had one of the old ones dead this morning so now I only have 4 three black ones and the one ginger one.

I am wishing you all a very Happy Healthy and peaceful New Year for 2024 and may it bring some very good times for us all. <3 <3 <3

Went out to Cockermouth to the Lakes Home store and bought a toaster. Special price £29.90 Russell Hobbs. It has for once been a dry bright day, blue sky in the morning and a glimmer of sun.

Enjoy the evening whatever you are doing and a happy new year to everyone. Hope 2024 is kind to us all and that all your health stays good. <3

Evening all,

Just sat down as I been busy getting veg done ready for the family coming tomorrow, I'm doing a Beef Cobbler one of their favourites so I've cooked the beef so I only have the Cobbler to do tomorrow, we will be one short for lunch as Chelsea is off to her friends tonight and tomorrow but she might be back in time for tea .

It's been a odd sort of day dull most of the time but we have had the odd bit of sun .

I have had a few nights lately where I've had a job to drop off to sleep but last night I must say was the best night's sleep for a while .

I don't think we are staying up to see the new year in so
I wish you all on the thread A Very Happy Peaceful New Year <3 <3

Goodness, I hope you’re not all turning into insomniacs like me. I’m sorry that you both had a bad night yesterday, Mel and AnnG. I was the same. I turned the light off around midnight and went straight to sleep but was woken at 1 am by the wind gusting round the house and making the security lights come on and off. Then the rain came down. I’ve never heard anything so loud. I think there was some giant out there hurling great buckets of water at the windows. I read for a while and then tried to sleep but couldn’t so I got up at 6 am and prepared all the veg for our dinner, made a plum and apple crumble and did some tidying. OH got up about 7.45 having slept like a log through everything. I did go back to bed soon after 8 am and slept for about 2 hours but I don’t think I’ll be staying up to see the New Year in.

Yes, Mel, where has 2023 gone? Time flies faster and faster as we get older. Looking back over the past year, it hasn’t been a good one for us. We’ve lost a number of friends and one rellie, our own health has caused a few problems at times and we’ve had sad news about the health of two people dear to us. Then there have been all the annoying things like not having a car for a month. But, and it’s a big BUT, we are still here, still able to laugh and enjoy the good times and best of all 2023 has given us a happy, healthy, wonderful great granddaughter. What could be better than that?

I wish you all a happy, healthy and peaceful NewYear. May 2024 be the year that all your hopes and dreams come true. <3

Morning all,

I did'nt sleep well either I was still awake at 3.23am hence my late post this morning. Its squite bright this morning but it has been raining and the winds still blowing a hooley. I feel like the weather this mroning, a wet week. Not a lot will be done today thats for sure on this last day of the old year and where did 2023 go I ask you?

Good morning all. Dry here so far with a tiny bit of blue sky shan’t get excited though as that is how it has been most days before the rain. Didn’t sleep well last night so a big copy today. BBL