General Chat

Vera thats good OH is feeling like pottering today but he needs to take things easy for a day or two and build his strength up .

We were early for Colins appointment and he went in early but by the time he had all the different tests we were still there about an hour , she was pleased with his eyes and he has to go back in nine months ,he had another appointment come through for April which is for a check up on his cataracts but we need to change that as its an odd time for son to take us plus its on market day so parking is not so easy , it was no good trying to do it there today as you have to ring up and it goes through to an appointments office away somewhere .

Gwyn that was a good bargain on the mattress topper ,you'll have to let us know how your daughter gets on with it .

Ann it sounds as if the garden centre gets some trouble sometimes if they have the security on the door ,sad that people think they can just help themselves to things without paying ,it just seems to be all sorts of shops they take from now.
I keep meaning to ask what you think of the pottery programme, I think this lot are all good potters ,I loved all the flowers this week .
Hope OH's eyes are getting better ,I see he's still getting his books :-D

That is good Vera that it sounds as though your OH is on the mend. I suspect not wanting you to do a chart etc is him hanging on to his independence. Being in hospital will have made him not feeling in control once he started to get better.

You seem to have achieved a lot today anyway so well done and don’t worry about commenting on our posts I am sure if there is anything important it will jump out at you.

So pleased to read that Vera's OH is home to recover.
He will get more rest than in hospital, where machines are beeping and people are busy at all hours. I hope he soon feels a lot better.
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Just seen that he is well enough to potter, so that looks like gentle progress.
Well done.
Look after yourself too, Vera.

Mel, I too know the Doulton ladies, but not the dolls.
Your frost sounds pretty, but too chilly :-0 :-)

It is dry and bright here, but not sunny. It's about 7 degrees.

I hope Colin's appointment went well. Good that your son and daughter-in-law could take you there.

Ann, It must be difficult not knowing if or when your road might be blocked. Some 'improvements' seem to take forever, so I don't envy you having to negotiate all the road works.
I heard on the TV news this morning, that a nearby road control system on M20, called Operation Brock has already cost £millions. This is the one where concrete barriers are erected to filter off cross-Channel freight from domestic traffic at times of heavy port use, like summer holidays, Christmas etc.
Talk about jobs for the boys.
A crew close off the motorway and place the barriers, then within a week or so, a crew come and take them away.
Not sure what the answer is, but some days the lorry route can be almost empty :-S


If anyone is looking to keep warm in bed, Tesco today had Silent Night self heat mattress toppers on offer. They are NOT electric, but use special layers to reflect back natural body heat without using power.
I bought a double for daughter to try for less than £10.

I have managed to read your posts but please forgive me if I don't comment much. I am interested but lacking in time.

OH looked dreadful when he went to bed last night, consequently I didn't sleep much because I was half listening for every sound. In fact, he slept well and looks quite a bit better, though he now has back pain to add to everything else. Normally when his back gives trouble he takes ibuprofen for a few days but we don't know how it will mix with all the other tabs he is on so daren't risk it.

My Sainsbury order that I should have had Saturday has been cancelled and the money will be refunded. I was almost out of milk and only had 1 egg so daughter brought milk and eggs with her yesterday. Today I've managed to book a slot with Tesco for tomorrow so I should be able to get the other stuff I need. I've emailed the car repair place and am waiting to hear back from them. I've also done some other emails and admin for OH as well as my own admin. I also got the last load of washing done for this week so the laundry basket is empty.

OH has pottered about today which I am pleased about and he is talking normally now but I am still having to do some of his thinking for him and thinking for 2 is tiring. With 3 lots of tablets, some for 3 times a day and 1 lot for 4 times a day I am concerned he might get in a muddle with what he has taken when. I offered to make a chart on the computer so that he can mark off what he has taken but he didn't want that and he can be a bit obstinate so I just have to keep an eye on him.

Anyway I don't want to bore you and lots of people have to deal with worse things so life isn't so bad really. At least today we've seen the sun which is a bonus. Wind's flipping cold but sun and wind has got to be better than the endless grey skies and rain.

Ah Mel strangely I have not come across Doulton dolls before so had no idea what you meant. This is strange because I have several of the Doulton ladies collected then in the early 90s. Not that they are worth anythin now just sit on my shelf in the dining room collecting dust.

Mandy I hope that Colin's check up went OK.

Ann Although these pavement works have been a pain, I have to say the workmen have worked full days up until about 4pm. Yesterday were apparently working late in the evening and there is usually a group of workers around except at the weekend.

Afternoon All,

Bright and sunny earlier but chillier than it looked. We went to a garden centre first thing and had a bap with 3 fillings and COT. They always have a security man at the entrance at this garden centre and have done for a few years now. We think it is to do with a large traveller site being at the back and the garden centre being among fields and no buildings close by.

It must be a relief to have your OH home Vera and on the mend. He must keep warm as you say and we have the heating on higher now OH gets colder. It's not easy to have a restful night when you wonder what each sound might be, but maybe you had a better night from being so exhausted. You need a rest yourself today.

I know what dolls you mean now Mel. It sounds like your mum had quite a collection. Nice to see the pheasants in your garden and frost ferns on your car,

I hope Colin got on OK with his eye check Mandy and it's a good opportunity for son and DIL to have a look round the shops instead of waiting. Now my foot is a lot better I want to pop in The Range next time I drop OH off at the hospital in about a fortnight. I want more of their hand towels!

These roadworks seem to last forever don't they AnnG and often not a workman in sight. When we popped in the shop on our way home this morning, in that village they've moved some to the edge of a mini island and set up mobile traffic lights. It was causing chaos as some drivers were unsure where to go to get through.

I better open a delivery we had before lunch. I think it is the curtains for in here, so hopefully it might be cooler in here this summer.

Morning all,

Lovely bright sunny morning ,no frost but its very cold .

Vera thats good OH is back home ,I hope he had a good night and that you manage a little sleep too .

Colin has his eye check at Fakenham today so sons picking us up later, he drops us at the door and then goes and parks up ,it usually takes about an hour so I expect dil will come too and they'll have a walk round the shops .

Morning Anng and all,

Its 2 degrees here and there frost on my ar roof with long fern patterns. The female pheasents re creeping across the top of the garden and the suns out or trying at least.

Pleased your oh is home now Vera and hope you had enough sleep with one ear on oh. Its good you got him to put his heating on in his room as it would have been warm in thehospital.

Shopping comes today and I have some admin to do too.

That should have been Doulton Dolls, my mistake. Mum had quite a lot f them they are still about in the hall on the plate rack and in the llounge on the window sill and desk. Dad bought her the first one and thats still in her bedroom.

Good morning all 0 degrees here and sunny.
Hope vera and OH had a good night's sleep last night. Take it easy today Vera.

I think I might just pop into town while it is dry. That is if I can battle through the road works in the road across the end of my road. They are actually pavement works, replacement electricity cables but it has been very disruptive, mainly for pedestrians and house owners in the road. But there is an obstruction across the end of out road they keep moving. Yesterday it was apparently completely blocked for the second time as my friend had to get them to open it to get her car through.

Pleased that OH is home Vera, still a worry while he is weak but he is where you can see him.
I hope that you can get a good sleep but I know you will be on alert. <3

A cold day with on and off rain. It's also been an exhausting day. OH is home with a large bag of pills - antibiotics, anti-sickness and painkillers. Once his temperature and bp had stabilised at somewhere near normal and all his needles and drips were removed the doctor thought he would probably recover more comfortably at home. He is very tired and weak but that's to be expected. He seldom goes to bed before 11.30 pm but he looked so tired I made him turn in at 8.30. When we got in around 6 pm I also made him put the heating on in his room. As he is on the ground floor it's underfloor heating but he doesn't usually have it on at all and sometimes it's icy in his room. He hasn't got it very warm but he agreed to turn the thermostat up a bit so it's taken the chill off the room.

I have a couple more jobs to do then I'm off to bed myself though I suspect I'll be half listening for him during the night.

No I don't remember you saying Mel and have no idea what Dalton dolls are. I'll have to look them up. She's kept things you made a long time ago hasn't she. Why couldn't you paint some of the things now? Were they very tiny or very detailed?

Just looked on ebay but there are full size Malinda Dalton dolls which look as if they would have been very expensive and Max Dalton and Ann Dalton miniature things so that didn't help.

Remember I told you about seeing three of my Dalton Dolls on Ebay. I bought them back but the lady who sold them said she has more of my items she is keeping. She sent me pictures just now and there's thing there from 1994 and things I made which I could'nt paint now.

Yes it's always a worry when these messages appear as you say. I was told once before about switching everything off like you say, even holding down the off switch on the pc for a number of seconds till the pc closed down if the usual method of closing down didn't work and leaving it off for a while, but it didn't work this time and a minute or tnswo after I switched back on, they were back. He told me to look at what site they showed at the top left of the pop up and to move my mouse towards the top right where 3 grey dots in a row would appear and to click on them. This brings up a list of notificatio and the option to remove them and the top one is the annoying site so you can click to remove it. He removed all four in a few seconds!

If it's the ship Celebrity AnnG it was a power outage with no electric, so no lights aircon or toilets working, so quite scary. I see it is safely docked now which is good, but it must be chaos with new passengers turning up as well. Your poor DIL having another flight so soon after the last in order to get home.

oh dear that must have been worrying Ann I have had a spam virus warning twice that suddenly blares out and shouts all sorts of frightening warnings in an american voice, All I do is shut down what I have open email, FB GR etc and close the PC down, switch it off and unplug it for 10 minutes (I don't actually think that is really necessary). I then switch it back on and it is back to normal. usually then run cCleaner and all is well. It is a spam.

Yes the ships are huge but maybe they can have some sort of emergency engine on to help the tugs. I have not heard any more but probably won't now until they get home. I guess once the ship was being towed in, it won't have been very pleasant as the seas are rough this time of year and I can't imagine the stabilizers would be working. Daughter in law is not a well person, she has fibromyalgia and also something else that affects her legs and her back. I can't think that having to fly two days running is going to affect her back.

Morning All,

Chilly but sunny at the moment.

I wasn't online yesterday due to some nasty spam type things with threats about viruses, two or three of them. I did a quick scan that looked ok but couldn't get rid of them filling the screen, so switched off till this morning, then rang the support people who explained what had happened and explained what to do to get rid if I get any in future.

Oh goodness Vera what a scary time for you and your poor OH! I know how awful it is willing an ambulance to arrive quickly and not knowing what to do in the meantime. It's good your neighbour was around to help. It sounds like your OH is improving now, but these bacterial infections can take hold very quickly. I was perfectly well one morning, but had to ring OH at his meeting that night to take me to hospital as I felt so ill and they got me a wheelchair straightaway. That was a bacterial chest infection, but no cough. Hydration and IV antibiotics worked very quickly and they sent me home with tablets the next day. Very Best Wishes to you both and I hope he is soon better and back home again.

How disappointing for your son that his holiday has had to be abandoned AnnG, but at least he will get his money back and some compensation. Those tugs must be powerful to move those big cruisers, which are enormous these days.I suppose some technical faults stop the engines being run for safety reasons, so it's best to be safe.

Mandy I love your rabbits and look forward to seeing a pic when you send one. You make them so well with their lovely clothes I'm sure they would cost a lot in a shop. It's a shame the tablets you have now cause fatigue and tiredness so it's worth telling the doc when you go for your review.

OH was up early for a blood test this morning and then we had the usual coffee and egg cob at Costa. He popped to look at Waterstones opposite and came back with 2 books on offer, buy one, get one half price! I think they are both to do with the Tudor period. We popped to the shop after and hooray! they have started stocking the stirfry veg mixes again!

I look forward to seeing the doll Mel and I hope your hailstones don't arrive here.

I need to cut OH's hair this afternoon and I have some bills to pay/admin to do next.

It was nice here until I went to go and feed the chickens. Off I went in the dry and by the time I had got to the run and opened the door and threw in their tasters which gets them out of my way, it started spoting with rain. Went to put the food in the trough and I had nothing in the bucket, I had forgotten to get it out of the bin. Back I walk to the garage by this time it was raining but as I opened the garage door it fell out of the sky so I shot in and stayed in there and suddenly as if someone had turned the switch off it stopped. Out came the sun again and the girls got theior pellets.

Going to have some lunch now and if it still nice this afternoon I shall clean the girls out. :-D

So sorry to read of your worrying time with OH,Vera, but good that the hospital seem to be treating him well to get him back on track. IV infusions will quickly make a difference to the infection, so I hope he is soon safely home with you.

AnnG, What a shame about the cancelled cruise and having to make a quick return home. Hopefully if they reschedule, they will enjoy the new cruise without mishap.

Lots of bright blue sky here and dry, so we might be in for a nice day.

Morning all,

Lovely morning here ,blue sky and sunshine ,but we should get showers later .

Oh Vera that must have been so worrying, these infections are nasty ,I hope he's feeling much better today and soon back home with you .

Anng as Mel said good job they hadn't set sail , at least they saw a little bit of Athens with ths tour , I remember my sister and bil saying when they were in Athens it was their election time and she said the cars were waving flags and tooting their horns all night they were glad to move on .

Just mopped the downstairs loo floor just having a coffee and then I'll get hoovered and wash the kitchen floor , these tablets are still making me tired ,I'll stick them out until I have my tablet review next month then I'll see if they can change them ,tiredness and fatigue is a side effect.

And now we have hailstones.........